56. I feel it is important you understand that changing one part of your swing will alter all of it

When I started playing, I use to cut out and collect as many action pictures of the top players as I could find as any golf mad junior would do. However, analyzing still action shots can be misleading and one of the main reasons it can be harmful is as follows. If you try to achieve a position you see in a golf magazine, the chances are you will find it disastrous. You cannot change a position in the swing without altering the whole swing.

To give a graphic idea of how it will not work, think of your swing as a series of pictures drawn on a deck of blank cards. If you flipped through the cards, you would see the multiple images of your swing as one flowing movement.

Now if you wanted to change a certain position by taking out the relevant card, rubbing out the unwanted image, pencil in the change you desire and replace it back into the deck, you would see that when you flipped the cards again, your amendment did not fit in with what went before or after. It would appear as a distinct blip in the action sequence. I feel it is important you understand that changing one part of your swing will alter all of it.