goes against what is popular all over the web and social media  But, I stick to my guns and I know eventually the truth of what really happens in the golf swing will be validated by the masses and well, is already validated by science. 

Today I'd like to share with you a video I came upon showing a field hockey player striking a ball.  There are striking similarities between the motion with a field hockey stick and a golf club. If you apply these concepts to your golf swing, you will swing it better and it will feel better.
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when watching the video I want you to pay special attention to the start of the golf hockey strike and around 13 seconds in on the transition.  Do you notice a striking resemblance? The inspiration to want to load into the lead leg, the shallowing of the club, the flexion of the lead wrist.  This is all the same characteristics in the golf swing.  ​If You're really trying to break down the parts of the golf swing into it micro-particles, make sure that you pay attention to how it fits as a whole.  My recommendation is that you understand the whole first and then chisel away the details.  - Cheers!

I want to start of with an illustration with another sport that requires precision and power at impact:  Billiards!  Imagine that you're playing a game of billiards, say 8 Ball.  To start the game you have to break a rack of balls racked toward the other end of the table.  Now, image you're about getting ready to strike the cue ball with all right in the center with a great amount of force.  What is your body position like?  You're not standing tall and loose, you're getting down, lowering your center of gravity.  Imagine what your legs feel like?  They're grabbing the ground, flexed and ready to support the strike that will be done by your arms and shoulders. Then you let everything go and strike. Now, if you imagine that with your legs being wobbly or moving around to much, you will probably not have a good chance of hitting the cue ball in the middle.  

Now, apply that same concept to your golf swing.  Make sure that those legs are really strong and sturdy in the backswing.  Especially that trail leg.  Feel as though your getting ready to plant that trail foot, knee and thigh as you would in a billiard shot on the backswing.  If you've never shot pool you can also try to feel as though you're getting ready to throw a ball into the ground.  Make sure you maintain that stability in your legs as you swing back.  It's almost going to feel as if you're wearing very tight pants and trying to rip it on you backswing because you're loading your legs so much.  Try this and you'll immediately stop hitting it chunky!  

​Cheers!