Dennis Reid (born 5 August 1952) is a Canadian poet, novelist and short story writer.Born in Calgary, Alberta, he lives in Victoria, British Columbia.Two of Reid's poetry collections, Love And Other Things That Hurt (1999) and The Hunger (2004) have been nominated for the Dorothy Livesay Poetry Prize.

There is a little known �power-up� technique you can use to instantly fire more muscle fibres in both your arms and trunk making you golf swing temporarily more powerful. It is a simple technique you can perform just prior to address and will give your swing a little bit of extra kick. This

There is a little known �power-up� technique you can use to instantly fire more muscle fibres in both your arms and trunk making you golf swing temporarily more powerful. It is a simple technique you can perform just prior to address and will give your swing a little bit of extra kick. This technique is called pre-charging and is the same

The power from the engine comes from the turning motion of your body around a central pivot as the weight is transferred from right to left. This is what generates over 70% of the power. Many novice golfers make the mistake of thinking most of the power comes from the arms. This is not the case and the arms are only responsible for generating

A simple way to think about this is the trunk (torso, hips and legs) moving on a plane horizontal to the ground and the arms moving on a plane vertical to the ground. The trunk is the primary engine providing power into your swing. The arms moving on the vertical plane provide the secondary power.

So the first basic principle behind a more powerful golf swing is that your arms should never operate independently of the rest of your body. Everything needs to work in ‘sync’ and total harmony between feet, legs, arms and trunk.