LynnBlakeGolf Forums - View Single Post - Shorten your backswing. Thread: Shorten your backswing. View Single Post #1 09-05-2005, 02:31 AM nicklin Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: australia Posts: 41 Shorten your backswing. The one thing that helped me with hitting was to shorten my backswing.Once you get the right arm driving correctly if you shorten your backswing as much as you can it makes a massive difference.There is actually an increase in power if you can believe it. nicklin View Public Profile Send a private message to nicklin Find all posts by nicklin