Sequence - All Arms

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In this concept video, we're going to discuss the low point issue of all arms,

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or basically

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sequencing the swing mostly with your upper body.

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A lot of golfers who struggle with low point control do so because they don't

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use enough

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body to get their hands ahead easily.

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Now in theory, you can make solid contact and you can control your low point if

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you're

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swinging with all arms, but the problem is it will tend to limit your ability

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to create

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power.

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So, what will happen is if I did mostly arms but get my hands ahead, I can make

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solid

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low point contact.

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I can hit the ball first and get the low point ahead, but the problem is I'm

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not, I'm going

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to be lacking in distance.

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So oftentimes, if golfers swing mostly with their arms, what ends up happening

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is they

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use just enough body so that I create a little bit of tilt, a little bit of

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weight shift,

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and now it no longer lines up with the all arms model because the all arms

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model is essentially

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I'm swinging where I'm contacting the ball right at the bottom of the swing.

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And so if I do anything with my body, such as create tilt or have a little bit

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more weight

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shift, that will tend to make it harder for me to get the low point ahead of

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the golf ball.

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Oftentimes, you might be swinging outside end to try to move the low point

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forward if

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you're all arms.

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And so now, you've got kind of a tricky situation where your goal is to get the

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swing less outside

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end, but move the low point forward.

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The way you do that is by working on the merry-go-round drill, working on the

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pivot drills,

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working on getting your body more involved.

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So if that's the case, if you have a tendency to feel like you're swinging all

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with your

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arms, you'll want to check and make sure that the clubface is in a good

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position during

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the down the line or during the downswing.

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If it's not, then you either want to refine your grip or work on the motorcycle

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movements.

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And you want to check and make sure that the club isn't coming too much from

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the outside.

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Because the more that you get your body involved, that's going to tend to hit

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it earlier on

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the arc, which is part of what moves the low point forward.

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And by hitting it earlier on the arc, the clubface hasn't had as much distance

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to close,

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so it will be more open.

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And by hitting it earlier on the arc, the club is a little bit steeper, or by

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rotating

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your body, the club would naturally go a little bit steeper.

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So the balance is having a little bit earlier clubface control and the arms

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feeling maybe

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like the club is a little bit more behind by getting shallow and complimenting

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that more

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with the body rotation to bring it through.

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Again, as always, I recommend working through nine to threes and ten to twos

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and then working

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your way up towards the full swings.

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And if you're really struggling with low point control and you checked and you

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're not hanging

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back and your arms aren't too far behind the body, then it could be more of a

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sequencing

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issue where you're just hitting it all with the arms and it tends to have more

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of this

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aggressive arm action early in transition.

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As opposed to having more of a, you know, if you recall from the rhythm and the

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pump drills,

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instead of having more of a kind of falling and collecting and then speeding up

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towards

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the bottom, if you're swinging it really aggressively, especially from the

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shoulders early on, it

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will almost always cause some low point control issues.

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So hopefully this video helps you clarify and maybe diagnose why you're

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struggling with

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ground contact and one common reason is just a little bit too much activity

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from the arms.

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This will give you a couple ideas on how to work through it.