Arm Hang - Set Up Distance From The Ball
Now that you are in a good set up position, let’s figure out how your arms should fit into the process. If you get in set up position, and then just let your arms hang, this is the “bubble” that your hands should be in. They can be a little forward, or a little backward, but they should be in this bubble. One way to check your hand location compared to your set up, is to take your grip and let your arms swing, if you have the proper set up with the body, then the arms will hit the grip exactly where you took them off (or close to it). If you are too far away, then your arm will come way inside, if you are too close, then your arm will come way outside.
Now that you are in a good set up position, let’s figure out how your arms should fit into the process. If you get in set up position, and then just let your arms hang, this is the “bubble” that your hands should be in. They can be a little forward, or a little backward, but they should be in this bubble. One way to check your hand location compared to your set up, is to take your grip and let your arms swing, if you have the proper set up with the body, then the arms will hit the grip exactly where you took them off (or close to it). If you are too far away, then your arm will come way inside, if you are too close, then your arm will come way outside.
Video Transcript
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This drill is the set up arm hang and it's looking at the amount of hang that
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00:00:04.280 --> 00:00:07.520
you have in your arms and it's kind of a weird term that you probably never
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00:00:07.520 --> 00:00:12.760
thought of but when I get into my good set up posture it's important to have
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your hands kind of in the right space. You could see if I had them right here
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or
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if I had them right here my set up position would look a little awkward so
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how do you figure out exactly how far away your hands should be? Well a lot of
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00:00:27.040 --> 00:00:30.360
people have talked about having your hands a certain distance away from you
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but really that doesn't work too well dependent on your arm lengths you know
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00:00:35.040 --> 00:00:38.960
the length of your spine how much your hips are sitting back so a better way to
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look at it is if you were to take your right hand off the club and just let it
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hang naturally and let it swing it should pretty much hit the grip where you're
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gripping it. You see that if I just take my hand off and let it swing back it
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00:00:54.100 --> 00:00:58.020
pretty much matches up where it should be. If I were to stick my hands further
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away
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and let my arm hang you can see how my hands are now sitting too far inside.
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Same thing if I was really close to the ball and I let my arm hang now I would
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have a split grip so to find the right amount just use that right arm as a
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measure for where your hand should be in space because when you swing through
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they're basically going to swing out into this natural alignment given the
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amount of speed that the club is going to be carrying through impact. So it's a
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simple little drill it'll change depending on what shot you're hitting but
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you can figure out how much arm hang you should have for each club by relaxing
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the arm and seeing where it hits the grip.
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Now that you are in a good set up position, let’s figure out how your arms should fit into the process. If you get in set up position, and then just let your arms hang, this is the “bubble” that your hands should be in. They can be a little forward, or a little backward, but they should be in this bubble. One way to check your hand location compared to your set up, is to take your grip and let your arms swing, if you have the proper set up with the body, then the arms will hit the grip exactly where you took them off (or close to it). If you are too far away, then your arm will come way inside, if you are too close, then your arm will come way outside.
Now that you are in a good set up position, let’s figure out how your arms should fit into the process. If you get in set up position, and then just let your arms hang, this is the “bubble” that your hands should be in. They can be a little forward, or a little backward, but they should be in this bubble. One way to check your hand location compared to your set up, is to take your grip and let your arms swing, if you have the proper set up with the body, then the arms will hit the grip exactly where you took them off (or close to it). If you are too far away, then your arm will come way inside, if you are too close, then your arm will come way outside.
Video Transcript
1
00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:04.280
This drill is the set up arm hang and it's looking at the amount of hang that
2
00:00:04.280 --> 00:00:07.520
you have in your arms and it's kind of a weird term that you probably never
3
00:00:07.520 --> 00:00:12.760
thought of but when I get into my good set up posture it's important to have
4
00:00:12.760 --> 00:00:16.680
your hands kind of in the right space. You could see if I had them right here
5
00:00:16.680 --> 00:00:16.760
or
6
00:00:16.760 --> 00:00:20.680
if I had them right here my set up position would look a little awkward so
7
00:00:20.680 --> 00:00:27.040
how do you figure out exactly how far away your hands should be? Well a lot of
8
00:00:27.040 --> 00:00:30.360
people have talked about having your hands a certain distance away from you
9
00:00:30.360 --> 00:00:35.040
but really that doesn't work too well dependent on your arm lengths you know
10
00:00:35.040 --> 00:00:38.960
the length of your spine how much your hips are sitting back so a better way to
11
00:00:38.960 --> 00:00:43.640
look at it is if you were to take your right hand off the club and just let it
12
00:00:43.640 --> 00:00:49.120
hang naturally and let it swing it should pretty much hit the grip where you're
13
00:00:49.120 --> 00:00:54.100
gripping it. You see that if I just take my hand off and let it swing back it
14
00:00:54.100 --> 00:00:58.020
pretty much matches up where it should be. If I were to stick my hands further
15
00:00:58.020 --> 00:00:58.280
away
16
00:00:58.280 --> 00:01:02.840
and let my arm hang you can see how my hands are now sitting too far inside.
17
00:01:02.840 --> 00:01:08.400
Same thing if I was really close to the ball and I let my arm hang now I would
18
00:01:08.400 --> 00:01:13.960
have a split grip so to find the right amount just use that right arm as a
19
00:01:13.960 --> 00:01:19.240
measure for where your hand should be in space because when you swing through
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00:01:19.240 --> 00:01:24.000
they're basically going to swing out into this natural alignment given the
21
00:01:24.000 --> 00:01:27.620
amount of speed that the club is going to be carrying through impact. So it's a
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00:01:27.620 --> 00:01:31.140
simple little drill it'll change depending on what shot you're hitting but
23
00:01:31.140 --> 00:01:35.700
you can figure out how much arm hang you should have for each club by relaxing
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00:01:35.700 --> 00:01:38.940
the arm and seeing where it hits the grip.
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