Tyler Ferrell is the only person in the world named to Golf Digest's list of Best Young Teachers in America AND its list of Best Golf Fitness Professionals in America.

Find the Right Arm Hang for Better Setup and Ball Striking

After this video, you'll be able to:

  • Identify the correct hand position based on your arm length and posture.
  • Feel the natural swing of your arms to enhance your grip alignment.
  • Adjust your setup for different shots by understanding your arm hang.

Learn how to determine the ideal distance for your hands at setup with the arm hang drill. This technique helps ensure a more natural and effective swing position.

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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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

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00:00:16.680 --> 00:00:16.760
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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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

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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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00:00:30.360 --> 00:00:35.040
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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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

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00:00:43.640 --> 00:00:49.120
hang naturally and let it swing it should pretty much hit the grip where you're

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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

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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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00:00:58.020 --> 00:00:58.280
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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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

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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

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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

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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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Tyler Ferrell is the only person in the world named to Golf Digest's list of Best Young Teachers in America AND its list of Best Golf Fitness Professionals in America.

Find the Right Arm Hang for Better Setup and Ball Striking

After this video, you'll be able to:

  • Identify the correct hand position based on your arm length and posture.
  • Feel the natural swing of your arms to enhance your grip alignment.
  • Adjust your setup for different shots by understanding your arm hang.

Learn how to determine the ideal distance for your hands at setup with the arm hang drill. This technique helps ensure a more natural and effective swing position.

Video Transcript
WEBVTT

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

20
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

22
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

24
00:01:35.700 --> 00:01:38.940
the arm and seeing where it hits the grip.

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