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How to Shallow Your Arms for Better Club Path
After this video, you'll be able to:
- Identify the relationship between your hand path and club path.
- Understand how shallow arms can improve your ball striking with longer clubs.
- Learn to avoid common mistakes that lead to steep swings and poor contact.
Learn how to shallow your arms in the transition for improved consistency and power in your swing. This video explains the key differences between hand path and club path, helping you understand what the best golfers do differently.
Video Transcript
WEBVTT
1
00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:05.520
This drill is shallowing with the arms not the body so I talk a lot about the
2
00:00:05.520 --> 00:00:10.280
arm shallowing in transition largely because I think that it is a critical
3
00:00:10.280 --> 00:00:17.200
piece to what the most consistent and powerful golfers do mostly with the
4
00:00:17.200 --> 00:00:21.760
clubs from about seven iron down so the longer clubs. If you struggle with the
5
00:00:21.760 --> 00:00:27.080
driver you're probably missing out on this arm shallowing piece and I'm gonna
6
00:00:27.080 --> 00:00:32.880
include a couple visuals for you to look at. So the first one is going to show
7
00:00:32.880 --> 00:00:33.020
a
8
00:00:33.020 --> 00:00:39.240
tour golfer and you can basically see based on the image on the screen that the
9
00:00:39.240 --> 00:00:44.240
path of the hands is in red and the path of the club is in blue and you can see
10
00:00:44.240 --> 00:00:48.960
that during transition there's a pretty big difference between the hand path
11
00:00:48.960 --> 00:00:54.080
which is a little bit more vertical and the club path. Now we're going to take
12
00:00:54.080 --> 00:00:54.120
a
13
00:00:54.120 --> 00:00:59.160
look at two examples of amateur swings. So the first one is going to be more of
14
00:00:59.160 --> 00:00:59.280
a
15
00:00:59.280 --> 00:01:05.760
slice type swing and here you can see that the hand path and the club path
16
00:01:05.760 --> 00:01:10.080
are going to be relatively similar to each other. Now that would make sense you
17
00:01:10.080 --> 00:01:15.280
would think that that would get the club to perform in a steep way and this
18
00:01:15.280 --> 00:01:20.160
golfer would struggle with shallowing right. Well now we're going to take a
19
00:01:20.160 --> 00:01:23.840
look at a golfer who struggles with hooking the ball so this golfer gets too
20
00:01:23.840 --> 00:01:28.820
shallow but what you'll see is they shallow mostly from the body but the
21
00:01:28.820 --> 00:01:33.440
arm or the hand path to club path relationship is pretty much the same.
22
00:01:33.440 --> 00:01:38.440
Very good golfers with the longer clubs tend to have this exaggerated
23
00:01:38.440 --> 00:01:42.960
difference between their hand path and the club path where golfers who struggle
24
00:01:42.960 --> 00:01:47.320
with the longer clubs are going to tend to have them both working in the same
25
00:01:47.320 --> 00:01:53.800
direction. Okay so you've got kind of the image that we're trying to create
26
00:01:53.800 --> 00:01:57.960
when I talk about getting up to the top of the swing and shallowing the club
27
00:01:57.960 --> 00:02:03.720
your options are pretty much from the shoulders to the hands so what a lot of
28
00:02:03.720 --> 00:02:07.400
golfers do who are used to getting steep with their arms is then they try to
29
00:02:07.400 --> 00:02:10.600
shallow it out and they still get steep with the arms but they do the entire
30
00:02:10.600 --> 00:02:15.520
shallowing with the body. The image that I like to create is this difference
31
00:02:15.520 --> 00:02:16.280
kind
32
00:02:16.280 --> 00:02:21.360
of like so where I want you to almost imagine that your hands are going to be
33
00:02:21.360 --> 00:02:26.800
traveling along this one because the the yellow club or the white club but
34
00:02:26.800 --> 00:02:32.120
you're going to try to get the club to follow the orange one so I will
35
00:02:32.120 --> 00:02:32.760
frequently
36
00:02:32.760 --> 00:02:38.760
actually hold this and have my students try to kind of trace them. Well you can
37
00:02:38.760 --> 00:02:44.840
visualize how if I still have those lines there in order to get the hands to
38
00:02:44.840 --> 00:02:47.440
follow this one you can see that the club is pretty much following the same
39
00:02:47.440 --> 00:02:52.200
one. In order to get the club to follow the shallower one I would have to let
40
00:02:52.200 --> 00:02:55.680
either my forearms rotate or my shoulders rotate but again the only
41
00:02:55.680 --> 00:02:58.840
options for shallowing the club are going to come from the shoulders to the
42
00:02:58.840 --> 00:03:02.360
hands. So if you're struggling with the longer clubs if you're struggling with
43
00:03:02.360 --> 00:03:06.680
getting the club a little bit steep in transition and then that messes up your
44
00:03:06.680 --> 00:03:11.040
whole release hopefully this visual helps you understand exactly what I mean
45
00:03:11.040 --> 00:03:23.720
when I'm talking about the arms shallowing in transition.
1
00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:05.520
This drill is shallowing with the arms not the body so I talk a lot about the
2
00:00:05.520 --> 00:00:10.280
arm shallowing in transition largely because I think that it is a critical
3
00:00:10.280 --> 00:00:17.200
piece to what the most consistent and powerful golfers do mostly with the
4
00:00:17.200 --> 00:00:21.760
clubs from about seven iron down so the longer clubs. If you struggle with the
5
00:00:21.760 --> 00:00:27.080
driver you're probably missing out on this arm shallowing piece and I'm gonna
6
00:00:27.080 --> 00:00:32.880
include a couple visuals for you to look at. So the first one is going to show
7
00:00:32.880 --> 00:00:33.020
a
8
00:00:33.020 --> 00:00:39.240
tour golfer and you can basically see based on the image on the screen that the
9
00:00:39.240 --> 00:00:44.240
path of the hands is in red and the path of the club is in blue and you can see
10
00:00:44.240 --> 00:00:48.960
that during transition there's a pretty big difference between the hand path
11
00:00:48.960 --> 00:00:54.080
which is a little bit more vertical and the club path. Now we're going to take
12
00:00:54.080 --> 00:00:54.120
a
13
00:00:54.120 --> 00:00:59.160
look at two examples of amateur swings. So the first one is going to be more of
14
00:00:59.160 --> 00:00:59.280
a
15
00:00:59.280 --> 00:01:05.760
slice type swing and here you can see that the hand path and the club path
16
00:01:05.760 --> 00:01:10.080
are going to be relatively similar to each other. Now that would make sense you
17
00:01:10.080 --> 00:01:15.280
would think that that would get the club to perform in a steep way and this
18
00:01:15.280 --> 00:01:20.160
golfer would struggle with shallowing right. Well now we're going to take a
19
00:01:20.160 --> 00:01:23.840
look at a golfer who struggles with hooking the ball so this golfer gets too
20
00:01:23.840 --> 00:01:28.820
shallow but what you'll see is they shallow mostly from the body but the
21
00:01:28.820 --> 00:01:33.440
arm or the hand path to club path relationship is pretty much the same.
22
00:01:33.440 --> 00:01:38.440
Very good golfers with the longer clubs tend to have this exaggerated
23
00:01:38.440 --> 00:01:42.960
difference between their hand path and the club path where golfers who struggle
24
00:01:42.960 --> 00:01:47.320
with the longer clubs are going to tend to have them both working in the same
25
00:01:47.320 --> 00:01:53.800
direction. Okay so you've got kind of the image that we're trying to create
26
00:01:53.800 --> 00:01:57.960
when I talk about getting up to the top of the swing and shallowing the club
27
00:01:57.960 --> 00:02:03.720
your options are pretty much from the shoulders to the hands so what a lot of
28
00:02:03.720 --> 00:02:07.400
golfers do who are used to getting steep with their arms is then they try to
29
00:02:07.400 --> 00:02:10.600
shallow it out and they still get steep with the arms but they do the entire
30
00:02:10.600 --> 00:02:15.520
shallowing with the body. The image that I like to create is this difference
31
00:02:15.520 --> 00:02:16.280
kind
32
00:02:16.280 --> 00:02:21.360
of like so where I want you to almost imagine that your hands are going to be
33
00:02:21.360 --> 00:02:26.800
traveling along this one because the the yellow club or the white club but
34
00:02:26.800 --> 00:02:32.120
you're going to try to get the club to follow the orange one so I will
35
00:02:32.120 --> 00:02:32.760
frequently
36
00:02:32.760 --> 00:02:38.760
actually hold this and have my students try to kind of trace them. Well you can
37
00:02:38.760 --> 00:02:44.840
visualize how if I still have those lines there in order to get the hands to
38
00:02:44.840 --> 00:02:47.440
follow this one you can see that the club is pretty much following the same
39
00:02:47.440 --> 00:02:52.200
one. In order to get the club to follow the shallower one I would have to let
40
00:02:52.200 --> 00:02:55.680
either my forearms rotate or my shoulders rotate but again the only
41
00:02:55.680 --> 00:02:58.840
options for shallowing the club are going to come from the shoulders to the
42
00:02:58.840 --> 00:03:02.360
hands. So if you're struggling with the longer clubs if you're struggling with
43
00:03:02.360 --> 00:03:06.680
getting the club a little bit steep in transition and then that messes up your
44
00:03:06.680 --> 00:03:11.040
whole release hopefully this visual helps you understand exactly what I mean
45
00:03:11.040 --> 00:03:23.720
when I'm talking about the arms shallowing in transition.
Have questions?
Ask Mulligan for help
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.
How to Shallow Your Arms for Better Club Path
After this video, you'll be able to:
- Identify the relationship between your hand path and club path.
- Understand how shallow arms can improve your ball striking with longer clubs.
- Learn to avoid common mistakes that lead to steep swings and poor contact.
Learn how to shallow your arms in the transition for improved consistency and power in your swing. This video explains the key differences between hand path and club path, helping you understand what the best golfers do differently.
Video Transcript
WEBVTT
1
00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:05.520
This drill is shallowing with the arms not the body so I talk a lot about the
2
00:00:05.520 --> 00:00:10.280
arm shallowing in transition largely because I think that it is a critical
3
00:00:10.280 --> 00:00:17.200
piece to what the most consistent and powerful golfers do mostly with the
4
00:00:17.200 --> 00:00:21.760
clubs from about seven iron down so the longer clubs. If you struggle with the
5
00:00:21.760 --> 00:00:27.080
driver you're probably missing out on this arm shallowing piece and I'm gonna
6
00:00:27.080 --> 00:00:32.880
include a couple visuals for you to look at. So the first one is going to show
7
00:00:32.880 --> 00:00:33.020
a
8
00:00:33.020 --> 00:00:39.240
tour golfer and you can basically see based on the image on the screen that the
9
00:00:39.240 --> 00:00:44.240
path of the hands is in red and the path of the club is in blue and you can see
10
00:00:44.240 --> 00:00:48.960
that during transition there's a pretty big difference between the hand path
11
00:00:48.960 --> 00:00:54.080
which is a little bit more vertical and the club path. Now we're going to take
12
00:00:54.080 --> 00:00:54.120
a
13
00:00:54.120 --> 00:00:59.160
look at two examples of amateur swings. So the first one is going to be more of
14
00:00:59.160 --> 00:00:59.280
a
15
00:00:59.280 --> 00:01:05.760
slice type swing and here you can see that the hand path and the club path
16
00:01:05.760 --> 00:01:10.080
are going to be relatively similar to each other. Now that would make sense you
17
00:01:10.080 --> 00:01:15.280
would think that that would get the club to perform in a steep way and this
18
00:01:15.280 --> 00:01:20.160
golfer would struggle with shallowing right. Well now we're going to take a
19
00:01:20.160 --> 00:01:23.840
look at a golfer who struggles with hooking the ball so this golfer gets too
20
00:01:23.840 --> 00:01:28.820
shallow but what you'll see is they shallow mostly from the body but the
21
00:01:28.820 --> 00:01:33.440
arm or the hand path to club path relationship is pretty much the same.
22
00:01:33.440 --> 00:01:38.440
Very good golfers with the longer clubs tend to have this exaggerated
23
00:01:38.440 --> 00:01:42.960
difference between their hand path and the club path where golfers who struggle
24
00:01:42.960 --> 00:01:47.320
with the longer clubs are going to tend to have them both working in the same
25
00:01:47.320 --> 00:01:53.800
direction. Okay so you've got kind of the image that we're trying to create
26
00:01:53.800 --> 00:01:57.960
when I talk about getting up to the top of the swing and shallowing the club
27
00:01:57.960 --> 00:02:03.720
your options are pretty much from the shoulders to the hands so what a lot of
28
00:02:03.720 --> 00:02:07.400
golfers do who are used to getting steep with their arms is then they try to
29
00:02:07.400 --> 00:02:10.600
shallow it out and they still get steep with the arms but they do the entire
30
00:02:10.600 --> 00:02:15.520
shallowing with the body. The image that I like to create is this difference
31
00:02:15.520 --> 00:02:16.280
kind
32
00:02:16.280 --> 00:02:21.360
of like so where I want you to almost imagine that your hands are going to be
33
00:02:21.360 --> 00:02:26.800
traveling along this one because the the yellow club or the white club but
34
00:02:26.800 --> 00:02:32.120
you're going to try to get the club to follow the orange one so I will
35
00:02:32.120 --> 00:02:32.760
frequently
36
00:02:32.760 --> 00:02:38.760
actually hold this and have my students try to kind of trace them. Well you can
37
00:02:38.760 --> 00:02:44.840
visualize how if I still have those lines there in order to get the hands to
38
00:02:44.840 --> 00:02:47.440
follow this one you can see that the club is pretty much following the same
39
00:02:47.440 --> 00:02:52.200
one. In order to get the club to follow the shallower one I would have to let
40
00:02:52.200 --> 00:02:55.680
either my forearms rotate or my shoulders rotate but again the only
41
00:02:55.680 --> 00:02:58.840
options for shallowing the club are going to come from the shoulders to the
42
00:02:58.840 --> 00:03:02.360
hands. So if you're struggling with the longer clubs if you're struggling with
43
00:03:02.360 --> 00:03:06.680
getting the club a little bit steep in transition and then that messes up your
44
00:03:06.680 --> 00:03:11.040
whole release hopefully this visual helps you understand exactly what I mean
45
00:03:11.040 --> 00:03:23.720
when I'm talking about the arms shallowing in transition.
1
00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:05.520
This drill is shallowing with the arms not the body so I talk a lot about the
2
00:00:05.520 --> 00:00:10.280
arm shallowing in transition largely because I think that it is a critical
3
00:00:10.280 --> 00:00:17.200
piece to what the most consistent and powerful golfers do mostly with the
4
00:00:17.200 --> 00:00:21.760
clubs from about seven iron down so the longer clubs. If you struggle with the
5
00:00:21.760 --> 00:00:27.080
driver you're probably missing out on this arm shallowing piece and I'm gonna
6
00:00:27.080 --> 00:00:32.880
include a couple visuals for you to look at. So the first one is going to show
7
00:00:32.880 --> 00:00:33.020
a
8
00:00:33.020 --> 00:00:39.240
tour golfer and you can basically see based on the image on the screen that the
9
00:00:39.240 --> 00:00:44.240
path of the hands is in red and the path of the club is in blue and you can see
10
00:00:44.240 --> 00:00:48.960
that during transition there's a pretty big difference between the hand path
11
00:00:48.960 --> 00:00:54.080
which is a little bit more vertical and the club path. Now we're going to take
12
00:00:54.080 --> 00:00:54.120
a
13
00:00:54.120 --> 00:00:59.160
look at two examples of amateur swings. So the first one is going to be more of
14
00:00:59.160 --> 00:00:59.280
a
15
00:00:59.280 --> 00:01:05.760
slice type swing and here you can see that the hand path and the club path
16
00:01:05.760 --> 00:01:10.080
are going to be relatively similar to each other. Now that would make sense you
17
00:01:10.080 --> 00:01:15.280
would think that that would get the club to perform in a steep way and this
18
00:01:15.280 --> 00:01:20.160
golfer would struggle with shallowing right. Well now we're going to take a
19
00:01:20.160 --> 00:01:23.840
look at a golfer who struggles with hooking the ball so this golfer gets too
20
00:01:23.840 --> 00:01:28.820
shallow but what you'll see is they shallow mostly from the body but the
21
00:01:28.820 --> 00:01:33.440
arm or the hand path to club path relationship is pretty much the same.
22
00:01:33.440 --> 00:01:38.440
Very good golfers with the longer clubs tend to have this exaggerated
23
00:01:38.440 --> 00:01:42.960
difference between their hand path and the club path where golfers who struggle
24
00:01:42.960 --> 00:01:47.320
with the longer clubs are going to tend to have them both working in the same
25
00:01:47.320 --> 00:01:53.800
direction. Okay so you've got kind of the image that we're trying to create
26
00:01:53.800 --> 00:01:57.960
when I talk about getting up to the top of the swing and shallowing the club
27
00:01:57.960 --> 00:02:03.720
your options are pretty much from the shoulders to the hands so what a lot of
28
00:02:03.720 --> 00:02:07.400
golfers do who are used to getting steep with their arms is then they try to
29
00:02:07.400 --> 00:02:10.600
shallow it out and they still get steep with the arms but they do the entire
30
00:02:10.600 --> 00:02:15.520
shallowing with the body. The image that I like to create is this difference
31
00:02:15.520 --> 00:02:16.280
kind
32
00:02:16.280 --> 00:02:21.360
of like so where I want you to almost imagine that your hands are going to be
33
00:02:21.360 --> 00:02:26.800
traveling along this one because the the yellow club or the white club but
34
00:02:26.800 --> 00:02:32.120
you're going to try to get the club to follow the orange one so I will
35
00:02:32.120 --> 00:02:32.760
frequently
36
00:02:32.760 --> 00:02:38.760
actually hold this and have my students try to kind of trace them. Well you can
37
00:02:38.760 --> 00:02:44.840
visualize how if I still have those lines there in order to get the hands to
38
00:02:44.840 --> 00:02:47.440
follow this one you can see that the club is pretty much following the same
39
00:02:47.440 --> 00:02:52.200
one. In order to get the club to follow the shallower one I would have to let
40
00:02:52.200 --> 00:02:55.680
either my forearms rotate or my shoulders rotate but again the only
41
00:02:55.680 --> 00:02:58.840
options for shallowing the club are going to come from the shoulders to the
42
00:02:58.840 --> 00:03:02.360
hands. So if you're struggling with the longer clubs if you're struggling with
43
00:03:02.360 --> 00:03:06.680
getting the club a little bit steep in transition and then that messes up your
44
00:03:06.680 --> 00:03:11.040
whole release hopefully this visual helps you understand exactly what I mean
45
00:03:11.040 --> 00:03:23.720
when I'm talking about the arms shallowing in transition.
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