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.

Why Your Arms, Not the Clubhead, Control Your Low Point

After this video, you'll be able to:

  • Understand how improper arm movement can lead to fat shots.
  • Identify the correct arm motion that keeps the clubhead behind your chest.
  • Recognize the importance of your body's position in relation to the clubhead during impact.

Learn how to adjust your arm movement to improve your swing's low point and avoid fat shots. This video breaks down the relationship between your arms and clubhead to enhance your ball striking.

Video Transcript
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This concept video is arms wipe, not the club head.

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So I often see golfers trying to work on their low point and work on their wipe

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move, have

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kind of some circuits crossed, I like to call it, where basically they're stuck

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trying

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00:00:16.760 --> 00:00:19.640
to do it with one part of their body and that of another.

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Specifically, what will happen is a lot of golfers who have more of this cast

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00:00:23.860 --> 00:00:24.400
pattern

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or early release where the club is getting dumped back here, well, you can see

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the arms

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are more behind my body and when we'll start working on the wipe, initially

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they'll just

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try and throw down at the bottom, they'll try to throw the club head past their

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body

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faster.

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Well, one way to think of low point or the wide point is looking at kind of the

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relationship

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of the club head to the chest.

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And so in a more of a cast pattern, I'm going to get the club out in front of

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00:00:54.360 --> 00:00:55.960
my chest sooner.

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If I use more of a wipe down at the bottom, my arms are working across kind of

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past the

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chest and the club is staying behind my chest longer, then I'm making contact

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still behind

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my chest and it's not catching up with the chest until after impact.

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So when you're working on the wipe movement, you want to make sure that your

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arms are doing

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the wipe, that you're not just trying to throw the club head past your body

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because that

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will only cause you to hit fat shots a little faster.

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So it doesn't really change the impact pattern.

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One way that I'll kind of tie things together is when you throw the club head

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past your body,

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that's more my arms are throwing the club head that way and my body is almost

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staying

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behind or facing that way.

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So my body, which has a big impact on the low point, is staying behind.

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Instead, if my arms do a little bit more wipe and my body comes through, my

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body is

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going and bringing the club through and my arms are almost releasing the club

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with a

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little older deviation and leaving the club head back behind.

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So you have two kind of different patterns.

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You have the club head going past my body and my body staying back or the club

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head staying

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back and my body bringing it forward.

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For better low point control, it's much more preferred to have the club head

48
00:02:22.920 --> 00:02:24.080
stay back compared

49
00:02:24.080 --> 00:02:27.880
to your body and the body rotation to bring it forward.

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And if you have a lot of energy in your hands going towards the target down at

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impact or

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down at the bottom kind of like this, then it's very hard to build that pattern

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.

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So when we're working on this wipe, we're going to try and leave the club head

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back here

56
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by this title as bag and use my body to bring the club through.

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It'll look something more like that as opposed to if I was to do the opposite.

58
00:03:00.280 --> 00:03:07.100
If I was to stop my body and then try and throw the club head past, you'll see

59
00:03:07.100 --> 00:03:08.120
that because

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00:03:08.120 --> 00:03:12.600
of the width of the swing and the club head catching up with my chest too soon,

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I ended

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up hitting it a few inches fat.

63
00:03:15.280 --> 00:03:19.010
That's what ultimately happens when a lot of golfers start trying to do the

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wipe.

65
00:03:19.520 --> 00:03:23.160
They're just trying to move the club head and not really moving the handle end.

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If you are working on the wipe, one positive sign that you're doing it better

67
00:03:28.020 --> 00:03:28.640
is that you

68
00:03:28.640 --> 00:03:32.760
should hit a lot more thin shots rather than fat shots.

69
00:03:32.760 --> 00:03:36.290
So if you find that when you're working on the wipe, you're hitting a lot of

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fat shots,

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I'd highly recommend looking at video or filming yourself so that you can see

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why you

73
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might be hitting it fat because there's a good chance you're misinterpreting

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how to

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do the wipe and you're actually just trying to throw the club head further

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00:03:48.330 --> 00:03:49.160
forward instead

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of using the body and the arms to get the grip further forward at impact.

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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.

Why Your Arms, Not the Clubhead, Control Your Low Point

After this video, you'll be able to:

  • Understand how improper arm movement can lead to fat shots.
  • Identify the correct arm motion that keeps the clubhead behind your chest.
  • Recognize the importance of your body's position in relation to the clubhead during impact.

Learn how to adjust your arm movement to improve your swing's low point and avoid fat shots. This video breaks down the relationship between your arms and clubhead to enhance your ball striking.

Video Transcript
WEBVTT

1
00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:04.880
This concept video is arms wipe, not the club head.

2
00:00:04.880 --> 00:00:09.360
So I often see golfers trying to work on their low point and work on their wipe

3
00:00:09.360 --> 00:00:11.120
move, have

4
00:00:11.120 --> 00:00:16.230
kind of some circuits crossed, I like to call it, where basically they're stuck

5
00:00:16.230 --> 00:00:16.760
trying

6
00:00:16.760 --> 00:00:19.640
to do it with one part of their body and that of another.

7
00:00:19.640 --> 00:00:23.860
Specifically, what will happen is a lot of golfers who have more of this cast

8
00:00:23.860 --> 00:00:24.400
pattern

9
00:00:24.400 --> 00:00:29.680
or early release where the club is getting dumped back here, well, you can see

10
00:00:29.680 --> 00:00:30.320
the arms

11
00:00:30.320 --> 00:00:34.830
are more behind my body and when we'll start working on the wipe, initially

12
00:00:34.830 --> 00:00:35.320
they'll just

13
00:00:35.320 --> 00:00:39.310
try and throw down at the bottom, they'll try to throw the club head past their

14
00:00:39.310 --> 00:00:39.640
body

15
00:00:39.640 --> 00:00:40.640
faster.

16
00:00:40.640 --> 00:00:46.100
Well, one way to think of low point or the wide point is looking at kind of the

17
00:00:46.100 --> 00:00:47.240
relationship

18
00:00:47.240 --> 00:00:49.240
of the club head to the chest.

19
00:00:49.240 --> 00:00:54.360
And so in a more of a cast pattern, I'm going to get the club out in front of

20
00:00:54.360 --> 00:00:55.960
my chest sooner.

21
00:00:55.960 --> 00:01:00.930
If I use more of a wipe down at the bottom, my arms are working across kind of

22
00:01:00.930 --> 00:01:01.600
past the

23
00:01:01.600 --> 00:01:05.810
chest and the club is staying behind my chest longer, then I'm making contact

24
00:01:05.810 --> 00:01:06.560
still behind

25
00:01:06.560 --> 00:01:11.600
my chest and it's not catching up with the chest until after impact.

26
00:01:11.600 --> 00:01:17.080
So when you're working on the wipe movement, you want to make sure that your

27
00:01:17.080 --> 00:01:18.120
arms are doing

28
00:01:18.120 --> 00:01:22.190
the wipe, that you're not just trying to throw the club head past your body

29
00:01:22.190 --> 00:01:23.000
because that

30
00:01:23.000 --> 00:01:27.840
will only cause you to hit fat shots a little faster.

31
00:01:27.840 --> 00:01:30.720
So it doesn't really change the impact pattern.

32
00:01:30.720 --> 00:01:36.920
One way that I'll kind of tie things together is when you throw the club head

33
00:01:36.920 --> 00:01:39.000
past your body,

34
00:01:39.000 --> 00:01:44.720
that's more my arms are throwing the club head that way and my body is almost

35
00:01:44.720 --> 00:01:45.440
staying

36
00:01:45.440 --> 00:01:47.440
behind or facing that way.

37
00:01:47.440 --> 00:01:52.000
So my body, which has a big impact on the low point, is staying behind.

38
00:01:52.000 --> 00:01:57.090
Instead, if my arms do a little bit more wipe and my body comes through, my

39
00:01:57.090 --> 00:01:57.680
body is

40
00:01:57.680 --> 00:02:02.020
going and bringing the club through and my arms are almost releasing the club

41
00:02:02.020 --> 00:02:02.440
with a

42
00:02:02.440 --> 00:02:07.840
little older deviation and leaving the club head back behind.

43
00:02:07.840 --> 00:02:10.120
So you have two kind of different patterns.

44
00:02:10.120 --> 00:02:14.980
You have the club head going past my body and my body staying back or the club

45
00:02:14.980 --> 00:02:15.760
head staying

46
00:02:15.760 --> 00:02:18.620
back and my body bringing it forward.

47
00:02:18.620 --> 00:02:22.920
For better low point control, it's much more preferred to have the club head

48
00:02:22.920 --> 00:02:24.080
stay back compared

49
00:02:24.080 --> 00:02:27.880
to your body and the body rotation to bring it forward.

50
00:02:27.880 --> 00:02:33.320
And if you have a lot of energy in your hands going towards the target down at

51
00:02:33.320 --> 00:02:34.040
impact or

52
00:02:34.040 --> 00:02:39.030
down at the bottom kind of like this, then it's very hard to build that pattern

53
00:02:39.030 --> 00:02:39.320
.

54
00:02:39.320 --> 00:02:43.910
So when we're working on this wipe, we're going to try and leave the club head

55
00:02:43.910 --> 00:02:45.080
back here

56
00:02:45.080 --> 00:02:49.920
by this title as bag and use my body to bring the club through.

57
00:02:49.920 --> 00:03:00.280
It'll look something more like that as opposed to if I was to do the opposite.

58
00:03:00.280 --> 00:03:07.100
If I was to stop my body and then try and throw the club head past, you'll see

59
00:03:07.100 --> 00:03:08.120
that because

60
00:03:08.120 --> 00:03:12.600
of the width of the swing and the club head catching up with my chest too soon,

61
00:03:12.600 --> 00:03:13.080
I ended

62
00:03:13.080 --> 00:03:15.280
up hitting it a few inches fat.

63
00:03:15.280 --> 00:03:19.010
That's what ultimately happens when a lot of golfers start trying to do the

64
00:03:19.010 --> 00:03:19.520
wipe.

65
00:03:19.520 --> 00:03:23.160
They're just trying to move the club head and not really moving the handle end.

66
00:03:23.160 --> 00:03:28.020
If you are working on the wipe, one positive sign that you're doing it better

67
00:03:28.020 --> 00:03:28.640
is that you

68
00:03:28.640 --> 00:03:32.760
should hit a lot more thin shots rather than fat shots.

69
00:03:32.760 --> 00:03:36.290
So if you find that when you're working on the wipe, you're hitting a lot of

70
00:03:36.290 --> 00:03:36.920
fat shots,

71
00:03:36.920 --> 00:03:41.200
I'd highly recommend looking at video or filming yourself so that you can see

72
00:03:41.200 --> 00:03:41.760
why you

73
00:03:41.760 --> 00:03:44.640
might be hitting it fat because there's a good chance you're misinterpreting

74
00:03:44.640 --> 00:03:45.000
how to

75
00:03:45.000 --> 00:03:48.330
do the wipe and you're actually just trying to throw the club head further

76
00:03:48.330 --> 00:03:49.160
forward instead

77
00:03:49.160 --> 00:03:53.240
of using the body and the arms to get the grip further forward at impact.

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