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Block the trail arm throw
Many golfers struggle with an overactive trail arm. For most golfers, this causes low point control. For some golfers, this causes issues with trajectory or pull start lines. If you've worked on getting the trail arm to work correctly and haven't made as much progress as you'd like then I'd recommend looking at the lead arm. Pulling too much with the lead arm can trigger the trail arm throw, so learning how to use the lead arm can help retrain your trail arm release pattern.
Many golfers struggle with an overactive trail arm. For most golfers, this causes low point control. For some golfers, this causes issues with trajectory or pull start lines. If you've worked on getting the trail arm to work correctly and haven't made as much progress as you'd like then I'd recommend looking at the lead arm. Pulling too much with the lead arm can trigger the trail arm throw, so learning how to use the lead arm can help retrain your trail arm release pattern.
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This drill is block the trail arm throw.
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So this is a release drill.
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For golfers who tend to get a lot of trail arm straightening and internal
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00:00:16.640 --> 00:00:17.600
rotation, tends
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to have more of a look kind of like this on the way through.
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What can often happen is when you're trying to work on a little better trail
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arm mechanics,
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you'll do a good job in transition, but then it'll still break down on the way
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through.
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So we're going to use the lead arm to block the trail arm.
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And the way that your shoulder griddle works is kind of in pairs.
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So when this arm is throwing, it goes up and this left side will tend to pull
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down.
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When this left side tends to pull down, that arm will want to rotate externally
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like this.
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So it'll have kind of a movement like that.
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So the lead arm will be getting down and pulling across like this to accompany
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that trail arm
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throwing over.
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So what we're going to do is the opposite.
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So this is similar to the Mo Norman or the Don't Break My Arm, but we're going
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to focus
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on the arm rotation.
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So I'm going to try to feel like my elbow stays pointing a little bit more that
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way.
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Now if you have a tendency to kind of come through like this, this is not the
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right drill
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for you.
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If you look at your video and you see the inside of the armpit or elbow pit
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appear really
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quickly on the way through, has a lot of rotation like this.
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You tend to struggle with more pulls and a scoopy look on the way through.
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This could be a magic move for you.
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So we're going to focus on that elbow staying pointing at the target on the way
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through.
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First version, I'm going to do just a single arm and I'm going to feel like I
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stay like
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that elbow is pointing up that can also encourage some side bend.
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So it encourages some of the good pivot or body movement.
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So first we're going to do left arm just kind of staying up like this and then
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we're
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going to put that trail arm over it.
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If I'm used to throwing, then it will feel like this left side is a whole lot
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higher
45
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than we're used to.
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So then the next one we're going to do is just a classic nine to three.
47
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So a little half drill and I'm just going to check that arm and make sure that
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it stays
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up on top.
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By keeping this shoulder rotated in and the elbow pointing more at the target,
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it acts
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as a governor and prevents this arm from throwing because again, these would
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have to work in
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pairs.
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So if this side stays a little bit more firm in this position, then if I'm used
56
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to a throwing
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pattern, I might end up catching some of these fat unless I get some better
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body rotation
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on the way through.
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So this can double as a sequence drill where basically if I keep this arm more
61
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rotated
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at the target, in order to keep it in that position and bring the club through,
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I had
64
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to feel a little bit more chest and pelvis rotation while keeping it in this
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position
66
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here.
67
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So it will also be really helpful for golfers who tend to not have a lot of
68
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body rotation
69
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at impact because what can happen is when this arm pulls, it actually
70
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encourages your
71
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body to rotate the opposite direction, kind of almost like that.
72
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So if I go directly at doing some of these arm in, supported wipe or whatever
73
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on that
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trail side and it's just no matter what you do when you start to add speed,
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this arm starts
76
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throwing and steepening the club in particular, then I'm going to focus on
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blocking it with
78
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that lead arm movement.
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If you're very right side dominant, it's going to feel weird at first to
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control the movement
81
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with that left arm.
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But with practice, it will help create a lot more calmness or kind of more
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consistency
84
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down at the bottom of this one.
85
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So try that if you're getting too much trail arm internal rotation on the way
86
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through,
87
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and you've worked on trying to prevent the throw with the right arm or throw it
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in the
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right direction and it's still not getting clean enough.
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Okay, so demo wise little progression I like to do is normally I'm going to
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preset that
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lead arm.
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Sometimes if you really struggle with, I'll actually have you hold this, but
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then it makes
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it really hard to get solid contact.
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So I'm going to hold it in that position and then kind of a rotate through just
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like that.
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That was pretty good.
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Then we're going to do more of a nine to three, or I'm going to feel like that
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shoulder stays
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in that position.
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Not quite as good, maybe a touch early extension on that one.
103
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But then we're going to try and add speed.
104
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As you add speed, you'll see maybe a little bit more of this rotation, but if
105
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it stays
106
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there, what you'll, if it stays in a good position as you come through, you'll
107
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see the
108
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triangle kind of maintain more wit there as opposed to this coming around kind
109
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of close
110
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to my body and getting behind.
111
00:05:12.000 --> 00:05:15.570
So this can be helpful for stalls, helpful for chicken wings, helpful for a lot
112
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of different
113
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patterns.
114
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Try a little bit bigger swing, keeping that shoulder turned more in kind of
115
00:05:25.480 --> 00:05:26.600
like that.
1
00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:08.240
This drill is block the trail arm throw.
2
00:00:08.240 --> 00:00:10.680
So this is a release drill.
3
00:00:10.680 --> 00:00:16.640
For golfers who tend to get a lot of trail arm straightening and internal
4
00:00:16.640 --> 00:00:17.600
rotation, tends
5
00:00:17.600 --> 00:00:21.880
to have more of a look kind of like this on the way through.
6
00:00:21.880 --> 00:00:27.550
What can often happen is when you're trying to work on a little better trail
7
00:00:27.550 --> 00:00:28.840
arm mechanics,
8
00:00:28.840 --> 00:00:32.310
you'll do a good job in transition, but then it'll still break down on the way
9
00:00:32.310 --> 00:00:32.920
through.
10
00:00:32.920 --> 00:00:36.760
So we're going to use the lead arm to block the trail arm.
11
00:00:36.760 --> 00:00:39.760
And the way that your shoulder griddle works is kind of in pairs.
12
00:00:39.760 --> 00:00:45.110
So when this arm is throwing, it goes up and this left side will tend to pull
13
00:00:45.110 --> 00:00:45.480
down.
14
00:00:45.480 --> 00:00:50.040
When this left side tends to pull down, that arm will want to rotate externally
15
00:00:50.040 --> 00:00:50.960
like this.
16
00:00:50.960 --> 00:00:53.720
So it'll have kind of a movement like that.
17
00:00:53.720 --> 00:00:59.070
So the lead arm will be getting down and pulling across like this to accompany
18
00:00:59.070 --> 00:00:59.800
that trail arm
19
00:00:59.800 --> 00:01:01.360
throwing over.
20
00:01:01.360 --> 00:01:03.080
So what we're going to do is the opposite.
21
00:01:03.080 --> 00:01:06.030
So this is similar to the Mo Norman or the Don't Break My Arm, but we're going
22
00:01:06.030 --> 00:01:06.720
to focus
23
00:01:06.720 --> 00:01:08.360
on the arm rotation.
24
00:01:08.360 --> 00:01:14.150
So I'm going to try to feel like my elbow stays pointing a little bit more that
25
00:01:14.150 --> 00:01:14.800
way.
26
00:01:14.800 --> 00:01:17.920
Now if you have a tendency to kind of come through like this, this is not the
27
00:01:17.920 --> 00:01:18.480
right drill
28
00:01:18.480 --> 00:01:19.480
for you.
29
00:01:19.480 --> 00:01:23.980
If you look at your video and you see the inside of the armpit or elbow pit
30
00:01:23.980 --> 00:01:24.920
appear really
31
00:01:24.920 --> 00:01:28.720
quickly on the way through, has a lot of rotation like this.
32
00:01:28.720 --> 00:01:33.040
You tend to struggle with more pulls and a scoopy look on the way through.
33
00:01:33.040 --> 00:01:35.720
This could be a magic move for you.
34
00:01:35.720 --> 00:01:41.070
So we're going to focus on that elbow staying pointing at the target on the way
35
00:01:41.070 --> 00:01:41.520
through.
36
00:01:41.520 --> 00:01:46.890
First version, I'm going to do just a single arm and I'm going to feel like I
37
00:01:46.890 --> 00:01:47.720
stay like
38
00:01:47.720 --> 00:01:52.520
that elbow is pointing up that can also encourage some side bend.
39
00:01:52.520 --> 00:01:55.840
So it encourages some of the good pivot or body movement.
40
00:01:55.840 --> 00:02:00.210
So first we're going to do left arm just kind of staying up like this and then
41
00:02:00.210 --> 00:02:00.680
we're
42
00:02:00.680 --> 00:02:02.740
going to put that trail arm over it.
43
00:02:02.740 --> 00:02:08.090
If I'm used to throwing, then it will feel like this left side is a whole lot
44
00:02:08.090 --> 00:02:08.400
higher
45
00:02:08.400 --> 00:02:10.120
than we're used to.
46
00:02:10.120 --> 00:02:14.720
So then the next one we're going to do is just a classic nine to three.
47
00:02:14.720 --> 00:02:19.860
So a little half drill and I'm just going to check that arm and make sure that
48
00:02:19.860 --> 00:02:20.440
it stays
49
00:02:20.440 --> 00:02:21.480
up on top.
50
00:02:21.480 --> 00:02:26.160
By keeping this shoulder rotated in and the elbow pointing more at the target,
51
00:02:26.160 --> 00:02:26.680
it acts
52
00:02:26.680 --> 00:02:30.670
as a governor and prevents this arm from throwing because again, these would
53
00:02:30.670 --> 00:02:31.600
have to work in
54
00:02:31.600 --> 00:02:32.600
pairs.
55
00:02:32.600 --> 00:02:39.120
So if this side stays a little bit more firm in this position, then if I'm used
56
00:02:39.120 --> 00:02:39.880
to a throwing
57
00:02:39.880 --> 00:02:43.780
pattern, I might end up catching some of these fat unless I get some better
58
00:02:43.780 --> 00:02:44.640
body rotation
59
00:02:44.640 --> 00:02:46.420
on the way through.
60
00:02:46.420 --> 00:02:52.740
So this can double as a sequence drill where basically if I keep this arm more
61
00:02:52.740 --> 00:02:53.520
rotated
62
00:02:53.520 --> 00:03:01.460
at the target, in order to keep it in that position and bring the club through,
63
00:03:01.460 --> 00:03:02.040
I had
64
00:03:02.040 --> 00:03:07.620
to feel a little bit more chest and pelvis rotation while keeping it in this
65
00:03:07.620 --> 00:03:08.400
position
66
00:03:08.400 --> 00:03:09.400
here.
67
00:03:09.400 --> 00:03:13.350
So it will also be really helpful for golfers who tend to not have a lot of
68
00:03:13.350 --> 00:03:14.280
body rotation
69
00:03:14.280 --> 00:03:19.420
at impact because what can happen is when this arm pulls, it actually
70
00:03:19.420 --> 00:03:19.960
encourages your
71
00:03:19.960 --> 00:03:25.760
body to rotate the opposite direction, kind of almost like that.
72
00:03:25.760 --> 00:03:34.420
So if I go directly at doing some of these arm in, supported wipe or whatever
73
00:03:34.420 --> 00:03:35.360
on that
74
00:03:35.360 --> 00:03:38.840
trail side and it's just no matter what you do when you start to add speed,
75
00:03:38.840 --> 00:03:39.760
this arm starts
76
00:03:39.760 --> 00:03:44.940
throwing and steepening the club in particular, then I'm going to focus on
77
00:03:44.940 --> 00:03:45.720
blocking it with
78
00:03:45.720 --> 00:03:47.440
that lead arm movement.
79
00:03:47.440 --> 00:03:51.470
If you're very right side dominant, it's going to feel weird at first to
80
00:03:51.470 --> 00:03:52.760
control the movement
81
00:03:52.760 --> 00:03:54.440
with that left arm.
82
00:03:54.440 --> 00:03:59.790
But with practice, it will help create a lot more calmness or kind of more
83
00:03:59.790 --> 00:04:00.440
consistency
84
00:04:00.440 --> 00:04:02.160
down at the bottom of this one.
85
00:04:02.160 --> 00:04:07.510
So try that if you're getting too much trail arm internal rotation on the way
86
00:04:07.510 --> 00:04:08.040
through,
87
00:04:08.040 --> 00:04:12.510
and you've worked on trying to prevent the throw with the right arm or throw it
88
00:04:12.510 --> 00:04:12.960
in the
89
00:04:12.960 --> 00:04:15.600
right direction and it's still not getting clean enough.
90
00:04:15.600 --> 00:04:19.940
Okay, so demo wise little progression I like to do is normally I'm going to
91
00:04:19.940 --> 00:04:20.640
preset that
92
00:04:20.640 --> 00:04:22.320
lead arm.
93
00:04:22.320 --> 00:04:25.350
Sometimes if you really struggle with, I'll actually have you hold this, but
94
00:04:25.350 --> 00:04:25.880
then it makes
95
00:04:25.880 --> 00:04:27.800
it really hard to get solid contact.
96
00:04:27.800 --> 00:04:33.150
So I'm going to hold it in that position and then kind of a rotate through just
97
00:04:33.150 --> 00:04:34.480
like that.
98
00:04:34.480 --> 00:04:36.000
That was pretty good.
99
00:04:36.000 --> 00:04:39.410
Then we're going to do more of a nine to three, or I'm going to feel like that
100
00:04:39.410 --> 00:04:40.360
shoulder stays
101
00:04:40.360 --> 00:04:42.880
in that position.
102
00:04:42.880 --> 00:04:50.600
Not quite as good, maybe a touch early extension on that one.
103
00:04:50.600 --> 00:04:52.880
But then we're going to try and add speed.
104
00:04:52.880 --> 00:04:57.510
As you add speed, you'll see maybe a little bit more of this rotation, but if
105
00:04:57.510 --> 00:04:58.120
it stays
106
00:04:58.120 --> 00:05:02.560
there, what you'll, if it stays in a good position as you come through, you'll
107
00:05:02.560 --> 00:05:03.160
see the
108
00:05:03.160 --> 00:05:09.010
triangle kind of maintain more wit there as opposed to this coming around kind
109
00:05:09.010 --> 00:05:09.720
of close
110
00:05:09.720 --> 00:05:12.000
to my body and getting behind.
111
00:05:12.000 --> 00:05:15.570
So this can be helpful for stalls, helpful for chicken wings, helpful for a lot
112
00:05:15.570 --> 00:05:16.240
of different
113
00:05:16.240 --> 00:05:17.240
patterns.
114
00:05:17.240 --> 00:05:25.480
Try a little bit bigger swing, keeping that shoulder turned more in kind of
115
00:05:25.480 --> 00:05:26.600
like that.
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Block the trail arm throw
Many golfers struggle with an overactive trail arm. For most golfers, this causes low point control. For some golfers, this causes issues with trajectory or pull start lines. If you've worked on getting the trail arm to work correctly and haven't made as much progress as you'd like then I'd recommend looking at the lead arm. Pulling too much with the lead arm can trigger the trail arm throw, so learning how to use the lead arm can help retrain your trail arm release pattern.
Many golfers struggle with an overactive trail arm. For most golfers, this causes low point control. For some golfers, this causes issues with trajectory or pull start lines. If you've worked on getting the trail arm to work correctly and haven't made as much progress as you'd like then I'd recommend looking at the lead arm. Pulling too much with the lead arm can trigger the trail arm throw, so learning how to use the lead arm can help retrain your trail arm release pattern.
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WEBVTT
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This drill is block the trail arm throw.
2
00:00:08.240 --> 00:00:10.680
So this is a release drill.
3
00:00:10.680 --> 00:00:16.640
For golfers who tend to get a lot of trail arm straightening and internal
4
00:00:16.640 --> 00:00:17.600
rotation, tends
5
00:00:17.600 --> 00:00:21.880
to have more of a look kind of like this on the way through.
6
00:00:21.880 --> 00:00:27.550
What can often happen is when you're trying to work on a little better trail
7
00:00:27.550 --> 00:00:28.840
arm mechanics,
8
00:00:28.840 --> 00:00:32.310
you'll do a good job in transition, but then it'll still break down on the way
9
00:00:32.310 --> 00:00:32.920
through.
10
00:00:32.920 --> 00:00:36.760
So we're going to use the lead arm to block the trail arm.
11
00:00:36.760 --> 00:00:39.760
And the way that your shoulder griddle works is kind of in pairs.
12
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So when this arm is throwing, it goes up and this left side will tend to pull
13
00:00:45.110 --> 00:00:45.480
down.
14
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When this left side tends to pull down, that arm will want to rotate externally
15
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like this.
16
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So it'll have kind of a movement like that.
17
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So the lead arm will be getting down and pulling across like this to accompany
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that trail arm
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throwing over.
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So what we're going to do is the opposite.
21
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So this is similar to the Mo Norman or the Don't Break My Arm, but we're going
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to focus
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on the arm rotation.
24
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So I'm going to try to feel like my elbow stays pointing a little bit more that
25
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way.
26
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Now if you have a tendency to kind of come through like this, this is not the
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right drill
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for you.
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If you look at your video and you see the inside of the armpit or elbow pit
30
00:01:23.980 --> 00:01:24.920
appear really
31
00:01:24.920 --> 00:01:28.720
quickly on the way through, has a lot of rotation like this.
32
00:01:28.720 --> 00:01:33.040
You tend to struggle with more pulls and a scoopy look on the way through.
33
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This could be a magic move for you.
34
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So we're going to focus on that elbow staying pointing at the target on the way
35
00:01:41.070 --> 00:01:41.520
through.
36
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First version, I'm going to do just a single arm and I'm going to feel like I
37
00:01:46.890 --> 00:01:47.720
stay like
38
00:01:47.720 --> 00:01:52.520
that elbow is pointing up that can also encourage some side bend.
39
00:01:52.520 --> 00:01:55.840
So it encourages some of the good pivot or body movement.
40
00:01:55.840 --> 00:02:00.210
So first we're going to do left arm just kind of staying up like this and then
41
00:02:00.210 --> 00:02:00.680
we're
42
00:02:00.680 --> 00:02:02.740
going to put that trail arm over it.
43
00:02:02.740 --> 00:02:08.090
If I'm used to throwing, then it will feel like this left side is a whole lot
44
00:02:08.090 --> 00:02:08.400
higher
45
00:02:08.400 --> 00:02:10.120
than we're used to.
46
00:02:10.120 --> 00:02:14.720
So then the next one we're going to do is just a classic nine to three.
47
00:02:14.720 --> 00:02:19.860
So a little half drill and I'm just going to check that arm and make sure that
48
00:02:19.860 --> 00:02:20.440
it stays
49
00:02:20.440 --> 00:02:21.480
up on top.
50
00:02:21.480 --> 00:02:26.160
By keeping this shoulder rotated in and the elbow pointing more at the target,
51
00:02:26.160 --> 00:02:26.680
it acts
52
00:02:26.680 --> 00:02:30.670
as a governor and prevents this arm from throwing because again, these would
53
00:02:30.670 --> 00:02:31.600
have to work in
54
00:02:31.600 --> 00:02:32.600
pairs.
55
00:02:32.600 --> 00:02:39.120
So if this side stays a little bit more firm in this position, then if I'm used
56
00:02:39.120 --> 00:02:39.880
to a throwing
57
00:02:39.880 --> 00:02:43.780
pattern, I might end up catching some of these fat unless I get some better
58
00:02:43.780 --> 00:02:44.640
body rotation
59
00:02:44.640 --> 00:02:46.420
on the way through.
60
00:02:46.420 --> 00:02:52.740
So this can double as a sequence drill where basically if I keep this arm more
61
00:02:52.740 --> 00:02:53.520
rotated
62
00:02:53.520 --> 00:03:01.460
at the target, in order to keep it in that position and bring the club through,
63
00:03:01.460 --> 00:03:02.040
I had
64
00:03:02.040 --> 00:03:07.620
to feel a little bit more chest and pelvis rotation while keeping it in this
65
00:03:07.620 --> 00:03:08.400
position
66
00:03:08.400 --> 00:03:09.400
here.
67
00:03:09.400 --> 00:03:13.350
So it will also be really helpful for golfers who tend to not have a lot of
68
00:03:13.350 --> 00:03:14.280
body rotation
69
00:03:14.280 --> 00:03:19.420
at impact because what can happen is when this arm pulls, it actually
70
00:03:19.420 --> 00:03:19.960
encourages your
71
00:03:19.960 --> 00:03:25.760
body to rotate the opposite direction, kind of almost like that.
72
00:03:25.760 --> 00:03:34.420
So if I go directly at doing some of these arm in, supported wipe or whatever
73
00:03:34.420 --> 00:03:35.360
on that
74
00:03:35.360 --> 00:03:38.840
trail side and it's just no matter what you do when you start to add speed,
75
00:03:38.840 --> 00:03:39.760
this arm starts
76
00:03:39.760 --> 00:03:44.940
throwing and steepening the club in particular, then I'm going to focus on
77
00:03:44.940 --> 00:03:45.720
blocking it with
78
00:03:45.720 --> 00:03:47.440
that lead arm movement.
79
00:03:47.440 --> 00:03:51.470
If you're very right side dominant, it's going to feel weird at first to
80
00:03:51.470 --> 00:03:52.760
control the movement
81
00:03:52.760 --> 00:03:54.440
with that left arm.
82
00:03:54.440 --> 00:03:59.790
But with practice, it will help create a lot more calmness or kind of more
83
00:03:59.790 --> 00:04:00.440
consistency
84
00:04:00.440 --> 00:04:02.160
down at the bottom of this one.
85
00:04:02.160 --> 00:04:07.510
So try that if you're getting too much trail arm internal rotation on the way
86
00:04:07.510 --> 00:04:08.040
through,
87
00:04:08.040 --> 00:04:12.510
and you've worked on trying to prevent the throw with the right arm or throw it
88
00:04:12.510 --> 00:04:12.960
in the
89
00:04:12.960 --> 00:04:15.600
right direction and it's still not getting clean enough.
90
00:04:15.600 --> 00:04:19.940
Okay, so demo wise little progression I like to do is normally I'm going to
91
00:04:19.940 --> 00:04:20.640
preset that
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lead arm.
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Sometimes if you really struggle with, I'll actually have you hold this, but
94
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then it makes
95
00:04:25.880 --> 00:04:27.800
it really hard to get solid contact.
96
00:04:27.800 --> 00:04:33.150
So I'm going to hold it in that position and then kind of a rotate through just
97
00:04:33.150 --> 00:04:34.480
like that.
98
00:04:34.480 --> 00:04:36.000
That was pretty good.
99
00:04:36.000 --> 00:04:39.410
Then we're going to do more of a nine to three, or I'm going to feel like that
100
00:04:39.410 --> 00:04:40.360
shoulder stays
101
00:04:40.360 --> 00:04:42.880
in that position.
102
00:04:42.880 --> 00:04:50.600
Not quite as good, maybe a touch early extension on that one.
103
00:04:50.600 --> 00:04:52.880
But then we're going to try and add speed.
104
00:04:52.880 --> 00:04:57.510
As you add speed, you'll see maybe a little bit more of this rotation, but if
105
00:04:57.510 --> 00:04:58.120
it stays
106
00:04:58.120 --> 00:05:02.560
there, what you'll, if it stays in a good position as you come through, you'll
107
00:05:02.560 --> 00:05:03.160
see the
108
00:05:03.160 --> 00:05:09.010
triangle kind of maintain more wit there as opposed to this coming around kind
109
00:05:09.010 --> 00:05:09.720
of close
110
00:05:09.720 --> 00:05:12.000
to my body and getting behind.
111
00:05:12.000 --> 00:05:15.570
So this can be helpful for stalls, helpful for chicken wings, helpful for a lot
112
00:05:15.570 --> 00:05:16.240
of different
113
00:05:16.240 --> 00:05:17.240
patterns.
114
00:05:17.240 --> 00:05:25.480
Try a little bit bigger swing, keeping that shoulder turned more in kind of
115
00:05:25.480 --> 00:05:26.600
like that.
1
00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:08.240
This drill is block the trail arm throw.
2
00:00:08.240 --> 00:00:10.680
So this is a release drill.
3
00:00:10.680 --> 00:00:16.640
For golfers who tend to get a lot of trail arm straightening and internal
4
00:00:16.640 --> 00:00:17.600
rotation, tends
5
00:00:17.600 --> 00:00:21.880
to have more of a look kind of like this on the way through.
6
00:00:21.880 --> 00:00:27.550
What can often happen is when you're trying to work on a little better trail
7
00:00:27.550 --> 00:00:28.840
arm mechanics,
8
00:00:28.840 --> 00:00:32.310
you'll do a good job in transition, but then it'll still break down on the way
9
00:00:32.310 --> 00:00:32.920
through.
10
00:00:32.920 --> 00:00:36.760
So we're going to use the lead arm to block the trail arm.
11
00:00:36.760 --> 00:00:39.760
And the way that your shoulder griddle works is kind of in pairs.
12
00:00:39.760 --> 00:00:45.110
So when this arm is throwing, it goes up and this left side will tend to pull
13
00:00:45.110 --> 00:00:45.480
down.
14
00:00:45.480 --> 00:00:50.040
When this left side tends to pull down, that arm will want to rotate externally
15
00:00:50.040 --> 00:00:50.960
like this.
16
00:00:50.960 --> 00:00:53.720
So it'll have kind of a movement like that.
17
00:00:53.720 --> 00:00:59.070
So the lead arm will be getting down and pulling across like this to accompany
18
00:00:59.070 --> 00:00:59.800
that trail arm
19
00:00:59.800 --> 00:01:01.360
throwing over.
20
00:01:01.360 --> 00:01:03.080
So what we're going to do is the opposite.
21
00:01:03.080 --> 00:01:06.030
So this is similar to the Mo Norman or the Don't Break My Arm, but we're going
22
00:01:06.030 --> 00:01:06.720
to focus
23
00:01:06.720 --> 00:01:08.360
on the arm rotation.
24
00:01:08.360 --> 00:01:14.150
So I'm going to try to feel like my elbow stays pointing a little bit more that
25
00:01:14.150 --> 00:01:14.800
way.
26
00:01:14.800 --> 00:01:17.920
Now if you have a tendency to kind of come through like this, this is not the
27
00:01:17.920 --> 00:01:18.480
right drill
28
00:01:18.480 --> 00:01:19.480
for you.
29
00:01:19.480 --> 00:01:23.980
If you look at your video and you see the inside of the armpit or elbow pit
30
00:01:23.980 --> 00:01:24.920
appear really
31
00:01:24.920 --> 00:01:28.720
quickly on the way through, has a lot of rotation like this.
32
00:01:28.720 --> 00:01:33.040
You tend to struggle with more pulls and a scoopy look on the way through.
33
00:01:33.040 --> 00:01:35.720
This could be a magic move for you.
34
00:01:35.720 --> 00:01:41.070
So we're going to focus on that elbow staying pointing at the target on the way
35
00:01:41.070 --> 00:01:41.520
through.
36
00:01:41.520 --> 00:01:46.890
First version, I'm going to do just a single arm and I'm going to feel like I
37
00:01:46.890 --> 00:01:47.720
stay like
38
00:01:47.720 --> 00:01:52.520
that elbow is pointing up that can also encourage some side bend.
39
00:01:52.520 --> 00:01:55.840
So it encourages some of the good pivot or body movement.
40
00:01:55.840 --> 00:02:00.210
So first we're going to do left arm just kind of staying up like this and then
41
00:02:00.210 --> 00:02:00.680
we're
42
00:02:00.680 --> 00:02:02.740
going to put that trail arm over it.
43
00:02:02.740 --> 00:02:08.090
If I'm used to throwing, then it will feel like this left side is a whole lot
44
00:02:08.090 --> 00:02:08.400
higher
45
00:02:08.400 --> 00:02:10.120
than we're used to.
46
00:02:10.120 --> 00:02:14.720
So then the next one we're going to do is just a classic nine to three.
47
00:02:14.720 --> 00:02:19.860
So a little half drill and I'm just going to check that arm and make sure that
48
00:02:19.860 --> 00:02:20.440
it stays
49
00:02:20.440 --> 00:02:21.480
up on top.
50
00:02:21.480 --> 00:02:26.160
By keeping this shoulder rotated in and the elbow pointing more at the target,
51
00:02:26.160 --> 00:02:26.680
it acts
52
00:02:26.680 --> 00:02:30.670
as a governor and prevents this arm from throwing because again, these would
53
00:02:30.670 --> 00:02:31.600
have to work in
54
00:02:31.600 --> 00:02:32.600
pairs.
55
00:02:32.600 --> 00:02:39.120
So if this side stays a little bit more firm in this position, then if I'm used
56
00:02:39.120 --> 00:02:39.880
to a throwing
57
00:02:39.880 --> 00:02:43.780
pattern, I might end up catching some of these fat unless I get some better
58
00:02:43.780 --> 00:02:44.640
body rotation
59
00:02:44.640 --> 00:02:46.420
on the way through.
60
00:02:46.420 --> 00:02:52.740
So this can double as a sequence drill where basically if I keep this arm more
61
00:02:52.740 --> 00:02:53.520
rotated
62
00:02:53.520 --> 00:03:01.460
at the target, in order to keep it in that position and bring the club through,
63
00:03:01.460 --> 00:03:02.040
I had
64
00:03:02.040 --> 00:03:07.620
to feel a little bit more chest and pelvis rotation while keeping it in this
65
00:03:07.620 --> 00:03:08.400
position
66
00:03:08.400 --> 00:03:09.400
here.
67
00:03:09.400 --> 00:03:13.350
So it will also be really helpful for golfers who tend to not have a lot of
68
00:03:13.350 --> 00:03:14.280
body rotation
69
00:03:14.280 --> 00:03:19.420
at impact because what can happen is when this arm pulls, it actually
70
00:03:19.420 --> 00:03:19.960
encourages your
71
00:03:19.960 --> 00:03:25.760
body to rotate the opposite direction, kind of almost like that.
72
00:03:25.760 --> 00:03:34.420
So if I go directly at doing some of these arm in, supported wipe or whatever
73
00:03:34.420 --> 00:03:35.360
on that
74
00:03:35.360 --> 00:03:38.840
trail side and it's just no matter what you do when you start to add speed,
75
00:03:38.840 --> 00:03:39.760
this arm starts
76
00:03:39.760 --> 00:03:44.940
throwing and steepening the club in particular, then I'm going to focus on
77
00:03:44.940 --> 00:03:45.720
blocking it with
78
00:03:45.720 --> 00:03:47.440
that lead arm movement.
79
00:03:47.440 --> 00:03:51.470
If you're very right side dominant, it's going to feel weird at first to
80
00:03:51.470 --> 00:03:52.760
control the movement
81
00:03:52.760 --> 00:03:54.440
with that left arm.
82
00:03:54.440 --> 00:03:59.790
But with practice, it will help create a lot more calmness or kind of more
83
00:03:59.790 --> 00:04:00.440
consistency
84
00:04:00.440 --> 00:04:02.160
down at the bottom of this one.
85
00:04:02.160 --> 00:04:07.510
So try that if you're getting too much trail arm internal rotation on the way
86
00:04:07.510 --> 00:04:08.040
through,
87
00:04:08.040 --> 00:04:12.510
and you've worked on trying to prevent the throw with the right arm or throw it
88
00:04:12.510 --> 00:04:12.960
in the
89
00:04:12.960 --> 00:04:15.600
right direction and it's still not getting clean enough.
90
00:04:15.600 --> 00:04:19.940
Okay, so demo wise little progression I like to do is normally I'm going to
91
00:04:19.940 --> 00:04:20.640
preset that
92
00:04:20.640 --> 00:04:22.320
lead arm.
93
00:04:22.320 --> 00:04:25.350
Sometimes if you really struggle with, I'll actually have you hold this, but
94
00:04:25.350 --> 00:04:25.880
then it makes
95
00:04:25.880 --> 00:04:27.800
it really hard to get solid contact.
96
00:04:27.800 --> 00:04:33.150
So I'm going to hold it in that position and then kind of a rotate through just
97
00:04:33.150 --> 00:04:34.480
like that.
98
00:04:34.480 --> 00:04:36.000
That was pretty good.
99
00:04:36.000 --> 00:04:39.410
Then we're going to do more of a nine to three, or I'm going to feel like that
100
00:04:39.410 --> 00:04:40.360
shoulder stays
101
00:04:40.360 --> 00:04:42.880
in that position.
102
00:04:42.880 --> 00:04:50.600
Not quite as good, maybe a touch early extension on that one.
103
00:04:50.600 --> 00:04:52.880
But then we're going to try and add speed.
104
00:04:52.880 --> 00:04:57.510
As you add speed, you'll see maybe a little bit more of this rotation, but if
105
00:04:57.510 --> 00:04:58.120
it stays
106
00:04:58.120 --> 00:05:02.560
there, what you'll, if it stays in a good position as you come through, you'll
107
00:05:02.560 --> 00:05:03.160
see the
108
00:05:03.160 --> 00:05:09.010
triangle kind of maintain more wit there as opposed to this coming around kind
109
00:05:09.010 --> 00:05:09.720
of close
110
00:05:09.720 --> 00:05:12.000
to my body and getting behind.
111
00:05:12.000 --> 00:05:15.570
So this can be helpful for stalls, helpful for chicken wings, helpful for a lot
112
00:05:15.570 --> 00:05:16.240
of different
113
00:05:16.240 --> 00:05:17.240
patterns.
114
00:05:17.240 --> 00:05:25.480
Try a little bit bigger swing, keeping that shoulder turned more in kind of
115
00:05:25.480 --> 00:05:26.600
like that.
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