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Connecting Lead Arm Lift To Shaft Lean
Impact position is all that matters. It's the only thing that influences how the golf ball flies. But there are only so many ways to achieve certain characteristics in the swing. Shaft lean is one of those great mysteries for a lot of golfers. To get shaft lean, and compression, at impact, you need to have good body sequence, good control of your posture, and you need to do a few things with the arms. Golfers like to focus on the trail arm being external or in-front of the body, or the lead wrist being bowed. But one missed component is the relative height of the lead arm. If the lead arm is too low, along the side of the body, it becomes almost impossible to get a reasonable amount of shaft lean at impact.
Impact position is all that matters. It's the only thing that influences how the golf ball flies. But there are only so many ways to achieve certain characteristics in the swing. Shaft lean is one of those great mysteries for a lot of golfers. To get shaft lean, and compression, at impact, you need to have good body sequence, good control of your posture, and you need to do a few things with the arms. Golfers like to focus on the trail arm being external or in-front of the body, or the lead wrist being bowed. But one missed component is the relative height of the lead arm. If the lead arm is too low, along the side of the body, it becomes almost impossible to get a reasonable amount of shaft lean at impact.
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Video Transcript
WEBVTT
1
00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:09.640
This concept video is connecting lead arm lift to shaft lean.
2
00:00:09.640 --> 00:00:15.250
So a lot of golfers are working on trying to get a little bit more shaft lean
3
00:00:15.250 --> 00:00:16.400
at impact.
4
00:00:16.400 --> 00:00:20.200
And one of the kind of hidden pieces that a lot of golfers neglect is this
5
00:00:20.200 --> 00:00:20.960
position of
6
00:00:20.960 --> 00:00:24.040
the left arm or the lead arm lift.
7
00:00:24.040 --> 00:00:29.390
Basically the more that that lead arm is up and forward, that's going to allow
8
00:00:29.390 --> 00:00:29.800
your
9
00:00:29.800 --> 00:00:34.000
body to get into a steeper position, both upper body on top of the lead leg or
10
00:00:34.000 --> 00:00:34.200
getting
11
00:00:34.200 --> 00:00:38.000
more stack, as well as getting more body rotation.
12
00:00:38.000 --> 00:00:44.160
And both of those, you can see when I get more on top and rotated, that helps
13
00:00:44.160 --> 00:00:44.740
get my
14
00:00:44.740 --> 00:00:50.320
lead arm in front, which helps produce some shaft lean.
15
00:00:50.320 --> 00:00:55.510
If the lead arm is tending to have more of a pull pattern where it's pulling
16
00:00:55.510 --> 00:00:56.160
down like
17
00:00:56.160 --> 00:01:02.560
this, you would think that that would help pull the hands in front.
18
00:01:02.560 --> 00:01:06.530
But unfortunately what it does is when this lead arm pulls, what's happening on
19
00:01:06.530 --> 00:01:06.960
the back
20
00:01:06.960 --> 00:01:10.160
side of the body is preventing your body from rotating.
21
00:01:10.160 --> 00:01:15.350
So it tends to keep the, when that lead arm pulls, it tends to keep the chest
22
00:01:15.350 --> 00:01:16.040
more facing
23
00:01:16.040 --> 00:01:19.660
the golf ball instead of the belly button and the lower ribs kind of rotating
24
00:01:19.660 --> 00:01:20.320
and getting
25
00:01:20.320 --> 00:01:22.040
open there.
26
00:01:22.040 --> 00:01:27.380
So when it gets open like this, it will also have a tendency to take the wrist
27
00:01:27.380 --> 00:01:28.080
into more
28
00:01:28.080 --> 00:01:31.740
of this extension and that extension is going to let the club pass and it's
29
00:01:31.740 --> 00:01:32.640
going to prevent
30
00:01:32.640 --> 00:01:34.480
you from getting shaft lean.
31
00:01:34.480 --> 00:01:39.840
So oftentimes when we're working on this, we'll do some kind of exaggerations
32
00:01:39.840 --> 00:01:40.480
where we're
33
00:01:40.480 --> 00:01:45.520
feeling space between the left arm and the body.
34
00:01:45.520 --> 00:01:50.150
That can often feel in transition like this left arm is staying a little bit
35
00:01:50.150 --> 00:01:50.920
higher and
36
00:01:50.920 --> 00:01:56.110
that can feel like on the way through that left arm, again, is creating a
37
00:01:56.110 --> 00:01:56.600
little bit
38
00:01:56.600 --> 00:01:57.600
of space.
39
00:01:57.600 --> 00:02:01.110
I don't mind feeling the connection way up here in the armpit or the upper pack
40
00:02:01.110 --> 00:02:01.360
.
41
00:02:01.360 --> 00:02:05.440
In fact, I think that can be really complimentary.
42
00:02:05.440 --> 00:02:09.360
But I don't want to have that arm connected all the way down to the elbow.
43
00:02:09.360 --> 00:02:12.610
That's one of the checks that I give people is can you keep your elbow more in
44
00:02:12.610 --> 00:02:13.080
front of
45
00:02:13.080 --> 00:02:15.760
your body on the way through.
46
00:02:15.760 --> 00:02:21.040
Now if you do that, oftentimes this pull complements too much tilt.
47
00:02:21.040 --> 00:02:26.230
So the upper body going this way moves everything out to the right and then the
48
00:02:26.230 --> 00:02:27.000
arms pulling
49
00:02:27.000 --> 00:02:31.490
this way tends to move the swing back to a neutral position, but it moves the
50
00:02:31.490 --> 00:02:32.160
low point
51
00:02:32.160 --> 00:02:33.160
backwards.
52
00:02:33.160 --> 00:02:34.720
So it causes contact problems.
53
00:02:34.720 --> 00:02:39.340
And because it limits my ability to get shaft lean, it causes the club to be
54
00:02:39.340 --> 00:02:40.520
more vertical.
55
00:02:40.520 --> 00:02:45.000
The club faces twisting very quickly and it tends to cause two-way misses, a
56
00:02:45.000 --> 00:02:45.720
big right,
57
00:02:45.720 --> 00:02:48.160
big left when that left arm is pulling down.
58
00:02:48.160 --> 00:02:51.830
So if I'm struggling with trying to get some shaft lean, I can feel almost like
59
00:02:51.830 --> 00:02:52.360
I'm going
60
00:02:52.360 --> 00:02:54.320
to have the arm quite high.
61
00:02:54.320 --> 00:02:59.440
And now as I rotate, you can see how the rotation is feeling like it's more
62
00:02:59.440 --> 00:03:00.260
down here rather
63
00:03:00.260 --> 00:03:04.240
than rotating at my shoulders, that can be a common contributing factor.
64
00:03:04.240 --> 00:03:10.150
But if I've rotated my body like this, then as I release the club or extend the
65
00:03:10.150 --> 00:03:10.680
arms,
66
00:03:10.680 --> 00:03:15.270
they're going to stay up and more forward and that's going to help with contact
67
00:03:15.270 --> 00:03:15.600
and
68
00:03:15.600 --> 00:03:16.600
shaft lean.
69
00:03:16.600 --> 00:03:19.170
So if you're struggling with shaft lean, one of the places that you might not
70
00:03:19.170 --> 00:03:19.640
be looking
71
00:03:19.640 --> 00:03:21.720
is that lead arm location.
72
00:03:21.720 --> 00:03:27.530
It has a big impact on connecting the overall kind of body, shoulder connection
73
00:03:27.530 --> 00:03:28.320
, and has
74
00:03:28.320 --> 00:03:33.680
a pretty significant impact on your ability to get shaft lean at impact.
75
00:03:33.680 --> 00:03:34.680
So we'll demo one.
76
00:03:34.680 --> 00:03:38.820
So if I want kind of maximum shaft lean, I'm going to get hips rotated, upper
77
00:03:38.820 --> 00:03:40.120
body covered,
78
00:03:40.120 --> 00:03:44.700
shoulders, a little bit more shallow so that I can get my hands forward like
79
00:03:44.700 --> 00:03:45.320
that.
80
00:03:45.320 --> 00:03:49.040
And I'm going to feel the release is a little bit more almost behind or owner
81
00:03:49.040 --> 00:03:49.720
deviated as
82
00:03:49.720 --> 00:03:53.160
opposed to in front or rotated.
83
00:03:53.160 --> 00:03:58.510
So let's see if we can throw all that together, focus really on the lead arm
84
00:03:58.510 --> 00:03:59.640
staying up.
85
00:03:59.640 --> 00:04:03.880
Kind of like that.
86
00:04:03.880 --> 00:04:05.920
Pretty good flat spot on that one.
1
00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:09.640
This concept video is connecting lead arm lift to shaft lean.
2
00:00:09.640 --> 00:00:15.250
So a lot of golfers are working on trying to get a little bit more shaft lean
3
00:00:15.250 --> 00:00:16.400
at impact.
4
00:00:16.400 --> 00:00:20.200
And one of the kind of hidden pieces that a lot of golfers neglect is this
5
00:00:20.200 --> 00:00:20.960
position of
6
00:00:20.960 --> 00:00:24.040
the left arm or the lead arm lift.
7
00:00:24.040 --> 00:00:29.390
Basically the more that that lead arm is up and forward, that's going to allow
8
00:00:29.390 --> 00:00:29.800
your
9
00:00:29.800 --> 00:00:34.000
body to get into a steeper position, both upper body on top of the lead leg or
10
00:00:34.000 --> 00:00:34.200
getting
11
00:00:34.200 --> 00:00:38.000
more stack, as well as getting more body rotation.
12
00:00:38.000 --> 00:00:44.160
And both of those, you can see when I get more on top and rotated, that helps
13
00:00:44.160 --> 00:00:44.740
get my
14
00:00:44.740 --> 00:00:50.320
lead arm in front, which helps produce some shaft lean.
15
00:00:50.320 --> 00:00:55.510
If the lead arm is tending to have more of a pull pattern where it's pulling
16
00:00:55.510 --> 00:00:56.160
down like
17
00:00:56.160 --> 00:01:02.560
this, you would think that that would help pull the hands in front.
18
00:01:02.560 --> 00:01:06.530
But unfortunately what it does is when this lead arm pulls, what's happening on
19
00:01:06.530 --> 00:01:06.960
the back
20
00:01:06.960 --> 00:01:10.160
side of the body is preventing your body from rotating.
21
00:01:10.160 --> 00:01:15.350
So it tends to keep the, when that lead arm pulls, it tends to keep the chest
22
00:01:15.350 --> 00:01:16.040
more facing
23
00:01:16.040 --> 00:01:19.660
the golf ball instead of the belly button and the lower ribs kind of rotating
24
00:01:19.660 --> 00:01:20.320
and getting
25
00:01:20.320 --> 00:01:22.040
open there.
26
00:01:22.040 --> 00:01:27.380
So when it gets open like this, it will also have a tendency to take the wrist
27
00:01:27.380 --> 00:01:28.080
into more
28
00:01:28.080 --> 00:01:31.740
of this extension and that extension is going to let the club pass and it's
29
00:01:31.740 --> 00:01:32.640
going to prevent
30
00:01:32.640 --> 00:01:34.480
you from getting shaft lean.
31
00:01:34.480 --> 00:01:39.840
So oftentimes when we're working on this, we'll do some kind of exaggerations
32
00:01:39.840 --> 00:01:40.480
where we're
33
00:01:40.480 --> 00:01:45.520
feeling space between the left arm and the body.
34
00:01:45.520 --> 00:01:50.150
That can often feel in transition like this left arm is staying a little bit
35
00:01:50.150 --> 00:01:50.920
higher and
36
00:01:50.920 --> 00:01:56.110
that can feel like on the way through that left arm, again, is creating a
37
00:01:56.110 --> 00:01:56.600
little bit
38
00:01:56.600 --> 00:01:57.600
of space.
39
00:01:57.600 --> 00:02:01.110
I don't mind feeling the connection way up here in the armpit or the upper pack
40
00:02:01.110 --> 00:02:01.360
.
41
00:02:01.360 --> 00:02:05.440
In fact, I think that can be really complimentary.
42
00:02:05.440 --> 00:02:09.360
But I don't want to have that arm connected all the way down to the elbow.
43
00:02:09.360 --> 00:02:12.610
That's one of the checks that I give people is can you keep your elbow more in
44
00:02:12.610 --> 00:02:13.080
front of
45
00:02:13.080 --> 00:02:15.760
your body on the way through.
46
00:02:15.760 --> 00:02:21.040
Now if you do that, oftentimes this pull complements too much tilt.
47
00:02:21.040 --> 00:02:26.230
So the upper body going this way moves everything out to the right and then the
48
00:02:26.230 --> 00:02:27.000
arms pulling
49
00:02:27.000 --> 00:02:31.490
this way tends to move the swing back to a neutral position, but it moves the
50
00:02:31.490 --> 00:02:32.160
low point
51
00:02:32.160 --> 00:02:33.160
backwards.
52
00:02:33.160 --> 00:02:34.720
So it causes contact problems.
53
00:02:34.720 --> 00:02:39.340
And because it limits my ability to get shaft lean, it causes the club to be
54
00:02:39.340 --> 00:02:40.520
more vertical.
55
00:02:40.520 --> 00:02:45.000
The club faces twisting very quickly and it tends to cause two-way misses, a
56
00:02:45.000 --> 00:02:45.720
big right,
57
00:02:45.720 --> 00:02:48.160
big left when that left arm is pulling down.
58
00:02:48.160 --> 00:02:51.830
So if I'm struggling with trying to get some shaft lean, I can feel almost like
59
00:02:51.830 --> 00:02:52.360
I'm going
60
00:02:52.360 --> 00:02:54.320
to have the arm quite high.
61
00:02:54.320 --> 00:02:59.440
And now as I rotate, you can see how the rotation is feeling like it's more
62
00:02:59.440 --> 00:03:00.260
down here rather
63
00:03:00.260 --> 00:03:04.240
than rotating at my shoulders, that can be a common contributing factor.
64
00:03:04.240 --> 00:03:10.150
But if I've rotated my body like this, then as I release the club or extend the
65
00:03:10.150 --> 00:03:10.680
arms,
66
00:03:10.680 --> 00:03:15.270
they're going to stay up and more forward and that's going to help with contact
67
00:03:15.270 --> 00:03:15.600
and
68
00:03:15.600 --> 00:03:16.600
shaft lean.
69
00:03:16.600 --> 00:03:19.170
So if you're struggling with shaft lean, one of the places that you might not
70
00:03:19.170 --> 00:03:19.640
be looking
71
00:03:19.640 --> 00:03:21.720
is that lead arm location.
72
00:03:21.720 --> 00:03:27.530
It has a big impact on connecting the overall kind of body, shoulder connection
73
00:03:27.530 --> 00:03:28.320
, and has
74
00:03:28.320 --> 00:03:33.680
a pretty significant impact on your ability to get shaft lean at impact.
75
00:03:33.680 --> 00:03:34.680
So we'll demo one.
76
00:03:34.680 --> 00:03:38.820
So if I want kind of maximum shaft lean, I'm going to get hips rotated, upper
77
00:03:38.820 --> 00:03:40.120
body covered,
78
00:03:40.120 --> 00:03:44.700
shoulders, a little bit more shallow so that I can get my hands forward like
79
00:03:44.700 --> 00:03:45.320
that.
80
00:03:45.320 --> 00:03:49.040
And I'm going to feel the release is a little bit more almost behind or owner
81
00:03:49.040 --> 00:03:49.720
deviated as
82
00:03:49.720 --> 00:03:53.160
opposed to in front or rotated.
83
00:03:53.160 --> 00:03:58.510
So let's see if we can throw all that together, focus really on the lead arm
84
00:03:58.510 --> 00:03:59.640
staying up.
85
00:03:59.640 --> 00:04:03.880
Kind of like that.
86
00:04:03.880 --> 00:04:05.920
Pretty good flat spot on that one.
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.
Connecting Lead Arm Lift To Shaft Lean
Impact position is all that matters. It's the only thing that influences how the golf ball flies. But there are only so many ways to achieve certain characteristics in the swing. Shaft lean is one of those great mysteries for a lot of golfers. To get shaft lean, and compression, at impact, you need to have good body sequence, good control of your posture, and you need to do a few things with the arms. Golfers like to focus on the trail arm being external or in-front of the body, or the lead wrist being bowed. But one missed component is the relative height of the lead arm. If the lead arm is too low, along the side of the body, it becomes almost impossible to get a reasonable amount of shaft lean at impact.
Impact position is all that matters. It's the only thing that influences how the golf ball flies. But there are only so many ways to achieve certain characteristics in the swing. Shaft lean is one of those great mysteries for a lot of golfers. To get shaft lean, and compression, at impact, you need to have good body sequence, good control of your posture, and you need to do a few things with the arms. Golfers like to focus on the trail arm being external or in-front of the body, or the lead wrist being bowed. But one missed component is the relative height of the lead arm. If the lead arm is too low, along the side of the body, it becomes almost impossible to get a reasonable amount of shaft lean at impact.
Hide
Video Transcript
WEBVTT
1
00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:09.640
This concept video is connecting lead arm lift to shaft lean.
2
00:00:09.640 --> 00:00:15.250
So a lot of golfers are working on trying to get a little bit more shaft lean
3
00:00:15.250 --> 00:00:16.400
at impact.
4
00:00:16.400 --> 00:00:20.200
And one of the kind of hidden pieces that a lot of golfers neglect is this
5
00:00:20.200 --> 00:00:20.960
position of
6
00:00:20.960 --> 00:00:24.040
the left arm or the lead arm lift.
7
00:00:24.040 --> 00:00:29.390
Basically the more that that lead arm is up and forward, that's going to allow
8
00:00:29.390 --> 00:00:29.800
your
9
00:00:29.800 --> 00:00:34.000
body to get into a steeper position, both upper body on top of the lead leg or
10
00:00:34.000 --> 00:00:34.200
getting
11
00:00:34.200 --> 00:00:38.000
more stack, as well as getting more body rotation.
12
00:00:38.000 --> 00:00:44.160
And both of those, you can see when I get more on top and rotated, that helps
13
00:00:44.160 --> 00:00:44.740
get my
14
00:00:44.740 --> 00:00:50.320
lead arm in front, which helps produce some shaft lean.
15
00:00:50.320 --> 00:00:55.510
If the lead arm is tending to have more of a pull pattern where it's pulling
16
00:00:55.510 --> 00:00:56.160
down like
17
00:00:56.160 --> 00:01:02.560
this, you would think that that would help pull the hands in front.
18
00:01:02.560 --> 00:01:06.530
But unfortunately what it does is when this lead arm pulls, what's happening on
19
00:01:06.530 --> 00:01:06.960
the back
20
00:01:06.960 --> 00:01:10.160
side of the body is preventing your body from rotating.
21
00:01:10.160 --> 00:01:15.350
So it tends to keep the, when that lead arm pulls, it tends to keep the chest
22
00:01:15.350 --> 00:01:16.040
more facing
23
00:01:16.040 --> 00:01:19.660
the golf ball instead of the belly button and the lower ribs kind of rotating
24
00:01:19.660 --> 00:01:20.320
and getting
25
00:01:20.320 --> 00:01:22.040
open there.
26
00:01:22.040 --> 00:01:27.380
So when it gets open like this, it will also have a tendency to take the wrist
27
00:01:27.380 --> 00:01:28.080
into more
28
00:01:28.080 --> 00:01:31.740
of this extension and that extension is going to let the club pass and it's
29
00:01:31.740 --> 00:01:32.640
going to prevent
30
00:01:32.640 --> 00:01:34.480
you from getting shaft lean.
31
00:01:34.480 --> 00:01:39.840
So oftentimes when we're working on this, we'll do some kind of exaggerations
32
00:01:39.840 --> 00:01:40.480
where we're
33
00:01:40.480 --> 00:01:45.520
feeling space between the left arm and the body.
34
00:01:45.520 --> 00:01:50.150
That can often feel in transition like this left arm is staying a little bit
35
00:01:50.150 --> 00:01:50.920
higher and
36
00:01:50.920 --> 00:01:56.110
that can feel like on the way through that left arm, again, is creating a
37
00:01:56.110 --> 00:01:56.600
little bit
38
00:01:56.600 --> 00:01:57.600
of space.
39
00:01:57.600 --> 00:02:01.110
I don't mind feeling the connection way up here in the armpit or the upper pack
40
00:02:01.110 --> 00:02:01.360
.
41
00:02:01.360 --> 00:02:05.440
In fact, I think that can be really complimentary.
42
00:02:05.440 --> 00:02:09.360
But I don't want to have that arm connected all the way down to the elbow.
43
00:02:09.360 --> 00:02:12.610
That's one of the checks that I give people is can you keep your elbow more in
44
00:02:12.610 --> 00:02:13.080
front of
45
00:02:13.080 --> 00:02:15.760
your body on the way through.
46
00:02:15.760 --> 00:02:21.040
Now if you do that, oftentimes this pull complements too much tilt.
47
00:02:21.040 --> 00:02:26.230
So the upper body going this way moves everything out to the right and then the
48
00:02:26.230 --> 00:02:27.000
arms pulling
49
00:02:27.000 --> 00:02:31.490
this way tends to move the swing back to a neutral position, but it moves the
50
00:02:31.490 --> 00:02:32.160
low point
51
00:02:32.160 --> 00:02:33.160
backwards.
52
00:02:33.160 --> 00:02:34.720
So it causes contact problems.
53
00:02:34.720 --> 00:02:39.340
And because it limits my ability to get shaft lean, it causes the club to be
54
00:02:39.340 --> 00:02:40.520
more vertical.
55
00:02:40.520 --> 00:02:45.000
The club faces twisting very quickly and it tends to cause two-way misses, a
56
00:02:45.000 --> 00:02:45.720
big right,
57
00:02:45.720 --> 00:02:48.160
big left when that left arm is pulling down.
58
00:02:48.160 --> 00:02:51.830
So if I'm struggling with trying to get some shaft lean, I can feel almost like
59
00:02:51.830 --> 00:02:52.360
I'm going
60
00:02:52.360 --> 00:02:54.320
to have the arm quite high.
61
00:02:54.320 --> 00:02:59.440
And now as I rotate, you can see how the rotation is feeling like it's more
62
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down here rather
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than rotating at my shoulders, that can be a common contributing factor.
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But if I've rotated my body like this, then as I release the club or extend the
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arms,
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they're going to stay up and more forward and that's going to help with contact
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and
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shaft lean.
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So if you're struggling with shaft lean, one of the places that you might not
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be looking
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is that lead arm location.
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It has a big impact on connecting the overall kind of body, shoulder connection
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, and has
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a pretty significant impact on your ability to get shaft lean at impact.
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So we'll demo one.
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So if I want kind of maximum shaft lean, I'm going to get hips rotated, upper
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body covered,
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shoulders, a little bit more shallow so that I can get my hands forward like
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that.
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And I'm going to feel the release is a little bit more almost behind or owner
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deviated as
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opposed to in front or rotated.
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So let's see if we can throw all that together, focus really on the lead arm
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staying up.
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Kind of like that.
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Pretty good flat spot on that one.
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This concept video is connecting lead arm lift to shaft lean.
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So a lot of golfers are working on trying to get a little bit more shaft lean
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at impact.
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And one of the kind of hidden pieces that a lot of golfers neglect is this
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position of
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the left arm or the lead arm lift.
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Basically the more that that lead arm is up and forward, that's going to allow
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your
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body to get into a steeper position, both upper body on top of the lead leg or
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getting
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more stack, as well as getting more body rotation.
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And both of those, you can see when I get more on top and rotated, that helps
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get my
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lead arm in front, which helps produce some shaft lean.
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If the lead arm is tending to have more of a pull pattern where it's pulling
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down like
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this, you would think that that would help pull the hands in front.
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But unfortunately what it does is when this lead arm pulls, what's happening on
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the back
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side of the body is preventing your body from rotating.
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So it tends to keep the, when that lead arm pulls, it tends to keep the chest
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more facing
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the golf ball instead of the belly button and the lower ribs kind of rotating
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and getting
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open there.
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So when it gets open like this, it will also have a tendency to take the wrist
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into more
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of this extension and that extension is going to let the club pass and it's
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going to prevent
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you from getting shaft lean.
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So oftentimes when we're working on this, we'll do some kind of exaggerations
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where we're
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feeling space between the left arm and the body.
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That can often feel in transition like this left arm is staying a little bit
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higher and
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that can feel like on the way through that left arm, again, is creating a
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little bit
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of space.
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I don't mind feeling the connection way up here in the armpit or the upper pack
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.
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In fact, I think that can be really complimentary.
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But I don't want to have that arm connected all the way down to the elbow.
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That's one of the checks that I give people is can you keep your elbow more in
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front of
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your body on the way through.
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Now if you do that, oftentimes this pull complements too much tilt.
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So the upper body going this way moves everything out to the right and then the
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arms pulling
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this way tends to move the swing back to a neutral position, but it moves the
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low point
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backwards.
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So it causes contact problems.
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And because it limits my ability to get shaft lean, it causes the club to be
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more vertical.
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The club faces twisting very quickly and it tends to cause two-way misses, a
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big right,
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big left when that left arm is pulling down.
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So if I'm struggling with trying to get some shaft lean, I can feel almost like
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I'm going
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to have the arm quite high.
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And now as I rotate, you can see how the rotation is feeling like it's more
62
00:02:59.440 --> 00:03:00.260
down here rather
63
00:03:00.260 --> 00:03:04.240
than rotating at my shoulders, that can be a common contributing factor.
64
00:03:04.240 --> 00:03:10.150
But if I've rotated my body like this, then as I release the club or extend the
65
00:03:10.150 --> 00:03:10.680
arms,
66
00:03:10.680 --> 00:03:15.270
they're going to stay up and more forward and that's going to help with contact
67
00:03:15.270 --> 00:03:15.600
and
68
00:03:15.600 --> 00:03:16.600
shaft lean.
69
00:03:16.600 --> 00:03:19.170
So if you're struggling with shaft lean, one of the places that you might not
70
00:03:19.170 --> 00:03:19.640
be looking
71
00:03:19.640 --> 00:03:21.720
is that lead arm location.
72
00:03:21.720 --> 00:03:27.530
It has a big impact on connecting the overall kind of body, shoulder connection
73
00:03:27.530 --> 00:03:28.320
, and has
74
00:03:28.320 --> 00:03:33.680
a pretty significant impact on your ability to get shaft lean at impact.
75
00:03:33.680 --> 00:03:34.680
So we'll demo one.
76
00:03:34.680 --> 00:03:38.820
So if I want kind of maximum shaft lean, I'm going to get hips rotated, upper
77
00:03:38.820 --> 00:03:40.120
body covered,
78
00:03:40.120 --> 00:03:44.700
shoulders, a little bit more shallow so that I can get my hands forward like
79
00:03:44.700 --> 00:03:45.320
that.
80
00:03:45.320 --> 00:03:49.040
And I'm going to feel the release is a little bit more almost behind or owner
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00:03:49.040 --> 00:03:49.720
deviated as
82
00:03:49.720 --> 00:03:53.160
opposed to in front or rotated.
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00:03:53.160 --> 00:03:58.510
So let's see if we can throw all that together, focus really on the lead arm
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staying up.
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Kind of like that.
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00:04:03.880 --> 00:04:05.920
Pretty good flat spot on that one.
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