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How to Exaggerate Arm Shallowing for Improved Swing
After this video, you'll be able to:
- Recognize the key angles for effective arm shallowing during your swing
- Practice the exaggeration technique to develop a more natural shallowing motion
- Feel the difference in your swing path and club drop for better shot consistency
In this drill, you'll learn how to exaggerate the arm shallowing move in your golf swing, which can lead to better club positioning and improved contact. Understanding this technique is essential for enhancing your overall performance on the course.
Video Transcript
WEBVTT
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this drill is exaggerate the arm shallow so frequently what I see is when
2
00:00:05.680 --> 00:00:10.520
golfers are working on the arm shallow piece they try to do it in a perfect
3
00:00:10.520 --> 00:00:15.360
fashion so frequently what I'll see is it'll look something like this they'll
4
00:00:15.360 --> 00:00:15.480
be
5
00:00:15.480 --> 00:00:18.160
like all right I've been I've been training this at home I've been trying
6
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to shallow just like that and what I'll say is okay show me that swing or show
7
00:00:24.240 --> 00:00:28.360
me that movement so if I did that same movement that would end up looking a
8
00:00:28.360 --> 00:00:31.120
little bit like that and you'll see that I'm still getting a little bit steep
9
00:00:31.120 --> 00:00:35.760
with my arm movement so what I've done is I've looked at some of the numbers
10
00:00:35.760 --> 00:00:40.480
unfortunately we can't measure everything with the AMM system yet but
11
00:00:40.480 --> 00:00:44.960
looking at this lead form rotation what I'll tend to see is that during
12
00:00:44.960 --> 00:00:51.220
transition torporos are going to rotate that somewhere in the 10 to 15 degree
13
00:00:51.220 --> 00:00:55.960
range but the upper end the guys who do it the most are in the 20 to 25 degree
14
00:00:55.960 --> 00:01:01.720
range so I've got my nice little goniometer here and I'm going to set this
15
00:01:01.720 --> 00:01:08.480
to 25 degrees so if I went if I dropped it 25 degrees it would look
16
00:01:08.480 --> 00:01:15.840
something like this so if all I did was rotate that form 25 degrees towards
17
00:01:15.840 --> 00:01:22.800
that direction between about club parallel and club just past 45 somewhere
18
00:01:22.800 --> 00:01:29.400
around here it would drop let's say that much now if I was to do the same thing
19
00:01:29.400 --> 00:01:35.760
with a driver instead of my little mini teaching club what you would see is it
20
00:01:35.760 --> 00:01:40.480
would look something like that so now let me get this to about where you would
21
00:01:40.480 --> 00:01:45.480
be here's kind of the top of the swing and then I drop it like that so you can
22
00:01:45.480 --> 00:01:53.320
see that the driver is dropping about two feet so if I did the upper end the
23
00:01:53.320 --> 00:01:57.320
guys who really shallow out the club with the arms in transition that means
24
00:01:57.320 --> 00:02:03.640
that I'm not doing this I want the club to drop about two feet kind of like
25
00:02:03.640 --> 00:02:03.800
that
26
00:02:03.800 --> 00:02:08.640
so if I'm practicing just making that shallow move just making that transition
27
00:02:08.640 --> 00:02:13.720
move it ends up looking like this frequently when golfers do that then when
28
00:02:13.720 --> 00:02:18.560
they get up to the top of the swing it starts to have this shallowing look and
29
00:02:18.560 --> 00:02:23.040
that's when you can start adding body rotation to steepen it back up so if
30
00:02:23.040 --> 00:02:27.400
you're working on your shallow movement a simple little kind of recipe you
31
00:02:27.400 --> 00:02:27.480
could
32
00:02:27.480 --> 00:02:33.480
do is doing it in a vertical fashion so I'm not in golf foster go over here and
33
00:02:33.480 --> 00:02:37.790
then as I start turning my body towards the target I'm gonna try to shallow
34
00:02:37.790 --> 00:02:37.920
that
35
00:02:37.920 --> 00:02:42.440
thing out foot in half with a seven iron two feet with a driver something
36
00:02:42.440 --> 00:02:47.960
like that then I'll get in my golf posture and I'm going to do that same
37
00:02:47.960 --> 00:02:52.880
feeling same movement of shallow the club out and then I can progress into some
38
00:02:52.880 --> 00:02:53.000
of
39
00:02:53.000 --> 00:02:56.960
my release movements but this is good little recipe for working on it at home
40
00:02:56.960 --> 00:03:02.480
that two foot drop when you add body speed ends up looking like the club just
41
00:03:02.480 --> 00:03:07.440
barely shallows but a lot of golfers who are used to steepening in the in
42
00:03:07.440 --> 00:03:11.720
transition try to do it too perfectly when they're training it and ultimately
43
00:03:11.720 --> 00:03:17.240
end up doing it only a couple inches instead of this more two foot range so
44
00:03:17.240 --> 00:03:22.560
when you're working on it exaggerated try to drop it as much as you can I think
45
00:03:22.560 --> 00:03:25.840
there's a limiting factor because of the body rotation that you couldn't really
46
00:03:25.840 --> 00:03:31.890
drop it too much but experiment with it and if the miss pattern is matching
47
00:03:31.890 --> 00:03:32.080
that
48
00:03:32.080 --> 00:03:35.880
you are opening the face and shallowing the club and it shows that we're moving
49
00:03:35.880 --> 00:03:39.720
in the right direction and you should keep training it
1
00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:05.680
this drill is exaggerate the arm shallow so frequently what I see is when
2
00:00:05.680 --> 00:00:10.520
golfers are working on the arm shallow piece they try to do it in a perfect
3
00:00:10.520 --> 00:00:15.360
fashion so frequently what I'll see is it'll look something like this they'll
4
00:00:15.360 --> 00:00:15.480
be
5
00:00:15.480 --> 00:00:18.160
like all right I've been I've been training this at home I've been trying
6
00:00:18.160 --> 00:00:24.240
to shallow just like that and what I'll say is okay show me that swing or show
7
00:00:24.240 --> 00:00:28.360
me that movement so if I did that same movement that would end up looking a
8
00:00:28.360 --> 00:00:31.120
little bit like that and you'll see that I'm still getting a little bit steep
9
00:00:31.120 --> 00:00:35.760
with my arm movement so what I've done is I've looked at some of the numbers
10
00:00:35.760 --> 00:00:40.480
unfortunately we can't measure everything with the AMM system yet but
11
00:00:40.480 --> 00:00:44.960
looking at this lead form rotation what I'll tend to see is that during
12
00:00:44.960 --> 00:00:51.220
transition torporos are going to rotate that somewhere in the 10 to 15 degree
13
00:00:51.220 --> 00:00:55.960
range but the upper end the guys who do it the most are in the 20 to 25 degree
14
00:00:55.960 --> 00:01:01.720
range so I've got my nice little goniometer here and I'm going to set this
15
00:01:01.720 --> 00:01:08.480
to 25 degrees so if I went if I dropped it 25 degrees it would look
16
00:01:08.480 --> 00:01:15.840
something like this so if all I did was rotate that form 25 degrees towards
17
00:01:15.840 --> 00:01:22.800
that direction between about club parallel and club just past 45 somewhere
18
00:01:22.800 --> 00:01:29.400
around here it would drop let's say that much now if I was to do the same thing
19
00:01:29.400 --> 00:01:35.760
with a driver instead of my little mini teaching club what you would see is it
20
00:01:35.760 --> 00:01:40.480
would look something like that so now let me get this to about where you would
21
00:01:40.480 --> 00:01:45.480
be here's kind of the top of the swing and then I drop it like that so you can
22
00:01:45.480 --> 00:01:53.320
see that the driver is dropping about two feet so if I did the upper end the
23
00:01:53.320 --> 00:01:57.320
guys who really shallow out the club with the arms in transition that means
24
00:01:57.320 --> 00:02:03.640
that I'm not doing this I want the club to drop about two feet kind of like
25
00:02:03.640 --> 00:02:03.800
that
26
00:02:03.800 --> 00:02:08.640
so if I'm practicing just making that shallow move just making that transition
27
00:02:08.640 --> 00:02:13.720
move it ends up looking like this frequently when golfers do that then when
28
00:02:13.720 --> 00:02:18.560
they get up to the top of the swing it starts to have this shallowing look and
29
00:02:18.560 --> 00:02:23.040
that's when you can start adding body rotation to steepen it back up so if
30
00:02:23.040 --> 00:02:27.400
you're working on your shallow movement a simple little kind of recipe you
31
00:02:27.400 --> 00:02:27.480
could
32
00:02:27.480 --> 00:02:33.480
do is doing it in a vertical fashion so I'm not in golf foster go over here and
33
00:02:33.480 --> 00:02:37.790
then as I start turning my body towards the target I'm gonna try to shallow
34
00:02:37.790 --> 00:02:37.920
that
35
00:02:37.920 --> 00:02:42.440
thing out foot in half with a seven iron two feet with a driver something
36
00:02:42.440 --> 00:02:47.960
like that then I'll get in my golf posture and I'm going to do that same
37
00:02:47.960 --> 00:02:52.880
feeling same movement of shallow the club out and then I can progress into some
38
00:02:52.880 --> 00:02:53.000
of
39
00:02:53.000 --> 00:02:56.960
my release movements but this is good little recipe for working on it at home
40
00:02:56.960 --> 00:03:02.480
that two foot drop when you add body speed ends up looking like the club just
41
00:03:02.480 --> 00:03:07.440
barely shallows but a lot of golfers who are used to steepening in the in
42
00:03:07.440 --> 00:03:11.720
transition try to do it too perfectly when they're training it and ultimately
43
00:03:11.720 --> 00:03:17.240
end up doing it only a couple inches instead of this more two foot range so
44
00:03:17.240 --> 00:03:22.560
when you're working on it exaggerated try to drop it as much as you can I think
45
00:03:22.560 --> 00:03:25.840
there's a limiting factor because of the body rotation that you couldn't really
46
00:03:25.840 --> 00:03:31.890
drop it too much but experiment with it and if the miss pattern is matching
47
00:03:31.890 --> 00:03:32.080
that
48
00:03:32.080 --> 00:03:35.880
you are opening the face and shallowing the club and it shows that we're moving
49
00:03:35.880 --> 00:03:39.720
in the right direction and you should keep training it
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 Exaggerate Arm Shallowing for Improved Swing
After this video, you'll be able to:
- Recognize the key angles for effective arm shallowing during your swing
- Practice the exaggeration technique to develop a more natural shallowing motion
- Feel the difference in your swing path and club drop for better shot consistency
In this drill, you'll learn how to exaggerate the arm shallowing move in your golf swing, which can lead to better club positioning and improved contact. Understanding this technique is essential for enhancing your overall performance on the course.
Video Transcript
WEBVTT
1
00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:05.680
this drill is exaggerate the arm shallow so frequently what I see is when
2
00:00:05.680 --> 00:00:10.520
golfers are working on the arm shallow piece they try to do it in a perfect
3
00:00:10.520 --> 00:00:15.360
fashion so frequently what I'll see is it'll look something like this they'll
4
00:00:15.360 --> 00:00:15.480
be
5
00:00:15.480 --> 00:00:18.160
like all right I've been I've been training this at home I've been trying
6
00:00:18.160 --> 00:00:24.240
to shallow just like that and what I'll say is okay show me that swing or show
7
00:00:24.240 --> 00:00:28.360
me that movement so if I did that same movement that would end up looking a
8
00:00:28.360 --> 00:00:31.120
little bit like that and you'll see that I'm still getting a little bit steep
9
00:00:31.120 --> 00:00:35.760
with my arm movement so what I've done is I've looked at some of the numbers
10
00:00:35.760 --> 00:00:40.480
unfortunately we can't measure everything with the AMM system yet but
11
00:00:40.480 --> 00:00:44.960
looking at this lead form rotation what I'll tend to see is that during
12
00:00:44.960 --> 00:00:51.220
transition torporos are going to rotate that somewhere in the 10 to 15 degree
13
00:00:51.220 --> 00:00:55.960
range but the upper end the guys who do it the most are in the 20 to 25 degree
14
00:00:55.960 --> 00:01:01.720
range so I've got my nice little goniometer here and I'm going to set this
15
00:01:01.720 --> 00:01:08.480
to 25 degrees so if I went if I dropped it 25 degrees it would look
16
00:01:08.480 --> 00:01:15.840
something like this so if all I did was rotate that form 25 degrees towards
17
00:01:15.840 --> 00:01:22.800
that direction between about club parallel and club just past 45 somewhere
18
00:01:22.800 --> 00:01:29.400
around here it would drop let's say that much now if I was to do the same thing
19
00:01:29.400 --> 00:01:35.760
with a driver instead of my little mini teaching club what you would see is it
20
00:01:35.760 --> 00:01:40.480
would look something like that so now let me get this to about where you would
21
00:01:40.480 --> 00:01:45.480
be here's kind of the top of the swing and then I drop it like that so you can
22
00:01:45.480 --> 00:01:53.320
see that the driver is dropping about two feet so if I did the upper end the
23
00:01:53.320 --> 00:01:57.320
guys who really shallow out the club with the arms in transition that means
24
00:01:57.320 --> 00:02:03.640
that I'm not doing this I want the club to drop about two feet kind of like
25
00:02:03.640 --> 00:02:03.800
that
26
00:02:03.800 --> 00:02:08.640
so if I'm practicing just making that shallow move just making that transition
27
00:02:08.640 --> 00:02:13.720
move it ends up looking like this frequently when golfers do that then when
28
00:02:13.720 --> 00:02:18.560
they get up to the top of the swing it starts to have this shallowing look and
29
00:02:18.560 --> 00:02:23.040
that's when you can start adding body rotation to steepen it back up so if
30
00:02:23.040 --> 00:02:27.400
you're working on your shallow movement a simple little kind of recipe you
31
00:02:27.400 --> 00:02:27.480
could
32
00:02:27.480 --> 00:02:33.480
do is doing it in a vertical fashion so I'm not in golf foster go over here and
33
00:02:33.480 --> 00:02:37.790
then as I start turning my body towards the target I'm gonna try to shallow
34
00:02:37.790 --> 00:02:37.920
that
35
00:02:37.920 --> 00:02:42.440
thing out foot in half with a seven iron two feet with a driver something
36
00:02:42.440 --> 00:02:47.960
like that then I'll get in my golf posture and I'm going to do that same
37
00:02:47.960 --> 00:02:52.880
feeling same movement of shallow the club out and then I can progress into some
38
00:02:52.880 --> 00:02:53.000
of
39
00:02:53.000 --> 00:02:56.960
my release movements but this is good little recipe for working on it at home
40
00:02:56.960 --> 00:03:02.480
that two foot drop when you add body speed ends up looking like the club just
41
00:03:02.480 --> 00:03:07.440
barely shallows but a lot of golfers who are used to steepening in the in
42
00:03:07.440 --> 00:03:11.720
transition try to do it too perfectly when they're training it and ultimately
43
00:03:11.720 --> 00:03:17.240
end up doing it only a couple inches instead of this more two foot range so
44
00:03:17.240 --> 00:03:22.560
when you're working on it exaggerated try to drop it as much as you can I think
45
00:03:22.560 --> 00:03:25.840
there's a limiting factor because of the body rotation that you couldn't really
46
00:03:25.840 --> 00:03:31.890
drop it too much but experiment with it and if the miss pattern is matching
47
00:03:31.890 --> 00:03:32.080
that
48
00:03:32.080 --> 00:03:35.880
you are opening the face and shallowing the club and it shows that we're moving
49
00:03:35.880 --> 00:03:39.720
in the right direction and you should keep training it
1
00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:05.680
this drill is exaggerate the arm shallow so frequently what I see is when
2
00:00:05.680 --> 00:00:10.520
golfers are working on the arm shallow piece they try to do it in a perfect
3
00:00:10.520 --> 00:00:15.360
fashion so frequently what I'll see is it'll look something like this they'll
4
00:00:15.360 --> 00:00:15.480
be
5
00:00:15.480 --> 00:00:18.160
like all right I've been I've been training this at home I've been trying
6
00:00:18.160 --> 00:00:24.240
to shallow just like that and what I'll say is okay show me that swing or show
7
00:00:24.240 --> 00:00:28.360
me that movement so if I did that same movement that would end up looking a
8
00:00:28.360 --> 00:00:31.120
little bit like that and you'll see that I'm still getting a little bit steep
9
00:00:31.120 --> 00:00:35.760
with my arm movement so what I've done is I've looked at some of the numbers
10
00:00:35.760 --> 00:00:40.480
unfortunately we can't measure everything with the AMM system yet but
11
00:00:40.480 --> 00:00:44.960
looking at this lead form rotation what I'll tend to see is that during
12
00:00:44.960 --> 00:00:51.220
transition torporos are going to rotate that somewhere in the 10 to 15 degree
13
00:00:51.220 --> 00:00:55.960
range but the upper end the guys who do it the most are in the 20 to 25 degree
14
00:00:55.960 --> 00:01:01.720
range so I've got my nice little goniometer here and I'm going to set this
15
00:01:01.720 --> 00:01:08.480
to 25 degrees so if I went if I dropped it 25 degrees it would look
16
00:01:08.480 --> 00:01:15.840
something like this so if all I did was rotate that form 25 degrees towards
17
00:01:15.840 --> 00:01:22.800
that direction between about club parallel and club just past 45 somewhere
18
00:01:22.800 --> 00:01:29.400
around here it would drop let's say that much now if I was to do the same thing
19
00:01:29.400 --> 00:01:35.760
with a driver instead of my little mini teaching club what you would see is it
20
00:01:35.760 --> 00:01:40.480
would look something like that so now let me get this to about where you would
21
00:01:40.480 --> 00:01:45.480
be here's kind of the top of the swing and then I drop it like that so you can
22
00:01:45.480 --> 00:01:53.320
see that the driver is dropping about two feet so if I did the upper end the
23
00:01:53.320 --> 00:01:57.320
guys who really shallow out the club with the arms in transition that means
24
00:01:57.320 --> 00:02:03.640
that I'm not doing this I want the club to drop about two feet kind of like
25
00:02:03.640 --> 00:02:03.800
that
26
00:02:03.800 --> 00:02:08.640
so if I'm practicing just making that shallow move just making that transition
27
00:02:08.640 --> 00:02:13.720
move it ends up looking like this frequently when golfers do that then when
28
00:02:13.720 --> 00:02:18.560
they get up to the top of the swing it starts to have this shallowing look and
29
00:02:18.560 --> 00:02:23.040
that's when you can start adding body rotation to steepen it back up so if
30
00:02:23.040 --> 00:02:27.400
you're working on your shallow movement a simple little kind of recipe you
31
00:02:27.400 --> 00:02:27.480
could
32
00:02:27.480 --> 00:02:33.480
do is doing it in a vertical fashion so I'm not in golf foster go over here and
33
00:02:33.480 --> 00:02:37.790
then as I start turning my body towards the target I'm gonna try to shallow
34
00:02:37.790 --> 00:02:37.920
that
35
00:02:37.920 --> 00:02:42.440
thing out foot in half with a seven iron two feet with a driver something
36
00:02:42.440 --> 00:02:47.960
like that then I'll get in my golf posture and I'm going to do that same
37
00:02:47.960 --> 00:02:52.880
feeling same movement of shallow the club out and then I can progress into some
38
00:02:52.880 --> 00:02:53.000
of
39
00:02:53.000 --> 00:02:56.960
my release movements but this is good little recipe for working on it at home
40
00:02:56.960 --> 00:03:02.480
that two foot drop when you add body speed ends up looking like the club just
41
00:03:02.480 --> 00:03:07.440
barely shallows but a lot of golfers who are used to steepening in the in
42
00:03:07.440 --> 00:03:11.720
transition try to do it too perfectly when they're training it and ultimately
43
00:03:11.720 --> 00:03:17.240
end up doing it only a couple inches instead of this more two foot range so
44
00:03:17.240 --> 00:03:22.560
when you're working on it exaggerated try to drop it as much as you can I think
45
00:03:22.560 --> 00:03:25.840
there's a limiting factor because of the body rotation that you couldn't really
46
00:03:25.840 --> 00:03:31.890
drop it too much but experiment with it and if the miss pattern is matching
47
00:03:31.890 --> 00:03:32.080
that
48
00:03:32.080 --> 00:03:35.880
you are opening the face and shallowing the club and it shows that we're moving
49
00:03:35.880 --> 00:03:39.720
in the right direction and you should keep training it
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