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Improve Timing of Arm Release for Better Golf Swings

After this video, you'll be able to:

  • Identify the optimal timing for your arm release during your swing
  • Feel the difference in energy transfer by delaying your arm release
  • Use the woosh drill to practice and improve your swing sound and timing

Learn how to enhance the timing of your arm release using the woosh drill, which helps you generate more energy transfer and improve your swing mechanics.

Video Transcript
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This drill is part of the cast swing pattern and this drill is to work on the

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00:00:06.760 --> 00:00:11.520
timing of when your arms release. It's an oldie but a goodie. I've got my three

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wood here but it doesn't really matter which club you have but it'll be more

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00:00:16.840 --> 00:00:21.440
dramatic if you use something longer and with a lighter shaft. So I'm gonna use

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00:00:21.440 --> 00:00:24.240
the three wood but I'm gonna turn the club upside down so that I'm gripping it

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00:00:24.240 --> 00:00:28.920
towards the club head. The the woosh drill is basically seeing where or

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00:00:28.920 --> 00:00:34.600
listening for where you hear the woosh when you take a full swing. If I were to

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take a full swing and to release my arms early you will hear that the woosh

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started somewhere in here and then kind of culminated close to the golf ball.

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If

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I was to do a good transition move as we learned in the transition section

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where

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my lower body leads and I delay when my arms release until down close to the

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golf ball or to the release what you'll see or what you'll hear is that the

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woosh almost started at the golf ball and then reached its peak speed or peak

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sound somewhere in here. That's a little bit better in energy transfer both in

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terms of the path of it as well as how much speed is going to be actually

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imparted into the golf ball. So you can take the handle and turn it upside down

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and you can kind of practice taking some swings and just hear where that sound

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is coming from and know that that sound is going to correlate with when you are

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releasing the right or left arm. So the longer you can kind of hold off the

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easier it'll be to get the woosh out here. Now what usually happens is if you

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can get a woosh here but you can't do it when you have the golf club in your

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hand you're probably having trouble squaring the club face with either

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transition or release the screwdriver or the motorcycle movements. Okay so if

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you

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can do it here and you have trouble when the golf ball is there on the range

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look at how you're squaring the club face. But if you have trouble on the range

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00:02:03.520 --> 00:02:08.280
and you have trouble here first get the woosh sound in the right place. That'll

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00:02:08.280 --> 00:02:14.140
help with your sequencing which will be a big contributor consistency in power.

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Tyler Ferrell is the only person in the world named to Golf Digest's list of Best Young Teachers in America AND its list of Best Golf Fitness Professionals in America.

Improve Timing of Arm Release for Better Golf Swings

After this video, you'll be able to:

  • Identify the optimal timing for your arm release during your swing
  • Feel the difference in energy transfer by delaying your arm release
  • Use the woosh drill to practice and improve your swing sound and timing

Learn how to enhance the timing of your arm release using the woosh drill, which helps you generate more energy transfer and improve your swing mechanics.

Video Transcript
WEBVTT

1
00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:06.760
This drill is part of the cast swing pattern and this drill is to work on the

2
00:00:06.760 --> 00:00:11.520
timing of when your arms release. It's an oldie but a goodie. I've got my three

3
00:00:11.520 --> 00:00:16.840
wood here but it doesn't really matter which club you have but it'll be more

4
00:00:16.840 --> 00:00:21.440
dramatic if you use something longer and with a lighter shaft. So I'm gonna use

5
00:00:21.440 --> 00:00:24.240
the three wood but I'm gonna turn the club upside down so that I'm gripping it

6
00:00:24.240 --> 00:00:28.920
towards the club head. The the woosh drill is basically seeing where or

7
00:00:28.920 --> 00:00:34.600
listening for where you hear the woosh when you take a full swing. If I were to

8
00:00:34.600 --> 00:00:39.880
take a full swing and to release my arms early you will hear that the woosh

9
00:00:39.880 --> 00:00:43.880
started somewhere in here and then kind of culminated close to the golf ball.

10
00:00:43.880 --> 00:00:44.120
If

11
00:00:44.120 --> 00:00:49.880
I was to do a good transition move as we learned in the transition section

12
00:00:49.880 --> 00:00:50.560
where

13
00:00:50.560 --> 00:00:55.640
my lower body leads and I delay when my arms release until down close to the

14
00:00:55.640 --> 00:01:01.520
golf ball or to the release what you'll see or what you'll hear is that the

15
00:01:01.520 --> 00:01:05.600
woosh almost started at the golf ball and then reached its peak speed or peak

16
00:01:05.600 --> 00:01:11.720
sound somewhere in here. That's a little bit better in energy transfer both in

17
00:01:11.720 --> 00:01:16.520
terms of the path of it as well as how much speed is going to be actually

18
00:01:16.520 --> 00:01:20.400
imparted into the golf ball. So you can take the handle and turn it upside down

19
00:01:20.400 --> 00:01:25.760
and you can kind of practice taking some swings and just hear where that sound

20
00:01:25.760 --> 00:01:29.520
is coming from and know that that sound is going to correlate with when you are

21
00:01:29.520 --> 00:01:35.200
releasing the right or left arm. So the longer you can kind of hold off the

22
00:01:35.200 --> 00:01:39.760
easier it'll be to get the woosh out here. Now what usually happens is if you

23
00:01:39.760 --> 00:01:43.600
can get a woosh here but you can't do it when you have the golf club in your

24
00:01:43.600 --> 00:01:48.480
hand you're probably having trouble squaring the club face with either

25
00:01:48.480 --> 00:01:54.830
transition or release the screwdriver or the motorcycle movements. Okay so if

26
00:01:54.830 --> 00:01:54.960
you

27
00:01:54.960 --> 00:01:58.800
can do it here and you have trouble when the golf ball is there on the range

28
00:01:58.800 --> 00:02:03.520
look at how you're squaring the club face. But if you have trouble on the range

29
00:02:03.520 --> 00:02:08.280
and you have trouble here first get the woosh sound in the right place. That'll

30
00:02:08.280 --> 00:02:14.140
help with your sequencing which will be a big contributor consistency in power.

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