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 Release Each Arm for Better Control in Your Swing
After this video, you'll be able to:
- Understand how to keep your trail arm stable for improved accuracy
- Feel the engagement of your core muscles for better shot control
- Practice maintaining the correct wrist position to avoid common mistakes
Learn the proper technique for releasing each arm during your golf swing to enhance control and consistency. This drill focuses on using your shoulders and core instead of relying solely on your arms.
Video Transcript
WEBVTT
1
00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:04.640
Now we're going to go through the how to's of the each arm release.
2
00:00:04.640 --> 00:00:08.720
So you may have already practiced them, you may not, but this will give you the
3
00:00:08.720 --> 00:00:09.240
details
4
00:00:09.240 --> 00:00:13.110
of what I want you to feel, which is more or less letting your shoulders and
5
00:00:13.110 --> 00:00:13.580
your chest
6
00:00:13.580 --> 00:00:17.780
control the stroke instead of your arms and your hands, or your forearms and
7
00:00:17.780 --> 00:00:18.720
your hands.
8
00:00:18.720 --> 00:00:22.650
So for the trail arm, so I'm right hand and my trail arm is my right hand, I'm
9
00:00:22.650 --> 00:00:23.160
going to
10
00:00:23.160 --> 00:00:29.630
take my good grip, and I'm going to place a golf ball right there between my
11
00:00:29.630 --> 00:00:30.440
forearm
12
00:00:30.440 --> 00:00:34.920
and my hand, or between my forearm and the grip, you can see that.
13
00:00:34.920 --> 00:00:39.540
Now one of the tendencies that a lot of players will have is that they will
14
00:00:39.540 --> 00:00:40.640
release with the
15
00:00:40.640 --> 00:00:46.040
trail hand, the right hand in my case, and you will see that that space closed
16
00:00:46.040 --> 00:00:46.840
or change,
17
00:00:46.840 --> 00:00:47.840
right?
18
00:00:47.840 --> 00:00:50.410
So what we're going to do is we're going to put an object there so that it can
19
00:00:50.410 --> 00:00:51.600
't change.
20
00:00:51.600 --> 00:00:58.920
And now if I were to set up to a golf ball, right?
21
00:00:58.920 --> 00:01:03.360
This should basically be able to stay there while I hit the stroke.
22
00:01:03.360 --> 00:01:06.560
And then if I were to take that golf ball away, I could double check and say,
23
00:01:06.560 --> 00:01:07.320
yeah, okay,
24
00:01:07.320 --> 00:01:11.380
that's about the same, that putter face looks like it rotated a little bit more
25
00:01:11.380 --> 00:01:11.640
.
26
00:01:11.640 --> 00:01:16.920
So for me to keep my, for me to use my trail arm properly, it now is going to
27
00:01:16.920 --> 00:01:17.800
look like
28
00:01:17.800 --> 00:01:18.800
it rotates a little bit more.
29
00:01:18.800 --> 00:01:23.200
I'm not going to manipulate it, but I'm going to just take note of that.
30
00:01:23.200 --> 00:01:27.820
One of the general things that I tend to see with this trail arm only and what
31
00:01:27.820 --> 00:01:28.280
this is
32
00:01:28.280 --> 00:01:32.900
designed to address is if you are using the bigger muscles in your core and
33
00:01:32.900 --> 00:01:33.920
your shoulders,
34
00:01:33.920 --> 00:01:39.180
this wrist will stay the same, and you'll actually feel your pet get a little
35
00:01:39.180 --> 00:01:40.080
bit engaged.
36
00:01:40.080 --> 00:01:46.000
You can see how my arm is working across my body, just like so, instead of
37
00:01:46.000 --> 00:01:47.240
working this
38
00:01:47.240 --> 00:01:50.040
way, in which case there would be no peck involvement, right?
39
00:01:50.040 --> 00:01:53.200
So this is a great drill when I'm here.
40
00:01:53.200 --> 00:01:57.280
The only way I'm going to get the putter to go past my body would be either to
41
00:01:57.280 --> 00:01:57.800
break
42
00:01:57.800 --> 00:02:02.450
down my lower body, which we know that's rule number one we can't do, or to
43
00:02:02.450 --> 00:02:03.080
release
44
00:02:03.080 --> 00:02:05.560
my hands and flip this way.
45
00:02:05.560 --> 00:02:09.730
So by locking that out, the only way I can get it to go over there is to
46
00:02:09.730 --> 00:02:10.760
actually have
47
00:02:10.760 --> 00:02:18.400
my right side push a little bit more and putt with this shoulder area over here
48
00:02:18.400 --> 00:02:18.800
.
49
00:02:18.800 --> 00:02:20.520
So that's the trail arm.
50
00:02:20.520 --> 00:02:23.560
Now the lead arm is actually a whole lot easier.
51
00:02:23.560 --> 00:02:28.840
What I typically see with the lead arm is a disconnected stroke where basically
52
00:02:28.840 --> 00:02:29.360
the lead
53
00:02:29.360 --> 00:02:32.880
arm will drift towards the target like so.
54
00:02:32.880 --> 00:02:38.570
So the only thing I say to do with the lead arm is to make sure that it stays
55
00:02:38.570 --> 00:02:39.520
connected
56
00:02:39.520 --> 00:02:41.200
to your body, right?
57
00:02:41.200 --> 00:02:46.120
We talked about this connection over here, we talked about this connected move.
58
00:02:46.120 --> 00:02:48.920
Notice how this stays in contact the whole time.
59
00:02:48.920 --> 00:02:56.120
So if you place your arm there, you can hit some strokes focusing on your arm
60
00:02:56.120 --> 00:02:57.400
staying connected.
61
00:02:57.400 --> 00:03:00.320
I should just putt left handed the whole time.
62
00:03:00.320 --> 00:03:03.800
So keeping that left arm there, keeping the golf ball between the right arm so
63
00:03:03.800 --> 00:03:04.160
that you
64
00:03:04.160 --> 00:03:08.060
can feel more of the peck involvement, and you'll get this general feeling of
65
00:03:08.060 --> 00:03:08.880
your shoulders
66
00:03:08.880 --> 00:03:11.760
in your body hitting the putt instead of your hands.
67
00:03:11.760 --> 00:03:12.520
So give that a try.
1
00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:04.640
Now we're going to go through the how to's of the each arm release.
2
00:00:04.640 --> 00:00:08.720
So you may have already practiced them, you may not, but this will give you the
3
00:00:08.720 --> 00:00:09.240
details
4
00:00:09.240 --> 00:00:13.110
of what I want you to feel, which is more or less letting your shoulders and
5
00:00:13.110 --> 00:00:13.580
your chest
6
00:00:13.580 --> 00:00:17.780
control the stroke instead of your arms and your hands, or your forearms and
7
00:00:17.780 --> 00:00:18.720
your hands.
8
00:00:18.720 --> 00:00:22.650
So for the trail arm, so I'm right hand and my trail arm is my right hand, I'm
9
00:00:22.650 --> 00:00:23.160
going to
10
00:00:23.160 --> 00:00:29.630
take my good grip, and I'm going to place a golf ball right there between my
11
00:00:29.630 --> 00:00:30.440
forearm
12
00:00:30.440 --> 00:00:34.920
and my hand, or between my forearm and the grip, you can see that.
13
00:00:34.920 --> 00:00:39.540
Now one of the tendencies that a lot of players will have is that they will
14
00:00:39.540 --> 00:00:40.640
release with the
15
00:00:40.640 --> 00:00:46.040
trail hand, the right hand in my case, and you will see that that space closed
16
00:00:46.040 --> 00:00:46.840
or change,
17
00:00:46.840 --> 00:00:47.840
right?
18
00:00:47.840 --> 00:00:50.410
So what we're going to do is we're going to put an object there so that it can
19
00:00:50.410 --> 00:00:51.600
't change.
20
00:00:51.600 --> 00:00:58.920
And now if I were to set up to a golf ball, right?
21
00:00:58.920 --> 00:01:03.360
This should basically be able to stay there while I hit the stroke.
22
00:01:03.360 --> 00:01:06.560
And then if I were to take that golf ball away, I could double check and say,
23
00:01:06.560 --> 00:01:07.320
yeah, okay,
24
00:01:07.320 --> 00:01:11.380
that's about the same, that putter face looks like it rotated a little bit more
25
00:01:11.380 --> 00:01:11.640
.
26
00:01:11.640 --> 00:01:16.920
So for me to keep my, for me to use my trail arm properly, it now is going to
27
00:01:16.920 --> 00:01:17.800
look like
28
00:01:17.800 --> 00:01:18.800
it rotates a little bit more.
29
00:01:18.800 --> 00:01:23.200
I'm not going to manipulate it, but I'm going to just take note of that.
30
00:01:23.200 --> 00:01:27.820
One of the general things that I tend to see with this trail arm only and what
31
00:01:27.820 --> 00:01:28.280
this is
32
00:01:28.280 --> 00:01:32.900
designed to address is if you are using the bigger muscles in your core and
33
00:01:32.900 --> 00:01:33.920
your shoulders,
34
00:01:33.920 --> 00:01:39.180
this wrist will stay the same, and you'll actually feel your pet get a little
35
00:01:39.180 --> 00:01:40.080
bit engaged.
36
00:01:40.080 --> 00:01:46.000
You can see how my arm is working across my body, just like so, instead of
37
00:01:46.000 --> 00:01:47.240
working this
38
00:01:47.240 --> 00:01:50.040
way, in which case there would be no peck involvement, right?
39
00:01:50.040 --> 00:01:53.200
So this is a great drill when I'm here.
40
00:01:53.200 --> 00:01:57.280
The only way I'm going to get the putter to go past my body would be either to
41
00:01:57.280 --> 00:01:57.800
break
42
00:01:57.800 --> 00:02:02.450
down my lower body, which we know that's rule number one we can't do, or to
43
00:02:02.450 --> 00:02:03.080
release
44
00:02:03.080 --> 00:02:05.560
my hands and flip this way.
45
00:02:05.560 --> 00:02:09.730
So by locking that out, the only way I can get it to go over there is to
46
00:02:09.730 --> 00:02:10.760
actually have
47
00:02:10.760 --> 00:02:18.400
my right side push a little bit more and putt with this shoulder area over here
48
00:02:18.400 --> 00:02:18.800
.
49
00:02:18.800 --> 00:02:20.520
So that's the trail arm.
50
00:02:20.520 --> 00:02:23.560
Now the lead arm is actually a whole lot easier.
51
00:02:23.560 --> 00:02:28.840
What I typically see with the lead arm is a disconnected stroke where basically
52
00:02:28.840 --> 00:02:29.360
the lead
53
00:02:29.360 --> 00:02:32.880
arm will drift towards the target like so.
54
00:02:32.880 --> 00:02:38.570
So the only thing I say to do with the lead arm is to make sure that it stays
55
00:02:38.570 --> 00:02:39.520
connected
56
00:02:39.520 --> 00:02:41.200
to your body, right?
57
00:02:41.200 --> 00:02:46.120
We talked about this connection over here, we talked about this connected move.
58
00:02:46.120 --> 00:02:48.920
Notice how this stays in contact the whole time.
59
00:02:48.920 --> 00:02:56.120
So if you place your arm there, you can hit some strokes focusing on your arm
60
00:02:56.120 --> 00:02:57.400
staying connected.
61
00:02:57.400 --> 00:03:00.320
I should just putt left handed the whole time.
62
00:03:00.320 --> 00:03:03.800
So keeping that left arm there, keeping the golf ball between the right arm so
63
00:03:03.800 --> 00:03:04.160
that you
64
00:03:04.160 --> 00:03:08.060
can feel more of the peck involvement, and you'll get this general feeling of
65
00:03:08.060 --> 00:03:08.880
your shoulders
66
00:03:08.880 --> 00:03:11.760
in your body hitting the putt instead of your hands.
67
00:03:11.760 --> 00:03:12.520
So give that a try.
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 Release Each Arm for Better Control in Your Swing
After this video, you'll be able to:
- Understand how to keep your trail arm stable for improved accuracy
- Feel the engagement of your core muscles for better shot control
- Practice maintaining the correct wrist position to avoid common mistakes
Learn the proper technique for releasing each arm during your golf swing to enhance control and consistency. This drill focuses on using your shoulders and core instead of relying solely on your arms.
Video Transcript
WEBVTT
1
00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:04.640
Now we're going to go through the how to's of the each arm release.
2
00:00:04.640 --> 00:00:08.720
So you may have already practiced them, you may not, but this will give you the
3
00:00:08.720 --> 00:00:09.240
details
4
00:00:09.240 --> 00:00:13.110
of what I want you to feel, which is more or less letting your shoulders and
5
00:00:13.110 --> 00:00:13.580
your chest
6
00:00:13.580 --> 00:00:17.780
control the stroke instead of your arms and your hands, or your forearms and
7
00:00:17.780 --> 00:00:18.720
your hands.
8
00:00:18.720 --> 00:00:22.650
So for the trail arm, so I'm right hand and my trail arm is my right hand, I'm
9
00:00:22.650 --> 00:00:23.160
going to
10
00:00:23.160 --> 00:00:29.630
take my good grip, and I'm going to place a golf ball right there between my
11
00:00:29.630 --> 00:00:30.440
forearm
12
00:00:30.440 --> 00:00:34.920
and my hand, or between my forearm and the grip, you can see that.
13
00:00:34.920 --> 00:00:39.540
Now one of the tendencies that a lot of players will have is that they will
14
00:00:39.540 --> 00:00:40.640
release with the
15
00:00:40.640 --> 00:00:46.040
trail hand, the right hand in my case, and you will see that that space closed
16
00:00:46.040 --> 00:00:46.840
or change,
17
00:00:46.840 --> 00:00:47.840
right?
18
00:00:47.840 --> 00:00:50.410
So what we're going to do is we're going to put an object there so that it can
19
00:00:50.410 --> 00:00:51.600
't change.
20
00:00:51.600 --> 00:00:58.920
And now if I were to set up to a golf ball, right?
21
00:00:58.920 --> 00:01:03.360
This should basically be able to stay there while I hit the stroke.
22
00:01:03.360 --> 00:01:06.560
And then if I were to take that golf ball away, I could double check and say,
23
00:01:06.560 --> 00:01:07.320
yeah, okay,
24
00:01:07.320 --> 00:01:11.380
that's about the same, that putter face looks like it rotated a little bit more
25
00:01:11.380 --> 00:01:11.640
.
26
00:01:11.640 --> 00:01:16.920
So for me to keep my, for me to use my trail arm properly, it now is going to
27
00:01:16.920 --> 00:01:17.800
look like
28
00:01:17.800 --> 00:01:18.800
it rotates a little bit more.
29
00:01:18.800 --> 00:01:23.200
I'm not going to manipulate it, but I'm going to just take note of that.
30
00:01:23.200 --> 00:01:27.820
One of the general things that I tend to see with this trail arm only and what
31
00:01:27.820 --> 00:01:28.280
this is
32
00:01:28.280 --> 00:01:32.900
designed to address is if you are using the bigger muscles in your core and
33
00:01:32.900 --> 00:01:33.920
your shoulders,
34
00:01:33.920 --> 00:01:39.180
this wrist will stay the same, and you'll actually feel your pet get a little
35
00:01:39.180 --> 00:01:40.080
bit engaged.
36
00:01:40.080 --> 00:01:46.000
You can see how my arm is working across my body, just like so, instead of
37
00:01:46.000 --> 00:01:47.240
working this
38
00:01:47.240 --> 00:01:50.040
way, in which case there would be no peck involvement, right?
39
00:01:50.040 --> 00:01:53.200
So this is a great drill when I'm here.
40
00:01:53.200 --> 00:01:57.280
The only way I'm going to get the putter to go past my body would be either to
41
00:01:57.280 --> 00:01:57.800
break
42
00:01:57.800 --> 00:02:02.450
down my lower body, which we know that's rule number one we can't do, or to
43
00:02:02.450 --> 00:02:03.080
release
44
00:02:03.080 --> 00:02:05.560
my hands and flip this way.
45
00:02:05.560 --> 00:02:09.730
So by locking that out, the only way I can get it to go over there is to
46
00:02:09.730 --> 00:02:10.760
actually have
47
00:02:10.760 --> 00:02:18.400
my right side push a little bit more and putt with this shoulder area over here
48
00:02:18.400 --> 00:02:18.800
.
49
00:02:18.800 --> 00:02:20.520
So that's the trail arm.
50
00:02:20.520 --> 00:02:23.560
Now the lead arm is actually a whole lot easier.
51
00:02:23.560 --> 00:02:28.840
What I typically see with the lead arm is a disconnected stroke where basically
52
00:02:28.840 --> 00:02:29.360
the lead
53
00:02:29.360 --> 00:02:32.880
arm will drift towards the target like so.
54
00:02:32.880 --> 00:02:38.570
So the only thing I say to do with the lead arm is to make sure that it stays
55
00:02:38.570 --> 00:02:39.520
connected
56
00:02:39.520 --> 00:02:41.200
to your body, right?
57
00:02:41.200 --> 00:02:46.120
We talked about this connection over here, we talked about this connected move.
58
00:02:46.120 --> 00:02:48.920
Notice how this stays in contact the whole time.
59
00:02:48.920 --> 00:02:56.120
So if you place your arm there, you can hit some strokes focusing on your arm
60
00:02:56.120 --> 00:02:57.400
staying connected.
61
00:02:57.400 --> 00:03:00.320
I should just putt left handed the whole time.
62
00:03:00.320 --> 00:03:03.800
So keeping that left arm there, keeping the golf ball between the right arm so
63
00:03:03.800 --> 00:03:04.160
that you
64
00:03:04.160 --> 00:03:08.060
can feel more of the peck involvement, and you'll get this general feeling of
65
00:03:08.060 --> 00:03:08.880
your shoulders
66
00:03:08.880 --> 00:03:11.760
in your body hitting the putt instead of your hands.
67
00:03:11.760 --> 00:03:12.520
So give that a try.
1
00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:04.640
Now we're going to go through the how to's of the each arm release.
2
00:00:04.640 --> 00:00:08.720
So you may have already practiced them, you may not, but this will give you the
3
00:00:08.720 --> 00:00:09.240
details
4
00:00:09.240 --> 00:00:13.110
of what I want you to feel, which is more or less letting your shoulders and
5
00:00:13.110 --> 00:00:13.580
your chest
6
00:00:13.580 --> 00:00:17.780
control the stroke instead of your arms and your hands, or your forearms and
7
00:00:17.780 --> 00:00:18.720
your hands.
8
00:00:18.720 --> 00:00:22.650
So for the trail arm, so I'm right hand and my trail arm is my right hand, I'm
9
00:00:22.650 --> 00:00:23.160
going to
10
00:00:23.160 --> 00:00:29.630
take my good grip, and I'm going to place a golf ball right there between my
11
00:00:29.630 --> 00:00:30.440
forearm
12
00:00:30.440 --> 00:00:34.920
and my hand, or between my forearm and the grip, you can see that.
13
00:00:34.920 --> 00:00:39.540
Now one of the tendencies that a lot of players will have is that they will
14
00:00:39.540 --> 00:00:40.640
release with the
15
00:00:40.640 --> 00:00:46.040
trail hand, the right hand in my case, and you will see that that space closed
16
00:00:46.040 --> 00:00:46.840
or change,
17
00:00:46.840 --> 00:00:47.840
right?
18
00:00:47.840 --> 00:00:50.410
So what we're going to do is we're going to put an object there so that it can
19
00:00:50.410 --> 00:00:51.600
't change.
20
00:00:51.600 --> 00:00:58.920
And now if I were to set up to a golf ball, right?
21
00:00:58.920 --> 00:01:03.360
This should basically be able to stay there while I hit the stroke.
22
00:01:03.360 --> 00:01:06.560
And then if I were to take that golf ball away, I could double check and say,
23
00:01:06.560 --> 00:01:07.320
yeah, okay,
24
00:01:07.320 --> 00:01:11.380
that's about the same, that putter face looks like it rotated a little bit more
25
00:01:11.380 --> 00:01:11.640
.
26
00:01:11.640 --> 00:01:16.920
So for me to keep my, for me to use my trail arm properly, it now is going to
27
00:01:16.920 --> 00:01:17.800
look like
28
00:01:17.800 --> 00:01:18.800
it rotates a little bit more.
29
00:01:18.800 --> 00:01:23.200
I'm not going to manipulate it, but I'm going to just take note of that.
30
00:01:23.200 --> 00:01:27.820
One of the general things that I tend to see with this trail arm only and what
31
00:01:27.820 --> 00:01:28.280
this is
32
00:01:28.280 --> 00:01:32.900
designed to address is if you are using the bigger muscles in your core and
33
00:01:32.900 --> 00:01:33.920
your shoulders,
34
00:01:33.920 --> 00:01:39.180
this wrist will stay the same, and you'll actually feel your pet get a little
35
00:01:39.180 --> 00:01:40.080
bit engaged.
36
00:01:40.080 --> 00:01:46.000
You can see how my arm is working across my body, just like so, instead of
37
00:01:46.000 --> 00:01:47.240
working this
38
00:01:47.240 --> 00:01:50.040
way, in which case there would be no peck involvement, right?
39
00:01:50.040 --> 00:01:53.200
So this is a great drill when I'm here.
40
00:01:53.200 --> 00:01:57.280
The only way I'm going to get the putter to go past my body would be either to
41
00:01:57.280 --> 00:01:57.800
break
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down my lower body, which we know that's rule number one we can't do, or to
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release
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my hands and flip this way.
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So by locking that out, the only way I can get it to go over there is to
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actually have
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my right side push a little bit more and putt with this shoulder area over here
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.
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So that's the trail arm.
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Now the lead arm is actually a whole lot easier.
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What I typically see with the lead arm is a disconnected stroke where basically
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the lead
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arm will drift towards the target like so.
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So the only thing I say to do with the lead arm is to make sure that it stays
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connected
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to your body, right?
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We talked about this connection over here, we talked about this connected move.
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Notice how this stays in contact the whole time.
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So if you place your arm there, you can hit some strokes focusing on your arm
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staying connected.
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I should just putt left handed the whole time.
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So keeping that left arm there, keeping the golf ball between the right arm so
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that you
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can feel more of the peck involvement, and you'll get this general feeling of
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your shoulders
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in your body hitting the putt instead of your hands.
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So give that a try.
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