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How to Use Your Lead Arm for Better Ball Control
After this video, you'll be able to:
- Identify the difference between chop and lift arm movements during your swing
- Develop better control of your body position relative to the ball
- Adjust your swing path for different shot types, from wedges to drivers
In this drill, you'll learn the difference between a 'chop' and 'lift' motion with your lead arm, and how it impacts your shot shape and trajectory. Understanding these movements will help you improve your wedge and driver shots alike.
Video Transcript
WEBVTT
1
00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:05.120
This drill is chopped versus lift, lead arm to chest.
2
00:00:05.120 --> 00:00:09.440
So basically what we're going to look at is the way that the arms are working
3
00:00:09.440 --> 00:00:09.880
through
4
00:00:09.880 --> 00:00:13.840
the release and how they will relate to whether I'm hitting a wedge shot,
5
00:00:13.840 --> 00:00:14.600
whether I'm hitting
6
00:00:14.600 --> 00:00:18.400
a driver, whether I'm trying to hit a draw or whether I'm trying to hit a fade.
7
00:00:18.400 --> 00:00:23.430
So how can I use this lead arm as a reference point of what's going on with my
8
00:00:23.430 --> 00:00:24.000
body and
9
00:00:24.000 --> 00:00:28.240
a reference point of what's going on with my path?
10
00:00:28.240 --> 00:00:33.240
If I were to make a follow through movement in your general direction, we can
11
00:00:33.240 --> 00:00:33.580
look and
12
00:00:33.580 --> 00:00:37.820
we can see where is this elbow compared to the body.
13
00:00:37.820 --> 00:00:43.270
And there's a classic chicken wing picture where basically from the down the
14
00:00:43.270 --> 00:00:44.200
line view,
15
00:00:44.200 --> 00:00:47.980
you would see that that arm is worked behind the body, or this is what I would
16
00:00:47.980 --> 00:00:48.520
call more
17
00:00:48.520 --> 00:00:50.360
of a chop movement.
18
00:00:50.360 --> 00:00:54.140
If I were to do more of a lift movement, you would see that the elbow stay more
19
00:00:54.140 --> 00:00:54.640
in front
20
00:00:54.640 --> 00:00:59.660
of the body and the hand would be kind of reaching up or releasing more up this
21
00:00:59.660 --> 00:01:00.040
way.
22
00:01:00.040 --> 00:01:04.240
So one, the arm would be going like so, two, the arm would be going like this.
23
00:01:04.240 --> 00:01:09.250
Now how that relates is with the shorter shots with chipping, with pitching, I
24
00:01:09.250 --> 00:01:09.640
can get away
25
00:01:09.640 --> 00:01:15.250
with it up to about seven iron or so, it is very good to have this arm working
26
00:01:15.250 --> 00:01:16.320
more around
27
00:01:16.320 --> 00:01:21.160
your body or working more kind of like so.
28
00:01:21.160 --> 00:01:26.780
That help keeps some of the steepness in my arm path so that I can get my body
29
00:01:26.780 --> 00:01:27.320
on top
30
00:01:27.320 --> 00:01:32.350
of the ball and still have a fairly good angle of attack or fairly good path
31
00:01:32.350 --> 00:01:32.840
through the
32
00:01:32.840 --> 00:01:34.280
ball.
33
00:01:34.280 --> 00:01:40.150
With driver, you will rarely see good golfers have that elbow coming behind
34
00:01:40.150 --> 00:01:41.400
them like so.
35
00:01:41.400 --> 00:01:46.400
Typically what you will see is if they have enough side bend and we're getting
36
00:01:46.400 --> 00:01:46.760
that arm
37
00:01:46.760 --> 00:01:53.100
extension, you will tend to see that this arm actually works almost closer just
38
00:01:53.100 --> 00:01:53.920
slightly
39
00:01:53.920 --> 00:01:56.920
in towards the chest as opposed to working around it.
40
00:01:56.920 --> 00:02:00.570
So a lot of golfers, especially if you're trying to get out of hitting kind of
41
00:02:00.570 --> 00:02:01.740
fades and slices
42
00:02:01.740 --> 00:02:04.840
with your drivers or even pulls with your drivers.
43
00:02:04.840 --> 00:02:09.870
So if I have a very leftward path with the longer clubs, one of the biggest
44
00:02:09.870 --> 00:02:10.560
ways that
45
00:02:10.560 --> 00:02:15.590
you can help work on that is by keeping that elbow or having that elbow work
46
00:02:15.590 --> 00:02:16.640
more in front
47
00:02:16.640 --> 00:02:20.600
of your chest as you release through.
48
00:02:20.600 --> 00:02:24.800
Because that will continue getting the club to release further and further away
49
00:02:24.800 --> 00:02:25.200
from me
50
00:02:25.200 --> 00:02:29.480
and the further it releases away from me, the more it creates a rightward path,
51
00:02:29.480 --> 00:02:29.880
which
52
00:02:29.880 --> 00:02:34.120
that rightward path is going to help me hit more of draws and potentially
53
00:02:34.120 --> 00:02:35.320
slight pushes,
54
00:02:35.320 --> 00:02:38.620
but mostly the draw that I'm looking for as long as I have a good face
55
00:02:38.620 --> 00:02:39.520
relationship.
56
00:02:39.520 --> 00:02:46.660
So I like to do this as part of a 9-3 and you can basically work on stopping
57
00:02:46.660 --> 00:02:47.920
and hitting
58
00:02:47.920 --> 00:02:52.920
kind of in this position where that elbow feels like it's working back here.
59
00:02:52.920 --> 00:02:57.920
When I'm working with students, oftentimes I will block the arm from getting
60
00:02:57.920 --> 00:02:58.120
behind them
61
00:02:58.120 --> 00:02:59.560
if we're working on this.
62
00:02:59.560 --> 00:03:05.230
So basically I would stand right here and I would put my hand kind of like this
63
00:03:05.230 --> 00:03:05.720
so that
64
00:03:05.720 --> 00:03:10.680
when I go to swing I'm actually pushing that elbow slightly in front of them.
65
00:03:10.680 --> 00:03:15.700
Obviously I can't be there while you're swinging, but you could ask a buddy to
66
00:03:15.700 --> 00:03:16.200
kind of squat
67
00:03:16.200 --> 00:03:20.700
down here and push on that arm or you could just focus on feeling like that arm
68
00:03:20.700 --> 00:03:21.440
is working
69
00:03:21.440 --> 00:03:26.680
more in front of your chest to keep the club moving out like so.
70
00:03:26.680 --> 00:03:31.220
You'll find that the two movements that are almost mutually exclusive are if I
71
00:03:31.220 --> 00:03:31.800
have enough
72
00:03:31.800 --> 00:03:36.280
side bend it's very hard to have this work around me.
73
00:03:36.280 --> 00:03:41.310
So what will happen is I will tend the lunge in front of the golf ball and
74
00:03:41.310 --> 00:03:42.080
chicken wing
75
00:03:42.080 --> 00:03:50.010
and kind of hit those thin picky shots or I will tend to stay behind the ball
76
00:03:50.010 --> 00:03:50.880
and let
77
00:03:50.880 --> 00:03:54.760
this club or let the arm stay more in front of me kind of like so.
78
00:03:54.760 --> 00:03:59.230
So you can use that elbow as a good reference frame for how this release is
79
00:03:59.230 --> 00:04:00.080
working and
80
00:04:00.080 --> 00:04:05.080
if you're trying to work on going from a drop or from a fade to a draw focusing
81
00:04:05.080 --> 00:04:05.200
on this
82
00:04:05.200 --> 00:04:08.510
elbow working more in front of your body can be a really good reference for you
83
00:04:08.510 --> 00:04:08.760
.
1
00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:05.120
This drill is chopped versus lift, lead arm to chest.
2
00:00:05.120 --> 00:00:09.440
So basically what we're going to look at is the way that the arms are working
3
00:00:09.440 --> 00:00:09.880
through
4
00:00:09.880 --> 00:00:13.840
the release and how they will relate to whether I'm hitting a wedge shot,
5
00:00:13.840 --> 00:00:14.600
whether I'm hitting
6
00:00:14.600 --> 00:00:18.400
a driver, whether I'm trying to hit a draw or whether I'm trying to hit a fade.
7
00:00:18.400 --> 00:00:23.430
So how can I use this lead arm as a reference point of what's going on with my
8
00:00:23.430 --> 00:00:24.000
body and
9
00:00:24.000 --> 00:00:28.240
a reference point of what's going on with my path?
10
00:00:28.240 --> 00:00:33.240
If I were to make a follow through movement in your general direction, we can
11
00:00:33.240 --> 00:00:33.580
look and
12
00:00:33.580 --> 00:00:37.820
we can see where is this elbow compared to the body.
13
00:00:37.820 --> 00:00:43.270
And there's a classic chicken wing picture where basically from the down the
14
00:00:43.270 --> 00:00:44.200
line view,
15
00:00:44.200 --> 00:00:47.980
you would see that that arm is worked behind the body, or this is what I would
16
00:00:47.980 --> 00:00:48.520
call more
17
00:00:48.520 --> 00:00:50.360
of a chop movement.
18
00:00:50.360 --> 00:00:54.140
If I were to do more of a lift movement, you would see that the elbow stay more
19
00:00:54.140 --> 00:00:54.640
in front
20
00:00:54.640 --> 00:00:59.660
of the body and the hand would be kind of reaching up or releasing more up this
21
00:00:59.660 --> 00:01:00.040
way.
22
00:01:00.040 --> 00:01:04.240
So one, the arm would be going like so, two, the arm would be going like this.
23
00:01:04.240 --> 00:01:09.250
Now how that relates is with the shorter shots with chipping, with pitching, I
24
00:01:09.250 --> 00:01:09.640
can get away
25
00:01:09.640 --> 00:01:15.250
with it up to about seven iron or so, it is very good to have this arm working
26
00:01:15.250 --> 00:01:16.320
more around
27
00:01:16.320 --> 00:01:21.160
your body or working more kind of like so.
28
00:01:21.160 --> 00:01:26.780
That help keeps some of the steepness in my arm path so that I can get my body
29
00:01:26.780 --> 00:01:27.320
on top
30
00:01:27.320 --> 00:01:32.350
of the ball and still have a fairly good angle of attack or fairly good path
31
00:01:32.350 --> 00:01:32.840
through the
32
00:01:32.840 --> 00:01:34.280
ball.
33
00:01:34.280 --> 00:01:40.150
With driver, you will rarely see good golfers have that elbow coming behind
34
00:01:40.150 --> 00:01:41.400
them like so.
35
00:01:41.400 --> 00:01:46.400
Typically what you will see is if they have enough side bend and we're getting
36
00:01:46.400 --> 00:01:46.760
that arm
37
00:01:46.760 --> 00:01:53.100
extension, you will tend to see that this arm actually works almost closer just
38
00:01:53.100 --> 00:01:53.920
slightly
39
00:01:53.920 --> 00:01:56.920
in towards the chest as opposed to working around it.
40
00:01:56.920 --> 00:02:00.570
So a lot of golfers, especially if you're trying to get out of hitting kind of
41
00:02:00.570 --> 00:02:01.740
fades and slices
42
00:02:01.740 --> 00:02:04.840
with your drivers or even pulls with your drivers.
43
00:02:04.840 --> 00:02:09.870
So if I have a very leftward path with the longer clubs, one of the biggest
44
00:02:09.870 --> 00:02:10.560
ways that
45
00:02:10.560 --> 00:02:15.590
you can help work on that is by keeping that elbow or having that elbow work
46
00:02:15.590 --> 00:02:16.640
more in front
47
00:02:16.640 --> 00:02:20.600
of your chest as you release through.
48
00:02:20.600 --> 00:02:24.800
Because that will continue getting the club to release further and further away
49
00:02:24.800 --> 00:02:25.200
from me
50
00:02:25.200 --> 00:02:29.480
and the further it releases away from me, the more it creates a rightward path,
51
00:02:29.480 --> 00:02:29.880
which
52
00:02:29.880 --> 00:02:34.120
that rightward path is going to help me hit more of draws and potentially
53
00:02:34.120 --> 00:02:35.320
slight pushes,
54
00:02:35.320 --> 00:02:38.620
but mostly the draw that I'm looking for as long as I have a good face
55
00:02:38.620 --> 00:02:39.520
relationship.
56
00:02:39.520 --> 00:02:46.660
So I like to do this as part of a 9-3 and you can basically work on stopping
57
00:02:46.660 --> 00:02:47.920
and hitting
58
00:02:47.920 --> 00:02:52.920
kind of in this position where that elbow feels like it's working back here.
59
00:02:52.920 --> 00:02:57.920
When I'm working with students, oftentimes I will block the arm from getting
60
00:02:57.920 --> 00:02:58.120
behind them
61
00:02:58.120 --> 00:02:59.560
if we're working on this.
62
00:02:59.560 --> 00:03:05.230
So basically I would stand right here and I would put my hand kind of like this
63
00:03:05.230 --> 00:03:05.720
so that
64
00:03:05.720 --> 00:03:10.680
when I go to swing I'm actually pushing that elbow slightly in front of them.
65
00:03:10.680 --> 00:03:15.700
Obviously I can't be there while you're swinging, but you could ask a buddy to
66
00:03:15.700 --> 00:03:16.200
kind of squat
67
00:03:16.200 --> 00:03:20.700
down here and push on that arm or you could just focus on feeling like that arm
68
00:03:20.700 --> 00:03:21.440
is working
69
00:03:21.440 --> 00:03:26.680
more in front of your chest to keep the club moving out like so.
70
00:03:26.680 --> 00:03:31.220
You'll find that the two movements that are almost mutually exclusive are if I
71
00:03:31.220 --> 00:03:31.800
have enough
72
00:03:31.800 --> 00:03:36.280
side bend it's very hard to have this work around me.
73
00:03:36.280 --> 00:03:41.310
So what will happen is I will tend the lunge in front of the golf ball and
74
00:03:41.310 --> 00:03:42.080
chicken wing
75
00:03:42.080 --> 00:03:50.010
and kind of hit those thin picky shots or I will tend to stay behind the ball
76
00:03:50.010 --> 00:03:50.880
and let
77
00:03:50.880 --> 00:03:54.760
this club or let the arm stay more in front of me kind of like so.
78
00:03:54.760 --> 00:03:59.230
So you can use that elbow as a good reference frame for how this release is
79
00:03:59.230 --> 00:04:00.080
working and
80
00:04:00.080 --> 00:04:05.080
if you're trying to work on going from a drop or from a fade to a draw focusing
81
00:04:05.080 --> 00:04:05.200
on this
82
00:04:05.200 --> 00:04:08.510
elbow working more in front of your body can be a really good reference for you
83
00:04:08.510 --> 00:04:08.760
.
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 Use Your Lead Arm for Better Ball Control
After this video, you'll be able to:
- Identify the difference between chop and lift arm movements during your swing
- Develop better control of your body position relative to the ball
- Adjust your swing path for different shot types, from wedges to drivers
In this drill, you'll learn the difference between a 'chop' and 'lift' motion with your lead arm, and how it impacts your shot shape and trajectory. Understanding these movements will help you improve your wedge and driver shots alike.
Video Transcript
WEBVTT
1
00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:05.120
This drill is chopped versus lift, lead arm to chest.
2
00:00:05.120 --> 00:00:09.440
So basically what we're going to look at is the way that the arms are working
3
00:00:09.440 --> 00:00:09.880
through
4
00:00:09.880 --> 00:00:13.840
the release and how they will relate to whether I'm hitting a wedge shot,
5
00:00:13.840 --> 00:00:14.600
whether I'm hitting
6
00:00:14.600 --> 00:00:18.400
a driver, whether I'm trying to hit a draw or whether I'm trying to hit a fade.
7
00:00:18.400 --> 00:00:23.430
So how can I use this lead arm as a reference point of what's going on with my
8
00:00:23.430 --> 00:00:24.000
body and
9
00:00:24.000 --> 00:00:28.240
a reference point of what's going on with my path?
10
00:00:28.240 --> 00:00:33.240
If I were to make a follow through movement in your general direction, we can
11
00:00:33.240 --> 00:00:33.580
look and
12
00:00:33.580 --> 00:00:37.820
we can see where is this elbow compared to the body.
13
00:00:37.820 --> 00:00:43.270
And there's a classic chicken wing picture where basically from the down the
14
00:00:43.270 --> 00:00:44.200
line view,
15
00:00:44.200 --> 00:00:47.980
you would see that that arm is worked behind the body, or this is what I would
16
00:00:47.980 --> 00:00:48.520
call more
17
00:00:48.520 --> 00:00:50.360
of a chop movement.
18
00:00:50.360 --> 00:00:54.140
If I were to do more of a lift movement, you would see that the elbow stay more
19
00:00:54.140 --> 00:00:54.640
in front
20
00:00:54.640 --> 00:00:59.660
of the body and the hand would be kind of reaching up or releasing more up this
21
00:00:59.660 --> 00:01:00.040
way.
22
00:01:00.040 --> 00:01:04.240
So one, the arm would be going like so, two, the arm would be going like this.
23
00:01:04.240 --> 00:01:09.250
Now how that relates is with the shorter shots with chipping, with pitching, I
24
00:01:09.250 --> 00:01:09.640
can get away
25
00:01:09.640 --> 00:01:15.250
with it up to about seven iron or so, it is very good to have this arm working
26
00:01:15.250 --> 00:01:16.320
more around
27
00:01:16.320 --> 00:01:21.160
your body or working more kind of like so.
28
00:01:21.160 --> 00:01:26.780
That help keeps some of the steepness in my arm path so that I can get my body
29
00:01:26.780 --> 00:01:27.320
on top
30
00:01:27.320 --> 00:01:32.350
of the ball and still have a fairly good angle of attack or fairly good path
31
00:01:32.350 --> 00:01:32.840
through the
32
00:01:32.840 --> 00:01:34.280
ball.
33
00:01:34.280 --> 00:01:40.150
With driver, you will rarely see good golfers have that elbow coming behind
34
00:01:40.150 --> 00:01:41.400
them like so.
35
00:01:41.400 --> 00:01:46.400
Typically what you will see is if they have enough side bend and we're getting
36
00:01:46.400 --> 00:01:46.760
that arm
37
00:01:46.760 --> 00:01:53.100
extension, you will tend to see that this arm actually works almost closer just
38
00:01:53.100 --> 00:01:53.920
slightly
39
00:01:53.920 --> 00:01:56.920
in towards the chest as opposed to working around it.
40
00:01:56.920 --> 00:02:00.570
So a lot of golfers, especially if you're trying to get out of hitting kind of
41
00:02:00.570 --> 00:02:01.740
fades and slices
42
00:02:01.740 --> 00:02:04.840
with your drivers or even pulls with your drivers.
43
00:02:04.840 --> 00:02:09.870
So if I have a very leftward path with the longer clubs, one of the biggest
44
00:02:09.870 --> 00:02:10.560
ways that
45
00:02:10.560 --> 00:02:15.590
you can help work on that is by keeping that elbow or having that elbow work
46
00:02:15.590 --> 00:02:16.640
more in front
47
00:02:16.640 --> 00:02:20.600
of your chest as you release through.
48
00:02:20.600 --> 00:02:24.800
Because that will continue getting the club to release further and further away
49
00:02:24.800 --> 00:02:25.200
from me
50
00:02:25.200 --> 00:02:29.480
and the further it releases away from me, the more it creates a rightward path,
51
00:02:29.480 --> 00:02:29.880
which
52
00:02:29.880 --> 00:02:34.120
that rightward path is going to help me hit more of draws and potentially
53
00:02:34.120 --> 00:02:35.320
slight pushes,
54
00:02:35.320 --> 00:02:38.620
but mostly the draw that I'm looking for as long as I have a good face
55
00:02:38.620 --> 00:02:39.520
relationship.
56
00:02:39.520 --> 00:02:46.660
So I like to do this as part of a 9-3 and you can basically work on stopping
57
00:02:46.660 --> 00:02:47.920
and hitting
58
00:02:47.920 --> 00:02:52.920
kind of in this position where that elbow feels like it's working back here.
59
00:02:52.920 --> 00:02:57.920
When I'm working with students, oftentimes I will block the arm from getting
60
00:02:57.920 --> 00:02:58.120
behind them
61
00:02:58.120 --> 00:02:59.560
if we're working on this.
62
00:02:59.560 --> 00:03:05.230
So basically I would stand right here and I would put my hand kind of like this
63
00:03:05.230 --> 00:03:05.720
so that
64
00:03:05.720 --> 00:03:10.680
when I go to swing I'm actually pushing that elbow slightly in front of them.
65
00:03:10.680 --> 00:03:15.700
Obviously I can't be there while you're swinging, but you could ask a buddy to
66
00:03:15.700 --> 00:03:16.200
kind of squat
67
00:03:16.200 --> 00:03:20.700
down here and push on that arm or you could just focus on feeling like that arm
68
00:03:20.700 --> 00:03:21.440
is working
69
00:03:21.440 --> 00:03:26.680
more in front of your chest to keep the club moving out like so.
70
00:03:26.680 --> 00:03:31.220
You'll find that the two movements that are almost mutually exclusive are if I
71
00:03:31.220 --> 00:03:31.800
have enough
72
00:03:31.800 --> 00:03:36.280
side bend it's very hard to have this work around me.
73
00:03:36.280 --> 00:03:41.310
So what will happen is I will tend the lunge in front of the golf ball and
74
00:03:41.310 --> 00:03:42.080
chicken wing
75
00:03:42.080 --> 00:03:50.010
and kind of hit those thin picky shots or I will tend to stay behind the ball
76
00:03:50.010 --> 00:03:50.880
and let
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this club or let the arm stay more in front of me kind of like so.
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So you can use that elbow as a good reference frame for how this release is
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working and
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if you're trying to work on going from a drop or from a fade to a draw focusing
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on this
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elbow working more in front of your body can be a really good reference for you
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This drill is chopped versus lift, lead arm to chest.
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So basically what we're going to look at is the way that the arms are working
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through
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the release and how they will relate to whether I'm hitting a wedge shot,
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whether I'm hitting
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a driver, whether I'm trying to hit a draw or whether I'm trying to hit a fade.
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So how can I use this lead arm as a reference point of what's going on with my
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body and
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a reference point of what's going on with my path?
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If I were to make a follow through movement in your general direction, we can
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look and
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we can see where is this elbow compared to the body.
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And there's a classic chicken wing picture where basically from the down the
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line view,
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you would see that that arm is worked behind the body, or this is what I would
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call more
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of a chop movement.
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If I were to do more of a lift movement, you would see that the elbow stay more
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in front
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of the body and the hand would be kind of reaching up or releasing more up this
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way.
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So one, the arm would be going like so, two, the arm would be going like this.
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Now how that relates is with the shorter shots with chipping, with pitching, I
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can get away
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with it up to about seven iron or so, it is very good to have this arm working
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more around
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your body or working more kind of like so.
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That help keeps some of the steepness in my arm path so that I can get my body
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on top
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of the ball and still have a fairly good angle of attack or fairly good path
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through the
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ball.
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With driver, you will rarely see good golfers have that elbow coming behind
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them like so.
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Typically what you will see is if they have enough side bend and we're getting
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that arm
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extension, you will tend to see that this arm actually works almost closer just
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slightly
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in towards the chest as opposed to working around it.
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So a lot of golfers, especially if you're trying to get out of hitting kind of
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fades and slices
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with your drivers or even pulls with your drivers.
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So if I have a very leftward path with the longer clubs, one of the biggest
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ways that
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you can help work on that is by keeping that elbow or having that elbow work
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more in front
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of your chest as you release through.
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Because that will continue getting the club to release further and further away
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from me
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and the further it releases away from me, the more it creates a rightward path,
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which
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that rightward path is going to help me hit more of draws and potentially
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slight pushes,
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but mostly the draw that I'm looking for as long as I have a good face
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relationship.
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So I like to do this as part of a 9-3 and you can basically work on stopping
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and hitting
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kind of in this position where that elbow feels like it's working back here.
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When I'm working with students, oftentimes I will block the arm from getting
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behind them
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if we're working on this.
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So basically I would stand right here and I would put my hand kind of like this
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so that
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when I go to swing I'm actually pushing that elbow slightly in front of them.
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Obviously I can't be there while you're swinging, but you could ask a buddy to
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kind of squat
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down here and push on that arm or you could just focus on feeling like that arm
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is working
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more in front of your chest to keep the club moving out like so.
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You'll find that the two movements that are almost mutually exclusive are if I
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have enough
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side bend it's very hard to have this work around me.
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So what will happen is I will tend the lunge in front of the golf ball and
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chicken wing
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and kind of hit those thin picky shots or I will tend to stay behind the ball
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and let
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this club or let the arm stay more in front of me kind of like so.
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So you can use that elbow as a good reference frame for how this release is
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working and
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if you're trying to work on going from a drop or from a fade to a draw focusing
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on this
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elbow working more in front of your body can be a really good reference for you
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