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Improve Your Right Arm Release for Better Impact Position

After this video, you'll be able to:

  • Feel the proper shot put motion to enhance your arm extension
  • Identify the right wrist position for improved club control
  • Understand how to engage your larger muscles for a stronger swing

In this drill, you'll learn how to effectively use your right arm during the release phase of your swing. This technique will help you achieve a more powerful and consistent impact position.

Video Transcript
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Okay, this drill is the right arm thrower or the right arm shot put to feel

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what the

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right hand does during the release phase.

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So the body position is going to be the same as what you've done during

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transition, and

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we're now going to learn how to get from that transition position into impact.

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So what you're going to do is you're going to take a golf ball and you're going

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to place

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it in the center of your palm for your right hand if you're right handed golfer

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.

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And then you're going to grab it with your thumb like you were doing a magic

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trick and

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you wanted to hide it, okay?

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So you're going to hold it right in the center here.

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I don't want you to hold it here because then the wrist has a pretty big strong

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lever.

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This is more of a shot put movement than it is a true throw.

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So you're going to hold it up against the center of your palm towards the heel

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of your

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palm.

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You're going to get into your golf posture and then you're going to do a shot

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put movement

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like you were throwing the ball a few feet out in front of you along the target

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line,

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which would be kind of right about there.

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So in position, I'm going to get into that transition position and then from

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here I'm

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going to extend.

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Now if you look at my wrist, you'll notice that it still has a little bit of a

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cup even

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though my right arm is fully extended.

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What I see most amateurs doing in their swing is you would get to hear and then

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that wrist

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would release like so and it would be more of a throw with just the wrist.

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I want to get my arm, my tricep, my latinies, big muscles pushing the club down

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like so.

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So again, that right arm, you're going to get into this delivery position.

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You can notice that my palm is facing away from me.

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It's not pointing down quite yet or it's not rotated this way.

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It's actually rotated so my fingers are pointing behind me and then from here I

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'm going to

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extend with just a slight amount of rotation so that my fingers are pointing

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right at the

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camera right away from me.

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If I then magically took a club and put it in the position, you could see that

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I would

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still have this somewhat angled just after impact before I got to that follow

48
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through

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position.

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So this really helps train the right arm of how it should release and then you

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can move

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on to the single arm release drills to apply it when you're actually hitting a

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golf ball.
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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 Your Right Arm Release for Better Impact Position

After this video, you'll be able to:

  • Feel the proper shot put motion to enhance your arm extension
  • Identify the right wrist position for improved club control
  • Understand how to engage your larger muscles for a stronger swing

In this drill, you'll learn how to effectively use your right arm during the release phase of your swing. This technique will help you achieve a more powerful and consistent impact position.

Video Transcript
WEBVTT

1
00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:04.640
Okay, this drill is the right arm thrower or the right arm shot put to feel

2
00:00:04.640 --> 00:00:04.940
what the

3
00:00:04.940 --> 00:00:07.920
right hand does during the release phase.

4
00:00:07.920 --> 00:00:14.030
So the body position is going to be the same as what you've done during

5
00:00:14.030 --> 00:00:15.540
transition, and

6
00:00:15.540 --> 00:00:20.420
we're now going to learn how to get from that transition position into impact.

7
00:00:20.420 --> 00:00:22.410
So what you're going to do is you're going to take a golf ball and you're going

8
00:00:22.410 --> 00:00:22.740
to place

9
00:00:22.740 --> 00:00:27.060
it in the center of your palm for your right hand if you're right handed golfer

10
00:00:27.060 --> 00:00:27.220
.

11
00:00:27.220 --> 00:00:30.450
And then you're going to grab it with your thumb like you were doing a magic

12
00:00:30.450 --> 00:00:31.000
trick and

13
00:00:31.000 --> 00:00:32.480
you wanted to hide it, okay?

14
00:00:32.480 --> 00:00:34.360
So you're going to hold it right in the center here.

15
00:00:34.360 --> 00:00:39.110
I don't want you to hold it here because then the wrist has a pretty big strong

16
00:00:39.110 --> 00:00:39.800
lever.

17
00:00:39.800 --> 00:00:42.980
This is more of a shot put movement than it is a true throw.

18
00:00:42.980 --> 00:00:45.840
So you're going to hold it up against the center of your palm towards the heel

19
00:00:45.840 --> 00:00:46.200
of your

20
00:00:46.200 --> 00:00:47.200
palm.

21
00:00:47.200 --> 00:00:50.320
You're going to get into your golf posture and then you're going to do a shot

22
00:00:50.320 --> 00:00:50.960
put movement

23
00:00:50.960 --> 00:00:55.300
like you were throwing the ball a few feet out in front of you along the target

24
00:00:55.300 --> 00:00:55.720
line,

25
00:00:55.720 --> 00:00:59.480
which would be kind of right about there.

26
00:00:59.480 --> 00:01:04.630
So in position, I'm going to get into that transition position and then from

27
00:01:04.630 --> 00:01:05.300
here I'm

28
00:01:05.300 --> 00:01:06.300
going to extend.

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00:01:06.300 --> 00:01:10.080
Now if you look at my wrist, you'll notice that it still has a little bit of a

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00:01:10.080 --> 00:01:10.440
cup even

31
00:01:10.440 --> 00:01:15.160
though my right arm is fully extended.

32
00:01:15.160 --> 00:01:20.340
What I see most amateurs doing in their swing is you would get to hear and then

33
00:01:20.340 --> 00:01:21.200
that wrist

34
00:01:21.200 --> 00:01:25.120
would release like so and it would be more of a throw with just the wrist.

35
00:01:25.120 --> 00:01:31.570
I want to get my arm, my tricep, my latinies, big muscles pushing the club down

36
00:01:31.570 --> 00:01:32.560
like so.

37
00:01:32.560 --> 00:01:36.440
So again, that right arm, you're going to get into this delivery position.

38
00:01:36.440 --> 00:01:40.480
You can notice that my palm is facing away from me.

39
00:01:40.480 --> 00:01:45.400
It's not pointing down quite yet or it's not rotated this way.

40
00:01:45.400 --> 00:01:50.280
It's actually rotated so my fingers are pointing behind me and then from here I

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00:01:50.280 --> 00:01:51.320
'm going to

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extend with just a slight amount of rotation so that my fingers are pointing

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right at the

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00:01:55.660 --> 00:01:57.800
camera right away from me.

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00:01:57.800 --> 00:02:04.940
If I then magically took a club and put it in the position, you could see that

46
00:02:04.940 --> 00:02:05.720
I would

47
00:02:05.720 --> 00:02:10.840
still have this somewhat angled just after impact before I got to that follow

48
00:02:10.840 --> 00:02:11.480
through

49
00:02:11.480 --> 00:02:12.480
position.

50
00:02:12.480 --> 00:02:16.990
So this really helps train the right arm of how it should release and then you

51
00:02:16.990 --> 00:02:17.320
can move

52
00:02:17.320 --> 00:02:20.580
on to the single arm release drills to apply it when you're actually hitting a

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00:02:20.580 --> 00:02:21.080
golf ball.
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