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Improve Your Short Game with Single Arm Finesse Swings
After this video, you'll be able to:
- Understand the mechanics of single arm releases for improved control
- Feel how your right arm can help initiate the swing for better contact
- Recognize the importance of maintaining angle to avoid fat shots
In this drill, you'll learn how to perform single arm finesse swings to enhance your short game. By focusing on the individual movements of each arm, you'll gain better control and consistency in your shots.
Video Transcript
WEBVTT
1
00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:03.360
In this finesse swing drill video, we're going to go over the single arm
2
00:00:03.360 --> 00:00:04.040
releases.
3
00:00:04.040 --> 00:00:07.830
So just like in the full swing and inputting, we're going to break the release
4
00:00:07.830 --> 00:00:11.080
down into what the right arm is going to do and what the left arm is going to
5
00:00:11.080 --> 00:00:11.340
do.
6
00:00:11.340 --> 00:00:16.720
So for the right arm or the trail arm for right-handed golfer, you're going to
7
00:00:16.720 --> 00:00:19.260
take your normal setup position,
8
00:00:19.260 --> 00:00:23.980
paying attention to what we talked about in the overview video, and you're then
9
00:00:23.980 --> 00:00:27.700
going to take your left hand off the club and place it on your right thigh.
10
00:00:27.700 --> 00:00:34.500
From here, you're just going to do a little backswing, and then kind of let the
11
00:00:34.500 --> 00:00:38.240
club drop, and when it gets down towards the bottom, let your body turn with it
12
00:00:38.240 --> 00:00:38.400
.
13
00:00:38.400 --> 00:00:43.160
What you'll pay attention to is two things. Because the right arm is connected
14
00:00:43.160 --> 00:00:47.960
over here, behind the golf ball, it will be very easy to get the shaft leaning
15
00:00:47.960 --> 00:00:51.700
vertical or closer to vertical than when we do the left-handed.
16
00:00:51.700 --> 00:00:56.020
The other thing is because of the weight of the club and the relatively weak
17
00:00:56.020 --> 00:01:01.760
position my right arm is in, it's going to encourage me to allow the arm or
18
00:01:01.760 --> 00:01:05.700
allow the club to initiate transition.
19
00:01:05.700 --> 00:01:09.700
So if you remember, one of the big issues that we tend to see with short game
20
00:01:09.700 --> 00:01:14.150
shots is getting to here and then creating a lot of this shaft lean or creating
21
00:01:14.150 --> 00:01:17.650
a lot of this lower body dynamics from having the lower body lead the swing
22
00:01:17.650 --> 00:01:18.700
like in the full swing.
23
00:01:18.700 --> 00:01:22.620
As you saw, that will cause a lot of fat shots because you're not going to hold
24
00:01:22.620 --> 00:01:25.700
on to the angle the way that you would in the full swing.
25
00:01:25.700 --> 00:01:31.220
So, right arm again is just going to come back until the club is about 90
26
00:01:31.220 --> 00:01:35.130
degrees and toe up, and then from there it's just going to drop and brush the
27
00:01:35.130 --> 00:01:35.700
ground.
28
00:01:35.700 --> 00:01:40.700
One of the things that you may see in the follow-through position is that this
29
00:01:40.700 --> 00:01:46.980
arm is actually going to be close to my side as opposed to fully extended, like
30
00:01:46.980 --> 00:01:47.700
when we were doing the single loop.
31
00:01:47.700 --> 00:01:50.700
We were doing the single arm releases in the full swing.
32
00:01:50.700 --> 00:01:55.760
So second piece is looking at the lead arm or the left arm for right-handed
33
00:01:55.760 --> 00:01:56.700
golfers.
34
00:01:56.700 --> 00:02:02.220
So the left arm, we're going to focus on the back of this left wrist because
35
00:02:02.220 --> 00:02:06.530
what's typically going to happen with bad wedge players is they're going to get
36
00:02:06.530 --> 00:02:08.700
the club shut and probably inside.
37
00:02:08.700 --> 00:02:13.440
So they will take it back low and inside like so, and then if they just came
38
00:02:13.440 --> 00:02:15.700
down, that leading edge is very much exposed.
39
00:02:15.700 --> 00:02:21.270
And so what they'll typically do is stand up and fall back in order to try to
40
00:02:21.270 --> 00:02:23.700
get the club to open back up.
41
00:02:23.700 --> 00:02:28.510
In this single arm release, we're going to practice keeping that cup and
42
00:02:28.510 --> 00:02:31.700
keeping the club more out in front of my body.
43
00:02:31.700 --> 00:02:34.700
So the lead arm would look something like that.
44
00:02:34.700 --> 00:02:38.100
If I was to then put my trail arm in place, that's still kind of in the same
45
00:02:38.100 --> 00:02:38.700
place.
46
00:02:38.700 --> 00:02:43.230
So just like we did in the putting and just like we did in the full swing, when
47
00:02:43.230 --> 00:02:48.370
you're practicing each of these arms, you want to make sure that they're taking
48
00:02:48.370 --> 00:02:49.700
the club through the same path.
49
00:02:49.700 --> 00:02:54.020
So you can take your right hand back swing, switch hands. That has the same cup
50
00:02:54.020 --> 00:02:55.700
, it's in the same place.
51
00:02:55.700 --> 00:02:59.480
If I now go through, this still has the cup, I put my right hand on, it's in
52
00:02:59.480 --> 00:03:00.700
the right place.
53
00:03:00.700 --> 00:03:06.740
So use your hands to train each other on how to use the release for the finesse
54
00:03:06.740 --> 00:03:11.700
swing and this will help support the sequencing or the engine of the golf swing
55
00:03:11.700 --> 00:03:13.700
that we've talked about in some of the other videos.
1
00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:03.360
In this finesse swing drill video, we're going to go over the single arm
2
00:00:03.360 --> 00:00:04.040
releases.
3
00:00:04.040 --> 00:00:07.830
So just like in the full swing and inputting, we're going to break the release
4
00:00:07.830 --> 00:00:11.080
down into what the right arm is going to do and what the left arm is going to
5
00:00:11.080 --> 00:00:11.340
do.
6
00:00:11.340 --> 00:00:16.720
So for the right arm or the trail arm for right-handed golfer, you're going to
7
00:00:16.720 --> 00:00:19.260
take your normal setup position,
8
00:00:19.260 --> 00:00:23.980
paying attention to what we talked about in the overview video, and you're then
9
00:00:23.980 --> 00:00:27.700
going to take your left hand off the club and place it on your right thigh.
10
00:00:27.700 --> 00:00:34.500
From here, you're just going to do a little backswing, and then kind of let the
11
00:00:34.500 --> 00:00:38.240
club drop, and when it gets down towards the bottom, let your body turn with it
12
00:00:38.240 --> 00:00:38.400
.
13
00:00:38.400 --> 00:00:43.160
What you'll pay attention to is two things. Because the right arm is connected
14
00:00:43.160 --> 00:00:47.960
over here, behind the golf ball, it will be very easy to get the shaft leaning
15
00:00:47.960 --> 00:00:51.700
vertical or closer to vertical than when we do the left-handed.
16
00:00:51.700 --> 00:00:56.020
The other thing is because of the weight of the club and the relatively weak
17
00:00:56.020 --> 00:01:01.760
position my right arm is in, it's going to encourage me to allow the arm or
18
00:01:01.760 --> 00:01:05.700
allow the club to initiate transition.
19
00:01:05.700 --> 00:01:09.700
So if you remember, one of the big issues that we tend to see with short game
20
00:01:09.700 --> 00:01:14.150
shots is getting to here and then creating a lot of this shaft lean or creating
21
00:01:14.150 --> 00:01:17.650
a lot of this lower body dynamics from having the lower body lead the swing
22
00:01:17.650 --> 00:01:18.700
like in the full swing.
23
00:01:18.700 --> 00:01:22.620
As you saw, that will cause a lot of fat shots because you're not going to hold
24
00:01:22.620 --> 00:01:25.700
on to the angle the way that you would in the full swing.
25
00:01:25.700 --> 00:01:31.220
So, right arm again is just going to come back until the club is about 90
26
00:01:31.220 --> 00:01:35.130
degrees and toe up, and then from there it's just going to drop and brush the
27
00:01:35.130 --> 00:01:35.700
ground.
28
00:01:35.700 --> 00:01:40.700
One of the things that you may see in the follow-through position is that this
29
00:01:40.700 --> 00:01:46.980
arm is actually going to be close to my side as opposed to fully extended, like
30
00:01:46.980 --> 00:01:47.700
when we were doing the single loop.
31
00:01:47.700 --> 00:01:50.700
We were doing the single arm releases in the full swing.
32
00:01:50.700 --> 00:01:55.760
So second piece is looking at the lead arm or the left arm for right-handed
33
00:01:55.760 --> 00:01:56.700
golfers.
34
00:01:56.700 --> 00:02:02.220
So the left arm, we're going to focus on the back of this left wrist because
35
00:02:02.220 --> 00:02:06.530
what's typically going to happen with bad wedge players is they're going to get
36
00:02:06.530 --> 00:02:08.700
the club shut and probably inside.
37
00:02:08.700 --> 00:02:13.440
So they will take it back low and inside like so, and then if they just came
38
00:02:13.440 --> 00:02:15.700
down, that leading edge is very much exposed.
39
00:02:15.700 --> 00:02:21.270
And so what they'll typically do is stand up and fall back in order to try to
40
00:02:21.270 --> 00:02:23.700
get the club to open back up.
41
00:02:23.700 --> 00:02:28.510
In this single arm release, we're going to practice keeping that cup and
42
00:02:28.510 --> 00:02:31.700
keeping the club more out in front of my body.
43
00:02:31.700 --> 00:02:34.700
So the lead arm would look something like that.
44
00:02:34.700 --> 00:02:38.100
If I was to then put my trail arm in place, that's still kind of in the same
45
00:02:38.100 --> 00:02:38.700
place.
46
00:02:38.700 --> 00:02:43.230
So just like we did in the putting and just like we did in the full swing, when
47
00:02:43.230 --> 00:02:48.370
you're practicing each of these arms, you want to make sure that they're taking
48
00:02:48.370 --> 00:02:49.700
the club through the same path.
49
00:02:49.700 --> 00:02:54.020
So you can take your right hand back swing, switch hands. That has the same cup
50
00:02:54.020 --> 00:02:55.700
, it's in the same place.
51
00:02:55.700 --> 00:02:59.480
If I now go through, this still has the cup, I put my right hand on, it's in
52
00:02:59.480 --> 00:03:00.700
the right place.
53
00:03:00.700 --> 00:03:06.740
So use your hands to train each other on how to use the release for the finesse
54
00:03:06.740 --> 00:03:11.700
swing and this will help support the sequencing or the engine of the golf swing
55
00:03:11.700 --> 00:03:13.700
that we've talked about in some of the other videos.
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.
Improve Your Short Game with Single Arm Finesse Swings
After this video, you'll be able to:
- Understand the mechanics of single arm releases for improved control
- Feel how your right arm can help initiate the swing for better contact
- Recognize the importance of maintaining angle to avoid fat shots
In this drill, you'll learn how to perform single arm finesse swings to enhance your short game. By focusing on the individual movements of each arm, you'll gain better control and consistency in your shots.
Video Transcript
WEBVTT
1
00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:03.360
In this finesse swing drill video, we're going to go over the single arm
2
00:00:03.360 --> 00:00:04.040
releases.
3
00:00:04.040 --> 00:00:07.830
So just like in the full swing and inputting, we're going to break the release
4
00:00:07.830 --> 00:00:11.080
down into what the right arm is going to do and what the left arm is going to
5
00:00:11.080 --> 00:00:11.340
do.
6
00:00:11.340 --> 00:00:16.720
So for the right arm or the trail arm for right-handed golfer, you're going to
7
00:00:16.720 --> 00:00:19.260
take your normal setup position,
8
00:00:19.260 --> 00:00:23.980
paying attention to what we talked about in the overview video, and you're then
9
00:00:23.980 --> 00:00:27.700
going to take your left hand off the club and place it on your right thigh.
10
00:00:27.700 --> 00:00:34.500
From here, you're just going to do a little backswing, and then kind of let the
11
00:00:34.500 --> 00:00:38.240
club drop, and when it gets down towards the bottom, let your body turn with it
12
00:00:38.240 --> 00:00:38.400
.
13
00:00:38.400 --> 00:00:43.160
What you'll pay attention to is two things. Because the right arm is connected
14
00:00:43.160 --> 00:00:47.960
over here, behind the golf ball, it will be very easy to get the shaft leaning
15
00:00:47.960 --> 00:00:51.700
vertical or closer to vertical than when we do the left-handed.
16
00:00:51.700 --> 00:00:56.020
The other thing is because of the weight of the club and the relatively weak
17
00:00:56.020 --> 00:01:01.760
position my right arm is in, it's going to encourage me to allow the arm or
18
00:01:01.760 --> 00:01:05.700
allow the club to initiate transition.
19
00:01:05.700 --> 00:01:09.700
So if you remember, one of the big issues that we tend to see with short game
20
00:01:09.700 --> 00:01:14.150
shots is getting to here and then creating a lot of this shaft lean or creating
21
00:01:14.150 --> 00:01:17.650
a lot of this lower body dynamics from having the lower body lead the swing
22
00:01:17.650 --> 00:01:18.700
like in the full swing.
23
00:01:18.700 --> 00:01:22.620
As you saw, that will cause a lot of fat shots because you're not going to hold
24
00:01:22.620 --> 00:01:25.700
on to the angle the way that you would in the full swing.
25
00:01:25.700 --> 00:01:31.220
So, right arm again is just going to come back until the club is about 90
26
00:01:31.220 --> 00:01:35.130
degrees and toe up, and then from there it's just going to drop and brush the
27
00:01:35.130 --> 00:01:35.700
ground.
28
00:01:35.700 --> 00:01:40.700
One of the things that you may see in the follow-through position is that this
29
00:01:40.700 --> 00:01:46.980
arm is actually going to be close to my side as opposed to fully extended, like
30
00:01:46.980 --> 00:01:47.700
when we were doing the single loop.
31
00:01:47.700 --> 00:01:50.700
We were doing the single arm releases in the full swing.
32
00:01:50.700 --> 00:01:55.760
So second piece is looking at the lead arm or the left arm for right-handed
33
00:01:55.760 --> 00:01:56.700
golfers.
34
00:01:56.700 --> 00:02:02.220
So the left arm, we're going to focus on the back of this left wrist because
35
00:02:02.220 --> 00:02:06.530
what's typically going to happen with bad wedge players is they're going to get
36
00:02:06.530 --> 00:02:08.700
the club shut and probably inside.
37
00:02:08.700 --> 00:02:13.440
So they will take it back low and inside like so, and then if they just came
38
00:02:13.440 --> 00:02:15.700
down, that leading edge is very much exposed.
39
00:02:15.700 --> 00:02:21.270
And so what they'll typically do is stand up and fall back in order to try to
40
00:02:21.270 --> 00:02:23.700
get the club to open back up.
41
00:02:23.700 --> 00:02:28.510
In this single arm release, we're going to practice keeping that cup and
42
00:02:28.510 --> 00:02:31.700
keeping the club more out in front of my body.
43
00:02:31.700 --> 00:02:34.700
So the lead arm would look something like that.
44
00:02:34.700 --> 00:02:38.100
If I was to then put my trail arm in place, that's still kind of in the same
45
00:02:38.100 --> 00:02:38.700
place.
46
00:02:38.700 --> 00:02:43.230
So just like we did in the putting and just like we did in the full swing, when
47
00:02:43.230 --> 00:02:48.370
you're practicing each of these arms, you want to make sure that they're taking
48
00:02:48.370 --> 00:02:49.700
the club through the same path.
49
00:02:49.700 --> 00:02:54.020
So you can take your right hand back swing, switch hands. That has the same cup
50
00:02:54.020 --> 00:02:55.700
, it's in the same place.
51
00:02:55.700 --> 00:02:59.480
If I now go through, this still has the cup, I put my right hand on, it's in
52
00:02:59.480 --> 00:03:00.700
the right place.
53
00:03:00.700 --> 00:03:06.740
So use your hands to train each other on how to use the release for the finesse
54
00:03:06.740 --> 00:03:11.700
swing and this will help support the sequencing or the engine of the golf swing
55
00:03:11.700 --> 00:03:13.700
that we've talked about in some of the other videos.
1
00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:03.360
In this finesse swing drill video, we're going to go over the single arm
2
00:00:03.360 --> 00:00:04.040
releases.
3
00:00:04.040 --> 00:00:07.830
So just like in the full swing and inputting, we're going to break the release
4
00:00:07.830 --> 00:00:11.080
down into what the right arm is going to do and what the left arm is going to
5
00:00:11.080 --> 00:00:11.340
do.
6
00:00:11.340 --> 00:00:16.720
So for the right arm or the trail arm for right-handed golfer, you're going to
7
00:00:16.720 --> 00:00:19.260
take your normal setup position,
8
00:00:19.260 --> 00:00:23.980
paying attention to what we talked about in the overview video, and you're then
9
00:00:23.980 --> 00:00:27.700
going to take your left hand off the club and place it on your right thigh.
10
00:00:27.700 --> 00:00:34.500
From here, you're just going to do a little backswing, and then kind of let the
11
00:00:34.500 --> 00:00:38.240
club drop, and when it gets down towards the bottom, let your body turn with it
12
00:00:38.240 --> 00:00:38.400
.
13
00:00:38.400 --> 00:00:43.160
What you'll pay attention to is two things. Because the right arm is connected
14
00:00:43.160 --> 00:00:47.960
over here, behind the golf ball, it will be very easy to get the shaft leaning
15
00:00:47.960 --> 00:00:51.700
vertical or closer to vertical than when we do the left-handed.
16
00:00:51.700 --> 00:00:56.020
The other thing is because of the weight of the club and the relatively weak
17
00:00:56.020 --> 00:01:01.760
position my right arm is in, it's going to encourage me to allow the arm or
18
00:01:01.760 --> 00:01:05.700
allow the club to initiate transition.
19
00:01:05.700 --> 00:01:09.700
So if you remember, one of the big issues that we tend to see with short game
20
00:01:09.700 --> 00:01:14.150
shots is getting to here and then creating a lot of this shaft lean or creating
21
00:01:14.150 --> 00:01:17.650
a lot of this lower body dynamics from having the lower body lead the swing
22
00:01:17.650 --> 00:01:18.700
like in the full swing.
23
00:01:18.700 --> 00:01:22.620
As you saw, that will cause a lot of fat shots because you're not going to hold
24
00:01:22.620 --> 00:01:25.700
on to the angle the way that you would in the full swing.
25
00:01:25.700 --> 00:01:31.220
So, right arm again is just going to come back until the club is about 90
26
00:01:31.220 --> 00:01:35.130
degrees and toe up, and then from there it's just going to drop and brush the
27
00:01:35.130 --> 00:01:35.700
ground.
28
00:01:35.700 --> 00:01:40.700
One of the things that you may see in the follow-through position is that this
29
00:01:40.700 --> 00:01:46.980
arm is actually going to be close to my side as opposed to fully extended, like
30
00:01:46.980 --> 00:01:47.700
when we were doing the single loop.
31
00:01:47.700 --> 00:01:50.700
We were doing the single arm releases in the full swing.
32
00:01:50.700 --> 00:01:55.760
So second piece is looking at the lead arm or the left arm for right-handed
33
00:01:55.760 --> 00:01:56.700
golfers.
34
00:01:56.700 --> 00:02:02.220
So the left arm, we're going to focus on the back of this left wrist because
35
00:02:02.220 --> 00:02:06.530
what's typically going to happen with bad wedge players is they're going to get
36
00:02:06.530 --> 00:02:08.700
the club shut and probably inside.
37
00:02:08.700 --> 00:02:13.440
So they will take it back low and inside like so, and then if they just came
38
00:02:13.440 --> 00:02:15.700
down, that leading edge is very much exposed.
39
00:02:15.700 --> 00:02:21.270
And so what they'll typically do is stand up and fall back in order to try to
40
00:02:21.270 --> 00:02:23.700
get the club to open back up.
41
00:02:23.700 --> 00:02:28.510
In this single arm release, we're going to practice keeping that cup and
42
00:02:28.510 --> 00:02:31.700
keeping the club more out in front of my body.
43
00:02:31.700 --> 00:02:34.700
So the lead arm would look something like that.
44
00:02:34.700 --> 00:02:38.100
If I was to then put my trail arm in place, that's still kind of in the same
45
00:02:38.100 --> 00:02:38.700
place.
46
00:02:38.700 --> 00:02:43.230
So just like we did in the putting and just like we did in the full swing, when
47
00:02:43.230 --> 00:02:48.370
you're practicing each of these arms, you want to make sure that they're taking
48
00:02:48.370 --> 00:02:49.700
the club through the same path.
49
00:02:49.700 --> 00:02:54.020
So you can take your right hand back swing, switch hands. That has the same cup
50
00:02:54.020 --> 00:02:55.700
, it's in the same place.
51
00:02:55.700 --> 00:02:59.480
If I now go through, this still has the cup, I put my right hand on, it's in
52
00:02:59.480 --> 00:03:00.700
the right place.
53
00:03:00.700 --> 00:03:06.740
So use your hands to train each other on how to use the release for the finesse
54
00:03:06.740 --> 00:03:11.700
swing and this will help support the sequencing or the engine of the golf swing
55
00:03:11.700 --> 00:03:13.700
that we've talked about in some of the other videos.
Have questions about this video?
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