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Improve Your Release with a Single Arm Wipe Drill

After this video, you'll be able to:

  • Feel how a connected shoulder enhances your follow-through
  • Practice the correct arm position to improve club face control
  • Identify and eliminate disconnection in your swing for better consistency

Learn how to perform the single arm release drill with a focus on the wipe technique to enhance your follow-through and connect your swing. This drill will help you develop better shoulder engagement and control throughout your swing.

Video Transcript
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Drill is the single arm release with wipe focus. So we're going to look at the

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trail

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arm and we're going to specifically look at doing a single arm release drill

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with the

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emphasis on the wipe and getting into a good connected follow through position.

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So typically

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if you are lacking the wipe that usually means that the shoulder is kind of

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like disconnected

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from the body and swinging independently and it's going into more

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protraction and internal rotation kind of like this. So this would be an

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example

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of not what we're looking for here. What we are looking for is more of this

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shot put feel, more of the shoulder kind of being connected so a little bit

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across

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your body kind of into that break dance or shot put position but then also

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feeling that shoulder blade a little bit more down. Now as you start to do a

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bigger swing you can actually feel a little bit of lift of the arm while

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trying to maintain the shoulder down and across. That can be a challenging move

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physiologically you'll feel a lot in your back but this can be a really

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important movement for dialing in low point as well as club face control. So we

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're

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going to get set up normal and then we're going to take our left hand off the

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club

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we're going to bring the club back and now our goal is to bring the arm across

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bring the shoulder blade down and straighten the arm while keeping the

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the wrist owner deviated and a little bit of extension. So similar to that

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trail

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arm line we're just really emphasizing the the arm working across and down and

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that shoulder staying connected. So we're going to bring the club back, bring

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it across

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and down kind of like that. Not too bad. Let's do it again. So across better on

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that

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one and if you were to then add the left arm the key here is a lot of people

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when

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they try to bring it across their body. The shoulder still comes up so the

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shoulder

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coming up in order to bring the arm across the body typically will accompany

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that left shoulder going down and getting into more of a steep shoulder

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pattern. So when you go to put your left arm on the club the key is to be able

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to

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feel like that left arm is still in a little bit more elevated position as

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opposed to pull down. Okay so we'll do one more like that and then put that

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left arm on and then we can always reverse it. So now we're going to do the two

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arm drill try to feel that single arm release wipe kind of like this and then

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okay that's where I want to be put it back down. So the other way I like I said

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I can reverse it is I can start two-handed and then go and make the swing

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make the 9 to 3 and then take the left hand off in the follow-through to see

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where that right arm is. So now we're gonna feel this one a little bit more

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down and across that was a little bit more solid kind of like this. So then we

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can do our next step of moving it more up to a 10 to 2 and now we're probably

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gonna feel like as we swing bigger we're gonna lose a little bit of that

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connection as we kind of finish the backswing. So then our first movement is we

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00:03:37.040 --> 00:03:42.880
have to connect it or regain that connection as we're starting now. That

54
00:03:42.880 --> 00:03:47.560
usually is going to mean that we have to monitor our shoulder spinning because

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it's really hard to connect when that shoulder is spinning ahead of the arm.

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Okay so now 10 to 2 again we can either do the single arm version there or we

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can do the double arm and then check it at the end of that follow through there

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.

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But if you're struggling with the wipe so if you have more of a look of kind of

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getting either disconnected here on the way through or a little bit more of

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stall and the clubface turning over kind of like this this single arm wipe

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drill

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can be a good challenge for you to connect all the elements of the trail side

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00:04:33.400 --> 00:04:33.720
the

65
00:04:33.720 --> 00:04:38.600
right shoulder and right side of the ribcage. Ultimately that's going to help

66
00:04:38.600 --> 00:04:43.500
free up using your core a little bit more assertively during the

67
00:04:43.500 --> 00:04:49.240
downswing and using a little less arms. So then after we've done our 10 to 2s

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we

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00:04:50.000 --> 00:04:57.320
can try it in a full swing feeling like we go through that connected position

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just like that.

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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 Release with a Single Arm Wipe Drill

After this video, you'll be able to:

  • Feel how a connected shoulder enhances your follow-through
  • Practice the correct arm position to improve club face control
  • Identify and eliminate disconnection in your swing for better consistency

Learn how to perform the single arm release drill with a focus on the wipe technique to enhance your follow-through and connect your swing. This drill will help you develop better shoulder engagement and control throughout your swing.

Video Transcript
WEBVTT

1
00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:09.470
Drill is the single arm release with wipe focus. So we're going to look at the

2
00:00:09.470 --> 00:00:09.720
trail

3
00:00:09.720 --> 00:00:14.150
arm and we're going to specifically look at doing a single arm release drill

4
00:00:14.150 --> 00:00:14.840
with the

5
00:00:14.840 --> 00:00:20.600
emphasis on the wipe and getting into a good connected follow through position.

6
00:00:20.600 --> 00:00:21.560
So typically

7
00:00:21.560 --> 00:00:25.510
if you are lacking the wipe that usually means that the shoulder is kind of

8
00:00:25.510 --> 00:00:26.640
like disconnected

9
00:00:26.640 --> 00:00:31.400
from the body and swinging independently and it's going into more

10
00:00:31.400 --> 00:00:35.710
protraction and internal rotation kind of like this. So this would be an

11
00:00:35.710 --> 00:00:36.300
example

12
00:00:36.300 --> 00:00:43.320
of not what we're looking for here. What we are looking for is more of this

13
00:00:43.320 --> 00:00:48.800
shot put feel, more of the shoulder kind of being connected so a little bit

14
00:00:48.800 --> 00:00:49.040
across

15
00:00:49.040 --> 00:00:52.720
your body kind of into that break dance or shot put position but then also

16
00:00:52.720 --> 00:00:58.800
feeling that shoulder blade a little bit more down. Now as you start to do a

17
00:00:58.800 --> 00:01:04.240
bigger swing you can actually feel a little bit of lift of the arm while

18
00:01:04.240 --> 00:01:09.760
trying to maintain the shoulder down and across. That can be a challenging move

19
00:01:09.760 --> 00:01:13.840
physiologically you'll feel a lot in your back but this can be a really

20
00:01:13.840 --> 00:01:19.760
important movement for dialing in low point as well as club face control. So we

21
00:01:19.760 --> 00:01:20.360
're

22
00:01:20.360 --> 00:01:23.440
going to get set up normal and then we're going to take our left hand off the

23
00:01:23.440 --> 00:01:23.720
club

24
00:01:23.720 --> 00:01:28.680
we're going to bring the club back and now our goal is to bring the arm across

25
00:01:28.680 --> 00:01:34.400
bring the shoulder blade down and straighten the arm while keeping the

26
00:01:34.400 --> 00:01:38.920
the wrist owner deviated and a little bit of extension. So similar to that

27
00:01:38.920 --> 00:01:39.280
trail

28
00:01:39.280 --> 00:01:46.000
arm line we're just really emphasizing the the arm working across and down and

29
00:01:46.000 --> 00:01:52.600
that shoulder staying connected. So we're going to bring the club back, bring

30
00:01:52.600 --> 00:01:53.360
it across

31
00:01:53.360 --> 00:02:02.920
and down kind of like that. Not too bad. Let's do it again. So across better on

32
00:02:02.920 --> 00:02:03.080
that

33
00:02:03.080 --> 00:02:08.760
one and if you were to then add the left arm the key here is a lot of people

34
00:02:08.760 --> 00:02:08.920
when

35
00:02:08.920 --> 00:02:14.820
they try to bring it across their body. The shoulder still comes up so the

36
00:02:14.820 --> 00:02:15.160
shoulder

37
00:02:15.160 --> 00:02:19.320
coming up in order to bring the arm across the body typically will accompany

38
00:02:19.320 --> 00:02:22.480
that left shoulder going down and getting into more of a steep shoulder

39
00:02:22.480 --> 00:02:30.040
pattern. So when you go to put your left arm on the club the key is to be able

40
00:02:30.040 --> 00:02:30.240
to

41
00:02:30.240 --> 00:02:34.040
feel like that left arm is still in a little bit more elevated position as

42
00:02:34.040 --> 00:02:42.000
opposed to pull down. Okay so we'll do one more like that and then put that

43
00:02:42.000 --> 00:02:47.640
left arm on and then we can always reverse it. So now we're going to do the two

44
00:02:47.640 --> 00:02:53.680
arm drill try to feel that single arm release wipe kind of like this and then

45
00:02:53.680 --> 00:02:59.040
okay that's where I want to be put it back down. So the other way I like I said

46
00:02:59.040 --> 00:03:04.640
I can reverse it is I can start two-handed and then go and make the swing

47
00:03:04.640 --> 00:03:08.960
make the 9 to 3 and then take the left hand off in the follow-through to see

48
00:03:08.960 --> 00:03:15.200
where that right arm is. So now we're gonna feel this one a little bit more

49
00:03:15.200 --> 00:03:20.040
down and across that was a little bit more solid kind of like this. So then we

50
00:03:20.040 --> 00:03:26.720
can do our next step of moving it more up to a 10 to 2 and now we're probably

51
00:03:26.720 --> 00:03:31.320
gonna feel like as we swing bigger we're gonna lose a little bit of that

52
00:03:31.320 --> 00:03:37.040
connection as we kind of finish the backswing. So then our first movement is we

53
00:03:37.040 --> 00:03:42.880
have to connect it or regain that connection as we're starting now. That

54
00:03:42.880 --> 00:03:47.560
usually is going to mean that we have to monitor our shoulder spinning because

55
00:03:47.560 --> 00:03:51.400
it's really hard to connect when that shoulder is spinning ahead of the arm.

56
00:03:51.400 --> 00:04:01.320
Okay so now 10 to 2 again we can either do the single arm version there or we

57
00:04:01.320 --> 00:04:10.960
can do the double arm and then check it at the end of that follow through there

58
00:04:10.960 --> 00:04:10.960
.

59
00:04:10.960 --> 00:04:16.160
But if you're struggling with the wipe so if you have more of a look of kind of

60
00:04:16.160 --> 00:04:21.440
getting either disconnected here on the way through or a little bit more of

61
00:04:21.440 --> 00:04:26.680
stall and the clubface turning over kind of like this this single arm wipe

62
00:04:26.680 --> 00:04:26.920
drill

63
00:04:26.920 --> 00:04:33.400
can be a good challenge for you to connect all the elements of the trail side

64
00:04:33.400 --> 00:04:33.720
the

65
00:04:33.720 --> 00:04:38.600
right shoulder and right side of the ribcage. Ultimately that's going to help

66
00:04:38.600 --> 00:04:43.500
free up using your core a little bit more assertively during the

67
00:04:43.500 --> 00:04:49.240
downswing and using a little less arms. So then after we've done our 10 to 2s

68
00:04:49.240 --> 00:04:50.000
we

69
00:04:50.000 --> 00:04:57.320
can try it in a full swing feeling like we go through that connected position

70
00:04:57.320 --> 00:05:00.560
just like that.

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