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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.
Fix Overdraws with Better Trail Arm Connection
After this video, you'll be able to:
- Understand how to keep your right elbow connected to your rib cage during the swing
- Feel the difference between internal and external shoulder rotation for better control
- Practice using barriers or props to reinforce proper arm positioning and wrist rotation
In this drill, you'll learn how to improve your trail arm connection to prevent overdraws and big pull hooks. Discover specific techniques that will help you maintain the right elbow position and enhance your follow-through for more consistent shots.
Video Transcript
WEBVTT
1
00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:06.910
This is training trail arm connection so this is a drill that works
2
00:00:06.910 --> 00:00:07.840
specifically on golfers
3
00:00:07.840 --> 00:00:11.640
who tend to hit more of the overdraw or big pull hook.
4
00:00:11.640 --> 00:00:17.330
There's a couple common patterns that result in the big overdraw pattern and
5
00:00:17.330 --> 00:00:18.000
one of them
6
00:00:18.000 --> 00:00:21.400
is a little is more relating to this right shoulder.
7
00:00:21.400 --> 00:00:26.460
So in the the tour pattern what we like to see is the elbow stays in more or
8
00:00:26.460 --> 00:00:27.380
the shoulder
9
00:00:27.380 --> 00:00:32.740
stays in more external rotation as it straightens through instead of going into
10
00:00:32.740 --> 00:00:33.580
more internal
11
00:00:33.580 --> 00:00:38.060
rotation which is typically accompanied by more of a flip of the wrist kind of
12
00:00:38.060 --> 00:00:39.180
like that.
13
00:00:39.180 --> 00:00:44.010
The way that you can look at it is well from the face on view you'd be able to
14
00:00:44.010 --> 00:00:44.500
see the
15
00:00:44.500 --> 00:00:49.180
elbow pit kind of the elbow looking at the camera instead of the elbow looking
16
00:00:49.180 --> 00:00:49.660
down.
17
00:00:49.660 --> 00:00:54.720
So we have a drill called the supported wipe where you can kind of feel that
18
00:00:54.720 --> 00:00:55.500
staying down
19
00:00:55.500 --> 00:00:58.180
longer into the follow through.
20
00:00:58.180 --> 00:01:01.480
That forces you to get a little bit more rotation of the wrist while
21
00:01:01.480 --> 00:01:03.660
maintaining that extension.
22
00:01:03.660 --> 00:01:08.980
Those are great things for helping prevent the big hook pattern.
23
00:01:08.980 --> 00:01:13.910
But what this drill does the arm pit connection is we're looking more from the
24
00:01:13.910 --> 00:01:14.620
down the line
25
00:01:14.620 --> 00:01:18.860
camera from the down the line camera what we'll tend to see for golfers who
26
00:01:18.860 --> 00:01:19.220
hook the
27
00:01:19.220 --> 00:01:26.290
ball is we'll tend to see a big gap between the right arm and the rib cage kind
28
00:01:26.290 --> 00:01:27.100
of like
29
00:01:27.100 --> 00:01:36.540
so instead of having more of the instead of having more of a look of connection
30
00:01:36.540 --> 00:01:37.220
kind of
31
00:01:37.220 --> 00:01:40.180
like this where the space stays pretty much the same.
32
00:01:40.180 --> 00:01:44.450
So I've had success using barriers to work on that but another good one you can
33
00:01:44.450 --> 00:01:44.740
do is
34
00:01:44.740 --> 00:01:50.640
either use a T or in this case I'm going to take a glove and I'm going to fold
35
00:01:50.640 --> 00:01:51.100
it up
36
00:01:51.100 --> 00:01:53.460
and place it in that right arm.
37
00:01:53.460 --> 00:01:58.140
Now if you're more of a kind of chicken wing slicer where you get the path
38
00:01:58.140 --> 00:01:58.780
going way to
39
00:01:58.780 --> 00:02:01.020
the left this really isn't for you.
40
00:02:01.020 --> 00:02:05.290
This is for golfers who get too active with that right shoulder and need to
41
00:02:05.290 --> 00:02:05.980
work on having
42
00:02:05.980 --> 00:02:11.700
a bit more body rotation to bring the club through.
43
00:02:11.700 --> 00:02:17.440
So this will feel a little restricted because you're kind of actively holding
44
00:02:17.440 --> 00:02:19.180
onto something.
45
00:02:19.180 --> 00:02:26.090
But you can start with a towel or a glove then you can use just pinching the
46
00:02:26.090 --> 00:02:26.740
shirt as
47
00:02:26.740 --> 00:02:29.740
a way to just kind of give yourself a little reminder.
48
00:02:29.740 --> 00:02:33.230
What most golfers feel when they do this for the first few times is it feels
49
00:02:33.230 --> 00:02:34.220
very restricted
50
00:02:34.220 --> 00:02:40.820
until they get a feeling of the body turning more on the way through.
51
00:02:40.820 --> 00:02:44.540
You'll notice that this has a tendency to get my hand path going more around
52
00:02:44.540 --> 00:02:45.020
into the
53
00:02:45.020 --> 00:02:50.080
left where if I really throw that arm out you will tend to see that gets the
54
00:02:50.080 --> 00:02:50.740
hand path
55
00:02:50.740 --> 00:02:55.150
going more out to the right and it's that hand path going out to the right that
56
00:02:55.150 --> 00:02:55.740
requires
57
00:02:55.740 --> 00:02:57.900
more club face rotation.
58
00:02:57.900 --> 00:03:02.960
Now you have a right path with a fast closing face or usually an overly closed
59
00:03:02.960 --> 00:03:03.580
face and
60
00:03:03.580 --> 00:03:07.260
that creates the big hook pattern.
61
00:03:07.260 --> 00:03:12.870
So work on this arm pit connection if you are in that small minority that has
62
00:03:12.870 --> 00:03:14.180
more of an
63
00:03:14.180 --> 00:03:20.570
over hook pattern and you need to get more of the release coming from the body
64
00:03:20.570 --> 00:03:21.460
rotation
65
00:03:21.460 --> 00:03:25.380
as opposed to too much of the release happening more in the shoulder.
1
00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:06.910
This is training trail arm connection so this is a drill that works
2
00:00:06.910 --> 00:00:07.840
specifically on golfers
3
00:00:07.840 --> 00:00:11.640
who tend to hit more of the overdraw or big pull hook.
4
00:00:11.640 --> 00:00:17.330
There's a couple common patterns that result in the big overdraw pattern and
5
00:00:17.330 --> 00:00:18.000
one of them
6
00:00:18.000 --> 00:00:21.400
is a little is more relating to this right shoulder.
7
00:00:21.400 --> 00:00:26.460
So in the the tour pattern what we like to see is the elbow stays in more or
8
00:00:26.460 --> 00:00:27.380
the shoulder
9
00:00:27.380 --> 00:00:32.740
stays in more external rotation as it straightens through instead of going into
10
00:00:32.740 --> 00:00:33.580
more internal
11
00:00:33.580 --> 00:00:38.060
rotation which is typically accompanied by more of a flip of the wrist kind of
12
00:00:38.060 --> 00:00:39.180
like that.
13
00:00:39.180 --> 00:00:44.010
The way that you can look at it is well from the face on view you'd be able to
14
00:00:44.010 --> 00:00:44.500
see the
15
00:00:44.500 --> 00:00:49.180
elbow pit kind of the elbow looking at the camera instead of the elbow looking
16
00:00:49.180 --> 00:00:49.660
down.
17
00:00:49.660 --> 00:00:54.720
So we have a drill called the supported wipe where you can kind of feel that
18
00:00:54.720 --> 00:00:55.500
staying down
19
00:00:55.500 --> 00:00:58.180
longer into the follow through.
20
00:00:58.180 --> 00:01:01.480
That forces you to get a little bit more rotation of the wrist while
21
00:01:01.480 --> 00:01:03.660
maintaining that extension.
22
00:01:03.660 --> 00:01:08.980
Those are great things for helping prevent the big hook pattern.
23
00:01:08.980 --> 00:01:13.910
But what this drill does the arm pit connection is we're looking more from the
24
00:01:13.910 --> 00:01:14.620
down the line
25
00:01:14.620 --> 00:01:18.860
camera from the down the line camera what we'll tend to see for golfers who
26
00:01:18.860 --> 00:01:19.220
hook the
27
00:01:19.220 --> 00:01:26.290
ball is we'll tend to see a big gap between the right arm and the rib cage kind
28
00:01:26.290 --> 00:01:27.100
of like
29
00:01:27.100 --> 00:01:36.540
so instead of having more of the instead of having more of a look of connection
30
00:01:36.540 --> 00:01:37.220
kind of
31
00:01:37.220 --> 00:01:40.180
like this where the space stays pretty much the same.
32
00:01:40.180 --> 00:01:44.450
So I've had success using barriers to work on that but another good one you can
33
00:01:44.450 --> 00:01:44.740
do is
34
00:01:44.740 --> 00:01:50.640
either use a T or in this case I'm going to take a glove and I'm going to fold
35
00:01:50.640 --> 00:01:51.100
it up
36
00:01:51.100 --> 00:01:53.460
and place it in that right arm.
37
00:01:53.460 --> 00:01:58.140
Now if you're more of a kind of chicken wing slicer where you get the path
38
00:01:58.140 --> 00:01:58.780
going way to
39
00:01:58.780 --> 00:02:01.020
the left this really isn't for you.
40
00:02:01.020 --> 00:02:05.290
This is for golfers who get too active with that right shoulder and need to
41
00:02:05.290 --> 00:02:05.980
work on having
42
00:02:05.980 --> 00:02:11.700
a bit more body rotation to bring the club through.
43
00:02:11.700 --> 00:02:17.440
So this will feel a little restricted because you're kind of actively holding
44
00:02:17.440 --> 00:02:19.180
onto something.
45
00:02:19.180 --> 00:02:26.090
But you can start with a towel or a glove then you can use just pinching the
46
00:02:26.090 --> 00:02:26.740
shirt as
47
00:02:26.740 --> 00:02:29.740
a way to just kind of give yourself a little reminder.
48
00:02:29.740 --> 00:02:33.230
What most golfers feel when they do this for the first few times is it feels
49
00:02:33.230 --> 00:02:34.220
very restricted
50
00:02:34.220 --> 00:02:40.820
until they get a feeling of the body turning more on the way through.
51
00:02:40.820 --> 00:02:44.540
You'll notice that this has a tendency to get my hand path going more around
52
00:02:44.540 --> 00:02:45.020
into the
53
00:02:45.020 --> 00:02:50.080
left where if I really throw that arm out you will tend to see that gets the
54
00:02:50.080 --> 00:02:50.740
hand path
55
00:02:50.740 --> 00:02:55.150
going more out to the right and it's that hand path going out to the right that
56
00:02:55.150 --> 00:02:55.740
requires
57
00:02:55.740 --> 00:02:57.900
more club face rotation.
58
00:02:57.900 --> 00:03:02.960
Now you have a right path with a fast closing face or usually an overly closed
59
00:03:02.960 --> 00:03:03.580
face and
60
00:03:03.580 --> 00:03:07.260
that creates the big hook pattern.
61
00:03:07.260 --> 00:03:12.870
So work on this arm pit connection if you are in that small minority that has
62
00:03:12.870 --> 00:03:14.180
more of an
63
00:03:14.180 --> 00:03:20.570
over hook pattern and you need to get more of the release coming from the body
64
00:03:20.570 --> 00:03:21.460
rotation
65
00:03:21.460 --> 00:03:25.380
as opposed to too much of the release happening more in the shoulder.
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.
Fix Overdraws with Better Trail Arm Connection
After this video, you'll be able to:
- Understand how to keep your right elbow connected to your rib cage during the swing
- Feel the difference between internal and external shoulder rotation for better control
- Practice using barriers or props to reinforce proper arm positioning and wrist rotation
In this drill, you'll learn how to improve your trail arm connection to prevent overdraws and big pull hooks. Discover specific techniques that will help you maintain the right elbow position and enhance your follow-through for more consistent shots.
Video Transcript
WEBVTT
1
00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:06.910
This is training trail arm connection so this is a drill that works
2
00:00:06.910 --> 00:00:07.840
specifically on golfers
3
00:00:07.840 --> 00:00:11.640
who tend to hit more of the overdraw or big pull hook.
4
00:00:11.640 --> 00:00:17.330
There's a couple common patterns that result in the big overdraw pattern and
5
00:00:17.330 --> 00:00:18.000
one of them
6
00:00:18.000 --> 00:00:21.400
is a little is more relating to this right shoulder.
7
00:00:21.400 --> 00:00:26.460
So in the the tour pattern what we like to see is the elbow stays in more or
8
00:00:26.460 --> 00:00:27.380
the shoulder
9
00:00:27.380 --> 00:00:32.740
stays in more external rotation as it straightens through instead of going into
10
00:00:32.740 --> 00:00:33.580
more internal
11
00:00:33.580 --> 00:00:38.060
rotation which is typically accompanied by more of a flip of the wrist kind of
12
00:00:38.060 --> 00:00:39.180
like that.
13
00:00:39.180 --> 00:00:44.010
The way that you can look at it is well from the face on view you'd be able to
14
00:00:44.010 --> 00:00:44.500
see the
15
00:00:44.500 --> 00:00:49.180
elbow pit kind of the elbow looking at the camera instead of the elbow looking
16
00:00:49.180 --> 00:00:49.660
down.
17
00:00:49.660 --> 00:00:54.720
So we have a drill called the supported wipe where you can kind of feel that
18
00:00:54.720 --> 00:00:55.500
staying down
19
00:00:55.500 --> 00:00:58.180
longer into the follow through.
20
00:00:58.180 --> 00:01:01.480
That forces you to get a little bit more rotation of the wrist while
21
00:01:01.480 --> 00:01:03.660
maintaining that extension.
22
00:01:03.660 --> 00:01:08.980
Those are great things for helping prevent the big hook pattern.
23
00:01:08.980 --> 00:01:13.910
But what this drill does the arm pit connection is we're looking more from the
24
00:01:13.910 --> 00:01:14.620
down the line
25
00:01:14.620 --> 00:01:18.860
camera from the down the line camera what we'll tend to see for golfers who
26
00:01:18.860 --> 00:01:19.220
hook the
27
00:01:19.220 --> 00:01:26.290
ball is we'll tend to see a big gap between the right arm and the rib cage kind
28
00:01:26.290 --> 00:01:27.100
of like
29
00:01:27.100 --> 00:01:36.540
so instead of having more of the instead of having more of a look of connection
30
00:01:36.540 --> 00:01:37.220
kind of
31
00:01:37.220 --> 00:01:40.180
like this where the space stays pretty much the same.
32
00:01:40.180 --> 00:01:44.450
So I've had success using barriers to work on that but another good one you can
33
00:01:44.450 --> 00:01:44.740
do is
34
00:01:44.740 --> 00:01:50.640
either use a T or in this case I'm going to take a glove and I'm going to fold
35
00:01:50.640 --> 00:01:51.100
it up
36
00:01:51.100 --> 00:01:53.460
and place it in that right arm.
37
00:01:53.460 --> 00:01:58.140
Now if you're more of a kind of chicken wing slicer where you get the path
38
00:01:58.140 --> 00:01:58.780
going way to
39
00:01:58.780 --> 00:02:01.020
the left this really isn't for you.
40
00:02:01.020 --> 00:02:05.290
This is for golfers who get too active with that right shoulder and need to
41
00:02:05.290 --> 00:02:05.980
work on having
42
00:02:05.980 --> 00:02:11.700
a bit more body rotation to bring the club through.
43
00:02:11.700 --> 00:02:17.440
So this will feel a little restricted because you're kind of actively holding
44
00:02:17.440 --> 00:02:19.180
onto something.
45
00:02:19.180 --> 00:02:26.090
But you can start with a towel or a glove then you can use just pinching the
46
00:02:26.090 --> 00:02:26.740
shirt as
47
00:02:26.740 --> 00:02:29.740
a way to just kind of give yourself a little reminder.
48
00:02:29.740 --> 00:02:33.230
What most golfers feel when they do this for the first few times is it feels
49
00:02:33.230 --> 00:02:34.220
very restricted
50
00:02:34.220 --> 00:02:40.820
until they get a feeling of the body turning more on the way through.
51
00:02:40.820 --> 00:02:44.540
You'll notice that this has a tendency to get my hand path going more around
52
00:02:44.540 --> 00:02:45.020
into the
53
00:02:45.020 --> 00:02:50.080
left where if I really throw that arm out you will tend to see that gets the
54
00:02:50.080 --> 00:02:50.740
hand path
55
00:02:50.740 --> 00:02:55.150
going more out to the right and it's that hand path going out to the right that
56
00:02:55.150 --> 00:02:55.740
requires
57
00:02:55.740 --> 00:02:57.900
more club face rotation.
58
00:02:57.900 --> 00:03:02.960
Now you have a right path with a fast closing face or usually an overly closed
59
00:03:02.960 --> 00:03:03.580
face and
60
00:03:03.580 --> 00:03:07.260
that creates the big hook pattern.
61
00:03:07.260 --> 00:03:12.870
So work on this arm pit connection if you are in that small minority that has
62
00:03:12.870 --> 00:03:14.180
more of an
63
00:03:14.180 --> 00:03:20.570
over hook pattern and you need to get more of the release coming from the body
64
00:03:20.570 --> 00:03:21.460
rotation
65
00:03:21.460 --> 00:03:25.380
as opposed to too much of the release happening more in the shoulder.
1
00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:06.910
This is training trail arm connection so this is a drill that works
2
00:00:06.910 --> 00:00:07.840
specifically on golfers
3
00:00:07.840 --> 00:00:11.640
who tend to hit more of the overdraw or big pull hook.
4
00:00:11.640 --> 00:00:17.330
There's a couple common patterns that result in the big overdraw pattern and
5
00:00:17.330 --> 00:00:18.000
one of them
6
00:00:18.000 --> 00:00:21.400
is a little is more relating to this right shoulder.
7
00:00:21.400 --> 00:00:26.460
So in the the tour pattern what we like to see is the elbow stays in more or
8
00:00:26.460 --> 00:00:27.380
the shoulder
9
00:00:27.380 --> 00:00:32.740
stays in more external rotation as it straightens through instead of going into
10
00:00:32.740 --> 00:00:33.580
more internal
11
00:00:33.580 --> 00:00:38.060
rotation which is typically accompanied by more of a flip of the wrist kind of
12
00:00:38.060 --> 00:00:39.180
like that.
13
00:00:39.180 --> 00:00:44.010
The way that you can look at it is well from the face on view you'd be able to
14
00:00:44.010 --> 00:00:44.500
see the
15
00:00:44.500 --> 00:00:49.180
elbow pit kind of the elbow looking at the camera instead of the elbow looking
16
00:00:49.180 --> 00:00:49.660
down.
17
00:00:49.660 --> 00:00:54.720
So we have a drill called the supported wipe where you can kind of feel that
18
00:00:54.720 --> 00:00:55.500
staying down
19
00:00:55.500 --> 00:00:58.180
longer into the follow through.
20
00:00:58.180 --> 00:01:01.480
That forces you to get a little bit more rotation of the wrist while
21
00:01:01.480 --> 00:01:03.660
maintaining that extension.
22
00:01:03.660 --> 00:01:08.980
Those are great things for helping prevent the big hook pattern.
23
00:01:08.980 --> 00:01:13.910
But what this drill does the arm pit connection is we're looking more from the
24
00:01:13.910 --> 00:01:14.620
down the line
25
00:01:14.620 --> 00:01:18.860
camera from the down the line camera what we'll tend to see for golfers who
26
00:01:18.860 --> 00:01:19.220
hook the
27
00:01:19.220 --> 00:01:26.290
ball is we'll tend to see a big gap between the right arm and the rib cage kind
28
00:01:26.290 --> 00:01:27.100
of like
29
00:01:27.100 --> 00:01:36.540
so instead of having more of the instead of having more of a look of connection
30
00:01:36.540 --> 00:01:37.220
kind of
31
00:01:37.220 --> 00:01:40.180
like this where the space stays pretty much the same.
32
00:01:40.180 --> 00:01:44.450
So I've had success using barriers to work on that but another good one you can
33
00:01:44.450 --> 00:01:44.740
do is
34
00:01:44.740 --> 00:01:50.640
either use a T or in this case I'm going to take a glove and I'm going to fold
35
00:01:50.640 --> 00:01:51.100
it up
36
00:01:51.100 --> 00:01:53.460
and place it in that right arm.
37
00:01:53.460 --> 00:01:58.140
Now if you're more of a kind of chicken wing slicer where you get the path
38
00:01:58.140 --> 00:01:58.780
going way to
39
00:01:58.780 --> 00:02:01.020
the left this really isn't for you.
40
00:02:01.020 --> 00:02:05.290
This is for golfers who get too active with that right shoulder and need to
41
00:02:05.290 --> 00:02:05.980
work on having
42
00:02:05.980 --> 00:02:11.700
a bit more body rotation to bring the club through.
43
00:02:11.700 --> 00:02:17.440
So this will feel a little restricted because you're kind of actively holding
44
00:02:17.440 --> 00:02:19.180
onto something.
45
00:02:19.180 --> 00:02:26.090
But you can start with a towel or a glove then you can use just pinching the
46
00:02:26.090 --> 00:02:26.740
shirt as
47
00:02:26.740 --> 00:02:29.740
a way to just kind of give yourself a little reminder.
48
00:02:29.740 --> 00:02:33.230
What most golfers feel when they do this for the first few times is it feels
49
00:02:33.230 --> 00:02:34.220
very restricted
50
00:02:34.220 --> 00:02:40.820
until they get a feeling of the body turning more on the way through.
51
00:02:40.820 --> 00:02:44.540
You'll notice that this has a tendency to get my hand path going more around
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into the
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left where if I really throw that arm out you will tend to see that gets the
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hand path
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going more out to the right and it's that hand path going out to the right that
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requires
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more club face rotation.
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Now you have a right path with a fast closing face or usually an overly closed
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face and
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that creates the big hook pattern.
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So work on this arm pit connection if you are in that small minority that has
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more of an
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over hook pattern and you need to get more of the release coming from the body
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rotation
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as opposed to too much of the release happening more in the shoulder.
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