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Understanding Arm Extension Timing for Better Ball Striking

After this video, you'll be able to:

  • Visualize the correct timing for arm extension during full swings and chips
  • Identify the differences in arm extension direction for various shot types
  • Improve your sequencing to enhance clubface control and accuracy

Learn how to visualize and time your arm extension during your golf swing, critical for achieving consistent contact and direction. This video breaks down the proper sequence for different shots to enhance your performance on the course.

Video Transcript
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this video is visualizing arm extension timing and direction so visualization I

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like to you know put stuff on the ground or in space to help you your brain

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kind

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of imagine and conceptualize what we're trying to do one of the areas that I

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see

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golfers kind of struggle with is where and when to extend the arms so if we go

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through kind of the delivery position series your your arms will be kind of

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in this loaded position and then you're going to extend them out in front of

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you

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kind of like that now in the full swing so with a iron or the later the club

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the

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more after the golf ball it's going to be in the full swing I'm going to tend

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to

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have a feeling of almost I'm extending more in the direction of that purple

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stick so I'm not extending straight out in front of my body or rather when I'm

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my

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arms extend straight out my body my body is facing that way but when it comes

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to

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a chip shot pitch shot that will tend to create too much shaft lean if I extend

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them out there on a chip shot pitch shot I'm going to tend to extend the arms

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more

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out in front of my body on this red stick back here and then have everything

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come

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through together on the way through so we'll try to demonstrate a couple of

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these with the right arm only style so if I get into that good position you

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could

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see the timing of my arm straightening was more in the direction of that purple

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stick if I switch to more of a chip shot or wedge style then you'll see it's

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going to extend before the ball or more along the direction of that right stick

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so many golfers especially those who struggle with the longer clubs kind of

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battle the timing of trying to throw and extend the arms there in order to get

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the club down to the golf ball or in order to square the face but if you're

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working on getting a little bit better sequencing a little bit better

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motorcycle

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for the longer club you'll also have to incorporate a timing where the arms are

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extending later more in the direction of the purple stick so it can it can be

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helpful to have both clubs handy you'll put them down instead of resting them

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on

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you but with the full swing if I'm trying to have more of a leading edge

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contact

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which I'm going to do with every full swing if I want to have that leading edge

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contact I need to have my body turned rotated facing open so that then when my

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arms extend that was influenced from the club so that when my arms extend they

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do

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so after the golf ball however with the chip shot or pitch shot if I really get

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my body open you can see that the club is too high coming into the golf ball

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and there's no way I'm gonna get a bounce to make contact with the ground

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instead I need to have a feeling of those arms much earlier almost like

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they're starting straight away and extending so that I feel like it's

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getting kind of straight through there and then everything coming through

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together so there are very different timings between the wedge shots and the

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full swing and this visual sometimes can help you tie in the differences of

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when

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those timings should relate
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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.

Understanding Arm Extension Timing for Better Ball Striking

After this video, you'll be able to:

  • Visualize the correct timing for arm extension during full swings and chips
  • Identify the differences in arm extension direction for various shot types
  • Improve your sequencing to enhance clubface control and accuracy

Learn how to visualize and time your arm extension during your golf swing, critical for achieving consistent contact and direction. This video breaks down the proper sequence for different shots to enhance your performance on the course.

Video Transcript
WEBVTT

1
00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:06.920
this video is visualizing arm extension timing and direction so visualization I

2
00:00:06.920 --> 00:00:10.840
like to you know put stuff on the ground or in space to help you your brain

3
00:00:10.840 --> 00:00:11.120
kind

4
00:00:11.120 --> 00:00:15.440
of imagine and conceptualize what we're trying to do one of the areas that I

5
00:00:15.440 --> 00:00:15.640
see

6
00:00:15.640 --> 00:00:21.440
golfers kind of struggle with is where and when to extend the arms so if we go

7
00:00:21.440 --> 00:00:25.440
through kind of the delivery position series your your arms will be kind of

8
00:00:25.440 --> 00:00:28.880
in this loaded position and then you're going to extend them out in front of

9
00:00:28.880 --> 00:00:28.960
you

10
00:00:28.960 --> 00:00:36.880
kind of like that now in the full swing so with a iron or the later the club

11
00:00:36.880 --> 00:00:37.120
the

12
00:00:37.120 --> 00:00:41.950
more after the golf ball it's going to be in the full swing I'm going to tend

13
00:00:41.950 --> 00:00:42.200
to

14
00:00:42.200 --> 00:00:47.360
have a feeling of almost I'm extending more in the direction of that purple

15
00:00:47.360 --> 00:00:52.270
stick so I'm not extending straight out in front of my body or rather when I'm

16
00:00:52.270 --> 00:00:52.520
my

17
00:00:52.520 --> 00:00:56.440
arms extend straight out my body my body is facing that way but when it comes

18
00:00:56.440 --> 00:00:56.560
to

19
00:00:56.560 --> 00:01:02.240
a chip shot pitch shot that will tend to create too much shaft lean if I extend

20
00:01:02.240 --> 00:01:06.800
them out there on a chip shot pitch shot I'm going to tend to extend the arms

21
00:01:06.800 --> 00:01:07.200
more

22
00:01:07.200 --> 00:01:13.390
out in front of my body on this red stick back here and then have everything

23
00:01:13.390 --> 00:01:13.480
come

24
00:01:13.480 --> 00:01:20.680
through together on the way through so we'll try to demonstrate a couple of

25
00:01:20.680 --> 00:01:26.920
these with the right arm only style so if I get into that good position you

26
00:01:26.920 --> 00:01:27.080
could

27
00:01:27.080 --> 00:01:32.200
see the timing of my arm straightening was more in the direction of that purple

28
00:01:32.200 --> 00:01:38.640
stick if I switch to more of a chip shot or wedge style then you'll see it's

29
00:01:38.640 --> 00:01:44.280
going to extend before the ball or more along the direction of that right stick

30
00:01:44.280 --> 00:01:49.240
so many golfers especially those who struggle with the longer clubs kind of

31
00:01:49.240 --> 00:01:54.720
battle the timing of trying to throw and extend the arms there in order to get

32
00:01:54.720 --> 00:01:58.960
the club down to the golf ball or in order to square the face but if you're

33
00:01:58.960 --> 00:02:02.400
working on getting a little bit better sequencing a little bit better

34
00:02:02.400 --> 00:02:03.040
motorcycle

35
00:02:03.040 --> 00:02:07.800
for the longer club you'll also have to incorporate a timing where the arms are

36
00:02:07.800 --> 00:02:11.920
extending later more in the direction of the purple stick so it can it can be

37
00:02:11.920 --> 00:02:15.680
helpful to have both clubs handy you'll put them down instead of resting them

38
00:02:15.680 --> 00:02:16.360
on

39
00:02:16.360 --> 00:02:20.680
you but with the full swing if I'm trying to have more of a leading edge

40
00:02:20.680 --> 00:02:21.400
contact

41
00:02:21.400 --> 00:02:29.200
which I'm going to do with every full swing if I want to have that leading edge

42
00:02:29.200 --> 00:02:35.080
contact I need to have my body turned rotated facing open so that then when my

43
00:02:35.080 --> 00:02:40.490
arms extend that was influenced from the club so that when my arms extend they

44
00:02:40.490 --> 00:02:40.640
do

45
00:02:40.640 --> 00:02:49.360
so after the golf ball however with the chip shot or pitch shot if I really get

46
00:02:49.360 --> 00:02:52.880
my body open you can see that the club is too high coming into the golf ball

47
00:02:52.880 --> 00:02:58.120
and there's no way I'm gonna get a bounce to make contact with the ground

48
00:02:58.120 --> 00:03:05.200
instead I need to have a feeling of those arms much earlier almost like

49
00:03:05.200 --> 00:03:09.080
they're starting straight away and extending so that I feel like it's

50
00:03:09.080 --> 00:03:11.960
getting kind of straight through there and then everything coming through

51
00:03:11.960 --> 00:03:16.520
together so there are very different timings between the wedge shots and the

52
00:03:16.520 --> 00:03:20.600
full swing and this visual sometimes can help you tie in the differences of

53
00:03:20.600 --> 00:03:20.960
when

54
00:03:20.960 --> 00:03:24.360
those timings should relate
Related topics
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