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Timing Your Arm Movements: Wipe or Extend for Better Contact
After this video, you'll be able to:
- Understand the difference between extending and wiping your arms during the downswing.
- Identify how improper timing can lead to fat shots and poor contact.
- Apply specific drills to enhance your timing and improve your overall swing mechanics.
Learn the critical timing of arm movements in your downswing to improve your ball striking. This video breaks down the two key motions and how to execute them effectively for better results on the course.
Video Transcript
WEBVTT
1
00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:04.520
This drill is wipe or extend, or extend or wipe.
2
00:00:04.520 --> 00:00:08.760
So this kind of is a piggyback on the timing of the arm extension.
3
00:00:08.760 --> 00:00:12.120
So I'm going to break it down, there's basically two different arm movements
4
00:00:12.120 --> 00:00:12.760
that are going
5
00:00:12.760 --> 00:00:19.440
to occur from the shoulder elbow area, so not if we take out the forearm arms.
6
00:00:19.440 --> 00:00:23.660
There's two different shoulder arm movements that are going to occur during the
7
00:00:23.660 --> 00:00:24.480
downswing.
8
00:00:24.480 --> 00:00:29.260
One is going to be extension, and then two is going to be this wipe movement or
9
00:00:29.260 --> 00:00:29.840
working
10
00:00:29.840 --> 00:00:31.920
more across your body.
11
00:00:31.920 --> 00:00:35.680
So you really have only two options since there's only two movements.
12
00:00:35.680 --> 00:00:42.700
You could either extend, sorry, you could extend and then wipe, or you could
13
00:00:42.700 --> 00:00:43.440
wipe and
14
00:00:43.440 --> 00:00:45.000
then extend.
15
00:00:45.000 --> 00:00:49.220
And if you're still looking at the golf swing, you'll be able to tell pretty
16
00:00:49.220 --> 00:00:49.920
quickly which
17
00:00:49.920 --> 00:00:56.020
one of those two is going to give this a look that we want of shaft lean, you
18
00:00:56.020 --> 00:00:56.680
know, still
19
00:00:56.680 --> 00:01:01.300
having lag any of those kind of parameters that you're used to seeing in video.
20
00:01:01.300 --> 00:01:07.560
So if I get up here and I wipe and then extend, so if I wipe and then extend my
21
00:01:07.560 --> 00:01:08.840
arms, that's
22
00:01:08.840 --> 00:01:13.640
going to have a certain look compared to if I get over here and I extend and
23
00:01:13.640 --> 00:01:15.480
then I wipe.
24
00:01:15.480 --> 00:01:21.110
So if I and I can do it without, so if I extend and then I wipe, I can do it
25
00:01:21.110 --> 00:01:22.600
without bending
26
00:01:22.600 --> 00:01:25.120
the arms, but it is easier.
27
00:01:25.120 --> 00:01:29.660
So if I get over here and then I extend and then wipe versus if I get over here
28
00:01:29.660 --> 00:01:30.120
and then
29
00:01:30.120 --> 00:01:37.560
I wipe and then extend, they're going to have a very different look to them.
30
00:01:37.560 --> 00:01:42.270
If you are struggling with getting any amount of side bend, if you side bend
31
00:01:42.270 --> 00:01:43.040
and you hit
32
00:01:43.040 --> 00:01:46.920
it fat, it typically means that you have the timing of more.
33
00:01:46.920 --> 00:01:51.410
I'm going to extend and then wipe as opposed to wipe and then extend and we
34
00:01:51.410 --> 00:01:52.320
have a number
35
00:01:52.320 --> 00:01:56.540
of drills to help work on that timing because that's a tricky move for a lot of
36
00:01:56.540 --> 00:01:57.320
amateurs,
37
00:01:57.320 --> 00:02:01.740
but most pros do it without even really thinking about it.
38
00:02:01.740 --> 00:02:06.920
So because they've just figured out in order to hit down on the golf ball, get
39
00:02:06.920 --> 00:02:07.520
some good
40
00:02:07.520 --> 00:02:13.150
compression, create speed and give them a margin of error, they know that they
41
00:02:13.150 --> 00:02:14.240
have to
42
00:02:14.240 --> 00:02:17.930
do this little wipe movement and then extend even if they're not really talking
43
00:02:17.930 --> 00:02:19.680
about it.
44
00:02:19.680 --> 00:02:23.360
It's hard to tell from the down the line view.
45
00:02:23.360 --> 00:02:27.580
The way that you'd be able to tell is more that timing of that arm straight
46
00:02:27.580 --> 00:02:28.200
ening.
47
00:02:28.200 --> 00:02:33.240
So if you tend to see the arm getting straight kind of like so, that would be
48
00:02:33.240 --> 00:02:34.080
extend and
49
00:02:34.080 --> 00:02:40.340
then wipe versus if you tend to see kind of that look there, that is the wipe
50
00:02:40.340 --> 00:02:41.280
and then
51
00:02:41.280 --> 00:02:43.040
extend.
52
00:02:43.040 --> 00:02:47.820
So training the timing of whether it's wiping before extending or extending
53
00:02:47.820 --> 00:02:48.760
before wiping
54
00:02:48.760 --> 00:02:53.680
can really help with your consistency of contact with your iron play or
55
00:02:53.680 --> 00:02:55.120
allowing side tilt
56
00:02:55.120 --> 00:02:56.360
with the driver.
57
00:02:56.360 --> 00:03:01.750
So it can be a big breakthrough move for those of you in kind of the middle to
58
00:03:01.750 --> 00:03:02.640
high single
59
00:03:02.640 --> 00:03:08.120
digit in order to get down to that scratch plus two plus three handicap level.
60
00:03:08.120 --> 00:03:11.850
So if you're struggling with one of those two areas, experiment with the timing
61
00:03:11.850 --> 00:03:13.160
of these
62
00:03:13.160 --> 00:03:17.940
wipe drills and hopefully they'll help you make solid contact and a free up
63
00:03:17.940 --> 00:03:18.680
some of the
64
00:03:18.680 --> 00:03:20.600
side bend needed for the longer clubs.
1
00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:04.520
This drill is wipe or extend, or extend or wipe.
2
00:00:04.520 --> 00:00:08.760
So this kind of is a piggyback on the timing of the arm extension.
3
00:00:08.760 --> 00:00:12.120
So I'm going to break it down, there's basically two different arm movements
4
00:00:12.120 --> 00:00:12.760
that are going
5
00:00:12.760 --> 00:00:19.440
to occur from the shoulder elbow area, so not if we take out the forearm arms.
6
00:00:19.440 --> 00:00:23.660
There's two different shoulder arm movements that are going to occur during the
7
00:00:23.660 --> 00:00:24.480
downswing.
8
00:00:24.480 --> 00:00:29.260
One is going to be extension, and then two is going to be this wipe movement or
9
00:00:29.260 --> 00:00:29.840
working
10
00:00:29.840 --> 00:00:31.920
more across your body.
11
00:00:31.920 --> 00:00:35.680
So you really have only two options since there's only two movements.
12
00:00:35.680 --> 00:00:42.700
You could either extend, sorry, you could extend and then wipe, or you could
13
00:00:42.700 --> 00:00:43.440
wipe and
14
00:00:43.440 --> 00:00:45.000
then extend.
15
00:00:45.000 --> 00:00:49.220
And if you're still looking at the golf swing, you'll be able to tell pretty
16
00:00:49.220 --> 00:00:49.920
quickly which
17
00:00:49.920 --> 00:00:56.020
one of those two is going to give this a look that we want of shaft lean, you
18
00:00:56.020 --> 00:00:56.680
know, still
19
00:00:56.680 --> 00:01:01.300
having lag any of those kind of parameters that you're used to seeing in video.
20
00:01:01.300 --> 00:01:07.560
So if I get up here and I wipe and then extend, so if I wipe and then extend my
21
00:01:07.560 --> 00:01:08.840
arms, that's
22
00:01:08.840 --> 00:01:13.640
going to have a certain look compared to if I get over here and I extend and
23
00:01:13.640 --> 00:01:15.480
then I wipe.
24
00:01:15.480 --> 00:01:21.110
So if I and I can do it without, so if I extend and then I wipe, I can do it
25
00:01:21.110 --> 00:01:22.600
without bending
26
00:01:22.600 --> 00:01:25.120
the arms, but it is easier.
27
00:01:25.120 --> 00:01:29.660
So if I get over here and then I extend and then wipe versus if I get over here
28
00:01:29.660 --> 00:01:30.120
and then
29
00:01:30.120 --> 00:01:37.560
I wipe and then extend, they're going to have a very different look to them.
30
00:01:37.560 --> 00:01:42.270
If you are struggling with getting any amount of side bend, if you side bend
31
00:01:42.270 --> 00:01:43.040
and you hit
32
00:01:43.040 --> 00:01:46.920
it fat, it typically means that you have the timing of more.
33
00:01:46.920 --> 00:01:51.410
I'm going to extend and then wipe as opposed to wipe and then extend and we
34
00:01:51.410 --> 00:01:52.320
have a number
35
00:01:52.320 --> 00:01:56.540
of drills to help work on that timing because that's a tricky move for a lot of
36
00:01:56.540 --> 00:01:57.320
amateurs,
37
00:01:57.320 --> 00:02:01.740
but most pros do it without even really thinking about it.
38
00:02:01.740 --> 00:02:06.920
So because they've just figured out in order to hit down on the golf ball, get
39
00:02:06.920 --> 00:02:07.520
some good
40
00:02:07.520 --> 00:02:13.150
compression, create speed and give them a margin of error, they know that they
41
00:02:13.150 --> 00:02:14.240
have to
42
00:02:14.240 --> 00:02:17.930
do this little wipe movement and then extend even if they're not really talking
43
00:02:17.930 --> 00:02:19.680
about it.
44
00:02:19.680 --> 00:02:23.360
It's hard to tell from the down the line view.
45
00:02:23.360 --> 00:02:27.580
The way that you'd be able to tell is more that timing of that arm straight
46
00:02:27.580 --> 00:02:28.200
ening.
47
00:02:28.200 --> 00:02:33.240
So if you tend to see the arm getting straight kind of like so, that would be
48
00:02:33.240 --> 00:02:34.080
extend and
49
00:02:34.080 --> 00:02:40.340
then wipe versus if you tend to see kind of that look there, that is the wipe
50
00:02:40.340 --> 00:02:41.280
and then
51
00:02:41.280 --> 00:02:43.040
extend.
52
00:02:43.040 --> 00:02:47.820
So training the timing of whether it's wiping before extending or extending
53
00:02:47.820 --> 00:02:48.760
before wiping
54
00:02:48.760 --> 00:02:53.680
can really help with your consistency of contact with your iron play or
55
00:02:53.680 --> 00:02:55.120
allowing side tilt
56
00:02:55.120 --> 00:02:56.360
with the driver.
57
00:02:56.360 --> 00:03:01.750
So it can be a big breakthrough move for those of you in kind of the middle to
58
00:03:01.750 --> 00:03:02.640
high single
59
00:03:02.640 --> 00:03:08.120
digit in order to get down to that scratch plus two plus three handicap level.
60
00:03:08.120 --> 00:03:11.850
So if you're struggling with one of those two areas, experiment with the timing
61
00:03:11.850 --> 00:03:13.160
of these
62
00:03:13.160 --> 00:03:17.940
wipe drills and hopefully they'll help you make solid contact and a free up
63
00:03:17.940 --> 00:03:18.680
some of the
64
00:03:18.680 --> 00:03:20.600
side bend needed for the longer clubs.
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.
Timing Your Arm Movements: Wipe or Extend for Better Contact
After this video, you'll be able to:
- Understand the difference between extending and wiping your arms during the downswing.
- Identify how improper timing can lead to fat shots and poor contact.
- Apply specific drills to enhance your timing and improve your overall swing mechanics.
Learn the critical timing of arm movements in your downswing to improve your ball striking. This video breaks down the two key motions and how to execute them effectively for better results on the course.
Video Transcript
WEBVTT
1
00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:04.520
This drill is wipe or extend, or extend or wipe.
2
00:00:04.520 --> 00:00:08.760
So this kind of is a piggyback on the timing of the arm extension.
3
00:00:08.760 --> 00:00:12.120
So I'm going to break it down, there's basically two different arm movements
4
00:00:12.120 --> 00:00:12.760
that are going
5
00:00:12.760 --> 00:00:19.440
to occur from the shoulder elbow area, so not if we take out the forearm arms.
6
00:00:19.440 --> 00:00:23.660
There's two different shoulder arm movements that are going to occur during the
7
00:00:23.660 --> 00:00:24.480
downswing.
8
00:00:24.480 --> 00:00:29.260
One is going to be extension, and then two is going to be this wipe movement or
9
00:00:29.260 --> 00:00:29.840
working
10
00:00:29.840 --> 00:00:31.920
more across your body.
11
00:00:31.920 --> 00:00:35.680
So you really have only two options since there's only two movements.
12
00:00:35.680 --> 00:00:42.700
You could either extend, sorry, you could extend and then wipe, or you could
13
00:00:42.700 --> 00:00:43.440
wipe and
14
00:00:43.440 --> 00:00:45.000
then extend.
15
00:00:45.000 --> 00:00:49.220
And if you're still looking at the golf swing, you'll be able to tell pretty
16
00:00:49.220 --> 00:00:49.920
quickly which
17
00:00:49.920 --> 00:00:56.020
one of those two is going to give this a look that we want of shaft lean, you
18
00:00:56.020 --> 00:00:56.680
know, still
19
00:00:56.680 --> 00:01:01.300
having lag any of those kind of parameters that you're used to seeing in video.
20
00:01:01.300 --> 00:01:07.560
So if I get up here and I wipe and then extend, so if I wipe and then extend my
21
00:01:07.560 --> 00:01:08.840
arms, that's
22
00:01:08.840 --> 00:01:13.640
going to have a certain look compared to if I get over here and I extend and
23
00:01:13.640 --> 00:01:15.480
then I wipe.
24
00:01:15.480 --> 00:01:21.110
So if I and I can do it without, so if I extend and then I wipe, I can do it
25
00:01:21.110 --> 00:01:22.600
without bending
26
00:01:22.600 --> 00:01:25.120
the arms, but it is easier.
27
00:01:25.120 --> 00:01:29.660
So if I get over here and then I extend and then wipe versus if I get over here
28
00:01:29.660 --> 00:01:30.120
and then
29
00:01:30.120 --> 00:01:37.560
I wipe and then extend, they're going to have a very different look to them.
30
00:01:37.560 --> 00:01:42.270
If you are struggling with getting any amount of side bend, if you side bend
31
00:01:42.270 --> 00:01:43.040
and you hit
32
00:01:43.040 --> 00:01:46.920
it fat, it typically means that you have the timing of more.
33
00:01:46.920 --> 00:01:51.410
I'm going to extend and then wipe as opposed to wipe and then extend and we
34
00:01:51.410 --> 00:01:52.320
have a number
35
00:01:52.320 --> 00:01:56.540
of drills to help work on that timing because that's a tricky move for a lot of
36
00:01:56.540 --> 00:01:57.320
amateurs,
37
00:01:57.320 --> 00:02:01.740
but most pros do it without even really thinking about it.
38
00:02:01.740 --> 00:02:06.920
So because they've just figured out in order to hit down on the golf ball, get
39
00:02:06.920 --> 00:02:07.520
some good
40
00:02:07.520 --> 00:02:13.150
compression, create speed and give them a margin of error, they know that they
41
00:02:13.150 --> 00:02:14.240
have to
42
00:02:14.240 --> 00:02:17.930
do this little wipe movement and then extend even if they're not really talking
43
00:02:17.930 --> 00:02:19.680
about it.
44
00:02:19.680 --> 00:02:23.360
It's hard to tell from the down the line view.
45
00:02:23.360 --> 00:02:27.580
The way that you'd be able to tell is more that timing of that arm straight
46
00:02:27.580 --> 00:02:28.200
ening.
47
00:02:28.200 --> 00:02:33.240
So if you tend to see the arm getting straight kind of like so, that would be
48
00:02:33.240 --> 00:02:34.080
extend and
49
00:02:34.080 --> 00:02:40.340
then wipe versus if you tend to see kind of that look there, that is the wipe
50
00:02:40.340 --> 00:02:41.280
and then
51
00:02:41.280 --> 00:02:43.040
extend.
52
00:02:43.040 --> 00:02:47.820
So training the timing of whether it's wiping before extending or extending
53
00:02:47.820 --> 00:02:48.760
before wiping
54
00:02:48.760 --> 00:02:53.680
can really help with your consistency of contact with your iron play or
55
00:02:53.680 --> 00:02:55.120
allowing side tilt
56
00:02:55.120 --> 00:02:56.360
with the driver.
57
00:02:56.360 --> 00:03:01.750
So it can be a big breakthrough move for those of you in kind of the middle to
58
00:03:01.750 --> 00:03:02.640
high single
59
00:03:02.640 --> 00:03:08.120
digit in order to get down to that scratch plus two plus three handicap level.
60
00:03:08.120 --> 00:03:11.850
So if you're struggling with one of those two areas, experiment with the timing
61
00:03:11.850 --> 00:03:13.160
of these
62
00:03:13.160 --> 00:03:17.940
wipe drills and hopefully they'll help you make solid contact and a free up
63
00:03:17.940 --> 00:03:18.680
some of the
64
00:03:18.680 --> 00:03:20.600
side bend needed for the longer clubs.
1
00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:04.520
This drill is wipe or extend, or extend or wipe.
2
00:00:04.520 --> 00:00:08.760
So this kind of is a piggyback on the timing of the arm extension.
3
00:00:08.760 --> 00:00:12.120
So I'm going to break it down, there's basically two different arm movements
4
00:00:12.120 --> 00:00:12.760
that are going
5
00:00:12.760 --> 00:00:19.440
to occur from the shoulder elbow area, so not if we take out the forearm arms.
6
00:00:19.440 --> 00:00:23.660
There's two different shoulder arm movements that are going to occur during the
7
00:00:23.660 --> 00:00:24.480
downswing.
8
00:00:24.480 --> 00:00:29.260
One is going to be extension, and then two is going to be this wipe movement or
9
00:00:29.260 --> 00:00:29.840
working
10
00:00:29.840 --> 00:00:31.920
more across your body.
11
00:00:31.920 --> 00:00:35.680
So you really have only two options since there's only two movements.
12
00:00:35.680 --> 00:00:42.700
You could either extend, sorry, you could extend and then wipe, or you could
13
00:00:42.700 --> 00:00:43.440
wipe and
14
00:00:43.440 --> 00:00:45.000
then extend.
15
00:00:45.000 --> 00:00:49.220
And if you're still looking at the golf swing, you'll be able to tell pretty
16
00:00:49.220 --> 00:00:49.920
quickly which
17
00:00:49.920 --> 00:00:56.020
one of those two is going to give this a look that we want of shaft lean, you
18
00:00:56.020 --> 00:00:56.680
know, still
19
00:00:56.680 --> 00:01:01.300
having lag any of those kind of parameters that you're used to seeing in video.
20
00:01:01.300 --> 00:01:07.560
So if I get up here and I wipe and then extend, so if I wipe and then extend my
21
00:01:07.560 --> 00:01:08.840
arms, that's
22
00:01:08.840 --> 00:01:13.640
going to have a certain look compared to if I get over here and I extend and
23
00:01:13.640 --> 00:01:15.480
then I wipe.
24
00:01:15.480 --> 00:01:21.110
So if I and I can do it without, so if I extend and then I wipe, I can do it
25
00:01:21.110 --> 00:01:22.600
without bending
26
00:01:22.600 --> 00:01:25.120
the arms, but it is easier.
27
00:01:25.120 --> 00:01:29.660
So if I get over here and then I extend and then wipe versus if I get over here
28
00:01:29.660 --> 00:01:30.120
and then
29
00:01:30.120 --> 00:01:37.560
I wipe and then extend, they're going to have a very different look to them.
30
00:01:37.560 --> 00:01:42.270
If you are struggling with getting any amount of side bend, if you side bend
31
00:01:42.270 --> 00:01:43.040
and you hit
32
00:01:43.040 --> 00:01:46.920
it fat, it typically means that you have the timing of more.
33
00:01:46.920 --> 00:01:51.410
I'm going to extend and then wipe as opposed to wipe and then extend and we
34
00:01:51.410 --> 00:01:52.320
have a number
35
00:01:52.320 --> 00:01:56.540
of drills to help work on that timing because that's a tricky move for a lot of
36
00:01:56.540 --> 00:01:57.320
amateurs,
37
00:01:57.320 --> 00:02:01.740
but most pros do it without even really thinking about it.
38
00:02:01.740 --> 00:02:06.920
So because they've just figured out in order to hit down on the golf ball, get
39
00:02:06.920 --> 00:02:07.520
some good
40
00:02:07.520 --> 00:02:13.150
compression, create speed and give them a margin of error, they know that they
41
00:02:13.150 --> 00:02:14.240
have to
42
00:02:14.240 --> 00:02:17.930
do this little wipe movement and then extend even if they're not really talking
43
00:02:17.930 --> 00:02:19.680
about it.
44
00:02:19.680 --> 00:02:23.360
It's hard to tell from the down the line view.
45
00:02:23.360 --> 00:02:27.580
The way that you'd be able to tell is more that timing of that arm straight
46
00:02:27.580 --> 00:02:28.200
ening.
47
00:02:28.200 --> 00:02:33.240
So if you tend to see the arm getting straight kind of like so, that would be
48
00:02:33.240 --> 00:02:34.080
extend and
49
00:02:34.080 --> 00:02:40.340
then wipe versus if you tend to see kind of that look there, that is the wipe
50
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and then
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extend.
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So training the timing of whether it's wiping before extending or extending
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before wiping
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can really help with your consistency of contact with your iron play or
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allowing side tilt
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with the driver.
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So it can be a big breakthrough move for those of you in kind of the middle to
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high single
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digit in order to get down to that scratch plus two plus three handicap level.
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So if you're struggling with one of those two areas, experiment with the timing
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of these
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wipe drills and hopefully they'll help you make solid contact and a free up
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some of the
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side bend needed for the longer clubs.
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