Do you know how to keep your left arm straight? Do you know how to help shorten your swing? Do you know how to help strike the ball consistently?
In this blog on a wonderful sunny boxing day I will discuss with you how you can keep your left arm straight and help your golf.
You keep your left arm straight by trying to straighten your right arm throughout the swing. You do not try to straighten your left arm by itself, it does not work! You must attempt to push your right arm away from from your body all the way through the back swing and the down swing. The job of the right arm is to continually attempt to straighten throughout the swing. The cause of the left arm bending too much is the right arm collapsing. One of the causes of over swinging is the right arm collapsing. One of the causes of inconsistent ball striking is the right arm not straightening throughout the swing.
I hear you say, "no one's right arm straightens on tour". That is true, but this is only the case because their left arm is attached to the club. If there was no left arm the right arm would be very straight during the swing.
To demonstrate my point here is an exercise you can do.(I have discussed this exercise for right handers, simply reverse the procedure for left handers):
- Get a belt and get into your golf posture.
- Hold one end of the belt against the left side of your chest with your left hand.
- Hold the other end of the belt with your right hand.
- Keep the belt stretched tight, the belt represents your left arm.
- Take a slow swing and keep the belt tight all the way through the swing. What do you feel? What do you have to do to keep the belt tight? You should feel that you have to stretch your right hand away from your body to keep the belt tight.
- Now move your right hand closer to your body. What happens? Does the belt slacken? Now stretch your right arm away again. What happens? Does the belt tighten again?
There is an exercise you can use to keep your left arm straight. It will help your golf!
Cheers
1 comments:
Maurice.
I can see what you are saying here, but in trying to straighten the right arm are you not in danger of introducing the dreaded casting action into the downswing?
cheers
Simon
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