Keep Trail Arm Bent

[SnapShanks]

Been fighting early extension for a long time and slowly making progress, but my trail (left arm) arm always seems to straiten too much on downswing. Any swing thoughts or drills to help with this?

 

Other thoughts on swing also welcome, thanks.

[naj959]

I think you're looking at the symptom rather than the cause. I don't see much hip turn and trail leg straightening in the backswing. Also looks like you have some slide in the downswing to make up for that and get the club coming in at reasonable angles. It's going to be difficult to maintain trail arm bend with that kind of pivot. I struggle from the same exact move when I get in a funk and don't focus on pivoting correctly. Despite those issues you make a really nice pass at the ball. Just my opinion and you know what a free opinion is worth haha. Best of luck.

[tthomasgolfer605]

Excellent swing. Just flare the right foot a bit. You're locking yourself out.

[cardoustie]

Awesome action

[Scottbox]

Yeah, it's a really, really great swing. I guess you could play with extending up a just a touch with your upper body at P4 to lose just a little of your left tilt. Lots of benefits to this-- it centers you and gets your trail hip even

deeper.

 

Too much left tilt of the upper body can make you move off the ball a touch, and then you feel like you have to shift more laterally, which creates more upper body tilt back coming down, then you have to straighten the trail arm too much to get to the ball (btw, nothing wrong with straightening it-- just maybe you want it a millisecond later). Also, as others have mentioned, flaring your lead foot out a bit will help you go more "around" your right leg. You could combine that with the ball between the knees drill so you learn to "squat" a bit as your first move (helps calm down the slide and keep you over the ball on your first move down). But that's utterly optional, as staying just a touch more centered might be what you need.

Edited June 22, 2021 by Scottbox