The Arm Swing Illusion / Jim Waldron's Swing Philosophy

[Jim Waldron]

Here is an extract from Module 4 of Jim's Great Shot! Video Series.

 

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Thanks, Kiwi!

 

Module 4 will be a long video - two parts of around two hours each.

 

Covering all elements of the Pivot: weight shift to the front hip/leg, centered backswing pivot (described in this video clip), spine angle, left side bend on the backswing, right side bend on the forward swing, hip extension/flexion/extension cycle, hip/core/torso rotation, Finish checkpoints, Pivot stall vs Pivot thrust, Left wall formation during Release, upper and lower swing center relationship, and several other elements.

[ofortuna]

Here is an extract from Module 4 of Jim's Great Shot! Video Series.

 

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Thanks, Kiwi!

 

Module 4 will be a long video - two parts of around two hours each.

 

Covering all elements of the Pivot: weight shift to the front hip/leg, centered backswing pivot (described in this video clip), spine angle, left side bend on the backswing, right side bend on the forward swing, hip extension/flexion/extension cycle, hip/core/torso rotation, Finish checkpoints, Pivot stall vs Pivot thrust, Left wall formation during Release, upper and lower swing center relationship, and several other elements.

 

Looking forward to this one and the next one on release!

[scratch72]

Jim, I can't find much info on your 10 finger grip, can u tell me how you place hands on the grip. I have been just letting the arms hang natural and then close my hands with the club in the fingers. It ends up being what I would call neutral 10 finger, is that close?

[Jim Waldron]

Jim, I can't find much info on your 10 finger grip, can u tell me how you place hands on the grip. I have been just letting the arms hang natural and then close my hands with the club in the fingers. It ends up being what I would call neutral 10 finger, is that close?

 

It normally takes me about one hour to do a Power Grip lesson. Sorry, no, what you are describing is not how I teach it. It is truly far more complex than that, and no way to explain it even close to accurately and effectively in a forum post.

 

I recommend doing a Remote Lesson with me, which is live, via Skype webcam. Since we can see each other and talk in real time, its a very effective way to work with me for folks who cant make it out to Portland in the summer or Oahu in the winter.

[Jim Waldron]

Here is an extract from Module 4 of Jim's Great Shot! Video Series.

 

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Thanks, Kiwi!

 

Module 4 will be a long video - two parts of around two hours each.

 

Covering all elements of the Pivot: weight shift to the front hip/leg, centered backswing pivot (described in this video clip), spine angle, left side bend on the backswing, right side bend on the forward swing, hip extension/flexion/extension cycle, hip/core/torso rotation, Finish checkpoints, Pivot stall vs Pivot thrust, Left wall formation during Release, upper and lower swing center relationship, and several other elements.

 

Looking forward to this one and the next one on release!

 

Thanks, O! I think Module Four will likely end up being our best-selling video in the 14 video Great Shot! series, or perhaps a close second to Module Two on the ASI. Learning how to Pivot properly is probably the most effective way to master ballstriking.

[jpbouffard]

I think in my years of playing golf I've learned to do a few things well. I've learned how to turn/pivot correctly. I've learned how to sense and control the face of the club to at a pretty decent level of precision.

 

I don't think I ever learned how to use my arms properly. Keeping the arms in front of my torso is one thing, and the proper action of the right elbow is another. I'm really excited for this season because I think if I can tidy up my arm action, I can get a more consistent shaft plane on the downswing which should improve my striking.

[scratch72]

Is the club supposed to be all the way down to P6 before you rotate?

[Jim Waldron]

Is the club supposed to be all the way down to P6 before you rotate?

 

No - P6 is a reference point for positional slow motion swing training. Not just the club - the body too.

 

Rotation begins with hips very early in the forward swing, starts with Core rotation (which does not show on video), then hips, then torso. What brings the club down to P6 is mostly rotation, with some torso tilt right and right arm extending at elbow angle.

[scratch72]

Do your students ever feel like there hands and club are too high since they don't pull down or do anything with the arms which would give them the fear of OTT when they rotate?

[Jim Waldron]

Do your students ever feel like there hands and club are too high since they don't pull down or do anything with the arms which would give them the fear of OTT when they rotate?

 

No, because I show them how to get from the Top to P6, with Tilt Switch and rotation. Arms are pulled back down into the torso, and right elbow extends, all from momentum. As long as the student is not "frozen" with too much tension in the upper arms or is actively trying to restrict the right elbow from extending the lower arm.

 

The ASI tricks your brain into thinking that you need to "do something" with your arms to "help out" on both Transition and during Release.

[ofortuna]

Jim, I understand how to get to p2 with the pushaway of the hands with a 1/4 pivot and that space has been created between your hands and your COG right away. When you're back down to p6, has this gap been completely eliminated? You talk about this a bit in module 1D in your description of the 2 shaft plane drill. Also, I realize the numerous Spud McFadden drills in Module 2 has you start with various degrees of pushaway which magically disappears on the downswing due to the pivot.

 

The reason I ask is that I'm finding myself back at impact with "high hands" timed perfectly with my hips moving closer to the target line. I'm not sure if this is due to too much tension in my arms not allowing them to fall back towards my body properly or a faulty forward pivot but I feel that by impact, I should have my hands back closer to my body and be closer to my original shaft plane.

 

**Edit** Would it be accurate to say that just as one blends the pushaway on the backswing with the pivot, one blends the arms falling on the downswing with pivot?

[Jim Waldron]

Jim, I understand how to get to p2 with the pushaway of the hands with a 1/4 pivot and that space has been created between your hands and your COG right away. When you're back down to p6, has this gap been completely eliminated? You talk about this a bit in module 1D in your description of the 2 shaft plane drill. Also, I realize the numerous Spud McFadden drills in Module 2 has you start with various degrees of pushaway which magically disappears on the downswing due to the pivot.

 

The reason I ask is that I'm finding myself back at impact with "high hands" timed perfectly with my hips moving closer to the target line. I'm not sure if this is due to too much tension in my arms not allowing them to fall back towards my body properly or a faulty forward pivot but I feel that by impact, I should have my hands back closer to my body and be closer to my original shaft plane.

 

**Edit** Would it be accurate to say that just as one blends the pushaway on the backswing with the pivot, one blends the arms falling on the downswing with pivot?

 

Maybe time for another lesson for me to give you the most accurate advice possible.

 

In general swing model terms though, to answer your questions, yes - pivot momentum will bring the upper arms back into contact with the chest IF you are pivoting correctly in Transiton, and IF you dont have so much tension in your upper arms that it restricts that little bit of "falling" that will tend to happen naturally. Although it is certainly possible to have ZERO "falling" and still get to a decent P6 position with a good pivot action.

 

The problem is simply this - very few golfers truly understand what a proper pivot action is all about AND most golfers are under the spell of the ASI and thus think they have to "do something" with their arms to "help out". Which can create Hit Impulse with the arms issues and too much tension in the arms.

 

Yes - gap is eliminated even before P6.

 

Here is the thing: you dont need to throw the arms out and around (Fatal Flaw) AND you dont literally freeze the arms so that pivot momentum cant create that "falling" dynamic and also start to open up the right arm angle. You let momentum act on the arms and right elbow, without letting it act on the wrist c0ck and hinge angles.

[ofortuna]

Jim, I understand how to get to p2 with the pushaway of the hands with a 1/4 pivot and that space has been created between your hands and your COG right away. When you're back down to p6, has this gap been completely eliminated? You talk about this a bit in module 1D in your description of the 2 shaft plane drill. Also, I realize the numerous Spud McFadden drills in Module 2 has you start with various degrees of pushaway which magically disappears on the downswing due to the pivot.

 

The reason I ask is that I'm finding myself back at impact with "high hands" timed perfectly with my hips moving closer to the target line. I'm not sure if this is due to too much tension in my arms not allowing them to fall back towards my body properly or a faulty forward pivot but I feel that by impact, I should have my hands back closer to my body and be closer to my original shaft plane.

 

**Edit** Would it be accurate to say that just as one blends the pushaway on the backswing with the pivot, one blends the arms falling on the downswing with pivot?

 

Maybe time for another lesson for me to give you the most accurate advice possible.

 

In general swing model terms though, to answer your questions, yes - pivot momentum will bring the upper arms back into contact with the chest IF you are pivoting correctly in Transiton, and IF you dont have so much tension in your upper arms that it restricts that little bit of "falling" that will tend to happen naturally. Although it is certainly possible to have ZERO "falling" and still get to a decent P6 position with a good pivot action.

 

The problem is simply this - very few golfers truly understand what a proper pivot action is all about AND most golfers are under the spell of the ASI and thus think they have to "do something" with their arms to "help out". Which can create Hit Impulse with the arms issues and too much tension in the arms.

 

Yes - gap is eliminated even before P6.

 

Here is the thing: you dont need to throw the arms out and around (Fatal Flaw) AND you dont literally freeze the arms so that pivot momentum cant create that "falling" dynamic and also start to open up the right arm angle. You let momentum act on the arms and right elbow, without letting it act on the wrist c0ck and hinge angles.

Mind blown!

[Jim Waldron]

Understanding that there are two distinctly different types of arm motion in the golf swing is key. This is covered in depth in both Module 2 and Module 3 videos, but the two types are dependent and independent. Dependent arm motion means forces from the Pivot are moving the arms. Independent means the upper arm muscles are moving the arms.

 

In my swing model, the ONLY independent arm motion is during the takeaway. Which is why it is a very powerful and effective way to swing the club, since it simplifies the golf swing tremendously. And that independent arm motion of the pushaway is tiny - 4 to 8 inches.

 

Right elbow folding - which is caused by a blend of arm pushaway momentum from the takeaway segment along with stretch and extension pressure of the Triangle and forces from the Pivot - causes the left arm to raise upwards. That motion of the arms will stop at same moment in time when shoulder girdle reaches maximum coil IF your Triangle pressures are correct.

 

Transition segment: Pivot forces move the upper arms back onto the pecs AND the rightward tilting moves the Triangle down, out and forward AND Pivot forces cause the right elbow to start its straightening process. Again ONLY IF your Triangle pressures are correct and your Pivot mechanics are correct.

 

In that case, the golf swing is very simple - no need to "do something" with the arms to "help out".

 

From P6 until right after impact, the upper part of the upper left arm is glued to the left pec, and the two move as a Unit, same RPM speed during Release.

 

In fact, upper part of upper left arm/left side of shoulder girdle are a fulcrum that moves up, around and backwards - away from the target. Which makes the lower end of the left arm/hands and club move very fast toward the target. This is what I call the Key Move or BackUp Move, related to the ASI and the RPM/MPH propeller Illusion.

[Bsgolf53]

Here is an extract from Module 4 of Jim's Great Shot! Video Series.

 

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Talk about killing the game...haha mumbo jumbo for adults who think they're smart

 

If you can't teach it to a six year old it won't work...you do have the gift of gab though

[Jim Waldron]

I had a new student last week here in Hawaii who was a text book example of a golfer who had no idea about the ASI and how toxic it can be. He was struggling with a two way miss with driver. His first two driver swings at the start of the lesson were massive push-cuts that ended up about 125 yards right of his his target. The next two were over the top pull hooks, 100 yards left of his target.

 

On the first drive, video showed his right elbow was almost teaching his right rear pants pocket at P6, so a severely stuck position and way in to out path. The OTT drives showed arms moving way out on Transition with no right tilt at all.

 

Two opposite flaws caused by same root factor - pulling the arms and club behind the body on the backswing.

 

I showed him the ASI, the Triangle and the pivot applying clubhead to ball and he quickly had the biggest light bulb moment of his golfing career.

 

Started hitting a nice 8-10 yard cut right at his target. The cool thing was that his mind really "got it".

[David69]

Jim - I really love your videos - I just purchased the ASI and AAM and am finding them hugely helpful as a new golfer. I am a film editor and I made chapters in the videos so it is easy to access and zip to a point in the videos instead of scrolling blind. If you PM me or email me I can send you a link to these 2 videos with the chapter markers so you can have them and use them as your download vids for your website. I also corrected your mono audio issues in both videos so that is fixed and leveled up the volume to -3 as well. Great vids. Thanks!

[4pillars]

Jim - I really love your videos - I just purchased the ASI and AAM and am finding them hugely helpful as a new golfer. I am a film editor and I made chapters in the videos so it is easy to access and zip to a point in the videos instead of scrolling blind. If you PM me or email me I can send you a link to these 2 videos with the chapter markers so you can have them and use them as your download vids for your website. I also corrected your mono audio issues in both videos so that is fixed and leveled up the volume to -3 as well. Great vids. Thanks!

 

I have to admit i was thinking of buying a film editing program to cut the drills and exlantions out so I could find them easier.

[Jim Waldron]

Jim - I really love your videos - I just purchased the ASI and AAM and am finding them hugely helpful as a new golfer. I am a film editor and I made chapters in the videos so it is easy to access and zip to a point in the videos instead of scrolling blind. If you PM me or email me I can send you a link to these 2 videos with the chapter markers so you can have them and use them as your download vids for your website. I also corrected your mono audio issues in both videos so that is fixed and leveled up the volume to -3 as well. Great vids. Thanks!

 

Thanks, David! Great to hear the videos are helping you so much. So very important to start out right as a beginner with correct swing concepts, saves you from years of frustration down the road....Good to know there is some new software that will do that for future videos.

[Cretv]

Seeing this video was a real "aha" moment for me. I picked up golf and immediately started taking lessons with a PGA pro a couple of years ago. While I started posting high 80s and sub-90s within six months of picking up the game, the swing never really felt right. The swing was more "around the back". After watching this and implementing it, everything feels more consistent and i feel like i get better leverage in my swing.

 

My driver/woods do not seem changed for the better though.

[Jim Waldron]

Seeing this video was a real "aha" moment for me. I picked up golf and immediately started taking lessons with a PGA pro a couple of years ago. While I started posting high 80s and sub-90s within six months of picking up the game, the swing never really felt right. The swing was more "around the back". After watching this and implementing it, everything feels more consistent and i feel like i get better leverage in my swing.

 

My driver/woods do not seem changed for the better though.

 

Probably you are way overdoing the pushaway - especially with the woods. The trick is to blend in that slight 4-8 inch arm pushaway on a 45 degree angle to your chest with the chest rotation and left side bend during takeaway, so that the shaft tracks back on plane. 90% of folks who try learning this on their own will do the pushaway with ZERO chest rotation at the start or even halfway into takeaway, which creates way outside the plane shaft motion.

[starsail85]

Seeing this video was a real "aha" moment for me. I picked up golf and immediately started taking lessons with a PGA pro a couple of years ago. While I started posting high 80s and sub-90s within six months of picking up the game, the swing never really felt right. The swing was more "around the back". After watching this and implementing it, everything feels more consistent and i feel like i get better leverage in my swing.

 

My driver/woods do not seem changed for the better though.

 

Probably you are way overdoing the pushaway - especially with the woods. The trick is to blend in that slight 4-8 inch arm pushaway on a 45 degree angle to your chest with the chest rotation and left side bend during takeaway, so that the shaft tracks back on plane. 90% of folks who try learning this on their own will do the pushaway with ZERO chest rotation at the start or even halfway into takeaway, which creates way outside the plane shaft motion.

 

Jim how important is it to turn the shoulder section initially opposed to the hips turning with the shoulders to start the swing

 

I have found that if I focus on turning my shoulders/ribcage initially and resist naturally with my lower body , whilst doing the pushaway move it looks great, opposed to the same pushaway feel combined with whole body turn which seems to get the arms outside too much. It might have something to do with the hips and shoulders turning on a different plane?

[Jim Waldron]

Seeing this video was a real "aha" moment for me. I picked up golf and immediately started taking lessons with a PGA pro a couple of years ago. While I started posting high 80s and sub-90s within six months of picking up the game, the swing never really felt right. The swing was more "around the back". After watching this and implementing it, everything feels more consistent and i feel like i get better leverage in my swing.

 

My driver/woods do not seem changed for the better though.

 

Probably you are way overdoing the pushaway - especially with the woods. The trick is to blend in that slight 4-8 inch arm pushaway on a 45 degree angle to your chest with the chest rotation and left side bend during takeaway, so that the shaft tracks back on plane. 90% of folks who try learning this on their own will do the pushaway with ZERO chest rotation at the start or even halfway into takeaway, which creates way outside the plane shaft motion.

 

Jim how important is it to turn the shoulder section initially opposed to the hips turning with the shoulders to start the swing

 

I have found that if I focus on turning my shoulders/ribcage initially and resist naturally with my lower body , whilst doing the pushaway move it looks great, opposed to the same pushaway feel combined with whole body turn which seems to get the arms outside too much. It might have something to do with the hips and shoulders turning on a different plane?

 

My model - for most golfers of reasonable physical fitness, core strength and flexibility - is for the Core to initiate the Pivot motion, followed very closely by the Torso/S Girdle. They act on the hip girdle to pull it into rotation. Hips dont start turning until around halfway into takeaway, but then freely rotate to the Top, around 45 to max of 60 degrees of hip rotation.

 

Not sure how to answer your question about hips turning early creating too outside the plane shaft motion. Would have to see video of it.

[starsail85]

Jim I know you reference swing time as a factor , showing that the average PGA pro takes 1.25 seconds from takeaway to inpact (or was it followthrough). Trying to get closer to this has helped me a tonne

 

My question is this

 

If your average PGA pro is 1.25 seconds at 113mph should a good player who is more of a 100mph swing speed be a slower time say 1.4 seconds?

[Jim Waldron]

Jim I know you reference swing time as a factor , showing that the average PGA pro takes 1.25 seconds from takeaway to inpact (or was it followthrough). Trying to get closer to this has helped me a tonne

 

My question is this

 

If your average PGA pro is 1.25 seconds at 113mph should a good player who is more of a 100mph swing speed be a slower time say 1.4 seconds?

 

Actually its closer to one second takeaway to impact, around 3/4 seconds backswing and 1/4 second downswing to impact. 1/4 second from there to finish for the powerful younger players. total about 1.25 seconds, 1.5 seconds total for the shorter hitters, a lot of the senior tour guys. Length of time of swing has gotten shorter in the past decade of so due to better fitness, and the change to a power game.

 

So yes - I like to see most of my male students who are average to a bit above average fitness use the 1.5 second total time marker: about 3/4 second backswing, about 3/8 second to impact, and 3/8 second from impact to finish.

[starsail85]

Jim I know you reference swing time as a factor , showing that the average PGA pro takes 1.25 seconds from takeaway to inpact (or was it followthrough). Trying to get closer to this has helped me a tonne

 

My question is this

 

If your average PGA pro is 1.25 seconds at 113mph should a good player who is more of a 100mph swing speed be a slower time say 1.4 seconds?

 

Actually its closer to one second takeaway to impact, around 3/4 seconds backswing and 1/4 second downswing to impact. 1/4 second from there to finish for the powerful younger players. total about 1.25 seconds, 1.5 seconds total for the shorter hitters, a lot of the senior tour guys. Length of time of swing has gotten shorter in the past decade of so due to better fitness, and the change to a power game.

 

So yes - I like to see most of my male students who are average to a bit above average fitness use the 1.5 second total time marker: about 3/4 second backswing, about 3/8 second to impact, and 3/8 second from impact to finish.

 

This is exactly what I hoped you would say , I can move the club back at the same speed as the 1sexond swing but don't have the strength /speed to keep up in the downswing . Makes sense now , maybe in a somewhat intangible way that a 105mph downswing has to have a relative backswing speed to let the swing have a even flow....

[ofortuna]

Jim I know you reference swing time as a factor , showing that the average PGA pro takes 1.25 seconds from takeaway to inpact (or was it followthrough). Trying to get closer to this has helped me a tonne

 

My question is this

 

If your average PGA pro is 1.25 seconds at 113mph should a good player who is more of a 100mph swing speed be a slower time say 1.4 seconds?

 

Actually its closer to one second takeaway to impact, around 3/4 seconds backswing and 1/4 second downswing to impact. 1/4 second from there to finish for the powerful younger players. total about 1.25 seconds, 1.5 seconds total for the shorter hitters, a lot of the senior tour guys. Length of time of swing has gotten shorter in the past decade of so due to better fitness, and the change to a power game.

 

So yes - I like to see most of my male students who are average to a bit above average fitness use the 1.5 second total time marker: about 3/4 second backswing, about 3/8 second to impact, and 3/8 second from impact to finish.

 

Ahh interesting. I use a skypro on my driver which tells me the ratio of the time for backswing vs downswing to impact with a recommendation of around 3 to 1. If I understand your comments Jim, you are saying that slower swing speeds should have a smaller ratio like 2 to 1 (3/4 to 3/8).

[Jim Waldron]

Jim I know you reference swing time as a factor , showing that the average PGA pro takes 1.25 seconds from takeaway to inpact (or was it followthrough). Trying to get closer to this has helped me a tonne

 

My question is this

 

If your average PGA pro is 1.25 seconds at 113mph should a good player who is more of a 100mph swing speed be a slower time say 1.4 seconds?

 

Actually its closer to one second takeaway to impact, around 3/4 seconds backswing and 1/4 second downswing to impact. 1/4 second from there to finish for the powerful younger players. total about 1.25 seconds, 1.5 seconds total for the shorter hitters, a lot of the senior tour guys. Length of time of swing has gotten shorter in the past decade of so due to better fitness, and the change to a power game.

 

So yes - I like to see most of my male students who are average to a bit above average fitness use the 1.5 second total time marker: about 3/4 second backswing, about 3/8 second to impact, and 3/8 second from impact to finish.

 

Ahh interesting. I use a skypro on my driver which tells me the ratio of the time for backswing vs downswing to impact with a recommendation of around 3 to 1. If I understand your comments Jim, you are saying that slower swing speeds should have a smaller ratio like 2 to 1 (3/4 to 3/8).

 

 

Depends how you define end of backswing and start of downswing. In reality, both are happening at same time, so the issue gets a little confusing. If you define it as when the lateral hip girdle shift starts to happen with lower body as shoulder girdle completes last 10 degrees or so of coil, then it takes a tiny bit more time to get to impact. So - yes, closer to a 2:1 ratio than 3:1 using that definition.

 

And in general, yes - slower tempos will need a slightly different Rhythm as well, ie take more time to complete the Transition and downswing.

[JWages]

UPDATE: Here is a link to my new video on the Arm Swing Illusion, released on July 15, 2015. For those of you who find this illusion concept fascinating and helpful, whether you intend to continue on in your reading and study of this mega-thread, consider buying the video (available from our website as a convenient download) and watching it several times. It is designed to be as close as possible to the actual experience of a live golf school with me, and is a total viewing time of 2 hours and 42 minutes. It covers the arm swing illusion, as well as several related illusions, in depth. The video consists of an Introduction to the basic concept, drills for de-constructing the Illusion from your subconscious mind swing map that are done without a golf ball, and finally drills you can do with a ball during range practice.

 

Any golfer who watches this video with a truly open mind will come away with a radical new understanding of what is actually happening in the modern tour pro golf swing. It is a mind-blowing experience that will challenge your previously un-questioned basic assumptions about what should be happening with the arm motion in a good golf swing. If you struggle with sucking the arms and club way inside the ideal plane in the backswing, over the top move during Transition, early wrist c0ck release and flipping, and arm dis-connection during Release, this video will show you the primary root cause of those Fatal Flaws.

 

http://www.balancepo...hop/golf-videos

 

And here is a small sample of that video:

 

 

Thanks, Kiwi, for explaining that. The arms pushaway on a 45 degree angle to the chest, while the chest is rotating, in an actual golf swing. But - when we first present the Illusion concept in our golf schools, we do an exaggeration drill where there is no Pivot, to show what the arms actually do in relation to the chest, and in that drill, a club is placed on the ground from the middle of one's stance on a 45 degree angle to one's right. We practice the arm pushaway action which results in the golf club in one's hands being over the shaft on the ground, and the club in one's hands parallel to the ground, with just a touch of wrist hinge and c0ck as well. Then - we do the chest/belly Pivot with arms across the chest to around 45 degrees of chest rotation. Then we combine the arm 45 angle pushaway with the chest rotation for a perfectly on-plane takeaway or moveaway motion. The blending of the two motions is the key to a real takeaway.

 

Russc - you are taking connection too literally. You can have the left tricep touching the pecs while the upper left arm is moving on that angle to the right of mid-line a bit. We call it "connection in motion". And it happens for most of my students after the first third or so of the actual moveaway segment. Although you could certainly do it right from the start and still keep the upper left arm touching the pec as you start to do the pushaway motion. I recommend that option for some students who are way too inside with their arms during moveaway. You just have to synchronize the two at the right speed - otherwise you will get a seperation of the left arm from the pec.

 

Hi Jim, quick question about the short video clip. Are you exaggerating the backswing/downswing or is that normally how it looks? I feel like you're exaggerating to show the coil, but I'm not 100%.

[Jim Waldron]

We will be releasing our next video in the Great Shot! golf swing fundamentals series soon. It's kind of a last minute new addition, Module Three - Advanced Arm Mechanics: Part B. We were hoping to keep Module Three to just one long video, and end it at around 2 hours/45 minutes, partly in the interest of avoiding too large a video file so that download times were more reasonable. But there was just too much good info to keep Module Three under that timeline. Part A ended up being almost three hours, and Part B will be 40 minutes long. More in depth discussion about the Three Arm Pressures, a really effective Swing Map drill about Connection, probably one of the most mis-understood swing concepts, a few other Swing Map drills on proper arm mechanics, my Tom Weiskopf/Hogan lesson story on P6 to impact mechanics, and a couple of training aids to help train proper extension/stretch pressure. Price will be just $14.95 for the download.

 

Module Four on Pivot Mechanics is 99% complete, will likely be up by around June 8 or so.