Preserving your arms and physique too linked through the swing can rob you of yards off the tee.
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You’ve in all probability been instructed to maintain your arms linked to your physique once you swing. Good tip — should you’re across the inexperienced.
On the tee field, nonetheless, staying too linked can truly rob you of energy. Right here, it’s greater than okay to disconnect. Not solely will it offer you wanted width, however it’s going to enable you end your backswing with loads of area to generate most velocity in your downswing.
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To get a really feel for disconnecting your arms out of your physique when swinging a driver, wedge a headcover into the armpit of your path arm. Arrange like regular and swing. Your purpose is to show your physique whereas concurrently lifting your arms and getting your arms as far-off out of your head as attainable. When you do it appropriately, the headcover will fall to the bottom as you make your approach to the highest of your backswing.
Getting your arms and arms away out of your physique like this present two crucial issues: further time and additional width, which may flip any mild-mannered downswing right into a dashing bullet.
Bernie Najar is a GOLF Prime 100 Instructor and is the director of instruction at Caves Valley GC in Owings Mills, Md.
