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Condition of the
Arms - Master
- (Changed - 11/04/2008)
A very important aspect of the golf swing is that the arms must
be an integral part of the shoulder/arms-unit but also totally passive
to the rotational movement of the shoulders at all times.
Therefore to force the arms to remain totally passive to the
movement of the shoulders, it is vital that the elbows
are drawn as close together as it is physically possible, which
performs four functions:-
(1) The arms are forced to remain totally passive to the movement
of the shoulders.
(2) The arms are forced to remain fully extended.
(3) The muscles of the forearms are neutralised thus assisting
in keeping the hands in a totally passive condition.
(4) The triangular shape of the upper body unit is maintained
throughout the back swing, the down swing and the follow through
movement.
Very Important.
Regardless of how fast you rotate/pivot/sway
the hips during the down swing movement, which in turn dictates
the rotational speed of the shoulders, it is absolutely vital that
you keep the elbows
held as close together as it is physically possible so that
the shoulder/arms-unit remains firmly held together as a very compact
unit, especially as club head swings into and through the contact
area.
By using the rotational movement of the shoulder/arms-unit to
return the passive arms back to the original address position, the
club face will automatically return to the ball square to the target
line.
If however you try to move the arms other than using the rotational
movement of the shoulders, the muscles of the arms will tighten
up and probably create a hook or slice.
The feeling that you will have if you keep the elbows
drawn as close together as it is physically possible, is that
the muscles of the forearms and the hands feel completely inactive,
causing the arms and the hands
to be totally passive to the movement of the shoulders.
Therefore holding the arms so that the elbows are drawn as close
together as is possible, thus keeping the arms totally passive to
the movement of the shoulders, is probably the most important single
item that you must adhere too if you wish to play very good golf.
You must resist the urge to use the muscles of the arms to hit the
ball. Simply use the rotational movement of the shoulder/arms-unit
to swing the club head into and through the contact area.
** You must become obsessed with holding the upper body unit
firmly together by holding the elbows
as close together as it is physically possible so that the arms
remain both passive and also fully extended as you carry out the
golf swing, but particularly when performing the down swing and
the follow through movement.
Simply watch the professional golfers to see how they keep the
triangular shape of the upper body throughout the complete golf
swing movement.
*** This is a Basic Principle Movement that must be adhered at all
times.*****
Straight arm condition.
Because the elbows are held as close together as is physically
possible -- this creates a condition where any movement of the shoulder/arms-unit
will cause the arms to instantly move.
However it is important that one of the arms must always be
held in the perfectly straight position.
For example, as the rotational movement of the shoulders
push the arms into the back swing movement, the left arm must be
held as straight as possible -- whilst the right arm gradually folds.
However as the shoulders rotate back to the original address
position, the left arm must remain in the straight position, whilst
the right arm in initially held in the fully bent condition until
the flailing action of
the golf club begins but by the time the clubhead makes contact
with the ball, the right arm will have returned to the position
it was at the address position, which is in a slightly bent condition.
However it is vital that the elbows remain as close together
as is physically possible as you carry out the down swing movement
so that you can retain total control over the passive arms as the
combined movement of the rotational movement of the hips and the
rotational movement of the shoulders swing the club head into the
contact area.
As the Key Movement is performed, the left arm must remain in
a perfectly straight condition until both arms are perfectly straight
and fully extended, which effectively is the end of the Key Movement.
Thereafter it is vital that both arms are held in the fully
extended condition for as long as possible.
However the golf swing eventually reaches a point when the left
arm collapses and begin to fold, whilst the right arm remains in
the fully extended condition until it also begins to fold.
The only way that you can correctly carry out the golf swing
whilst always keeping one of the arms in the perfectly straight
position, is by fully utilising the flexibility of the wrist joints.
Therefore to maximise the use of the wrist joints but without
increasing the tension within the arms as you carry out the golf
swing, continue to hold the arms so that the elbows remain as close
together as is possible, but concentrate on keeping the arms in
a totally passive condition.
Forearm and wrist action.
Another vital aspect of the golf swing is that during the back
swing movement the forearms must not
be consciously allowed to rotate, this rotation of the forearms
will happen automatically as the right arm begins to fold.
As the shoulders rotate back to the original address position,
the gradual straightening of the right arm will automatically rotate
the forearms back to the original address position, but you must
maintain the fully cocked wrists until the very last moment in order
to flail the club head
into the contact area.
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