Right Arm Connection In A Golf Swing (Video) - by Pete Styles
Right Arm Connection In A Golf Swing (Video) - by Pete Styles

Another really great part of Jason Dufner’s golf swing is the connection that he has with his right arm and his body throughout the golf swing. So during the set-up phase, he has got himself in a nice balanced athletic posture position and then during the backswing this right arm really stays really nicely connected and down into a good position. And that’s actually a motion that works well for his swing and his body type, and can work well for other club and amateur golfers as well. And I think for a lot of golfers they feel like the golf club needs to be swung upwards and as they are swinging it up the right arm gets very far away from the body, it gets massively disconnected and then has to try and reconnect during the downswing or risk the swing just being hands and arms and no real connection at all. So the motion that Dufner has its really nice, just as the club comes back away from the ball this right arm stays in, the left arm creates width, the right arm creates connection, and then from the top the downswing, the right arm already stays into the body.

So from the front arm position here we don’t see a big disconnection in the right side, the right side actually stays in and connected, drops into a good position, makes him very consistent, very powerful, and quite repeatable through the ball and we’ve seen by winning a major championship that that motion in Dufner’s swing will work and repeat under pressure. I think the one sort of word of warning with this motion; one thing we’ve got to be careful of that we don’t fall into the habit of is whipping the club too flat, too far away on the inside. Some golfers that I have worked with when you tell them to stay connected and its okay to be connected and turn around with that right elbow a little bit lower, get into the habit of pulling it around here, and getting it super flat. So we’ve got to make sure that the first movement is away from the body, and then the right arm stays in, rather than just pulling it inside and getting supper flat this way. So if you can work on having a nice compact and connected right elbow with the Dufner move then that could serve you well, so you get more control in your swing, and more consistency just like Jason Dufner. 2015-10-15

Another really great part of Jason Dufner’s golf swing is the connection that he has with his right arm and his body throughout the golf swing. So during the set-up phase, he has got himself in a nice balanced athletic posture position and then during the backswing this right arm really stays really nicely connected and down into a good position. And that’s actually a motion that works well for his swing and his body type, and can work well for other club and amateur golfers as well. And I think for a lot of golfers they feel like the golf club needs to be swung upwards and as they are swinging it up the right arm gets very far away from the body, it gets massively disconnected and then has to try and reconnect during the downswing or risk the swing just being hands and arms and no real connection at all. So the motion that Dufner has its really nice, just as the club comes back away from the ball this right arm stays in, the left arm creates width, the right arm creates connection, and then from the top the downswing, the right arm already stays into the body.

So from the front arm position here we don’t see a big disconnection in the right side, the right side actually stays in and connected, drops into a good position, makes him very consistent, very powerful, and quite repeatable through the ball and we’ve seen by winning a major championship that that motion in Dufner’s swing will work and repeat under pressure. I think the one sort of word of warning with this motion; one thing we’ve got to be careful of that we don’t fall into the habit of is whipping the club too flat, too far away on the inside. Some golfers that I have worked with when you tell them to stay connected and its okay to be connected and turn around with that right elbow a little bit lower, get into the habit of pulling it around here, and getting it super flat. So we’ve got to make sure that the first movement is away from the body, and then the right arm stays in, rather than just pulling it inside and getting supper flat this way. So if you can work on having a nice compact and connected right elbow with the Dufner move then that could serve you well, so you get more control in your swing, and more consistency just like Jason Dufner.