Which Arm Takes The Golf Club Back And Why Golf Tip (Video) - by Pete Styles
Which Arm Takes The Golf Club Back And Why Golf Tip (Video) - by Pete Styles

One area that I see a lot of golfers struggle with, if they take all their time getting their address position right and then they get set up and they kind of look at me and say, “Now what do I do Pete, I’m a bit stuck now how do I, how do I start this position and how do I get it back into a golf swing.” And they’ve lost a little bit of fluidity. And a lot of the times it comes from not the lack of knowledge about which bit should move first, which arm should lead the process. So here’s a little tip for you when you’re setting up to the golf put and you get everything nice and comfortable for the right handed golfer the left arm should be the main driving force. The left arm turning underneath; pretty much led by the left shoulder. If the left shoulder can work well turning under here we create a nice online position nice and wide with good tempo.

Generally speaking the right hand maybe the stronger hand would pull the golf club up too narrow, too quick and too steep. So we see a lot of golfers really good address positions and then they pull with their right hand that’s the most dominant hand they pull in and they lose a lot of that width and lose a lot of that turn. So what we’d like to focus on here is a good setup position, take the left shoulder and pull it round underneath the chin. The left shoulder comes around underneath the chin the left arm stays nice and straight creating some good width, no tension and then that lifts up to the top. So the left arm is the dominant driving force in the back swing that creates good width, good turn good tempo. Work on your left arm moving things away for a smoother and better golf swing.
2014-03-26

One area that I see a lot of golfers struggle with, if they take all their time getting their address position right and then they get set up and they kind of look at me and say, “Now what do I do Pete, I’m a bit stuck now how do I, how do I start this position and how do I get it back into a golf swing.” And they’ve lost a little bit of fluidity. And a lot of the times it comes from not the lack of knowledge about which bit should move first, which arm should lead the process. So here’s a little tip for you when you’re setting up to the golf put and you get everything nice and comfortable for the right handed golfer the left arm should be the main driving force. The left arm turning underneath; pretty much led by the left shoulder. If the left shoulder can work well turning under here we create a nice online position nice and wide with good tempo.

Generally speaking the right hand maybe the stronger hand would pull the golf club up too narrow, too quick and too steep. So we see a lot of golfers really good address positions and then they pull with their right hand that’s the most dominant hand they pull in and they lose a lot of that width and lose a lot of that turn. So what we’d like to focus on here is a good setup position, take the left shoulder and pull it round underneath the chin. The left shoulder comes around underneath the chin the left arm stays nice and straight creating some good width, no tension and then that lifts up to the top. So the left arm is the dominant driving force in the back swing that creates good width, good turn good tempo. Work on your left arm moving things away for a smoother and better golf swing.