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Full Swing · Drill

Lock the trail elbow and swing the arm up and down

A drill to stop the trail elbow from drifting: hold your tricep to lock that joint so it can't move side to side, then swing the club freely with relaxed wrists and arm. The instructor says the feel is the arm rotating around the elbow joint, just working up and down, rather than holding onto any angles.

Channel: Danny Maude

Watch official source at 5:37

Try it

  1. Hold your tricep and lock that joint so you can't move side to side
  2. Swing the club freely without holding onto any angles, with wrists and arm relaxed
  3. Feel how the arm rotates around that elbow joint, just working up and down