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Full Swing · Technique

Keep the letter Y intact through your takeaway

Set up forming a letter Y between your lead arm, trail arm and the club, and maintain that Y into the takeaway. Keep the trail arm soft without breaking the Y. An early bend of the trail elbow loses that structure; use camera footage to check whether the elbow bends early.

Channel: Danny Maude

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Why this context matters

Framed as what great players do versus what average players do in the first move away.