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Armpit-club drill to feel a straight lead arm

A drill: clench a golf club under your armpit and pretend to hold another club as you swing. Going back, you feel the trapped shaft hit your lead elbow about halfway back, and you press that up. If the arm bends the grip points downward, so you want to keep pressing it up instead.

Channel: Golf with Coach Carolin

Watch official source at 3:47

Try it

  1. Clench a club under your armpit and pretend to hold another club
  2. As you go back, feel that shaft hit your lead elbow almost halfway back
  3. Push that up so your grip points up, not downward