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Full Swing · Technique

Close the arm gap for open torso, closed shoulders

From the down-the-line address you do not want any gap between the arms. A visible gap between the arms means you have too much tilt and a closed torso; keeping the arms together comes from side bend opening the torso. Done right it is a torso-open, shoulders-looking-closed position.

Channel: Todd Graves

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Why this context matters

Single-plane (Moe Norman) method; troubleshooting the shoulder/tilt relationship.