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Take a Sharpie and put a dime size black dot on the inside of your elbow joint of your lead arm. This black dot should stay up the whole way.... Everyone agree or not?

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?? I cant even picture what you mean by that...
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i dunno... im still not getting it..

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Here is a prime example that there are players, and there are teachers. I came up with this drill so that he would keep his lead elbow pointed towards his body during his set up, and by simply turning and keeping his thumb to the sky he would acheive the dot from falling/turning to the side.

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Take a Sharpie and put a dime size black dot on the inside of your elbow joint of your lead arm. This black dot should stay up the whole way.... Everyone agree or not?

I don't agree. Mine points up and to the right, and probably more "to the right" than "up" (barely, maybe). It's completely un-natural to have it facing "up" (straight away from your body).

Plus, why would you draw on yourself with a Sharpie?

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I don't agree. Mine points up and to the right, and probably more "to the right" than "up" (barely, maybe). It's completely un-natural to have it facing "up" (straight away from your body).

OK- Mine goes up and to the left, I guess what I was trying to get was his elbow pointed at his body instead of towards the target. Hope I did not mislead anyone...

And he was alittle upset that I decided to use a permenant marker...

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Here is a prime example that there are players, and there are teachers. I came up with this drill so that he would keep his lead elbow pointed towards his body during his set up, and by simply turning and keeping his thumb to the sky he would acheive the dot from falling/turning to the side.

Yeah but wont that happen naturally if you grip the club correctly?

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Yeah but wont that happen naturally if you grip the club correctly?

Yeah, that's what I'm thinking...

And I'm a righty, which explains the previous "up and to the left" comment. My lead arm is my left arm, his is his right. Though now I'm having "Back and the left. Back and to the left. Back and to the left." flashbacks from the movie JFK.

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I just wasted 20 seconds of my life that I will never get back by standing up and seeing if this is going to work. haha
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OK, just maybe this drill is not perfect... lol

My friend just called me from the range cussing up a storm. He said he is now hitting chilli dippers every shot. He did not find it the least bit funny when I replied that a chilli dipper every shot was more consistant than a block one swing and a pull hook the next... :)

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