Drills for arms connected

[alomar123]

One of my biggest mistakes is my left arm gets away from me in my swing. I know of the tee/towel under the armpit drill(I do not like this one), but what others?

Off topic, when I think about hinging during my swing it is really hard to think of the others, more important ideas, so I most likely screw up. What would you suggest, just time for my swing to become to the point where I do not need to think as hard?

Thanks

[Mexicanleprican]

1. Get ben hogans 5 lessons, your arms are flying away from you d/t some other reason (likely). I think you are probably swinging out of sync, thats when I notice my arms flailing. A good way to counter this is focus on keeping your arms together as though a rubber band was wrapped around the two of them.

[gspjeb]

golf tee under both armpits worked for me.....I am a one planer so it is easier to keep the right one in. Definitely the tee in the left pit will help and is easier to deal with.

Personally, I feel like it is most effective for me to concentrate only on one swing change or thought at a time....otherwise it makes me way too tense. So when I am doing the one tee thing I am concentrating just on conection so I can really feel it. good luck

[saevel25]

everything for me is based around my head moving. I find if i keep my head centered and looking at the ball longer than i think i need to that the club will release naturally and everything flows together well.

[iacas]

Additionally, you want your elbows to stay close to each other. Put a belt around 'em. Literally, a belt.

[clg82]

I am also wondering this as well.. My golf coach, had me start concentrating on this more last time I had a lesson with him...I really haven't "practiced" it much, and he didn't have me hit any balls at all while trying to keep my arms close to my body since he didn't want me going back to my old mechanics.....is it also true that I need to keep my right elbow close to my body as well?

[alomar123]

Additionally, you want your elbows to stay close to each other. Put a belt around 'em. Literally, a belt.

Ill save that one for when Im at home. I already look pretty funny at the range with 1 foot backuped and that flying wedge drill.lol

[TourSpoon]

You could try the Swing Link (google search) or use the towel.

[double_j]

For an on-course/pre swing fix, I'll do a one handed swing with my left hand (I'm a righty) with a focus on turning the shoulders, keeping my body in sync throughout the swing, and keeping my arm in connected to my torso. It's pretty hard to fly away when swinging with one arm!

[homerun79]

I also advocate the Hogan drill/swing thought, rubber bands around the arms squeezing them in...my current swing thought is Smooth One Piece swing, arms/chest moving as one unit from start to finish. I shaved 10 strokes off my previous round with this method, and my consistancy went skyrocketing. For me, this move has elevated my game from the mid 80s to the mid 70s, thanks Ben!

Sidenote, Gary Koch was talking about grip pressure during the US Amateur, and how you want to "feel" the clubhead in your hands, which isn't going to happen with anything more than a light (2-4 out of 10) grip pressure. I've now blended the 'feel the clubhead' and 'rubber band arms' as a rocksolid feeling to go for in my practice time, and of course once you feel you've programmed that into muscle memory...Look at the target, look at the ball, swing.

[westcyderydin]

when i am having problems with my swing, it usually starts with my arms being way behind my body (especially my hips).

so i take some practice swings with my feet together, and sometimes just left handed swings with my feet together.

those drills make my hands want to lead the swing a little bit more.

[nokmond]

I'm well up for practising with a belt round my arms - where abouts on the arms do is need to go tho? Above or below the elbow?

[homerun79]

I'm thinking upper arm would be more effective? Just a guess tho :) The feeling I'm going for with it, is the upper arms pressing into the sides of the chest.