You Don’t Swing Your Arms in the Golf Swing L2

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Let’s explore the common misconception many golfers harbor regarding their arm movements in the golf swing. The prevalent belief is centered on broad, free-swinging arm actions directing the clubhead at the ball. However, upon closer examination, the contrasting grandeur of shoulder and body turns presents a strikingly different movement sequence. Admittedly, these actions might feel akin if one relies solely on sensation, but mechanically, they differ vastly.

Now, let’s get practical. When you position both hands on the golf club at the starting point, consider the natural stance everyone assumes at this stage. Try swinging your arms while keeping your shoulders steady; solely focus on the arm swing, leaving the rest aside. Surprisingly, there’s minimal action beyond the shoulders during this arm-centric swing – just a bit of motion.

Delving deeper into the swing mechanics, during the backswing, it’s about transitioning the club over your shoulder. From the triangle position, attempting to swing the arms from there becomes impractical due to the limited movement range. It’s all about the fold, unfold, and refold sequence to nail your top-of-the-backswing and striking positions.

Here’s a test: Take your golf club, pivot your body, and let the arms follow suit without any deliberate arm action. Observe the natural motion your arms adopt. The folding and unfolding action occurs almost automatically when your hands turn over by themselves, eliminating the need for forced manipulation.

The essence here is focusing solely on folding and unfolding – these fundamental movements serve as the crux for everything else to align, from squaring out the club head to achieving the perfect follow-through. Origami Golf emphasizes this hands-on, 100% genuine approach to golf lessons, fostering an automatic swing devoid of unnecessary thoughts or worries. It’s all about building a swing that flows effortlessly when you step up to that ball – just relax and hit it with confidence.

This is what most golfers think they’re doing when they swing their arms in the golf swing just big open Free and Easy movements they’re just taking that arm and slinging The Club at the golf ball big open arm swings but look what happens when I put two hands on the

Club all of a sudden my shoulders become very active think shoulder turns big body turns very different movements now I admit these two movements feel the same if I was just going by feel I would say this movement and this movement were the same arm movement they’re not mechanically they

Are very different have almost nothing in common given that what really happens when you swing your arms in the golf swing so what actually happens when you put two hands on the golf club we going to go to two hands come to our starting position we make the

Triangle shape with our arms I’m sure everybody’s seen this everybody makes it when they come up to the ball so now that you’re in this position what can you actually do how can you actually swing your arms remembering you have to keep your lead arm straight through the entire back swing

So try to swing your arms keeping your shoulders still remember we’re just talking about the arms swing your arms and keep your shoulders still that’s about it there’s a little looseness in your shoulders but that’s it that’s all the movement you can make now why is that well one because you’ve

Got two hands on a club now it stabilized your arms and two your arms are are remaining attached to your shoulders through the entire swing as long as both arms are attached to your shoulders and both hands are on the club you really can’t swing your arms from here

So what actually happens in the golf swing in the back swing that allows you to go from here and get this club over your shoulder well we know from this triangle position that you can’t swing your arms from here there’s just not enough movement to swing them so what can you

Do from here there’s really only one motion you can make and that’s to fold your Trail arm fold this gets you to your top of the back swing position fold unfold this gets you to your striking position fold un fold refold this is your follow through position that is the movement your arms

Making the golf swing your arms fold unfold refold when you want to do a back swing you’re actually doing a fold unfold fold unfold fold unfold fold unfold refold that’s how your arms move in the golf swing I want you to stand up straight take your golf club in your

Hand and just swing your Club just turn your body don’t do anything with your arms just let it happen now why watch your arms look at what’s happening with them look at the motion they’re making what are they doing they fold unfold all this is happening automatically fold unfold fold refold

Fold unfold notice the golf club squares up all by itself not if your hands turn over all by themselves you don’t have to do any manipulation this is the way your body wants to swing the club I want you to fold and unfold but really look at your

Arms I bet most of you have never really looked at your arms or seen what they do in the golf swing now the majority of your problems when it comes to your arms and the golf swing have to do with trying to do something or manipulate your arms during the

Swing doesn’t matter if it’s throwing the club head at the ball active hands or the motorcycle move they all get in the way of this natural movement of just folding and unfolding now notice when I fold it and unfold it the club comes Square naturally you don’t have to do anything to manipulate

Your Club head square if just let it happen by folding and unfolding it will come Square you notice as you do this hands turn over naturally the club head can square naturally the follow through happens naturally all you’ve got to focus on is folding and unfolding you focus on those two things

Everything else squaring of the club head your follow through all of it will just happen naturally origami golf is going to be a series of golf lessons we’re going to build a complete golf swing now this golf swing will be 100% conventional nothing weird is going to be going on

Here but the teaching techniques if you’ve already seen will be different and the way we think about the golf swing will be different and that’s a good thing I want to build you a swing that’s automatic meaning I don’t want you to have any swing thoughts at all I want you to

Relax step up to the golf ball and just hit it no worries no swing thoughts no stress no [Applause] nothing I’ve got a challenge for people who still don’t believe that you do not swing your arms in the Gulf swing find your wall and lean up against it I want you to put your shoulders against it so we’re stabilizing your shoulders both hands on the club hold your arm out now

Swing your arms remember you got to keep your lead arm straight through the entire back swing and down swing so keeping that arm straight and your shoulders stable swing that’s about all the movement you got so what can you do while you got your arm straight and your shoulder

Stabilized there’s really only one thing it’s folding that arm and unfold F unfold F unfold that’s the movement your arm should make in the golf swing