Maintaining a straight left arm in your backswing is essential, especially if you want a consistent and powerful golf swing. There are three main reasons why a golfer’s left arm will bend or fold during their backswing. This bending or folding of the left arm can cause many poor golf shots and here, golf coach Ian Sadler talks about the three main remedies and how you can fix them.
Reason 1. The left hand grip is not holding the golf club properly. The left hand should have the club running more across the hand, not running through the hand and upwards through the lead arm.
Reason 2. Lack of shoulder turn. If you’re gripping the golf correctly then the next problem to look out for will be a lack of upper body turn during your backswing. If the upper body fails to rotate and remains stationary then this will force the left arm to bend as you swing further to the top of your backswing.
Reason 3. Tight trail arm (right arm for a right handed golfer). Sometimes during the backswing, golfers tend to pull the right arm in too tight to the body, this will leave no room to accommodate a straight left arm and will cause it to naturally fold or bend.
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2 Comments
I do not understand what you are saying about the proper left hand grip. You grabbed it low and quickly showed something but I did not get it. You did not show how to hold it at address.
Excellent Ian, far too many online coaches teaching right elbow jammed into the right side which is quite restrictive. PGA coach at my club won't have that at all and ckearly you won't either!