In this Golf Smart Academy Insight, Tyler Ferrell demonstrates how using a foam ball between your forearms can be helpful for training a more body driven takeaway, or a proper arm movement in transition. But you should be very careful about what style of foam ball you use if you are actually hitting balls. The Impact Ball is too dense a foam to make some of the movements that are part of a good release and you should be careful training with it.

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