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  1. Nah, that's old-school and only works for some. If you want to say that it's more stable.., perhaps, but no statistics show whether or not consistency stands.

  2. That’s one way out of over a million ways. (Homer Kelley)

    Many of us allow the right elbow to separate from the body for a greater arc – like Nicklaus. All good swings will get the elbow close to the body by P6.
    PenguinGolf
    12/17/24

  3. This would depend on whether you swing single plane or double-plane. Other pros like Hwang Yumin do not do this.

  4. Wait, I thought we’re supposed to push our hands as far away from our bodies as possible? Where does the madness end?!

  5. World No1 Nelly Korda doesn't do this. But her backswing isn't as flat as these women. I have a naturally flat backswing and I can keep my elbows in. But I have tried to steepen my backswing to get better Iron contact (my swing is great for driver) and I can't really keep my elbow tight. What to do!

  6. I think this works really well for these gals and their height / body. Having a flat back swing seems to work real well for driver swings as well which is what is being shown here.

  7. Saying to keep the elbow close is horrible advice. If I make a big turn I get wide, and my elbow is away. If I swing flatter, more on one plane, my elbow will be closer. Forcing your elbow close can cause a lack of width and power. These girls seem to have a lot of external rotation in their right arm, which I love but will create a flatter swing and a closer elbow. But let's not please go back to towels under our arms when you don't understand the point and no one can hit the ball out of their shadows. Lack of knowledge and bad advice will destroy you in this game.

  8. ジョッキ生ビールを右手に持って右脇をしめて飲むタイプと脇をあけて飲むタイプがいるように、バックスイングのトップも様々なタイプがある

  9. Pull the third lace on your left shoestring just a little tighter than the rest. That will create ground force momentum that will put you on plane with your elbow, which should be severely tucked to the point of causing friction blisters. Then move on to thinking about your weight shift in the first part of the transition, not to be confused with the second part of the transition. The second part gets much trickier. And let's be honest, we don't have a lot of time to screw around. We've got to rotate our shoulders and hips and get the lead arm and wrist flattened out if we ever hope to hit it more than 50 yards. But before doing all that, let's make sure we have our trail forearm rotated outward so the top of our elbow is facing the sky. And also, let's make sure we keep our eye on the ball, but not to the point of not allowing our head to shift more into a lateral plane with the tee marker on the first one-third of the backswing. We don't want to lose our opportunity to achieve ulnar deviation in the lead wrist during the first part of the takeaway. If you come back tomorrow, I'll be giving a Youtube golf lesson on the first part of the downswing, where we get into the nuances of how to make the proper transition from ulnar deviation into centrifugal rotation.

  10. Yes this obviously works well for them, but also the majority of pros lift there elbow off the body at the top of backswing. Hey, if it’s working don’t fix it, but if you need a change it’s good to try this move because I know Ronin hits it far.

  11. Yes this obviously works well for them, but also the majority of pros lift there elbow off the body at the top of backswing. Hey, if it’s working don’t fix it, but if you need a change it’s good to try this move because I know Ruoning hits it far.

  12. I do this for accuracy on tight driving holes but to get distance I learned the elbow needs width and more separation from the body. And the elbow going behind the body gets you more width and power. These swings are great!

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