The little-known secret to keeping your left arm straight in the golf swing is to create wrist hinge early in the backswing.
In today’s golf lesson, PGA golf pro Kerrod Gray, in collaboration with Hack Motion, demonstrates how to keep your left arm straight without forcing it.
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⛳ Chapters
0:00 – Should I keep my left arm straight in the golf swing?
01:02 – Wrist hinge
02:15 – Keep the left arm straight and generate power
03:33 – Trail wrist movement at impact
04:21 – Simplifying the backswing
05:10 – Hack Motion for the trail wrist
06:04 – Left arm straight drill
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38 Comments
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Oh my goodness, so many people are pushing the Hack motion, I understand that it's a useful tool, but I also think it is only a useful tool if the right person is using it.
Even without HM I like the thought of the right palm pushing the left thumb away as the back swing goes from first parallel to the top of an unforced shoulder turn, it gives a real mental image of decent width in the back swing. 👌🏼
Man, oh man, your in-depth explanation and insightful information about how to keep the left arm straight throughout the backswing is GOLDEN Very high level of coaching one of the best
This is amazing advice
Very good Kerrod
This is what missing in my swing
Very similar to the drill Nick Faldo used in the rebuilding of his swing prior to winning The Masters. He “set the wrists” fully at address by moving the club 90 degrees to a position where the club shaft was straight and parallel to the ground. To complete the takeaway/backswing, he simply rotated his body.
Great video !!
Thank you very much Kerrod for this great instructional video. I have always struggled with trying to compress the ball and hit a divot after the ball. This early hinge technique to keeping the lead arm straight really helped. After watching the video I immediately went to the range and tried it. I got amazing results! I was hitting longer and straighter with all of my clubs. Many thanks!
Absolutely spot on. I have taught golf for more than 30 years and setting the wrists early in the backswing is great for keeping width in the swing. It also gives the golfer more chance to to hit from inside to out.
Great 👍🏾 class
Curious how this wrist hinge applies to Driver?
Kerrod is this applicable to woods and driver also or only irons?
You’re a great Instructor man. I’m a PGA Golf Professional as well and I teach your content quite a bit.🤣
Legend!!🙏This is an awesome tip. Explained very well.
I have to say Kerrod, I have watched numerous training videos on You Tube about keeping the trail arm straight but you have nailed it for me ! I will looking to take this to the range and course and hopefully get to see some improvements in my game . Just subscribed and Many thanks from Sydney Down Under 😀👍👍👍
Thank you for the sharing but a bit misleading
I do mine a bit different I keep my arm straight on the the back swing on my downswing i drop my right arm just above my knee or right pocket keep in my right arm straight on the down swing once my right arm is straight on the down swing that’s when I start turning and releasing the club it seems complicated explaining my swing thought but it’s very simple it’s the true 2 plane swing and It creates coming from the inside N grip and every shot is a block draw can’t hook it also I open the club face for 2 degrees and the shot is a draw fade than so it starts as a draw when the ball starts loosing spin it start fading at the end I had 20 y of coaching and not 1 coach could teach me the 2 plane swing I worked it out myself and yes maybe it’s the old school 2 plane swing but who cares it works beter than any other golf swing that coaches tried to teach me everyone has there theory it’s what works for you
I drive myself nuts trying to keep l arm straight this is awesome
So it’s a HackMotion ad. Cool
This was a great video. I’ve been trying to keep my left arm straight and I know I’m not hinging my wrists well so this gave me something to work on.
Good info but as the best 80 yr old golfer in the world I can’t get any better or find anyone my age to play for $. I did forget my putt in my other car and had to use my 3 iron on the course last week. Shot 2 over
That's Rory's drill as well and is very useful.
Excellent instruction, very good explanation. Thank you !
You gotta focus on turning your ribcage. And you also gotta drive your elbow down towards your body. So elbow pointing downwards in your backswing and then drive that elbow downwards toward your body to draw power.
Using the ProSender with HackMotion basically forces one to do the same thing. Both of these training aids work so well together to demonstrate what you are suggesting. I agree with you! Thanks for the confirmation.
Wow… I’m an old dog who is very skeptical of anything I perceive to be a new trick. Thus, I don’t tend to try too many new swing thoughts. But I’ve known for awhile that I needed to figure out a way to mentally & physically maintain a straight left arm in my backswing so that I’m able to maintain it in the downswing and stay on the correct swing plane as best as possible. Your “early right wrist hinge” idea was spot on for my swing. In a very short period of time on the driving range, it was like a light bulb going off. Much appreciated sir!
Great suggestions. This has been what I have been looking for.
That one-handed golf swing is soooo bad
Simplified Backswing 4:20
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Very interesting concept. Will see how this feels. Nice video.
Extension in BS means the lead wrist goes into extension(pressure on left thumb downward)
Decreasing the angle of club and forearm. Most golfers "cock" the lead wrist(flexion) that decreases the angle between the golf club and the lead forearm.
Extension allows more angular momentum in DS.
I’m retired military with some shoulder, wrist, and elbow injuries. After watching this video I walked over and picked up my 7 iron and tried the early hinge. I definitely have more range and can’t wait to get to the range and try it!
Nothing wrong with that. And also, in this video you gonna learn how NOT to keep your lead arm straight and fix your distance problems,
From Sweden' still long drive record holder: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MfaVK7t34t4
On the course: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5J4nTYTl5HY
Playing along Linn Grant: (skip to the start of the pro-am and don't mind if you don't understand the language) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ctbR4U__TYM
This was phenomenal to watch. Thank you kindly, Kerrod. I hit subscribe with bells on.
Very well said.
First time I was able to get a back swing with a straight lead arm thanks to this tip! Amazing! I thought my shoulder flexibility was an issue or something. Turns out I wasn't bending my wrists enough!