We noticed that most golfers don’t turn their shoulders near enough which means most rely purely on feel that can lead to inconsistencies in the golf swing.
In today’s video Dave Marsh shows us a simple left shoulder drill you could be doing on a daily basis in order to improve your shoulder rotation and as a result improve your golf swing.
This Ben Hogan Magic Elbow Move comes from his book Five Lessons, The Modern Fundamentals of Golf.
More specifically, in the Stance section, Ben Hogan discusses the importance of tucking in the trail elbow to allow it to stay glued to his side” in the golf swing.
Ben Hogan’s “elbow tucking” setup serves many important purposes:
1. It allows the golf club to travel on the same path every single time for a consistent, automatically repeating golf swing with amazing golf ball striking. 2. It creates an automatic wrist hinge and stores up power in the trail arm in the backswing – for powerful golf ball striking. 3. It stores power and lag on the downswing – preventing casting and early extension in the process and opening up room to hit really clean golf shots. 4. It allows the trail arm to powerfully FIRE through the golf ball after impact – sending all of your energy through the ball without wasting any power and creating amazing golf ball striking feelings. 5. It prevents slices and ultimately fixes the slice because the elbow staying tucked prevents the club from swinging over the top in the downswing. 6. It helps keep the lead, left arm straight in the golf swing for crispy, clean contact and improve your golf ball striking. 7. It allows for EFFORTLESS POWER because of the trail arm loading I mentioned earlier. 8. It promotes a proper inward hand path and prevents golfers from lifting their arms increasing consistency and power and improving golf ball striking.
There are SO MANY MORE BENEFITS in this Ben Hogan golf ball striking tip that I don’t have enough time to list all of them!
Now it’s time to put all that leverage created in the backswing to use in the downswing. To hit more irons like a pro, you’ll want to your golf weight shift like this on the downswing.
In today’s video Tyler discusses a key movement of the arms for helping maximize power. However, with a significantly steep angle of attack and a leftward path, you want to be careful copying his release.
If you struggle with slices or a chicken wing seeing Brooks tour version of a steep release could help you understand why you struggle with those moves.