Monthly Archives: February 2016

Basement Tapes: What is your Optimum Swing Length?

By Wayne | Videos: Basement Tapes

The longer I teach the more it occurs to me that for the non-tour player one of the biggest swing problems I see is the overuse of the right arm and shoulder in the attempt to produce “more turn” and a longer swing. When the right upper arm and shoulder are used to pull the left arm into the backswing further than it can naturally go the normal player will inevitably goof up the transition to the ultimate detriment of the impact area.

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Online Students: Angus Bradford

By Wayne | Videos: Online Students

It is always nice to have an opportunity to help a talented young player, and you most definitely see one here in Angus. The things I point out are pretty common for juniors like Angus who have not filled out physically and thus have trouble with managing the amount and type of pivot movement they utilize in the backswing. Angus does a nice job getting the club back up to left arm parallel, but to my eye he overturns the right arm and shoulder and puts it in a position where he can’t quite get the upper right arm back in front of him in the impact area.

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