Left Arm Straight?; #1 Most Popular Teacher on You Tube Shawn Clement

www.shawnclementgolf.com Shawn Clement, Director of the Richmond Hill Golf Learning Centre and top 25 CPGA Teaching Professional as rated by Score Golf Magazine, shows you how to gain structure in your lead arm for maximum sling shot effect;

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[volleybud19]

I can't believe that this is being taught to some people out there....ramrod straight?? You're going to get mighty familiar with the trees and out of bounds that way. Perhaps you can make friends with the woodland creatures while your there. Relaxed and extended. Tension hinders movement thus hindering speed and clubhead rotation. All of which are pretty important in finding the fairway/green or your new friends Chip and Dale in the woods.

[clemshaw]

@volleybud19 Hey Volleybud! If you only knew the rest of it! I love when someone can judge everything about someone by just meeting them; I guess you have not watched anything else I have am I right? The point of this video is to allow the body to turn so that you can have relaxed extension; like Tom and Bubba Watson; and getting ramrod straight is going to the other side of the pendulum so that you can fall back into a relaxed extension; which you will see in so many of my videos!

[EternalAnachronism]

Yeah, that analogy is highly flawed. The reason why you have a straight arm when pulling back a slingshot is that it would require a lot of muscular effort to resist the slingshot otherwise. This isn't a factor in the golf swing, however. Thirty percent of PGA pros bend their left arms. In fact, Clemshaw does himself! At the top of his BS, his left arm is slightly bent. Besides, what almost no one realizes is that the left arm should start to bend slightly approaching contact.

[clemshaw]

@EternalAnachronism When you see over 80 people a week in your academy, which I was nominated for teacher of the year btw, you would realize that some need to feel what it is like to have some tone on the arm and that to maintain width, you need to get the upper body out of the way; this does both as a DRILL, so enough with the knee jerk reaction and open the mind and watch so more of my videos and actually learn something for once; Shawn

[asennad]

Hey Shaw I used to date a girl who was played a little golf. She basically left her arms wrap around her body and in no way was her left arm straight. Her excuse? Really big boobs. How should woman with big boobs cope?

[clemshaw]

@asennad This will actually answer all 3 of the last questions; if you check out my "arms and body timing; shawn clement" as well as my "stop crashing; shawn clement" and "top view of swing; shawn clement" you will get the answers you are looking for; Boobs are not a factor...I also speak from experience with my wife... Shawn

[sonicdeviant]

Doesn't forcing the elbow straight introduce tension in the arm? I feel tension in the tricep and some forearm muscles. I do think I collapse too much on the backswing. If I "push" my left arm straight by using the right arm, my left arm can be straight but remain without tension.

[Gyro911]

Completely agree and i found this out through trial and error. I tried consciously keeping my elbow straight and it would bend whenever i lost concentration. I finally figured out that a tight grip influences not only a straight left arm but an overall stable upper body during the swing. I think the biggest mistake people make is relaxing to much with their grip whereas a firm grip is needed which is often confused with a death grip.

[mapeirce]

@clemshaw ....So how do they get it straight on the down swing? When the right elbow moves to the side "the slot" in the downswing it straightens the left arm automatically.

[mapeirce]

@clemshaw Nice response, you don't even explain why its straight on the way down! You cant deny Perry and Angel Cabrera have bent left elbow at the top of their back swing. The proper postion at the top of your backswing resembles you scratching the back of your neck with a pen. Your right arm forms a right angel. Attach your left hand to the grip properly and however your left arm is situation is fine.