In this video I'm going to be talking
about the right elbow to the right hip in the golf downswing and how it can
transform your golf swing. Hey it's Troy from hitting it solid here, thanks for
joining me. So I'm talking about this right elbow to the right hip and why
this is such a a power move that can make a huge difference in your golf
swing. So very quickly before we dive in I had a few questions about the new
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got to check these out, more details down in the description. All right, so the
right elbow to the right hip why is this such a key move. Well when you do this
correctly has a lot of powerful benefits to your golf swing.
So the first thing it will do
helps get that club on the right plane. So if I'm set up here this club is on a
plane. This right elbow really controls that plane particularly as we go to the top
here on this downswing, this right elbow if you can get it tucked in close to
this right hip, it really controls that plane and allows
you to come in more shallow. Allows you to hit the inside of the golf ball, hit more draws, make more
consistent contact, it's a a powerful move. Now if you look at most pros and
I'm going to show some during this video they've always got that elbow whether
it's an iron or a driver no matter what they're using whenever
they get down to about here, roughly about club parallel to the ground and the
downswing they always see this elbow as tucked really close to that top of that
right hip.
It's always right about there, and that's why it's because they want to
shallow the club keep the club on a plane. If I do the opposite which is what
most amateurs do. When I go like this, look what happens to that club. This is
exaggerated obviously but look how steep it comes down
and it cuts across the golf ball. Now if you're having trouble doing this
I'm going to explain that in just a moment because this is the key if you
can't do this you've tried everything could be something else that's happening
in your golf swing and I'll touch on that in just a moment.
But
by getting that elbow tucked in. Look at that shaft just naturally
shallow and this is the amateur elbow going out the club just follows
where the elbow goes club naturally wants to come out there
like that the arm will straighten you'll end up casting the club. So from
this angle you'll end up straightening the club
like that and you'll end up flipping scooping
doing all sorts of those bad shots that we don't want so the feel I want you to
have almost feel like it's touching on the
downswing it will feel uncomfortable at first that's completely natural if
you've never done it but as you get to the top here
feel it it really just jams into your ribs almost you should
feel a squeeze around here that's a good feel
a squeeze in the ribs there and that club gets in a fantastic spot
that you can deliver right through to impact now if you've
had trouble doing this right elbow to right hip move could be for a couple of
different reasons one you might have some sort of injury or some reason why
this elbow doesn't want to Bend quite like it should in this in
this downswing look I don't know what that is but there might be some reason
why you feel comfortable straightening it more could be a a
physical thing and like I say something you've injured playing sport or or
something else but that could be one reason something really important to
consider but most likely the reason you're not doing it is something that's
happening earlier in the back swing so if I'm setting up here
and this is something you might have noticed when you looked at your golf
swing on video as you swing to the top if for whatever reason if I draw a line
right on my butt line here as you make your back swing
if you stand up too tall and you come away from that line for example
it's highly likely in the downswing you're going to struggle to get that
elbow bent and the reason being is you're likely
to Stand Tall again on the downswing you'll be further away from the ball the
only way of hitting it is to straighten those arms if I was to if I was to get up like this higher
getting my elbow into my ribs is not going to help me at all because I'm just
going to miss that ball completely now you might make a perfectly good back
swing maybe you don't come away from that line but as you start you're down
swing or your transition this right foot goes up early and you
push your hips forward you narrow that space to the golf ball
again getting your elbow there is not going to
do you any good because you'll be further from the ball
most likely what will happen this is what commonly happens you stand up
taller give yourself room and again arms will have to extend
to hit the golf ball ideally what you want to feel like apart from feeling it
close to your ribs you want to feel like that trail arm
that trail arm right for right-hander stays bent for as long as possible so if
I come to here I want to feel like it stays bent
all the way to impact they're really good players their Trail
arm is actually bent at impact not by a lot but it's always a little bit bent
you'll see them at impact they're like this
as they get into the longer clubs it's a little bit straighter but it will be
bent you won't see it like this okay so your feel is to feel like you
can keep it bent for as long as possible long as possible
usually just after good players strike
the ball it straightens about there
and then through to the Finish so I want you to reverse back and have a
look at your your back swing and look at your transition and really make sure as
you start your downswing that you're getting your pelvis and your
hips back giving yourself more room here to get the elbow tucked in
into that inside spot this way you can shallow it get the club in the slot as
they say and through to a nice impact now there's
two other areas to this that are great checkpoints for you to to get right to
make sure you're on the right path to this and they are the trail rest so I
might just spin around this way you should have some trail wristband like
this because if you don't see that trail wristband there that
keeps the club a little bit behind your hands
helps you create lag and really snap the club through for
maxim power you don't want to be this sort of position here it's unlikely
you'll be in this position with that elbow tucked it'll almost always be like
this but that's the feel you can see that trail wrist bent back
like that and the other thing you should feel is this forearm of your Trail arm
your right arm for right-hander pointing more towards the sky
as I come down you can see here
Trail forearm Towards the Sky someone that comes down steep invariably
like this see this forearm is pointing down there somewhere Club comes down
very steep this is the steep forearm towards the
ground I know that's exaggerated but if you can feel the opposite to that feel
that forearm pointing up Trail wrist bent like this
forearm up towards the sky Trail wrist bent you're going to be start to hit
some really solid golf shots irons drivers hybrids whatever
you're going to be striking them much more consistently and how I want you to
practice this you can do this as a pre-shot routine if
you like just getting ready to hit your shot just practice doing this
getting it tucked getting that trial wrist bent really
tucked into your ribs you don't even need a club this is the
feel getting those hips and pelvis back
getting that elbow jammed into that sort of that right hip area there it is a fantastic consistent move I've
been practicing this a lot lately it's been making an amazing difference in my
game I'll know it'll work for yours as well any any handicap any skill level
this is a real game-changing move so you're going to practice like this
just a year and that'll make a massive difference in
your golf game all right let's head a shot here and I'm going to be hitting a
shot here just with a 99 I think it is and my only feel is going to be tucking
that right elbow to the right hip of the downswing and you'll find an instant
Improvement in your ball striking if you practice this particularly if you're
someone that's so used to coming down steep give it a try all right let's go
foreign pretty good strike
that's what I want you to work on right elbow to right hip in the downswing
you're going to start playing some fantastic golf now to help you out with
what we've talked about today this next video is a must because it kind of goes
hand in hand with it and that is going to be talking about getting hip depth in
the back swing so it's going to be talking about getting more depth here so
you can get that right elbow in the right spot in that downswing so make
sure you watch that video it's coming up.