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Would a good swing thought for practicing pitches and shorter shots be to keep the right elbow (rt handed golfer) against or "in" towards the right side of the body on the downswing? A good friend once told me about the downswing on these shots "On the downswing, keep your hands close to your money!" meaning close to your front pockets. Not sure where he got that phrase from but it sort of makes sense? Thought I'd run this concept by people here to see if it might be a good swing thought to ingrain when practicing?
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Hi guys,
The "problem" that I've seen with the "trail-elbow-in on the downswing" is that folks tend to apply the elbow-in concept on the BACK-swing as well?
Besides.....where ELSE would your elbow go (if you're swinging towards your target)?
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It's really weird but I've been experimenting doing chips and pitches using different setups (wide/short stance, open /closed, arms stretched, arms close , hands high/low ,etc). But I've always tried to concentrate on throwing my clubhead to the target for all scenarios. What I've found is my body just finds the best way to use whatever degrees of freedom I have available in my joints. So I don't think its necessary to become anxious or have pre-conceived ideas about setup or specific body movements as long as you can swing freely , in balance and strain free 'within whatever restrictions befall you on the golf course' to meet your intent (as long as your intent is achievable).
If you remember many months ago I posted some videos of an old golfer called Count Yogi who did all weird and wonderful trick shots (plus serious golf) and everyone wondered what his 'secret' was . And he kept saying it was a 'mental routine' and nothing to do with specific body movements , positions etc . Imho , he may have been one of the first to recognise and use 'external focus' cues and target orientated golf. He even commented on all the different setups and strange clubs he used during his shows saying none of them conformed to any conventional 'pre-conceived' PGA guidelines at the time and yet he was still able to strike the ball effortlessly.
I'm going to rename Shawn as 'Count Clements'
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Cally, absolutely correct.
Distance to ball has to be set BEFORE executing the task to the target.
Any conscious attempt to swing in a certain plane is a manipulation.
I take really care about my set up. But before swinging the club, there must be 100% trust, that the ball is perfectly in the way of the natural path of the club.
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If it’s not natural, “don’t do it!”
Target,Target,Target everything will fall into place on its own. Stay loose and feel the swing. I actually practice with my eyes closed part of the time.Comment
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He even commented on all the different setups and strange clubs he used during his shows saying none of them conformed to any conventional 'pre-conceived' PGA guidelines at the timeComment
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Been practising these shots and Shawn’s skipping stones helps my keep my right elbow tucked in the swing. But I find this concept useful for shots 60 yards and longer. I find that for the short range pitching type shots if I keep my elbow “tucked” I tend to external rotate my left arm hit too powerful of a shot.Originally posted by K5thbeatle View Post
I have been deploying different strategy for the short game where my hands and thumbs are more involved and my trunk muscles are less involved. I don’t as interested as making any accelerated “swishing” sounds. It is more distance control and sometimes holding off the release
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