Lift Your Arms for the Perfect Golf Swing
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- Опубліковано 15 лис 2024
- This week’s video is one from my archives, but it is one that I believe everyone needs to be reminded of. Today we are talking about how to correctly lift the arms in position #2. As you will see from the video, we need to use are arms and shoulders to lift the club up. Too often, we tend to turn our bodies in the back swing and get our bodies out of position. Follow along as I explain the proper take away sequence. The body does turn in the back swing, but it turns because it follows the motion of the arms. The less tension that we create in our bodies on the back swing the more opportunity we have to swing the club faster!
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I am a senior and pretty much self taught on the vertical swing. Everyone wants you to 90 degree in the backswing to 90 degrees for water in the follow through. My body doesn’t rotate 180 degrees that well. They also advocate for not swinging higher than your shoulders. I was doing this to the best of my ability for a while. My drives had a nice draw. I would drive about 190-215 most of the time.
Then I lost me swing and couldn’t stay consistent. I started with a straight back to a straight forward a half swing from 9 to about 3 o clock type swing, all ams initially. This was great, but short. I worked on this, polished it up with a longer fuller swing, added body rotation. Now I drive dead straight about 250, with my best hits at 265-275, and a 7 iron of 165-170.
This swing is so underrated and say to repeat.
This is the least talked about takeaway on UA-cam. Left arm going up & parallel towards the target at P2 & P3. Their are thousands of videos about keeping the left arm straight. Most do not talk about the direction it travels. For many years my left arm came too far inside and around my body. Because of this, the top of my club came across the line. Their are many tips and instructions to search for when coming across the line; 99% of which suggest keeping the club out in front. This is a good tip in theory, however the left arm can still come inside while keeping the club head out in front.
I'm not certain why anyone would dislike this video. It really is much easier to square the club this way not to mention gain distance. With an inside move my hands compensate and I lose speed trying to control the face. With this move I can coil my body a lot easier without fear of not knowing where the club head will be at impact.
I agree
Seriously man, it solves so much...the keep the arms in front of you never made sense to me...at some point the club will feel behind you...the direction your arm goes is a huge deal and it's never talked about....honestly dude, if you tell someone "just lift the club up and hit the ball" a ton of people would be super surprised to see they've made a 90 degree turn...the word "turn" is also really misleading, it makes you think you want to loop the club around you
Hi Dave.....for handicappers who have great difficulty syncing the body parts all turning the correct amount this swing looks so easy...I have a long over-swing and this really helps..... thx
Monte Steinbluff says to raise the left shoulder over the chest. Do not pinch your left bicept into the chest. So that's inline with what you are saying. I tried it, and it really frees up the arm. Less tension.
As someone who learnt golf from golf magazines and "trial and error" from hitting thousands of balls, I did notice that if I got my hands high in the backswing I always got a purer and more powerful strike. Nice to get some validation on this.
Dave, I have enjoyed all of your videos but one about sequencing of down swing I think will help me a lot. I am going to the driving range today.
Thanks, Richard from N.C.
played a round yesterday and it finally came together. i was able to repeat the swing just about all day. easy as 1 2 3. hopefully it will continue
Played great at the weekend..... the feel of the left arm on my chin helped me time and shorten my swing....makes things so simple and un-technical....thx
This has helped so much for my flat swing
You are 100% right. This for me was a game changer.
Dave , if you remember Archie Bunker at times would use a term " Meathead " to describe people like me . I hit about 20 iron shots ( a 7 ) in my back yard today and did surprisingly well . I say "surprisingly" because exactly one(1) week ago today i had my right hip replaced . So, i would recommend the Anterior type hip replacement for those who need surgery and your golf swing for lack of stress on the body . ............. don't say it ; i know ! Paul
Hey Dave, just wanted to make an observation. i like your action, very simple which usually means there are some good things going on. JT has a very vertical swing as does DJ but I wouldn't venture to any degree that those swings are body friendly. The vertical drop that occurs in the very best swings happens in flatter planed backswings and more vertical ones as well.
Great tip and seem like a nice genuine guy
An helpful coach sent me this video,. I tend to torque up the body & often don't get the arms elevated enough. It leads to synchronization issues (getting stuck), especially with longer clubs. This "elbows on shelves" thought has been a tremendous swing thought for me when practice; or when I am out of sync.
A trick that works for me, as a way to quiet the legs for an upright swing, is to focus on not moving the inner ankle bones while making the backswing. This simple thought quiets the leg action, keeps the weight on the insides of the feet and eliminates any tendency to sway while doing the vertical lift.
This works perfectly for me. Being 6’ 3” tall, I don’t need a lot of momentum. I just lift my arms up and let the arms fall by gravity. My body reacts to the arms falling and not the other way around. And for me, a stronger grip with more shaft lean forward will naturally compress the ball. It is effortless.
Nice please follow it with what to do on the downswing
I,d seen your channel before but didn,t pay much attention,now i see 2 others with same swing idea Don Trahan,and Shawn Clement,plus the fact i had a lesson in mid November from a pro in Greece where i live,i had been dragging club to inside he told me exactly the same as you did.I,m only an occasional golfer,no golf where i live.my next visit will be early next year,can,t wait I play at Glyfada golf course,i practice on island where i live.I,m just looking to enjoy my game and surely i,ll play better.keep spreading the good word.S/J senior golfer.
Shelf to shelf. Nice!
gifted swing
Dave.. I truly love you man and I love your instructions... But damn ..... can you get some slacks it fit....
Good stuff
I am all for the hands being high and vertical but I like to sweep the club away low as my first move before the vertical move up or hinge. For me, if I pick the club up that early I take massive divots and my elbows start to feel it...
Me too. I was pretty much self taught, but reached out to a vertical swing advocate to polish me up. I also feel my best swings are when I keep everything together and straight smooth take away, then raise the arms.
This is classic advice
Yes, classic.... as in the year 1927 classic.
Dave, swinging _with_ the core does not in itself create tension. In fact, you can be as loose as you want doing so.
how about driver/3w? same technique?
Nice
Too many bad comments - listen to the whole video: "The body does turn in the back swing, but it turns because it follows the motion of the arms". No where does he say to lift your arms independent of everything else. Because you start bent over, arms up with chest following means shoulders turn. It's just less back twisting. Torso turn with hips restricted is a back killer - just wait till you are older, you'll find out.
The backswing illusion! The arms do not swing sideways!!! They actually swing upwards as your body rotates! That's the secret!!!
yes good but what about right elbow, I tend to lift that too (a la nicklaus) is that 'wrong' in your opinion?
Jonas Bellander the opposite is true. The more bent you are the easier it is to make tour swing vertical to the ball.
If you'd joined the Navy, you'd have been Seaman Seeman.
The back swing is called shake hands with your partner. Imagine some one being beside you and shake there hand on your back swing.
I'd like to see how it travels, why not show us where it ends up? wouldn't it be harder to do a draw with that swing?
Depends on the golfer and his tendencies..
I bet you have a lot of critics,with traditional swing they tell you get back facing target swing well to the left you must have full wrist hinge and lag,no wonder handicap golfers don,t improve.I,m not one of your critics i,m a fan and it,s easier to learn.S/J.Senior occasional golfer.
Simple
Also it looks like you stand taller at address and not hunched over which produces too much of an around swing.
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Doesn’t work for me... too many swing faults
Very unique last name you have, Mr. Seeman!
By any chance, is your middle name Loves?
Seems like a nice guy, but this is shaky advice, imo. Any conscious manipulation of the arms or hands will result in inconsistency at best, and I don't even want to talk about the worst. Any arm/lift lift is likely to take a golfer off plane and get the club stuck behind the torso. It is hard to keep the clubhead inside the hands and everything disconnects. Even his demo swing at the end is poor, as the arms separated from the body immediately. His good contact on this shot was the result of years of repeated play and excellent eye-hand coordination, and it was with a mid iron. He has another video that discusses a lateral shift (slide) being the first move of the downswing.
To each his own, but I don't agree with any of this.
the body turns and the arms lift.... your a large man, so you don't have to make a big turn, but many senior and women need to
Horrible lesson. U never lift arms in backswing. Let the shoulder turn the golf club in backswing to be consistent hitting.
Viral,
Thanks for your criticism! I also believe that the shoulder should start the backswing. But, when I was doing these videos, my audience were people with bad backs and seniors with health issues. My intent was to give them a way of remaining playing this great game instead of quitting.
Mitral not true. You do lift your arms. Maybe not exactly like this but as the shoulders turn and the hips follow, there is an arm lift as you go back. Look it up
chicken wing swing
THEIR IS NO PERFECT GOLF SWING! Their is your swing my swing and his swing no one swing is perfect . Once a teacher tell you that so in so has a perfect golf swing get your money back and find another teacher.
That is no secret dude I have played golf for the past 30 years around the USA and everywhere i go and talk to teachers this is what they are teaching it is no secret and their is no perfect swing body types differ so no one will have the same swing even if you are the twin of your brother your swings will differ.
So you basically just stated what I said previously, "there is your swing, his swing, my swing" theory and how you keep calling it a Secret and now say that "many know and teach the secret" It is not a Secret as I stated b4 you are falling in the line that there is a perfect golf swing there is no such thing! I am done wasting time on this subject!
It is all about your personal coordination of what your eyes see and what your body can do with it...that is why Professional baseballs players can hit a 90 mile an hour fast ball and a pro golfer can shoot in the 60's...that is why there are so many different golf swings, it is called what ever works...from Moe Norman's swing to John Daly's swing...does not matter that is what their eyes and body worked out for them....
Uhhhmmmm nope! Rotate your body, it's effortless power.
GolfnutBruce,
Thanks for your comments. What you don’t know is this was a swing I taught for many years to older, physically challenged individuals that needed a way to keep playing this great game. I agree that there should be rotation of the body in the swing, but if you have a bad back, knees or hips, this is a way to keep you playing. Have a very happy new year! Dave
@@DaveSeemanGolf my father is 81 and resorted to this a few years ago. As it turns out, rotation is pretty easy when done correctly. He's hitting it further with much less effort after a few easy range sessions. Mobility issues aren't generally as limiting as bad instructions. While I realize your intention to keep people playing longer, many older golfers were trained to lock the legs and coil against them. Lifting the lead heel, allowing the knees to move so the hips can approach 45° and the shoulders to approach 90° with a straight lead arm and good wrist cock with supple muscle tension is far more effective and much, much less prone to injury of the student.
Trackman, GC quad, force plates and excellent hight speed video has taken all the guesswork and woo woo out of the golf swing. My oldest student is 83 and he's found 13 yards with a 7 iron by expending much less effort. Happy new year!
Dave, are you serious? The golf swing is on a roof top inclined plane, the ball is on the ground, shsssss
Bad advice . It is all in shoulder turning.
Vimal,
Thank you for your comments! I agree that a shoulder turn is important, but if you have a bad back or bad hip or bad knees, this swing will help you to continue playing when you are older. This series of videos was meant for people that have health issues. If you’re healthy, turn away!
Are you kidding.
Dead leg golf swings. Ugh. The reason everyone is getting back surgery these days.
Poor swing for those not capable of producing a proper athletic one.
Stand right there and hit the ball. It works.
Truly awful advice.
agree, just waffle!
Awful advice for one person maybe great advice for another....
lol you are clueless