Top 25 Golf Pro Lesson Taut Swing Philosophy

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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 ways to keep your arms in the right place throughout your swing using the "David and Goliath" analogy and the baseball technique to keep everything "Taut".

Channel: Sports
Uploaded: March 8, 2007 at 1:22 pm
Author: clemshaw

Length: 00:08:42
Rating: 4.95
Views: 19871

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yc2s (October 8, 2008 at 4:06 am)
shawn, when I try to keep my left arm taut, I feel my arms very tight and I lose feels about my swing (and hit terrible shots). Am I over-doing it or it's the right sensation? I have this arm bent problem since day one I play golf and I really really want to get rid of it. any advice is greatly appreciated. thanks!
clemshaw (October 10, 2008 at 10:20 pm)
Yes! First you need to make sure there is no resistance in the backswing from your body to make the arms collapse against your rib cage so check out "no Bones About it" and then have a look at my "Left arm Straight?" video for a very intriguing solution!! Cheap too! All are on my "you Tube Shawn" page of my website...Shawn
jimmya67 (August 22, 2008 at 7:47 pm)
Also, does the Hogan "arms close together" approach interfere with getting the "chest out" as you recommend in the Posture Integrity video? Thanks again, your videos are fantastic and you're an amazing communicator of the golf swing.
jimmya67 (August 22, 2008 at 7:40 pm)
Shawn, I'm confused about where my arms should be in order to be correctly stacked at address. I've always followed Hogan's advice of arms close together (which you refer to here), arm pockets up w/elbows pointing to hips. This results in my upper arm/arm pit connected to my pectorals. But then I saw your Posture Integrity video and you said armpits s/b against my rib cage which increases the distance btwn my arms (and is really hard for me to establish at address). Which is correct? Thanks!
clemshaw (August 22, 2008 at 9:43 pm)
Great comment and observation;
Nothing is to be strained! Rib cage, pectorals, both! Feel a solid connection which should give you the feel that when you turn the rib cage out of the way in the backswing, it will toss the arms wide and away from the body into the backswing...see the "golf pro lesson be a better ball striker" video to see this in action with the perpetual motion drill; also the "no bones about it" video will shed some light...Shawn
jwsmith00 (May 31, 2008 at 8:43 pm)
Shawn, you discuss Hogan a bit in this video. Specifically his idea that the elbows should be close together. But if you watch the Hogan DVD, they look what Hogan actually did, and his elbows were loose and free of tension at address. Hogan did NOT keep his elbows together at address. Venturi states that Hogan only had his elbows together at impact. When I follow this advice, I hit some very good solid shots. So should my arms be free of tensions or taut at address?
clemshaw (June 1, 2008 at 9:09 pm)
This is precisely why I did this video; because for some, they need more tone in the arms because they flop around too much during the backswing; for others, they require more finesse in the arms; only you can tell which works best;
Great comment! Shawn
cmsima (May 28, 2008 at 8:51 pm)
Shawn - I think this video has been a missing link for me. I'd like to clarify my understanding. Using your ball/string example. The ball represents my hands holding the club .. right? If I keep the string (arms) taut, the ball (hands) swing on a wide arc. And by the way, the clubhead goes along for the ride & gets catapulted into the ball. Right? My current swing thought is keep my arms relaxed and let the body move them while keeping the left taut through the initial downswing. Right?
GUNman3893 (February 23, 2008 at 12:06 am)
im just going to throw this out there is there a way that i could show you my golf swing so that you clould give me a quick analysis...thanks agian
clemshaw (February 23, 2008 at 7:03 am)
Of course! I do many long distance lessons; you will see my rates at golflearningcentre dot com
I can have a quick look to give you an idea too; Just send me a link to your you tube vid from front, back and down the line with a 6 iron; Shawn