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Keep your arm straight: true or false?
You've heard and read by thousands of years ... OK, maybe hundreds, OK, forever ... "Keep your left arm straight "(Right handed, I'm sorry I do not mean to be discriminated against lefties). What does this mean anyway and is a good thing? One thing is certain about hitting a golf ball: the bigger the radius or the arc of his swing, the farther the ball. Imagine how far he could hit with a survey phone! It is logical that if two people swing the same way, the tallest person to hit the ball farther because it has longer arms. So it was the wisdom of teaching golf proclaimed that if he keeps his arm lead directly, which would create wider and therefore a larger radius on the swing, and, of course, more distance. In fact most of the books of old golf instruction, around 1980 and before, it said in black and white " keep your arm straight. "And that golfers are ALWAYS after more distance, so if you say the books, so it must be true.
PROBLEM: A straight arm is a strong arm that resembles a metal bar, and tense muscles move like turtles. And turtles can only play executive courses, because they can not reach 425 yards par 4 in two shots. We have to rest the arm to achieve club head speed and therefore hit the ball farther. Now if we look in the photos of oscillation of a professional golfer usually looks like your arm is straight, but this is an optical illusion. If you're standing next to that reality, golfer, you'll see the arm bending at the elbow and it feels soft, not as a metal bar. If you are fairly flexible, the arm may be extended with less bending.
When teaching, do not talk about the arms straight. Instead I will ask students to let their arms are extended naturally to allow the clubhead to take his own arm during the backswing. I think this is an appropriate image of a relaxed swing that allows a large radius to help you maximize the distance while swinging easy. This can happen only if the grip is light. So start right arm to replace the term with "nice natural extension." You will continue much further, I totally promise.