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Golfers learning the Rotary Swing 1 (RS1) swing will often “over cook” certain aspects of the swing as they try and develop the new sensations of the movement.
One common “miss” occurs when the golfer hits the ball fat — when the ground is struck before the ball. One of the most common causes of hitting it fat is when the arms release too early in the swing and the body stops its rotation through the shot. An AI swing analyzer can instantly identify this early-release pattern in your own swing.
As you have learned, as soon as the body stops or slows its rotation, the passive arms have the opportunity to “catch up” to the body and release off the chest. If the body has not properly cleared through to give the arms room to swing through, the club will be slung down too steeply toward the ground, producing a fat shot and robbing you of all power and control.
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It is critical for the body to keep rotating through while keeping the arms passive to avoid this common miss. It is also very critical that the golfer never try and actively use the arms to generate clubhead speed, as this will cause the arms to release from the body too early in the downswing and result in hitting behind the ball.
Golfers who are very focused on maintaining their spine angle throughout the swing can also have tendencies to hit the ball fat, as they tend to stop rotating the body out of the way or increase the spine angle too much during the downswing.
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