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The Right Arm in Golf | The Role of the Right Arm in the Golf Takeaway

In the previous lesson, we discussed the shoulder blade glide — moving inward toward center, toward your spine.

We explained how, if you keep everything connected, the shoulder blade glide gets everything moving correctly on plane and path without you having to consciously control anything during the golf takeaway.

It is a remarkably simple way to take the club back.

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Now we are going to discuss the trail arm in golf and how it causes one of the most common faults in the takeaway.

By far, the most common fault we observe is the trail arm starting to fold too early in the backswing.

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Chuck Quinton

is the founder of the RotarySwing Tour online golf instruction learning system. He played golf professionally for 8 years and has been teaching golf since 1995 and has worked with more than 100 playing professionals who have played on the PGA, Web.com and other major tours around the world.

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