The Left Forearm In The Release

u/GolfExplained 2025 · r/GolfSwing · in “Looking to get rid of the chicken wing in my finish, and any other thoughts you have! (5-iron)”

Here's the video of arm rotation: ▶ this video This rotation allows the arm to be pulled straight through the release. If you don't have enough of it you'll have a chicken wing. Aka turn the back of the hand to the ground more and you'll see that your arm can't bend because it's rotating differently and the elbow points down at the ground because that's how your joints work. If yours don't rotate then your elbow …

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u/Illustrious-Ratio213 2024 · r/GolfSwing · in “Any tips for more distance?”

Your face is wide open coming into impact so you have to stall your rotation to slam the club face shut and it’s giving you some chicken wing on the follow through. Work on rotating your arms like in this video. ▶ this video You might start pulling it so then add swinging out to the right more

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u/TacticalYeeter 2025 · r/GolfSwing · in “8i took a lesson; help with transition”

You are trying to never really rotate the arm and club in the downswing. So you can’t shallow out naturally and you have to chop down at the ground with the face opening to hit it. You need to start trying to get the clubface to come around more while it turns around the shaft a bit. ▶ this video Once you understand the arm needs to turn over it’ll make more sense why you can lower your arms earlier and hit from the …

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