The KEY To The TRAIL ARM In The Backswing
6 golfers recommended it · ✓ 3 said it fixed their problem · 2024–2026
Explainer · Intermediate
Explains trail arm and elbow folding in the backswing, with a drill many golfers used at the range.
Why golfers recommend it
- Explains elbow and arm lift better
- Functional swing plane, long explanation
- Helped immensely at range
- Trail arm video helped me
- Game changer drill video
- Best explanation of trail elbow fold
Summaries are written by AI from what golfers said about the video.
6 comments from Reddit
u/WaltRumble 2024 · r/GolfSwing · in “How do you actually shallow the golf club?”
Someone posted this the other day and it’s been a game changer for me. ▶ this video
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u/wparson 2025 · r/GolfSwing · in “Swing thought to stop coming over the top.”
Yesterday I saw this video shared on this subreddit. It helped me immensely at the range last night. Although at first I was focusing on the trail arm too much in my backswing which was making my takeaway very inside. Then I started going steeper in the backswing and then in the downswing thinking about my trail elbow coming tight to my body, and I finally started swinging in to out ▶ this video
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u/WinterExcellent 2025 · r/GolfSwing · in “Best feel you’ve found for early extension”
I hate for it to seem like I'm not addressing your "problem" but I feel like it's one of those things that if you fix the other things it will kinda just go away naturally and you'll get some new problems. So exciting is the game of golf! I watched this video on the trail arm recently and it helped me: ▶ this video Do some research into setup. It seems to me like you're hunched over possibly because of having the …
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u/TeddaMan2 2024 · r/GolfSwing · in “3 months in. Why do I flare trail elbow/arm? How to stop my overswing? ”
This elbows together drill will give you the right feel for keeping the trail elbow in front of your chest at the top (if you do it enough to reprogram your brain). This will also fix your over-swing. ▶ this video
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u/alionandalamb 2024 · r/GolfSwing · in “Having issues with consistency. My mishit has changed from a slice to a snap hook?”
Your elbow gets a long way from your torso and your hands get super high because you are lifting your arms at your shoulder when you get near the top as your reach for that extra torque (some teacher use a glove drill in your trail arm pit to teach you to get keep your arms connected). This explains it better ▶ this video
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u/Happy-Caramel8627 2025 · r/GolfSwing · in “20 hcp - Feels like I’m on the right track?”
This video is the best I have found at explaining this. Check out the 1 min 30 second mark especially. The reason why this is so important is that if your trail elbow is folded on plane and in front of your chest, you can shallow and fire through without early extension. It's a critical part of the swing that nobody ever talks about because when your trail elbow folds correctly it puts you in an uncomfortable …
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