This TRAIL ARM Move Will TRANSFORM Your Ball Striking
4 golfers recommended it · 2023–2025
Explainer · Intermediate
Explains the trail arm move in the backswing and how it improves ball striking, with one-armed swings.
Why golfers recommend it
- Compare trail arm at 1:15
- Trail arm in backswing
- Trail arm bend
- One-armed swings feel
Summaries are written by AI from what golfers said about the video.
4 comments from Reddit
u/75_280z 2024 · r/GolfSwing · in “Cant stop shanking. Need serious HELP. Lost my golf swing.”
Check out this video and how your trail arm compares at around 1:15. ▶ this video
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u/IcyLow65 2023 · r/GolfSwing · in “Tips on this swing? Let’s hear what y’all think”
Your move is actually pretty decent. I'd work on your backswing action, specifically how that trail arm works because you are currently pulling it behind you. Give ▶ this video a look.
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u/MetalAsFork 2025 · r/GolfSwing · in “Please help 26 handicap”
The other tips about the grip/setup and tempo are right on, but I'd add that trail arm is really awkward as well. It looks like you're trying to "create width", but you need that trail elbow to bend. The whole thing is very basebally, especially if you pause the video at the top. You say it's a short backswing, but you wouldn't want it much longer especially for an iron. Footwork's good, and overall speed looks …
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u/pm_me_yo_creditscore 2025 · r/GolfSwing · in “Holding Wrist Angle”
Lots of small one-armed swings with the right hand really grooving the brush the ground reach to the target feel. ▶ this video
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