Your Swing Falls Apart When This Arm Closes
3 golfers recommended it · 2025–2026
Explainer · Intermediate
Explains how the trail arm closing hurts the swing, with trail elbow tuck and plane analysis.
Why golfers recommend it
- Functional plane GIF analysis
- Trail arm tuck at 7:55
- Trail elbow feel, better explained in video
Summaries are written by AI from what golfers said about the video.
3 comments from Reddit
u/TeddaMan2 2025 · r/GolfSwing · in “Rate my swing”
[i.redd.it] In the GIF above you can see from club-head trace that you have an inside takeaway leading to a shallow under-plane backswing. The preference amongst elite players is to have the BS at least slightly steeper than the downswing. At address you are sitting back on your heals and reaching for the ball. This is not how elite players address the ball. At address a line drawn up from the front of your laces …
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u/Ciddie 2026 · r/GolfSwing · in “Front view swing of recent post”
I think that squeeze feeling is not a bad one generally as it promotes good arm structure, there are training aids to help that like the ball/balloon. But for me and not casting specifically- keeping the inside of my trail elbow pointing away from me and stopping it pointing towards the target is a massive help- this video does a better job of explaining that I can : ▶ this video
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u/voice_of_reason_61 2025 · r/GolfSwing · in “Keep slicing my irons. Any suggestions?”
Hard to tell without a front on video as well, but I think your trail arm is rotating out of tuck position. Take a look at 7:55 on this video. ▶ this video Good luck!
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