Right Shoulder

[jlgenson]

MJ

Can trying to lift the club too much lead to a high rt shoulder at the top of the swing? I am working on a flatter shoulder turn, but I think I may be lifting the club up too much in the backswing. Thank you.

Jon

[Michael Jacobs]

MJ

Can trying to lift the club too much lead to a high rt shoulder at the top of the swing? I am working on a flatter shoulder turn, but I think I may be lifting the club up too much in the backswing. Thank you.

Jon

Jon,

This is the key point that I have been trying to drive home in all of my content. Arms have to be separated from the body. The arms have to been seen as having a different responsibility. Raising your arms on the back swing is a good thing, but it needs to be done independent of the right shoulder. Practice raising your right arm without raising the right shoulder and you will be on your way

[jlgenson]

Jon,

This is the key point that I have been trying to drive home in all of my content. Arms have to be separated from the body. The arms have to been seen as having a different responsibility. Raising your arms on the back swing is a good thing, but it needs to be done independent of the right shoulder. Practice raising your right arm with raising the right shoulder and you will be on your way

MJ

Thanks. In your last sentence did you mean to say to practice raising your right arm without raising the right shoulder?

Jon

[Michael Jacobs]

MJ

Thanks. In your last sentence did you mean to say to practice raising your right arm without raising the right shoulder?

Jon

Yes you are right, I made the correction

Thanks

[joeparr]

Am I missing something. How is that done?

[vjsinger]

Im new to this site,but Id love to take a stab. What about extensor action with the right arm with the weight transferring to the right heel and a swivel to the top? I think with the weight moving to the right heel that levels out the sholuders without too much thought. And then the swivel with the palms of your hands facing each other at the top.

I just started learning about golf and am trying to get through the yellow book, please be kind.

VJSINGER

[Michael Jacobs]

Am I missing something. How is that done?

Joe,

The concept involves trying to get the golfer's right shoulder to stop 'riding high' on the back swing. Try this stand straight up and bring your right shoulder to your ear ...... You will get a shrug type movement where the right shoulder rides up. This is something we desperately want to avoid on the back swing. Jon sent me a video of his swing and this is what was taking place so we were trying to correct it

[Michael Jacobs]

Im new to this site,but Id love to take a stab. What about extensor action with the right arm with the weight transferring to the right heel and a swivel to the top? I think with the weight moving to the right heel that levels out the sholuders without too much thought. And then the swivel with the palms of your hands facing each other at the top.

I just started learning about golf and am trying to get through the yellow book, please be kind.

VJSINGER

VJ,

We are always kind , when the golfer steps on the right foot before the club goes back on the takeaway, it does help flatten the shoulder movement by stepping into the right heel instead of the toe or ball of foot.

Ex tensor action is something a bit different.... it is more of a check rein type action. I will explain this in the next indoor video tip. We will have a tip up soon and this is will be one of our discussions

As for swiveling on the backswing, I would watch video tip #10 'closeup of hand action' one more time as a review.

[jlgenson]

Would it be correct to try and swing and actually try and prevent the right shoulder from shrugging? Thanks.

[Michael Jacobs]

Would it be correct to try and swing and actually try and prevent the right shoulder from shrugging? Thanks.

You could look at it that way as it pertains to your pattern... I would stick to the drill with the club across the shoulders and make sure you are trying to keep that club parallel to the ground as you make your pivot. You won't be able to shrug from there