Straight left arm.

What does everybody here do to keep a straighter left arm throughout their swing.
I have been practising after reading to keep more pressure on your left thumb, and to use your right hand at the top of your swing(as it should overlap your left hand) to straighten out your arm??

I shortened my backswing.  Seriously.

Werd.


(Although, moreover, the concept of a straight left arm, is becoming antiquated.  Instead of attempting it as a mechanic of the swing, it should be more the bye product of a good takeaway, with proper upper body rotation, and setting of the wrists.  In short, Jules, if you think 'left arm straight', it, in and of itself, isn't bad.  But, by and large, it will/could short circuit the other functions necessary in your back swing.  Instead, think..'take the club head away with a pushing motion, starting with the left shoulder, keeping the club head outside* your hands to waist high.  Let the momentum of that action carry up, and allow your wrists to set naturally.  I think you will find, that with that 'one piece takeaway', that your left arm is straighter than it has been/you think it is.)


*ever so slightly, as seen from down the line.

That's a very nice article!

Name-calling isn't nice, stroh.

No matter; it's still not nice.

What good would that do?

Yeah, you're right.  It's just that they pick on me.  They're all bigger than me.  Smarter than me.  Have nicer hair than me. More gooder at computers than me.  Know how to type better than me, without having to say gooder. Spell better than me, although they use words I don't know on purpose, an probably spell them wrong on purpose, so I'll look them up, and can't find them, 'cause they spelled them wrong on purpose, 'cause they know I don't know what they mean, so I can't look them up, or find them, 'cause they aren't suppose to be hiding in there anyway.  It's out of bounds!