Annabel Rolley on Extension (Video)

As I give up this yr over the following week you'll be seeing a range of factors, including reposts of some past educational posts that I suppose are foundational to a very good swing. Tonight I've were given every other video from Annabel Rolley -- this one, on growing extension thru the ball.

Two matters to observe here.

• First, extension means that both arms are straight (though not rigid) and the club shaft points straight toward your belly button.
• And second, if you imagine a clock face superimposed on her swing, that extension happens when your arms are somewhere between the 4 and 5 o'clock position.

Now, once you understand where the extension happens, you have to learn how to do it... and that's where Annabel's drill comes in. No doubt you've seen this drill before, although it's generally used to improve connection between your arms and upper body. But how long you maintain this connection determines what this drill teaches you.

Most gamers do not preserve this connection lengthy enough. They allow their fingers waft away from their body during their downswing -- in Annabel's drill, they let the club cover drop before they hit the ball -- and that reasons them to push and/or slice their photographs.

If they preserve this connection too lengthy -- that is, in the event that they don't allow the duvet drop till the ball is properly on its way -- they have a tendency to tug and/or hook their pictures. Bear in thoughts that some gamers want this. If you pay attention approximately righthanded players who're working on 'swinging left' to help create a fade, they're possibly using some version of this drill.

What Annabel wishes you to do is permit the duvet drop somewhere inbetween by using letting your palms separate from your top frame whilst your palms are moving down the road towards your goal. This offers you more of a high end -- as a minimum, it is better than the low left end for a fade.

Learning to awareness on in which you need the ball to head -- and as a result swinging your arms alongside that line -- is one of the fundamental keys to improving your play. This drill facilitates you do this.