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The right arm is a real make or break item when the golf swing is concerned.

Use it properly and you have all the room in the world to release the club and release the body.

Use it incorrectly and the entire motion can become a fight to get any type of straight or powerful release of the club to occur.

In this video with 1995 PGA Champion Steve Elkington I discuss the right arm and the role it plays-

With tips and thoughts about how we can make adjustments with the setup to help solve the riddle of the right arm.

For many years golfers have been told that to hit the ball straight and pure they MUST align themselves squarely to their target at setup.

Yet history proves otherwise. There have been many amazing golfers who never set parallel to the target line.

The alignment of a golfer MUST be based on two things... How their swing functions AND how they see things.

Here is a great drill to help you understand both these options and how they are relevant to you.

Many may have seen me write about how I am not a big believer in using alignment sticks on the ground as an alignment tool...

let me explain why I believe they aren't all that important or beneficial.

The main problem with the obsession with address alignments is that NOTHING looks the same at impact......

At address the feet are flat but at impact the right heel is off the ground....

At address the knees are square but at impact the knees are not where they were......

At address the hips are square or near square yet at impact the hips are normally (or should be) open...

At address the shoulders are square or near square but at impact the shoulders are normally open.....

At address the head is in one place yet at impact the head is usually lower- because of ALL the above.

Hands- Arms- Club...ALL different. At address no pressure...yet at impact there are tons of pressures (hopefully!!!!).......

EVERYTHING CHANGES.