Flying Trail Elbow
What is actually happening
Your trail elbow lifts away from your body on the way to the top because lifting feels like power, especially once the shoulders stop turning a beat early. The elbow that should point at the ground at P4 points at the fence behind you instead. It pushes your hands high and deep and carries the club across the line with it.
What it costs you
From that flying position, the club has to be rerouted before it can come down on plane, and the usual reroute is the one that ruins rounds: out and over the top, cutting across the ball. Slices and pulls both start at this elbow. Bring it down and the downswing stops needing a rescue.
At the top, your trail elbow points at the ground, the same shape as a waiter carrying a tray. The arm folds. It never flies.
Glove Under the Arm
Tuck a glove into your trail armpit and make backswings without dropping it. This is connection training in the Hogan tradition, and the glove is a fair judge: it doesn't demand a pinned arm, just one that folds instead of flying. Start with slow swings to the top, pausing to check where the elbow points. Down at the ground and the glove stays. Out at the fence and it falls, usually right as your hands push past shoulder height, which tells you exactly where in the backswing the fault lives. Don't hit balls until the glove survives ten straight backswings. Then hit five three-quarter shots with it still in place. The swing will feel compact, almost restricted, and the ball will come out with more speed than the big flying swing ever gave it. Film one down the line to see the elbow pointing down at P4.
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