I could be the poster boy for "chicken wing"!

[vectorinvestor]

I saw some front on video today and boy was it ugly.

I hit my 7 iron 150 yds, I always thought this was average but after seeing that video I know I'm losing yards.

Anyone else here gone through this flaw, what did you do to fix it?

thanks,
Matt

[mindfulking]

Re: I could be the poster boy for "chicken wing"!

Chicken wing as in front arm bending at impact?

[vectorinvestor]

Re: I could be the poster boy for "chicken wing"!

Ya, left arm bending and looking like I'm holding on without letting the club release.

It sounds like an easy fix, just let your left forearm rotate but when I get that swing thought it seems as if I hook or pull the ball.

[SlicersHell]

Re: I could be the poster boy for "chicken wing"!

I did...I think it's gone now for me, but at least I think it's gone. First things first, make sure your left hand grip isn't overly strong. This makes it hard to get the proper rotation in the throughswing.

There's a whole cause and effect when it comes to chicken winging. You might not be doing it simply because you're not intentionally releasing the club. In my case, my swing path was bad (overly steep\outside in), so my brain\body was making sure I didn't pull it left by holding on for dear life.

A lot of this has to do with being too aggressive from the top. If you cast or throw the club right from the top by powering your swing with your right arm from the very top, it tends to take over the whole swing. You'll swing out and around and push that left arm out. This is caused by thinking about hitting at the ball, instead of letting the ball get in the way of the swing.

What I worked on was my transition, getting on the proper plane by not starting down by spinning my right shoulder out. It should go down, not out. Slight pause at the top, start the swing from the ground up and swing nice and easy.

Everyone can swing a club. It's once they think about hitting a ball that problems start. Swing the club like a baseball bat at shoulder level, feeling the right arm rotate over the left, slowly swinging it lower and lower until you're swinging at a level where you can hit a golf ball. Then just let the ball get in the way.

I know this sounds like vague advice, but it can very well be a tempo thing.

Try getting an old club and taping a weight to the end of it and swinging that. It becomes hard to steer the club like you've been doing when the club is heavy. This'll help you instill the proper path and release.