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image of faulty follow through--too handsy causing lack of extension

image of improper follow through--club pointing down back

image of proper extension in follow through

image of proper follow through

different angle of image of proper follow through

The Follow Through

The first picture to the left shows a considerable amount of wrist cock early into the follow through. This is a classic sign of a golf swing in which the arms and body are at odds with one another. More specifically, it means that the golfer has blocked the release and had to roll the arms over in an effort to find a way to get the club square at impact. Had I been really hitting a ball hard with this flawed swing, my left shoulder would have been much higher and the right would have been much lower. The left arm also would have been much higher (enough above my right arm that there would have been a gap between the two). Any type of late manipulation such as this will affect one's overall consistency and their ability to hold up under pressure.

The second picture is the typical follow through position of someone with a severe case of the above problem. The body has blocked the swing by not unwinding soon enough so the only place the club can go is up and then back down over the the shoulder. Again, the cause is a swing plane that is too upright.

In picture three, I am showing what it would look like if my body and arms worked together. Notice the extension, which is due to the absence of any wrist cock. If the body and arms work correctly, there is no need for the arms to roll over as in the first picture above (there is a little roll around shoulder high, long after impact, due to momentum). When the swing isn't manipulated, the wrists only begin to cock at the very end of the follow though due to momentum as the arms finally begin to slow. Ben Hogan was the best at this, but Jack Nicklaus and Moe Norman were also exceptional!

The fourth picture shows a follow through position in which the body obviously worked around, rather than sideways as it would in an overly upright swing. The red line shows the general nature of the swing plane and path of the clubhead (I've exaggerated the flatness of the line for illustrative purposes) for a swing in which the body works correctly.

The fifth picture shows this same follow through from a different angle.

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