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In this analysis video, we're going to look at the follow-through position.

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Now the follow-through position is going to be slightly different for everybody, but it's

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roughly when the shaft is parallel to both the ground and the carbureline or somewhere

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out here in the follow-through.

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Essentially, this is when the swing ends and everything you do after this position is more

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a way to absorb the speed and absorb the forces that you've created in the golf swing than

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it is to control the geometry.

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So while there's things you could learn from after this point, for me, this is when

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all the movements of the swing really end.

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As always, we're going to discuss the position or the follow-through position from both the

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perspective of the body and from the arms.

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So first we'll take a look at the body.

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Now we're going to use the reference of what's happening from impact and from impact, what

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happens to get to the follow-through position is quite simple.

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The body is going to continue side bending to the right and extending.

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Now what that'll look like is here's impact position.

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And as he goes through into the follow-through, you will see that his spine appears to maintain

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its spine angle.

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What I mean about that is if you were to point a line through his shoulders, you can

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see that that's roughly perpendicular to where his spine is pointed and if you took it

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back to impact, you can see that that's roughly the angle that the shoulders are rotating

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around.

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We do the same thing with Adam Scott.

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We create that line of the shoulders pointing somewhere out in direction on a golf

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ball and you'll see that as he goes through into his follow-through position, he's going

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to continue side bending to the right and extending at the spine as he rotates, which

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gives the appearance of maintaining the spine angle.

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And now we can take a look at a couple amateurs and we can see what it would look like if

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you did not continue side bending or if you turned on more of a vertical axis.

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So here as we go into the follow-through and if I were to draw a line through the shoulders,

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you can see that it's pointed kind of well out here where if you saw with the two torporos

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who we had up here Adam Scott and Jason Duffner, they're going to be closer in the direction

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to the golf ball.

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If I continued to have her rotate, you can see that it would come up to a very horizontal

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position.

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So she's moving from side bend to standing upright as she goes through this phase.

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Now here's another amateur and you can see it's pointing slightly out as we continue

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going up.

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You can see that it gets even more horizontal.

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We'll bring up another torporo for an example so that you can have a refresher of what

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it looks like to maintain that side bend.

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So here we have Keegan Bradley and Fred Couples, both of whom would be considered more

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of a two-playing golf swing.

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So you would expect them to have a little more level shoulder plane to their vertical arm

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motion and as you can see as we go into the follow-through position, it's not exactly

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the case, both of them have their shoulders and their spine pointed heavily towards the

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golf ball or with a lot of right side bend.

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So if you have been told that you stand up in your downswing or that you need to keep your

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spine angle, what they're really talking about is keeping this right side bend.

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Now we've got lots of drills that help explain how you can do that from both the spine

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and the legs point of view and how they work together because it's not quite as easy as

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what most people tend to think.

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So check the transition or sorry, check the transition and the follow-through position drills

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and they'll show you exactly how to get this side bend.

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Now the next piece of the body that we're going to look at is this amount of spine extension

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which is best seen from the face on view.

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Now it's still a little tricky to see from any camera angle because we're rotating

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and the camera's not.

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But on 3D we can confirm that a lot of this is happening.

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So as we go from impact to that follow-through position, you'll see that the center of the

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lower body and the center of the upper body have a little bit of space between them as

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and the lower body is closer to the target than the upper body.

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Now part of this is done from the hips and part of this is done from the spine, but most

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golfers, most high level ball strikers will do this movement.

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On 3D we'll typically see numbers in the 50 to 60 degrees of backward bend or extension.

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Part of this is done from the hips, part of this is done from the spine.

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And here we see two examples of amateurs and we can take them through the same from

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impact to follow-through and you'll see that their spines are much closer to vertical.

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This gentleman, his hips are slightly forward or slightly ahead of his upper body.

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But here we have a relative new golfer and as we go to that follow-through position, you can

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see that for her, her upper body is actually closer to the target than the lower body.

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And she's in a little bit of flexion, not this extension or reverse seat position.

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So the two key movements for the body during this release are going to be that side bend

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and extension.

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And they're going to have a big influence on what the arms are going to do.

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So the next piece that we're going to look at is what I think is one of the most predictive

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pieces or one of the most predictive things that I could measure to determine your handicap

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level is how close your elbows are or when they reach their closest position.

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Most professionals are going to reach their closest position during this follow-through

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position.

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So they will frequently get as close together as six, seven inches where most amateurs

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are going to have their closest arm position just before impact and then they'll be getting

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further away.

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Part of that is because of what's happening with this side bend and extension.

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So pay attention during the next section and perhaps you can figure out why I have these

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drills organized the way that I do and how you can use them to piece the two components

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of the body and the arms together.

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So the last piece that we're going to look at is the arms and what they do from impact

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to this follow-through position.

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The symbol answer is the arms are going to extend and rotate.

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So if we look over here at Charlie Wee on the right, you'll see the back of his hand

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is pointed roughly at the target and you'll see that there's a certain amount of distance

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between his elbows.

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Now as he goes into that follow-through position, you'll see the back of his left hand

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is now pointing directly behind it and his elbows have gotten very close together.

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So his elbows are squeezing together as his forearms are rotating one on top of each

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other.

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One of the ways that and you'll see this in much more in depth when we get into the release

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but one of the ways that you'll see the rotation is the fact that you can see the fingers

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of his lead hand underneath the trail.

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So you can see the glove hand or the left hand right here where his right hand is now

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kind of on top of it.

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That indicates that he has had significant rotation through the forearms between impact

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in this position.

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If we look over on the left, we'll see a very unusual camera angle but one that's great

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for showing this elbows getting close together.

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So as this golfer Gary player comes into his follow-through, you'll see that his elbows

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or his forearms are practically touching.

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We'll look at a few more from this camera angle but I'll leave Charlie way over there

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so that you can visualize how the extension side bend as well as the elbow squeezing all

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kind of fit together.

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So here we have another swing and boom elbows are practically touching.

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That's when I believe gets cut off.

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So here we have classic Arnold Palmer and even though he has that unusual looking finish,

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you can see that at his follow-through position his elbows are virtually touching.

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His forearms are pretty much rubbing up against each other and then it's not until

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afterward that he does his trademark spin and signature move.

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Which is why I focus on the follow-through position being at this arm extension and waist

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tight position not what's that true end of your movement.

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So look at a couple more from this overhead position there you can see forearms right through

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there squeezing pretty close together.

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Not quite touching as much but still getting much closer together than your average

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amateur.

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We'll look at one more classically good swing and as we come through you can see that those

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forearms are very close together.

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So now let's take a look at a few amateurs going through that phase again so that you

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can see something to compare to.

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So what I want you to visualize is kind of the space between the elbows or the space between

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the forearms and what you'll see is as the skull fur goes through impact.

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That space is actually getting wider.

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You can see that the space right there is further apart than roughly that space there.

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Again if you look back at Charlie Wee it was much wider at impact than it was in the

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last phase.

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You'll also see that in this follow-through position over here on the left with the amateur

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you can see that his left hand is on top of his right hand where Charlie's Wee's left

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hand is underneath his right hand.

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So extension and rotation is what the arms are going to do in the follow-through.

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So we'll look at two more amateurs as they come through and you can see that those elbows

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are getting wider and wider apart.

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Both examples of the elbows getting wider apart and in both examples the glove hand is

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on top of the trail hand or the lead hand the left hand for these right hand and golfers

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is on top of the right hand.

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The extension of the arms and the rotation of the forearms is a clear indication of a release

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of all that energy in addition as far as the direction of both light is considered.

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By extending your arms through the shot you will help keep the glove moving away from

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you and keep the path going to the right so you will help control getting the bottom of

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the swing far enough forward and the path to the right which are two really big important

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pieces for being solid at impact.

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As with any of the major chunks that I teach it's a lot to think about which is why it's

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important to do the drills in order to train this side bending to the right the extension

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of the hips the extension of the arms and the rotation of the forearms.

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But I can tell you that if you can get a consistent and repeatable extended look the

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way these two golfers have here you will have a long future of hitting the ball very

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very solid.

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It's easy to practice with the nine to three drills and some of the other drills that I have

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to allow you to stop and isolate this position it can be hard to think about when you're

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doing it at full speed in a full swing.

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So be diligent with your practice in the follow-through position because this is one of the

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positions that is somewhat universal whether you have a one plane, a two plane, a stack

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until they're all kind of getting in this position I think it's a great checkpoint for you

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to start practicing and trying to train.