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The drill is right elbow in front of right peck.

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So during the backswing we talk about what the arms need to do and what the body needs to

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do.

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And one of the simple ways to look at what the right arm needs to do is it basically is going

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to elevate slightly and it's going to externally rotate.

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So we have a few different ways that we can kind of practice this general movement.

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But one simple checkpoint that you can use if you're using a mirror at home or if you're

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videotaping your swing is if I was to do that

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standing up in front of you or standing facing you just like so and I was to make that

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movement.

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What you would see is from that camera angle this elbow would be more less in front of this

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right peck just slightly not completely in front of it but it would be kind of touching

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it.

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As opposed to if I was to let this arm go around me kind of like so obviously there's

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a big distance between this line of my right peck and my right elbow.

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So what you can do is you can check from the down the line camera or using a mirror and

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you can make sure that your body is controlling a lot of the depth and the right elbow

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stays more or less in front of that right peck.

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The problem is if the arm gets too much behind you like so then transition is typically

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going to encourage that movement and it's going to get steep with the arm path which is

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going to require one of the major compensations.

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So you can use a video or you can use the mirror and basically work on that elbow staying

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a little bit more in front of that peck that will make the movements that we're trying

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to do during a transition a little bit easier.

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Now this may feel like your arms are going much more vertically than your use to because

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a lot of the depth is controlled by the body turning.

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So the body turning on its good path helps control the depth and then the arm lifts kind

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of helps control this height.

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If you're used to not turning your body and just kind of pulling with your arms behind

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you then this is going to feel very steep and out in front of you.

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But use video, use mirror so that you can reaffirm what you're actually doing is the

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right thing that you should be doing and it'll make the transition ultimately the whole

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down swing a lot easier if you get into a more solid backswing position.

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However I usually try to build the downswing first so that you know at least what your

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brain wants to do and what you're trying to do with this club before you worry about some

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of these details during the backswing.