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Keep Your Positions on Plane with the SwingAlign

If you need a refresher with body positioning throughout your swing, the SwingAlign can put your arms or legs on plane and on point.

Released on 11/21/2019

Transcript

00:00

[smooth music]

00:06

Good training aids offer a lot of feedback.

00:09

The Swing Align does a great job in offering

00:12

both visual and sensory feedback.

00:14

Let me show you how it works.

00:16

You simply have to slip the cuffs on,

00:19

onto your biceps just above your elbows,

00:25

and from here, the green aluminum rod shows,

00:29

very clearly, how your upper body is aligned.

00:33

Right now I'm square to the target,

00:35

now I can see that I'm a little open to the target,

00:37

now I can see I'm a little shut,

00:38

or closed to the target.

00:40

By the way, the Swing Align does come

00:42

with an extra aluminum rod,

00:44

which I've laid down on the ground,

00:46

which offers an additional visual cue.

00:49

So I'm gonna swing back,

00:52

hold it at the top of the back swing for a second.

00:54

So in addition, the aluminum rod shows you

00:58

how your body is turning.

01:00

So if the rod is 90 degrees,

01:03

or perpendicular to the target line,

01:04

then you know you've made a full shoulder turn.

01:06

So in my case I've made a full shoulder turn.

01:10

The aluminum rod also shows

01:11

whether you're on plane or not.

01:14

If the aluminum rod is pointed slightly downward,

01:17

you're pretty much on plane.

01:19

But if the aluminum rod is pointed up to the sky,

01:23

then you're getting a little off-plane.

01:25

So let me go ahead and hit a shot,

01:27

and what you really feel during the swing

01:29

is how well your arms and body are connected.

01:34

[smooth music]

01:40

[ball smacks]

01:42

In addition to the upper body,

01:44

you can also use the Swing Align for the lower body.

01:47

So you may find that the Swing Align XL,

01:51

which is a slightly larger version with larger cuffs,

01:56

works better on the lower body.

01:57

You would position them just above your knees,

02:00

again you're gonna get the nice alignment feature

02:02

with the rod,

02:03

and you're also gonna be able to hone in

02:05

on how well or how poorly your lower body

02:08

is moving on little pitches, chips,

02:10

and even on putts.

02:11

So the Swing Align offers great visual,

02:14

as well as sensory feedback,

02:16

both for the upper and the lower body,

02:18

and you can train with it,

02:20

hitting balls as I did,

02:21

or even without golf balls.

02:23

[smooth music]

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