Hello Sir- I am Right handed all the way.. From a small child I’ve always batted Left Handed. Picked up clubs a year ago and Yeap I’m left-handed. I feel I’m losing power because my trail arm is much much weaker. Is there any suggestions in activating some power, since my lead arm is my power? It’s difficult telling my right arm to chill with the power and stop activating so much power while my left arm is holding on for dear life. Lol Tks I’m really enjoying my membership. You’re an excellent teacher and really seeing drastic improvements. Peace & Blessings Pastor Perry
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Hi there,
I just joined Saguto golf searching directly for this topic out of despair 😀
@pastorperry01 good to see that I am not alone here...my case is pretty much like yours, left-handed lad who picked up a right-handed golf for the first time 2 years ago. I have spent the last two years figuring out how to "tame" my left arm as the range practice time/golf round times go by, it basically takes over more and more my swing getting everything out of sync (and frequent visits to Pull-slice town). It is not as bad as it sounds as I have been able to have good fun golfing around, but I start noticing that further improvement is pretty much capped now until I put a remedy to that. Have you tried out the drill suggested by Tom below or anything else that might have helped in your case? Your comments would be really appreciated.
Cheers, Fabio.
Welcome to this great members forum community, Pastor Perry!!
With regard to your question, please start with this thread on the same topic and let's see if that helps. Here's is the drill referred to in that thread.
It is an interesting scenario, but you're definitely not alone! Just ask Phil... (On second thought, perhaps we shouldn't be asking Phil too much nowadays...😬😆) One of the keys in your situation is to not allow that strong arm - which probably seems to have a mind of its own in anxiously wanting to take over when you're trying to bust one - to jump ahead of the lower body and throw the entire downswing out of sequence, because if it does you're likely taking regular trips to Pull-Slice City. If you can train it instead to trail the lower body to the point where the shaft is parallel to the ground on the way down, then you should be in position to hit hard with the dominant hand as if it were a tennis backhand shot or throwing a frisbee.
TS