alexclappgolf

STOP TRYING TO DRIVE YOUR ELBOW FORWARD.

One of the biggest mistakes I see is golfers trying to force the trail elbow in front of the hip in transition.

That can push the arm too far out, disrupt the sequence and make the club harder to deliver.

Instead, I want the trail arm to reconnect to the ribcage and then let the body turn.

Using the Pure Swing Products In The Slot, you can really feel that relationship.

The trail arm works back into the side of the body, the ribcage keeps turning, and the club can organise itself without being shoved into position.

That helps create:

✔ Better trail-arm structure
✔ More efficient rotation
✔ Improved shaft lean
✔ Better compression
✔ A more connected downswing

The key is not to drive the elbow forward.

Let it reconnect, then turn through.

That usually gives you a much cleaner delivery and far less need to manipulate the club through impact. 👊🏼

3 DRILLS TO STOP COMING OVER THE TOP.

If your club keeps working left and across the ball in the downswing, try these 3 simple feels.

1. Ball outside your trail heel

Place a ball or tee peg outside your right heel, roughly underneath your hands.

As you start down, feel like the clubhead is going to attack that ball first.

That encourages the club to work more behind you and approach the golf ball from the inside.

2. Swing underneath your lead arm

Hold your lead arm out in front of you and swing the club with your trail arm.

Your goal is to feel the trail arm and club work underneath your lead forearm and fist, rather than throwing out over the top.

This is a great way to understand how the trail arm should work in transition.

3. Keep the handle stationary

Place your lead hand on the butt end of the club with the club held vertically from the floor.

Keep that lead hand completely still.

Now use your trail arm to swing underneath it.

If you throw the club out towards the ball, you’ll immediately lose the space.

Instead, feel the trail arm drop and work underneath.

All 3 drills exaggerate the same idea:

Create space. Let the arms work down. Stop throwing the club out.

You don’t need to force the club shallow.

Give it somewhere to go. 👊🏼

THIS IS WHERE SO MANY SWINGS GO WRONG.

The first few feet of the golf swing can influence everything that happens after it.

And one of the biggest mistakes I see is golfers changing their wrist structure too early.

Instead, feel like you maintain the slight cup in your lead wrist as the club starts back.

That helps keep the clubhead outside the hands instead of instantly whipping inside.

From there, let the motion come from your core and chest turning, rather than rolling the forearms or dragging the club away with the hands.

The result?

✔ Cleaner takeaway
✔ Better clubhead position
✔ More width
✔ Better wrist structure
✔ A backswing that’s easier to organise

Get the start right and the rest of the swing becomes much easier to build.

Simple movement. Better structure. Easier backswing. 👊🏼

THIS ONE DRILL FIXES SO MANY SWING FAULTS.

If you struggle with your turn, tilts, posture or early extension, try this.

Place a club across your shoulders so the clubface matches your spine angle, with the majority of the club sitting on your trail side rather than your lead side.

From there:

Turn to the top and feel the butt of the club point towards the ball.

Then rotate through to impact and feel the clubface point towards the ball.

That gives you a really simple reference for how the torso should turn and tilt throughout the swing.

Done correctly, it helps you:

✔ Maintain your posture
✔ Create better backswing tilts
✔ Improve your pivot
✔ Stop the trail hip hiking too high
✔ Reduce early extension
✔ Rotate through impact more efficiently

The important part is not just turning.

It’s turning while maintaining the correct tilts.

Get the pivot right and the arms and club have a much easier job.

Save this one and rehearse it slowly before hitting balls. 👊🏼

YOUR BACKSWING IS MAKING THE DOWNSWING HARDER.

If your trail arm gets too far behind you in the backswing, the club often gets narrow, trapped and much harder to organise in transition.

Try this drill.

For a right-handed golfer, hook a club around your lead elbow, hold the shaft with your lead hand, then place the club against the crease of your trail elbow.

Now turn and keep the structure.

The feedback from the club stops the trail arm disappearing too far behind you and helps the arms stay much better organised relative to the chest.

That can create:

✔ More width
✔ Better trail-arm structure
✔ Less getting stuck
✔ A more organised backswing
✔ A club that can shallow more naturally

A lot of golfers try to fix the downswing when the problem was created much earlier.

Build a better backswing and make everything after it easier.

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YOU’RE MAKING THE GOLF SWING TOO STATIC.

The golf swing is a dynamic movement.

So why do so many golfers try to start it from a completely static position?

Try this.

Hover the club just above the ball and allow your pressure to flow back and forth before you start the swing.

Feel the pressure move into your lead side, back towards your trail side, then use that flow to start the club moving.

You’re not trying to sway.

You’re creating dynamic movement and pressure before the swing even begins.

That small amount of movement can help create:

✔ Better pressure shift
✔ More rhythm and flow
✔ Better sequencing
✔ A more athletic backswing
✔ Easier speed and power

Golf isn’t played from a frozen position.

Sometimes getting the pressure moving before the club moves makes the entire swing feel easier.

Stop trying to stay perfectly still.

Create some movement, then swing. 👊🏼

I WISH I PRACTISED LIKE THIS 15 YEARS AGO.

What if you slowed everything down?

What if you exaggerated the movement instead of trying to make it look perfect straight away?

What if you actually used video to check whether what you feel is what you’re really doing?

Because when you’re trying to change a golf swing, feel and real are rarely the same thing.

A movement that feels enormous might barely look different on camera.

That’s why I want:

Slow reps.
Exaggerated reps.
Paused reps.
Video feedback.

If you’re trying to change one swing trait, exaggerate the complete opposite.

Too steep? Feel ridiculously shallow.

Too much sway? Feel like you barely move laterally at all.

Too narrow? Feel excessively wide.

You’re not trying to make that exaggerated feel your golf swing forever.

You’re using exaggeration to move the needle far enough to actually create change.

Then, once the movement starts changing, you can gradually neutralise the feel and add speed.

Exaggerate it. Check it. Own it. Then add speed. 👊🏼

THIS IS HOW I’D USE TECHNOLOGY TO ACTUALLY CHANGE MY GOLF SWING.

One of the hardest parts of changing your swing is knowing whether you’re actually making the movement you think you are.

That’s where I like using HackMotion.

I used Practice Mode to work specifically on my takeaway.

First, it helps diagnose exactly what the wrists are doing and gives you measurable feedback rather than relying purely on feel or video.

Then you can set the movement you’re trying to achieve and get instant audio feedback when you hit the correct wrist position.

That’s huge.

Instead of:

Make a swing → check the video → guess → try again…

You get feedback during the movement itself.

Hear the cue.

Recognise the feel.

Repeat it.

That’s how I’d use technology — not to make the swing more complicated, but to make practice more precise.

Diagnose it. Get feedback. Repeat the correct movement until the feel starts to become yours. 👊🏼

IF YOU WANT THE PERFECT BACKSWING… START HERE.

This is one of the simplest ways to understand what the top of the backswing should actually feel like.

Stand upright and hold the club directly in front of you.

Then:

Add some trail elbow bend.

Allow the wrist to become slightly flexed.

Turn your body.

Then simply add your golf posture and tilt.

Suddenly you’ve created a really organised backswing position without trying to manufacture it from address.

That’s the key.

The top of the backswing is just a combination of:

✔ Arm structure
✔ Wrist conditions
✔ Turn
✔ Tilt

Build those pieces first, then blend them into your normal swing.

The golf swing becomes much easier when you understand what creates the position, rather than just trying to copy one.

Save this and give it a go before your next range session. 👊🏼