08/10/2026
For More Power have Spaghetti Arms
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Golfers are always looking for more power, and somehow that usually translates into trying harder with their arms.
Unfortunately, the harder you try to hit with your arms, the tighter they become — and tight muscles don’t move very fast.
So try this little experiment. Stand upright with your arms completely relaxed and hanging at your sides. Now, without intentionally moving your arms, start turning your body from side to side.
What happens?
Your arms start flopping around all by themselves. You didn’t make them swing. Your body moved, and your relaxed arms responded. That is the feeling I want in your golf swing.
I call them spaghetti arms. 🍝
Your arms already know how to respond to the turning motion of your body. As your body rotates, your relaxed arms and the golf club naturally want to travel around you.
You don’t have to manufacture that motion by pulling, lifting or throwing the club with your hands.
And where does the original energy come from?
The ground!!!
Newton’s Third Law tells us that for every action there is an equal and opposite reaction. When you apply force into the ground through your feet, the ground applies force back into you. Your legs and hips use that energy to help rotate your body, your torso turns, and your relaxed arms and club come along for the ride. Learn more Think of the sequence as:
Ground → Legs → Hips → Body → Spaghetti Arms → Club
Not: HANDS!!! HIT THE BALL!!! 😆
The golf swing already creates plenty of speed when we stop interfering with it. So next time you practice, soften your grip, relax your shoulders, let those arms feel like cooked spaghetti, and turn your body.
Your arms already know how to swing.
Let them!!!
LPGA Golf Instructor🏌🏻♀️
