{"id":6159,"date":"2022-03-23T01:39:07","date_gmt":"2022-03-23T01:39:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.openstanceacademy.com\/golf\/?p=6159"},"modified":"2022-03-23T01:39:12","modified_gmt":"2022-03-23T01:39:12","slug":"straightening-legs-means-more-arms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.openstanceacademy.com\/golf\/straightening-legs-means-more-arms\/","title":{"rendered":"Straightening Legs Means More Arms"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Today (a few days hence), I tested whether straightening my legs means more arms. Eliminating excess knee bend at address is my goal. Of course, whenever I initiate a change, I always overdo. Therefore, don&#8217;t worry if my example looks a bit stiff. All I&#8217;m doing is creating &#8216;a movement experiment&#8217;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-wp-embed is-provider-bitchute wp-block-embed-bitchute\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" title=\"Straightening Legs Requires More Arms\" width=\"459\" height=\"344\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bitchute.com\/embed\/J4RyuOSMb3RL\/?feature=oembed#?secret=iZwErjfNfw\" data-secret=\"iZwErjfNfw\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><figcaption>Straightening Legs Means More Arms<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Obviously, I need to bend more at the waist to reach the ball when my legs straighten. I accept my changes without regard to comfort. I&#8217;m encouraged at my ability to make such drastic changes and still make good contact. However, I am concerned that my shoulders are a little open at address.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In subsequent sessions, I&#8217;ll redouble efforts to square my shoulders, because my misses are slightly toe-y and my miss is left. One way I  mitigate my miss is to &#8220;Invert&#8221; my spine angle toward the target into impact. I&#8217;m not really inverted, but think I am because my body feels strange.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I am intentionally normalizing my ball position (inside my left toe). Consequently, I&#8217;ll have to either path my club less outside-in or release my club earlier from my same set position. Either way, I want to be sure not to reroute my club flatter by sliding. I&#8217;m flat enough. If I were to shoot my video along my feet, you&#8217;d notice how flat my swing is. I want a neutral path as my normal. I can shape my ball with deviations off neutral.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Regardless, don&#8217;t let my process details hang you up. I probably shouldn&#8217;t even mention my straightening legs, but I want to be honest here. Just focus your efforts on taking a set-up idea (Open Stance and square shoulders), create your unique solution, and make perfect impact &#8211; hitting your ball exactly straight at your target. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>John Wright &#8211; Founder<br>The Open Stance Academy<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.openstanceacademy.com\/golf\/our-shoulders-hook-our-golf-ball-not-our-hands\/\">Our Shoulders Hook Our Golf Ball, Not Our Hands<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.openstanceacademy.com\/golf\/the-grip\/\">The Grip (a.k.a. The Hands on The Handle)<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.openstanceacademy.com\/golf\/how-our-feet-can-change-our-ball-position\/\">How Our Feet Can Change Our Ball Position<\/a><\/p>\n<p><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today (a few days hence), I tested whether straightening my legs means more arms. Eliminating excess knee bend at address is my goal. Of course, whenever I initiate a change, I always overdo. Therefore, don&#8217;t worry if my example looks a bit stiff. All I&#8217;m doing is creating &#8216;a movement experiment&#8217;. Obviously, I need to &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.openstanceacademy.com\/golf\/straightening-legs-means-more-arms\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Straightening Legs Means More Arms<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"amazonpipp_noncename":"","amazon-product-isactive":"","amazon-product-single-asin":"","amazon-product-content-location":"1","amazon-product-content-hook-override":"2","amazon-product-excerpt-hook-override":"3","amazon-product-singular-only":"","amazon-product-amazon-desc":"","amazon-product-show-gallery":"","amazon-product-show-features":"","amazon-product-newwindow":"3","amazon-product-show-list-price":"","amazon-product-show-used-price":"","amazon-product-show-saved-amt":"","amazon-product-timestamp":"","amazon-product-new-title":"","amazon-product-use-cartURL":"","amazon_featured_post_meta_key":"","_amazon_featured_alt":"","amazon-product-template":"default","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6159","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Straightening Legs Means More Arms<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Today (a few days hence), I tested whether straightening my legs means more arms. I wanted to eliminate excess knee bend at address.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.openstanceacademy.com\/golf\/straightening-legs-means-more-arms\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Straightening Legs Means More Arms\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Today (a few days hence), I tested whether straightening my legs means more arms. I wanted to eliminate excess knee bend at address.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.openstanceacademy.com\/golf\/straightening-legs-means-more-arms\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"The Open Stance Academy\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2022-03-23T01:39:07+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2022-03-23T01:39:12+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.openstanceacademy.com\/golf\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Straightening-Legs.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1352\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1251\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"J\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@OpenStanceAcademy\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@jjwrightpar2\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"J\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.openstanceacademy.com\\\/golf\\\/straightening-legs-means-more-arms\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.openstanceacademy.com\\\/golf\\\/straightening-legs-means-more-arms\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"J\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.openstanceacademy.com\\\/golf\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/a0732320085c733553746d48d3375200\"},\"headline\":\"Straightening Legs Means More Arms\",\"datePublished\":\"2022-03-23T01:39:07+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2022-03-23T01:39:12+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.openstanceacademy.com\\\/golf\\\/straightening-legs-means-more-arms\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":355,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.openstanceacademy.com\\\/golf\\\/#organization\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.openstanceacademy.com\\\/golf\\\/straightening-legs-means-more-arms\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.openstanceacademy.com\\\/golf\\\/straightening-legs-means-more-arms\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.openstanceacademy.com\\\/golf\\\/straightening-legs-means-more-arms\\\/\",\"name\":\"Straightening Legs Means More Arms\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.openstanceacademy.com\\\/golf\\\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2022-03-23T01:39:07+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2022-03-23T01:39:12+00:00\",\"description\":\"Today (a few days hence), I tested whether straightening my legs means more arms. I wanted to eliminate excess knee bend at address.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.openstanceacademy.com\\\/golf\\\/straightening-legs-means-more-arms\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.openstanceacademy.com\\\/golf\\\/straightening-legs-means-more-arms\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.openstanceacademy.com\\\/golf\\\/straightening-legs-means-more-arms\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.openstanceacademy.com\\\/golf\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Straightening Legs Means More Arms\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.openstanceacademy.com\\\/golf\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.openstanceacademy.com\\\/golf\\\/\",\"name\":\"The Open Stance Academy\",\"description\":\"\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.openstanceacademy.com\\\/golf\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.openstanceacademy.com\\\/golf\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.openstanceacademy.com\\\/golf\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Open Stance Academy Private Member Association\",\"alternateName\":\"Open Stance Academy\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.openstanceacademy.com\\\/golf\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.openstanceacademy.com\\\/golf\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/i0.wp.com\\\/www.openstanceacademy.com\\\/golf\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2023\\\/06\\\/OSA-Logo-23-2.jpg?fit=300%2C312&ssl=1\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/i0.wp.com\\\/www.openstanceacademy.com\\\/golf\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2023\\\/06\\\/OSA-Logo-23-2.jpg?fit=300%2C312&ssl=1\",\"width\":300,\"height\":312,\"caption\":\"Open Stance Academy Private Member Association\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.openstanceacademy.com\\\/golf\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/x.com\\\/jjwrightpar2\",\"http:\\\/\\\/www.openstanceacademy.com\\\/\",\"http:\\\/\\\/openstanceacademy.com\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.youtube.com\\\/channel\\\/UCLntu6G_c0HlIoa_qUhoz_A\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.openstanceacademy.com\\\/golf\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/a0732320085c733553746d48d3375200\",\"name\":\"J\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/c740d81242b1477c1ab80741a36a06c4ba357a9f10b1ac12492913161c955488?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/c740d81242b1477c1ab80741a36a06c4ba357a9f10b1ac12492913161c955488?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/c740d81242b1477c1ab80741a36a06c4ba357a9f10b1ac12492913161c955488?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"J\"},\"description\":\"State National 8 USC 7701(a)(21)(23), non-citizen (citi=municipal, zen=servant), Christian, friend, patriot, at peace, and usually flexible, but absolutely do not consent.\",\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.openstanceacademy.com\",\"https:\\\/\\\/x.com\\\/OpenStanceAcademy\",\"https:\\\/\\\/youtube.com\\\/@theopenstanceacademy487?si=dO9yPBH5vRDp8Q8O\"]}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Straightening Legs Means More Arms","description":"Today (a few days hence), I tested whether straightening my legs means more arms. I wanted to eliminate excess knee bend at address.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.openstanceacademy.com\/golf\/straightening-legs-means-more-arms\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Straightening Legs Means More Arms","og_description":"Today (a few days hence), I tested whether straightening my legs means more arms. I wanted to eliminate excess knee bend at address.","og_url":"https:\/\/www.openstanceacademy.com\/golf\/straightening-legs-means-more-arms\/","og_site_name":"The Open Stance Academy","article_published_time":"2022-03-23T01:39:07+00:00","article_modified_time":"2022-03-23T01:39:12+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1352,"height":1251,"url":"https:\/\/www.openstanceacademy.com\/golf\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Straightening-Legs.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"J","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@OpenStanceAcademy","twitter_site":"@jjwrightpar2","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"J","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.openstanceacademy.com\/golf\/straightening-legs-means-more-arms\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.openstanceacademy.com\/golf\/straightening-legs-means-more-arms\/"},"author":{"name":"J","@id":"https:\/\/www.openstanceacademy.com\/golf\/#\/schema\/person\/a0732320085c733553746d48d3375200"},"headline":"Straightening Legs Means More Arms","datePublished":"2022-03-23T01:39:07+00:00","dateModified":"2022-03-23T01:39:12+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.openstanceacademy.com\/golf\/straightening-legs-means-more-arms\/"},"wordCount":355,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.openstanceacademy.com\/golf\/#organization"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.openstanceacademy.com\/golf\/straightening-legs-means-more-arms\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.openstanceacademy.com\/golf\/straightening-legs-means-more-arms\/","url":"https:\/\/www.openstanceacademy.com\/golf\/straightening-legs-means-more-arms\/","name":"Straightening Legs Means More Arms","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.openstanceacademy.com\/golf\/#website"},"datePublished":"2022-03-23T01:39:07+00:00","dateModified":"2022-03-23T01:39:12+00:00","description":"Today (a few days hence), I tested whether straightening my legs means more arms. I wanted to eliminate excess knee bend at address.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.openstanceacademy.com\/golf\/straightening-legs-means-more-arms\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.openstanceacademy.com\/golf\/straightening-legs-means-more-arms\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.openstanceacademy.com\/golf\/straightening-legs-means-more-arms\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.openstanceacademy.com\/golf\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Straightening Legs Means More Arms"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.openstanceacademy.com\/golf\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.openstanceacademy.com\/golf\/","name":"The Open Stance Academy","description":"","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.openstanceacademy.com\/golf\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.openstanceacademy.com\/golf\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.openstanceacademy.com\/golf\/#organization","name":"Open Stance Academy Private Member Association","alternateName":"Open Stance Academy","url":"https:\/\/www.openstanceacademy.com\/golf\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.openstanceacademy.com\/golf\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.openstanceacademy.com\/golf\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/OSA-Logo-23-2.jpg?fit=300%2C312&ssl=1","contentUrl":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.openstanceacademy.com\/golf\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/OSA-Logo-23-2.jpg?fit=300%2C312&ssl=1","width":300,"height":312,"caption":"Open Stance Academy Private Member Association"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.openstanceacademy.com\/golf\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/x.com\/jjwrightpar2","http:\/\/www.openstanceacademy.com\/","http:\/\/openstanceacademy.com","https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCLntu6G_c0HlIoa_qUhoz_A"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.openstanceacademy.com\/golf\/#\/schema\/person\/a0732320085c733553746d48d3375200","name":"J","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/c740d81242b1477c1ab80741a36a06c4ba357a9f10b1ac12492913161c955488?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/c740d81242b1477c1ab80741a36a06c4ba357a9f10b1ac12492913161c955488?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/c740d81242b1477c1ab80741a36a06c4ba357a9f10b1ac12492913161c955488?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"J"},"description":"State National 8 USC 7701(a)(21)(23), non-citizen (citi=municipal, zen=servant), Christian, friend, patriot, at peace, and usually flexible, but absolutely do not consent.","sameAs":["https:\/\/www.openstanceacademy.com","https:\/\/x.com\/OpenStanceAcademy","https:\/\/youtube.com\/@theopenstanceacademy487?si=dO9yPBH5vRDp8Q8O"]}]}},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3ZXbk-1Bl","jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.openstanceacademy.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6159","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.openstanceacademy.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.openstanceacademy.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.openstanceacademy.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.openstanceacademy.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6159"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.openstanceacademy.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6159\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6162,"href":"https:\/\/www.openstanceacademy.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6159\/revisions\/6162"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.openstanceacademy.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6159"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.openstanceacademy.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6159"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.openstanceacademy.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6159"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}