3 swing ‘death moves’ you must avoid, according to Jordan Spieth’s coach

Cameron McCormick calls them swing death moves, which is perhaps a bit morbid, but maybe shock value is necessary here. The consequences are grim, after all, at least in a golf sense.

But there’s also hope, McCormick said.

There are elixirs, so to say, in keeping with the theme.

The GOLF Top 100 Teacher and Jordan Spieth’s longtime coach was talking on a video recently posted to his Instagram page, and the focus was bettering scores through an understanding of the “death moves” — there are three in all — and the ways to avoid them. You can watch the video below, and below that, we’ll offer some thoughts.

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3 swing ‘death moves’ you must avoid, according to Cameron McCormick 

1. ‘Getting your arms stuck behind your body because they’ve moved too far behind your body’

A death move, for sure. How does it happen?

“When this right arm moves all the way to the side of your body relative to how far your body rotates,” McCormick said in the video, “you’re stuck.”

So what’s the fix?

On the video, McCormick, a right-hander, extended his right arm forward with the palm facing the target and placed his left wrist underneath his right elbow with his left palm facing behind him, then took an imaginary swing.

“Develop a sense, using your golf hand, that your arm always stays out in front of your shoulder in your golf swing,” he said in the video. “So stuck, connected.”