Fix a Flying Right Elbow: 5 Aids I Tested, $35-$169

I fought a flying right elbow for ten years, and for nine of those years I had no idea it was the problem. I would hit a 40-yard slice, blame the driver, buy a new driver, and hit the same slice again. The driver was never the problem. The elbow was.

The golf industry loves this. It will sell you a $600 driver every spring and tell you it fixes your slice. It can not sell you a fix for your elbow, because the fix is not equipment. It is feedback. Watching a YouTube video does not give you feedback. A training aid that physically corrects you, or clicks when you are wrong, does.

Five tools forced my elbow to stay connected. Two of them killed my slice inside a month. Prices run $35 to $169. Every drill takes under ten minutes, and the timeline is at the bottom.

Why Your Flying Elbow Is Ruining Your Swing

Your flying elbow is not a cosmetic issue. It is the first domino in a chain that ends in a slice.

It steepens your shaft. When the trail elbow flares out, the club drops behind you and the shaft goes vertical. The only way down from there is over the top, an out-to-in path, and that is the slice.

It opens the face. A flying elbow forces you to flip your hands at impact to square the club. Flip late and the face is open. Open face plus out-to-in path equals the banana.

It kills your distance. Your arms only generate speed when they move with your body turn. A disconnected elbow means your arms work alone.

You cannot see your elbow at the top of the backswing. You can watch a hundred YouTube videos, understand the fix in detail, and still fly the elbow on the very next swing, because there is no feedback. That is where training aids earn their money. They give you feedback on every single swing, and feedback is what makes the fix stick.

The Aids That Fixed My Flying Elbow

1. Tour Striker Smart Ball: $39 to $47

The Tour Striker Smart Ball is the best $39 in golf. It is an inflatable ball the size of a softball that you wedge between your forearms. It stays put when your arms move with your turn and drops the instant they separate. That drop is the whole product, and it is the right feedback, because a flying elbow is just disconnection at the top of the swing. Martin Chuck designed it, and I covered it in depth in my full Smart Ball review, so I will keep this short.

The drill: Start with the ball deflated under your lead armpit and hit half-swing pitches. Then inflate it and wedge it between your forearms for fuller swings. If the ball falls, you disconnected. Pick it up and go again.

Time commitment: 10 minutes, four times a week, for two weeks.

What it fixed: My arms stopped racing away from my body on the downswing, and the elbow stayed tucked on its own.

2. ArmAlarm: about $35

The ArmAlarm from WhyGolf takes a different approach. It clicks, or sounds an alarm, the moment your elbows separate. You do not have to look, or guess, or wait for a ball to fall. You hear the mistake in real time. It is the Ben Hogan elbow drill turned into a wearable, and it is the cheapest audio feedback you can buy for this fault.

The drill: Put it on and make slow half swings first, listening for the click. Then full swings. The goal is a full session with zero clicks.

Time commitment: 5 minutes a day for two weeks.

What it fixed: It built awareness I never had. After a week I could feel the elbow starting to fly before it happened, and I could catch it mid-swing. It is sold direct through WhyGolf, not a one-click Amazon buy, so treat it as a specialized purchase.

3. ProSENDR: about $169

The ProSENDR is the high-end option, from Sean Foley and David Woods. It is a cuff that straps to your trail wrist and trains proper wrist extension and forearm connection. The insight is that a flying right elbow and a rolled, cupped trail wrist travel together. Fix the wrist and the elbow tucks back in on its own.

MyGolfSpy tested it and their main gripe was the price: $169, plus an optional $50 for the better video series. That is fair criticism. But for a golfer who wants the full system, it is the most complete fix here.

The drill: Wear the cuff and feel the pressure pad sit against your forearm. Make slow swings holding that wrist position, then work up to full speed.

Time commitment: 10 minutes, three times a week, for three weeks.

What it fixed: The wrist and elbow connection that the cheaper tools only hint at.

4. RotaryConnect: about $50

The RotaryConnect from RotarySwing is an arm spacer that holds your arms at a consistent distance through the backswing. It goes after the earliest part of the fault, because a flying elbow usually starts when your trail arm folds too much halfway back.

The drill: Set it between your arms and make backswing-only reps, keeping your arms the same distance apart all the way to the top. Then add a slow downswing.

Time commitment: 5 minutes a day for two weeks, then keep it in your bag for pre-round backswings.

What it fixed: My backswing structure. The elbow stopped flaring at the top, which won half the downswing fight before it started.

5. Right Angle 2: about $40

The Right Angle 2 is a rigid brace that straps to your trail arm and locks it at a 90-degree angle at the top. It forces the position directly, which sounds great, until you realize it teaches a static angle, not a feeling.

The drill: Wear it for slow backswing reps to feel the 90-degree trail arm at the top.

Time commitment: 5 minutes a day.

What it fixed: Not much. The position vanished the moment the brace came off, and it is genuinely uncomfortable. I would only recommend it to someone who has tried the ball and the alarm first and still wants a physical block.

The 4-Week Plan

Weeks 1 and 2: Buy the Smart Ball. Ten minutes, four times a week. For most golfers this kills the fault on its own.

Weeks 3 and 4: Add the ArmAlarm if you want audio feedback, or the RotaryConnect if your problem starts in the backswing. If you have the budget and want the deepest fix, the ProSENDR replaces both.

By week four my slice was a five-yard fade and my driver carry was up ten yards, because I was no longer hitting a glancing blow. If you want the full picture on the slice itself, my slice-fix guide covers path and face separately.

What I Would Skip

The generic elastic arm bands on Amazon, the $10 to $20 loops that promise to bind your arms together. They restrict without teaching, and the fault returns the second you take them off. Same trap as the straight-arm brace category I covered in my lead-arm guide.

Frequently Asked Questions

How long does it take to fix a flying elbow?

Two to four weeks of daily ten-minute reps. The tools work because they give feedback on every single swing. Ten focused minutes beats one hour-long session once a week.

Where to Buy

• Tour Striker Smart Ball: $39 to $47 at Amazon
• ProSENDR: about $169 at Amazon
• ArmAlarm: about $35 (sold direct at WhyGolf; search Amazon)
• RotaryConnect: about $50 (sold direct at RotarySwing; search Amazon)

Prices checked August 2026. As an Amazon Associate we earn from qualifying purchases.