4 Ball Rhythm Drill

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This is four ball rhythm drills. So what we're going to do is we're going to

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place four balls in a line to force myself to stay both in rhythm and to

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manage tension. So oftentimes golfers who have more kind of arm bracing during

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the

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release or more of a lunge during the release. So if you have either an

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excessive upper body movement like this or a lot of arm tension where you tend

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to finish these kind of wildly and out of balance in your finish, you've got a

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lot of tension and you've got extra movement. So what we're going to do is

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we're gonna hit four balls in succession and in order to do that you're going

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to

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have to stay more centered so that you can kind of rotate back and forth like

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this and you're gonna have to stay more loose with the arms in order to let the

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club swing. Otherwise what you'll do is you'll hit one shot and kind of freeze

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and then bring it back and start over. Our goal is to basically hit the shots

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where the club is just swinging back and forth and I could use this to work on

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body bracing. I could use this to work on the wipe. I could use this to work on

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ulnar deviation. I could use this to work on arm extension in the follow-

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through

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or the right arm or the left arm like I can use this for any of the release

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pieces. This just helps force it to be a little more rhythmical and a lot more

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centered. So you can either do this with or without practice swings. So I'll do

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the first version without. So I'm just going to get set up and then I'm going

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to

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basically do a 9 to 3 where I'm keeping the club moving and I'm just I'm trying

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to duplicate the same arm release and tension and I'm just trying to control

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low point by where my body is. This is easiest when I have the balls in the

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line

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as a challenge drill for golfers who I think can handle it. I'll actually put

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the balls a little bit more staggered. So almost in more of a semi random

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fashion. So now on this one I'm going to work on the lead arm mechanic. So I'm

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going to work on a little bit more ulnar deviation and a little bit more

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motorcycle. I'm going to focus on the lead arm. So I'm going to bring it back.

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Keep it going. And you'll see that I have to make the body adjustments but kind

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of

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keep that arm the arm release moving. Now I've got a feeling in my mind of

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about

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how much tension I want in my arms down during the release. So now I could

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either

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do just a swing and then a hit or I could take that feeling and apply it to a

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regular full swing. Kind of like that. So if you struggle with either arm

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bending

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or a lot of a hit through the shot where you have a lot of tension and extra

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movement use the four ball rhythm drill to help smooth out the arm tension. Get

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a

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little bit better extension and force yourself to lead everything more with

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the core and less with the arms and shoulders.