Spinning The Shoulders Vs The Core

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This concept of video is spinning the shoulders versus spinning the core.

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So when we're trying to use our body for power, there's a tendency to kind of

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get caught up

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in some terminology.

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What I mean by that is oftentimes golfers will say, "Hey, I'm doing X with my

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shoulders

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and you might not translate it correctly to your body."

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So in this video, we're going to dissect or discuss the shoulders and the

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shoulder blades

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versus the body.

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So one thing that you'll want to avoid, especially if you tend to get steeper

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over the top with

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your body, is having your shoulders or your shoulder blades get really open

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like this

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down at impact.

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So what you'll see is at impact, even though golfers get their chest and their

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body open,

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their shoulders will tend to be closer to parallel.

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Your shoulders or shoulder blades will tend to be closer to the start line, or

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they'll

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have a big impact on the path of the club.

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So in order to turn your spine, turn your chest, but not turn your shoulders,

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you have

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to build a little disassociation with your shoulder blades.

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So one way that I'll do it is I will grab onto a golfer's left hand so you can

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hold

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onto a golf cart or something like that, or a wall or sofa if you're at home,

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and then

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I'll have them lean away.

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And what you'll see, if I turn face this way, we'll be able to get from this

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face on camera.

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If I pull this way, you'll see that that left shoulder gets pulled away from my

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body

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a little bit just like this.

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Well, when I pull my shoulder away from my body like this, if it was across my

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body, it

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would look more like this.

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And that's going to allow me to turn my hips and turn my spine, but not get my

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shoulders

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to open.

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Many golfers who get really steep and over the top get to the top of the swing

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and then

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that left shoulder actually pulls back and their shoulders end up pointing way

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left or

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getting steep very early.

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And so when they get those shoulders pulling left like this, they'll tend to

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have to stand

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up to shallow and they'll tend to have to throw or scoop the wrist in order to

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shallow

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kind of like that.

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It produces weak toe shots that usually have a fade or a pull.

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So when you're working on your pivot and you're going through some of these

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sequencing drills,

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see if you can disconnect your shoulder blades by going like this without

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moving your chest.

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So you'd face them here and just try to move your shoulders.

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And then you'd try to turn your belly button or your core.

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So now I'm going to try to move this part of my body without letting my

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shoulders move.

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So this one here is going to be the one that I want where I'm turning my hips,

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I'm turning

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my spine, but my shoulder actually turned in the opposite direction.

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Sounds a little tricky, but what it ends up feeling like is it feels like I'm

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just building

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up some tension that I can then unload when I start getting into the release.

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So early in that downswing, you're going to turn your hips, you're going to

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turn your

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core, but you're not going to let that left shoulder pull out of the way or

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retract on

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the body unless you're specifically trying to get steep, which there are some

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shots where

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that could be helpful, but there are better ways.

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So it's better to train this disconnection between the chest and the shoulder

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as your

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baseline for your stock pivot.

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So this is moving the shoulder blades.

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And then this is my body turning and my shoulder blades moving the opposite

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direction.

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So this is shoulder blades without spine.

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And then this would be moving my body and my shoulder is going in the opposite

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direction.