Too Much Upper Body In Transition

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Hey golfers, let's talk about transition and using too much upper body in

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transition.

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If you have a flip down at the bottom and you tend to have with or without to

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extended

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either at the top of the swing or it extends in transition, it's very likely

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you have more

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of an upper body dominated transition movement.

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And when you do that, it's very hard to get that wrist into the proper position

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or to

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keep it in the proper position longer.

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So let's talk about the couple different ways that you'll see more of an upper

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body dominant

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swing.

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So when we get to the top of the swing, I would say the two most common upper

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body or let's

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say three most common upper body dominant swings would be pulling the arms down

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basically

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using more of a shoulder driven movement where I'm pulling the arms down like

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this.

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When I do that, the wrist will want to go into an extended position because it

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helps

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support the triceps and the arms kind of trying to pull downward on the club.

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Option number two would be trying to throw the club more outward, kind of more

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like this,

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really straightening that right arm, especially from that right wrist.

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And when that right wrist straightens, it tends to want to make the wrist go

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into extension.

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And then thirdly would be kind of spinning the shoulders or getting more of the

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speed

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more from moving my shoulder blades kind of like this, rather than moving my

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hips and

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my lower body and my core kind of like that.

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So a lot of the transition can be boiled down into getting my body to lead

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while my shoulders

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stay a little bit more back and my arms work slightly in front of me, kind of

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like this,

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as opposed to my upper body leading and the arms either pulling down or

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throwing the club

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away.

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But they can all be categorized as more of an upper body dominant swing.

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So in this section, you're going to see a lot of videos where we're trying to

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get your

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lower body and your core to lead and get you into a good position so that your

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arms can

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be a little bit more focused on controlling the club rather than accelerating

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and creating

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the speed.

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As a simple analogy, I want your body to be more of the engine of the swing and

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your arms

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to be the steering wheel, as opposed to having your arms be the engine and

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relying on some

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little body movements to be the steering wheel and try to make the fine

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movements.

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I'd rather have the body create the power and the arms create the control or

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the straightness.

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That'll give us a little bit more consistency.

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So as a quick demo, the good one we're trying to work for is going to have more

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of the body

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rotating while the arms or the shoulders feel like they don't fire and the arms

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feel like

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they work more in front of the body.

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That would look kind of something like this.

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Little ball flight, pretty good strike, those three versions of upper body

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dominant swings.

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Version number one would kind of be spinning the shoulders.

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I have to kind of feel it and you'll often see that with kind of a chicken wing

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or kind

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of a collapse on the way through.

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That's more of a compliment or reflex.

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Option number two would be up to the top and then really pulling down.

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This will almost always be accompanied by more of a stall and throw.

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Doesn't necessarily have to have quite as much of a collapse as I did there.

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We'll do another one where I'm a little wider but it will tend to have a little

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bit more

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of a stall down at the bottom like that second one did.

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Then thirdly would be more of the kind of fast throw of the cast pattern.

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Very easy to hit thin shots that way where basically I'm throwing the club out

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there,

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out away from me right away.

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Oftentimes that one will be complemented with more of like a lunge or upper

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body dominant

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movement as well.

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If you have one of those three, this section is going to help you with some

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ideas as far

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as getting your body to lead the downswing.

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That will allow you to just have your arms maintain a little bit more structure

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and stability

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because their focus is more about controlling the club rather than creating the

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speed.