Training your pendulum feel

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This drill is training your pendulum feel.

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So I've got a yoga block, but I like something that has a little bit more

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weight.

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So like a five pound dumbbell works really well.

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But in worst case scenario, you can use something light.

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I like it to be about four inches wide, but it doesn't really matter.

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I've done this with golf balls, medicine balls, anything really.

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So basically what you're going to do is you're going to get your palms facing

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each other,

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and keep your arms at your sides, and then I'm going to bend from my hips.

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And now I'm going to try and feel that there's no wrist movement going either

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direction,

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no forearm, shoulder movement.

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So the putter or sorry, the yoga block stays flat along the plane, just kind of

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like that.

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This is a great little thing to do, just periodically either when you're

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brushing your teeth in

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the morning or at night, or in between sets, I use it when I'm designing

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exercise programs.

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So you could use something like a golf ball, but basically something where you

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can get

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your palms pretty flat and you're not really gripping with your fingers and

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with your hands.

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Then you can take that to basically this prayer position.

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You just need to have enough control of the putter face that it's not going to

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like flop

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around.

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So I'm purposefully not going to take my normal grip.

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I'm just going to find a way for my palms to basically be in that position, so

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facing

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each other but having enough control of the putter head.

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And then I'm going to try and stroke a bite just with that pendulum feel that I

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was getting

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from that yoga block.

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So I'm basically holding it there if I have enough pressure and I keep it

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pretty square

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in between my index fingers like that, I can actually hit putts without taking

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your normal

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grip.

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So this is the challenging version where I have to apply a little bit of

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pressure.

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The easier version, so the challenging version, there's no contact.

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The easier version is they kind of wrap a little bit but they still match each

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other.

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Then after I've done that, I can try and recreate the feel either with the yoga

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block

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or with the grip with my hands split.

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So that's the other reason I like something like a yoga block because here my

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palms are

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parallel.

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Now I'm going to try and get that same feeling of the pendulum where my body

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rotating having

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no wrist action but my hands are on in an asymmetric fashion because that's

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more or less what's

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happening when I'm stroking a putt with a normal grip.

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My hands are on in an asymmetric fashion and I still have to control and

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prevent that right

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hand from pushing or that left hand from pulling too much or any of the wrist

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actions that

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would cause me to lose face control.

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So if you're struggling with feeling a little wristy, this is a great way for

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you to feel

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what it's like to do a little bit more body centric pendulum type putting

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stroke.