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Eliminate Excess Axis Tilt for Better Iron Contact
After this video, you'll be able to:
- Engage your core effectively to maintain proper swing height
- Identify the role of axis tilt in your iron shots
- Practice the turtle shell movement for better upper body control
In this drill, you'll learn how to engage your abs properly to maintain the right axis tilt during your swing. This will help improve your contact with the ball and enhance your overall consistency.
Video Transcript
WEBVTT
1
00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:07.680
This drill is abs for axis tilt.
2
00:00:07.680 --> 00:00:11.580
So some golfers struggle with contact with their irons because they have too
3
00:00:11.580 --> 00:00:12.200
much axis
4
00:00:12.200 --> 00:00:13.200
tilt.
5
00:00:13.200 --> 00:00:16.470
Oftentimes because the upper body is too far behind the lower body or the lower
6
00:00:16.470 --> 00:00:16.900
body is
7
00:00:16.900 --> 00:00:20.620
shifted too far in front of the upper body.
8
00:00:20.620 --> 00:00:25.770
One of the culprits there is tending to use more the lower back instead of the
9
00:00:25.770 --> 00:00:26.320
abs.
10
00:00:26.320 --> 00:00:35.180
So quick anatomy lesson, I want to have from my rib cage down my abs involved
11
00:00:35.180 --> 00:00:35.760
as I'm coming
12
00:00:35.760 --> 00:00:44.000
through the ball so that helps maintain my height creates a better platform.
13
00:00:44.000 --> 00:00:47.920
It's easier to keep a more consistent height of the pelvis.
14
00:00:47.920 --> 00:00:55.560
It also, by crunching this way, helps connect this sling of being able to bring
15
00:00:55.560 --> 00:00:56.280
this right
16
00:00:56.280 --> 00:01:00.860
shoulder down and through and keep your core moving on the way through.
17
00:01:00.860 --> 00:01:03.400
Good things that help with consistency.
18
00:01:03.400 --> 00:01:08.100
Now if you stay flexed forward with everything then you end up kind of throwing
19
00:01:08.100 --> 00:01:08.840
your arms.
20
00:01:08.840 --> 00:01:13.380
So we want to get into this bracing and extension movement through the ball but
21
00:01:13.380 --> 00:01:14.080
we want that
22
00:01:14.080 --> 00:01:19.440
primarily to happen more from the upper back kind of above the belly button
23
00:01:19.440 --> 00:01:20.760
rather than
24
00:01:20.760 --> 00:01:22.400
from below.
25
00:01:22.400 --> 00:01:28.500
If you tend to keep your back in a more arched position and never really do any
26
00:01:28.500 --> 00:01:29.680
of the crunch
27
00:01:29.680 --> 00:01:36.190
or the turtle shell then it's really easy to get into this kind of side tilt
28
00:01:36.190 --> 00:01:37.240
position.
29
00:01:37.240 --> 00:01:43.050
In fact it's very natural for the, if I arch my back for my leg to want to
30
00:01:43.050 --> 00:01:44.160
rotate this
31
00:01:44.160 --> 00:01:47.290
way and you'll see that my upper body and trunk wants to go that way to
32
00:01:47.290 --> 00:01:48.120
compliment.
33
00:01:48.120 --> 00:01:53.640
Now if I was to tighten my pelvis or my abs, if I was to create a little bit
34
00:01:53.640 --> 00:01:54.400
more of a
35
00:01:54.400 --> 00:01:59.550
posterior pelvic tilt kind of pull that belly button away, now you can see if I
36
00:01:59.550 --> 00:02:00.120
keep that
37
00:02:00.120 --> 00:02:06.760
movement it's quite hard for me to shift my upper body way behind.
38
00:02:06.760 --> 00:02:12.260
So this ab movement or the turtle shell is going to help bring your upper body
39
00:02:12.260 --> 00:02:12.800
on top
40
00:02:12.800 --> 00:02:14.240
of your lower body.
41
00:02:14.240 --> 00:02:18.990
So if you're struggling with creating too much access tilt then one of the
42
00:02:18.990 --> 00:02:19.720
things that you
43
00:02:19.720 --> 00:02:22.520
might want to look at is from the down the line camera angle.
44
00:02:22.520 --> 00:02:26.420
If you're lower, if your back is basically staying really, really flat or if
45
00:02:26.420 --> 00:02:27.120
you're able
46
00:02:27.120 --> 00:02:33.100
to get some turtle shell, some ab activation, that can help you cover the ball,
47
00:02:33.100 --> 00:02:33.760
get your
48
00:02:33.760 --> 00:02:37.440
upper body more on top.
49
00:02:37.440 --> 00:02:43.010
You still have to make good arm and release movements and get into that
50
00:02:43.010 --> 00:02:44.200
extension of the
51
00:02:44.200 --> 00:02:50.440
rib cage without getting into too much extension of the lower back.
52
00:02:50.440 --> 00:02:55.790
So it can be a little bit tricky at first learning to crunch while still
53
00:02:55.790 --> 00:02:56.200
extending so
54
00:02:56.200 --> 00:02:59.350
you're getting more of that extension from the upper part of the spine but it
55
00:02:59.350 --> 00:02:59.960
pays huge
56
00:02:59.960 --> 00:03:04.430
dividends in terms of your consistency of ground contact as well as helping out
57
00:03:04.430 --> 00:03:16.200
with club face
58
00:03:16.200 --> 00:03:22.360
control.
1
00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:07.680
This drill is abs for axis tilt.
2
00:00:07.680 --> 00:00:11.580
So some golfers struggle with contact with their irons because they have too
3
00:00:11.580 --> 00:00:12.200
much axis
4
00:00:12.200 --> 00:00:13.200
tilt.
5
00:00:13.200 --> 00:00:16.470
Oftentimes because the upper body is too far behind the lower body or the lower
6
00:00:16.470 --> 00:00:16.900
body is
7
00:00:16.900 --> 00:00:20.620
shifted too far in front of the upper body.
8
00:00:20.620 --> 00:00:25.770
One of the culprits there is tending to use more the lower back instead of the
9
00:00:25.770 --> 00:00:26.320
abs.
10
00:00:26.320 --> 00:00:35.180
So quick anatomy lesson, I want to have from my rib cage down my abs involved
11
00:00:35.180 --> 00:00:35.760
as I'm coming
12
00:00:35.760 --> 00:00:44.000
through the ball so that helps maintain my height creates a better platform.
13
00:00:44.000 --> 00:00:47.920
It's easier to keep a more consistent height of the pelvis.
14
00:00:47.920 --> 00:00:55.560
It also, by crunching this way, helps connect this sling of being able to bring
15
00:00:55.560 --> 00:00:56.280
this right
16
00:00:56.280 --> 00:01:00.860
shoulder down and through and keep your core moving on the way through.
17
00:01:00.860 --> 00:01:03.400
Good things that help with consistency.
18
00:01:03.400 --> 00:01:08.100
Now if you stay flexed forward with everything then you end up kind of throwing
19
00:01:08.100 --> 00:01:08.840
your arms.
20
00:01:08.840 --> 00:01:13.380
So we want to get into this bracing and extension movement through the ball but
21
00:01:13.380 --> 00:01:14.080
we want that
22
00:01:14.080 --> 00:01:19.440
primarily to happen more from the upper back kind of above the belly button
23
00:01:19.440 --> 00:01:20.760
rather than
24
00:01:20.760 --> 00:01:22.400
from below.
25
00:01:22.400 --> 00:01:28.500
If you tend to keep your back in a more arched position and never really do any
26
00:01:28.500 --> 00:01:29.680
of the crunch
27
00:01:29.680 --> 00:01:36.190
or the turtle shell then it's really easy to get into this kind of side tilt
28
00:01:36.190 --> 00:01:37.240
position.
29
00:01:37.240 --> 00:01:43.050
In fact it's very natural for the, if I arch my back for my leg to want to
30
00:01:43.050 --> 00:01:44.160
rotate this
31
00:01:44.160 --> 00:01:47.290
way and you'll see that my upper body and trunk wants to go that way to
32
00:01:47.290 --> 00:01:48.120
compliment.
33
00:01:48.120 --> 00:01:53.640
Now if I was to tighten my pelvis or my abs, if I was to create a little bit
34
00:01:53.640 --> 00:01:54.400
more of a
35
00:01:54.400 --> 00:01:59.550
posterior pelvic tilt kind of pull that belly button away, now you can see if I
36
00:01:59.550 --> 00:02:00.120
keep that
37
00:02:00.120 --> 00:02:06.760
movement it's quite hard for me to shift my upper body way behind.
38
00:02:06.760 --> 00:02:12.260
So this ab movement or the turtle shell is going to help bring your upper body
39
00:02:12.260 --> 00:02:12.800
on top
40
00:02:12.800 --> 00:02:14.240
of your lower body.
41
00:02:14.240 --> 00:02:18.990
So if you're struggling with creating too much access tilt then one of the
42
00:02:18.990 --> 00:02:19.720
things that you
43
00:02:19.720 --> 00:02:22.520
might want to look at is from the down the line camera angle.
44
00:02:22.520 --> 00:02:26.420
If you're lower, if your back is basically staying really, really flat or if
45
00:02:26.420 --> 00:02:27.120
you're able
46
00:02:27.120 --> 00:02:33.100
to get some turtle shell, some ab activation, that can help you cover the ball,
47
00:02:33.100 --> 00:02:33.760
get your
48
00:02:33.760 --> 00:02:37.440
upper body more on top.
49
00:02:37.440 --> 00:02:43.010
You still have to make good arm and release movements and get into that
50
00:02:43.010 --> 00:02:44.200
extension of the
51
00:02:44.200 --> 00:02:50.440
rib cage without getting into too much extension of the lower back.
52
00:02:50.440 --> 00:02:55.790
So it can be a little bit tricky at first learning to crunch while still
53
00:02:55.790 --> 00:02:56.200
extending so
54
00:02:56.200 --> 00:02:59.350
you're getting more of that extension from the upper part of the spine but it
55
00:02:59.350 --> 00:02:59.960
pays huge
56
00:02:59.960 --> 00:03:04.430
dividends in terms of your consistency of ground contact as well as helping out
57
00:03:04.430 --> 00:03:16.200
with club face
58
00:03:16.200 --> 00:03:22.360
control.
Have questions?
Ask Mulligan for help
Tyler Ferrell is the only person in the world named to Golf Digest's list of
Best Young Teachers in America AND its list of Best Golf Fitness Professionals in America.
Eliminate Excess Axis Tilt for Better Iron Contact
After this video, you'll be able to:
- Engage your core effectively to maintain proper swing height
- Identify the role of axis tilt in your iron shots
- Practice the turtle shell movement for better upper body control
In this drill, you'll learn how to engage your abs properly to maintain the right axis tilt during your swing. This will help improve your contact with the ball and enhance your overall consistency.
Video Transcript
WEBVTT
1
00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:07.680
This drill is abs for axis tilt.
2
00:00:07.680 --> 00:00:11.580
So some golfers struggle with contact with their irons because they have too
3
00:00:11.580 --> 00:00:12.200
much axis
4
00:00:12.200 --> 00:00:13.200
tilt.
5
00:00:13.200 --> 00:00:16.470
Oftentimes because the upper body is too far behind the lower body or the lower
6
00:00:16.470 --> 00:00:16.900
body is
7
00:00:16.900 --> 00:00:20.620
shifted too far in front of the upper body.
8
00:00:20.620 --> 00:00:25.770
One of the culprits there is tending to use more the lower back instead of the
9
00:00:25.770 --> 00:00:26.320
abs.
10
00:00:26.320 --> 00:00:35.180
So quick anatomy lesson, I want to have from my rib cage down my abs involved
11
00:00:35.180 --> 00:00:35.760
as I'm coming
12
00:00:35.760 --> 00:00:44.000
through the ball so that helps maintain my height creates a better platform.
13
00:00:44.000 --> 00:00:47.920
It's easier to keep a more consistent height of the pelvis.
14
00:00:47.920 --> 00:00:55.560
It also, by crunching this way, helps connect this sling of being able to bring
15
00:00:55.560 --> 00:00:56.280
this right
16
00:00:56.280 --> 00:01:00.860
shoulder down and through and keep your core moving on the way through.
17
00:01:00.860 --> 00:01:03.400
Good things that help with consistency.
18
00:01:03.400 --> 00:01:08.100
Now if you stay flexed forward with everything then you end up kind of throwing
19
00:01:08.100 --> 00:01:08.840
your arms.
20
00:01:08.840 --> 00:01:13.380
So we want to get into this bracing and extension movement through the ball but
21
00:01:13.380 --> 00:01:14.080
we want that
22
00:01:14.080 --> 00:01:19.440
primarily to happen more from the upper back kind of above the belly button
23
00:01:19.440 --> 00:01:20.760
rather than
24
00:01:20.760 --> 00:01:22.400
from below.
25
00:01:22.400 --> 00:01:28.500
If you tend to keep your back in a more arched position and never really do any
26
00:01:28.500 --> 00:01:29.680
of the crunch
27
00:01:29.680 --> 00:01:36.190
or the turtle shell then it's really easy to get into this kind of side tilt
28
00:01:36.190 --> 00:01:37.240
position.
29
00:01:37.240 --> 00:01:43.050
In fact it's very natural for the, if I arch my back for my leg to want to
30
00:01:43.050 --> 00:01:44.160
rotate this
31
00:01:44.160 --> 00:01:47.290
way and you'll see that my upper body and trunk wants to go that way to
32
00:01:47.290 --> 00:01:48.120
compliment.
33
00:01:48.120 --> 00:01:53.640
Now if I was to tighten my pelvis or my abs, if I was to create a little bit
34
00:01:53.640 --> 00:01:54.400
more of a
35
00:01:54.400 --> 00:01:59.550
posterior pelvic tilt kind of pull that belly button away, now you can see if I
36
00:01:59.550 --> 00:02:00.120
keep that
37
00:02:00.120 --> 00:02:06.760
movement it's quite hard for me to shift my upper body way behind.
38
00:02:06.760 --> 00:02:12.260
So this ab movement or the turtle shell is going to help bring your upper body
39
00:02:12.260 --> 00:02:12.800
on top
40
00:02:12.800 --> 00:02:14.240
of your lower body.
41
00:02:14.240 --> 00:02:18.990
So if you're struggling with creating too much access tilt then one of the
42
00:02:18.990 --> 00:02:19.720
things that you
43
00:02:19.720 --> 00:02:22.520
might want to look at is from the down the line camera angle.
44
00:02:22.520 --> 00:02:26.420
If you're lower, if your back is basically staying really, really flat or if
45
00:02:26.420 --> 00:02:27.120
you're able
46
00:02:27.120 --> 00:02:33.100
to get some turtle shell, some ab activation, that can help you cover the ball,
47
00:02:33.100 --> 00:02:33.760
get your
48
00:02:33.760 --> 00:02:37.440
upper body more on top.
49
00:02:37.440 --> 00:02:43.010
You still have to make good arm and release movements and get into that
50
00:02:43.010 --> 00:02:44.200
extension of the
51
00:02:44.200 --> 00:02:50.440
rib cage without getting into too much extension of the lower back.
52
00:02:50.440 --> 00:02:55.790
So it can be a little bit tricky at first learning to crunch while still
53
00:02:55.790 --> 00:02:56.200
extending so
54
00:02:56.200 --> 00:02:59.350
you're getting more of that extension from the upper part of the spine but it
55
00:02:59.350 --> 00:02:59.960
pays huge
56
00:02:59.960 --> 00:03:04.430
dividends in terms of your consistency of ground contact as well as helping out
57
00:03:04.430 --> 00:03:16.200
with club face
58
00:03:16.200 --> 00:03:22.360
control.
1
00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:07.680
This drill is abs for axis tilt.
2
00:00:07.680 --> 00:00:11.580
So some golfers struggle with contact with their irons because they have too
3
00:00:11.580 --> 00:00:12.200
much axis
4
00:00:12.200 --> 00:00:13.200
tilt.
5
00:00:13.200 --> 00:00:16.470
Oftentimes because the upper body is too far behind the lower body or the lower
6
00:00:16.470 --> 00:00:16.900
body is
7
00:00:16.900 --> 00:00:20.620
shifted too far in front of the upper body.
8
00:00:20.620 --> 00:00:25.770
One of the culprits there is tending to use more the lower back instead of the
9
00:00:25.770 --> 00:00:26.320
abs.
10
00:00:26.320 --> 00:00:35.180
So quick anatomy lesson, I want to have from my rib cage down my abs involved
11
00:00:35.180 --> 00:00:35.760
as I'm coming
12
00:00:35.760 --> 00:00:44.000
through the ball so that helps maintain my height creates a better platform.
13
00:00:44.000 --> 00:00:47.920
It's easier to keep a more consistent height of the pelvis.
14
00:00:47.920 --> 00:00:55.560
It also, by crunching this way, helps connect this sling of being able to bring
15
00:00:55.560 --> 00:00:56.280
this right
16
00:00:56.280 --> 00:01:00.860
shoulder down and through and keep your core moving on the way through.
17
00:01:00.860 --> 00:01:03.400
Good things that help with consistency.
18
00:01:03.400 --> 00:01:08.100
Now if you stay flexed forward with everything then you end up kind of throwing
19
00:01:08.100 --> 00:01:08.840
your arms.
20
00:01:08.840 --> 00:01:13.380
So we want to get into this bracing and extension movement through the ball but
21
00:01:13.380 --> 00:01:14.080
we want that
22
00:01:14.080 --> 00:01:19.440
primarily to happen more from the upper back kind of above the belly button
23
00:01:19.440 --> 00:01:20.760
rather than
24
00:01:20.760 --> 00:01:22.400
from below.
25
00:01:22.400 --> 00:01:28.500
If you tend to keep your back in a more arched position and never really do any
26
00:01:28.500 --> 00:01:29.680
of the crunch
27
00:01:29.680 --> 00:01:36.190
or the turtle shell then it's really easy to get into this kind of side tilt
28
00:01:36.190 --> 00:01:37.240
position.
29
00:01:37.240 --> 00:01:43.050
In fact it's very natural for the, if I arch my back for my leg to want to
30
00:01:43.050 --> 00:01:44.160
rotate this
31
00:01:44.160 --> 00:01:47.290
way and you'll see that my upper body and trunk wants to go that way to
32
00:01:47.290 --> 00:01:48.120
compliment.
33
00:01:48.120 --> 00:01:53.640
Now if I was to tighten my pelvis or my abs, if I was to create a little bit
34
00:01:53.640 --> 00:01:54.400
more of a
35
00:01:54.400 --> 00:01:59.550
posterior pelvic tilt kind of pull that belly button away, now you can see if I
36
00:01:59.550 --> 00:02:00.120
keep that
37
00:02:00.120 --> 00:02:06.760
movement it's quite hard for me to shift my upper body way behind.
38
00:02:06.760 --> 00:02:12.260
So this ab movement or the turtle shell is going to help bring your upper body
39
00:02:12.260 --> 00:02:12.800
on top
40
00:02:12.800 --> 00:02:14.240
of your lower body.
41
00:02:14.240 --> 00:02:18.990
So if you're struggling with creating too much access tilt then one of the
42
00:02:18.990 --> 00:02:19.720
things that you
43
00:02:19.720 --> 00:02:22.520
might want to look at is from the down the line camera angle.
44
00:02:22.520 --> 00:02:26.420
If you're lower, if your back is basically staying really, really flat or if
45
00:02:26.420 --> 00:02:27.120
you're able
46
00:02:27.120 --> 00:02:33.100
to get some turtle shell, some ab activation, that can help you cover the ball,
47
00:02:33.100 --> 00:02:33.760
get your
48
00:02:33.760 --> 00:02:37.440
upper body more on top.
49
00:02:37.440 --> 00:02:43.010
You still have to make good arm and release movements and get into that
50
00:02:43.010 --> 00:02:44.200
extension of the
51
00:02:44.200 --> 00:02:50.440
rib cage without getting into too much extension of the lower back.
52
00:02:50.440 --> 00:02:55.790
So it can be a little bit tricky at first learning to crunch while still
53
00:02:55.790 --> 00:02:56.200
extending so
54
00:02:56.200 --> 00:02:59.350
you're getting more of that extension from the upper part of the spine but it
55
00:02:59.350 --> 00:02:59.960
pays huge
56
00:02:59.960 --> 00:03:04.430
dividends in terms of your consistency of ground contact as well as helping out
57
00:03:04.430 --> 00:03:16.200
with club face
58
00:03:16.200 --> 00:03:22.360
control.
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