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Improve Your Swing Connection with This Simple Drill
After this video, you'll be able to:
- Feel how to engage your shoulder blades for better arm synchronization
- Practice the push-and-clap drill to enhance upper body connection
- Understand the role of key muscles like the serratus anterior in your swing
In this video, you'll learn how to activate the connection between your arms and upper body for a more synchronized swing. This essential movement can enhance your overall performance and consistency on the course.
Video Transcript
WEBVTT
1
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This drill is activating connection.
2
00:00:07.960 --> 00:00:12.540
So connection is one of those terms we use for getting a couple of your body
3
00:00:12.540 --> 00:00:13.080
parts to
4
00:00:13.080 --> 00:00:14.600
work in sync.
5
00:00:14.600 --> 00:00:18.730
And in the classic cases, it's usually getting your arms in your chest or torso
6
00:00:18.730 --> 00:00:19.280
or spine
7
00:00:19.280 --> 00:00:21.000
to work in sync.
8
00:00:21.000 --> 00:00:25.340
When you're disconnected, your arms have a tendency to kind of like do all
9
00:00:25.340 --> 00:00:25.880
kinds of
10
00:00:25.880 --> 00:00:29.960
stuff that looks very sloppy or independent from the body.
11
00:00:29.960 --> 00:00:36.160
When it's more connected, it looks like the upper body and the arms are moving
12
00:00:36.160 --> 00:00:37.400
together.
13
00:00:37.400 --> 00:00:44.000
So that comes from using some certain armpit muscles or shoulder muscles.
14
00:00:44.000 --> 00:00:47.790
And so I have a bunch of different drills, whether it's using the towel or
15
00:00:47.790 --> 00:00:48.400
using the
16
00:00:48.400 --> 00:00:52.040
sticks, the alignment sticks or a ruler.
17
00:00:52.040 --> 00:00:54.680
Those things help to build this connection.
18
00:00:54.680 --> 00:00:58.910
I thought I'd do a quick little video on how to feel the activation of
19
00:00:58.910 --> 00:00:59.980
connection.
20
00:00:59.980 --> 00:01:06.650
So we want to get your shoulder blades to rotate down and slightly forward in
21
00:01:06.650 --> 00:01:07.520
order to feel
22
00:01:07.520 --> 00:01:08.520
this connection.
23
00:01:08.520 --> 00:01:12.320
Now during this swing, they're actually going to have a little bit more of a
24
00:01:12.320 --> 00:01:13.260
left one going
25
00:01:13.260 --> 00:01:17.520
up, right one coming down and then continuing to go in that fashion.
26
00:01:17.520 --> 00:01:23.400
But there's still this kind of downward activation that helps activate the serr
27
00:01:23.400 --> 00:01:24.600
atus anterior,
28
00:01:24.600 --> 00:01:28.880
one of the really big key connection muscles.
29
00:01:28.880 --> 00:01:33.630
It helps blend the oblique into the shoulder, which is huge for getting your
30
00:01:33.630 --> 00:01:34.480
body to work
31
00:01:34.480 --> 00:01:36.080
at the same time as your arms.
32
00:01:36.080 --> 00:01:39.040
Okay, so the drill is going to be really simple.
33
00:01:39.040 --> 00:01:42.780
We're basically going to push down and then clap.
34
00:01:42.780 --> 00:01:45.730
So we're going to put our arms on our sides, almost like we were doing a dip,
35
00:01:45.730 --> 00:01:46.240
and we're
36
00:01:46.240 --> 00:01:51.960
going to push our palms down, kind of like Iron Man getting ready to take off.
37
00:01:51.960 --> 00:01:55.360
So we're pushing our arms down and then we're going to bring our hands together
38
00:01:55.360 --> 00:01:55.600
.
39
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So it's down and then clap.
40
00:01:58.040 --> 00:02:04.990
And now once I have that down and then clap, now if I maintain it, it shouldn't
41
00:02:04.990 --> 00:02:05.440
take a
42
00:02:05.440 --> 00:02:06.440
maximum effort.
43
00:02:06.440 --> 00:02:10.120
It shouldn't take like a strong aggressive movement.
44
00:02:10.120 --> 00:02:14.800
It should just, I can kind of hold those together and I can still rotate my
45
00:02:14.800 --> 00:02:15.760
forearms.
46
00:02:15.760 --> 00:02:17.560
I can still move my wrists.
47
00:02:17.560 --> 00:02:22.840
I could still even bend my elbows, but you see I'm maintaining this connection
48
00:02:22.840 --> 00:02:23.920
in my arms.
49
00:02:23.920 --> 00:02:27.660
So then if I were to take a towel or a glove or something to kind of work on
50
00:02:27.660 --> 00:02:28.280
that, now
51
00:02:28.280 --> 00:02:32.190
you know I need to have a little bit down and then a little bit forward just
52
00:02:32.190 --> 00:02:32.680
kind of
53
00:02:32.680 --> 00:02:33.680
like that.
54
00:02:33.680 --> 00:02:36.880
So now I could get that connection feeling.
55
00:02:36.880 --> 00:02:40.760
So I usually work through the normal cascades starting with nine to three.
56
00:02:40.760 --> 00:02:43.480
So here we go, we're going to push down and then clap.
57
00:02:43.480 --> 00:02:47.520
And in this particular case, if you're used to being really disconnected, you
58
00:02:47.520 --> 00:02:48.120
'll either
59
00:02:48.120 --> 00:02:52.000
feel like your elbows are really close together if you're used to kind of
60
00:02:52.000 --> 00:02:53.240
disconnecting this
61
00:02:53.240 --> 00:02:54.240
way.
62
00:02:54.240 --> 00:02:58.020
Or a lot of people get disconnected because if I exaggerated the shoulders get
63
00:02:58.020 --> 00:02:58.680
more up
64
00:02:58.680 --> 00:03:00.960
and then they can kind of work independent.
65
00:03:00.960 --> 00:03:05.840
So you'll either feel more of the down or more of the narrowness in squeezing.
66
00:03:05.840 --> 00:03:10.220
This is where objects like the towel, like the rulers or things like the smart
67
00:03:10.220 --> 00:03:10.800
ball where
68
00:03:10.800 --> 00:03:14.980
you're squeezing a ball in between, those help to activate these muscles and
69
00:03:14.980 --> 00:03:15.480
work on
70
00:03:15.480 --> 00:03:16.640
the connection.
71
00:03:16.640 --> 00:03:17.640
So here we go.
72
00:03:17.640 --> 00:03:20.000
So we're going to push down and then clap together.
73
00:03:20.000 --> 00:03:25.250
And then we're going to do a nine to three where we basically feel like we
74
00:03:25.250 --> 00:03:26.320
maintain that
75
00:03:26.320 --> 00:03:29.320
connection or maintain the triangle.
76
00:03:29.320 --> 00:03:35.570
This is one of the ways that we get the upper body to work with the arms as one
77
00:03:35.570 --> 00:03:36.360
unit.
78
00:03:36.360 --> 00:03:39.440
So nine to three kind of like this.
79
00:03:39.440 --> 00:03:42.950
Now the tricky part I think for most golfers is when you start going above nine
80
00:03:42.950 --> 00:03:43.600
to three.
81
00:03:43.600 --> 00:03:48.780
So when we go to the 10 to two, the trick is being able to maintain the
82
00:03:48.780 --> 00:03:49.160
connection as
83
00:03:49.160 --> 00:03:51.400
you set the wrist and a little bit of the elbow.
84
00:03:51.400 --> 00:03:55.750
That's kind of the jazzy move or the jazzy Jeff move where we still maintain
85
00:03:55.750 --> 00:03:56.480
the width,
86
00:03:56.480 --> 00:03:58.760
the arms stays in front of the pack.
87
00:03:58.760 --> 00:04:02.660
But there's still a little bit of this downward and inward feeling of the
88
00:04:02.660 --> 00:04:03.880
shoulder blades.
89
00:04:03.880 --> 00:04:07.240
So now we're going to do more of that 10 to two.
90
00:04:07.240 --> 00:04:12.630
We've got the connection up to 10 to two and basically feeling like we maintain
91
00:04:12.630 --> 00:04:13.320
that shoulder
92
00:04:13.320 --> 00:04:17.040
stability the entire swing all the way into the finish, hopefully all the way
93
00:04:17.040 --> 00:04:17.600
until the
94
00:04:17.600 --> 00:04:19.360
ball lands.
95
00:04:19.360 --> 00:04:22.760
Hardest one is going to be now going into a full swing.
96
00:04:22.760 --> 00:04:27.050
If you're used to it, there's often a very powerful feel and kind of like
97
00:04:27.050 --> 00:04:27.800
losing the
98
00:04:27.800 --> 00:04:30.640
shoulder stability up at the top of the swing.
99
00:04:30.640 --> 00:04:32.400
This often feels wide and stiff.
100
00:04:32.400 --> 00:04:37.630
I have one student that kind of describes it as like Frankenstein swinging a
101
00:04:37.630 --> 00:04:38.480
golf club.
102
00:04:38.480 --> 00:04:43.180
I think that's actually a more apt description of what width feels like rather
103
00:04:43.180 --> 00:04:43.880
than kind
104
00:04:43.880 --> 00:04:46.160
of this down snappy movement of the shoulders.
105
00:04:46.160 --> 00:04:49.240
So I'm going to try to maintain that shoulder connection.
106
00:04:49.240 --> 00:04:54.400
But as I go up, you'll see that movement there is going to feel like I no
107
00:04:54.400 --> 00:04:55.160
longer maintain
108
00:04:55.160 --> 00:04:58.080
the width, at least in the hands and the club.
109
00:04:58.080 --> 00:05:00.240
But I am still going to feel this width in my shoulders.
110
00:05:00.240 --> 00:05:05.880
So we'll do the full down clap and now we're going to get it all the way up to
111
00:05:05.880 --> 00:05:06.520
the top
112
00:05:06.520 --> 00:05:12.920
maintaining that stability and then trying to keep that stability as we come
113
00:05:12.920 --> 00:05:13.960
through.
114
00:05:13.960 --> 00:05:17.310
If you work on that, your upper body and your arms are going to work more
115
00:05:17.310 --> 00:05:18.400
together and that
116
00:05:18.400 --> 00:05:22.320
is what we refer to as being connected.
1
00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:07.960
This drill is activating connection.
2
00:00:07.960 --> 00:00:12.540
So connection is one of those terms we use for getting a couple of your body
3
00:00:12.540 --> 00:00:13.080
parts to
4
00:00:13.080 --> 00:00:14.600
work in sync.
5
00:00:14.600 --> 00:00:18.730
And in the classic cases, it's usually getting your arms in your chest or torso
6
00:00:18.730 --> 00:00:19.280
or spine
7
00:00:19.280 --> 00:00:21.000
to work in sync.
8
00:00:21.000 --> 00:00:25.340
When you're disconnected, your arms have a tendency to kind of like do all
9
00:00:25.340 --> 00:00:25.880
kinds of
10
00:00:25.880 --> 00:00:29.960
stuff that looks very sloppy or independent from the body.
11
00:00:29.960 --> 00:00:36.160
When it's more connected, it looks like the upper body and the arms are moving
12
00:00:36.160 --> 00:00:37.400
together.
13
00:00:37.400 --> 00:00:44.000
So that comes from using some certain armpit muscles or shoulder muscles.
14
00:00:44.000 --> 00:00:47.790
And so I have a bunch of different drills, whether it's using the towel or
15
00:00:47.790 --> 00:00:48.400
using the
16
00:00:48.400 --> 00:00:52.040
sticks, the alignment sticks or a ruler.
17
00:00:52.040 --> 00:00:54.680
Those things help to build this connection.
18
00:00:54.680 --> 00:00:58.910
I thought I'd do a quick little video on how to feel the activation of
19
00:00:58.910 --> 00:00:59.980
connection.
20
00:00:59.980 --> 00:01:06.650
So we want to get your shoulder blades to rotate down and slightly forward in
21
00:01:06.650 --> 00:01:07.520
order to feel
22
00:01:07.520 --> 00:01:08.520
this connection.
23
00:01:08.520 --> 00:01:12.320
Now during this swing, they're actually going to have a little bit more of a
24
00:01:12.320 --> 00:01:13.260
left one going
25
00:01:13.260 --> 00:01:17.520
up, right one coming down and then continuing to go in that fashion.
26
00:01:17.520 --> 00:01:23.400
But there's still this kind of downward activation that helps activate the serr
27
00:01:23.400 --> 00:01:24.600
atus anterior,
28
00:01:24.600 --> 00:01:28.880
one of the really big key connection muscles.
29
00:01:28.880 --> 00:01:33.630
It helps blend the oblique into the shoulder, which is huge for getting your
30
00:01:33.630 --> 00:01:34.480
body to work
31
00:01:34.480 --> 00:01:36.080
at the same time as your arms.
32
00:01:36.080 --> 00:01:39.040
Okay, so the drill is going to be really simple.
33
00:01:39.040 --> 00:01:42.780
We're basically going to push down and then clap.
34
00:01:42.780 --> 00:01:45.730
So we're going to put our arms on our sides, almost like we were doing a dip,
35
00:01:45.730 --> 00:01:46.240
and we're
36
00:01:46.240 --> 00:01:51.960
going to push our palms down, kind of like Iron Man getting ready to take off.
37
00:01:51.960 --> 00:01:55.360
So we're pushing our arms down and then we're going to bring our hands together
38
00:01:55.360 --> 00:01:55.600
.
39
00:01:55.600 --> 00:01:58.040
So it's down and then clap.
40
00:01:58.040 --> 00:02:04.990
And now once I have that down and then clap, now if I maintain it, it shouldn't
41
00:02:04.990 --> 00:02:05.440
take a
42
00:02:05.440 --> 00:02:06.440
maximum effort.
43
00:02:06.440 --> 00:02:10.120
It shouldn't take like a strong aggressive movement.
44
00:02:10.120 --> 00:02:14.800
It should just, I can kind of hold those together and I can still rotate my
45
00:02:14.800 --> 00:02:15.760
forearms.
46
00:02:15.760 --> 00:02:17.560
I can still move my wrists.
47
00:02:17.560 --> 00:02:22.840
I could still even bend my elbows, but you see I'm maintaining this connection
48
00:02:22.840 --> 00:02:23.920
in my arms.
49
00:02:23.920 --> 00:02:27.660
So then if I were to take a towel or a glove or something to kind of work on
50
00:02:27.660 --> 00:02:28.280
that, now
51
00:02:28.280 --> 00:02:32.190
you know I need to have a little bit down and then a little bit forward just
52
00:02:32.190 --> 00:02:32.680
kind of
53
00:02:32.680 --> 00:02:33.680
like that.
54
00:02:33.680 --> 00:02:36.880
So now I could get that connection feeling.
55
00:02:36.880 --> 00:02:40.760
So I usually work through the normal cascades starting with nine to three.
56
00:02:40.760 --> 00:02:43.480
So here we go, we're going to push down and then clap.
57
00:02:43.480 --> 00:02:47.520
And in this particular case, if you're used to being really disconnected, you
58
00:02:47.520 --> 00:02:48.120
'll either
59
00:02:48.120 --> 00:02:52.000
feel like your elbows are really close together if you're used to kind of
60
00:02:52.000 --> 00:02:53.240
disconnecting this
61
00:02:53.240 --> 00:02:54.240
way.
62
00:02:54.240 --> 00:02:58.020
Or a lot of people get disconnected because if I exaggerated the shoulders get
63
00:02:58.020 --> 00:02:58.680
more up
64
00:02:58.680 --> 00:03:00.960
and then they can kind of work independent.
65
00:03:00.960 --> 00:03:05.840
So you'll either feel more of the down or more of the narrowness in squeezing.
66
00:03:05.840 --> 00:03:10.220
This is where objects like the towel, like the rulers or things like the smart
67
00:03:10.220 --> 00:03:10.800
ball where
68
00:03:10.800 --> 00:03:14.980
you're squeezing a ball in between, those help to activate these muscles and
69
00:03:14.980 --> 00:03:15.480
work on
70
00:03:15.480 --> 00:03:16.640
the connection.
71
00:03:16.640 --> 00:03:17.640
So here we go.
72
00:03:17.640 --> 00:03:20.000
So we're going to push down and then clap together.
73
00:03:20.000 --> 00:03:25.250
And then we're going to do a nine to three where we basically feel like we
74
00:03:25.250 --> 00:03:26.320
maintain that
75
00:03:26.320 --> 00:03:29.320
connection or maintain the triangle.
76
00:03:29.320 --> 00:03:35.570
This is one of the ways that we get the upper body to work with the arms as one
77
00:03:35.570 --> 00:03:36.360
unit.
78
00:03:36.360 --> 00:03:39.440
So nine to three kind of like this.
79
00:03:39.440 --> 00:03:42.950
Now the tricky part I think for most golfers is when you start going above nine
80
00:03:42.950 --> 00:03:43.600
to three.
81
00:03:43.600 --> 00:03:48.780
So when we go to the 10 to two, the trick is being able to maintain the
82
00:03:48.780 --> 00:03:49.160
connection as
83
00:03:49.160 --> 00:03:51.400
you set the wrist and a little bit of the elbow.
84
00:03:51.400 --> 00:03:55.750
That's kind of the jazzy move or the jazzy Jeff move where we still maintain
85
00:03:55.750 --> 00:03:56.480
the width,
86
00:03:56.480 --> 00:03:58.760
the arms stays in front of the pack.
87
00:03:58.760 --> 00:04:02.660
But there's still a little bit of this downward and inward feeling of the
88
00:04:02.660 --> 00:04:03.880
shoulder blades.
89
00:04:03.880 --> 00:04:07.240
So now we're going to do more of that 10 to two.
90
00:04:07.240 --> 00:04:12.630
We've got the connection up to 10 to two and basically feeling like we maintain
91
00:04:12.630 --> 00:04:13.320
that shoulder
92
00:04:13.320 --> 00:04:17.040
stability the entire swing all the way into the finish, hopefully all the way
93
00:04:17.040 --> 00:04:17.600
until the
94
00:04:17.600 --> 00:04:19.360
ball lands.
95
00:04:19.360 --> 00:04:22.760
Hardest one is going to be now going into a full swing.
96
00:04:22.760 --> 00:04:27.050
If you're used to it, there's often a very powerful feel and kind of like
97
00:04:27.050 --> 00:04:27.800
losing the
98
00:04:27.800 --> 00:04:30.640
shoulder stability up at the top of the swing.
99
00:04:30.640 --> 00:04:32.400
This often feels wide and stiff.
100
00:04:32.400 --> 00:04:37.630
I have one student that kind of describes it as like Frankenstein swinging a
101
00:04:37.630 --> 00:04:38.480
golf club.
102
00:04:38.480 --> 00:04:43.180
I think that's actually a more apt description of what width feels like rather
103
00:04:43.180 --> 00:04:43.880
than kind
104
00:04:43.880 --> 00:04:46.160
of this down snappy movement of the shoulders.
105
00:04:46.160 --> 00:04:49.240
So I'm going to try to maintain that shoulder connection.
106
00:04:49.240 --> 00:04:54.400
But as I go up, you'll see that movement there is going to feel like I no
107
00:04:54.400 --> 00:04:55.160
longer maintain
108
00:04:55.160 --> 00:04:58.080
the width, at least in the hands and the club.
109
00:04:58.080 --> 00:05:00.240
But I am still going to feel this width in my shoulders.
110
00:05:00.240 --> 00:05:05.880
So we'll do the full down clap and now we're going to get it all the way up to
111
00:05:05.880 --> 00:05:06.520
the top
112
00:05:06.520 --> 00:05:12.920
maintaining that stability and then trying to keep that stability as we come
113
00:05:12.920 --> 00:05:13.960
through.
114
00:05:13.960 --> 00:05:17.310
If you work on that, your upper body and your arms are going to work more
115
00:05:17.310 --> 00:05:18.400
together and that
116
00:05:18.400 --> 00:05:22.320
is what we refer to as being connected.
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.
Improve Your Swing Connection with This Simple Drill
After this video, you'll be able to:
- Feel how to engage your shoulder blades for better arm synchronization
- Practice the push-and-clap drill to enhance upper body connection
- Understand the role of key muscles like the serratus anterior in your swing
In this video, you'll learn how to activate the connection between your arms and upper body for a more synchronized swing. This essential movement can enhance your overall performance and consistency on the course.
Video Transcript
WEBVTT
1
00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:07.960
This drill is activating connection.
2
00:00:07.960 --> 00:00:12.540
So connection is one of those terms we use for getting a couple of your body
3
00:00:12.540 --> 00:00:13.080
parts to
4
00:00:13.080 --> 00:00:14.600
work in sync.
5
00:00:14.600 --> 00:00:18.730
And in the classic cases, it's usually getting your arms in your chest or torso
6
00:00:18.730 --> 00:00:19.280
or spine
7
00:00:19.280 --> 00:00:21.000
to work in sync.
8
00:00:21.000 --> 00:00:25.340
When you're disconnected, your arms have a tendency to kind of like do all
9
00:00:25.340 --> 00:00:25.880
kinds of
10
00:00:25.880 --> 00:00:29.960
stuff that looks very sloppy or independent from the body.
11
00:00:29.960 --> 00:00:36.160
When it's more connected, it looks like the upper body and the arms are moving
12
00:00:36.160 --> 00:00:37.400
together.
13
00:00:37.400 --> 00:00:44.000
So that comes from using some certain armpit muscles or shoulder muscles.
14
00:00:44.000 --> 00:00:47.790
And so I have a bunch of different drills, whether it's using the towel or
15
00:00:47.790 --> 00:00:48.400
using the
16
00:00:48.400 --> 00:00:52.040
sticks, the alignment sticks or a ruler.
17
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Those things help to build this connection.
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I thought I'd do a quick little video on how to feel the activation of
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connection.
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So we want to get your shoulder blades to rotate down and slightly forward in
21
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order to feel
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this connection.
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Now during this swing, they're actually going to have a little bit more of a
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left one going
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up, right one coming down and then continuing to go in that fashion.
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But there's still this kind of downward activation that helps activate the serr
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atus anterior,
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one of the really big key connection muscles.
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It helps blend the oblique into the shoulder, which is huge for getting your
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body to work
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at the same time as your arms.
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Okay, so the drill is going to be really simple.
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We're basically going to push down and then clap.
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So we're going to put our arms on our sides, almost like we were doing a dip,
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and we're
36
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going to push our palms down, kind of like Iron Man getting ready to take off.
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So we're pushing our arms down and then we're going to bring our hands together
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.
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So it's down and then clap.
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And now once I have that down and then clap, now if I maintain it, it shouldn't
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take a
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maximum effort.
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It shouldn't take like a strong aggressive movement.
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It should just, I can kind of hold those together and I can still rotate my
45
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forearms.
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I can still move my wrists.
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I could still even bend my elbows, but you see I'm maintaining this connection
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in my arms.
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So then if I were to take a towel or a glove or something to kind of work on
50
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that, now
51
00:02:28.280 --> 00:02:32.190
you know I need to have a little bit down and then a little bit forward just
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kind of
53
00:02:32.680 --> 00:02:33.680
like that.
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So now I could get that connection feeling.
55
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So I usually work through the normal cascades starting with nine to three.
56
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So here we go, we're going to push down and then clap.
57
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And in this particular case, if you're used to being really disconnected, you
58
00:02:47.520 --> 00:02:48.120
'll either
59
00:02:48.120 --> 00:02:52.000
feel like your elbows are really close together if you're used to kind of
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disconnecting this
61
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way.
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Or a lot of people get disconnected because if I exaggerated the shoulders get
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more up
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and then they can kind of work independent.
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So you'll either feel more of the down or more of the narrowness in squeezing.
66
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This is where objects like the towel, like the rulers or things like the smart
67
00:03:10.220 --> 00:03:10.800
ball where
68
00:03:10.800 --> 00:03:14.980
you're squeezing a ball in between, those help to activate these muscles and
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work on
70
00:03:15.480 --> 00:03:16.640
the connection.
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00:03:16.640 --> 00:03:17.640
So here we go.
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So we're going to push down and then clap together.
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And then we're going to do a nine to three where we basically feel like we
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maintain that
75
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connection or maintain the triangle.
76
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This is one of the ways that we get the upper body to work with the arms as one
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unit.
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So nine to three kind of like this.
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Now the tricky part I think for most golfers is when you start going above nine
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to three.
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So when we go to the 10 to two, the trick is being able to maintain the
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connection as
83
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you set the wrist and a little bit of the elbow.
84
00:03:51.400 --> 00:03:55.750
That's kind of the jazzy move or the jazzy Jeff move where we still maintain
85
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the width,
86
00:03:56.480 --> 00:03:58.760
the arms stays in front of the pack.
87
00:03:58.760 --> 00:04:02.660
But there's still a little bit of this downward and inward feeling of the
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00:04:02.660 --> 00:04:03.880
shoulder blades.
89
00:04:03.880 --> 00:04:07.240
So now we're going to do more of that 10 to two.
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We've got the connection up to 10 to two and basically feeling like we maintain
91
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that shoulder
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stability the entire swing all the way into the finish, hopefully all the way
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until the
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ball lands.
95
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Hardest one is going to be now going into a full swing.
96
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If you're used to it, there's often a very powerful feel and kind of like
97
00:04:27.050 --> 00:04:27.800
losing the
98
00:04:27.800 --> 00:04:30.640
shoulder stability up at the top of the swing.
99
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This often feels wide and stiff.
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I have one student that kind of describes it as like Frankenstein swinging a
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golf club.
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00:04:38.480 --> 00:04:43.180
I think that's actually a more apt description of what width feels like rather
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than kind
104
00:04:43.880 --> 00:04:46.160
of this down snappy movement of the shoulders.
105
00:04:46.160 --> 00:04:49.240
So I'm going to try to maintain that shoulder connection.
106
00:04:49.240 --> 00:04:54.400
But as I go up, you'll see that movement there is going to feel like I no
107
00:04:54.400 --> 00:04:55.160
longer maintain
108
00:04:55.160 --> 00:04:58.080
the width, at least in the hands and the club.
109
00:04:58.080 --> 00:05:00.240
But I am still going to feel this width in my shoulders.
110
00:05:00.240 --> 00:05:05.880
So we'll do the full down clap and now we're going to get it all the way up to
111
00:05:05.880 --> 00:05:06.520
the top
112
00:05:06.520 --> 00:05:12.920
maintaining that stability and then trying to keep that stability as we come
113
00:05:12.920 --> 00:05:13.960
through.
114
00:05:13.960 --> 00:05:17.310
If you work on that, your upper body and your arms are going to work more
115
00:05:17.310 --> 00:05:18.400
together and that
116
00:05:18.400 --> 00:05:22.320
is what we refer to as being connected.
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This drill is activating connection.
2
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So connection is one of those terms we use for getting a couple of your body
3
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parts to
4
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work in sync.
5
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And in the classic cases, it's usually getting your arms in your chest or torso
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or spine
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to work in sync.
8
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When you're disconnected, your arms have a tendency to kind of like do all
9
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kinds of
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stuff that looks very sloppy or independent from the body.
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When it's more connected, it looks like the upper body and the arms are moving
12
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together.
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So that comes from using some certain armpit muscles or shoulder muscles.
14
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And so I have a bunch of different drills, whether it's using the towel or
15
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using the
16
00:00:48.400 --> 00:00:52.040
sticks, the alignment sticks or a ruler.
17
00:00:52.040 --> 00:00:54.680
Those things help to build this connection.
18
00:00:54.680 --> 00:00:58.910
I thought I'd do a quick little video on how to feel the activation of
19
00:00:58.910 --> 00:00:59.980
connection.
20
00:00:59.980 --> 00:01:06.650
So we want to get your shoulder blades to rotate down and slightly forward in
21
00:01:06.650 --> 00:01:07.520
order to feel
22
00:01:07.520 --> 00:01:08.520
this connection.
23
00:01:08.520 --> 00:01:12.320
Now during this swing, they're actually going to have a little bit more of a
24
00:01:12.320 --> 00:01:13.260
left one going
25
00:01:13.260 --> 00:01:17.520
up, right one coming down and then continuing to go in that fashion.
26
00:01:17.520 --> 00:01:23.400
But there's still this kind of downward activation that helps activate the serr
27
00:01:23.400 --> 00:01:24.600
atus anterior,
28
00:01:24.600 --> 00:01:28.880
one of the really big key connection muscles.
29
00:01:28.880 --> 00:01:33.630
It helps blend the oblique into the shoulder, which is huge for getting your
30
00:01:33.630 --> 00:01:34.480
body to work
31
00:01:34.480 --> 00:01:36.080
at the same time as your arms.
32
00:01:36.080 --> 00:01:39.040
Okay, so the drill is going to be really simple.
33
00:01:39.040 --> 00:01:42.780
We're basically going to push down and then clap.
34
00:01:42.780 --> 00:01:45.730
So we're going to put our arms on our sides, almost like we were doing a dip,
35
00:01:45.730 --> 00:01:46.240
and we're
36
00:01:46.240 --> 00:01:51.960
going to push our palms down, kind of like Iron Man getting ready to take off.
37
00:01:51.960 --> 00:01:55.360
So we're pushing our arms down and then we're going to bring our hands together
38
00:01:55.360 --> 00:01:55.600
.
39
00:01:55.600 --> 00:01:58.040
So it's down and then clap.
40
00:01:58.040 --> 00:02:04.990
And now once I have that down and then clap, now if I maintain it, it shouldn't
41
00:02:04.990 --> 00:02:05.440
take a
42
00:02:05.440 --> 00:02:06.440
maximum effort.
43
00:02:06.440 --> 00:02:10.120
It shouldn't take like a strong aggressive movement.
44
00:02:10.120 --> 00:02:14.800
It should just, I can kind of hold those together and I can still rotate my
45
00:02:14.800 --> 00:02:15.760
forearms.
46
00:02:15.760 --> 00:02:17.560
I can still move my wrists.
47
00:02:17.560 --> 00:02:22.840
I could still even bend my elbows, but you see I'm maintaining this connection
48
00:02:22.840 --> 00:02:23.920
in my arms.
49
00:02:23.920 --> 00:02:27.660
So then if I were to take a towel or a glove or something to kind of work on
50
00:02:27.660 --> 00:02:28.280
that, now
51
00:02:28.280 --> 00:02:32.190
you know I need to have a little bit down and then a little bit forward just
52
00:02:32.190 --> 00:02:32.680
kind of
53
00:02:32.680 --> 00:02:33.680
like that.
54
00:02:33.680 --> 00:02:36.880
So now I could get that connection feeling.
55
00:02:36.880 --> 00:02:40.760
So I usually work through the normal cascades starting with nine to three.
56
00:02:40.760 --> 00:02:43.480
So here we go, we're going to push down and then clap.
57
00:02:43.480 --> 00:02:47.520
And in this particular case, if you're used to being really disconnected, you
58
00:02:47.520 --> 00:02:48.120
'll either
59
00:02:48.120 --> 00:02:52.000
feel like your elbows are really close together if you're used to kind of
60
00:02:52.000 --> 00:02:53.240
disconnecting this
61
00:02:53.240 --> 00:02:54.240
way.
62
00:02:54.240 --> 00:02:58.020
Or a lot of people get disconnected because if I exaggerated the shoulders get
63
00:02:58.020 --> 00:02:58.680
more up
64
00:02:58.680 --> 00:03:00.960
and then they can kind of work independent.
65
00:03:00.960 --> 00:03:05.840
So you'll either feel more of the down or more of the narrowness in squeezing.
66
00:03:05.840 --> 00:03:10.220
This is where objects like the towel, like the rulers or things like the smart
67
00:03:10.220 --> 00:03:10.800
ball where
68
00:03:10.800 --> 00:03:14.980
you're squeezing a ball in between, those help to activate these muscles and
69
00:03:14.980 --> 00:03:15.480
work on
70
00:03:15.480 --> 00:03:16.640
the connection.
71
00:03:16.640 --> 00:03:17.640
So here we go.
72
00:03:17.640 --> 00:03:20.000
So we're going to push down and then clap together.
73
00:03:20.000 --> 00:03:25.250
And then we're going to do a nine to three where we basically feel like we
74
00:03:25.250 --> 00:03:26.320
maintain that
75
00:03:26.320 --> 00:03:29.320
connection or maintain the triangle.
76
00:03:29.320 --> 00:03:35.570
This is one of the ways that we get the upper body to work with the arms as one
77
00:03:35.570 --> 00:03:36.360
unit.
78
00:03:36.360 --> 00:03:39.440
So nine to three kind of like this.
79
00:03:39.440 --> 00:03:42.950
Now the tricky part I think for most golfers is when you start going above nine
80
00:03:42.950 --> 00:03:43.600
to three.
81
00:03:43.600 --> 00:03:48.780
So when we go to the 10 to two, the trick is being able to maintain the
82
00:03:48.780 --> 00:03:49.160
connection as
83
00:03:49.160 --> 00:03:51.400
you set the wrist and a little bit of the elbow.
84
00:03:51.400 --> 00:03:55.750
That's kind of the jazzy move or the jazzy Jeff move where we still maintain
85
00:03:55.750 --> 00:03:56.480
the width,
86
00:03:56.480 --> 00:03:58.760
the arms stays in front of the pack.
87
00:03:58.760 --> 00:04:02.660
But there's still a little bit of this downward and inward feeling of the
88
00:04:02.660 --> 00:04:03.880
shoulder blades.
89
00:04:03.880 --> 00:04:07.240
So now we're going to do more of that 10 to two.
90
00:04:07.240 --> 00:04:12.630
We've got the connection up to 10 to two and basically feeling like we maintain
91
00:04:12.630 --> 00:04:13.320
that shoulder
92
00:04:13.320 --> 00:04:17.040
stability the entire swing all the way into the finish, hopefully all the way
93
00:04:17.040 --> 00:04:17.600
until the
94
00:04:17.600 --> 00:04:19.360
ball lands.
95
00:04:19.360 --> 00:04:22.760
Hardest one is going to be now going into a full swing.
96
00:04:22.760 --> 00:04:27.050
If you're used to it, there's often a very powerful feel and kind of like
97
00:04:27.050 --> 00:04:27.800
losing the
98
00:04:27.800 --> 00:04:30.640
shoulder stability up at the top of the swing.
99
00:04:30.640 --> 00:04:32.400
This often feels wide and stiff.
100
00:04:32.400 --> 00:04:37.630
I have one student that kind of describes it as like Frankenstein swinging a
101
00:04:37.630 --> 00:04:38.480
golf club.
102
00:04:38.480 --> 00:04:43.180
I think that's actually a more apt description of what width feels like rather
103
00:04:43.180 --> 00:04:43.880
than kind
104
00:04:43.880 --> 00:04:46.160
of this down snappy movement of the shoulders.
105
00:04:46.160 --> 00:04:49.240
So I'm going to try to maintain that shoulder connection.
106
00:04:49.240 --> 00:04:54.400
But as I go up, you'll see that movement there is going to feel like I no
107
00:04:54.400 --> 00:04:55.160
longer maintain
108
00:04:55.160 --> 00:04:58.080
the width, at least in the hands and the club.
109
00:04:58.080 --> 00:05:00.240
But I am still going to feel this width in my shoulders.
110
00:05:00.240 --> 00:05:05.880
So we'll do the full down clap and now we're going to get it all the way up to
111
00:05:05.880 --> 00:05:06.520
the top
112
00:05:06.520 --> 00:05:12.920
maintaining that stability and then trying to keep that stability as we come
113
00:05:12.920 --> 00:05:13.960
through.
114
00:05:13.960 --> 00:05:17.310
If you work on that, your upper body and your arms are going to work more
115
00:05:17.310 --> 00:05:18.400
together and that
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00:05:18.400 --> 00:05:22.320
is what we refer to as being connected.
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