Find out what's really causing your miss. Get Your Free Diagnosis
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 Impact Position with the Adductor Merry-Go-Round Drill

After this video, you'll be able to:

  • Feel how to engage your inner thighs to stabilize your stance
  • Understand the role of your core in achieving proper body rotation
  • Recognize how to avoid common faults like early extension during the swing

In this drill, you'll learn how to use your inner thighs to create a better body position at impact, enhancing your overall swing mechanics. This exercise will help you understand the connection between your core and legs for a more effective swing.

Video Transcript
WEBVTT

1
00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:04.920
This drill is the adductor merry-go-round.

2
00:00:04.920 --> 00:00:08.760
So the merry-go-round is a way to help you feel the proper body position for

3
00:00:08.760 --> 00:00:09.360
impact and

4
00:00:09.360 --> 00:00:14.800
then you can focus on different pieces whether it's where would my arms be now

5
00:00:14.800 --> 00:00:15.560
or how do

6
00:00:15.560 --> 00:00:17.120
I get there.

7
00:00:17.120 --> 00:00:21.410
The adductor version is kind of helping you feel how the core and the legs work

8
00:00:21.410 --> 00:00:22.000
together

9
00:00:22.000 --> 00:00:23.960
to get you into this merry-go-round.

10
00:00:23.960 --> 00:00:27.240
So if you're familiar with the adductor frisbee squeeze where we talk about

11
00:00:27.240 --> 00:00:28.360
using your adductors

12
00:00:28.360 --> 00:00:33.080
which is your inner thighs to kind of pull yourself into that left side, well

13
00:00:33.080 --> 00:00:33.920
the adductor

14
00:00:33.920 --> 00:00:38.820
merry-go-round is basically using that to that pull motion from the inner thigh

15
00:00:38.820 --> 00:00:39.600
to trigger

16
00:00:39.600 --> 00:00:41.880
the rotation of the right side.

17
00:00:41.880 --> 00:00:48.320
So if I was to get in the good merry-go-round setup and then I'll address the

18
00:00:48.320 --> 00:00:49.280
golf ball

19
00:00:49.280 --> 00:00:53.490
just so I have a consistent visual so that my eyes can get used to where my

20
00:00:53.490 --> 00:00:54.440
body position

21
00:00:54.440 --> 00:00:55.440
would be.

22
00:00:55.440 --> 00:01:01.350
Now I'm going to try and pull with this inner thigh and I'm going to use that

23
00:01:01.350 --> 00:01:02.280
activity

24
00:01:02.280 --> 00:01:06.120
in that inner thigh to initiate my rib cage.

25
00:01:06.120 --> 00:01:13.370
So I'm trying to feel kind of a crunch as I'm doing this adductor frisbee

26
00:01:13.370 --> 00:01:14.600
squeeze to

27
00:01:14.600 --> 00:01:17.320
pull myself into this body position.

28
00:01:17.320 --> 00:01:22.140
So if you have the tendency to kind of get on the outside of your foot or slide

29
00:01:22.140 --> 00:01:22.720
or even

30
00:01:22.720 --> 00:01:26.190
early extend it could be that you're using some different leg muscles and not

31
00:01:26.190 --> 00:01:26.760
your inner

32
00:01:26.760 --> 00:01:30.800
thigh to help get you into that bracing position.

33
00:01:30.800 --> 00:01:34.400
So I'll just demonstrate a couple of times arms across.

34
00:01:34.400 --> 00:01:38.240
I'm going to pull with that inner thigh.

35
00:01:38.240 --> 00:01:43.060
I could alternatively have some tubing pulling my leg that way so that I focus

36
00:01:43.060 --> 00:01:44.080
on it squeezing

37
00:01:44.080 --> 00:01:45.080
in.

38
00:01:45.080 --> 00:01:51.380
So I'm pulling just like so, pulling just like so and then I can get a sense of

39
00:01:51.380 --> 00:01:51.880
well

40
00:01:51.880 --> 00:01:55.710
now if I was doing kind of a nine to three version what would it feel like for

41
00:01:55.710 --> 00:01:56.080
me to

42
00:01:56.080 --> 00:02:06.380
go through that and I can do that while hitting golf balls so pull just like so

43
00:02:06.380 --> 00:02:06.400
.

44
00:02:06.400 --> 00:02:11.240
Pull just like so, feeling that inner thigh kind of triggering this rotation.

45
00:02:11.240 --> 00:02:16.060
So if you're working on the bracing component and getting into a more stable

46
00:02:16.060 --> 00:02:16.880
impact position

47
00:02:16.880 --> 00:02:20.380
use the inner thigh or the adductor merry-go-round to help with that process.
Related topics
This video hasn't been assigned to any topics yet. Browse all topics in the sidebar.
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 Impact Position with the Adductor Merry-Go-Round Drill

After this video, you'll be able to:

  • Feel how to engage your inner thighs to stabilize your stance
  • Understand the role of your core in achieving proper body rotation
  • Recognize how to avoid common faults like early extension during the swing

In this drill, you'll learn how to use your inner thighs to create a better body position at impact, enhancing your overall swing mechanics. This exercise will help you understand the connection between your core and legs for a more effective swing.

Video Transcript
WEBVTT

1
00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:04.920
This drill is the adductor merry-go-round.

2
00:00:04.920 --> 00:00:08.760
So the merry-go-round is a way to help you feel the proper body position for

3
00:00:08.760 --> 00:00:09.360
impact and

4
00:00:09.360 --> 00:00:14.800
then you can focus on different pieces whether it's where would my arms be now

5
00:00:14.800 --> 00:00:15.560
or how do

6
00:00:15.560 --> 00:00:17.120
I get there.

7
00:00:17.120 --> 00:00:21.410
The adductor version is kind of helping you feel how the core and the legs work

8
00:00:21.410 --> 00:00:22.000
together

9
00:00:22.000 --> 00:00:23.960
to get you into this merry-go-round.

10
00:00:23.960 --> 00:00:27.240
So if you're familiar with the adductor frisbee squeeze where we talk about

11
00:00:27.240 --> 00:00:28.360
using your adductors

12
00:00:28.360 --> 00:00:33.080
which is your inner thighs to kind of pull yourself into that left side, well

13
00:00:33.080 --> 00:00:33.920
the adductor

14
00:00:33.920 --> 00:00:38.820
merry-go-round is basically using that to that pull motion from the inner thigh

15
00:00:38.820 --> 00:00:39.600
to trigger

16
00:00:39.600 --> 00:00:41.880
the rotation of the right side.

17
00:00:41.880 --> 00:00:48.320
So if I was to get in the good merry-go-round setup and then I'll address the

18
00:00:48.320 --> 00:00:49.280
golf ball

19
00:00:49.280 --> 00:00:53.490
just so I have a consistent visual so that my eyes can get used to where my

20
00:00:53.490 --> 00:00:54.440
body position

21
00:00:54.440 --> 00:00:55.440
would be.

22
00:00:55.440 --> 00:01:01.350
Now I'm going to try and pull with this inner thigh and I'm going to use that

23
00:01:01.350 --> 00:01:02.280
activity

24
00:01:02.280 --> 00:01:06.120
in that inner thigh to initiate my rib cage.

25
00:01:06.120 --> 00:01:13.370
So I'm trying to feel kind of a crunch as I'm doing this adductor frisbee

26
00:01:13.370 --> 00:01:14.600
squeeze to

27
00:01:14.600 --> 00:01:17.320
pull myself into this body position.

28
00:01:17.320 --> 00:01:22.140
So if you have the tendency to kind of get on the outside of your foot or slide

29
00:01:22.140 --> 00:01:22.720
or even

30
00:01:22.720 --> 00:01:26.190
early extend it could be that you're using some different leg muscles and not

31
00:01:26.190 --> 00:01:26.760
your inner

32
00:01:26.760 --> 00:01:30.800
thigh to help get you into that bracing position.

33
00:01:30.800 --> 00:01:34.400
So I'll just demonstrate a couple of times arms across.

34
00:01:34.400 --> 00:01:38.240
I'm going to pull with that inner thigh.

35
00:01:38.240 --> 00:01:43.060
I could alternatively have some tubing pulling my leg that way so that I focus

36
00:01:43.060 --> 00:01:44.080
on it squeezing

37
00:01:44.080 --> 00:01:45.080
in.

38
00:01:45.080 --> 00:01:51.380
So I'm pulling just like so, pulling just like so and then I can get a sense of

39
00:01:51.380 --> 00:01:51.880
well

40
00:01:51.880 --> 00:01:55.710
now if I was doing kind of a nine to three version what would it feel like for

41
00:01:55.710 --> 00:01:56.080
me to

42
00:01:56.080 --> 00:02:06.380
go through that and I can do that while hitting golf balls so pull just like so

43
00:02:06.380 --> 00:02:06.400
.

44
00:02:06.400 --> 00:02:11.240
Pull just like so, feeling that inner thigh kind of triggering this rotation.

45
00:02:11.240 --> 00:02:16.060
So if you're working on the bracing component and getting into a more stable

46
00:02:16.060 --> 00:02:16.880
impact position

47
00:02:16.880 --> 00:02:20.380
use the inner thigh or the adductor merry-go-round to help with that process.
Related topics
This video hasn't been assigned to any topics yet. Browse all topics in the sidebar.