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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 Timing with the Assisted Handle Drill
After this video, you'll be able to:
- Feel the correct timing for engaging your arms during the swing
- Learn how to generate momentum without casting the club
- Practice the transition from backswing to impact for improved consistency
In this video, you'll learn the Assisted Swing the Handle drill, which helps you develop better timing and sequencing in your golf swing. Understanding when to engage your arms is crucial for consistent performance on the course.
Video Transcript
WEBVTT
1
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This drill is assisted swing the handle so this is a tempo drill and kind of a
2
00:00:05.360 --> 00:00:09.360
sequencing drill to help you get the feeling of the timing of when your arm
3
00:00:09.360 --> 00:00:13.280
should get involved in the golf swing. So what you're going to do is you'll
4
00:00:13.280 --> 00:00:13.640
hold
5
00:00:13.640 --> 00:00:18.480
the club upside down almost like it's a cane and I recommend using your lead
6
00:00:18.480 --> 00:00:23.840
hand you'll see why here in a second and we're just going to swing the handle
7
00:00:23.840 --> 00:00:28.920
the golf club just like this which will swing the club head. So we're going to
8
00:00:28.920 --> 00:00:33.600
use this as a representative of the golf swing. So right there is my
9
00:00:33.600 --> 00:00:38.240
transition from right about there to right about there and then from here to
10
00:00:38.240 --> 00:00:43.270
there is the the release or I guess from here to there is the release impact
11
00:00:43.270 --> 00:00:43.480
would
12
00:00:43.480 --> 00:00:48.800
be right around near the bottom or just slightly before the bottom. So we're
13
00:00:48.800 --> 00:00:52.560
going to get it swinging just like this. So I do this frequently with my
14
00:00:52.560 --> 00:00:53.000
students
15
00:00:53.000 --> 00:00:57.360
and it helps them get a sense of when I want your arms to get involved. So now
16
00:00:57.360 --> 00:01:02.030
what we're going to do is we'll use the free hand and we're going to increase
17
00:01:02.030 --> 00:01:02.200
the
18
00:01:02.200 --> 00:01:07.280
speed and we're going to do it at a couple different times but the main one I
19
00:01:07.280 --> 00:01:12.660
want you to focus on is you'll see I'm pushing just after I've established
20
00:01:12.660 --> 00:01:17.240
momentum kind of towards the golf ball. So I don't want to push right from the
21
00:01:17.240 --> 00:01:20.560
top of the swing because what you'll feel if you do this and I can feel it
22
00:01:20.560 --> 00:01:24.630
even doing it myself is I will feel that it will accelerate and then it will
23
00:01:24.630 --> 00:01:24.880
kind
24
00:01:24.880 --> 00:01:29.160
of slow down through here. That's more of a cast pattern which is really good
25
00:01:29.160 --> 00:01:29.400
for
26
00:01:29.400 --> 00:01:33.760
the half wedge shots really good for shots around the green but not very good
27
00:01:33.760 --> 00:01:38.220
for creating a flat spot with the full swing. So now let's get a few of the
28
00:01:38.220 --> 00:01:38.360
good
29
00:01:38.360 --> 00:01:42.920
ones going which is as it's starting down now I'm going to speed it up and
30
00:01:42.920 --> 00:01:47.920
you'll see that it actually propels this object or the propels the club head
31
00:01:47.920 --> 00:01:48.440
you
32
00:01:48.440 --> 00:01:53.680
know almost to my end range of motion. Now the part that I normally add for my
33
00:01:53.680 --> 00:01:57.930
students that I can't do for you is I'll add the bracing component. So as I
34
00:01:57.930 --> 00:01:58.160
push
35
00:01:58.160 --> 00:02:02.800
this way down at the bottom I'll push this way with the opposite club or with
36
00:02:02.800 --> 00:02:09.520
the handle. So what I will try to do is as I push I will kind of create this
37
00:02:09.520 --> 00:02:15.760
little force couple. Now it feels very weird doing this on my own but it gives
38
00:02:15.760 --> 00:02:19.760
this sense of almost the club kind of whipping down at the bottom which is a
39
00:02:19.760 --> 00:02:23.800
way that golfers have described the feeling of a good tempo in the past. So
40
00:02:23.800 --> 00:02:27.400
that's that feeling of the club constantly accelerating. That's not going
41
00:02:27.400 --> 00:02:32.240
to happen if you get your arms too active too soon. You want to make sure to
42
00:02:32.240 --> 00:02:32.440
get
43
00:02:32.440 --> 00:02:36.200
into a good delivery position before those arms get involved. So the way that
44
00:02:36.200 --> 00:02:41.240
looks in the golf swing is if I go up to the top of the swing if I was to push
45
00:02:41.240 --> 00:02:45.400
straight from the top that would look more like a cast pattern where I get my
46
00:02:45.400 --> 00:02:52.680
arms really active early in transition where that the good sequencing of
47
00:02:52.680 --> 00:02:59.120
letting it get started and then push it down would look something like I use my
48
00:02:59.120 --> 00:03:05.080
body to about here and then my arms take that momentum and propel it and speed
49
00:03:05.080 --> 00:03:08.680
the club up all the way through impact. So if you're struggling with some of
50
00:03:08.680 --> 00:03:08.880
the
51
00:03:08.880 --> 00:03:13.640
sequencing of this feeling the arms delayed but they're not quite feeling
52
00:03:13.640 --> 00:03:18.740
powerful or difficulty leading with the lower body this is a great way
53
00:03:18.740 --> 00:03:19.360
especially
54
00:03:19.360 --> 00:03:25.000
for field golfers to experience the sensation of what that proper timing
55
00:03:25.000 --> 00:03:28.760
will feel like and then you can translate that into the movements as you
56
00:03:28.760 --> 00:03:31.560
work on your golf swing.
1
00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:05.360
This drill is assisted swing the handle so this is a tempo drill and kind of a
2
00:00:05.360 --> 00:00:09.360
sequencing drill to help you get the feeling of the timing of when your arm
3
00:00:09.360 --> 00:00:13.280
should get involved in the golf swing. So what you're going to do is you'll
4
00:00:13.280 --> 00:00:13.640
hold
5
00:00:13.640 --> 00:00:18.480
the club upside down almost like it's a cane and I recommend using your lead
6
00:00:18.480 --> 00:00:23.840
hand you'll see why here in a second and we're just going to swing the handle
7
00:00:23.840 --> 00:00:28.920
the golf club just like this which will swing the club head. So we're going to
8
00:00:28.920 --> 00:00:33.600
use this as a representative of the golf swing. So right there is my
9
00:00:33.600 --> 00:00:38.240
transition from right about there to right about there and then from here to
10
00:00:38.240 --> 00:00:43.270
there is the the release or I guess from here to there is the release impact
11
00:00:43.270 --> 00:00:43.480
would
12
00:00:43.480 --> 00:00:48.800
be right around near the bottom or just slightly before the bottom. So we're
13
00:00:48.800 --> 00:00:52.560
going to get it swinging just like this. So I do this frequently with my
14
00:00:52.560 --> 00:00:53.000
students
15
00:00:53.000 --> 00:00:57.360
and it helps them get a sense of when I want your arms to get involved. So now
16
00:00:57.360 --> 00:01:02.030
what we're going to do is we'll use the free hand and we're going to increase
17
00:01:02.030 --> 00:01:02.200
the
18
00:01:02.200 --> 00:01:07.280
speed and we're going to do it at a couple different times but the main one I
19
00:01:07.280 --> 00:01:12.660
want you to focus on is you'll see I'm pushing just after I've established
20
00:01:12.660 --> 00:01:17.240
momentum kind of towards the golf ball. So I don't want to push right from the
21
00:01:17.240 --> 00:01:20.560
top of the swing because what you'll feel if you do this and I can feel it
22
00:01:20.560 --> 00:01:24.630
even doing it myself is I will feel that it will accelerate and then it will
23
00:01:24.630 --> 00:01:24.880
kind
24
00:01:24.880 --> 00:01:29.160
of slow down through here. That's more of a cast pattern which is really good
25
00:01:29.160 --> 00:01:29.400
for
26
00:01:29.400 --> 00:01:33.760
the half wedge shots really good for shots around the green but not very good
27
00:01:33.760 --> 00:01:38.220
for creating a flat spot with the full swing. So now let's get a few of the
28
00:01:38.220 --> 00:01:38.360
good
29
00:01:38.360 --> 00:01:42.920
ones going which is as it's starting down now I'm going to speed it up and
30
00:01:42.920 --> 00:01:47.920
you'll see that it actually propels this object or the propels the club head
31
00:01:47.920 --> 00:01:48.440
you
32
00:01:48.440 --> 00:01:53.680
know almost to my end range of motion. Now the part that I normally add for my
33
00:01:53.680 --> 00:01:57.930
students that I can't do for you is I'll add the bracing component. So as I
34
00:01:57.930 --> 00:01:58.160
push
35
00:01:58.160 --> 00:02:02.800
this way down at the bottom I'll push this way with the opposite club or with
36
00:02:02.800 --> 00:02:09.520
the handle. So what I will try to do is as I push I will kind of create this
37
00:02:09.520 --> 00:02:15.760
little force couple. Now it feels very weird doing this on my own but it gives
38
00:02:15.760 --> 00:02:19.760
this sense of almost the club kind of whipping down at the bottom which is a
39
00:02:19.760 --> 00:02:23.800
way that golfers have described the feeling of a good tempo in the past. So
40
00:02:23.800 --> 00:02:27.400
that's that feeling of the club constantly accelerating. That's not going
41
00:02:27.400 --> 00:02:32.240
to happen if you get your arms too active too soon. You want to make sure to
42
00:02:32.240 --> 00:02:32.440
get
43
00:02:32.440 --> 00:02:36.200
into a good delivery position before those arms get involved. So the way that
44
00:02:36.200 --> 00:02:41.240
looks in the golf swing is if I go up to the top of the swing if I was to push
45
00:02:41.240 --> 00:02:45.400
straight from the top that would look more like a cast pattern where I get my
46
00:02:45.400 --> 00:02:52.680
arms really active early in transition where that the good sequencing of
47
00:02:52.680 --> 00:02:59.120
letting it get started and then push it down would look something like I use my
48
00:02:59.120 --> 00:03:05.080
body to about here and then my arms take that momentum and propel it and speed
49
00:03:05.080 --> 00:03:08.680
the club up all the way through impact. So if you're struggling with some of
50
00:03:08.680 --> 00:03:08.880
the
51
00:03:08.880 --> 00:03:13.640
sequencing of this feeling the arms delayed but they're not quite feeling
52
00:03:13.640 --> 00:03:18.740
powerful or difficulty leading with the lower body this is a great way
53
00:03:18.740 --> 00:03:19.360
especially
54
00:03:19.360 --> 00:03:25.000
for field golfers to experience the sensation of what that proper timing
55
00:03:25.000 --> 00:03:28.760
will feel like and then you can translate that into the movements as you
56
00:03:28.760 --> 00:03:31.560
work on your golf swing.
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.
Improve Your Swing Timing with the Assisted Handle Drill
After this video, you'll be able to:
- Feel the correct timing for engaging your arms during the swing
- Learn how to generate momentum without casting the club
- Practice the transition from backswing to impact for improved consistency
In this video, you'll learn the Assisted Swing the Handle drill, which helps you develop better timing and sequencing in your golf swing. Understanding when to engage your arms is crucial for consistent performance on the course.
Video Transcript
WEBVTT
1
00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:05.360
This drill is assisted swing the handle so this is a tempo drill and kind of a
2
00:00:05.360 --> 00:00:09.360
sequencing drill to help you get the feeling of the timing of when your arm
3
00:00:09.360 --> 00:00:13.280
should get involved in the golf swing. So what you're going to do is you'll
4
00:00:13.280 --> 00:00:13.640
hold
5
00:00:13.640 --> 00:00:18.480
the club upside down almost like it's a cane and I recommend using your lead
6
00:00:18.480 --> 00:00:23.840
hand you'll see why here in a second and we're just going to swing the handle
7
00:00:23.840 --> 00:00:28.920
the golf club just like this which will swing the club head. So we're going to
8
00:00:28.920 --> 00:00:33.600
use this as a representative of the golf swing. So right there is my
9
00:00:33.600 --> 00:00:38.240
transition from right about there to right about there and then from here to
10
00:00:38.240 --> 00:00:43.270
there is the the release or I guess from here to there is the release impact
11
00:00:43.270 --> 00:00:43.480
would
12
00:00:43.480 --> 00:00:48.800
be right around near the bottom or just slightly before the bottom. So we're
13
00:00:48.800 --> 00:00:52.560
going to get it swinging just like this. So I do this frequently with my
14
00:00:52.560 --> 00:00:53.000
students
15
00:00:53.000 --> 00:00:57.360
and it helps them get a sense of when I want your arms to get involved. So now
16
00:00:57.360 --> 00:01:02.030
what we're going to do is we'll use the free hand and we're going to increase
17
00:01:02.030 --> 00:01:02.200
the
18
00:01:02.200 --> 00:01:07.280
speed and we're going to do it at a couple different times but the main one I
19
00:01:07.280 --> 00:01:12.660
want you to focus on is you'll see I'm pushing just after I've established
20
00:01:12.660 --> 00:01:17.240
momentum kind of towards the golf ball. So I don't want to push right from the
21
00:01:17.240 --> 00:01:20.560
top of the swing because what you'll feel if you do this and I can feel it
22
00:01:20.560 --> 00:01:24.630
even doing it myself is I will feel that it will accelerate and then it will
23
00:01:24.630 --> 00:01:24.880
kind
24
00:01:24.880 --> 00:01:29.160
of slow down through here. That's more of a cast pattern which is really good
25
00:01:29.160 --> 00:01:29.400
for
26
00:01:29.400 --> 00:01:33.760
the half wedge shots really good for shots around the green but not very good
27
00:01:33.760 --> 00:01:38.220
for creating a flat spot with the full swing. So now let's get a few of the
28
00:01:38.220 --> 00:01:38.360
good
29
00:01:38.360 --> 00:01:42.920
ones going which is as it's starting down now I'm going to speed it up and
30
00:01:42.920 --> 00:01:47.920
you'll see that it actually propels this object or the propels the club head
31
00:01:47.920 --> 00:01:48.440
you
32
00:01:48.440 --> 00:01:53.680
know almost to my end range of motion. Now the part that I normally add for my
33
00:01:53.680 --> 00:01:57.930
students that I can't do for you is I'll add the bracing component. So as I
34
00:01:57.930 --> 00:01:58.160
push
35
00:01:58.160 --> 00:02:02.800
this way down at the bottom I'll push this way with the opposite club or with
36
00:02:02.800 --> 00:02:09.520
the handle. So what I will try to do is as I push I will kind of create this
37
00:02:09.520 --> 00:02:15.760
little force couple. Now it feels very weird doing this on my own but it gives
38
00:02:15.760 --> 00:02:19.760
this sense of almost the club kind of whipping down at the bottom which is a
39
00:02:19.760 --> 00:02:23.800
way that golfers have described the feeling of a good tempo in the past. So
40
00:02:23.800 --> 00:02:27.400
that's that feeling of the club constantly accelerating. That's not going
41
00:02:27.400 --> 00:02:32.240
to happen if you get your arms too active too soon. You want to make sure to
42
00:02:32.240 --> 00:02:32.440
get
43
00:02:32.440 --> 00:02:36.200
into a good delivery position before those arms get involved. So the way that
44
00:02:36.200 --> 00:02:41.240
looks in the golf swing is if I go up to the top of the swing if I was to push
45
00:02:41.240 --> 00:02:45.400
straight from the top that would look more like a cast pattern where I get my
46
00:02:45.400 --> 00:02:52.680
arms really active early in transition where that the good sequencing of
47
00:02:52.680 --> 00:02:59.120
letting it get started and then push it down would look something like I use my
48
00:02:59.120 --> 00:03:05.080
body to about here and then my arms take that momentum and propel it and speed
49
00:03:05.080 --> 00:03:08.680
the club up all the way through impact. So if you're struggling with some of
50
00:03:08.680 --> 00:03:08.880
the
51
00:03:08.880 --> 00:03:13.640
sequencing of this feeling the arms delayed but they're not quite feeling
52
00:03:13.640 --> 00:03:18.740
powerful or difficulty leading with the lower body this is a great way
53
00:03:18.740 --> 00:03:19.360
especially
54
00:03:19.360 --> 00:03:25.000
for field golfers to experience the sensation of what that proper timing
55
00:03:25.000 --> 00:03:28.760
will feel like and then you can translate that into the movements as you
56
00:03:28.760 --> 00:03:31.560
work on your golf swing.
1
00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:05.360
This drill is assisted swing the handle so this is a tempo drill and kind of a
2
00:00:05.360 --> 00:00:09.360
sequencing drill to help you get the feeling of the timing of when your arm
3
00:00:09.360 --> 00:00:13.280
should get involved in the golf swing. So what you're going to do is you'll
4
00:00:13.280 --> 00:00:13.640
hold
5
00:00:13.640 --> 00:00:18.480
the club upside down almost like it's a cane and I recommend using your lead
6
00:00:18.480 --> 00:00:23.840
hand you'll see why here in a second and we're just going to swing the handle
7
00:00:23.840 --> 00:00:28.920
the golf club just like this which will swing the club head. So we're going to
8
00:00:28.920 --> 00:00:33.600
use this as a representative of the golf swing. So right there is my
9
00:00:33.600 --> 00:00:38.240
transition from right about there to right about there and then from here to
10
00:00:38.240 --> 00:00:43.270
there is the the release or I guess from here to there is the release impact
11
00:00:43.270 --> 00:00:43.480
would
12
00:00:43.480 --> 00:00:48.800
be right around near the bottom or just slightly before the bottom. So we're
13
00:00:48.800 --> 00:00:52.560
going to get it swinging just like this. So I do this frequently with my
14
00:00:52.560 --> 00:00:53.000
students
15
00:00:53.000 --> 00:00:57.360
and it helps them get a sense of when I want your arms to get involved. So now
16
00:00:57.360 --> 00:01:02.030
what we're going to do is we'll use the free hand and we're going to increase
17
00:01:02.030 --> 00:01:02.200
the
18
00:01:02.200 --> 00:01:07.280
speed and we're going to do it at a couple different times but the main one I
19
00:01:07.280 --> 00:01:12.660
want you to focus on is you'll see I'm pushing just after I've established
20
00:01:12.660 --> 00:01:17.240
momentum kind of towards the golf ball. So I don't want to push right from the
21
00:01:17.240 --> 00:01:20.560
top of the swing because what you'll feel if you do this and I can feel it
22
00:01:20.560 --> 00:01:24.630
even doing it myself is I will feel that it will accelerate and then it will
23
00:01:24.630 --> 00:01:24.880
kind
24
00:01:24.880 --> 00:01:29.160
of slow down through here. That's more of a cast pattern which is really good
25
00:01:29.160 --> 00:01:29.400
for
26
00:01:29.400 --> 00:01:33.760
the half wedge shots really good for shots around the green but not very good
27
00:01:33.760 --> 00:01:38.220
for creating a flat spot with the full swing. So now let's get a few of the
28
00:01:38.220 --> 00:01:38.360
good
29
00:01:38.360 --> 00:01:42.920
ones going which is as it's starting down now I'm going to speed it up and
30
00:01:42.920 --> 00:01:47.920
you'll see that it actually propels this object or the propels the club head
31
00:01:47.920 --> 00:01:48.440
you
32
00:01:48.440 --> 00:01:53.680
know almost to my end range of motion. Now the part that I normally add for my
33
00:01:53.680 --> 00:01:57.930
students that I can't do for you is I'll add the bracing component. So as I
34
00:01:57.930 --> 00:01:58.160
push
35
00:01:58.160 --> 00:02:02.800
this way down at the bottom I'll push this way with the opposite club or with
36
00:02:02.800 --> 00:02:09.520
the handle. So what I will try to do is as I push I will kind of create this
37
00:02:09.520 --> 00:02:15.760
little force couple. Now it feels very weird doing this on my own but it gives
38
00:02:15.760 --> 00:02:19.760
this sense of almost the club kind of whipping down at the bottom which is a
39
00:02:19.760 --> 00:02:23.800
way that golfers have described the feeling of a good tempo in the past. So
40
00:02:23.800 --> 00:02:27.400
that's that feeling of the club constantly accelerating. That's not going
41
00:02:27.400 --> 00:02:32.240
to happen if you get your arms too active too soon. You want to make sure to
42
00:02:32.240 --> 00:02:32.440
get
43
00:02:32.440 --> 00:02:36.200
into a good delivery position before those arms get involved. So the way that
44
00:02:36.200 --> 00:02:41.240
looks in the golf swing is if I go up to the top of the swing if I was to push
45
00:02:41.240 --> 00:02:45.400
straight from the top that would look more like a cast pattern where I get my
46
00:02:45.400 --> 00:02:52.680
arms really active early in transition where that the good sequencing of
47
00:02:52.680 --> 00:02:59.120
letting it get started and then push it down would look something like I use my
48
00:02:59.120 --> 00:03:05.080
body to about here and then my arms take that momentum and propel it and speed
49
00:03:05.080 --> 00:03:08.680
the club up all the way through impact. So if you're struggling with some of
50
00:03:08.680 --> 00:03:08.880
the
51
00:03:08.880 --> 00:03:13.640
sequencing of this feeling the arms delayed but they're not quite feeling
52
00:03:13.640 --> 00:03:18.740
powerful or difficulty leading with the lower body this is a great way
53
00:03:18.740 --> 00:03:19.360
especially
54
00:03:19.360 --> 00:03:25.000
for field golfers to experience the sensation of what that proper timing
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will feel like and then you can translate that into the movements as you
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work on your golf swing.
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