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Awkward Chest Pass
Typically, when you extend your arms forcefully, you'll also round your spine into a flexed position. But in the golf swing, moving into follow through, your arms are extending while your spine is going into extension. This can only happen if the arms are less dominant and the passive arm movement is being driven from the spine and hips.
Typically, when you extend your arms forcefully, you'll also round your spine into a flexed position. But in the golf swing, moving into follow through, your arms are extending while your spine is going into extension. This can only happen if the arms are less dominant and the passive arm movement is being driven from the spine and hips.
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Video Transcript
WEBVTT
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This drill is the awkward chest pass.
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00:00:08.120 --> 00:00:13.310
So this is a drill that you can use to work on sinking up and working on the
3
00:00:13.310 --> 00:00:13.740
mechanics
4
00:00:13.740 --> 00:00:15.680
of your release pattern.
5
00:00:15.680 --> 00:00:22.190
So the awkward chest pass is feeling the arms going into extension as your body
6
00:00:22.190 --> 00:00:22.960
goes into
7
00:00:22.960 --> 00:00:24.200
extension.
8
00:00:24.200 --> 00:00:29.320
If I was playing any other sport and I was going to throw a chest pass, kind of
9
00:00:29.320 --> 00:00:29.320
like
10
00:00:29.320 --> 00:00:35.830
that, you would see that my upper body would actually round and want to go into
11
00:00:35.830 --> 00:00:36.560
more of
12
00:00:36.560 --> 00:00:41.790
a flexion pattern to help my arms and my abs work together to create some of
13
00:00:41.790 --> 00:00:44.360
this speed.
14
00:00:44.360 --> 00:00:50.490
Well in the golf swing, if I did that, that would look more like this and I
15
00:00:50.490 --> 00:00:51.940
would struggle
16
00:00:51.940 --> 00:00:53.480
with too many steepeners.
17
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The low point control would get really off if my upper body was in that flex
18
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position
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too long as the arms were extending.
20
00:01:00.240 --> 00:01:02.600
So instead, we're going to do the awkward chest pass.
21
00:01:02.600 --> 00:01:04.740
So what we're going to try to do, it's going to feel a little bit more almost
22
00:01:04.740 --> 00:01:05.400
like a shot
23
00:01:05.400 --> 00:01:11.650
put where I'm going to stick my chest out, kind of feel a stretch in my abs as
24
00:01:11.650 --> 00:01:12.360
my arms
25
00:01:12.360 --> 00:01:14.440
are extending, kind of like this.
26
00:01:14.440 --> 00:01:19.130
Now I'm careful, I don't want to be hyper extending at the lower back, but it's
27
00:01:19.130 --> 00:01:20.200
more a feeling
28
00:01:20.200 --> 00:01:26.950
of doing a chest bump or pushing your chest through your shoulders, kind of
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like this.
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This movement here.
31
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So I'm going to feel a little bit more like that pattern.
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Now I can do it more from my golf posture or I could do it with a combination
33
00:01:38.330 --> 00:01:39.320
of rotation.
34
00:01:39.320 --> 00:01:42.860
So I'm going to put a little bit more weight onto my front foot and now I'm
35
00:01:42.860 --> 00:01:43.880
going to extend,
36
00:01:43.880 --> 00:01:51.980
I had to flex to catch it, but I'm going to extend as my arms are extending.
37
00:01:51.980 --> 00:01:55.820
This helps with a lot of golfers when I first tell them, hey, I want you to get
38
00:01:55.820 --> 00:01:56.280
more arm
39
00:01:56.280 --> 00:02:00.500
extension, actually do more shoulder movement, kind of like this rather than
40
00:02:00.500 --> 00:02:01.440
just extending
41
00:02:01.440 --> 00:02:02.440
the arms.
42
00:02:02.440 --> 00:02:07.570
So this is a really good, kind of drill that you can do away from the golf
43
00:02:07.570 --> 00:02:08.040
course that
44
00:02:08.040 --> 00:02:13.940
will help you with the work of or the timing of kind of extending the legs,
45
00:02:13.940 --> 00:02:14.880
extending
46
00:02:14.880 --> 00:02:18.960
the back, extending the arms, which is really useful for your low point control
47
00:02:18.960 --> 00:02:19.420
and just
48
00:02:19.420 --> 00:02:21.880
the quality of your nine to three and release pattern.
49
00:02:21.880 --> 00:02:27.290
So if you're struggling with a little bit more overthrow, stay flexed and kind
50
00:02:27.290 --> 00:02:27.600
of, you
51
00:02:27.600 --> 00:02:31.890
know, no pressure through the ground, no use of the legs, this is a really good
52
00:02:31.890 --> 00:02:32.480
homework
53
00:02:32.480 --> 00:02:36.960
drill that you can do to make it easier next time you're on the range.
54
00:02:36.960 --> 00:02:46.960
[BLANK_AUDIO]
1
00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:08.120
This drill is the awkward chest pass.
2
00:00:08.120 --> 00:00:13.310
So this is a drill that you can use to work on sinking up and working on the
3
00:00:13.310 --> 00:00:13.740
mechanics
4
00:00:13.740 --> 00:00:15.680
of your release pattern.
5
00:00:15.680 --> 00:00:22.190
So the awkward chest pass is feeling the arms going into extension as your body
6
00:00:22.190 --> 00:00:22.960
goes into
7
00:00:22.960 --> 00:00:24.200
extension.
8
00:00:24.200 --> 00:00:29.320
If I was playing any other sport and I was going to throw a chest pass, kind of
9
00:00:29.320 --> 00:00:29.320
like
10
00:00:29.320 --> 00:00:35.830
that, you would see that my upper body would actually round and want to go into
11
00:00:35.830 --> 00:00:36.560
more of
12
00:00:36.560 --> 00:00:41.790
a flexion pattern to help my arms and my abs work together to create some of
13
00:00:41.790 --> 00:00:44.360
this speed.
14
00:00:44.360 --> 00:00:50.490
Well in the golf swing, if I did that, that would look more like this and I
15
00:00:50.490 --> 00:00:51.940
would struggle
16
00:00:51.940 --> 00:00:53.480
with too many steepeners.
17
00:00:53.480 --> 00:00:56.900
The low point control would get really off if my upper body was in that flex
18
00:00:56.900 --> 00:00:57.440
position
19
00:00:57.440 --> 00:01:00.240
too long as the arms were extending.
20
00:01:00.240 --> 00:01:02.600
So instead, we're going to do the awkward chest pass.
21
00:01:02.600 --> 00:01:04.740
So what we're going to try to do, it's going to feel a little bit more almost
22
00:01:04.740 --> 00:01:05.400
like a shot
23
00:01:05.400 --> 00:01:11.650
put where I'm going to stick my chest out, kind of feel a stretch in my abs as
24
00:01:11.650 --> 00:01:12.360
my arms
25
00:01:12.360 --> 00:01:14.440
are extending, kind of like this.
26
00:01:14.440 --> 00:01:19.130
Now I'm careful, I don't want to be hyper extending at the lower back, but it's
27
00:01:19.130 --> 00:01:20.200
more a feeling
28
00:01:20.200 --> 00:01:26.950
of doing a chest bump or pushing your chest through your shoulders, kind of
29
00:01:26.950 --> 00:01:27.960
like this.
30
00:01:27.960 --> 00:01:28.960
This movement here.
31
00:01:28.960 --> 00:01:33.200
So I'm going to feel a little bit more like that pattern.
32
00:01:33.200 --> 00:01:38.330
Now I can do it more from my golf posture or I could do it with a combination
33
00:01:38.330 --> 00:01:39.320
of rotation.
34
00:01:39.320 --> 00:01:42.860
So I'm going to put a little bit more weight onto my front foot and now I'm
35
00:01:42.860 --> 00:01:43.880
going to extend,
36
00:01:43.880 --> 00:01:51.980
I had to flex to catch it, but I'm going to extend as my arms are extending.
37
00:01:51.980 --> 00:01:55.820
This helps with a lot of golfers when I first tell them, hey, I want you to get
38
00:01:55.820 --> 00:01:56.280
more arm
39
00:01:56.280 --> 00:02:00.500
extension, actually do more shoulder movement, kind of like this rather than
40
00:02:00.500 --> 00:02:01.440
just extending
41
00:02:01.440 --> 00:02:02.440
the arms.
42
00:02:02.440 --> 00:02:07.570
So this is a really good, kind of drill that you can do away from the golf
43
00:02:07.570 --> 00:02:08.040
course that
44
00:02:08.040 --> 00:02:13.940
will help you with the work of or the timing of kind of extending the legs,
45
00:02:13.940 --> 00:02:14.880
extending
46
00:02:14.880 --> 00:02:18.960
the back, extending the arms, which is really useful for your low point control
47
00:02:18.960 --> 00:02:19.420
and just
48
00:02:19.420 --> 00:02:21.880
the quality of your nine to three and release pattern.
49
00:02:21.880 --> 00:02:27.290
So if you're struggling with a little bit more overthrow, stay flexed and kind
50
00:02:27.290 --> 00:02:27.600
of, you
51
00:02:27.600 --> 00:02:31.890
know, no pressure through the ground, no use of the legs, this is a really good
52
00:02:31.890 --> 00:02:32.480
homework
53
00:02:32.480 --> 00:02:36.960
drill that you can do to make it easier next time you're on the range.
54
00:02:36.960 --> 00:02:46.960
[BLANK_AUDIO]
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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.
Awkward Chest Pass
Typically, when you extend your arms forcefully, you'll also round your spine into a flexed position. But in the golf swing, moving into follow through, your arms are extending while your spine is going into extension. This can only happen if the arms are less dominant and the passive arm movement is being driven from the spine and hips.
Typically, when you extend your arms forcefully, you'll also round your spine into a flexed position. But in the golf swing, moving into follow through, your arms are extending while your spine is going into extension. This can only happen if the arms are less dominant and the passive arm movement is being driven from the spine and hips.
Hide
Video Transcript
WEBVTT
1
00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:08.120
This drill is the awkward chest pass.
2
00:00:08.120 --> 00:00:13.310
So this is a drill that you can use to work on sinking up and working on the
3
00:00:13.310 --> 00:00:13.740
mechanics
4
00:00:13.740 --> 00:00:15.680
of your release pattern.
5
00:00:15.680 --> 00:00:22.190
So the awkward chest pass is feeling the arms going into extension as your body
6
00:00:22.190 --> 00:00:22.960
goes into
7
00:00:22.960 --> 00:00:24.200
extension.
8
00:00:24.200 --> 00:00:29.320
If I was playing any other sport and I was going to throw a chest pass, kind of
9
00:00:29.320 --> 00:00:29.320
like
10
00:00:29.320 --> 00:00:35.830
that, you would see that my upper body would actually round and want to go into
11
00:00:35.830 --> 00:00:36.560
more of
12
00:00:36.560 --> 00:00:41.790
a flexion pattern to help my arms and my abs work together to create some of
13
00:00:41.790 --> 00:00:44.360
this speed.
14
00:00:44.360 --> 00:00:50.490
Well in the golf swing, if I did that, that would look more like this and I
15
00:00:50.490 --> 00:00:51.940
would struggle
16
00:00:51.940 --> 00:00:53.480
with too many steepeners.
17
00:00:53.480 --> 00:00:56.900
The low point control would get really off if my upper body was in that flex
18
00:00:56.900 --> 00:00:57.440
position
19
00:00:57.440 --> 00:01:00.240
too long as the arms were extending.
20
00:01:00.240 --> 00:01:02.600
So instead, we're going to do the awkward chest pass.
21
00:01:02.600 --> 00:01:04.740
So what we're going to try to do, it's going to feel a little bit more almost
22
00:01:04.740 --> 00:01:05.400
like a shot
23
00:01:05.400 --> 00:01:11.650
put where I'm going to stick my chest out, kind of feel a stretch in my abs as
24
00:01:11.650 --> 00:01:12.360
my arms
25
00:01:12.360 --> 00:01:14.440
are extending, kind of like this.
26
00:01:14.440 --> 00:01:19.130
Now I'm careful, I don't want to be hyper extending at the lower back, but it's
27
00:01:19.130 --> 00:01:20.200
more a feeling
28
00:01:20.200 --> 00:01:26.950
of doing a chest bump or pushing your chest through your shoulders, kind of
29
00:01:26.950 --> 00:01:27.960
like this.
30
00:01:27.960 --> 00:01:28.960
This movement here.
31
00:01:28.960 --> 00:01:33.200
So I'm going to feel a little bit more like that pattern.
32
00:01:33.200 --> 00:01:38.330
Now I can do it more from my golf posture or I could do it with a combination
33
00:01:38.330 --> 00:01:39.320
of rotation.
34
00:01:39.320 --> 00:01:42.860
So I'm going to put a little bit more weight onto my front foot and now I'm
35
00:01:42.860 --> 00:01:43.880
going to extend,
36
00:01:43.880 --> 00:01:51.980
I had to flex to catch it, but I'm going to extend as my arms are extending.
37
00:01:51.980 --> 00:01:55.820
This helps with a lot of golfers when I first tell them, hey, I want you to get
38
00:01:55.820 --> 00:01:56.280
more arm
39
00:01:56.280 --> 00:02:00.500
extension, actually do more shoulder movement, kind of like this rather than
40
00:02:00.500 --> 00:02:01.440
just extending
41
00:02:01.440 --> 00:02:02.440
the arms.
42
00:02:02.440 --> 00:02:07.570
So this is a really good, kind of drill that you can do away from the golf
43
00:02:07.570 --> 00:02:08.040
course that
44
00:02:08.040 --> 00:02:13.940
will help you with the work of or the timing of kind of extending the legs,
45
00:02:13.940 --> 00:02:14.880
extending
46
00:02:14.880 --> 00:02:18.960
the back, extending the arms, which is really useful for your low point control
47
00:02:18.960 --> 00:02:19.420
and just
48
00:02:19.420 --> 00:02:21.880
the quality of your nine to three and release pattern.
49
00:02:21.880 --> 00:02:27.290
So if you're struggling with a little bit more overthrow, stay flexed and kind
50
00:02:27.290 --> 00:02:27.600
of, you
51
00:02:27.600 --> 00:02:31.890
know, no pressure through the ground, no use of the legs, this is a really good
52
00:02:31.890 --> 00:02:32.480
homework
53
00:02:32.480 --> 00:02:36.960
drill that you can do to make it easier next time you're on the range.
54
00:02:36.960 --> 00:02:46.960
[BLANK_AUDIO]
1
00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:08.120
This drill is the awkward chest pass.
2
00:00:08.120 --> 00:00:13.310
So this is a drill that you can use to work on sinking up and working on the
3
00:00:13.310 --> 00:00:13.740
mechanics
4
00:00:13.740 --> 00:00:15.680
of your release pattern.
5
00:00:15.680 --> 00:00:22.190
So the awkward chest pass is feeling the arms going into extension as your body
6
00:00:22.190 --> 00:00:22.960
goes into
7
00:00:22.960 --> 00:00:24.200
extension.
8
00:00:24.200 --> 00:00:29.320
If I was playing any other sport and I was going to throw a chest pass, kind of
9
00:00:29.320 --> 00:00:29.320
like
10
00:00:29.320 --> 00:00:35.830
that, you would see that my upper body would actually round and want to go into
11
00:00:35.830 --> 00:00:36.560
more of
12
00:00:36.560 --> 00:00:41.790
a flexion pattern to help my arms and my abs work together to create some of
13
00:00:41.790 --> 00:00:44.360
this speed.
14
00:00:44.360 --> 00:00:50.490
Well in the golf swing, if I did that, that would look more like this and I
15
00:00:50.490 --> 00:00:51.940
would struggle
16
00:00:51.940 --> 00:00:53.480
with too many steepeners.
17
00:00:53.480 --> 00:00:56.900
The low point control would get really off if my upper body was in that flex
18
00:00:56.900 --> 00:00:57.440
position
19
00:00:57.440 --> 00:01:00.240
too long as the arms were extending.
20
00:01:00.240 --> 00:01:02.600
So instead, we're going to do the awkward chest pass.
21
00:01:02.600 --> 00:01:04.740
So what we're going to try to do, it's going to feel a little bit more almost
22
00:01:04.740 --> 00:01:05.400
like a shot
23
00:01:05.400 --> 00:01:11.650
put where I'm going to stick my chest out, kind of feel a stretch in my abs as
24
00:01:11.650 --> 00:01:12.360
my arms
25
00:01:12.360 --> 00:01:14.440
are extending, kind of like this.
26
00:01:14.440 --> 00:01:19.130
Now I'm careful, I don't want to be hyper extending at the lower back, but it's
27
00:01:19.130 --> 00:01:20.200
more a feeling
28
00:01:20.200 --> 00:01:26.950
of doing a chest bump or pushing your chest through your shoulders, kind of
29
00:01:26.950 --> 00:01:27.960
like this.
30
00:01:27.960 --> 00:01:28.960
This movement here.
31
00:01:28.960 --> 00:01:33.200
So I'm going to feel a little bit more like that pattern.
32
00:01:33.200 --> 00:01:38.330
Now I can do it more from my golf posture or I could do it with a combination
33
00:01:38.330 --> 00:01:39.320
of rotation.
34
00:01:39.320 --> 00:01:42.860
So I'm going to put a little bit more weight onto my front foot and now I'm
35
00:01:42.860 --> 00:01:43.880
going to extend,
36
00:01:43.880 --> 00:01:51.980
I had to flex to catch it, but I'm going to extend as my arms are extending.
37
00:01:51.980 --> 00:01:55.820
This helps with a lot of golfers when I first tell them, hey, I want you to get
38
00:01:55.820 --> 00:01:56.280
more arm
39
00:01:56.280 --> 00:02:00.500
extension, actually do more shoulder movement, kind of like this rather than
40
00:02:00.500 --> 00:02:01.440
just extending
41
00:02:01.440 --> 00:02:02.440
the arms.
42
00:02:02.440 --> 00:02:07.570
So this is a really good, kind of drill that you can do away from the golf
43
00:02:07.570 --> 00:02:08.040
course that
44
00:02:08.040 --> 00:02:13.940
will help you with the work of or the timing of kind of extending the legs,
45
00:02:13.940 --> 00:02:14.880
extending
46
00:02:14.880 --> 00:02:18.960
the back, extending the arms, which is really useful for your low point control
47
00:02:18.960 --> 00:02:19.420
and just
48
00:02:19.420 --> 00:02:21.880
the quality of your nine to three and release pattern.
49
00:02:21.880 --> 00:02:27.290
So if you're struggling with a little bit more overthrow, stay flexed and kind
50
00:02:27.290 --> 00:02:27.600
of, you
51
00:02:27.600 --> 00:02:31.890
know, no pressure through the ground, no use of the legs, this is a really good
52
00:02:31.890 --> 00:02:32.480
homework
53
00:02:32.480 --> 00:02:36.960
drill that you can do to make it easier next time you're on the range.
54
00:02:36.960 --> 00:02:46.960
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