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Awkward Jump
Learn how to improve your power and body coordination with the Awkward Jump drill! In this video, we break down how to practice opposite movement patterns between your upper and lower body to enhance your pivot and stability. Inspired by Greg Rose, this drill challenges you to jump while moving your arms in reverse, helping you build core strength and better body control. It’s perfect for golfers looking to refine their swing mechanics and create a more dynamic, balanced movement.
Learn how to improve your power and body coordination with the Awkward Jump drill! In this video, we break down how to practice opposite movement patterns between your upper and lower body to enhance your pivot and stability. Inspired by Greg Rose, this drill challenges you to jump while moving your arms in reverse, helping you build core strength and better body control. It’s perfect for golfers looking to refine their swing mechanics and create a more dynamic, balanced movement.
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Video Transcript
WEBVTT
1
00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:07.360
This drill is the awkward jump.
2
00:00:07.360 --> 00:00:11.600
So I have another video called the awkward chest pass where we work on the body
3
00:00:11.600 --> 00:00:12.240
working
4
00:00:12.240 --> 00:00:15.480
in an opposite direction that the arms are traveling.
5
00:00:15.480 --> 00:00:18.360
This really is more of an upper body dominant pattern.
6
00:00:18.360 --> 00:00:23.570
So the awkward jump is getting more of the opposite movements happening from
7
00:00:23.570 --> 00:00:24.000
the legs
8
00:00:24.000 --> 00:00:25.000
and the shoulders.
9
00:00:25.000 --> 00:00:27.520
So it's a little bit more of a core focus.
10
00:00:27.520 --> 00:00:31.890
When you do the awkward jump, you're basically going to do a regular jump, but
11
00:00:31.890 --> 00:00:32.240
your arms
12
00:00:32.240 --> 00:00:34.200
are going to work in the opposite directions.
13
00:00:34.200 --> 00:00:38.400
I got this idea from a video that Greg Rose did.
14
00:00:38.400 --> 00:00:44.230
I think it's a really interesting way to kind of look at the pivot pattern
15
00:00:44.230 --> 00:00:45.120
where one
16
00:00:45.120 --> 00:00:51.200
of the challenges for a lot of golfers is the way that you move your body.
17
00:00:51.200 --> 00:00:53.040
It's kind of like divided in half.
18
00:00:53.040 --> 00:00:58.340
What your body is doing from kind of the middle of your rib cage down and what
19
00:00:58.340 --> 00:00:58.920
your body is
20
00:00:58.920 --> 00:01:02.590
doing from the middle of your rib cage up are often in opposition to each other
21
00:01:02.590 --> 00:01:02.840
.
22
00:01:02.840 --> 00:01:08.170
So this is one way to work on kind of a power program where you're able to
23
00:01:08.170 --> 00:01:09.200
separate or
24
00:01:09.200 --> 00:01:10.560
disconnect the two.
25
00:01:10.560 --> 00:01:13.910
So the awkward jump is doing the opposite with your arms and what you would
26
00:01:13.910 --> 00:01:14.440
normally
27
00:01:14.440 --> 00:01:15.440
do.
28
00:01:15.440 --> 00:01:19.870
In a regular jump pattern, you would bring your arms down as you loaded down
29
00:01:19.870 --> 00:01:20.640
and then you
30
00:01:20.640 --> 00:01:23.240
would swing your arms up as you were going up.
31
00:01:23.240 --> 00:01:26.800
It would look something like that pretty simple.
32
00:01:26.800 --> 00:01:29.590
So in the awkward jump pattern, we're going to swing our arms the opposite
33
00:01:29.590 --> 00:01:30.320
direction.
34
00:01:30.320 --> 00:01:32.480
This will be a real challenge for some of you.
35
00:01:32.480 --> 00:01:36.740
So now as I squat down, I'm going to bring my arms up and then as I jump, I'm
36
00:01:36.740 --> 00:01:37.120
going
37
00:01:37.120 --> 00:01:42.430
to bring my arms down and a lot of you will go like this where basically you'll
38
00:01:42.430 --> 00:01:42.920
start
39
00:01:42.920 --> 00:01:47.070
it in the natural pattern and you'll really have to override it to where you're
40
00:01:47.070 --> 00:01:47.720
basically
41
00:01:47.720 --> 00:01:51.980
loading just the hips and loading the shoulders kind of independently.
42
00:01:51.980 --> 00:01:55.480
So awkward jump pattern kind of more like this.
43
00:01:55.480 --> 00:01:59.430
Now the advanced version would be combining it with like the 360 jump idea,
44
00:01:59.430 --> 00:02:00.080
which would
45
00:02:00.080 --> 00:02:05.540
basically be as I load up into the backswing, I'm going to feel like I squat
46
00:02:05.540 --> 00:02:06.840
down slightly.
47
00:02:06.840 --> 00:02:10.570
But because of the rotation, this trail leg doesn't really squat, it kind of
48
00:02:10.570 --> 00:02:11.360
more rotates
49
00:02:11.360 --> 00:02:16.960
and loads and then as I jump, I'm going to bring my arms down.
50
00:02:16.960 --> 00:02:20.640
So it's going to be more of a pattern kind of like this.
51
00:02:20.640 --> 00:02:23.880
This can be done with or without kind of an object ball, like a really light
52
00:02:23.880 --> 00:02:24.400
medicine
53
00:02:24.400 --> 00:02:28.640
ball or a volleyball or something like that.
54
00:02:28.640 --> 00:02:33.180
But it's getting the pattern of the loading where the arms are not matching
55
00:02:33.180 --> 00:02:33.940
what the lower
56
00:02:33.940 --> 00:02:40.240
body is doing and unloading where the lower body is working kind of vertically
57
00:02:40.240 --> 00:02:40.760
and up
58
00:02:40.760 --> 00:02:44.600
as the arms are releasing more down.
59
00:02:44.600 --> 00:02:51.910
So that combo can help with the feeling of either the load at the top of the
60
00:02:51.910 --> 00:02:52.440
swing.
61
00:02:52.440 --> 00:02:57.740
Some golfers tend to kind of lift everything up or kind of load more down where
62
00:02:57.740 --> 00:02:58.160
they're
63
00:02:58.160 --> 00:03:00.720
both going in the same direction.
64
00:03:00.720 --> 00:03:07.020
If I use this awkward jump idea, that would help me get my good arm extension,
65
00:03:07.020 --> 00:03:07.880
creating
66
00:03:07.880 --> 00:03:12.330
some width and some extension here in the upper body, but still loading into my
67
00:03:12.330 --> 00:03:12.720
core
68
00:03:12.720 --> 00:03:17.160
in my lower body and then during the release doing the opposite.
69
00:03:17.160 --> 00:03:24.120
So it would look something like a normal swing.
70
00:03:24.120 --> 00:03:29.580
So I find that golfers can struggle with one or both, but the one I see golfers
71
00:03:29.580 --> 00:03:30.360
struggle
72
00:03:30.360 --> 00:03:32.720
with the most is the downswing.
73
00:03:32.720 --> 00:03:40.650
So that's the idea of more the body moving into that vertical jump while the
74
00:03:40.650 --> 00:03:41.280
arms and
75
00:03:41.280 --> 00:03:47.590
the upper body are maintaining their distance or their height away from the
76
00:03:47.590 --> 00:03:48.760
ground as the
77
00:03:48.760 --> 00:03:51.080
arms are extending.
78
00:03:51.080 --> 00:03:55.680
If you're really, if you see kind of more of a sag and the buckle of your legs
79
00:03:55.680 --> 00:03:56.200
or more
80
00:03:56.200 --> 00:04:01.660
of your rib cage moving into the golf ball, then I highly recommend
81
00:04:01.660 --> 00:04:03.360
incorporating some
82
00:04:03.360 --> 00:04:17.000
of these awkward jump ideas into your training program.
1
00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:07.360
This drill is the awkward jump.
2
00:00:07.360 --> 00:00:11.600
So I have another video called the awkward chest pass where we work on the body
3
00:00:11.600 --> 00:00:12.240
working
4
00:00:12.240 --> 00:00:15.480
in an opposite direction that the arms are traveling.
5
00:00:15.480 --> 00:00:18.360
This really is more of an upper body dominant pattern.
6
00:00:18.360 --> 00:00:23.570
So the awkward jump is getting more of the opposite movements happening from
7
00:00:23.570 --> 00:00:24.000
the legs
8
00:00:24.000 --> 00:00:25.000
and the shoulders.
9
00:00:25.000 --> 00:00:27.520
So it's a little bit more of a core focus.
10
00:00:27.520 --> 00:00:31.890
When you do the awkward jump, you're basically going to do a regular jump, but
11
00:00:31.890 --> 00:00:32.240
your arms
12
00:00:32.240 --> 00:00:34.200
are going to work in the opposite directions.
13
00:00:34.200 --> 00:00:38.400
I got this idea from a video that Greg Rose did.
14
00:00:38.400 --> 00:00:44.230
I think it's a really interesting way to kind of look at the pivot pattern
15
00:00:44.230 --> 00:00:45.120
where one
16
00:00:45.120 --> 00:00:51.200
of the challenges for a lot of golfers is the way that you move your body.
17
00:00:51.200 --> 00:00:53.040
It's kind of like divided in half.
18
00:00:53.040 --> 00:00:58.340
What your body is doing from kind of the middle of your rib cage down and what
19
00:00:58.340 --> 00:00:58.920
your body is
20
00:00:58.920 --> 00:01:02.590
doing from the middle of your rib cage up are often in opposition to each other
21
00:01:02.590 --> 00:01:02.840
.
22
00:01:02.840 --> 00:01:08.170
So this is one way to work on kind of a power program where you're able to
23
00:01:08.170 --> 00:01:09.200
separate or
24
00:01:09.200 --> 00:01:10.560
disconnect the two.
25
00:01:10.560 --> 00:01:13.910
So the awkward jump is doing the opposite with your arms and what you would
26
00:01:13.910 --> 00:01:14.440
normally
27
00:01:14.440 --> 00:01:15.440
do.
28
00:01:15.440 --> 00:01:19.870
In a regular jump pattern, you would bring your arms down as you loaded down
29
00:01:19.870 --> 00:01:20.640
and then you
30
00:01:20.640 --> 00:01:23.240
would swing your arms up as you were going up.
31
00:01:23.240 --> 00:01:26.800
It would look something like that pretty simple.
32
00:01:26.800 --> 00:01:29.590
So in the awkward jump pattern, we're going to swing our arms the opposite
33
00:01:29.590 --> 00:01:30.320
direction.
34
00:01:30.320 --> 00:01:32.480
This will be a real challenge for some of you.
35
00:01:32.480 --> 00:01:36.740
So now as I squat down, I'm going to bring my arms up and then as I jump, I'm
36
00:01:36.740 --> 00:01:37.120
going
37
00:01:37.120 --> 00:01:42.430
to bring my arms down and a lot of you will go like this where basically you'll
38
00:01:42.430 --> 00:01:42.920
start
39
00:01:42.920 --> 00:01:47.070
it in the natural pattern and you'll really have to override it to where you're
40
00:01:47.070 --> 00:01:47.720
basically
41
00:01:47.720 --> 00:01:51.980
loading just the hips and loading the shoulders kind of independently.
42
00:01:51.980 --> 00:01:55.480
So awkward jump pattern kind of more like this.
43
00:01:55.480 --> 00:01:59.430
Now the advanced version would be combining it with like the 360 jump idea,
44
00:01:59.430 --> 00:02:00.080
which would
45
00:02:00.080 --> 00:02:05.540
basically be as I load up into the backswing, I'm going to feel like I squat
46
00:02:05.540 --> 00:02:06.840
down slightly.
47
00:02:06.840 --> 00:02:10.570
But because of the rotation, this trail leg doesn't really squat, it kind of
48
00:02:10.570 --> 00:02:11.360
more rotates
49
00:02:11.360 --> 00:02:16.960
and loads and then as I jump, I'm going to bring my arms down.
50
00:02:16.960 --> 00:02:20.640
So it's going to be more of a pattern kind of like this.
51
00:02:20.640 --> 00:02:23.880
This can be done with or without kind of an object ball, like a really light
52
00:02:23.880 --> 00:02:24.400
medicine
53
00:02:24.400 --> 00:02:28.640
ball or a volleyball or something like that.
54
00:02:28.640 --> 00:02:33.180
But it's getting the pattern of the loading where the arms are not matching
55
00:02:33.180 --> 00:02:33.940
what the lower
56
00:02:33.940 --> 00:02:40.240
body is doing and unloading where the lower body is working kind of vertically
57
00:02:40.240 --> 00:02:40.760
and up
58
00:02:40.760 --> 00:02:44.600
as the arms are releasing more down.
59
00:02:44.600 --> 00:02:51.910
So that combo can help with the feeling of either the load at the top of the
60
00:02:51.910 --> 00:02:52.440
swing.
61
00:02:52.440 --> 00:02:57.740
Some golfers tend to kind of lift everything up or kind of load more down where
62
00:02:57.740 --> 00:02:58.160
they're
63
00:02:58.160 --> 00:03:00.720
both going in the same direction.
64
00:03:00.720 --> 00:03:07.020
If I use this awkward jump idea, that would help me get my good arm extension,
65
00:03:07.020 --> 00:03:07.880
creating
66
00:03:07.880 --> 00:03:12.330
some width and some extension here in the upper body, but still loading into my
67
00:03:12.330 --> 00:03:12.720
core
68
00:03:12.720 --> 00:03:17.160
in my lower body and then during the release doing the opposite.
69
00:03:17.160 --> 00:03:24.120
So it would look something like a normal swing.
70
00:03:24.120 --> 00:03:29.580
So I find that golfers can struggle with one or both, but the one I see golfers
71
00:03:29.580 --> 00:03:30.360
struggle
72
00:03:30.360 --> 00:03:32.720
with the most is the downswing.
73
00:03:32.720 --> 00:03:40.650
So that's the idea of more the body moving into that vertical jump while the
74
00:03:40.650 --> 00:03:41.280
arms and
75
00:03:41.280 --> 00:03:47.590
the upper body are maintaining their distance or their height away from the
76
00:03:47.590 --> 00:03:48.760
ground as the
77
00:03:48.760 --> 00:03:51.080
arms are extending.
78
00:03:51.080 --> 00:03:55.680
If you're really, if you see kind of more of a sag and the buckle of your legs
79
00:03:55.680 --> 00:03:56.200
or more
80
00:03:56.200 --> 00:04:01.660
of your rib cage moving into the golf ball, then I highly recommend
81
00:04:01.660 --> 00:04:03.360
incorporating some
82
00:04:03.360 --> 00:04:17.000
of these awkward jump ideas into your training program.
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.
Meet your new
instructor.
Awkward Jump
Learn how to improve your power and body coordination with the Awkward Jump drill! In this video, we break down how to practice opposite movement patterns between your upper and lower body to enhance your pivot and stability. Inspired by Greg Rose, this drill challenges you to jump while moving your arms in reverse, helping you build core strength and better body control. It’s perfect for golfers looking to refine their swing mechanics and create a more dynamic, balanced movement.
Learn how to improve your power and body coordination with the Awkward Jump drill! In this video, we break down how to practice opposite movement patterns between your upper and lower body to enhance your pivot and stability. Inspired by Greg Rose, this drill challenges you to jump while moving your arms in reverse, helping you build core strength and better body control. It’s perfect for golfers looking to refine their swing mechanics and create a more dynamic, balanced movement.
Hide
Video Transcript
WEBVTT
1
00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:07.360
This drill is the awkward jump.
2
00:00:07.360 --> 00:00:11.600
So I have another video called the awkward chest pass where we work on the body
3
00:00:11.600 --> 00:00:12.240
working
4
00:00:12.240 --> 00:00:15.480
in an opposite direction that the arms are traveling.
5
00:00:15.480 --> 00:00:18.360
This really is more of an upper body dominant pattern.
6
00:00:18.360 --> 00:00:23.570
So the awkward jump is getting more of the opposite movements happening from
7
00:00:23.570 --> 00:00:24.000
the legs
8
00:00:24.000 --> 00:00:25.000
and the shoulders.
9
00:00:25.000 --> 00:00:27.520
So it's a little bit more of a core focus.
10
00:00:27.520 --> 00:00:31.890
When you do the awkward jump, you're basically going to do a regular jump, but
11
00:00:31.890 --> 00:00:32.240
your arms
12
00:00:32.240 --> 00:00:34.200
are going to work in the opposite directions.
13
00:00:34.200 --> 00:00:38.400
I got this idea from a video that Greg Rose did.
14
00:00:38.400 --> 00:00:44.230
I think it's a really interesting way to kind of look at the pivot pattern
15
00:00:44.230 --> 00:00:45.120
where one
16
00:00:45.120 --> 00:00:51.200
of the challenges for a lot of golfers is the way that you move your body.
17
00:00:51.200 --> 00:00:53.040
It's kind of like divided in half.
18
00:00:53.040 --> 00:00:58.340
What your body is doing from kind of the middle of your rib cage down and what
19
00:00:58.340 --> 00:00:58.920
your body is
20
00:00:58.920 --> 00:01:02.590
doing from the middle of your rib cage up are often in opposition to each other
21
00:01:02.590 --> 00:01:02.840
.
22
00:01:02.840 --> 00:01:08.170
So this is one way to work on kind of a power program where you're able to
23
00:01:08.170 --> 00:01:09.200
separate or
24
00:01:09.200 --> 00:01:10.560
disconnect the two.
25
00:01:10.560 --> 00:01:13.910
So the awkward jump is doing the opposite with your arms and what you would
26
00:01:13.910 --> 00:01:14.440
normally
27
00:01:14.440 --> 00:01:15.440
do.
28
00:01:15.440 --> 00:01:19.870
In a regular jump pattern, you would bring your arms down as you loaded down
29
00:01:19.870 --> 00:01:20.640
and then you
30
00:01:20.640 --> 00:01:23.240
would swing your arms up as you were going up.
31
00:01:23.240 --> 00:01:26.800
It would look something like that pretty simple.
32
00:01:26.800 --> 00:01:29.590
So in the awkward jump pattern, we're going to swing our arms the opposite
33
00:01:29.590 --> 00:01:30.320
direction.
34
00:01:30.320 --> 00:01:32.480
This will be a real challenge for some of you.
35
00:01:32.480 --> 00:01:36.740
So now as I squat down, I'm going to bring my arms up and then as I jump, I'm
36
00:01:36.740 --> 00:01:37.120
going
37
00:01:37.120 --> 00:01:42.430
to bring my arms down and a lot of you will go like this where basically you'll
38
00:01:42.430 --> 00:01:42.920
start
39
00:01:42.920 --> 00:01:47.070
it in the natural pattern and you'll really have to override it to where you're
40
00:01:47.070 --> 00:01:47.720
basically
41
00:01:47.720 --> 00:01:51.980
loading just the hips and loading the shoulders kind of independently.
42
00:01:51.980 --> 00:01:55.480
So awkward jump pattern kind of more like this.
43
00:01:55.480 --> 00:01:59.430
Now the advanced version would be combining it with like the 360 jump idea,
44
00:01:59.430 --> 00:02:00.080
which would
45
00:02:00.080 --> 00:02:05.540
basically be as I load up into the backswing, I'm going to feel like I squat
46
00:02:05.540 --> 00:02:06.840
down slightly.
47
00:02:06.840 --> 00:02:10.570
But because of the rotation, this trail leg doesn't really squat, it kind of
48
00:02:10.570 --> 00:02:11.360
more rotates
49
00:02:11.360 --> 00:02:16.960
and loads and then as I jump, I'm going to bring my arms down.
50
00:02:16.960 --> 00:02:20.640
So it's going to be more of a pattern kind of like this.
51
00:02:20.640 --> 00:02:23.880
This can be done with or without kind of an object ball, like a really light
52
00:02:23.880 --> 00:02:24.400
medicine
53
00:02:24.400 --> 00:02:28.640
ball or a volleyball or something like that.
54
00:02:28.640 --> 00:02:33.180
But it's getting the pattern of the loading where the arms are not matching
55
00:02:33.180 --> 00:02:33.940
what the lower
56
00:02:33.940 --> 00:02:40.240
body is doing and unloading where the lower body is working kind of vertically
57
00:02:40.240 --> 00:02:40.760
and up
58
00:02:40.760 --> 00:02:44.600
as the arms are releasing more down.
59
00:02:44.600 --> 00:02:51.910
So that combo can help with the feeling of either the load at the top of the
60
00:02:51.910 --> 00:02:52.440
swing.
61
00:02:52.440 --> 00:02:57.740
Some golfers tend to kind of lift everything up or kind of load more down where
62
00:02:57.740 --> 00:02:58.160
they're
63
00:02:58.160 --> 00:03:00.720
both going in the same direction.
64
00:03:00.720 --> 00:03:07.020
If I use this awkward jump idea, that would help me get my good arm extension,
65
00:03:07.020 --> 00:03:07.880
creating
66
00:03:07.880 --> 00:03:12.330
some width and some extension here in the upper body, but still loading into my
67
00:03:12.330 --> 00:03:12.720
core
68
00:03:12.720 --> 00:03:17.160
in my lower body and then during the release doing the opposite.
69
00:03:17.160 --> 00:03:24.120
So it would look something like a normal swing.
70
00:03:24.120 --> 00:03:29.580
So I find that golfers can struggle with one or both, but the one I see golfers
71
00:03:29.580 --> 00:03:30.360
struggle
72
00:03:30.360 --> 00:03:32.720
with the most is the downswing.
73
00:03:32.720 --> 00:03:40.650
So that's the idea of more the body moving into that vertical jump while the
74
00:03:40.650 --> 00:03:41.280
arms and
75
00:03:41.280 --> 00:03:47.590
the upper body are maintaining their distance or their height away from the
76
00:03:47.590 --> 00:03:48.760
ground as the
77
00:03:48.760 --> 00:03:51.080
arms are extending.
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If you're really, if you see kind of more of a sag and the buckle of your legs
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or more
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of your rib cage moving into the golf ball, then I highly recommend
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incorporating some
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of these awkward jump ideas into your training program.
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This drill is the awkward jump.
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So I have another video called the awkward chest pass where we work on the body
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working
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in an opposite direction that the arms are traveling.
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This really is more of an upper body dominant pattern.
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So the awkward jump is getting more of the opposite movements happening from
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the legs
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and the shoulders.
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So it's a little bit more of a core focus.
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When you do the awkward jump, you're basically going to do a regular jump, but
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your arms
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are going to work in the opposite directions.
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I got this idea from a video that Greg Rose did.
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I think it's a really interesting way to kind of look at the pivot pattern
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where one
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of the challenges for a lot of golfers is the way that you move your body.
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It's kind of like divided in half.
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What your body is doing from kind of the middle of your rib cage down and what
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your body is
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doing from the middle of your rib cage up are often in opposition to each other
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.
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So this is one way to work on kind of a power program where you're able to
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separate or
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disconnect the two.
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So the awkward jump is doing the opposite with your arms and what you would
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normally
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do.
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In a regular jump pattern, you would bring your arms down as you loaded down
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and then you
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would swing your arms up as you were going up.
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It would look something like that pretty simple.
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So in the awkward jump pattern, we're going to swing our arms the opposite
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direction.
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This will be a real challenge for some of you.
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So now as I squat down, I'm going to bring my arms up and then as I jump, I'm
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going
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to bring my arms down and a lot of you will go like this where basically you'll
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start
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it in the natural pattern and you'll really have to override it to where you're
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basically
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loading just the hips and loading the shoulders kind of independently.
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So awkward jump pattern kind of more like this.
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Now the advanced version would be combining it with like the 360 jump idea,
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which would
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basically be as I load up into the backswing, I'm going to feel like I squat
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down slightly.
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But because of the rotation, this trail leg doesn't really squat, it kind of
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more rotates
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and loads and then as I jump, I'm going to bring my arms down.
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So it's going to be more of a pattern kind of like this.
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This can be done with or without kind of an object ball, like a really light
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medicine
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ball or a volleyball or something like that.
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But it's getting the pattern of the loading where the arms are not matching
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what the lower
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body is doing and unloading where the lower body is working kind of vertically
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and up
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as the arms are releasing more down.
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So that combo can help with the feeling of either the load at the top of the
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swing.
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Some golfers tend to kind of lift everything up or kind of load more down where
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they're
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both going in the same direction.
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If I use this awkward jump idea, that would help me get my good arm extension,
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creating
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some width and some extension here in the upper body, but still loading into my
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core
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in my lower body and then during the release doing the opposite.
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So it would look something like a normal swing.
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So I find that golfers can struggle with one or both, but the one I see golfers
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struggle
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with the most is the downswing.
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So that's the idea of more the body moving into that vertical jump while the
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arms and
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the upper body are maintaining their distance or their height away from the
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ground as the
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arms are extending.
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If you're really, if you see kind of more of a sag and the buckle of your legs
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or more
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of your rib cage moving into the golf ball, then I highly recommend
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incorporating some
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of these awkward jump ideas into your training program.
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