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Ball above your feet driver
In this video, I demonstrate the "ball above your feet driver" drill, which helps golfers with steep swings by utilizing an uphill lie to encourage a shallower, more rotational swing path. This classic drill is beneficial for those struggling with a chopping motion, often seen in newer golfers or those with an upper body-dominant swing. The goal is to swing up the slope, keeping the club close to the same height as it approaches the ball to achieve a shallower contact with the driver. Practicing on a hill provides excellent feedback, and it's a great way to naturally improve your driver swing.
In this video, I demonstrate the "ball above your feet driver" drill, which helps golfers with steep swings by utilizing an uphill lie to encourage a shallower, more rotational swing path. This classic drill is beneficial for those struggling with a chopping motion, often seen in newer golfers or those with an upper body-dominant swing. The goal is to swing up the slope, keeping the club close to the same height as it approaches the ball to achieve a shallower contact with the driver. Practicing on a hill provides excellent feedback, and it's a great way to naturally improve your driver swing.
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This drill is ball above your feet driver.
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So this is an old classic drill for helping shallow out a swing.
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So many golfers who struggle with the driver have a little bit more of kind of
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a chopping
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motion that can happen to newer golfers or golfers with kind of a really poor
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palm grip
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or just golfers who are really upper body dominant.
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So that ends up causing a lot of problems if I was down here and I kind of
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chopped down
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like this.
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I can get away with that with some irons but I'll tend to hit some pop ups and
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I'll tend
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to hit a lot of slice shots from the steep path angle of attack.
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It's a really bad driver pattern.
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So one of the old classic drills is swinging with the ball above your feet.
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Now I happen to have kind of a perfect scenario for this where I have a
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graduated hill that
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comes down to a flat spot but you can just work, you know, I've given it to
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students
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who just do it in the backyard just practicing swinging either hitting wiffle
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walls or just
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practicing swinging on the hill because the benefit of the hill is when you're
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on a ball
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above your feet situation like this if the ground is higher up on the outside
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of the
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golf ball.
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When you come from the outside I will be more likely to hit the ground before I
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hit the golf
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ball and that is really good feedback for helping your brain figure out how to
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shallow
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it out.
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So normally what we'll do is we'll start with it pretty much up here where I've
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got
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this on a hill where this would almost be knee height and then my goal is to
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feel a
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little bit more of a rotational swing where I have the club working a feeling a
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phrase
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that I'll use is swing up the slope.
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So I'm basically trying to trace the slope where the club is about the same
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height as
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it goes from before the ball, let's say from even with your right foot to the
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ball.
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That would be a very into out path and that would hit it on a slightly
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ascending blow.
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So if I can do that and keep the club face pretty square I'm going to get a
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nice shallow
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driver contact.
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Now if you do have this situation at your range I think it's really good and
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beneficial
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to actually hit golf balls.
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So what we would do is we would start by putting a golf ball where I'm at kind
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of the peak
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or the higher point of the slope and then I would go down to where it was just
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a slightly
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slope and then I would go down to where it was flat trying to recreate that
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feel and
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kind of going back and forth between the severe ball above my feet where I feel
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like
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I'm swinging a little bit more up the slope or around on the way through to
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then when
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I'm here on the ground that's going to feel in order to swing it up the slope
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that's
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just going to feel like it's a little bit more into out path.
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So if you're really struggling with getting steep by pulling down in the club
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is in a
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very vertical position swinging a driver with the ball above your feet or on
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this up slope
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is a great way to shout out your swing kind of naturally or intuitively.
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Okay so as a quick demo I've got three balls here set up kind of gradually
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working up
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the slope not a lot of driving range have this so even if you just practice
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doing the
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demo or doing the swing in your backyard that tends to help but basically this
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one here
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I've got it at about you know close to just the bottom of my knee this one will
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be more
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close to the top of my shoe so it's probably a good three four inches above and
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then this
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would be more of a flat lie.
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So the goal here is to swing up the hill get the ball to launch a little bit
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right and
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feel like the or make sure that the club base is close enough that it doesn't
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slice.
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I don't mind a little push but I don't want to see a big slice usually if you
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come outside
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in you're going to hit a really low pull in order to not ground it out but if
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you're brushing
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and you're looking at the path of the club I want to see the path of the club
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brushing
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the grass kind of up the hill that's a phrase that I use a lot when I give kids
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or newer
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golfers this task is swinging up the hill so first one here might I feel you'll
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naturally
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see some golfers start to close their shoulders and tilt a little bit more
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because it now
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starts to make sense if I'm going to swing up the hill just like that so that
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was a little
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bit more of a push but I would count that that was pretty good pretty good up
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the hill
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swing path so then this one is just slightly there but it still makes me feel
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like I want
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to swing a little bit more around kind of like that so that was a pretty good
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ball flight
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for what I'm trying to demonstrate here and now lastly I'm going to try to
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recreate the
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same feel ideally I'd have an alignment stake down but I forgot to bring one
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over here to
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this part of the driving range but I have an alignment stake down to help kind
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of visualize
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what I just felt there of swinging more into out or more up the up the hill or
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up the stick
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so basically trying to exaggerate or recreate that feeling of going up the hill
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kind of
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like that little little toe little pull or not really pull a little overdraw
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but overall
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you get the picture if you're if you're getting a little bit choppy and a
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little steep with
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your driver swing on a hill that'll be a natural way to figure out what a
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little bit more
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shallowness or around is going to feel like with your driver.
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This drill is ball above your feet driver.
2
00:00:08.000 --> 00:00:12.300
So this is an old classic drill for helping shallow out a swing.
3
00:00:12.300 --> 00:00:16.550
So many golfers who struggle with the driver have a little bit more of kind of
4
00:00:16.550 --> 00:00:17.460
a chopping
5
00:00:17.460 --> 00:00:23.430
motion that can happen to newer golfers or golfers with kind of a really poor
6
00:00:23.430 --> 00:00:24.360
palm grip
7
00:00:24.360 --> 00:00:27.480
or just golfers who are really upper body dominant.
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So that ends up causing a lot of problems if I was down here and I kind of
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00:00:32.690 --> 00:00:32.960
chopped down
10
00:00:32.960 --> 00:00:34.440
like this.
11
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I can get away with that with some irons but I'll tend to hit some pop ups and
12
00:00:38.700 --> 00:00:39.300
I'll tend
13
00:00:39.300 --> 00:00:45.680
to hit a lot of slice shots from the steep path angle of attack.
14
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It's a really bad driver pattern.
15
00:00:48.920 --> 00:00:52.640
So one of the old classic drills is swinging with the ball above your feet.
16
00:00:52.640 --> 00:00:56.870
Now I happen to have kind of a perfect scenario for this where I have a
17
00:00:56.870 --> 00:00:58.280
graduated hill that
18
00:00:58.280 --> 00:01:03.570
comes down to a flat spot but you can just work, you know, I've given it to
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00:01:03.570 --> 00:01:04.360
students
20
00:01:04.360 --> 00:01:09.100
who just do it in the backyard just practicing swinging either hitting wiffle
21
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walls or just
22
00:01:10.000 --> 00:01:14.190
practicing swinging on the hill because the benefit of the hill is when you're
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on a ball
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above your feet situation like this if the ground is higher up on the outside
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of the
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golf ball.
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When you come from the outside I will be more likely to hit the ground before I
28
00:01:26.140 --> 00:01:26.600
hit the golf
29
00:01:26.600 --> 00:01:30.480
ball and that is really good feedback for helping your brain figure out how to
30
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shallow
31
00:01:31.000 --> 00:01:32.000
it out.
32
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So normally what we'll do is we'll start with it pretty much up here where I've
33
00:01:35.840 --> 00:01:36.080
got
34
00:01:36.080 --> 00:01:41.370
this on a hill where this would almost be knee height and then my goal is to
35
00:01:41.370 --> 00:01:41.800
feel a
36
00:01:41.800 --> 00:01:48.360
little bit more of a rotational swing where I have the club working a feeling a
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phrase
38
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that I'll use is swing up the slope.
39
00:01:51.600 --> 00:01:55.700
So I'm basically trying to trace the slope where the club is about the same
40
00:01:55.700 --> 00:01:56.440
height as
41
00:01:56.440 --> 00:02:01.860
it goes from before the ball, let's say from even with your right foot to the
42
00:02:01.860 --> 00:02:02.560
ball.
43
00:02:02.560 --> 00:02:06.250
That would be a very into out path and that would hit it on a slightly
44
00:02:06.250 --> 00:02:07.400
ascending blow.
45
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So if I can do that and keep the club face pretty square I'm going to get a
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nice shallow
47
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driver contact.
48
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Now if you do have this situation at your range I think it's really good and
49
00:02:18.310 --> 00:02:19.080
beneficial
50
00:02:19.080 --> 00:02:21.160
to actually hit golf balls.
51
00:02:21.160 --> 00:02:25.700
So what we would do is we would start by putting a golf ball where I'm at kind
52
00:02:25.700 --> 00:02:26.620
of the peak
53
00:02:26.620 --> 00:02:30.100
or the higher point of the slope and then I would go down to where it was just
54
00:02:30.100 --> 00:02:30.760
a slightly
55
00:02:30.760 --> 00:02:34.780
slope and then I would go down to where it was flat trying to recreate that
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00:02:34.780 --> 00:02:35.320
feel and
57
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kind of going back and forth between the severe ball above my feet where I feel
58
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like
59
00:02:39.480 --> 00:02:45.760
I'm swinging a little bit more up the slope or around on the way through to
60
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then when
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I'm here on the ground that's going to feel in order to swing it up the slope
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that's
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just going to feel like it's a little bit more into out path.
64
00:02:55.200 --> 00:02:59.660
So if you're really struggling with getting steep by pulling down in the club
65
00:02:59.660 --> 00:03:00.040
is in a
66
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very vertical position swinging a driver with the ball above your feet or on
67
00:03:05.460 --> 00:03:06.280
this up slope
68
00:03:06.280 --> 00:03:10.640
is a great way to shout out your swing kind of naturally or intuitively.
69
00:03:10.640 --> 00:03:14.470
Okay so as a quick demo I've got three balls here set up kind of gradually
70
00:03:14.470 --> 00:03:15.160
working up
71
00:03:15.160 --> 00:03:19.030
the slope not a lot of driving range have this so even if you just practice
72
00:03:19.030 --> 00:03:19.520
doing the
73
00:03:19.520 --> 00:03:24.940
demo or doing the swing in your backyard that tends to help but basically this
74
00:03:24.940 --> 00:03:25.520
one here
75
00:03:25.520 --> 00:03:31.750
I've got it at about you know close to just the bottom of my knee this one will
76
00:03:31.750 --> 00:03:32.480
be more
77
00:03:32.480 --> 00:03:36.620
close to the top of my shoe so it's probably a good three four inches above and
78
00:03:36.620 --> 00:03:37.240
then this
79
00:03:37.240 --> 00:03:39.560
would be more of a flat lie.
80
00:03:39.560 --> 00:03:44.980
So the goal here is to swing up the hill get the ball to launch a little bit
81
00:03:44.980 --> 00:03:45.800
right and
82
00:03:45.800 --> 00:03:50.990
feel like the or make sure that the club base is close enough that it doesn't
83
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slice.
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I don't mind a little push but I don't want to see a big slice usually if you
85
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come outside
86
00:03:57.240 --> 00:04:04.150
in you're going to hit a really low pull in order to not ground it out but if
87
00:04:04.150 --> 00:04:05.240
you're brushing
88
00:04:05.240 --> 00:04:11.240
and you're looking at the path of the club I want to see the path of the club
89
00:04:11.240 --> 00:04:12.120
brushing
90
00:04:12.120 --> 00:04:16.380
the grass kind of up the hill that's a phrase that I use a lot when I give kids
91
00:04:16.380 --> 00:04:16.920
or newer
92
00:04:16.920 --> 00:04:23.340
golfers this task is swinging up the hill so first one here might I feel you'll
93
00:04:23.340 --> 00:04:24.400
naturally
94
00:04:24.400 --> 00:04:28.530
see some golfers start to close their shoulders and tilt a little bit more
95
00:04:28.530 --> 00:04:29.480
because it now
96
00:04:29.480 --> 00:04:34.700
starts to make sense if I'm going to swing up the hill just like that so that
97
00:04:34.700 --> 00:04:35.160
was a little
98
00:04:35.160 --> 00:04:40.440
bit more of a push but I would count that that was pretty good pretty good up
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the hill
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swing path so then this one is just slightly there but it still makes me feel
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like I want
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00:04:46.120 --> 00:04:53.880
to swing a little bit more around kind of like that so that was a pretty good
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ball flight
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for what I'm trying to demonstrate here and now lastly I'm going to try to
105
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recreate the
106
00:05:00.320 --> 00:05:04.750
same feel ideally I'd have an alignment stake down but I forgot to bring one
107
00:05:04.750 --> 00:05:05.400
over here to
108
00:05:05.400 --> 00:05:09.800
this part of the driving range but I have an alignment stake down to help kind
109
00:05:09.800 --> 00:05:10.600
of visualize
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what I just felt there of swinging more into out or more up the up the hill or
111
00:05:14.880 --> 00:05:16.720
up the stick
112
00:05:16.720 --> 00:05:26.010
so basically trying to exaggerate or recreate that feeling of going up the hill
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kind of
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like that little little toe little pull or not really pull a little overdraw
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but overall
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you get the picture if you're if you're getting a little bit choppy and a
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little steep with
118
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your driver swing on a hill that'll be a natural way to figure out what a
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little bit more
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shallowness or around is going to feel like with your driver.
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Ball above your feet driver
In this video, I demonstrate the "ball above your feet driver" drill, which helps golfers with steep swings by utilizing an uphill lie to encourage a shallower, more rotational swing path. This classic drill is beneficial for those struggling with a chopping motion, often seen in newer golfers or those with an upper body-dominant swing. The goal is to swing up the slope, keeping the club close to the same height as it approaches the ball to achieve a shallower contact with the driver. Practicing on a hill provides excellent feedback, and it's a great way to naturally improve your driver swing.
In this video, I demonstrate the "ball above your feet driver" drill, which helps golfers with steep swings by utilizing an uphill lie to encourage a shallower, more rotational swing path. This classic drill is beneficial for those struggling with a chopping motion, often seen in newer golfers or those with an upper body-dominant swing. The goal is to swing up the slope, keeping the club close to the same height as it approaches the ball to achieve a shallower contact with the driver. Practicing on a hill provides excellent feedback, and it's a great way to naturally improve your driver swing.
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This drill is ball above your feet driver.
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So this is an old classic drill for helping shallow out a swing.
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So many golfers who struggle with the driver have a little bit more of kind of
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a chopping
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motion that can happen to newer golfers or golfers with kind of a really poor
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palm grip
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or just golfers who are really upper body dominant.
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So that ends up causing a lot of problems if I was down here and I kind of
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chopped down
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like this.
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I can get away with that with some irons but I'll tend to hit some pop ups and
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I'll tend
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to hit a lot of slice shots from the steep path angle of attack.
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It's a really bad driver pattern.
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So one of the old classic drills is swinging with the ball above your feet.
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Now I happen to have kind of a perfect scenario for this where I have a
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graduated hill that
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comes down to a flat spot but you can just work, you know, I've given it to
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students
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who just do it in the backyard just practicing swinging either hitting wiffle
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walls or just
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practicing swinging on the hill because the benefit of the hill is when you're
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on a ball
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above your feet situation like this if the ground is higher up on the outside
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of the
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golf ball.
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When you come from the outside I will be more likely to hit the ground before I
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hit the golf
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ball and that is really good feedback for helping your brain figure out how to
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shallow
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it out.
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So normally what we'll do is we'll start with it pretty much up here where I've
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got
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this on a hill where this would almost be knee height and then my goal is to
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feel a
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little bit more of a rotational swing where I have the club working a feeling a
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phrase
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that I'll use is swing up the slope.
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So I'm basically trying to trace the slope where the club is about the same
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height as
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it goes from before the ball, let's say from even with your right foot to the
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ball.
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That would be a very into out path and that would hit it on a slightly
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ascending blow.
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So if I can do that and keep the club face pretty square I'm going to get a
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nice shallow
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driver contact.
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Now if you do have this situation at your range I think it's really good and
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beneficial
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to actually hit golf balls.
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So what we would do is we would start by putting a golf ball where I'm at kind
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of the peak
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or the higher point of the slope and then I would go down to where it was just
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a slightly
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slope and then I would go down to where it was flat trying to recreate that
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feel and
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kind of going back and forth between the severe ball above my feet where I feel
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like
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I'm swinging a little bit more up the slope or around on the way through to
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then when
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I'm here on the ground that's going to feel in order to swing it up the slope
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that's
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just going to feel like it's a little bit more into out path.
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So if you're really struggling with getting steep by pulling down in the club
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is in a
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very vertical position swinging a driver with the ball above your feet or on
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this up slope
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is a great way to shout out your swing kind of naturally or intuitively.
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Okay so as a quick demo I've got three balls here set up kind of gradually
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working up
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the slope not a lot of driving range have this so even if you just practice
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doing the
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demo or doing the swing in your backyard that tends to help but basically this
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one here
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I've got it at about you know close to just the bottom of my knee this one will
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be more
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close to the top of my shoe so it's probably a good three four inches above and
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then this
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would be more of a flat lie.
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So the goal here is to swing up the hill get the ball to launch a little bit
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right and
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feel like the or make sure that the club base is close enough that it doesn't
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slice.
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I don't mind a little push but I don't want to see a big slice usually if you
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come outside
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in you're going to hit a really low pull in order to not ground it out but if
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you're brushing
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and you're looking at the path of the club I want to see the path of the club
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brushing
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the grass kind of up the hill that's a phrase that I use a lot when I give kids
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or newer
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golfers this task is swinging up the hill so first one here might I feel you'll
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naturally
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see some golfers start to close their shoulders and tilt a little bit more
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because it now
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starts to make sense if I'm going to swing up the hill just like that so that
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was a little
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bit more of a push but I would count that that was pretty good pretty good up
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the hill
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swing path so then this one is just slightly there but it still makes me feel
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like I want
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to swing a little bit more around kind of like that so that was a pretty good
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ball flight
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for what I'm trying to demonstrate here and now lastly I'm going to try to
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recreate the
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same feel ideally I'd have an alignment stake down but I forgot to bring one
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over here to
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this part of the driving range but I have an alignment stake down to help kind
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of visualize
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what I just felt there of swinging more into out or more up the up the hill or
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up the stick
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so basically trying to exaggerate or recreate that feeling of going up the hill
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kind of
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like that little little toe little pull or not really pull a little overdraw
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but overall
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you get the picture if you're if you're getting a little bit choppy and a
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little steep with
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your driver swing on a hill that'll be a natural way to figure out what a
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little bit more
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shallowness or around is going to feel like with your driver.
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This drill is ball above your feet driver.
2
00:00:08.000 --> 00:00:12.300
So this is an old classic drill for helping shallow out a swing.
3
00:00:12.300 --> 00:00:16.550
So many golfers who struggle with the driver have a little bit more of kind of
4
00:00:16.550 --> 00:00:17.460
a chopping
5
00:00:17.460 --> 00:00:23.430
motion that can happen to newer golfers or golfers with kind of a really poor
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00:00:23.430 --> 00:00:24.360
palm grip
7
00:00:24.360 --> 00:00:27.480
or just golfers who are really upper body dominant.
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So that ends up causing a lot of problems if I was down here and I kind of
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00:00:32.690 --> 00:00:32.960
chopped down
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like this.
11
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I can get away with that with some irons but I'll tend to hit some pop ups and
12
00:00:38.700 --> 00:00:39.300
I'll tend
13
00:00:39.300 --> 00:00:45.680
to hit a lot of slice shots from the steep path angle of attack.
14
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It's a really bad driver pattern.
15
00:00:48.920 --> 00:00:52.640
So one of the old classic drills is swinging with the ball above your feet.
16
00:00:52.640 --> 00:00:56.870
Now I happen to have kind of a perfect scenario for this where I have a
17
00:00:56.870 --> 00:00:58.280
graduated hill that
18
00:00:58.280 --> 00:01:03.570
comes down to a flat spot but you can just work, you know, I've given it to
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00:01:03.570 --> 00:01:04.360
students
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00:01:04.360 --> 00:01:09.100
who just do it in the backyard just practicing swinging either hitting wiffle
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walls or just
22
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practicing swinging on the hill because the benefit of the hill is when you're
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on a ball
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above your feet situation like this if the ground is higher up on the outside
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of the
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golf ball.
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When you come from the outside I will be more likely to hit the ground before I
28
00:01:26.140 --> 00:01:26.600
hit the golf
29
00:01:26.600 --> 00:01:30.480
ball and that is really good feedback for helping your brain figure out how to
30
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shallow
31
00:01:31.000 --> 00:01:32.000
it out.
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So normally what we'll do is we'll start with it pretty much up here where I've
33
00:01:35.840 --> 00:01:36.080
got
34
00:01:36.080 --> 00:01:41.370
this on a hill where this would almost be knee height and then my goal is to
35
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feel a
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little bit more of a rotational swing where I have the club working a feeling a
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phrase
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that I'll use is swing up the slope.
39
00:01:51.600 --> 00:01:55.700
So I'm basically trying to trace the slope where the club is about the same
40
00:01:55.700 --> 00:01:56.440
height as
41
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it goes from before the ball, let's say from even with your right foot to the
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ball.
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That would be a very into out path and that would hit it on a slightly
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ascending blow.
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So if I can do that and keep the club face pretty square I'm going to get a
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nice shallow
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driver contact.
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Now if you do have this situation at your range I think it's really good and
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beneficial
50
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to actually hit golf balls.
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So what we would do is we would start by putting a golf ball where I'm at kind
52
00:02:25.700 --> 00:02:26.620
of the peak
53
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or the higher point of the slope and then I would go down to where it was just
54
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a slightly
55
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slope and then I would go down to where it was flat trying to recreate that
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feel and
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kind of going back and forth between the severe ball above my feet where I feel
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like
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I'm swinging a little bit more up the slope or around on the way through to
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then when
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I'm here on the ground that's going to feel in order to swing it up the slope
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that's
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just going to feel like it's a little bit more into out path.
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So if you're really struggling with getting steep by pulling down in the club
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is in a
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very vertical position swinging a driver with the ball above your feet or on
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this up slope
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is a great way to shout out your swing kind of naturally or intuitively.
69
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Okay so as a quick demo I've got three balls here set up kind of gradually
70
00:03:14.470 --> 00:03:15.160
working up
71
00:03:15.160 --> 00:03:19.030
the slope not a lot of driving range have this so even if you just practice
72
00:03:19.030 --> 00:03:19.520
doing the
73
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demo or doing the swing in your backyard that tends to help but basically this
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one here
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I've got it at about you know close to just the bottom of my knee this one will
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be more
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close to the top of my shoe so it's probably a good three four inches above and
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then this
79
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would be more of a flat lie.
80
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So the goal here is to swing up the hill get the ball to launch a little bit
81
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right and
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feel like the or make sure that the club base is close enough that it doesn't
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slice.
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I don't mind a little push but I don't want to see a big slice usually if you
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come outside
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in you're going to hit a really low pull in order to not ground it out but if
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you're brushing
88
00:04:05.240 --> 00:04:11.240
and you're looking at the path of the club I want to see the path of the club
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brushing
90
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the grass kind of up the hill that's a phrase that I use a lot when I give kids
91
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or newer
92
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golfers this task is swinging up the hill so first one here might I feel you'll
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naturally
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see some golfers start to close their shoulders and tilt a little bit more
95
00:04:28.530 --> 00:04:29.480
because it now
96
00:04:29.480 --> 00:04:34.700
starts to make sense if I'm going to swing up the hill just like that so that
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was a little
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bit more of a push but I would count that that was pretty good pretty good up
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the hill
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swing path so then this one is just slightly there but it still makes me feel
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like I want
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00:04:46.120 --> 00:04:53.880
to swing a little bit more around kind of like that so that was a pretty good
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ball flight
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00:04:54.600 --> 00:04:59.890
for what I'm trying to demonstrate here and now lastly I'm going to try to
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recreate the
106
00:05:00.320 --> 00:05:04.750
same feel ideally I'd have an alignment stake down but I forgot to bring one
107
00:05:04.750 --> 00:05:05.400
over here to
108
00:05:05.400 --> 00:05:09.800
this part of the driving range but I have an alignment stake down to help kind
109
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of visualize
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what I just felt there of swinging more into out or more up the up the hill or
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up the stick
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so basically trying to exaggerate or recreate that feeling of going up the hill
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kind of
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like that little little toe little pull or not really pull a little overdraw
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but overall
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you get the picture if you're if you're getting a little bit choppy and a
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little steep with
118
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your driver swing on a hill that'll be a natural way to figure out what a
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little bit more
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shallowness or around is going to feel like with your driver.
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