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Body Backswing Tempo
Frequently golfers strive for perfect positions. Understanding movement relationships could make you question that philosophy. There is no "position" that guarantees a loaded hip. Part of the hip load comes from the glutes slowing down the rotation of the body away from the target. If you try to slowly move the body in the backswing (as opposed to the arms), you'll struggle with loading the hips and initiating the downswing with the lower body.
Frequently golfers strive for perfect positions. Understanding movement relationships could make you question that philosophy. There is no "position" that guarantees a loaded hip. Part of the hip load comes from the glutes slowing down the rotation of the body away from the target. If you try to slowly move the body in the backswing (as opposed to the arms), you'll struggle with loading the hips and initiating the downswing with the lower body.
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Video Transcript
WEBVTT
1
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This drill is backswing body tempo.
2
00:00:03.740 --> 00:00:09.880
So in the backswing section, we talk a lot about the different movements of the
3
00:00:09.880 --> 00:00:10.320
arms,
4
00:00:10.320 --> 00:00:15.840
but the general theme here is trying to have more of a body-centric, one-piece
5
00:00:15.840 --> 00:00:16.600
takeaway,
6
00:00:16.600 --> 00:00:19.830
creating a good body movement where we have our hips loaded, our core loaded,
7
00:00:19.830 --> 00:00:20.200
so that
8
00:00:20.200 --> 00:00:21.880
we're ready for transition.
9
00:00:21.880 --> 00:00:26.370
The reason is, in transition, we want to make the large muscles of the body
10
00:00:26.370 --> 00:00:27.120
initiate the
11
00:00:27.120 --> 00:00:32.180
downswing and then transfer that speed during the release using more of the
12
00:00:32.180 --> 00:00:33.000
arms with a
13
00:00:33.000 --> 00:00:34.520
little bit of body.
14
00:00:34.520 --> 00:00:39.760
But what will happen is, golfers who make more of an arm-dominant backswing
15
00:00:39.760 --> 00:00:40.320
will have
16
00:00:40.320 --> 00:00:45.480
a hard time then switching over to using the body in the downswing.
17
00:00:45.480 --> 00:00:51.240
I think of it similar to if I want to get a muscle to fire, I'm going to want
18
00:00:51.240 --> 00:00:51.920
to load
19
00:00:51.920 --> 00:00:54.880
it before I fire it.
20
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The comparable kind of analogy I use is trying to make your muscles sore, right
21
00:00:59.530 --> 00:00:59.760
?
22
00:00:59.760 --> 00:01:01.920
Because if your muscles are sore, that means that they're working.
23
00:01:01.920 --> 00:01:05.560
Well, there's two ways that you could load a muscle to make it, so we're
24
00:01:05.560 --> 00:01:06.200
assuming that
25
00:01:06.200 --> 00:01:08.960
we're not doing an endurance training program.
26
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I could either add a lot of speed, so if you're doing really explosive, really
27
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fast jumps,
28
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you could get sore quads or glutes, or I could add a lot of weight.
29
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So without really warming you up, throw you under a bar and put down, put on
30
00:01:25.200 --> 00:01:26.080
pretty close
31
00:01:26.080 --> 00:01:30.320
to your maximum, you're going to get sore from either of those two patterns.
32
00:01:30.320 --> 00:01:35.600
With golf, because we don't have a whole lot of weight in terms of resistance,
33
00:01:35.600 --> 00:01:36.040
I tend
34
00:01:36.040 --> 00:01:41.800
to have to use speed in order to load the muscles and create soreness.
35
00:01:41.800 --> 00:01:47.650
The way that this works in the backswing is if I am moving really slowly, there
36
00:01:47.650 --> 00:01:48.080
's no
37
00:01:48.080 --> 00:01:52.800
magic position where my glutes are going to be loaded and ready to fire.
38
00:01:52.800 --> 00:01:57.070
So what you'll tend to see on tour is you will tend to see a little bit more
39
00:01:57.070 --> 00:01:58.040
body-centric
40
00:01:58.040 --> 00:02:02.520
and you'll tend to see actually quicker tempos compared to amateurs.
41
00:02:02.520 --> 00:02:07.370
Part of the reason of that is if I'm rotating my body quickly in the backswing,
42
00:02:07.370 --> 00:02:07.920
then my
43
00:02:07.920 --> 00:02:13.030
glutes and some of my core muscles are going to have to slow down a greater
44
00:02:13.030 --> 00:02:13.840
force.
45
00:02:13.840 --> 00:02:16.890
Because they're going to slow down a greater force, now they're ready to fire
46
00:02:16.890 --> 00:02:18.040
in the downswing.
47
00:02:18.040 --> 00:02:22.740
So, if you make a backswing where you're just trying to hit positions and it's
48
00:02:22.740 --> 00:02:23.440
more that
49
00:02:23.440 --> 00:02:27.620
the arms are kind of guiding the club, it's going to be very hard for you to
50
00:02:27.620 --> 00:02:28.600
have a transition
51
00:02:28.600 --> 00:02:32.520
that is body-centric or powered from the lower body.
52
00:02:32.520 --> 00:02:37.200
So frequently what I'll do is I will try to get golfers to swing the club with
53
00:02:37.200 --> 00:02:38.400
the body.
54
00:02:38.400 --> 00:02:44.190
So basically using body speed, and I'll kind of exaggerate it, but using body
55
00:02:44.190 --> 00:02:44.880
speed as
56
00:02:44.880 --> 00:02:49.870
part of the takeaway and then just letting the momentum of the club carry the
57
00:02:49.870 --> 00:02:50.400
arms up
58
00:02:50.400 --> 00:02:52.400
to the top of the swing.
59
00:02:52.400 --> 00:02:57.480
That gives me a little bit more of a sensation that now I want to fire my body
60
00:02:57.480 --> 00:02:58.600
in transition
61
00:02:58.600 --> 00:03:00.440
compared to the alternative.
62
00:03:00.440 --> 00:03:06.010
So I'm going to have a little bit more body speed and I'm just going to let my
63
00:03:06.010 --> 00:03:06.840
arms ride
64
00:03:06.840 --> 00:03:13.560
that momentum to finish the backswing and then that will give me ultimately the
65
00:03:13.560 --> 00:03:14.440
platform
66
00:03:14.440 --> 00:03:17.520
to then start with my body in the downswing.
67
00:03:17.520 --> 00:03:21.470
So if you're struggling with getting your body to lead longer in the downswing,
68
00:03:21.470 --> 00:03:21.900
go back
69
00:03:21.900 --> 00:03:26.600
to the backswing, make sure that the arms aren't getting too far behind you as
70
00:03:26.600 --> 00:03:26.960
I've
71
00:03:26.960 --> 00:03:29.560
indicated in other videos.
72
00:03:29.560 --> 00:03:33.740
But from a tempo point of view, make sure that the body movements are a little
73
00:03:33.740 --> 00:03:34.520
bit quicker
74
00:03:34.520 --> 00:03:39.010
during the backswing in order to load the muscles of the hips that you would
75
00:03:39.010 --> 00:03:40.040
want to use during
76
00:03:40.040 --> 00:03:41.040
transition.
77
00:03:41.040 --> 00:03:46.250
So you can do this in nine to threes, but this is one that I actually like to
78
00:03:46.250 --> 00:03:46.880
do more
79
00:03:46.880 --> 00:03:51.470
with full swings than with nine to threes because it's more of a transition
80
00:03:51.470 --> 00:03:52.280
pattern.
81
00:03:52.280 --> 00:03:58.670
So you're going to feel like the backswing is going to lead the arms and the
82
00:03:58.670 --> 00:03:59.520
arms are
83
00:03:59.520 --> 00:04:04.170
just going to get thrown up to the top of the swing by the momentum of the body
84
00:04:04.170 --> 00:04:04.720
turning
85
00:04:04.720 --> 00:04:08.400
instead of me lifting with my arms and shoulders.
86
00:04:08.400 --> 00:04:15.750
So I'm going to use my body a little bit more aggressively during takeaway and
87
00:04:15.750 --> 00:04:16.720
then let the
88
00:04:16.720 --> 00:04:22.700
body lead that transition by working on that body acting a little bit quicker
89
00:04:22.700 --> 00:04:23.640
during the
90
00:04:23.640 --> 00:04:24.640
backswing.
91
00:04:24.640 --> 00:04:28.280
It will help you power the swing a little bit easier with the body during
92
00:04:28.280 --> 00:04:29.040
transition.
1
00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:03.740
This drill is backswing body tempo.
2
00:00:03.740 --> 00:00:09.880
So in the backswing section, we talk a lot about the different movements of the
3
00:00:09.880 --> 00:00:10.320
arms,
4
00:00:10.320 --> 00:00:15.840
but the general theme here is trying to have more of a body-centric, one-piece
5
00:00:15.840 --> 00:00:16.600
takeaway,
6
00:00:16.600 --> 00:00:19.830
creating a good body movement where we have our hips loaded, our core loaded,
7
00:00:19.830 --> 00:00:20.200
so that
8
00:00:20.200 --> 00:00:21.880
we're ready for transition.
9
00:00:21.880 --> 00:00:26.370
The reason is, in transition, we want to make the large muscles of the body
10
00:00:26.370 --> 00:00:27.120
initiate the
11
00:00:27.120 --> 00:00:32.180
downswing and then transfer that speed during the release using more of the
12
00:00:32.180 --> 00:00:33.000
arms with a
13
00:00:33.000 --> 00:00:34.520
little bit of body.
14
00:00:34.520 --> 00:00:39.760
But what will happen is, golfers who make more of an arm-dominant backswing
15
00:00:39.760 --> 00:00:40.320
will have
16
00:00:40.320 --> 00:00:45.480
a hard time then switching over to using the body in the downswing.
17
00:00:45.480 --> 00:00:51.240
I think of it similar to if I want to get a muscle to fire, I'm going to want
18
00:00:51.240 --> 00:00:51.920
to load
19
00:00:51.920 --> 00:00:54.880
it before I fire it.
20
00:00:54.880 --> 00:00:59.530
The comparable kind of analogy I use is trying to make your muscles sore, right
21
00:00:59.530 --> 00:00:59.760
?
22
00:00:59.760 --> 00:01:01.920
Because if your muscles are sore, that means that they're working.
23
00:01:01.920 --> 00:01:05.560
Well, there's two ways that you could load a muscle to make it, so we're
24
00:01:05.560 --> 00:01:06.200
assuming that
25
00:01:06.200 --> 00:01:08.960
we're not doing an endurance training program.
26
00:01:08.960 --> 00:01:13.740
I could either add a lot of speed, so if you're doing really explosive, really
27
00:01:13.740 --> 00:01:15.280
fast jumps,
28
00:01:15.280 --> 00:01:19.880
you could get sore quads or glutes, or I could add a lot of weight.
29
00:01:19.880 --> 00:01:25.200
So without really warming you up, throw you under a bar and put down, put on
30
00:01:25.200 --> 00:01:26.080
pretty close
31
00:01:26.080 --> 00:01:30.320
to your maximum, you're going to get sore from either of those two patterns.
32
00:01:30.320 --> 00:01:35.600
With golf, because we don't have a whole lot of weight in terms of resistance,
33
00:01:35.600 --> 00:01:36.040
I tend
34
00:01:36.040 --> 00:01:41.800
to have to use speed in order to load the muscles and create soreness.
35
00:01:41.800 --> 00:01:47.650
The way that this works in the backswing is if I am moving really slowly, there
36
00:01:47.650 --> 00:01:48.080
's no
37
00:01:48.080 --> 00:01:52.800
magic position where my glutes are going to be loaded and ready to fire.
38
00:01:52.800 --> 00:01:57.070
So what you'll tend to see on tour is you will tend to see a little bit more
39
00:01:57.070 --> 00:01:58.040
body-centric
40
00:01:58.040 --> 00:02:02.520
and you'll tend to see actually quicker tempos compared to amateurs.
41
00:02:02.520 --> 00:02:07.370
Part of the reason of that is if I'm rotating my body quickly in the backswing,
42
00:02:07.370 --> 00:02:07.920
then my
43
00:02:07.920 --> 00:02:13.030
glutes and some of my core muscles are going to have to slow down a greater
44
00:02:13.030 --> 00:02:13.840
force.
45
00:02:13.840 --> 00:02:16.890
Because they're going to slow down a greater force, now they're ready to fire
46
00:02:16.890 --> 00:02:18.040
in the downswing.
47
00:02:18.040 --> 00:02:22.740
So, if you make a backswing where you're just trying to hit positions and it's
48
00:02:22.740 --> 00:02:23.440
more that
49
00:02:23.440 --> 00:02:27.620
the arms are kind of guiding the club, it's going to be very hard for you to
50
00:02:27.620 --> 00:02:28.600
have a transition
51
00:02:28.600 --> 00:02:32.520
that is body-centric or powered from the lower body.
52
00:02:32.520 --> 00:02:37.200
So frequently what I'll do is I will try to get golfers to swing the club with
53
00:02:37.200 --> 00:02:38.400
the body.
54
00:02:38.400 --> 00:02:44.190
So basically using body speed, and I'll kind of exaggerate it, but using body
55
00:02:44.190 --> 00:02:44.880
speed as
56
00:02:44.880 --> 00:02:49.870
part of the takeaway and then just letting the momentum of the club carry the
57
00:02:49.870 --> 00:02:50.400
arms up
58
00:02:50.400 --> 00:02:52.400
to the top of the swing.
59
00:02:52.400 --> 00:02:57.480
That gives me a little bit more of a sensation that now I want to fire my body
60
00:02:57.480 --> 00:02:58.600
in transition
61
00:02:58.600 --> 00:03:00.440
compared to the alternative.
62
00:03:00.440 --> 00:03:06.010
So I'm going to have a little bit more body speed and I'm just going to let my
63
00:03:06.010 --> 00:03:06.840
arms ride
64
00:03:06.840 --> 00:03:13.560
that momentum to finish the backswing and then that will give me ultimately the
65
00:03:13.560 --> 00:03:14.440
platform
66
00:03:14.440 --> 00:03:17.520
to then start with my body in the downswing.
67
00:03:17.520 --> 00:03:21.470
So if you're struggling with getting your body to lead longer in the downswing,
68
00:03:21.470 --> 00:03:21.900
go back
69
00:03:21.900 --> 00:03:26.600
to the backswing, make sure that the arms aren't getting too far behind you as
70
00:03:26.600 --> 00:03:26.960
I've
71
00:03:26.960 --> 00:03:29.560
indicated in other videos.
72
00:03:29.560 --> 00:03:33.740
But from a tempo point of view, make sure that the body movements are a little
73
00:03:33.740 --> 00:03:34.520
bit quicker
74
00:03:34.520 --> 00:03:39.010
during the backswing in order to load the muscles of the hips that you would
75
00:03:39.010 --> 00:03:40.040
want to use during
76
00:03:40.040 --> 00:03:41.040
transition.
77
00:03:41.040 --> 00:03:46.250
So you can do this in nine to threes, but this is one that I actually like to
78
00:03:46.250 --> 00:03:46.880
do more
79
00:03:46.880 --> 00:03:51.470
with full swings than with nine to threes because it's more of a transition
80
00:03:51.470 --> 00:03:52.280
pattern.
81
00:03:52.280 --> 00:03:58.670
So you're going to feel like the backswing is going to lead the arms and the
82
00:03:58.670 --> 00:03:59.520
arms are
83
00:03:59.520 --> 00:04:04.170
just going to get thrown up to the top of the swing by the momentum of the body
84
00:04:04.170 --> 00:04:04.720
turning
85
00:04:04.720 --> 00:04:08.400
instead of me lifting with my arms and shoulders.
86
00:04:08.400 --> 00:04:15.750
So I'm going to use my body a little bit more aggressively during takeaway and
87
00:04:15.750 --> 00:04:16.720
then let the
88
00:04:16.720 --> 00:04:22.700
body lead that transition by working on that body acting a little bit quicker
89
00:04:22.700 --> 00:04:23.640
during the
90
00:04:23.640 --> 00:04:24.640
backswing.
91
00:04:24.640 --> 00:04:28.280
It will help you power the swing a little bit easier with the body during
92
00:04:28.280 --> 00:04:29.040
transition.
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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.
Body Backswing Tempo
Frequently golfers strive for perfect positions. Understanding movement relationships could make you question that philosophy. There is no "position" that guarantees a loaded hip. Part of the hip load comes from the glutes slowing down the rotation of the body away from the target. If you try to slowly move the body in the backswing (as opposed to the arms), you'll struggle with loading the hips and initiating the downswing with the lower body.
Frequently golfers strive for perfect positions. Understanding movement relationships could make you question that philosophy. There is no "position" that guarantees a loaded hip. Part of the hip load comes from the glutes slowing down the rotation of the body away from the target. If you try to slowly move the body in the backswing (as opposed to the arms), you'll struggle with loading the hips and initiating the downswing with the lower body.
Hide
Video Transcript
WEBVTT
1
00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:03.740
This drill is backswing body tempo.
2
00:00:03.740 --> 00:00:09.880
So in the backswing section, we talk a lot about the different movements of the
3
00:00:09.880 --> 00:00:10.320
arms,
4
00:00:10.320 --> 00:00:15.840
but the general theme here is trying to have more of a body-centric, one-piece
5
00:00:15.840 --> 00:00:16.600
takeaway,
6
00:00:16.600 --> 00:00:19.830
creating a good body movement where we have our hips loaded, our core loaded,
7
00:00:19.830 --> 00:00:20.200
so that
8
00:00:20.200 --> 00:00:21.880
we're ready for transition.
9
00:00:21.880 --> 00:00:26.370
The reason is, in transition, we want to make the large muscles of the body
10
00:00:26.370 --> 00:00:27.120
initiate the
11
00:00:27.120 --> 00:00:32.180
downswing and then transfer that speed during the release using more of the
12
00:00:32.180 --> 00:00:33.000
arms with a
13
00:00:33.000 --> 00:00:34.520
little bit of body.
14
00:00:34.520 --> 00:00:39.760
But what will happen is, golfers who make more of an arm-dominant backswing
15
00:00:39.760 --> 00:00:40.320
will have
16
00:00:40.320 --> 00:00:45.480
a hard time then switching over to using the body in the downswing.
17
00:00:45.480 --> 00:00:51.240
I think of it similar to if I want to get a muscle to fire, I'm going to want
18
00:00:51.240 --> 00:00:51.920
to load
19
00:00:51.920 --> 00:00:54.880
it before I fire it.
20
00:00:54.880 --> 00:00:59.530
The comparable kind of analogy I use is trying to make your muscles sore, right
21
00:00:59.530 --> 00:00:59.760
?
22
00:00:59.760 --> 00:01:01.920
Because if your muscles are sore, that means that they're working.
23
00:01:01.920 --> 00:01:05.560
Well, there's two ways that you could load a muscle to make it, so we're
24
00:01:05.560 --> 00:01:06.200
assuming that
25
00:01:06.200 --> 00:01:08.960
we're not doing an endurance training program.
26
00:01:08.960 --> 00:01:13.740
I could either add a lot of speed, so if you're doing really explosive, really
27
00:01:13.740 --> 00:01:15.280
fast jumps,
28
00:01:15.280 --> 00:01:19.880
you could get sore quads or glutes, or I could add a lot of weight.
29
00:01:19.880 --> 00:01:25.200
So without really warming you up, throw you under a bar and put down, put on
30
00:01:25.200 --> 00:01:26.080
pretty close
31
00:01:26.080 --> 00:01:30.320
to your maximum, you're going to get sore from either of those two patterns.
32
00:01:30.320 --> 00:01:35.600
With golf, because we don't have a whole lot of weight in terms of resistance,
33
00:01:35.600 --> 00:01:36.040
I tend
34
00:01:36.040 --> 00:01:41.800
to have to use speed in order to load the muscles and create soreness.
35
00:01:41.800 --> 00:01:47.650
The way that this works in the backswing is if I am moving really slowly, there
36
00:01:47.650 --> 00:01:48.080
's no
37
00:01:48.080 --> 00:01:52.800
magic position where my glutes are going to be loaded and ready to fire.
38
00:01:52.800 --> 00:01:57.070
So what you'll tend to see on tour is you will tend to see a little bit more
39
00:01:57.070 --> 00:01:58.040
body-centric
40
00:01:58.040 --> 00:02:02.520
and you'll tend to see actually quicker tempos compared to amateurs.
41
00:02:02.520 --> 00:02:07.370
Part of the reason of that is if I'm rotating my body quickly in the backswing,
42
00:02:07.370 --> 00:02:07.920
then my
43
00:02:07.920 --> 00:02:13.030
glutes and some of my core muscles are going to have to slow down a greater
44
00:02:13.030 --> 00:02:13.840
force.
45
00:02:13.840 --> 00:02:16.890
Because they're going to slow down a greater force, now they're ready to fire
46
00:02:16.890 --> 00:02:18.040
in the downswing.
47
00:02:18.040 --> 00:02:22.740
So, if you make a backswing where you're just trying to hit positions and it's
48
00:02:22.740 --> 00:02:23.440
more that
49
00:02:23.440 --> 00:02:27.620
the arms are kind of guiding the club, it's going to be very hard for you to
50
00:02:27.620 --> 00:02:28.600
have a transition
51
00:02:28.600 --> 00:02:32.520
that is body-centric or powered from the lower body.
52
00:02:32.520 --> 00:02:37.200
So frequently what I'll do is I will try to get golfers to swing the club with
53
00:02:37.200 --> 00:02:38.400
the body.
54
00:02:38.400 --> 00:02:44.190
So basically using body speed, and I'll kind of exaggerate it, but using body
55
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speed as
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part of the takeaway and then just letting the momentum of the club carry the
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arms up
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to the top of the swing.
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That gives me a little bit more of a sensation that now I want to fire my body
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in transition
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compared to the alternative.
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So I'm going to have a little bit more body speed and I'm just going to let my
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arms ride
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that momentum to finish the backswing and then that will give me ultimately the
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platform
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to then start with my body in the downswing.
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So if you're struggling with getting your body to lead longer in the downswing,
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go back
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to the backswing, make sure that the arms aren't getting too far behind you as
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I've
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indicated in other videos.
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But from a tempo point of view, make sure that the body movements are a little
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bit quicker
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during the backswing in order to load the muscles of the hips that you would
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want to use during
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transition.
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So you can do this in nine to threes, but this is one that I actually like to
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do more
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with full swings than with nine to threes because it's more of a transition
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pattern.
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So you're going to feel like the backswing is going to lead the arms and the
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arms are
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just going to get thrown up to the top of the swing by the momentum of the body
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turning
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instead of me lifting with my arms and shoulders.
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So I'm going to use my body a little bit more aggressively during takeaway and
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then let the
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body lead that transition by working on that body acting a little bit quicker
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during the
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backswing.
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It will help you power the swing a little bit easier with the body during
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transition.
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This drill is backswing body tempo.
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So in the backswing section, we talk a lot about the different movements of the
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arms,
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but the general theme here is trying to have more of a body-centric, one-piece
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takeaway,
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creating a good body movement where we have our hips loaded, our core loaded,
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so that
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we're ready for transition.
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The reason is, in transition, we want to make the large muscles of the body
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initiate the
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downswing and then transfer that speed during the release using more of the
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arms with a
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little bit of body.
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But what will happen is, golfers who make more of an arm-dominant backswing
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will have
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a hard time then switching over to using the body in the downswing.
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I think of it similar to if I want to get a muscle to fire, I'm going to want
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to load
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it before I fire it.
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The comparable kind of analogy I use is trying to make your muscles sore, right
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?
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Because if your muscles are sore, that means that they're working.
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Well, there's two ways that you could load a muscle to make it, so we're
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assuming that
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we're not doing an endurance training program.
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I could either add a lot of speed, so if you're doing really explosive, really
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fast jumps,
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you could get sore quads or glutes, or I could add a lot of weight.
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So without really warming you up, throw you under a bar and put down, put on
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pretty close
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to your maximum, you're going to get sore from either of those two patterns.
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With golf, because we don't have a whole lot of weight in terms of resistance,
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I tend
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to have to use speed in order to load the muscles and create soreness.
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The way that this works in the backswing is if I am moving really slowly, there
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's no
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magic position where my glutes are going to be loaded and ready to fire.
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So what you'll tend to see on tour is you will tend to see a little bit more
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body-centric
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and you'll tend to see actually quicker tempos compared to amateurs.
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Part of the reason of that is if I'm rotating my body quickly in the backswing,
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then my
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glutes and some of my core muscles are going to have to slow down a greater
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force.
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Because they're going to slow down a greater force, now they're ready to fire
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in the downswing.
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So, if you make a backswing where you're just trying to hit positions and it's
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more that
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the arms are kind of guiding the club, it's going to be very hard for you to
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have a transition
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that is body-centric or powered from the lower body.
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So frequently what I'll do is I will try to get golfers to swing the club with
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the body.
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So basically using body speed, and I'll kind of exaggerate it, but using body
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speed as
56
00:02:44.880 --> 00:02:49.870
part of the takeaway and then just letting the momentum of the club carry the
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arms up
58
00:02:50.400 --> 00:02:52.400
to the top of the swing.
59
00:02:52.400 --> 00:02:57.480
That gives me a little bit more of a sensation that now I want to fire my body
60
00:02:57.480 --> 00:02:58.600
in transition
61
00:02:58.600 --> 00:03:00.440
compared to the alternative.
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00:03:00.440 --> 00:03:06.010
So I'm going to have a little bit more body speed and I'm just going to let my
63
00:03:06.010 --> 00:03:06.840
arms ride
64
00:03:06.840 --> 00:03:13.560
that momentum to finish the backswing and then that will give me ultimately the
65
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platform
66
00:03:14.440 --> 00:03:17.520
to then start with my body in the downswing.
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So if you're struggling with getting your body to lead longer in the downswing,
68
00:03:21.470 --> 00:03:21.900
go back
69
00:03:21.900 --> 00:03:26.600
to the backswing, make sure that the arms aren't getting too far behind you as
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00:03:26.600 --> 00:03:26.960
I've
71
00:03:26.960 --> 00:03:29.560
indicated in other videos.
72
00:03:29.560 --> 00:03:33.740
But from a tempo point of view, make sure that the body movements are a little
73
00:03:33.740 --> 00:03:34.520
bit quicker
74
00:03:34.520 --> 00:03:39.010
during the backswing in order to load the muscles of the hips that you would
75
00:03:39.010 --> 00:03:40.040
want to use during
76
00:03:40.040 --> 00:03:41.040
transition.
77
00:03:41.040 --> 00:03:46.250
So you can do this in nine to threes, but this is one that I actually like to
78
00:03:46.250 --> 00:03:46.880
do more
79
00:03:46.880 --> 00:03:51.470
with full swings than with nine to threes because it's more of a transition
80
00:03:51.470 --> 00:03:52.280
pattern.
81
00:03:52.280 --> 00:03:58.670
So you're going to feel like the backswing is going to lead the arms and the
82
00:03:58.670 --> 00:03:59.520
arms are
83
00:03:59.520 --> 00:04:04.170
just going to get thrown up to the top of the swing by the momentum of the body
84
00:04:04.170 --> 00:04:04.720
turning
85
00:04:04.720 --> 00:04:08.400
instead of me lifting with my arms and shoulders.
86
00:04:08.400 --> 00:04:15.750
So I'm going to use my body a little bit more aggressively during takeaway and
87
00:04:15.750 --> 00:04:16.720
then let the
88
00:04:16.720 --> 00:04:22.700
body lead that transition by working on that body acting a little bit quicker
89
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during the
90
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backswing.
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It will help you power the swing a little bit easier with the body during
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transition.
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