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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.
Keep Your Trail Arm in Front for a Better Backswing
After this video, you'll be able to:
- Feel how to keep your trail arm in front of your body during the backswing
- Practice the rib activation technique to enhance your body rotation
- Identify the common mistakes that lead to an inconsistent backswing
In this drill, you'll learn how to maintain the proper position of your trail arm during the backswing, which is essential for consistent ball striking. Understanding the relationship between your ribs and arms will help you improve your overall swing mechanics.
Video Transcript
WEBVTT
1
00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:08.040
This drill is the bottom rib backswing.
2
00:00:08.040 --> 00:00:12.040
So this is a drill for helping work on keeping your trail arm in front of your
3
00:00:12.040 --> 00:00:12.800
pack or the
4
00:00:12.800 --> 00:00:16.040
jazzy Jeff move or basically this relationship here.
5
00:00:16.040 --> 00:00:21.910
A lot of inconsistent golfers do so because the arm gets too far behind, that
6
00:00:21.910 --> 00:00:22.560
right arm
7
00:00:22.560 --> 00:00:27.750
gets behind and then they have to do some version of a compensation on the down
8
00:00:27.750 --> 00:00:27.840
swing
9
00:00:27.840 --> 00:00:31.000
and there has to be some version of a catch-up move.
10
00:00:31.000 --> 00:00:38.380
There are very few who tend to coordinate more like a Jim Furek or a Roy McEl
11
00:00:38.380 --> 00:00:39.200
roy.
12
00:00:39.200 --> 00:00:42.760
So most of the time when this arm gets behind, you're going to tend to see a
13
00:00:42.760 --> 00:00:43.680
little bit more
14
00:00:43.680 --> 00:00:48.870
of a dump or a slide or a stall and throw, but some of these things that
15
00:00:48.870 --> 00:00:50.200
require more timing.
16
00:00:50.200 --> 00:00:53.250
So one of our goals in the backswing, if we're going to use more of our body
17
00:00:53.250 --> 00:00:54.560
and our downswing,
18
00:00:54.560 --> 00:00:58.820
is to keep this arm a little bit more in front and use more of a body wind up
19
00:00:58.820 --> 00:01:00.240
in the backswing.
20
00:01:00.240 --> 00:01:05.440
So one of the concepts here is there's a relationship between your arm and your
21
00:01:05.440 --> 00:01:06.400
ribs or your arms
22
00:01:06.400 --> 00:01:08.280
and your body.
23
00:01:08.280 --> 00:01:13.630
In order for me to keep this arm in front and make this backswing, my ribs are
24
00:01:13.630 --> 00:01:14.280
going to
25
00:01:14.280 --> 00:01:15.280
have to turn.
26
00:01:15.280 --> 00:01:20.880
In fact, I like to grab onto or kind of activate this area here.
27
00:01:20.880 --> 00:01:25.080
So I'll kind of poke these bottom ribs, these are like the bottom, the 10th rib
28
00:01:25.080 --> 00:01:25.520
, kind of
29
00:01:25.520 --> 00:01:27.840
right in here on the side here.
30
00:01:27.840 --> 00:01:30.650
Now what I'm going to try to do is in this next backswing, I'm going to try to
31
00:01:30.650 --> 00:01:31.120
feel like
32
00:01:31.120 --> 00:01:34.000
I take this away from my arm.
33
00:01:34.000 --> 00:01:39.200
If my arm pulls behind this rib, then it's going to tend to have to bend.
34
00:01:39.200 --> 00:01:43.020
But if I keep that rib moving and staying on this side of the arm, then
35
00:01:43.020 --> 00:01:44.000
essentially the
36
00:01:44.000 --> 00:01:46.320
arm stays more in front of my body.
37
00:01:46.320 --> 00:01:51.510
So as an exaggeration, it almost becomes more of kind of a float load where I'm
38
00:01:51.510 --> 00:01:52.720
going to
39
00:01:52.720 --> 00:01:58.040
turn my hips and rib and that keeps moving until pretty much I can't move
40
00:01:58.040 --> 00:01:58.960
anymore and
41
00:01:58.960 --> 00:02:01.120
then the arms can finish it.
42
00:02:01.120 --> 00:02:05.720
So backswing wise, I'm going to do a little isolated drill hit from the top.
43
00:02:05.720 --> 00:02:11.040
So I'm going to feel like this is going to get to there while my arms stay out
44
00:02:11.040 --> 00:02:11.880
in front.
45
00:02:11.880 --> 00:02:19.350
So I'm going to turn that there just like that and then from there, turn my
46
00:02:19.350 --> 00:02:20.320
hips and
47
00:02:20.320 --> 00:02:25.280
my core and feel like the arms kind of playing the club a little bit.
48
00:02:25.280 --> 00:02:27.320
So let's do that again.
49
00:02:27.320 --> 00:02:32.720
So backswing, I'm going to feel like that 10th rib gets out of the way.
50
00:02:32.720 --> 00:02:37.910
Arms are a little bit more and a widen in front and then from there, turn
51
00:02:37.910 --> 00:02:38.680
through turning
52
00:02:38.680 --> 00:02:42.360
my hips and my core, flip that one just a tiny bit.
53
00:02:42.360 --> 00:02:43.520
So let's get one more good one.
54
00:02:43.520 --> 00:02:49.400
But backswing is feeling very nice and fully turned, good.
55
00:02:49.400 --> 00:02:51.600
That one was really nice there.
56
00:02:51.600 --> 00:02:57.710
So now I'm going to try to shorten the pause or feel like I get that backswing
57
00:02:57.710 --> 00:02:58.600
load from
58
00:02:58.600 --> 00:02:59.600
that 10th rib.
59
00:02:59.600 --> 00:03:04.030
You might feel more in your legs getting loaded or you might feel more in your
60
00:03:04.030 --> 00:03:04.640
core.
61
00:03:04.640 --> 00:03:06.940
Everybody's a little different as far as where they'll feel it, but you should
62
00:03:06.940 --> 00:03:07.400
definitely
63
00:03:07.400 --> 00:03:12.720
feel less shoulder load or when I pull this arm back, in fact, if you're
64
00:03:12.720 --> 00:03:13.920
sitting there,
65
00:03:13.920 --> 00:03:14.920
you can do that.
66
00:03:14.920 --> 00:03:16.760
When you pull this arm back, you're going to feel a bunch of tension on the
67
00:03:16.760 --> 00:03:17.080
front of the
68
00:03:17.080 --> 00:03:20.080
shoulder and you might feel some tension on the back here.
69
00:03:20.080 --> 00:03:22.720
If I do this movement here, I feel none of those.
70
00:03:22.720 --> 00:03:26.880
I feel a little bit of tension up in the backside of the shoulder or more down
71
00:03:26.880 --> 00:03:27.760
in the ribs and
72
00:03:27.760 --> 00:03:29.160
into the core.
73
00:03:29.160 --> 00:03:30.160
Okay.
74
00:03:30.160 --> 00:03:31.720
So now let's combo those together.
75
00:03:31.720 --> 00:03:36.880
I'm going to get that 10th rib to finish the backswing while the arm stays to
76
00:03:36.880 --> 00:03:37.200
the left
77
00:03:37.200 --> 00:03:42.280
side of it, just like that.
78
00:03:42.280 --> 00:03:46.150
So if you're struggling with bending the arm, you can see one of the ways to
79
00:03:46.150 --> 00:03:46.920
stop that arm
80
00:03:46.920 --> 00:03:52.160
from bending is to get the rib to rotate further than the arm.
81
00:03:52.160 --> 00:03:56.350
If you do that, you're almost have to keep the arm in front and therefore it's
82
00:03:56.350 --> 00:03:56.760
going
83
00:03:56.760 --> 00:03:57.560
to stay a lot straighter.
1
00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:08.040
This drill is the bottom rib backswing.
2
00:00:08.040 --> 00:00:12.040
So this is a drill for helping work on keeping your trail arm in front of your
3
00:00:12.040 --> 00:00:12.800
pack or the
4
00:00:12.800 --> 00:00:16.040
jazzy Jeff move or basically this relationship here.
5
00:00:16.040 --> 00:00:21.910
A lot of inconsistent golfers do so because the arm gets too far behind, that
6
00:00:21.910 --> 00:00:22.560
right arm
7
00:00:22.560 --> 00:00:27.750
gets behind and then they have to do some version of a compensation on the down
8
00:00:27.750 --> 00:00:27.840
swing
9
00:00:27.840 --> 00:00:31.000
and there has to be some version of a catch-up move.
10
00:00:31.000 --> 00:00:38.380
There are very few who tend to coordinate more like a Jim Furek or a Roy McEl
11
00:00:38.380 --> 00:00:39.200
roy.
12
00:00:39.200 --> 00:00:42.760
So most of the time when this arm gets behind, you're going to tend to see a
13
00:00:42.760 --> 00:00:43.680
little bit more
14
00:00:43.680 --> 00:00:48.870
of a dump or a slide or a stall and throw, but some of these things that
15
00:00:48.870 --> 00:00:50.200
require more timing.
16
00:00:50.200 --> 00:00:53.250
So one of our goals in the backswing, if we're going to use more of our body
17
00:00:53.250 --> 00:00:54.560
and our downswing,
18
00:00:54.560 --> 00:00:58.820
is to keep this arm a little bit more in front and use more of a body wind up
19
00:00:58.820 --> 00:01:00.240
in the backswing.
20
00:01:00.240 --> 00:01:05.440
So one of the concepts here is there's a relationship between your arm and your
21
00:01:05.440 --> 00:01:06.400
ribs or your arms
22
00:01:06.400 --> 00:01:08.280
and your body.
23
00:01:08.280 --> 00:01:13.630
In order for me to keep this arm in front and make this backswing, my ribs are
24
00:01:13.630 --> 00:01:14.280
going to
25
00:01:14.280 --> 00:01:15.280
have to turn.
26
00:01:15.280 --> 00:01:20.880
In fact, I like to grab onto or kind of activate this area here.
27
00:01:20.880 --> 00:01:25.080
So I'll kind of poke these bottom ribs, these are like the bottom, the 10th rib
28
00:01:25.080 --> 00:01:25.520
, kind of
29
00:01:25.520 --> 00:01:27.840
right in here on the side here.
30
00:01:27.840 --> 00:01:30.650
Now what I'm going to try to do is in this next backswing, I'm going to try to
31
00:01:30.650 --> 00:01:31.120
feel like
32
00:01:31.120 --> 00:01:34.000
I take this away from my arm.
33
00:01:34.000 --> 00:01:39.200
If my arm pulls behind this rib, then it's going to tend to have to bend.
34
00:01:39.200 --> 00:01:43.020
But if I keep that rib moving and staying on this side of the arm, then
35
00:01:43.020 --> 00:01:44.000
essentially the
36
00:01:44.000 --> 00:01:46.320
arm stays more in front of my body.
37
00:01:46.320 --> 00:01:51.510
So as an exaggeration, it almost becomes more of kind of a float load where I'm
38
00:01:51.510 --> 00:01:52.720
going to
39
00:01:52.720 --> 00:01:58.040
turn my hips and rib and that keeps moving until pretty much I can't move
40
00:01:58.040 --> 00:01:58.960
anymore and
41
00:01:58.960 --> 00:02:01.120
then the arms can finish it.
42
00:02:01.120 --> 00:02:05.720
So backswing wise, I'm going to do a little isolated drill hit from the top.
43
00:02:05.720 --> 00:02:11.040
So I'm going to feel like this is going to get to there while my arms stay out
44
00:02:11.040 --> 00:02:11.880
in front.
45
00:02:11.880 --> 00:02:19.350
So I'm going to turn that there just like that and then from there, turn my
46
00:02:19.350 --> 00:02:20.320
hips and
47
00:02:20.320 --> 00:02:25.280
my core and feel like the arms kind of playing the club a little bit.
48
00:02:25.280 --> 00:02:27.320
So let's do that again.
49
00:02:27.320 --> 00:02:32.720
So backswing, I'm going to feel like that 10th rib gets out of the way.
50
00:02:32.720 --> 00:02:37.910
Arms are a little bit more and a widen in front and then from there, turn
51
00:02:37.910 --> 00:02:38.680
through turning
52
00:02:38.680 --> 00:02:42.360
my hips and my core, flip that one just a tiny bit.
53
00:02:42.360 --> 00:02:43.520
So let's get one more good one.
54
00:02:43.520 --> 00:02:49.400
But backswing is feeling very nice and fully turned, good.
55
00:02:49.400 --> 00:02:51.600
That one was really nice there.
56
00:02:51.600 --> 00:02:57.710
So now I'm going to try to shorten the pause or feel like I get that backswing
57
00:02:57.710 --> 00:02:58.600
load from
58
00:02:58.600 --> 00:02:59.600
that 10th rib.
59
00:02:59.600 --> 00:03:04.030
You might feel more in your legs getting loaded or you might feel more in your
60
00:03:04.030 --> 00:03:04.640
core.
61
00:03:04.640 --> 00:03:06.940
Everybody's a little different as far as where they'll feel it, but you should
62
00:03:06.940 --> 00:03:07.400
definitely
63
00:03:07.400 --> 00:03:12.720
feel less shoulder load or when I pull this arm back, in fact, if you're
64
00:03:12.720 --> 00:03:13.920
sitting there,
65
00:03:13.920 --> 00:03:14.920
you can do that.
66
00:03:14.920 --> 00:03:16.760
When you pull this arm back, you're going to feel a bunch of tension on the
67
00:03:16.760 --> 00:03:17.080
front of the
68
00:03:17.080 --> 00:03:20.080
shoulder and you might feel some tension on the back here.
69
00:03:20.080 --> 00:03:22.720
If I do this movement here, I feel none of those.
70
00:03:22.720 --> 00:03:26.880
I feel a little bit of tension up in the backside of the shoulder or more down
71
00:03:26.880 --> 00:03:27.760
in the ribs and
72
00:03:27.760 --> 00:03:29.160
into the core.
73
00:03:29.160 --> 00:03:30.160
Okay.
74
00:03:30.160 --> 00:03:31.720
So now let's combo those together.
75
00:03:31.720 --> 00:03:36.880
I'm going to get that 10th rib to finish the backswing while the arm stays to
76
00:03:36.880 --> 00:03:37.200
the left
77
00:03:37.200 --> 00:03:42.280
side of it, just like that.
78
00:03:42.280 --> 00:03:46.150
So if you're struggling with bending the arm, you can see one of the ways to
79
00:03:46.150 --> 00:03:46.920
stop that arm
80
00:03:46.920 --> 00:03:52.160
from bending is to get the rib to rotate further than the arm.
81
00:03:52.160 --> 00:03:56.350
If you do that, you're almost have to keep the arm in front and therefore it's
82
00:03:56.350 --> 00:03:56.760
going
83
00:03:56.760 --> 00:03:57.560
to stay a lot straighter.
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.
Keep Your Trail Arm in Front for a Better Backswing
After this video, you'll be able to:
- Feel how to keep your trail arm in front of your body during the backswing
- Practice the rib activation technique to enhance your body rotation
- Identify the common mistakes that lead to an inconsistent backswing
In this drill, you'll learn how to maintain the proper position of your trail arm during the backswing, which is essential for consistent ball striking. Understanding the relationship between your ribs and arms will help you improve your overall swing mechanics.
Video Transcript
WEBVTT
1
00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:08.040
This drill is the bottom rib backswing.
2
00:00:08.040 --> 00:00:12.040
So this is a drill for helping work on keeping your trail arm in front of your
3
00:00:12.040 --> 00:00:12.800
pack or the
4
00:00:12.800 --> 00:00:16.040
jazzy Jeff move or basically this relationship here.
5
00:00:16.040 --> 00:00:21.910
A lot of inconsistent golfers do so because the arm gets too far behind, that
6
00:00:21.910 --> 00:00:22.560
right arm
7
00:00:22.560 --> 00:00:27.750
gets behind and then they have to do some version of a compensation on the down
8
00:00:27.750 --> 00:00:27.840
swing
9
00:00:27.840 --> 00:00:31.000
and there has to be some version of a catch-up move.
10
00:00:31.000 --> 00:00:38.380
There are very few who tend to coordinate more like a Jim Furek or a Roy McEl
11
00:00:38.380 --> 00:00:39.200
roy.
12
00:00:39.200 --> 00:00:42.760
So most of the time when this arm gets behind, you're going to tend to see a
13
00:00:42.760 --> 00:00:43.680
little bit more
14
00:00:43.680 --> 00:00:48.870
of a dump or a slide or a stall and throw, but some of these things that
15
00:00:48.870 --> 00:00:50.200
require more timing.
16
00:00:50.200 --> 00:00:53.250
So one of our goals in the backswing, if we're going to use more of our body
17
00:00:53.250 --> 00:00:54.560
and our downswing,
18
00:00:54.560 --> 00:00:58.820
is to keep this arm a little bit more in front and use more of a body wind up
19
00:00:58.820 --> 00:01:00.240
in the backswing.
20
00:01:00.240 --> 00:01:05.440
So one of the concepts here is there's a relationship between your arm and your
21
00:01:05.440 --> 00:01:06.400
ribs or your arms
22
00:01:06.400 --> 00:01:08.280
and your body.
23
00:01:08.280 --> 00:01:13.630
In order for me to keep this arm in front and make this backswing, my ribs are
24
00:01:13.630 --> 00:01:14.280
going to
25
00:01:14.280 --> 00:01:15.280
have to turn.
26
00:01:15.280 --> 00:01:20.880
In fact, I like to grab onto or kind of activate this area here.
27
00:01:20.880 --> 00:01:25.080
So I'll kind of poke these bottom ribs, these are like the bottom, the 10th rib
28
00:01:25.080 --> 00:01:25.520
, kind of
29
00:01:25.520 --> 00:01:27.840
right in here on the side here.
30
00:01:27.840 --> 00:01:30.650
Now what I'm going to try to do is in this next backswing, I'm going to try to
31
00:01:30.650 --> 00:01:31.120
feel like
32
00:01:31.120 --> 00:01:34.000
I take this away from my arm.
33
00:01:34.000 --> 00:01:39.200
If my arm pulls behind this rib, then it's going to tend to have to bend.
34
00:01:39.200 --> 00:01:43.020
But if I keep that rib moving and staying on this side of the arm, then
35
00:01:43.020 --> 00:01:44.000
essentially the
36
00:01:44.000 --> 00:01:46.320
arm stays more in front of my body.
37
00:01:46.320 --> 00:01:51.510
So as an exaggeration, it almost becomes more of kind of a float load where I'm
38
00:01:51.510 --> 00:01:52.720
going to
39
00:01:52.720 --> 00:01:58.040
turn my hips and rib and that keeps moving until pretty much I can't move
40
00:01:58.040 --> 00:01:58.960
anymore and
41
00:01:58.960 --> 00:02:01.120
then the arms can finish it.
42
00:02:01.120 --> 00:02:05.720
So backswing wise, I'm going to do a little isolated drill hit from the top.
43
00:02:05.720 --> 00:02:11.040
So I'm going to feel like this is going to get to there while my arms stay out
44
00:02:11.040 --> 00:02:11.880
in front.
45
00:02:11.880 --> 00:02:19.350
So I'm going to turn that there just like that and then from there, turn my
46
00:02:19.350 --> 00:02:20.320
hips and
47
00:02:20.320 --> 00:02:25.280
my core and feel like the arms kind of playing the club a little bit.
48
00:02:25.280 --> 00:02:27.320
So let's do that again.
49
00:02:27.320 --> 00:02:32.720
So backswing, I'm going to feel like that 10th rib gets out of the way.
50
00:02:32.720 --> 00:02:37.910
Arms are a little bit more and a widen in front and then from there, turn
51
00:02:37.910 --> 00:02:38.680
through turning
52
00:02:38.680 --> 00:02:42.360
my hips and my core, flip that one just a tiny bit.
53
00:02:42.360 --> 00:02:43.520
So let's get one more good one.
54
00:02:43.520 --> 00:02:49.400
But backswing is feeling very nice and fully turned, good.
55
00:02:49.400 --> 00:02:51.600
That one was really nice there.
56
00:02:51.600 --> 00:02:57.710
So now I'm going to try to shorten the pause or feel like I get that backswing
57
00:02:57.710 --> 00:02:58.600
load from
58
00:02:58.600 --> 00:02:59.600
that 10th rib.
59
00:02:59.600 --> 00:03:04.030
You might feel more in your legs getting loaded or you might feel more in your
60
00:03:04.030 --> 00:03:04.640
core.
61
00:03:04.640 --> 00:03:06.940
Everybody's a little different as far as where they'll feel it, but you should
62
00:03:06.940 --> 00:03:07.400
definitely
63
00:03:07.400 --> 00:03:12.720
feel less shoulder load or when I pull this arm back, in fact, if you're
64
00:03:12.720 --> 00:03:13.920
sitting there,
65
00:03:13.920 --> 00:03:14.920
you can do that.
66
00:03:14.920 --> 00:03:16.760
When you pull this arm back, you're going to feel a bunch of tension on the
67
00:03:16.760 --> 00:03:17.080
front of the
68
00:03:17.080 --> 00:03:20.080
shoulder and you might feel some tension on the back here.
69
00:03:20.080 --> 00:03:22.720
If I do this movement here, I feel none of those.
70
00:03:22.720 --> 00:03:26.880
I feel a little bit of tension up in the backside of the shoulder or more down
71
00:03:26.880 --> 00:03:27.760
in the ribs and
72
00:03:27.760 --> 00:03:29.160
into the core.
73
00:03:29.160 --> 00:03:30.160
Okay.
74
00:03:30.160 --> 00:03:31.720
So now let's combo those together.
75
00:03:31.720 --> 00:03:36.880
I'm going to get that 10th rib to finish the backswing while the arm stays to
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the left
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side of it, just like that.
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So if you're struggling with bending the arm, you can see one of the ways to
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stop that arm
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from bending is to get the rib to rotate further than the arm.
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If you do that, you're almost have to keep the arm in front and therefore it's
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going
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to stay a lot straighter.
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This drill is the bottom rib backswing.
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So this is a drill for helping work on keeping your trail arm in front of your
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pack or the
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jazzy Jeff move or basically this relationship here.
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A lot of inconsistent golfers do so because the arm gets too far behind, that
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right arm
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gets behind and then they have to do some version of a compensation on the down
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swing
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and there has to be some version of a catch-up move.
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There are very few who tend to coordinate more like a Jim Furek or a Roy McEl
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roy.
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So most of the time when this arm gets behind, you're going to tend to see a
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little bit more
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of a dump or a slide or a stall and throw, but some of these things that
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require more timing.
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So one of our goals in the backswing, if we're going to use more of our body
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and our downswing,
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is to keep this arm a little bit more in front and use more of a body wind up
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in the backswing.
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So one of the concepts here is there's a relationship between your arm and your
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ribs or your arms
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and your body.
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In order for me to keep this arm in front and make this backswing, my ribs are
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going to
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have to turn.
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In fact, I like to grab onto or kind of activate this area here.
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So I'll kind of poke these bottom ribs, these are like the bottom, the 10th rib
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, kind of
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right in here on the side here.
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Now what I'm going to try to do is in this next backswing, I'm going to try to
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feel like
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I take this away from my arm.
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If my arm pulls behind this rib, then it's going to tend to have to bend.
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But if I keep that rib moving and staying on this side of the arm, then
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essentially the
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arm stays more in front of my body.
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So as an exaggeration, it almost becomes more of kind of a float load where I'm
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going to
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turn my hips and rib and that keeps moving until pretty much I can't move
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anymore and
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then the arms can finish it.
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So backswing wise, I'm going to do a little isolated drill hit from the top.
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So I'm going to feel like this is going to get to there while my arms stay out
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in front.
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So I'm going to turn that there just like that and then from there, turn my
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hips and
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my core and feel like the arms kind of playing the club a little bit.
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So let's do that again.
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So backswing, I'm going to feel like that 10th rib gets out of the way.
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Arms are a little bit more and a widen in front and then from there, turn
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through turning
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my hips and my core, flip that one just a tiny bit.
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So let's get one more good one.
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But backswing is feeling very nice and fully turned, good.
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That one was really nice there.
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So now I'm going to try to shorten the pause or feel like I get that backswing
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load from
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that 10th rib.
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You might feel more in your legs getting loaded or you might feel more in your
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core.
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Everybody's a little different as far as where they'll feel it, but you should
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definitely
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feel less shoulder load or when I pull this arm back, in fact, if you're
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sitting there,
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you can do that.
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When you pull this arm back, you're going to feel a bunch of tension on the
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front of the
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shoulder and you might feel some tension on the back here.
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If I do this movement here, I feel none of those.
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I feel a little bit of tension up in the backside of the shoulder or more down
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in the ribs and
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into the core.
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Okay.
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So now let's combo those together.
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I'm going to get that 10th rib to finish the backswing while the arm stays to
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the left
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side of it, just like that.
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So if you're struggling with bending the arm, you can see one of the ways to
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stop that arm
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from bending is to get the rib to rotate further than the arm.
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If you do that, you're almost have to keep the arm in front and therefore it's
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going
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to stay a lot straighter.
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