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Improve Your Ground Contact with the Advanced Brush Drill

After this video, you'll be able to:

  • Feel the proper timing and direction of your arm release for improved ground contact.
  • Understand how body rotation influences the location of your brush point.
  • Recognize the importance of maintaining a low club path for better ball striking.

In this video, you'll learn an advanced version of the brush the ground drill, focusing on the timing and direction of your arm release to achieve better ground contact during your swing. Mastering this technique is crucial for consistent ball striking and overall swing efficiency.

Video Transcript
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This drill is the advanced version of brush the ground.

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00:00:03.880 --> 00:00:06.870
So in the advanced version of brush the ground, we're going to try to focus on

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00:00:06.870 --> 00:00:07.520
some of these

4
00:00:07.520 --> 00:00:11.120
details that help me with getting the club to brush.

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So in recap, I'm basically trying to get the club to make contact with the

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ground and

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then travel along the ground and kind of low to the ground from just ahead of

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the middle

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of my stance to about where my left foot is.

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That'll vary slightly depending on what club you're swinging, but I'm trying to

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get this

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00:00:30.840 --> 00:00:34.780
long flat spot and this good brush of the ground and then just let the golf

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ball get

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in the way.

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So the big factors that are going to relate to this are going to be the timing

16
00:00:40.490 --> 00:00:41.460
and direction

17
00:00:41.460 --> 00:00:47.720
of my arm release as well as how my release is being triggered.

18
00:00:47.720 --> 00:00:53.670
So ultimately what should happen is that release, so once I get to about here,

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should be triggered

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by that left leg kind of pushing up which causes that some of this side bend

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kind of

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like so.

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And then the more that my arms release out like this, straight out in front of

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my chest,

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the more that I'm going to have to stand up or lunge or something along those

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lines

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in order to not hit behind the golf ball.

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So if I'm doing more of this wipe where I get to about here and then that right

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arm

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is working more across my body instead of straight out, it's going to cause

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different

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locations as far as where I'm making contact with the ground.

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Also the more that my body has turned, both my lower body and my chest, then

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when my arms

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go to extend, in general, that's going to move that location of the brush

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further forward

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or further closer to the target.

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So as you're working on this brush, you can focus on the different pieces that

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you may

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be working on in release.

41
00:02:00.780 --> 00:02:05.730
Now understand that that shaft, shallowing during transition is going to affect

42
00:02:05.730 --> 00:02:06.200
how your

43
00:02:06.200 --> 00:02:10.240
release looks really significantly.

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00:02:10.240 --> 00:02:14.840
But ultimately, if I'm training that release pattern coming more from the

45
00:02:14.840 --> 00:02:15.960
inside, having

46
00:02:15.960 --> 00:02:20.820
that body rotation and those arms extending, this is what's going to allow me

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to get a

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very good brush pattern.

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So the club will stay low to the ground for a long period of time and brush

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ahead of the

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middle of your stance.

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Play around with that if you ever get lost with contact.

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The common tendency is you're going to hit the ball off to the right.

54
00:02:37.320 --> 00:02:40.700
That means that I probably have to either focus on the motorcycle or if that's

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one too

56
00:02:41.120 --> 00:02:45.200
many things to focus on, just simply strengthen your grip a few degrees.

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00:02:45.200 --> 00:02:49.900
So play around with this any time that you get lost, get back to the basics of

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how is

59
00:02:50.320 --> 00:02:52.360
the club contacting with the ground.

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Once you have that in place, then you can revisit some of these internal

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00:02:56.260 --> 00:02:57.320
focuses of what

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00:02:57.320 --> 00:02:59.600
the body is actually doing in order to make this work.

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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.

Improve Your Ground Contact with the Advanced Brush Drill

After this video, you'll be able to:

  • Feel the proper timing and direction of your arm release for improved ground contact.
  • Understand how body rotation influences the location of your brush point.
  • Recognize the importance of maintaining a low club path for better ball striking.

In this video, you'll learn an advanced version of the brush the ground drill, focusing on the timing and direction of your arm release to achieve better ground contact during your swing. Mastering this technique is crucial for consistent ball striking and overall swing efficiency.

Video Transcript
WEBVTT

1
00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:03.880
This drill is the advanced version of brush the ground.

2
00:00:03.880 --> 00:00:06.870
So in the advanced version of brush the ground, we're going to try to focus on

3
00:00:06.870 --> 00:00:07.520
some of these

4
00:00:07.520 --> 00:00:11.120
details that help me with getting the club to brush.

5
00:00:11.120 --> 00:00:16.690
So in recap, I'm basically trying to get the club to make contact with the

6
00:00:16.690 --> 00:00:17.600
ground and

7
00:00:17.600 --> 00:00:23.550
then travel along the ground and kind of low to the ground from just ahead of

8
00:00:23.550 --> 00:00:23.920
the middle

9
00:00:23.920 --> 00:00:26.880
of my stance to about where my left foot is.

10
00:00:26.880 --> 00:00:30.680
That'll vary slightly depending on what club you're swinging, but I'm trying to

11
00:00:30.680 --> 00:00:30.840
get this

12
00:00:30.840 --> 00:00:34.780
long flat spot and this good brush of the ground and then just let the golf

13
00:00:34.780 --> 00:00:35.320
ball get

14
00:00:35.320 --> 00:00:36.320
in the way.

15
00:00:36.320 --> 00:00:40.490
So the big factors that are going to relate to this are going to be the timing

16
00:00:40.490 --> 00:00:41.460
and direction

17
00:00:41.460 --> 00:00:47.720
of my arm release as well as how my release is being triggered.

18
00:00:47.720 --> 00:00:53.670
So ultimately what should happen is that release, so once I get to about here,

19
00:00:53.670 --> 00:00:54.960
should be triggered

20
00:00:54.960 --> 00:01:01.340
by that left leg kind of pushing up which causes that some of this side bend

21
00:01:01.340 --> 00:01:02.000
kind of

22
00:01:02.000 --> 00:01:03.400
like so.

23
00:01:03.400 --> 00:01:08.620
And then the more that my arms release out like this, straight out in front of

24
00:01:08.620 --> 00:01:09.360
my chest,

25
00:01:09.360 --> 00:01:15.310
the more that I'm going to have to stand up or lunge or something along those

26
00:01:15.310 --> 00:01:15.840
lines

27
00:01:15.840 --> 00:01:18.400
in order to not hit behind the golf ball.

28
00:01:18.400 --> 00:01:23.000
So if I'm doing more of this wipe where I get to about here and then that right

29
00:01:23.000 --> 00:01:23.280
arm

30
00:01:23.280 --> 00:01:30.210
is working more across my body instead of straight out, it's going to cause

31
00:01:30.210 --> 00:01:31.280
different

32
00:01:31.280 --> 00:01:36.080
locations as far as where I'm making contact with the ground.

33
00:01:36.080 --> 00:01:42.030
Also the more that my body has turned, both my lower body and my chest, then

34
00:01:42.030 --> 00:01:43.000
when my arms

35
00:01:43.000 --> 00:01:48.950
go to extend, in general, that's going to move that location of the brush

36
00:01:48.950 --> 00:01:50.000
further forward

37
00:01:50.000 --> 00:01:52.120
or further closer to the target.

38
00:01:52.120 --> 00:01:57.050
So as you're working on this brush, you can focus on the different pieces that

39
00:01:57.050 --> 00:01:57.580
you may

40
00:01:57.580 --> 00:02:00.780
be working on in release.

41
00:02:00.780 --> 00:02:05.730
Now understand that that shaft, shallowing during transition is going to affect

42
00:02:05.730 --> 00:02:06.200
how your

43
00:02:06.200 --> 00:02:10.240
release looks really significantly.

44
00:02:10.240 --> 00:02:14.840
But ultimately, if I'm training that release pattern coming more from the

45
00:02:14.840 --> 00:02:15.960
inside, having

46
00:02:15.960 --> 00:02:20.820
that body rotation and those arms extending, this is what's going to allow me

47
00:02:20.820 --> 00:02:21.320
to get a

48
00:02:21.320 --> 00:02:24.280
very good brush pattern.

49
00:02:24.280 --> 00:02:27.560
So the club will stay low to the ground for a long period of time and brush

50
00:02:27.560 --> 00:02:28.120
ahead of the

51
00:02:28.120 --> 00:02:30.000
middle of your stance.

52
00:02:30.000 --> 00:02:34.280
Play around with that if you ever get lost with contact.

53
00:02:34.280 --> 00:02:37.320
The common tendency is you're going to hit the ball off to the right.

54
00:02:37.320 --> 00:02:40.700
That means that I probably have to either focus on the motorcycle or if that's

55
00:02:40.700 --> 00:02:41.120
one too

56
00:02:41.120 --> 00:02:45.200
many things to focus on, just simply strengthen your grip a few degrees.

57
00:02:45.200 --> 00:02:49.900
So play around with this any time that you get lost, get back to the basics of

58
00:02:49.900 --> 00:02:50.320
how is

59
00:02:50.320 --> 00:02:52.360
the club contacting with the ground.

60
00:02:52.360 --> 00:02:56.260
Once you have that in place, then you can revisit some of these internal

61
00:02:56.260 --> 00:02:57.320
focuses of what

62
00:02:57.320 --> 00:02:59.600
the body is actually doing in order to make this work.

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