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Fix Poor Turf Contact with a Centered Pivot for Wedge Shots
After this video, you'll be able to:
- Understand how improper weight shift affects your turf contact
- Feel the correct body movements that keep your swing centered
- Practice a simple tee setup to enhance your finesse shot consistency
Learn how to improve your finesse wedge shots by focusing on a centered pivot during your swing. This drill will help you develop better turf contact and enhance your short game performance.
Video Transcript
WEBVTT
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This drill is centered pivot finesse shots. So there are a handful of issues
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00:00:06.000 --> 00:00:11.200
that create really poor turf contact for the finesse wedges. A lot of them have
3
00:00:11.200 --> 00:00:16.800
to do with what the arms do but there is one common body pattern for a lot of
4
00:00:16.800 --> 00:00:21.200
golfers who struggle with these wedge shots and that would be when they get
5
00:00:21.200 --> 00:00:25.070
to the top of the swing they tend to have a really big shift into their front
6
00:00:25.070 --> 00:00:25.320
leg
7
00:00:25.320 --> 00:00:31.360
and they tend to have a really big kind of pull on the club forward like so. So
8
00:00:31.360 --> 00:00:36.140
they get this shift on top and then they typically have to kind of throw the
9
00:00:36.140 --> 00:00:36.440
club
10
00:00:36.440 --> 00:00:42.920
down at the ground and hit bad contact there or they really keep going and hit
11
00:00:42.920 --> 00:00:48.160
have a ton of shaft lean and hit really poor pattern. So one of the ways to go
12
00:00:48.160 --> 00:00:53.860
about that is by using more of a simple tee setup with the shaft fairly
13
00:00:53.860 --> 00:00:54.480
vertical
14
00:00:54.480 --> 00:01:00.840
you're going to try and make some swings where you have where you basically
15
00:01:00.840 --> 00:01:06.420
imagine that your tailbone or your spine is just spinning in place over the
16
00:01:06.420 --> 00:01:10.240
ground. So if you had a shadow and the sun was straight over knee over above
17
00:01:10.240 --> 00:01:17.040
you're not going to have any shift during the downswing. Now as you know I
18
00:01:17.040 --> 00:01:21.520
like to have a little bit of a shift towards the target in the backswing but
19
00:01:21.520 --> 00:01:27.520
in this drill there's no shift if anything it's going to shift a little bit
20
00:01:27.520 --> 00:01:28.000
away
21
00:01:28.000 --> 00:01:32.640
during the downswing. I mean your head and upper body would shift just a tiny
22
00:01:32.640 --> 00:01:39.760
bit away in order to keep your spine a little bit more centered. So you can
23
00:01:39.760 --> 00:01:46.200
focus on this either from feeling the feet being really quiet and staying
24
00:01:46.200 --> 00:01:54.640
centered or you can focus on the spine and if you had a shadow creating a very
25
00:01:54.640 --> 00:02:01.680
limited amount of shift. So a little high on that one maybe a little bit extra
26
00:02:01.680 --> 00:02:06.480
speed on that but if you're struggling with ground contact especially if you're
27
00:02:06.480 --> 00:02:10.280
getting leading edge there's a very good chance that you're having kind of a
28
00:02:10.280 --> 00:02:15.760
pull towards the target this way and the big shift into that front foot try to
29
00:02:15.760 --> 00:02:22.400
keep your your pressure a little bit more centered just over the middle of kind
30
00:02:22.400 --> 00:02:22.480
of
31
00:02:22.480 --> 00:02:27.440
the inside heel just a little bit ahead of the ball but as you swing and pivot
32
00:02:27.440 --> 00:02:31.840
you're going to feel like you just spin the body around that spot not a big
33
00:02:31.840 --> 00:02:36.560
Jackson 5 like we like to do in the full swing.
1
00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:06.000
This drill is centered pivot finesse shots. So there are a handful of issues
2
00:00:06.000 --> 00:00:11.200
that create really poor turf contact for the finesse wedges. A lot of them have
3
00:00:11.200 --> 00:00:16.800
to do with what the arms do but there is one common body pattern for a lot of
4
00:00:16.800 --> 00:00:21.200
golfers who struggle with these wedge shots and that would be when they get
5
00:00:21.200 --> 00:00:25.070
to the top of the swing they tend to have a really big shift into their front
6
00:00:25.070 --> 00:00:25.320
leg
7
00:00:25.320 --> 00:00:31.360
and they tend to have a really big kind of pull on the club forward like so. So
8
00:00:31.360 --> 00:00:36.140
they get this shift on top and then they typically have to kind of throw the
9
00:00:36.140 --> 00:00:36.440
club
10
00:00:36.440 --> 00:00:42.920
down at the ground and hit bad contact there or they really keep going and hit
11
00:00:42.920 --> 00:00:48.160
have a ton of shaft lean and hit really poor pattern. So one of the ways to go
12
00:00:48.160 --> 00:00:53.860
about that is by using more of a simple tee setup with the shaft fairly
13
00:00:53.860 --> 00:00:54.480
vertical
14
00:00:54.480 --> 00:01:00.840
you're going to try and make some swings where you have where you basically
15
00:01:00.840 --> 00:01:06.420
imagine that your tailbone or your spine is just spinning in place over the
16
00:01:06.420 --> 00:01:10.240
ground. So if you had a shadow and the sun was straight over knee over above
17
00:01:10.240 --> 00:01:17.040
you're not going to have any shift during the downswing. Now as you know I
18
00:01:17.040 --> 00:01:21.520
like to have a little bit of a shift towards the target in the backswing but
19
00:01:21.520 --> 00:01:27.520
in this drill there's no shift if anything it's going to shift a little bit
20
00:01:27.520 --> 00:01:28.000
away
21
00:01:28.000 --> 00:01:32.640
during the downswing. I mean your head and upper body would shift just a tiny
22
00:01:32.640 --> 00:01:39.760
bit away in order to keep your spine a little bit more centered. So you can
23
00:01:39.760 --> 00:01:46.200
focus on this either from feeling the feet being really quiet and staying
24
00:01:46.200 --> 00:01:54.640
centered or you can focus on the spine and if you had a shadow creating a very
25
00:01:54.640 --> 00:02:01.680
limited amount of shift. So a little high on that one maybe a little bit extra
26
00:02:01.680 --> 00:02:06.480
speed on that but if you're struggling with ground contact especially if you're
27
00:02:06.480 --> 00:02:10.280
getting leading edge there's a very good chance that you're having kind of a
28
00:02:10.280 --> 00:02:15.760
pull towards the target this way and the big shift into that front foot try to
29
00:02:15.760 --> 00:02:22.400
keep your your pressure a little bit more centered just over the middle of kind
30
00:02:22.400 --> 00:02:22.480
of
31
00:02:22.480 --> 00:02:27.440
the inside heel just a little bit ahead of the ball but as you swing and pivot
32
00:02:27.440 --> 00:02:31.840
you're going to feel like you just spin the body around that spot not a big
33
00:02:31.840 --> 00:02:36.560
Jackson 5 like we like to do in the full swing.
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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.
Fix Poor Turf Contact with a Centered Pivot for Wedge Shots
After this video, you'll be able to:
- Understand how improper weight shift affects your turf contact
- Feel the correct body movements that keep your swing centered
- Practice a simple tee setup to enhance your finesse shot consistency
Learn how to improve your finesse wedge shots by focusing on a centered pivot during your swing. This drill will help you develop better turf contact and enhance your short game performance.
Video Transcript
WEBVTT
1
00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:06.000
This drill is centered pivot finesse shots. So there are a handful of issues
2
00:00:06.000 --> 00:00:11.200
that create really poor turf contact for the finesse wedges. A lot of them have
3
00:00:11.200 --> 00:00:16.800
to do with what the arms do but there is one common body pattern for a lot of
4
00:00:16.800 --> 00:00:21.200
golfers who struggle with these wedge shots and that would be when they get
5
00:00:21.200 --> 00:00:25.070
to the top of the swing they tend to have a really big shift into their front
6
00:00:25.070 --> 00:00:25.320
leg
7
00:00:25.320 --> 00:00:31.360
and they tend to have a really big kind of pull on the club forward like so. So
8
00:00:31.360 --> 00:00:36.140
they get this shift on top and then they typically have to kind of throw the
9
00:00:36.140 --> 00:00:36.440
club
10
00:00:36.440 --> 00:00:42.920
down at the ground and hit bad contact there or they really keep going and hit
11
00:00:42.920 --> 00:00:48.160
have a ton of shaft lean and hit really poor pattern. So one of the ways to go
12
00:00:48.160 --> 00:00:53.860
about that is by using more of a simple tee setup with the shaft fairly
13
00:00:53.860 --> 00:00:54.480
vertical
14
00:00:54.480 --> 00:01:00.840
you're going to try and make some swings where you have where you basically
15
00:01:00.840 --> 00:01:06.420
imagine that your tailbone or your spine is just spinning in place over the
16
00:01:06.420 --> 00:01:10.240
ground. So if you had a shadow and the sun was straight over knee over above
17
00:01:10.240 --> 00:01:17.040
you're not going to have any shift during the downswing. Now as you know I
18
00:01:17.040 --> 00:01:21.520
like to have a little bit of a shift towards the target in the backswing but
19
00:01:21.520 --> 00:01:27.520
in this drill there's no shift if anything it's going to shift a little bit
20
00:01:27.520 --> 00:01:28.000
away
21
00:01:28.000 --> 00:01:32.640
during the downswing. I mean your head and upper body would shift just a tiny
22
00:01:32.640 --> 00:01:39.760
bit away in order to keep your spine a little bit more centered. So you can
23
00:01:39.760 --> 00:01:46.200
focus on this either from feeling the feet being really quiet and staying
24
00:01:46.200 --> 00:01:54.640
centered or you can focus on the spine and if you had a shadow creating a very
25
00:01:54.640 --> 00:02:01.680
limited amount of shift. So a little high on that one maybe a little bit extra
26
00:02:01.680 --> 00:02:06.480
speed on that but if you're struggling with ground contact especially if you're
27
00:02:06.480 --> 00:02:10.280
getting leading edge there's a very good chance that you're having kind of a
28
00:02:10.280 --> 00:02:15.760
pull towards the target this way and the big shift into that front foot try to
29
00:02:15.760 --> 00:02:22.400
keep your your pressure a little bit more centered just over the middle of kind
30
00:02:22.400 --> 00:02:22.480
of
31
00:02:22.480 --> 00:02:27.440
the inside heel just a little bit ahead of the ball but as you swing and pivot
32
00:02:27.440 --> 00:02:31.840
you're going to feel like you just spin the body around that spot not a big
33
00:02:31.840 --> 00:02:36.560
Jackson 5 like we like to do in the full swing.
1
00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:06.000
This drill is centered pivot finesse shots. So there are a handful of issues
2
00:00:06.000 --> 00:00:11.200
that create really poor turf contact for the finesse wedges. A lot of them have
3
00:00:11.200 --> 00:00:16.800
to do with what the arms do but there is one common body pattern for a lot of
4
00:00:16.800 --> 00:00:21.200
golfers who struggle with these wedge shots and that would be when they get
5
00:00:21.200 --> 00:00:25.070
to the top of the swing they tend to have a really big shift into their front
6
00:00:25.070 --> 00:00:25.320
leg
7
00:00:25.320 --> 00:00:31.360
and they tend to have a really big kind of pull on the club forward like so. So
8
00:00:31.360 --> 00:00:36.140
they get this shift on top and then they typically have to kind of throw the
9
00:00:36.140 --> 00:00:36.440
club
10
00:00:36.440 --> 00:00:42.920
down at the ground and hit bad contact there or they really keep going and hit
11
00:00:42.920 --> 00:00:48.160
have a ton of shaft lean and hit really poor pattern. So one of the ways to go
12
00:00:48.160 --> 00:00:53.860
about that is by using more of a simple tee setup with the shaft fairly
13
00:00:53.860 --> 00:00:54.480
vertical
14
00:00:54.480 --> 00:01:00.840
you're going to try and make some swings where you have where you basically
15
00:01:00.840 --> 00:01:06.420
imagine that your tailbone or your spine is just spinning in place over the
16
00:01:06.420 --> 00:01:10.240
ground. So if you had a shadow and the sun was straight over knee over above
17
00:01:10.240 --> 00:01:17.040
you're not going to have any shift during the downswing. Now as you know I
18
00:01:17.040 --> 00:01:21.520
like to have a little bit of a shift towards the target in the backswing but
19
00:01:21.520 --> 00:01:27.520
in this drill there's no shift if anything it's going to shift a little bit
20
00:01:27.520 --> 00:01:28.000
away
21
00:01:28.000 --> 00:01:32.640
during the downswing. I mean your head and upper body would shift just a tiny
22
00:01:32.640 --> 00:01:39.760
bit away in order to keep your spine a little bit more centered. So you can
23
00:01:39.760 --> 00:01:46.200
focus on this either from feeling the feet being really quiet and staying
24
00:01:46.200 --> 00:01:54.640
centered or you can focus on the spine and if you had a shadow creating a very
25
00:01:54.640 --> 00:02:01.680
limited amount of shift. So a little high on that one maybe a little bit extra
26
00:02:01.680 --> 00:02:06.480
speed on that but if you're struggling with ground contact especially if you're
27
00:02:06.480 --> 00:02:10.280
getting leading edge there's a very good chance that you're having kind of a
28
00:02:10.280 --> 00:02:15.760
pull towards the target this way and the big shift into that front foot try to
29
00:02:15.760 --> 00:02:22.400
keep your your pressure a little bit more centered just over the middle of kind
30
00:02:22.400 --> 00:02:22.480
of
31
00:02:22.480 --> 00:02:27.440
the inside heel just a little bit ahead of the ball but as you swing and pivot
32
00:02:27.440 --> 00:02:31.840
you're going to feel like you just spin the body around that spot not a big
33
00:02:31.840 --> 00:02:36.560
Jackson 5 like we like to do in the full swing.
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