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Improve Your Swing Transition with the Pump Drill
After this video, you'll be able to:
- Feel the correct sequence of your swing transition for improved timing
- Practice the pump drill to develop a smoother and more controlled downswing
- Recognize how the pump drill can help you adjust your swing rhythm effectively
In this video, you'll learn how to use the pump drill to enhance your swing transition, helping you develop better rhythm and timing in your golf game.
Video Transcript
WEBVTT
1
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Okay, this is the pump drill.
2
00:00:03.200 --> 00:00:05.520
This is a drill that's been around for a while.
3
00:00:05.520 --> 00:00:08.960
The first person I remembered using it was David Ledbetter.
4
00:00:08.960 --> 00:00:12.550
Basically what we're going to do is we're going to practice that transition
5
00:00:12.550 --> 00:00:13.080
sequence
6
00:00:13.080 --> 00:00:17.000
with a club and we're going to do it a couple of times and on the third time we
7
00:00:17.000 --> 00:00:17.440
're going
8
00:00:17.440 --> 00:00:20.080
to go through and try to get to impact position.
9
00:00:20.080 --> 00:00:23.370
Now, we're not going to try to manipulate it, we're just going to let it go and
10
00:00:23.370 --> 00:00:23.680
hope
11
00:00:23.680 --> 00:00:27.790
that we kind of have trained that enough because remember, it's not about what
12
00:00:27.790 --> 00:00:28.600
you know about
13
00:00:28.600 --> 00:00:30.600
the golf swing is what you've trained.
14
00:00:30.600 --> 00:00:35.920
So the pump drill, you're going to take your normal setup with the good hip
15
00:00:35.920 --> 00:00:36.700
hinge.
16
00:00:36.700 --> 00:00:38.970
We're going to go to the top of the backswing, which at this point you're just
17
00:00:38.970 --> 00:00:39.360
going to do
18
00:00:39.360 --> 00:00:41.880
whatever feels somewhat comfortable.
19
00:00:41.880 --> 00:00:43.600
So you're going to go to the top of the backswing.
20
00:00:43.600 --> 00:00:49.000
You're going to do that transition movement, just like so, a few times.
21
00:00:49.000 --> 00:00:53.400
And then on the third time, you're going to let go and let everything, let
22
00:00:53.400 --> 00:00:54.480
whatever happens
23
00:00:54.480 --> 00:00:57.000
happen, but you're going to basically swing towards the ball.
24
00:00:57.000 --> 00:01:01.280
So this is practicing that transition sequence in movement, but we do it as a
25
00:01:01.280 --> 00:01:02.040
pump to help
26
00:01:02.040 --> 00:01:06.220
you with the rhythm and the timing of it so that you can get used to how the
27
00:01:06.220 --> 00:01:07.020
full swing
28
00:01:07.020 --> 00:01:09.960
is going to feel differently than what you're currently doing.
29
00:01:09.960 --> 00:01:14.220
So I'll demonstrate it a couple times, again, just for visual purposes, not
30
00:01:14.220 --> 00:01:15.080
saying that it's
31
00:01:15.080 --> 00:01:18.640
the perfect model, just saying this is my representation of it.
32
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Your job is to practice at home or at the range and apply it into your swing.
33
00:01:23.960 --> 00:01:27.680
This will help you with the timing and the tempo of transition.
34
00:01:27.680 --> 00:01:30.520
Now one last little piece.
35
00:01:30.520 --> 00:01:35.430
What I typically see when I do this in clinics is when you do this pump drill,
36
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you notice
37
00:01:36.240 --> 00:01:41.580
how my right elbow stays in towards my side for the majority of the downswing,
38
00:01:41.580 --> 00:01:42.240
or until
39
00:01:42.240 --> 00:01:46.720
I get all the way down to this release position that we'll talk about in the
40
00:01:46.720 --> 00:01:47.740
next section.
41
00:01:47.740 --> 00:01:54.350
What I typically see in the clinics is even if you're trying to, I will warn
42
00:01:54.350 --> 00:01:55.220
you and at
43
00:01:55.220 --> 00:01:59.260
least half the clinic participants will still extend that right arm straight
44
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from the top
45
00:01:59.920 --> 00:02:00.920
of the swing.
46
00:02:00.920 --> 00:02:05.220
If you remember, the right arm is actually going to be coming in.
47
00:02:05.220 --> 00:02:09.050
This is one of the big things that we talked about in the tempo section that
48
00:02:09.050 --> 00:02:10.220
gives the appearance
49
00:02:10.220 --> 00:02:15.180
of smooth tempo is having this proper timing of when the arms extend.
50
00:02:15.180 --> 00:02:20.720
So keep that in mind, work on the few pieces, so what the arms do, the little
51
00:02:20.720 --> 00:02:21.500
body bump
52
00:02:21.500 --> 00:02:25.740
and the spine, and chunk those together into one movement, and you're going to
53
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rehearse
54
00:02:26.300 --> 00:02:29.620
that movement a few times before you actually let it go.
55
00:02:29.620 --> 00:02:34.300
So I'll hit a couple and you'll be able to use it as a reference, again, not a
56
00:02:34.300 --> 00:02:34.800
model
57
00:02:34.800 --> 00:02:37.140
of perfection, just my representation of the drill.
58
00:02:45.180 --> 00:02:47.180
[silence]
1
00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:03.200
Okay, this is the pump drill.
2
00:00:03.200 --> 00:00:05.520
This is a drill that's been around for a while.
3
00:00:05.520 --> 00:00:08.960
The first person I remembered using it was David Ledbetter.
4
00:00:08.960 --> 00:00:12.550
Basically what we're going to do is we're going to practice that transition
5
00:00:12.550 --> 00:00:13.080
sequence
6
00:00:13.080 --> 00:00:17.000
with a club and we're going to do it a couple of times and on the third time we
7
00:00:17.000 --> 00:00:17.440
're going
8
00:00:17.440 --> 00:00:20.080
to go through and try to get to impact position.
9
00:00:20.080 --> 00:00:23.370
Now, we're not going to try to manipulate it, we're just going to let it go and
10
00:00:23.370 --> 00:00:23.680
hope
11
00:00:23.680 --> 00:00:27.790
that we kind of have trained that enough because remember, it's not about what
12
00:00:27.790 --> 00:00:28.600
you know about
13
00:00:28.600 --> 00:00:30.600
the golf swing is what you've trained.
14
00:00:30.600 --> 00:00:35.920
So the pump drill, you're going to take your normal setup with the good hip
15
00:00:35.920 --> 00:00:36.700
hinge.
16
00:00:36.700 --> 00:00:38.970
We're going to go to the top of the backswing, which at this point you're just
17
00:00:38.970 --> 00:00:39.360
going to do
18
00:00:39.360 --> 00:00:41.880
whatever feels somewhat comfortable.
19
00:00:41.880 --> 00:00:43.600
So you're going to go to the top of the backswing.
20
00:00:43.600 --> 00:00:49.000
You're going to do that transition movement, just like so, a few times.
21
00:00:49.000 --> 00:00:53.400
And then on the third time, you're going to let go and let everything, let
22
00:00:53.400 --> 00:00:54.480
whatever happens
23
00:00:54.480 --> 00:00:57.000
happen, but you're going to basically swing towards the ball.
24
00:00:57.000 --> 00:01:01.280
So this is practicing that transition sequence in movement, but we do it as a
25
00:01:01.280 --> 00:01:02.040
pump to help
26
00:01:02.040 --> 00:01:06.220
you with the rhythm and the timing of it so that you can get used to how the
27
00:01:06.220 --> 00:01:07.020
full swing
28
00:01:07.020 --> 00:01:09.960
is going to feel differently than what you're currently doing.
29
00:01:09.960 --> 00:01:14.220
So I'll demonstrate it a couple times, again, just for visual purposes, not
30
00:01:14.220 --> 00:01:15.080
saying that it's
31
00:01:15.080 --> 00:01:18.640
the perfect model, just saying this is my representation of it.
32
00:01:18.640 --> 00:01:23.960
Your job is to practice at home or at the range and apply it into your swing.
33
00:01:23.960 --> 00:01:27.680
This will help you with the timing and the tempo of transition.
34
00:01:27.680 --> 00:01:30.520
Now one last little piece.
35
00:01:30.520 --> 00:01:35.430
What I typically see when I do this in clinics is when you do this pump drill,
36
00:01:35.430 --> 00:01:36.240
you notice
37
00:01:36.240 --> 00:01:41.580
how my right elbow stays in towards my side for the majority of the downswing,
38
00:01:41.580 --> 00:01:42.240
or until
39
00:01:42.240 --> 00:01:46.720
I get all the way down to this release position that we'll talk about in the
40
00:01:46.720 --> 00:01:47.740
next section.
41
00:01:47.740 --> 00:01:54.350
What I typically see in the clinics is even if you're trying to, I will warn
42
00:01:54.350 --> 00:01:55.220
you and at
43
00:01:55.220 --> 00:01:59.260
least half the clinic participants will still extend that right arm straight
44
00:01:59.260 --> 00:01:59.920
from the top
45
00:01:59.920 --> 00:02:00.920
of the swing.
46
00:02:00.920 --> 00:02:05.220
If you remember, the right arm is actually going to be coming in.
47
00:02:05.220 --> 00:02:09.050
This is one of the big things that we talked about in the tempo section that
48
00:02:09.050 --> 00:02:10.220
gives the appearance
49
00:02:10.220 --> 00:02:15.180
of smooth tempo is having this proper timing of when the arms extend.
50
00:02:15.180 --> 00:02:20.720
So keep that in mind, work on the few pieces, so what the arms do, the little
51
00:02:20.720 --> 00:02:21.500
body bump
52
00:02:21.500 --> 00:02:25.740
and the spine, and chunk those together into one movement, and you're going to
53
00:02:25.740 --> 00:02:26.300
rehearse
54
00:02:26.300 --> 00:02:29.620
that movement a few times before you actually let it go.
55
00:02:29.620 --> 00:02:34.300
So I'll hit a couple and you'll be able to use it as a reference, again, not a
56
00:02:34.300 --> 00:02:34.800
model
57
00:02:34.800 --> 00:02:37.140
of perfection, just my representation of the drill.
58
00:02:45.180 --> 00:02:47.180
[silence]
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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 Swing Transition with the Pump Drill
After this video, you'll be able to:
- Feel the correct sequence of your swing transition for improved timing
- Practice the pump drill to develop a smoother and more controlled downswing
- Recognize how the pump drill can help you adjust your swing rhythm effectively
In this video, you'll learn how to use the pump drill to enhance your swing transition, helping you develop better rhythm and timing in your golf game.
Video Transcript
WEBVTT
1
00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:03.200
Okay, this is the pump drill.
2
00:00:03.200 --> 00:00:05.520
This is a drill that's been around for a while.
3
00:00:05.520 --> 00:00:08.960
The first person I remembered using it was David Ledbetter.
4
00:00:08.960 --> 00:00:12.550
Basically what we're going to do is we're going to practice that transition
5
00:00:12.550 --> 00:00:13.080
sequence
6
00:00:13.080 --> 00:00:17.000
with a club and we're going to do it a couple of times and on the third time we
7
00:00:17.000 --> 00:00:17.440
're going
8
00:00:17.440 --> 00:00:20.080
to go through and try to get to impact position.
9
00:00:20.080 --> 00:00:23.370
Now, we're not going to try to manipulate it, we're just going to let it go and
10
00:00:23.370 --> 00:00:23.680
hope
11
00:00:23.680 --> 00:00:27.790
that we kind of have trained that enough because remember, it's not about what
12
00:00:27.790 --> 00:00:28.600
you know about
13
00:00:28.600 --> 00:00:30.600
the golf swing is what you've trained.
14
00:00:30.600 --> 00:00:35.920
So the pump drill, you're going to take your normal setup with the good hip
15
00:00:35.920 --> 00:00:36.700
hinge.
16
00:00:36.700 --> 00:00:38.970
We're going to go to the top of the backswing, which at this point you're just
17
00:00:38.970 --> 00:00:39.360
going to do
18
00:00:39.360 --> 00:00:41.880
whatever feels somewhat comfortable.
19
00:00:41.880 --> 00:00:43.600
So you're going to go to the top of the backswing.
20
00:00:43.600 --> 00:00:49.000
You're going to do that transition movement, just like so, a few times.
21
00:00:49.000 --> 00:00:53.400
And then on the third time, you're going to let go and let everything, let
22
00:00:53.400 --> 00:00:54.480
whatever happens
23
00:00:54.480 --> 00:00:57.000
happen, but you're going to basically swing towards the ball.
24
00:00:57.000 --> 00:01:01.280
So this is practicing that transition sequence in movement, but we do it as a
25
00:01:01.280 --> 00:01:02.040
pump to help
26
00:01:02.040 --> 00:01:06.220
you with the rhythm and the timing of it so that you can get used to how the
27
00:01:06.220 --> 00:01:07.020
full swing
28
00:01:07.020 --> 00:01:09.960
is going to feel differently than what you're currently doing.
29
00:01:09.960 --> 00:01:14.220
So I'll demonstrate it a couple times, again, just for visual purposes, not
30
00:01:14.220 --> 00:01:15.080
saying that it's
31
00:01:15.080 --> 00:01:18.640
the perfect model, just saying this is my representation of it.
32
00:01:18.640 --> 00:01:23.960
Your job is to practice at home or at the range and apply it into your swing.
33
00:01:23.960 --> 00:01:27.680
This will help you with the timing and the tempo of transition.
34
00:01:27.680 --> 00:01:30.520
Now one last little piece.
35
00:01:30.520 --> 00:01:35.430
What I typically see when I do this in clinics is when you do this pump drill,
36
00:01:35.430 --> 00:01:36.240
you notice
37
00:01:36.240 --> 00:01:41.580
how my right elbow stays in towards my side for the majority of the downswing,
38
00:01:41.580 --> 00:01:42.240
or until
39
00:01:42.240 --> 00:01:46.720
I get all the way down to this release position that we'll talk about in the
40
00:01:46.720 --> 00:01:47.740
next section.
41
00:01:47.740 --> 00:01:54.350
What I typically see in the clinics is even if you're trying to, I will warn
42
00:01:54.350 --> 00:01:55.220
you and at
43
00:01:55.220 --> 00:01:59.260
least half the clinic participants will still extend that right arm straight
44
00:01:59.260 --> 00:01:59.920
from the top
45
00:01:59.920 --> 00:02:00.920
of the swing.
46
00:02:00.920 --> 00:02:05.220
If you remember, the right arm is actually going to be coming in.
47
00:02:05.220 --> 00:02:09.050
This is one of the big things that we talked about in the tempo section that
48
00:02:09.050 --> 00:02:10.220
gives the appearance
49
00:02:10.220 --> 00:02:15.180
of smooth tempo is having this proper timing of when the arms extend.
50
00:02:15.180 --> 00:02:20.720
So keep that in mind, work on the few pieces, so what the arms do, the little
51
00:02:20.720 --> 00:02:21.500
body bump
52
00:02:21.500 --> 00:02:25.740
and the spine, and chunk those together into one movement, and you're going to
53
00:02:25.740 --> 00:02:26.300
rehearse
54
00:02:26.300 --> 00:02:29.620
that movement a few times before you actually let it go.
55
00:02:29.620 --> 00:02:34.300
So I'll hit a couple and you'll be able to use it as a reference, again, not a
56
00:02:34.300 --> 00:02:34.800
model
57
00:02:34.800 --> 00:02:37.140
of perfection, just my representation of the drill.
58
00:02:45.180 --> 00:02:47.180
[silence]
1
00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:03.200
Okay, this is the pump drill.
2
00:00:03.200 --> 00:00:05.520
This is a drill that's been around for a while.
3
00:00:05.520 --> 00:00:08.960
The first person I remembered using it was David Ledbetter.
4
00:00:08.960 --> 00:00:12.550
Basically what we're going to do is we're going to practice that transition
5
00:00:12.550 --> 00:00:13.080
sequence
6
00:00:13.080 --> 00:00:17.000
with a club and we're going to do it a couple of times and on the third time we
7
00:00:17.000 --> 00:00:17.440
're going
8
00:00:17.440 --> 00:00:20.080
to go through and try to get to impact position.
9
00:00:20.080 --> 00:00:23.370
Now, we're not going to try to manipulate it, we're just going to let it go and
10
00:00:23.370 --> 00:00:23.680
hope
11
00:00:23.680 --> 00:00:27.790
that we kind of have trained that enough because remember, it's not about what
12
00:00:27.790 --> 00:00:28.600
you know about
13
00:00:28.600 --> 00:00:30.600
the golf swing is what you've trained.
14
00:00:30.600 --> 00:00:35.920
So the pump drill, you're going to take your normal setup with the good hip
15
00:00:35.920 --> 00:00:36.700
hinge.
16
00:00:36.700 --> 00:00:38.970
We're going to go to the top of the backswing, which at this point you're just
17
00:00:38.970 --> 00:00:39.360
going to do
18
00:00:39.360 --> 00:00:41.880
whatever feels somewhat comfortable.
19
00:00:41.880 --> 00:00:43.600
So you're going to go to the top of the backswing.
20
00:00:43.600 --> 00:00:49.000
You're going to do that transition movement, just like so, a few times.
21
00:00:49.000 --> 00:00:53.400
And then on the third time, you're going to let go and let everything, let
22
00:00:53.400 --> 00:00:54.480
whatever happens
23
00:00:54.480 --> 00:00:57.000
happen, but you're going to basically swing towards the ball.
24
00:00:57.000 --> 00:01:01.280
So this is practicing that transition sequence in movement, but we do it as a
25
00:01:01.280 --> 00:01:02.040
pump to help
26
00:01:02.040 --> 00:01:06.220
you with the rhythm and the timing of it so that you can get used to how the
27
00:01:06.220 --> 00:01:07.020
full swing
28
00:01:07.020 --> 00:01:09.960
is going to feel differently than what you're currently doing.
29
00:01:09.960 --> 00:01:14.220
So I'll demonstrate it a couple times, again, just for visual purposes, not
30
00:01:14.220 --> 00:01:15.080
saying that it's
31
00:01:15.080 --> 00:01:18.640
the perfect model, just saying this is my representation of it.
32
00:01:18.640 --> 00:01:23.960
Your job is to practice at home or at the range and apply it into your swing.
33
00:01:23.960 --> 00:01:27.680
This will help you with the timing and the tempo of transition.
34
00:01:27.680 --> 00:01:30.520
Now one last little piece.
35
00:01:30.520 --> 00:01:35.430
What I typically see when I do this in clinics is when you do this pump drill,
36
00:01:35.430 --> 00:01:36.240
you notice
37
00:01:36.240 --> 00:01:41.580
how my right elbow stays in towards my side for the majority of the downswing,
38
00:01:41.580 --> 00:01:42.240
or until
39
00:01:42.240 --> 00:01:46.720
I get all the way down to this release position that we'll talk about in the
40
00:01:46.720 --> 00:01:47.740
next section.
41
00:01:47.740 --> 00:01:54.350
What I typically see in the clinics is even if you're trying to, I will warn
42
00:01:54.350 --> 00:01:55.220
you and at
43
00:01:55.220 --> 00:01:59.260
least half the clinic participants will still extend that right arm straight
44
00:01:59.260 --> 00:01:59.920
from the top
45
00:01:59.920 --> 00:02:00.920
of the swing.
46
00:02:00.920 --> 00:02:05.220
If you remember, the right arm is actually going to be coming in.
47
00:02:05.220 --> 00:02:09.050
This is one of the big things that we talked about in the tempo section that
48
00:02:09.050 --> 00:02:10.220
gives the appearance
49
00:02:10.220 --> 00:02:15.180
of smooth tempo is having this proper timing of when the arms extend.
50
00:02:15.180 --> 00:02:20.720
So keep that in mind, work on the few pieces, so what the arms do, the little
51
00:02:20.720 --> 00:02:21.500
body bump
52
00:02:21.500 --> 00:02:25.740
and the spine, and chunk those together into one movement, and you're going to
53
00:02:25.740 --> 00:02:26.300
rehearse
54
00:02:26.300 --> 00:02:29.620
that movement a few times before you actually let it go.
55
00:02:29.620 --> 00:02:34.300
So I'll hit a couple and you'll be able to use it as a reference, again, not a
56
00:02:34.300 --> 00:02:34.800
model
57
00:02:34.800 --> 00:02:37.140
of perfection, just my representation of the drill.
58
00:02:45.180 --> 00:02:47.180
[silence]
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