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Connecting Body Rotation To Arm Movements
Having your body "open" or rotated at impact is a goal for many amateur golfers. And it should be. Almost all tour pros get their body open at impact with their pelvis about 40-45° and their thorax about 30° open. This helps delay the timing of their arm extension which builds a better flat spot for more consistent contact.
Unfortunately, many amateur golfers don't get their body open nearly enough. It's not uncommon to have only a few degrees open at impact with their chest. If you are trying to get more open, it's important to understand the relationship between the arms and the body.
- The more the arms are steep in transition the harder it will be to get open
- The more the clubface is open in transition the harder it will be to get open
Having your body "open" or rotated at impact is a goal for many amateur golfers. And it should be. Almost all tour pros get their body open at impact with their pelvis about 40-45° and their thorax about 30° open. This helps delay the timing of their arm extension which builds a better flat spot for more consistent contact.
Unfortunately, many amateur golfers don't get their body open nearly enough. It's not uncommon to have only a few degrees open at impact with their chest. If you are trying to get more open, it's important to understand the relationship between the arms and the body.
- The more the arms are steep in transition the harder it will be to get open
- The more the clubface is open in transition the harder it will be to get open
Hide
Video Transcript
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this video is connecting the dots between body rotation and arm movements so
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one
3
00:00:06.200 --> 00:00:10.120
of the common things that students will come to me especially in their early
4
00:00:10.120 --> 00:00:14.200
lessons is when they're taking a look at themselves on video they'll say oh man
5
00:00:14.200 --> 00:00:18.760
I don't have enough of rotation and there is a famous infomercial for
6
00:00:18.760 --> 00:00:22.520
Roger Fredericks where they had Arnold Palmer talking about seeing two cheeks
7
00:00:22.520 --> 00:00:26.680
it impact and they blended it into a fitness program but I'm gonna talk to
8
00:00:26.680 --> 00:00:32.400
you about the technical relationship between these arm movements and how much
9
00:00:32.400 --> 00:00:38.440
body rotation you're gonna see so typically with torporos you're going to
10
00:00:38.440 --> 00:00:42.880
see about somewhere in the 40 degree range of pelvis rotation somewhere in the
11
00:00:42.880 --> 00:00:48.480
30 degree range of thorax rotation so their their body is pointing out in
12
00:00:48.480 --> 00:00:52.620
that open area the way that we explain in the Ironman movements or the
13
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connected
14
00:00:53.000 --> 00:00:59.800
dots or any of the impact and follow through drills well that's a that's a
15
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challenging position for a lot of amateurs to get in not because they
16
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can't physically get there because they obviously have enough flexibility
17
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otherwise they wouldn't get there in the follow through right so it's more of a
18
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coordination thing and what is coordinating is how do I control this
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path and how do I control this face so for to explain the relationship to it I
20
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'm
21
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going to give you a simple little matrix here the more that the arms act in a
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steep fashion or the more that the club face is open the harder it is for me to
23
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get body rotation the more that the arms are shallow and the more that the club
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face is closed the easier it's going to be for me to get body rotation so if I
25
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go up to the top of my swing and I pull a little bit more vertically with the
26
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arms kind of like so as we talk about and down verse out or arm shallowing if I
27
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'm
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pulling down like this if I was to rotate that would create a steep on top of
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steep so my body would have to make some major adjustment those two major
30
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adjustments that I would probably make would be I'd stand up to shallow and I'd
31
00:02:05.400 --> 00:02:09.480
scoop to shallow right so I go steep steep and then I shallow it with the
32
00:02:09.480 --> 00:02:16.560
stand up in the scoop on in the same category is if that club face is wide
33
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open well the more that I rotated my body it would be very very difficult for
34
00:02:21.520 --> 00:02:21.680
me
35
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to get the club face closed with just rotation of the club face with the
36
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motorcycle so if I had a very weak grip and a very open club face that
37
00:02:31.880 --> 00:02:36.800
combination would tend to produce wide open blocks so what I'll usually do in
38
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that case so if that's wide open I can stop my body rotating and that allows
39
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the
40
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club to kind of pass up or catch up and pass and now the club is pointing in
41
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the
42
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direction of the target so if I'm not rotating we always want to ask ourselves
43
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why am I not rotating and what would I have to do instead so if I got steep
44
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with
45
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my arms and open with the club face that's going to discourage rotation well
46
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the more that I get shallow with my arms like so now the only way that the club
47
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is going to get to the ball if I stay shallow with my arms is if my body
48
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rotates now the club is even with the golf wall and I did it in kind of an
49
00:03:18.720 --> 00:03:22.640
exaggerated fashion but I did it with all body rotation typically there is
50
00:03:22.640 --> 00:03:22.920
going
51
00:03:22.920 --> 00:03:28.280
to be some so shallow the arms body rotation and there's going to be some
52
00:03:28.280 --> 00:03:32.200
release of the arms kind of like so but the more the shallow and stay shallow
53
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the
54
00:03:32.840 --> 00:03:36.000
more that I'm going to have to use body rotation to get there
55
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secondly the more that this club face is closed so I'll exaggerate and close
56
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the
57
00:03:42.800 --> 00:03:47.040
heck out of it if I was to not have body rotation I would hit the ball left of
58
00:03:47.040 --> 00:03:52.920
left of left so what I do is if I close the club face and then I rotate my body
59
00:03:52.920 --> 00:03:56.840
now that club face is pointing in the general direction of the target so this
60
00:03:56.840 --> 00:04:02.600
is kind of that visual that visual impact training and stuff like that where
61
00:04:02.600 --> 00:04:06.280
typically amateurs tend to be too steep with their arms and too open with the
62
00:04:06.280 --> 00:04:09.680
club face and that prevents them from getting the amount of body rotation that
63
00:04:09.680 --> 00:04:14.600
they want so if you're struggling with getting your body to power the swing and
64
00:04:14.600 --> 00:04:18.720
getting the look of two cheeks or getting the look of body rotation and impact
65
00:04:18.720 --> 00:04:23.480
double check what your arms are doing in transition both with the path of the
66
00:04:23.480 --> 00:04:27.960
club as well as with the club face because that may remove the barrier for
67
00:04:27.960 --> 00:04:31.600
you ultimately getting the rotation you want
1
00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:05.880
this video is connecting the dots between body rotation and arm movements so
2
00:00:05.880 --> 00:00:06.200
one
3
00:00:06.200 --> 00:00:10.120
of the common things that students will come to me especially in their early
4
00:00:10.120 --> 00:00:14.200
lessons is when they're taking a look at themselves on video they'll say oh man
5
00:00:14.200 --> 00:00:18.760
I don't have enough of rotation and there is a famous infomercial for
6
00:00:18.760 --> 00:00:22.520
Roger Fredericks where they had Arnold Palmer talking about seeing two cheeks
7
00:00:22.520 --> 00:00:26.680
it impact and they blended it into a fitness program but I'm gonna talk to
8
00:00:26.680 --> 00:00:32.400
you about the technical relationship between these arm movements and how much
9
00:00:32.400 --> 00:00:38.440
body rotation you're gonna see so typically with torporos you're going to
10
00:00:38.440 --> 00:00:42.880
see about somewhere in the 40 degree range of pelvis rotation somewhere in the
11
00:00:42.880 --> 00:00:48.480
30 degree range of thorax rotation so their their body is pointing out in
12
00:00:48.480 --> 00:00:52.620
that open area the way that we explain in the Ironman movements or the
13
00:00:52.620 --> 00:00:53.000
connected
14
00:00:53.000 --> 00:00:59.800
dots or any of the impact and follow through drills well that's a that's a
15
00:00:59.800 --> 00:01:03.080
challenging position for a lot of amateurs to get in not because they
16
00:01:03.080 --> 00:01:07.520
can't physically get there because they obviously have enough flexibility
17
00:01:07.520 --> 00:01:12.120
otherwise they wouldn't get there in the follow through right so it's more of a
18
00:01:12.120 --> 00:01:16.280
coordination thing and what is coordinating is how do I control this
19
00:01:16.280 --> 00:01:22.200
path and how do I control this face so for to explain the relationship to it I
20
00:01:22.200 --> 00:01:22.640
'm
21
00:01:22.640 --> 00:01:26.800
going to give you a simple little matrix here the more that the arms act in a
22
00:01:26.800 --> 00:01:31.760
steep fashion or the more that the club face is open the harder it is for me to
23
00:01:31.760 --> 00:01:35.920
get body rotation the more that the arms are shallow and the more that the club
24
00:01:35.920 --> 00:01:41.720
face is closed the easier it's going to be for me to get body rotation so if I
25
00:01:41.720 --> 00:01:47.680
go up to the top of my swing and I pull a little bit more vertically with the
26
00:01:47.680 --> 00:01:52.130
arms kind of like so as we talk about and down verse out or arm shallowing if I
27
00:01:52.130 --> 00:01:52.160
'm
28
00:01:52.160 --> 00:01:57.040
pulling down like this if I was to rotate that would create a steep on top of
29
00:01:57.040 --> 00:02:01.880
steep so my body would have to make some major adjustment those two major
30
00:02:01.880 --> 00:02:05.400
adjustments that I would probably make would be I'd stand up to shallow and I'd
31
00:02:05.400 --> 00:02:09.480
scoop to shallow right so I go steep steep and then I shallow it with the
32
00:02:09.480 --> 00:02:16.560
stand up in the scoop on in the same category is if that club face is wide
33
00:02:16.560 --> 00:02:21.520
open well the more that I rotated my body it would be very very difficult for
34
00:02:21.520 --> 00:02:21.680
me
35
00:02:21.680 --> 00:02:26.840
to get the club face closed with just rotation of the club face with the
36
00:02:26.840 --> 00:02:31.880
motorcycle so if I had a very weak grip and a very open club face that
37
00:02:31.880 --> 00:02:36.800
combination would tend to produce wide open blocks so what I'll usually do in
38
00:02:36.800 --> 00:02:42.030
that case so if that's wide open I can stop my body rotating and that allows
39
00:02:42.030 --> 00:02:42.240
the
40
00:02:42.240 --> 00:02:46.520
club to kind of pass up or catch up and pass and now the club is pointing in
41
00:02:46.520 --> 00:02:46.600
the
42
00:02:46.600 --> 00:02:52.080
direction of the target so if I'm not rotating we always want to ask ourselves
43
00:02:52.080 --> 00:02:59.520
why am I not rotating and what would I have to do instead so if I got steep
44
00:02:59.520 --> 00:02:59.680
with
45
00:02:59.680 --> 00:03:03.600
my arms and open with the club face that's going to discourage rotation well
46
00:03:03.600 --> 00:03:09.000
the more that I get shallow with my arms like so now the only way that the club
47
00:03:09.000 --> 00:03:13.840
is going to get to the ball if I stay shallow with my arms is if my body
48
00:03:13.840 --> 00:03:18.720
rotates now the club is even with the golf wall and I did it in kind of an
49
00:03:18.720 --> 00:03:22.640
exaggerated fashion but I did it with all body rotation typically there is
50
00:03:22.640 --> 00:03:22.920
going
51
00:03:22.920 --> 00:03:28.280
to be some so shallow the arms body rotation and there's going to be some
52
00:03:28.280 --> 00:03:32.200
release of the arms kind of like so but the more the shallow and stay shallow
53
00:03:32.200 --> 00:03:32.840
the
54
00:03:32.840 --> 00:03:36.000
more that I'm going to have to use body rotation to get there
55
00:03:36.000 --> 00:03:42.640
secondly the more that this club face is closed so I'll exaggerate and close
56
00:03:42.640 --> 00:03:42.800
the
57
00:03:42.800 --> 00:03:47.040
heck out of it if I was to not have body rotation I would hit the ball left of
58
00:03:47.040 --> 00:03:52.920
left of left so what I do is if I close the club face and then I rotate my body
59
00:03:52.920 --> 00:03:56.840
now that club face is pointing in the general direction of the target so this
60
00:03:56.840 --> 00:04:02.600
is kind of that visual that visual impact training and stuff like that where
61
00:04:02.600 --> 00:04:06.280
typically amateurs tend to be too steep with their arms and too open with the
62
00:04:06.280 --> 00:04:09.680
club face and that prevents them from getting the amount of body rotation that
63
00:04:09.680 --> 00:04:14.600
they want so if you're struggling with getting your body to power the swing and
64
00:04:14.600 --> 00:04:18.720
getting the look of two cheeks or getting the look of body rotation and impact
65
00:04:18.720 --> 00:04:23.480
double check what your arms are doing in transition both with the path of the
66
00:04:23.480 --> 00:04:27.960
club as well as with the club face because that may remove the barrier for
67
00:04:27.960 --> 00:04:31.600
you ultimately getting the rotation you want
Have questions?
Ask Mulligan for help
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.
Connecting Body Rotation To Arm Movements
Having your body "open" or rotated at impact is a goal for many amateur golfers. And it should be. Almost all tour pros get their body open at impact with their pelvis about 40-45° and their thorax about 30° open. This helps delay the timing of their arm extension which builds a better flat spot for more consistent contact.
Unfortunately, many amateur golfers don't get their body open nearly enough. It's not uncommon to have only a few degrees open at impact with their chest. If you are trying to get more open, it's important to understand the relationship between the arms and the body.
- The more the arms are steep in transition the harder it will be to get open
- The more the clubface is open in transition the harder it will be to get open
Having your body "open" or rotated at impact is a goal for many amateur golfers. And it should be. Almost all tour pros get their body open at impact with their pelvis about 40-45° and their thorax about 30° open. This helps delay the timing of their arm extension which builds a better flat spot for more consistent contact.
Unfortunately, many amateur golfers don't get their body open nearly enough. It's not uncommon to have only a few degrees open at impact with their chest. If you are trying to get more open, it's important to understand the relationship between the arms and the body.
- The more the arms are steep in transition the harder it will be to get open
- The more the clubface is open in transition the harder it will be to get open
Hide
Video Transcript
WEBVTT
1
00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:05.880
this video is connecting the dots between body rotation and arm movements so
2
00:00:05.880 --> 00:00:06.200
one
3
00:00:06.200 --> 00:00:10.120
of the common things that students will come to me especially in their early
4
00:00:10.120 --> 00:00:14.200
lessons is when they're taking a look at themselves on video they'll say oh man
5
00:00:14.200 --> 00:00:18.760
I don't have enough of rotation and there is a famous infomercial for
6
00:00:18.760 --> 00:00:22.520
Roger Fredericks where they had Arnold Palmer talking about seeing two cheeks
7
00:00:22.520 --> 00:00:26.680
it impact and they blended it into a fitness program but I'm gonna talk to
8
00:00:26.680 --> 00:00:32.400
you about the technical relationship between these arm movements and how much
9
00:00:32.400 --> 00:00:38.440
body rotation you're gonna see so typically with torporos you're going to
10
00:00:38.440 --> 00:00:42.880
see about somewhere in the 40 degree range of pelvis rotation somewhere in the
11
00:00:42.880 --> 00:00:48.480
30 degree range of thorax rotation so their their body is pointing out in
12
00:00:48.480 --> 00:00:52.620
that open area the way that we explain in the Ironman movements or the
13
00:00:52.620 --> 00:00:53.000
connected
14
00:00:53.000 --> 00:00:59.800
dots or any of the impact and follow through drills well that's a that's a
15
00:00:59.800 --> 00:01:03.080
challenging position for a lot of amateurs to get in not because they
16
00:01:03.080 --> 00:01:07.520
can't physically get there because they obviously have enough flexibility
17
00:01:07.520 --> 00:01:12.120
otherwise they wouldn't get there in the follow through right so it's more of a
18
00:01:12.120 --> 00:01:16.280
coordination thing and what is coordinating is how do I control this
19
00:01:16.280 --> 00:01:22.200
path and how do I control this face so for to explain the relationship to it I
20
00:01:22.200 --> 00:01:22.640
'm
21
00:01:22.640 --> 00:01:26.800
going to give you a simple little matrix here the more that the arms act in a
22
00:01:26.800 --> 00:01:31.760
steep fashion or the more that the club face is open the harder it is for me to
23
00:01:31.760 --> 00:01:35.920
get body rotation the more that the arms are shallow and the more that the club
24
00:01:35.920 --> 00:01:41.720
face is closed the easier it's going to be for me to get body rotation so if I
25
00:01:41.720 --> 00:01:47.680
go up to the top of my swing and I pull a little bit more vertically with the
26
00:01:47.680 --> 00:01:52.130
arms kind of like so as we talk about and down verse out or arm shallowing if I
27
00:01:52.130 --> 00:01:52.160
'm
28
00:01:52.160 --> 00:01:57.040
pulling down like this if I was to rotate that would create a steep on top of
29
00:01:57.040 --> 00:02:01.880
steep so my body would have to make some major adjustment those two major
30
00:02:01.880 --> 00:02:05.400
adjustments that I would probably make would be I'd stand up to shallow and I'd
31
00:02:05.400 --> 00:02:09.480
scoop to shallow right so I go steep steep and then I shallow it with the
32
00:02:09.480 --> 00:02:16.560
stand up in the scoop on in the same category is if that club face is wide
33
00:02:16.560 --> 00:02:21.520
open well the more that I rotated my body it would be very very difficult for
34
00:02:21.520 --> 00:02:21.680
me
35
00:02:21.680 --> 00:02:26.840
to get the club face closed with just rotation of the club face with the
36
00:02:26.840 --> 00:02:31.880
motorcycle so if I had a very weak grip and a very open club face that
37
00:02:31.880 --> 00:02:36.800
combination would tend to produce wide open blocks so what I'll usually do in
38
00:02:36.800 --> 00:02:42.030
that case so if that's wide open I can stop my body rotating and that allows
39
00:02:42.030 --> 00:02:42.240
the
40
00:02:42.240 --> 00:02:46.520
club to kind of pass up or catch up and pass and now the club is pointing in
41
00:02:46.520 --> 00:02:46.600
the
42
00:02:46.600 --> 00:02:52.080
direction of the target so if I'm not rotating we always want to ask ourselves
43
00:02:52.080 --> 00:02:59.520
why am I not rotating and what would I have to do instead so if I got steep
44
00:02:59.520 --> 00:02:59.680
with
45
00:02:59.680 --> 00:03:03.600
my arms and open with the club face that's going to discourage rotation well
46
00:03:03.600 --> 00:03:09.000
the more that I get shallow with my arms like so now the only way that the club
47
00:03:09.000 --> 00:03:13.840
is going to get to the ball if I stay shallow with my arms is if my body
48
00:03:13.840 --> 00:03:18.720
rotates now the club is even with the golf wall and I did it in kind of an
49
00:03:18.720 --> 00:03:22.640
exaggerated fashion but I did it with all body rotation typically there is
50
00:03:22.640 --> 00:03:22.920
going
51
00:03:22.920 --> 00:03:28.280
to be some so shallow the arms body rotation and there's going to be some
52
00:03:28.280 --> 00:03:32.200
release of the arms kind of like so but the more the shallow and stay shallow
53
00:03:32.200 --> 00:03:32.840
the
54
00:03:32.840 --> 00:03:36.000
more that I'm going to have to use body rotation to get there
55
00:03:36.000 --> 00:03:42.640
secondly the more that this club face is closed so I'll exaggerate and close
56
00:03:42.640 --> 00:03:42.800
the
57
00:03:42.800 --> 00:03:47.040
heck out of it if I was to not have body rotation I would hit the ball left of
58
00:03:47.040 --> 00:03:52.920
left of left so what I do is if I close the club face and then I rotate my body
59
00:03:52.920 --> 00:03:56.840
now that club face is pointing in the general direction of the target so this
60
00:03:56.840 --> 00:04:02.600
is kind of that visual that visual impact training and stuff like that where
61
00:04:02.600 --> 00:04:06.280
typically amateurs tend to be too steep with their arms and too open with the
62
00:04:06.280 --> 00:04:09.680
club face and that prevents them from getting the amount of body rotation that
63
00:04:09.680 --> 00:04:14.600
they want so if you're struggling with getting your body to power the swing and
64
00:04:14.600 --> 00:04:18.720
getting the look of two cheeks or getting the look of body rotation and impact
65
00:04:18.720 --> 00:04:23.480
double check what your arms are doing in transition both with the path of the
66
00:04:23.480 --> 00:04:27.960
club as well as with the club face because that may remove the barrier for
67
00:04:27.960 --> 00:04:31.600
you ultimately getting the rotation you want
1
00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:05.880
this video is connecting the dots between body rotation and arm movements so
2
00:00:05.880 --> 00:00:06.200
one
3
00:00:06.200 --> 00:00:10.120
of the common things that students will come to me especially in their early
4
00:00:10.120 --> 00:00:14.200
lessons is when they're taking a look at themselves on video they'll say oh man
5
00:00:14.200 --> 00:00:18.760
I don't have enough of rotation and there is a famous infomercial for
6
00:00:18.760 --> 00:00:22.520
Roger Fredericks where they had Arnold Palmer talking about seeing two cheeks
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it impact and they blended it into a fitness program but I'm gonna talk to
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you about the technical relationship between these arm movements and how much
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body rotation you're gonna see so typically with torporos you're going to
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see about somewhere in the 40 degree range of pelvis rotation somewhere in the
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30 degree range of thorax rotation so their their body is pointing out in
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that open area the way that we explain in the Ironman movements or the
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connected
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dots or any of the impact and follow through drills well that's a that's a
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challenging position for a lot of amateurs to get in not because they
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can't physically get there because they obviously have enough flexibility
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otherwise they wouldn't get there in the follow through right so it's more of a
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coordination thing and what is coordinating is how do I control this
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path and how do I control this face so for to explain the relationship to it I
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'm
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going to give you a simple little matrix here the more that the arms act in a
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steep fashion or the more that the club face is open the harder it is for me to
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get body rotation the more that the arms are shallow and the more that the club
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face is closed the easier it's going to be for me to get body rotation so if I
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go up to the top of my swing and I pull a little bit more vertically with the
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arms kind of like so as we talk about and down verse out or arm shallowing if I
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'm
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pulling down like this if I was to rotate that would create a steep on top of
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steep so my body would have to make some major adjustment those two major
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adjustments that I would probably make would be I'd stand up to shallow and I'd
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scoop to shallow right so I go steep steep and then I shallow it with the
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stand up in the scoop on in the same category is if that club face is wide
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open well the more that I rotated my body it would be very very difficult for
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me
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to get the club face closed with just rotation of the club face with the
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motorcycle so if I had a very weak grip and a very open club face that
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combination would tend to produce wide open blocks so what I'll usually do in
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that case so if that's wide open I can stop my body rotating and that allows
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the
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club to kind of pass up or catch up and pass and now the club is pointing in
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the
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direction of the target so if I'm not rotating we always want to ask ourselves
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why am I not rotating and what would I have to do instead so if I got steep
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with
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my arms and open with the club face that's going to discourage rotation well
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the more that I get shallow with my arms like so now the only way that the club
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is going to get to the ball if I stay shallow with my arms is if my body
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rotates now the club is even with the golf wall and I did it in kind of an
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exaggerated fashion but I did it with all body rotation typically there is
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going
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to be some so shallow the arms body rotation and there's going to be some
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release of the arms kind of like so but the more the shallow and stay shallow
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the
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more that I'm going to have to use body rotation to get there
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secondly the more that this club face is closed so I'll exaggerate and close
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the
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heck out of it if I was to not have body rotation I would hit the ball left of
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left of left so what I do is if I close the club face and then I rotate my body
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now that club face is pointing in the general direction of the target so this
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is kind of that visual that visual impact training and stuff like that where
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typically amateurs tend to be too steep with their arms and too open with the
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club face and that prevents them from getting the amount of body rotation that
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they want so if you're struggling with getting your body to power the swing and
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getting the look of two cheeks or getting the look of body rotation and impact
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double check what your arms are doing in transition both with the path of the
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club as well as with the club face because that may remove the barrier for
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you ultimately getting the rotation you want
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