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Connecting Scapular Alignment To Impact Alignment
Understanding the shoulder blades can unlock some keys for your swing. They bind the arms and the core and make the swing feel more connected and "easy" when used correctly. When used incorrectly, the swing will feel quick and unpredictable. In this concept video, Tyler discusses what you want your shoulder blades to do and why it's so important.
Understanding the shoulder blades can unlock some keys for your swing. They bind the arms and the core and make the swing feel more connected and "easy" when used correctly. When used incorrectly, the swing will feel quick and unpredictable. In this concept video, Tyler discusses what you want your shoulder blades to do and why it's so important.
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Video Transcript
WEBVTT
1
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This concept video is connecting scapular alignment to impact alignment.
2
00:00:10.120 --> 00:00:15.760
So when we look at impact, we're looking at kind of the merry-go-round and the
3
00:00:15.760 --> 00:00:16.160
impact
4
00:00:16.160 --> 00:00:20.430
line and getting the upper body in a good kind of stacked position over the
5
00:00:20.430 --> 00:00:21.040
golf ball
6
00:00:21.040 --> 00:00:23.000
to help control low point.
7
00:00:23.000 --> 00:00:26.720
But we're also trying not to be too steep.
8
00:00:26.720 --> 00:00:30.920
And so what can often happen is if your shoulder blades don't do the right
9
00:00:30.920 --> 00:00:31.980
thing, then it prevents
10
00:00:31.980 --> 00:00:36.720
your body from getting into more of that open, classic impact look.
11
00:00:36.720 --> 00:00:40.500
So oftentimes the way I'll demonstrate it is that I held a club out in front of
12
00:00:40.500 --> 00:00:40.940
me like
13
00:00:40.940 --> 00:00:46.450
this, then we have different videos relating to the downswing in the release
14
00:00:46.450 --> 00:00:46.960
and even
15
00:00:46.960 --> 00:00:51.210
transition where we feel more of a movement kind of like this, where
16
00:00:51.210 --> 00:00:52.320
essentially if I
17
00:00:52.320 --> 00:00:56.130
was to pull, if you imagine that my hands are my shoulder blades, if I was to
18
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pull my right
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shoulder blade down and back kind of down towards my left butt cheek kind of
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down this
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way.
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And if I was to reach that left shoulder blade up and forward, that would
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create a shoulder
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alignment that was pointing way out there to the right, 30 degrees, 40 degrees
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out to
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the right kind of like this.
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So if I got down into this posture and I kept the shoulders in that position,
28
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now if I was
29
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to turn my belly button, my hips can be open, but my shoulders are relatively
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square and
31
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I can do that and get my upper body on top of my left foot.
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A common dysfunctional pattern is if you get too much either throw from this
33
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right shoulder
34
00:01:38.240 --> 00:01:42.630
where this right shoulder is going up or too much pull from this left shoulder,
35
00:01:42.630 --> 00:01:43.440
essentially
36
00:01:43.440 --> 00:01:47.320
what happens is the shoulder blades start to tipping this way.
37
00:01:47.320 --> 00:01:50.860
Now, with my shoulders tipped this way, if I was to get into that same impact
38
00:01:50.860 --> 00:01:51.560
position,
39
00:01:51.560 --> 00:01:54.320
you could see how steep I would be from this down line.
40
00:01:54.320 --> 00:02:00.660
So the classical compensations is from this steeper shoulder position, I will
41
00:02:00.660 --> 00:02:01.960
either slide
42
00:02:01.960 --> 00:02:02.960
and tilt back.
43
00:02:02.960 --> 00:02:09.720
Now I got this steep arm motion pointing in the direction of the target or was
44
00:02:09.720 --> 00:02:10.480
in this
45
00:02:10.480 --> 00:02:15.620
position, I'll do more of an early extension kind of like this, where that also
46
00:02:15.620 --> 00:02:16.360
helps prevent
47
00:02:16.360 --> 00:02:17.960
getting too steep.
48
00:02:17.960 --> 00:02:22.370
So if you're struggling with getting your body open, one of the kind of hidden
49
00:02:22.370 --> 00:02:23.160
places that's
50
00:02:23.160 --> 00:02:28.200
hard for a lot of golfers to identify is the shoulder blades.
51
00:02:28.200 --> 00:02:33.330
The easiest way to see is from the down the line video, as we approach impact,
52
00:02:33.330 --> 00:02:33.800
we still
53
00:02:33.800 --> 00:02:37.800
want to see that right shoulder kind of scrunch down here.
54
00:02:37.800 --> 00:02:42.320
Well, we'll see this right side creasing or compressing more like this.
55
00:02:42.320 --> 00:02:46.790
If you already see that right shoulder up, double check in transition, oft
56
00:02:46.790 --> 00:02:47.520
entimes you'll
57
00:02:47.520 --> 00:02:51.120
see that right shoulder coming up towards the ear.
58
00:02:51.120 --> 00:02:55.510
What a lot of really good ball strikers do is they create more space there,
59
00:02:55.510 --> 00:02:56.240
where that
60
00:02:56.240 --> 00:03:02.240
shoulder is coming down and away from the ear as the body is rotating into
61
00:03:02.240 --> 00:03:03.280
position kind
62
00:03:03.280 --> 00:03:04.520
of like this.
63
00:03:04.520 --> 00:03:08.810
So we've drills on isolating either the left arm, not pulling down, kind of
64
00:03:08.810 --> 00:03:09.640
blocking and
65
00:03:09.640 --> 00:03:14.360
staying up or the right arm staying more down and back.
66
00:03:14.360 --> 00:03:17.840
When you do that, making sure that you don't get too much tilt.
67
00:03:17.840 --> 00:03:22.320
So we have some anti tilt drills to help combo that.
68
00:03:22.320 --> 00:03:27.460
But this concept video is a way for you to kind of think about and start
69
00:03:27.460 --> 00:03:28.440
exploring, well,
70
00:03:28.440 --> 00:03:33.950
how could I be upper body stacked on top of the lead foot and rotated, but
71
00:03:33.950 --> 00:03:34.680
still have
72
00:03:34.680 --> 00:03:40.190
those shoulders in a more square or close position in order to do that, I'm
73
00:03:40.190 --> 00:03:40.480
gonna have
74
00:03:40.480 --> 00:03:45.990
to feel these shoulder blades being more tilted out to the right and kind of
75
00:03:45.990 --> 00:03:46.800
connected.
76
00:03:46.800 --> 00:03:51.270
Now the other little benefit to this is if you get the hang of it, what it
77
00:03:51.270 --> 00:03:52.120
ultimately
78
00:03:52.120 --> 00:03:59.480
feels is as I'm more connected kind of like this, my body and my arms will have
79
00:03:59.480 --> 00:04:00.600
a tendency
80
00:04:00.600 --> 00:04:03.080
to rotate through together.
81
00:04:03.080 --> 00:04:07.230
And so when the arm gets up, it gets kind of disconnected, but when it's down
82
00:04:07.230 --> 00:04:08.200
like this,
83
00:04:08.200 --> 00:04:12.760
my body and my arms tend to work more in harmony or together.
84
00:04:12.760 --> 00:04:18.590
So it'll feel maybe a little bit stiff, but as you do it more, it will feel
85
00:04:18.590 --> 00:04:20.360
shallow compressed
86
00:04:20.360 --> 00:04:24.200
as well as connected.
87
00:04:24.200 --> 00:04:26.640
So it'll feel like there's a lot less of throw.
88
00:04:26.640 --> 00:04:31.960
I got a little bit tilted back on that one, so I caught that a little thin.
89
00:04:31.960 --> 00:04:35.280
And that is one of the most common compensations.
90
00:04:35.280 --> 00:04:39.830
If you start working on this, you wanna really monitor from the face-on video
91
00:04:39.830 --> 00:04:40.360
that you're
92
00:04:40.360 --> 00:04:47.700
still able to get forward as that shoulder is down, not just going down this
93
00:04:47.700 --> 00:04:48.400
way.
94
00:04:48.400 --> 00:04:51.660
When I go down that way, it's more of I'm cheating from the pelvis and the
95
00:04:51.660 --> 00:04:52.440
spine instead
96
00:04:52.440 --> 00:04:55.800
of just doing it from the shoulders.
97
00:04:55.800 --> 00:04:59.340
So if you're struggling with your impact position, check out your shoulders,
98
00:04:59.340 --> 00:04:59.760
they may
99
00:04:59.760 --> 00:05:04.960
be sabotaging you, and refer to looking at your video so that you can see which
100
00:05:04.960 --> 00:05:05.480
one might
101
00:05:05.480 --> 00:05:07.560
be throwing you off and when.
102
00:05:07.560 --> 00:05:10.440
That'll help you point you in the direction of some breakthrough drills that
103
00:05:10.440 --> 00:05:11.040
might really
104
00:05:11.040 --> 00:05:25.320
help improve your overall contact and flat spot control during your release.
105
00:05:25.320 --> 00:05:28.920
I like that.
1
00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:10.120
This concept video is connecting scapular alignment to impact alignment.
2
00:00:10.120 --> 00:00:15.760
So when we look at impact, we're looking at kind of the merry-go-round and the
3
00:00:15.760 --> 00:00:16.160
impact
4
00:00:16.160 --> 00:00:20.430
line and getting the upper body in a good kind of stacked position over the
5
00:00:20.430 --> 00:00:21.040
golf ball
6
00:00:21.040 --> 00:00:23.000
to help control low point.
7
00:00:23.000 --> 00:00:26.720
But we're also trying not to be too steep.
8
00:00:26.720 --> 00:00:30.920
And so what can often happen is if your shoulder blades don't do the right
9
00:00:30.920 --> 00:00:31.980
thing, then it prevents
10
00:00:31.980 --> 00:00:36.720
your body from getting into more of that open, classic impact look.
11
00:00:36.720 --> 00:00:40.500
So oftentimes the way I'll demonstrate it is that I held a club out in front of
12
00:00:40.500 --> 00:00:40.940
me like
13
00:00:40.940 --> 00:00:46.450
this, then we have different videos relating to the downswing in the release
14
00:00:46.450 --> 00:00:46.960
and even
15
00:00:46.960 --> 00:00:51.210
transition where we feel more of a movement kind of like this, where
16
00:00:51.210 --> 00:00:52.320
essentially if I
17
00:00:52.320 --> 00:00:56.130
was to pull, if you imagine that my hands are my shoulder blades, if I was to
18
00:00:56.130 --> 00:00:57.000
pull my right
19
00:00:57.000 --> 00:01:02.640
shoulder blade down and back kind of down towards my left butt cheek kind of
20
00:01:02.640 --> 00:01:03.240
down this
21
00:01:03.240 --> 00:01:04.240
way.
22
00:01:04.240 --> 00:01:08.280
And if I was to reach that left shoulder blade up and forward, that would
23
00:01:08.280 --> 00:01:09.440
create a shoulder
24
00:01:09.440 --> 00:01:12.920
alignment that was pointing way out there to the right, 30 degrees, 40 degrees
25
00:01:12.920 --> 00:01:13.200
out to
26
00:01:13.200 --> 00:01:15.000
the right kind of like this.
27
00:01:15.000 --> 00:01:18.580
So if I got down into this posture and I kept the shoulders in that position,
28
00:01:18.580 --> 00:01:19.480
now if I was
29
00:01:19.480 --> 00:01:25.160
to turn my belly button, my hips can be open, but my shoulders are relatively
30
00:01:25.160 --> 00:01:26.120
square and
31
00:01:26.120 --> 00:01:31.840
I can do that and get my upper body on top of my left foot.
32
00:01:31.840 --> 00:01:37.350
A common dysfunctional pattern is if you get too much either throw from this
33
00:01:37.350 --> 00:01:38.240
right shoulder
34
00:01:38.240 --> 00:01:42.630
where this right shoulder is going up or too much pull from this left shoulder,
35
00:01:42.630 --> 00:01:43.440
essentially
36
00:01:43.440 --> 00:01:47.320
what happens is the shoulder blades start to tipping this way.
37
00:01:47.320 --> 00:01:50.860
Now, with my shoulders tipped this way, if I was to get into that same impact
38
00:01:50.860 --> 00:01:51.560
position,
39
00:01:51.560 --> 00:01:54.320
you could see how steep I would be from this down line.
40
00:01:54.320 --> 00:02:00.660
So the classical compensations is from this steeper shoulder position, I will
41
00:02:00.660 --> 00:02:01.960
either slide
42
00:02:01.960 --> 00:02:02.960
and tilt back.
43
00:02:02.960 --> 00:02:09.720
Now I got this steep arm motion pointing in the direction of the target or was
44
00:02:09.720 --> 00:02:10.480
in this
45
00:02:10.480 --> 00:02:15.620
position, I'll do more of an early extension kind of like this, where that also
46
00:02:15.620 --> 00:02:16.360
helps prevent
47
00:02:16.360 --> 00:02:17.960
getting too steep.
48
00:02:17.960 --> 00:02:22.370
So if you're struggling with getting your body open, one of the kind of hidden
49
00:02:22.370 --> 00:02:23.160
places that's
50
00:02:23.160 --> 00:02:28.200
hard for a lot of golfers to identify is the shoulder blades.
51
00:02:28.200 --> 00:02:33.330
The easiest way to see is from the down the line video, as we approach impact,
52
00:02:33.330 --> 00:02:33.800
we still
53
00:02:33.800 --> 00:02:37.800
want to see that right shoulder kind of scrunch down here.
54
00:02:37.800 --> 00:02:42.320
Well, we'll see this right side creasing or compressing more like this.
55
00:02:42.320 --> 00:02:46.790
If you already see that right shoulder up, double check in transition, oft
56
00:02:46.790 --> 00:02:47.520
entimes you'll
57
00:02:47.520 --> 00:02:51.120
see that right shoulder coming up towards the ear.
58
00:02:51.120 --> 00:02:55.510
What a lot of really good ball strikers do is they create more space there,
59
00:02:55.510 --> 00:02:56.240
where that
60
00:02:56.240 --> 00:03:02.240
shoulder is coming down and away from the ear as the body is rotating into
61
00:03:02.240 --> 00:03:03.280
position kind
62
00:03:03.280 --> 00:03:04.520
of like this.
63
00:03:04.520 --> 00:03:08.810
So we've drills on isolating either the left arm, not pulling down, kind of
64
00:03:08.810 --> 00:03:09.640
blocking and
65
00:03:09.640 --> 00:03:14.360
staying up or the right arm staying more down and back.
66
00:03:14.360 --> 00:03:17.840
When you do that, making sure that you don't get too much tilt.
67
00:03:17.840 --> 00:03:22.320
So we have some anti tilt drills to help combo that.
68
00:03:22.320 --> 00:03:27.460
But this concept video is a way for you to kind of think about and start
69
00:03:27.460 --> 00:03:28.440
exploring, well,
70
00:03:28.440 --> 00:03:33.950
how could I be upper body stacked on top of the lead foot and rotated, but
71
00:03:33.950 --> 00:03:34.680
still have
72
00:03:34.680 --> 00:03:40.190
those shoulders in a more square or close position in order to do that, I'm
73
00:03:40.190 --> 00:03:40.480
gonna have
74
00:03:40.480 --> 00:03:45.990
to feel these shoulder blades being more tilted out to the right and kind of
75
00:03:45.990 --> 00:03:46.800
connected.
76
00:03:46.800 --> 00:03:51.270
Now the other little benefit to this is if you get the hang of it, what it
77
00:03:51.270 --> 00:03:52.120
ultimately
78
00:03:52.120 --> 00:03:59.480
feels is as I'm more connected kind of like this, my body and my arms will have
79
00:03:59.480 --> 00:04:00.600
a tendency
80
00:04:00.600 --> 00:04:03.080
to rotate through together.
81
00:04:03.080 --> 00:04:07.230
And so when the arm gets up, it gets kind of disconnected, but when it's down
82
00:04:07.230 --> 00:04:08.200
like this,
83
00:04:08.200 --> 00:04:12.760
my body and my arms tend to work more in harmony or together.
84
00:04:12.760 --> 00:04:18.590
So it'll feel maybe a little bit stiff, but as you do it more, it will feel
85
00:04:18.590 --> 00:04:20.360
shallow compressed
86
00:04:20.360 --> 00:04:24.200
as well as connected.
87
00:04:24.200 --> 00:04:26.640
So it'll feel like there's a lot less of throw.
88
00:04:26.640 --> 00:04:31.960
I got a little bit tilted back on that one, so I caught that a little thin.
89
00:04:31.960 --> 00:04:35.280
And that is one of the most common compensations.
90
00:04:35.280 --> 00:04:39.830
If you start working on this, you wanna really monitor from the face-on video
91
00:04:39.830 --> 00:04:40.360
that you're
92
00:04:40.360 --> 00:04:47.700
still able to get forward as that shoulder is down, not just going down this
93
00:04:47.700 --> 00:04:48.400
way.
94
00:04:48.400 --> 00:04:51.660
When I go down that way, it's more of I'm cheating from the pelvis and the
95
00:04:51.660 --> 00:04:52.440
spine instead
96
00:04:52.440 --> 00:04:55.800
of just doing it from the shoulders.
97
00:04:55.800 --> 00:04:59.340
So if you're struggling with your impact position, check out your shoulders,
98
00:04:59.340 --> 00:04:59.760
they may
99
00:04:59.760 --> 00:05:04.960
be sabotaging you, and refer to looking at your video so that you can see which
100
00:05:04.960 --> 00:05:05.480
one might
101
00:05:05.480 --> 00:05:07.560
be throwing you off and when.
102
00:05:07.560 --> 00:05:10.440
That'll help you point you in the direction of some breakthrough drills that
103
00:05:10.440 --> 00:05:11.040
might really
104
00:05:11.040 --> 00:05:25.320
help improve your overall contact and flat spot control during your release.
105
00:05:25.320 --> 00:05:28.920
I like that.
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.
Meet your new
instructor.
Connecting Scapular Alignment To Impact Alignment
Understanding the shoulder blades can unlock some keys for your swing. They bind the arms and the core and make the swing feel more connected and "easy" when used correctly. When used incorrectly, the swing will feel quick and unpredictable. In this concept video, Tyler discusses what you want your shoulder blades to do and why it's so important.
Understanding the shoulder blades can unlock some keys for your swing. They bind the arms and the core and make the swing feel more connected and "easy" when used correctly. When used incorrectly, the swing will feel quick and unpredictable. In this concept video, Tyler discusses what you want your shoulder blades to do and why it's so important.
Hide
Video Transcript
WEBVTT
1
00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:10.120
This concept video is connecting scapular alignment to impact alignment.
2
00:00:10.120 --> 00:00:15.760
So when we look at impact, we're looking at kind of the merry-go-round and the
3
00:00:15.760 --> 00:00:16.160
impact
4
00:00:16.160 --> 00:00:20.430
line and getting the upper body in a good kind of stacked position over the
5
00:00:20.430 --> 00:00:21.040
golf ball
6
00:00:21.040 --> 00:00:23.000
to help control low point.
7
00:00:23.000 --> 00:00:26.720
But we're also trying not to be too steep.
8
00:00:26.720 --> 00:00:30.920
And so what can often happen is if your shoulder blades don't do the right
9
00:00:30.920 --> 00:00:31.980
thing, then it prevents
10
00:00:31.980 --> 00:00:36.720
your body from getting into more of that open, classic impact look.
11
00:00:36.720 --> 00:00:40.500
So oftentimes the way I'll demonstrate it is that I held a club out in front of
12
00:00:40.500 --> 00:00:40.940
me like
13
00:00:40.940 --> 00:00:46.450
this, then we have different videos relating to the downswing in the release
14
00:00:46.450 --> 00:00:46.960
and even
15
00:00:46.960 --> 00:00:51.210
transition where we feel more of a movement kind of like this, where
16
00:00:51.210 --> 00:00:52.320
essentially if I
17
00:00:52.320 --> 00:00:56.130
was to pull, if you imagine that my hands are my shoulder blades, if I was to
18
00:00:56.130 --> 00:00:57.000
pull my right
19
00:00:57.000 --> 00:01:02.640
shoulder blade down and back kind of down towards my left butt cheek kind of
20
00:01:02.640 --> 00:01:03.240
down this
21
00:01:03.240 --> 00:01:04.240
way.
22
00:01:04.240 --> 00:01:08.280
And if I was to reach that left shoulder blade up and forward, that would
23
00:01:08.280 --> 00:01:09.440
create a shoulder
24
00:01:09.440 --> 00:01:12.920
alignment that was pointing way out there to the right, 30 degrees, 40 degrees
25
00:01:12.920 --> 00:01:13.200
out to
26
00:01:13.200 --> 00:01:15.000
the right kind of like this.
27
00:01:15.000 --> 00:01:18.580
So if I got down into this posture and I kept the shoulders in that position,
28
00:01:18.580 --> 00:01:19.480
now if I was
29
00:01:19.480 --> 00:01:25.160
to turn my belly button, my hips can be open, but my shoulders are relatively
30
00:01:25.160 --> 00:01:26.120
square and
31
00:01:26.120 --> 00:01:31.840
I can do that and get my upper body on top of my left foot.
32
00:01:31.840 --> 00:01:37.350
A common dysfunctional pattern is if you get too much either throw from this
33
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right shoulder
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where this right shoulder is going up or too much pull from this left shoulder,
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essentially
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what happens is the shoulder blades start to tipping this way.
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Now, with my shoulders tipped this way, if I was to get into that same impact
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position,
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you could see how steep I would be from this down line.
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So the classical compensations is from this steeper shoulder position, I will
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either slide
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and tilt back.
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Now I got this steep arm motion pointing in the direction of the target or was
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in this
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position, I'll do more of an early extension kind of like this, where that also
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helps prevent
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getting too steep.
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So if you're struggling with getting your body open, one of the kind of hidden
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places that's
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hard for a lot of golfers to identify is the shoulder blades.
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The easiest way to see is from the down the line video, as we approach impact,
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we still
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want to see that right shoulder kind of scrunch down here.
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Well, we'll see this right side creasing or compressing more like this.
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If you already see that right shoulder up, double check in transition, oft
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entimes you'll
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see that right shoulder coming up towards the ear.
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What a lot of really good ball strikers do is they create more space there,
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where that
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shoulder is coming down and away from the ear as the body is rotating into
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position kind
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of like this.
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So we've drills on isolating either the left arm, not pulling down, kind of
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blocking and
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staying up or the right arm staying more down and back.
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When you do that, making sure that you don't get too much tilt.
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So we have some anti tilt drills to help combo that.
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But this concept video is a way for you to kind of think about and start
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exploring, well,
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how could I be upper body stacked on top of the lead foot and rotated, but
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still have
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those shoulders in a more square or close position in order to do that, I'm
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gonna have
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to feel these shoulder blades being more tilted out to the right and kind of
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connected.
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Now the other little benefit to this is if you get the hang of it, what it
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ultimately
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feels is as I'm more connected kind of like this, my body and my arms will have
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a tendency
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to rotate through together.
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And so when the arm gets up, it gets kind of disconnected, but when it's down
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like this,
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my body and my arms tend to work more in harmony or together.
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So it'll feel maybe a little bit stiff, but as you do it more, it will feel
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shallow compressed
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as well as connected.
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So it'll feel like there's a lot less of throw.
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I got a little bit tilted back on that one, so I caught that a little thin.
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And that is one of the most common compensations.
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If you start working on this, you wanna really monitor from the face-on video
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that you're
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still able to get forward as that shoulder is down, not just going down this
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way.
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When I go down that way, it's more of I'm cheating from the pelvis and the
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spine instead
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of just doing it from the shoulders.
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So if you're struggling with your impact position, check out your shoulders,
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they may
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be sabotaging you, and refer to looking at your video so that you can see which
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one might
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be throwing you off and when.
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That'll help you point you in the direction of some breakthrough drills that
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might really
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help improve your overall contact and flat spot control during your release.
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I like that.
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This concept video is connecting scapular alignment to impact alignment.
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So when we look at impact, we're looking at kind of the merry-go-round and the
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impact
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line and getting the upper body in a good kind of stacked position over the
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golf ball
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to help control low point.
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But we're also trying not to be too steep.
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And so what can often happen is if your shoulder blades don't do the right
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thing, then it prevents
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your body from getting into more of that open, classic impact look.
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So oftentimes the way I'll demonstrate it is that I held a club out in front of
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me like
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this, then we have different videos relating to the downswing in the release
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and even
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transition where we feel more of a movement kind of like this, where
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essentially if I
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was to pull, if you imagine that my hands are my shoulder blades, if I was to
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pull my right
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shoulder blade down and back kind of down towards my left butt cheek kind of
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down this
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way.
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And if I was to reach that left shoulder blade up and forward, that would
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create a shoulder
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alignment that was pointing way out there to the right, 30 degrees, 40 degrees
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out to
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the right kind of like this.
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So if I got down into this posture and I kept the shoulders in that position,
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now if I was
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to turn my belly button, my hips can be open, but my shoulders are relatively
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square and
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I can do that and get my upper body on top of my left foot.
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A common dysfunctional pattern is if you get too much either throw from this
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right shoulder
34
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where this right shoulder is going up or too much pull from this left shoulder,
35
00:01:42.630 --> 00:01:43.440
essentially
36
00:01:43.440 --> 00:01:47.320
what happens is the shoulder blades start to tipping this way.
37
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Now, with my shoulders tipped this way, if I was to get into that same impact
38
00:01:50.860 --> 00:01:51.560
position,
39
00:01:51.560 --> 00:01:54.320
you could see how steep I would be from this down line.
40
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So the classical compensations is from this steeper shoulder position, I will
41
00:02:00.660 --> 00:02:01.960
either slide
42
00:02:01.960 --> 00:02:02.960
and tilt back.
43
00:02:02.960 --> 00:02:09.720
Now I got this steep arm motion pointing in the direction of the target or was
44
00:02:09.720 --> 00:02:10.480
in this
45
00:02:10.480 --> 00:02:15.620
position, I'll do more of an early extension kind of like this, where that also
46
00:02:15.620 --> 00:02:16.360
helps prevent
47
00:02:16.360 --> 00:02:17.960
getting too steep.
48
00:02:17.960 --> 00:02:22.370
So if you're struggling with getting your body open, one of the kind of hidden
49
00:02:22.370 --> 00:02:23.160
places that's
50
00:02:23.160 --> 00:02:28.200
hard for a lot of golfers to identify is the shoulder blades.
51
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The easiest way to see is from the down the line video, as we approach impact,
52
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we still
53
00:02:33.800 --> 00:02:37.800
want to see that right shoulder kind of scrunch down here.
54
00:02:37.800 --> 00:02:42.320
Well, we'll see this right side creasing or compressing more like this.
55
00:02:42.320 --> 00:02:46.790
If you already see that right shoulder up, double check in transition, oft
56
00:02:46.790 --> 00:02:47.520
entimes you'll
57
00:02:47.520 --> 00:02:51.120
see that right shoulder coming up towards the ear.
58
00:02:51.120 --> 00:02:55.510
What a lot of really good ball strikers do is they create more space there,
59
00:02:55.510 --> 00:02:56.240
where that
60
00:02:56.240 --> 00:03:02.240
shoulder is coming down and away from the ear as the body is rotating into
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position kind
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00:03:03.280 --> 00:03:04.520
of like this.
63
00:03:04.520 --> 00:03:08.810
So we've drills on isolating either the left arm, not pulling down, kind of
64
00:03:08.810 --> 00:03:09.640
blocking and
65
00:03:09.640 --> 00:03:14.360
staying up or the right arm staying more down and back.
66
00:03:14.360 --> 00:03:17.840
When you do that, making sure that you don't get too much tilt.
67
00:03:17.840 --> 00:03:22.320
So we have some anti tilt drills to help combo that.
68
00:03:22.320 --> 00:03:27.460
But this concept video is a way for you to kind of think about and start
69
00:03:27.460 --> 00:03:28.440
exploring, well,
70
00:03:28.440 --> 00:03:33.950
how could I be upper body stacked on top of the lead foot and rotated, but
71
00:03:33.950 --> 00:03:34.680
still have
72
00:03:34.680 --> 00:03:40.190
those shoulders in a more square or close position in order to do that, I'm
73
00:03:40.190 --> 00:03:40.480
gonna have
74
00:03:40.480 --> 00:03:45.990
to feel these shoulder blades being more tilted out to the right and kind of
75
00:03:45.990 --> 00:03:46.800
connected.
76
00:03:46.800 --> 00:03:51.270
Now the other little benefit to this is if you get the hang of it, what it
77
00:03:51.270 --> 00:03:52.120
ultimately
78
00:03:52.120 --> 00:03:59.480
feels is as I'm more connected kind of like this, my body and my arms will have
79
00:03:59.480 --> 00:04:00.600
a tendency
80
00:04:00.600 --> 00:04:03.080
to rotate through together.
81
00:04:03.080 --> 00:04:07.230
And so when the arm gets up, it gets kind of disconnected, but when it's down
82
00:04:07.230 --> 00:04:08.200
like this,
83
00:04:08.200 --> 00:04:12.760
my body and my arms tend to work more in harmony or together.
84
00:04:12.760 --> 00:04:18.590
So it'll feel maybe a little bit stiff, but as you do it more, it will feel
85
00:04:18.590 --> 00:04:20.360
shallow compressed
86
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as well as connected.
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00:04:24.200 --> 00:04:26.640
So it'll feel like there's a lot less of throw.
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I got a little bit tilted back on that one, so I caught that a little thin.
89
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And that is one of the most common compensations.
90
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If you start working on this, you wanna really monitor from the face-on video
91
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that you're
92
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still able to get forward as that shoulder is down, not just going down this
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way.
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When I go down that way, it's more of I'm cheating from the pelvis and the
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spine instead
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of just doing it from the shoulders.
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So if you're struggling with your impact position, check out your shoulders,
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they may
99
00:04:59.760 --> 00:05:04.960
be sabotaging you, and refer to looking at your video so that you can see which
100
00:05:04.960 --> 00:05:05.480
one might
101
00:05:05.480 --> 00:05:07.560
be throwing you off and when.
102
00:05:07.560 --> 00:05:10.440
That'll help you point you in the direction of some breakthrough drills that
103
00:05:10.440 --> 00:05:11.040
might really
104
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help improve your overall contact and flat spot control during your release.
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I like that.
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