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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.
Connect Your Backswing and Downswing for Better Timing
After this video, you'll be able to:
- Understand the importance of lower body engagement during transition
- Identify how backswing position affects your downswing mechanics
- Learn to shallow your arms for optimal clubface alignment at impact
Learn how to effectively transition from your backswing to downswing, ensuring a smoother and more powerful swing. This video focuses on the key movements that connect these two critical phases of your golf swing.
Video Transcript
WEBVTT
1
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This concept video is connecting the dots from the top of the swing to
2
00:00:04.600 --> 00:00:05.880
transition.
3
00:00:05.880 --> 00:00:10.700
So all these transitions from one movement to the other or the connecting the
4
00:00:10.700 --> 00:00:11.240
dots series
5
00:00:11.240 --> 00:00:14.160
is really to help you understand how these pieces fit together.
6
00:00:14.160 --> 00:00:18.570
So with focusing on what we're trying to do during transition, remember we're
7
00:00:18.570 --> 00:00:19.080
trying
8
00:00:19.080 --> 00:00:24.280
to have kind of this trail leg push into this right leg push as well.
9
00:00:24.280 --> 00:00:27.040
So I'm going to have this lower body shift.
10
00:00:27.040 --> 00:00:30.930
I'm going to kind of regain my flex, kind of compress against the ground, and
11
00:00:30.930 --> 00:00:31.160
the big
12
00:00:31.160 --> 00:00:36.280
one is I'm going to shallow my arms and start squaring that club face.
13
00:00:36.280 --> 00:00:41.430
So what I want to look at is what are the backswing things that can make that
14
00:00:41.430 --> 00:00:42.280
more difficult.
15
00:00:42.280 --> 00:00:48.990
Well, the easy ones for the lower body are essentially, if I don't turn, right,
16
00:00:48.990 --> 00:00:49.040
then
17
00:00:49.040 --> 00:00:52.910
I'm going to have very little to essentially, I've got very little load in my
18
00:00:52.910 --> 00:00:53.600
glutes, very
19
00:00:53.600 --> 00:00:59.430
little load on my inner thigh, I'm not going to have a whole lot to push off of
20
00:00:59.430 --> 00:00:59.480
.
21
00:00:59.480 --> 00:01:06.190
The other simple one is if I was to slide or sway and get to the outside of my
22
00:01:06.190 --> 00:01:06.560
foot.
23
00:01:06.560 --> 00:01:09.470
So if I was to shift my weight towards the outside of my foot, now it's going
24
00:01:09.470 --> 00:01:09.800
to be
25
00:01:09.800 --> 00:01:12.680
very hard for me to push off the inside of the foot.
26
00:01:12.680 --> 00:01:17.390
So what we work on in the backswing is hopefully tightening up that lower body
27
00:01:17.390 --> 00:01:18.200
coil so that
28
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I can then use that in transition.
29
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Now the one that I think is a little bit trickier is this kind of arm-shall
30
00:01:25.480 --> 00:01:26.560
owing piece, right?
31
00:01:26.560 --> 00:01:32.390
So essentially, if I was to shallow it a ton during this backswing and go more
32
00:01:32.390 --> 00:01:33.360
this way,
33
00:01:33.360 --> 00:01:38.450
well, I've actually kind of loaded and prepared my body to go into more of a
34
00:01:38.450 --> 00:01:39.760
steep movement.
35
00:01:39.760 --> 00:01:43.580
And we want that to happen kind of down near, down in the release, but below
36
00:01:43.580 --> 00:01:44.880
waist height,
37
00:01:44.880 --> 00:01:46.600
not up at the top of the swing.
38
00:01:46.600 --> 00:01:51.990
So often what we're trying to do is if the arms stay more in front of your body
39
00:01:51.990 --> 00:01:52.560
and actually
40
00:01:52.560 --> 00:01:58.390
work a little bit more vertically, that will tend to give this space for the
41
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arms to flatten
42
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and shallow.
43
00:02:00.320 --> 00:02:05.470
If I work completely across my body like so, then any amount of body movement
44
00:02:05.470 --> 00:02:06.080
on the way
45
00:02:06.080 --> 00:02:11.930
down is typically going to get that right elbow stuck behind me and this path
46
00:02:11.930 --> 00:02:12.800
to steepen.
47
00:02:12.800 --> 00:02:17.890
Now it's possible you could be like a jimfuric and still get it behind you and
48
00:02:17.890 --> 00:02:19.160
still shallow,
49
00:02:19.160 --> 00:02:22.280
but there's very few who actually are able to do that.
50
00:02:22.280 --> 00:02:25.550
So typically what's going to happen is the more that those arms are in a good
51
00:02:25.550 --> 00:02:26.120
position
52
00:02:26.120 --> 00:02:30.850
being in front of you and even a little bit more vertical towards the top of
53
00:02:30.850 --> 00:02:31.760
the swing.
54
00:02:31.760 --> 00:02:36.810
And then I control getting most of my depth with this body turn, that's going
55
00:02:36.810 --> 00:02:37.440
to allow
56
00:02:37.440 --> 00:02:41.830
the arms to shallow more during transition, which ultimately is going to help
57
00:02:41.830 --> 00:02:42.440
with that
58
00:02:42.440 --> 00:02:44.320
flat spot during release.
59
00:02:44.320 --> 00:02:48.700
So if you're struggling with making this transition move, of getting either
60
00:02:48.700 --> 00:02:49.320
your arms
61
00:02:49.320 --> 00:02:55.420
to shallow or your body to initiate the downswing, then please take a look at
62
00:02:55.420 --> 00:02:56.320
what you're doing
63
00:02:56.320 --> 00:03:03.030
to end the backswing because that may be setting you up for kind of more
64
00:03:03.030 --> 00:03:04.160
difficulties
65
00:03:04.160 --> 00:03:06.320
during this transition than you really have to go through.
1
00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:04.600
This concept video is connecting the dots from the top of the swing to
2
00:00:04.600 --> 00:00:05.880
transition.
3
00:00:05.880 --> 00:00:10.700
So all these transitions from one movement to the other or the connecting the
4
00:00:10.700 --> 00:00:11.240
dots series
5
00:00:11.240 --> 00:00:14.160
is really to help you understand how these pieces fit together.
6
00:00:14.160 --> 00:00:18.570
So with focusing on what we're trying to do during transition, remember we're
7
00:00:18.570 --> 00:00:19.080
trying
8
00:00:19.080 --> 00:00:24.280
to have kind of this trail leg push into this right leg push as well.
9
00:00:24.280 --> 00:00:27.040
So I'm going to have this lower body shift.
10
00:00:27.040 --> 00:00:30.930
I'm going to kind of regain my flex, kind of compress against the ground, and
11
00:00:30.930 --> 00:00:31.160
the big
12
00:00:31.160 --> 00:00:36.280
one is I'm going to shallow my arms and start squaring that club face.
13
00:00:36.280 --> 00:00:41.430
So what I want to look at is what are the backswing things that can make that
14
00:00:41.430 --> 00:00:42.280
more difficult.
15
00:00:42.280 --> 00:00:48.990
Well, the easy ones for the lower body are essentially, if I don't turn, right,
16
00:00:48.990 --> 00:00:49.040
then
17
00:00:49.040 --> 00:00:52.910
I'm going to have very little to essentially, I've got very little load in my
18
00:00:52.910 --> 00:00:53.600
glutes, very
19
00:00:53.600 --> 00:00:59.430
little load on my inner thigh, I'm not going to have a whole lot to push off of
20
00:00:59.430 --> 00:00:59.480
.
21
00:00:59.480 --> 00:01:06.190
The other simple one is if I was to slide or sway and get to the outside of my
22
00:01:06.190 --> 00:01:06.560
foot.
23
00:01:06.560 --> 00:01:09.470
So if I was to shift my weight towards the outside of my foot, now it's going
24
00:01:09.470 --> 00:01:09.800
to be
25
00:01:09.800 --> 00:01:12.680
very hard for me to push off the inside of the foot.
26
00:01:12.680 --> 00:01:17.390
So what we work on in the backswing is hopefully tightening up that lower body
27
00:01:17.390 --> 00:01:18.200
coil so that
28
00:01:18.200 --> 00:01:21.880
I can then use that in transition.
29
00:01:21.880 --> 00:01:25.480
Now the one that I think is a little bit trickier is this kind of arm-shall
30
00:01:25.480 --> 00:01:26.560
owing piece, right?
31
00:01:26.560 --> 00:01:32.390
So essentially, if I was to shallow it a ton during this backswing and go more
32
00:01:32.390 --> 00:01:33.360
this way,
33
00:01:33.360 --> 00:01:38.450
well, I've actually kind of loaded and prepared my body to go into more of a
34
00:01:38.450 --> 00:01:39.760
steep movement.
35
00:01:39.760 --> 00:01:43.580
And we want that to happen kind of down near, down in the release, but below
36
00:01:43.580 --> 00:01:44.880
waist height,
37
00:01:44.880 --> 00:01:46.600
not up at the top of the swing.
38
00:01:46.600 --> 00:01:51.990
So often what we're trying to do is if the arms stay more in front of your body
39
00:01:51.990 --> 00:01:52.560
and actually
40
00:01:52.560 --> 00:01:58.390
work a little bit more vertically, that will tend to give this space for the
41
00:01:58.390 --> 00:01:59.320
arms to flatten
42
00:01:59.320 --> 00:02:00.320
and shallow.
43
00:02:00.320 --> 00:02:05.470
If I work completely across my body like so, then any amount of body movement
44
00:02:05.470 --> 00:02:06.080
on the way
45
00:02:06.080 --> 00:02:11.930
down is typically going to get that right elbow stuck behind me and this path
46
00:02:11.930 --> 00:02:12.800
to steepen.
47
00:02:12.800 --> 00:02:17.890
Now it's possible you could be like a jimfuric and still get it behind you and
48
00:02:17.890 --> 00:02:19.160
still shallow,
49
00:02:19.160 --> 00:02:22.280
but there's very few who actually are able to do that.
50
00:02:22.280 --> 00:02:25.550
So typically what's going to happen is the more that those arms are in a good
51
00:02:25.550 --> 00:02:26.120
position
52
00:02:26.120 --> 00:02:30.850
being in front of you and even a little bit more vertical towards the top of
53
00:02:30.850 --> 00:02:31.760
the swing.
54
00:02:31.760 --> 00:02:36.810
And then I control getting most of my depth with this body turn, that's going
55
00:02:36.810 --> 00:02:37.440
to allow
56
00:02:37.440 --> 00:02:41.830
the arms to shallow more during transition, which ultimately is going to help
57
00:02:41.830 --> 00:02:42.440
with that
58
00:02:42.440 --> 00:02:44.320
flat spot during release.
59
00:02:44.320 --> 00:02:48.700
So if you're struggling with making this transition move, of getting either
60
00:02:48.700 --> 00:02:49.320
your arms
61
00:02:49.320 --> 00:02:55.420
to shallow or your body to initiate the downswing, then please take a look at
62
00:02:55.420 --> 00:02:56.320
what you're doing
63
00:02:56.320 --> 00:03:03.030
to end the backswing because that may be setting you up for kind of more
64
00:03:03.030 --> 00:03:04.160
difficulties
65
00:03:04.160 --> 00:03:06.320
during this transition than you really have to go through.
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.
Connect Your Backswing and Downswing for Better Timing
After this video, you'll be able to:
- Understand the importance of lower body engagement during transition
- Identify how backswing position affects your downswing mechanics
- Learn to shallow your arms for optimal clubface alignment at impact
Learn how to effectively transition from your backswing to downswing, ensuring a smoother and more powerful swing. This video focuses on the key movements that connect these two critical phases of your golf swing.
Video Transcript
WEBVTT
1
00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:04.600
This concept video is connecting the dots from the top of the swing to
2
00:00:04.600 --> 00:00:05.880
transition.
3
00:00:05.880 --> 00:00:10.700
So all these transitions from one movement to the other or the connecting the
4
00:00:10.700 --> 00:00:11.240
dots series
5
00:00:11.240 --> 00:00:14.160
is really to help you understand how these pieces fit together.
6
00:00:14.160 --> 00:00:18.570
So with focusing on what we're trying to do during transition, remember we're
7
00:00:18.570 --> 00:00:19.080
trying
8
00:00:19.080 --> 00:00:24.280
to have kind of this trail leg push into this right leg push as well.
9
00:00:24.280 --> 00:00:27.040
So I'm going to have this lower body shift.
10
00:00:27.040 --> 00:00:30.930
I'm going to kind of regain my flex, kind of compress against the ground, and
11
00:00:30.930 --> 00:00:31.160
the big
12
00:00:31.160 --> 00:00:36.280
one is I'm going to shallow my arms and start squaring that club face.
13
00:00:36.280 --> 00:00:41.430
So what I want to look at is what are the backswing things that can make that
14
00:00:41.430 --> 00:00:42.280
more difficult.
15
00:00:42.280 --> 00:00:48.990
Well, the easy ones for the lower body are essentially, if I don't turn, right,
16
00:00:48.990 --> 00:00:49.040
then
17
00:00:49.040 --> 00:00:52.910
I'm going to have very little to essentially, I've got very little load in my
18
00:00:52.910 --> 00:00:53.600
glutes, very
19
00:00:53.600 --> 00:00:59.430
little load on my inner thigh, I'm not going to have a whole lot to push off of
20
00:00:59.430 --> 00:00:59.480
.
21
00:00:59.480 --> 00:01:06.190
The other simple one is if I was to slide or sway and get to the outside of my
22
00:01:06.190 --> 00:01:06.560
foot.
23
00:01:06.560 --> 00:01:09.470
So if I was to shift my weight towards the outside of my foot, now it's going
24
00:01:09.470 --> 00:01:09.800
to be
25
00:01:09.800 --> 00:01:12.680
very hard for me to push off the inside of the foot.
26
00:01:12.680 --> 00:01:17.390
So what we work on in the backswing is hopefully tightening up that lower body
27
00:01:17.390 --> 00:01:18.200
coil so that
28
00:01:18.200 --> 00:01:21.880
I can then use that in transition.
29
00:01:21.880 --> 00:01:25.480
Now the one that I think is a little bit trickier is this kind of arm-shall
30
00:01:25.480 --> 00:01:26.560
owing piece, right?
31
00:01:26.560 --> 00:01:32.390
So essentially, if I was to shallow it a ton during this backswing and go more
32
00:01:32.390 --> 00:01:33.360
this way,
33
00:01:33.360 --> 00:01:38.450
well, I've actually kind of loaded and prepared my body to go into more of a
34
00:01:38.450 --> 00:01:39.760
steep movement.
35
00:01:39.760 --> 00:01:43.580
And we want that to happen kind of down near, down in the release, but below
36
00:01:43.580 --> 00:01:44.880
waist height,
37
00:01:44.880 --> 00:01:46.600
not up at the top of the swing.
38
00:01:46.600 --> 00:01:51.990
So often what we're trying to do is if the arms stay more in front of your body
39
00:01:51.990 --> 00:01:52.560
and actually
40
00:01:52.560 --> 00:01:58.390
work a little bit more vertically, that will tend to give this space for the
41
00:01:58.390 --> 00:01:59.320
arms to flatten
42
00:01:59.320 --> 00:02:00.320
and shallow.
43
00:02:00.320 --> 00:02:05.470
If I work completely across my body like so, then any amount of body movement
44
00:02:05.470 --> 00:02:06.080
on the way
45
00:02:06.080 --> 00:02:11.930
down is typically going to get that right elbow stuck behind me and this path
46
00:02:11.930 --> 00:02:12.800
to steepen.
47
00:02:12.800 --> 00:02:17.890
Now it's possible you could be like a jimfuric and still get it behind you and
48
00:02:17.890 --> 00:02:19.160
still shallow,
49
00:02:19.160 --> 00:02:22.280
but there's very few who actually are able to do that.
50
00:02:22.280 --> 00:02:25.550
So typically what's going to happen is the more that those arms are in a good
51
00:02:25.550 --> 00:02:26.120
position
52
00:02:26.120 --> 00:02:30.850
being in front of you and even a little bit more vertical towards the top of
53
00:02:30.850 --> 00:02:31.760
the swing.
54
00:02:31.760 --> 00:02:36.810
And then I control getting most of my depth with this body turn, that's going
55
00:02:36.810 --> 00:02:37.440
to allow
56
00:02:37.440 --> 00:02:41.830
the arms to shallow more during transition, which ultimately is going to help
57
00:02:41.830 --> 00:02:42.440
with that
58
00:02:42.440 --> 00:02:44.320
flat spot during release.
59
00:02:44.320 --> 00:02:48.700
So if you're struggling with making this transition move, of getting either
60
00:02:48.700 --> 00:02:49.320
your arms
61
00:02:49.320 --> 00:02:55.420
to shallow or your body to initiate the downswing, then please take a look at
62
00:02:55.420 --> 00:02:56.320
what you're doing
63
00:02:56.320 --> 00:03:03.030
to end the backswing because that may be setting you up for kind of more
64
00:03:03.030 --> 00:03:04.160
difficulties
65
00:03:04.160 --> 00:03:06.320
during this transition than you really have to go through.
1
00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:04.600
This concept video is connecting the dots from the top of the swing to
2
00:00:04.600 --> 00:00:05.880
transition.
3
00:00:05.880 --> 00:00:10.700
So all these transitions from one movement to the other or the connecting the
4
00:00:10.700 --> 00:00:11.240
dots series
5
00:00:11.240 --> 00:00:14.160
is really to help you understand how these pieces fit together.
6
00:00:14.160 --> 00:00:18.570
So with focusing on what we're trying to do during transition, remember we're
7
00:00:18.570 --> 00:00:19.080
trying
8
00:00:19.080 --> 00:00:24.280
to have kind of this trail leg push into this right leg push as well.
9
00:00:24.280 --> 00:00:27.040
So I'm going to have this lower body shift.
10
00:00:27.040 --> 00:00:30.930
I'm going to kind of regain my flex, kind of compress against the ground, and
11
00:00:30.930 --> 00:00:31.160
the big
12
00:00:31.160 --> 00:00:36.280
one is I'm going to shallow my arms and start squaring that club face.
13
00:00:36.280 --> 00:00:41.430
So what I want to look at is what are the backswing things that can make that
14
00:00:41.430 --> 00:00:42.280
more difficult.
15
00:00:42.280 --> 00:00:48.990
Well, the easy ones for the lower body are essentially, if I don't turn, right,
16
00:00:48.990 --> 00:00:49.040
then
17
00:00:49.040 --> 00:00:52.910
I'm going to have very little to essentially, I've got very little load in my
18
00:00:52.910 --> 00:00:53.600
glutes, very
19
00:00:53.600 --> 00:00:59.430
little load on my inner thigh, I'm not going to have a whole lot to push off of
20
00:00:59.430 --> 00:00:59.480
.
21
00:00:59.480 --> 00:01:06.190
The other simple one is if I was to slide or sway and get to the outside of my
22
00:01:06.190 --> 00:01:06.560
foot.
23
00:01:06.560 --> 00:01:09.470
So if I was to shift my weight towards the outside of my foot, now it's going
24
00:01:09.470 --> 00:01:09.800
to be
25
00:01:09.800 --> 00:01:12.680
very hard for me to push off the inside of the foot.
26
00:01:12.680 --> 00:01:17.390
So what we work on in the backswing is hopefully tightening up that lower body
27
00:01:17.390 --> 00:01:18.200
coil so that
28
00:01:18.200 --> 00:01:21.880
I can then use that in transition.
29
00:01:21.880 --> 00:01:25.480
Now the one that I think is a little bit trickier is this kind of arm-shall
30
00:01:25.480 --> 00:01:26.560
owing piece, right?
31
00:01:26.560 --> 00:01:32.390
So essentially, if I was to shallow it a ton during this backswing and go more
32
00:01:32.390 --> 00:01:33.360
this way,
33
00:01:33.360 --> 00:01:38.450
well, I've actually kind of loaded and prepared my body to go into more of a
34
00:01:38.450 --> 00:01:39.760
steep movement.
35
00:01:39.760 --> 00:01:43.580
And we want that to happen kind of down near, down in the release, but below
36
00:01:43.580 --> 00:01:44.880
waist height,
37
00:01:44.880 --> 00:01:46.600
not up at the top of the swing.
38
00:01:46.600 --> 00:01:51.990
So often what we're trying to do is if the arms stay more in front of your body
39
00:01:51.990 --> 00:01:52.560
and actually
40
00:01:52.560 --> 00:01:58.390
work a little bit more vertically, that will tend to give this space for the
41
00:01:58.390 --> 00:01:59.320
arms to flatten
42
00:01:59.320 --> 00:02:00.320
and shallow.
43
00:02:00.320 --> 00:02:05.470
If I work completely across my body like so, then any amount of body movement
44
00:02:05.470 --> 00:02:06.080
on the way
45
00:02:06.080 --> 00:02:11.930
down is typically going to get that right elbow stuck behind me and this path
46
00:02:11.930 --> 00:02:12.800
to steepen.
47
00:02:12.800 --> 00:02:17.890
Now it's possible you could be like a jimfuric and still get it behind you and
48
00:02:17.890 --> 00:02:19.160
still shallow,
49
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but there's very few who actually are able to do that.
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So typically what's going to happen is the more that those arms are in a good
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position
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being in front of you and even a little bit more vertical towards the top of
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the swing.
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And then I control getting most of my depth with this body turn, that's going
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to allow
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the arms to shallow more during transition, which ultimately is going to help
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with that
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flat spot during release.
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So if you're struggling with making this transition move, of getting either
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your arms
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to shallow or your body to initiate the downswing, then please take a look at
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what you're doing
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to end the backswing because that may be setting you up for kind of more
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difficulties
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during this transition than you really have to go through.
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