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Connect Your Hands to the Body for a Powerful Transition

After this video, you'll be able to:

  • Understand how to initiate your downswing from the lower body.
  • Recognize the importance of wrist motion in connection with body movements.
  • Feel the difference between using your arms versus your lower body for a smoother swing transition.

In this video, you'll learn how to properly connect your hands to your lower body during the transition phase of your swing, which is crucial for maximizing power and consistency.

Video Transcript
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This concept video is connecting the hands to the power source in transition.

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So we have a lot of videos in here in transition because transition is really

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where all this

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intention of the downswing really begins and so a lot of swings break down by

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having

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poor process or poor intentions with this transition.

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So this concept video is to help you understand how the wrist motion should be

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connected to

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your lower body and happen as a result of this total body motion not just

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independent

11
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movements that kind of work together.

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So basically what we talk about happening in transition is the shaft flattening

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and the

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motorcycle happening so that the clubface can start swearing kind of like this.

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Well what you'll see is that if you look at the timing of these movements that

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lower

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body initiating because this club has weight and my arms are kind of over here

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but they're

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tied to my shoulders what will happen is when my body starts to pull on my arms

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because

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of the weight of the club if I'm truly leading from my lower body it's going to

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cause the

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shaft to flatten and the wrist to start flexing if you let it.

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So if I am trying to rotate my body and I'm trying to use the ground it will

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cause this

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shallow move in the arms.

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On the other hand if I get up to the top of the swing and my intention is to

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pull down

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with my arms and create speed with my arms and with my shoulders then it's

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going to make

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it very difficult for me to do these shallow movements with the arms.

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So if you're struggling with getting this piece then focus on kind of the

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holistic approach

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and blending it and connecting it to the lower body and how you're powering

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your swing and

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then you can feel about feel yourself letting these arm movements that we teach

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here in

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this transition section happen as opposed to forcing them.

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Now initially you're probably going to have to force them and so for a few

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weeks while

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you're working on forcing these movements what you'll find is your timing will

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be a little

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off and it won't be as good as once it becomes connected into one movement and

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that's ultimately

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your goal is to take these pieces that we discuss here in each section and then

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blend

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them into one movement so we have a really solid motor pattern that develops

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consistent

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repeatable power for your golf swing.

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So if I'm exaggerating and I'm kind of doing that pump or a broken transition I

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can kind

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of force it by super relaxing and trying to make my arms feel almost like

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noodles and

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as my body is kind of powering this entire swing.

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So then if I was to execute I can either do it kind of in a piecemeal or I kind

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of really

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let that kind of exaggerated all the wrist motions happening from my body

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happen or

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I could do it a little bit more at speed kind of like so.

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So work on connecting the power source to what the hands are doing and

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ultimately that

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will build a more solid and repeatable pattern for your golf swing.

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Tyler Ferrell is the only person in the world named to Golf Digest's list of Best Young Teachers in America AND its list of Best Golf Fitness Professionals in America.

Connect Your Hands to the Body for a Powerful Transition

After this video, you'll be able to:

  • Understand how to initiate your downswing from the lower body.
  • Recognize the importance of wrist motion in connection with body movements.
  • Feel the difference between using your arms versus your lower body for a smoother swing transition.

In this video, you'll learn how to properly connect your hands to your lower body during the transition phase of your swing, which is crucial for maximizing power and consistency.

Video Transcript
WEBVTT

1
00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:06.000
This concept video is connecting the hands to the power source in transition.

2
00:00:06.000 --> 00:00:11.510
So we have a lot of videos in here in transition because transition is really

3
00:00:11.510 --> 00:00:12.680
where all this

4
00:00:12.680 --> 00:00:17.400
intention of the downswing really begins and so a lot of swings break down by

5
00:00:17.400 --> 00:00:17.960
having

6
00:00:17.960 --> 00:00:22.720
poor process or poor intentions with this transition.

7
00:00:22.720 --> 00:00:28.760
So this concept video is to help you understand how the wrist motion should be

8
00:00:28.760 --> 00:00:29.520
connected to

9
00:00:29.520 --> 00:00:34.060
your lower body and happen as a result of this total body motion not just

10
00:00:34.060 --> 00:00:35.000
independent

11
00:00:35.000 --> 00:00:37.280
movements that kind of work together.

12
00:00:37.280 --> 00:00:44.380
So basically what we talk about happening in transition is the shaft flattening

13
00:00:44.380 --> 00:00:44.880
and the

14
00:00:44.880 --> 00:00:51.000
motorcycle happening so that the clubface can start swearing kind of like this.

15
00:00:51.000 --> 00:00:56.410
Well what you'll see is that if you look at the timing of these movements that

16
00:00:56.410 --> 00:00:56.920
lower

17
00:00:56.920 --> 00:01:02.970
body initiating because this club has weight and my arms are kind of over here

18
00:01:02.970 --> 00:01:03.640
but they're

19
00:01:03.640 --> 00:01:08.200
tied to my shoulders what will happen is when my body starts to pull on my arms

20
00:01:08.200 --> 00:01:08.860
because

21
00:01:08.860 --> 00:01:14.220
of the weight of the club if I'm truly leading from my lower body it's going to

22
00:01:14.220 --> 00:01:15.000
cause the

23
00:01:15.000 --> 00:01:20.760
shaft to flatten and the wrist to start flexing if you let it.

24
00:01:20.760 --> 00:01:26.070
So if I am trying to rotate my body and I'm trying to use the ground it will

25
00:01:26.070 --> 00:01:27.000
cause this

26
00:01:27.000 --> 00:01:29.800
shallow move in the arms.

27
00:01:29.800 --> 00:01:33.520
On the other hand if I get up to the top of the swing and my intention is to

28
00:01:33.520 --> 00:01:34.120
pull down

29
00:01:34.120 --> 00:01:38.920
with my arms and create speed with my arms and with my shoulders then it's

30
00:01:38.920 --> 00:01:39.800
going to make

31
00:01:39.800 --> 00:01:45.240
it very difficult for me to do these shallow movements with the arms.

32
00:01:45.240 --> 00:01:50.470
So if you're struggling with getting this piece then focus on kind of the

33
00:01:50.470 --> 00:01:51.560
holistic approach

34
00:01:51.560 --> 00:01:56.100
and blending it and connecting it to the lower body and how you're powering

35
00:01:56.100 --> 00:01:57.520
your swing and

36
00:01:57.520 --> 00:02:02.220
then you can feel about feel yourself letting these arm movements that we teach

37
00:02:02.220 --> 00:02:02.680
here in

38
00:02:02.680 --> 00:02:07.400
this transition section happen as opposed to forcing them.

39
00:02:07.400 --> 00:02:12.560
Now initially you're probably going to have to force them and so for a few

40
00:02:12.560 --> 00:02:13.520
weeks while

41
00:02:13.520 --> 00:02:18.590
you're working on forcing these movements what you'll find is your timing will

42
00:02:18.590 --> 00:02:19.080
be a little

43
00:02:19.080 --> 00:02:24.120
off and it won't be as good as once it becomes connected into one movement and

44
00:02:24.120 --> 00:02:25.160
that's ultimately

45
00:02:25.160 --> 00:02:30.580
your goal is to take these pieces that we discuss here in each section and then

46
00:02:30.580 --> 00:02:31.040
blend

47
00:02:31.040 --> 00:02:35.770
them into one movement so we have a really solid motor pattern that develops

48
00:02:35.770 --> 00:02:36.600
consistent

49
00:02:36.600 --> 00:02:39.400
repeatable power for your golf swing.

50
00:02:39.400 --> 00:02:45.450
So if I'm exaggerating and I'm kind of doing that pump or a broken transition I

51
00:02:45.450 --> 00:02:46.040
can kind

52
00:02:46.040 --> 00:02:51.360
of force it by super relaxing and trying to make my arms feel almost like

53
00:02:51.360 --> 00:02:52.420
noodles and

54
00:02:52.420 --> 00:02:56.400
as my body is kind of powering this entire swing.

55
00:02:56.400 --> 00:03:04.110
So then if I was to execute I can either do it kind of in a piecemeal or I kind

56
00:03:04.110 --> 00:03:04.760
of really

57
00:03:04.760 --> 00:03:09.940
let that kind of exaggerated all the wrist motions happening from my body

58
00:03:09.940 --> 00:03:10.680
happen or

59
00:03:10.680 --> 00:03:19.040
I could do it a little bit more at speed kind of like so.

60
00:03:19.040 --> 00:03:22.660
So work on connecting the power source to what the hands are doing and

61
00:03:22.660 --> 00:03:23.480
ultimately that

62
00:03:23.480 --> 00:03:26.320
will build a more solid and repeatable pattern for your golf swing.

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