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.

Fix Your Driver Timing with the Delivery Pump Drill

After this video, you'll be able to:

  • Understand how to maintain your upper body behind the golf ball during the swing
  • Practice the timing of your arms in relation to your body movement
  • Identify and correct issues with your club face and swing path during drives

Learn the Delivery Pump drill to improve your driver timing and ensure a better delivery position. This drill helps you maintain proper upper body alignment for more consistent contact and accuracy.

Video Transcript
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The drill is delivery pump for the driver, so the delivery pump is one of the

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00:00:06.760 --> 00:00:07.320
kind of

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key transition drills which is basically working on the timing of all these

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00:00:12.370 --> 00:00:13.280
different movements.

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So you go up to the top of your swing and then you're going to pump down into

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00:00:17.480 --> 00:00:17.840
where

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you think a very good delivery position would be.

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00:00:20.400 --> 00:00:25.760
So that should have a combination of this Jackson 5 movement, the chest getting

9
00:00:25.760 --> 00:00:26.400
a little

10
00:00:26.400 --> 00:00:29.520
closer or about left tilt and the arm shallowing.

11
00:00:29.520 --> 00:00:35.280
Now with the driver, what's important is that during this little pump movement,

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00:00:35.280 --> 00:00:35.640
my upper

13
00:00:35.640 --> 00:00:39.970
body while it's getting slightly closer to the ground is not getting too much

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on top

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00:00:40.440 --> 00:00:41.840
of the golf ball.

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If my upper body gets on top of the golf ball, it's going to take a major

17
00:00:46.020 --> 00:00:46.880
movement during

18
00:00:46.880 --> 00:00:51.280
the release that's going to make timing and contact really, really challenging.

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00:00:51.280 --> 00:00:56.030
So it's the same drill, I'm just going to pump it a few times, so I'm going to

20
00:00:56.030 --> 00:00:56.720
practice

21
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this delivery position where my upper body is behind it.

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I'm going to try to make this my goal as far as pumping, so I'm going to take a

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little

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snapshot and I'm going to go pump one to there, pump two to there, and then

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three I'm going

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to swing through.

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So you can use this pump movement to kind of work on the timing of when your

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00:01:20.410 --> 00:01:21.160
arms get

29
00:01:21.160 --> 00:01:25.340
active, you can work on the timing or the position of your upper body being

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00:01:25.340 --> 00:01:25.880
more behind

31
00:01:25.880 --> 00:01:26.880
the golf ball.

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Remember if you are behind the golf ball and you tend to flare it off to the

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right, means

34
00:01:31.560 --> 00:01:36.610
that you're probably not getting the club face closed or in an attempt to stay

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behind

36
00:01:36.920 --> 00:01:40.960
the golf ball, your path is getting too much outside in.

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So from down the line that would look, if the club face is open and I'm coming

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from

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the inside, that would be more of kind of a high push where oftentimes trying

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to stay

41
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back, I'll end up spinning and kind of looking like this, and that one would be

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more of that

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classic slice.

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So we'll do one more, we're going to get into this good delivery pump position.

45
00:02:04.960 --> 00:02:08.840
So that's essentially where I'm trying in my mind to target, and then from

46
00:02:08.840 --> 00:02:09.440
there I would

47
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just have to do the bracing and good release.

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So I'm going to go pump one, pump two, pump three.

49
00:02:18.840 --> 00:02:23.000
So very acceptable ball flight, pump drills are actually one of my challenging.

50
00:02:23.000 --> 00:02:28.050
I do much better with the broken transition, but for a lot of more rhythmical

51
00:02:28.050 --> 00:02:28.720
golfers you're

52
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going to feel that the pump drill frees up the timing and helps you understand

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exactly

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when you want your arms to get more involved.

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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.

Fix Your Driver Timing with the Delivery Pump Drill

After this video, you'll be able to:

  • Understand how to maintain your upper body behind the golf ball during the swing
  • Practice the timing of your arms in relation to your body movement
  • Identify and correct issues with your club face and swing path during drives

Learn the Delivery Pump drill to improve your driver timing and ensure a better delivery position. This drill helps you maintain proper upper body alignment for more consistent contact and accuracy.

Video Transcript
WEBVTT

1
00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:06.760
The drill is delivery pump for the driver, so the delivery pump is one of the

2
00:00:06.760 --> 00:00:07.320
kind of

3
00:00:07.320 --> 00:00:12.370
key transition drills which is basically working on the timing of all these

4
00:00:12.370 --> 00:00:13.280
different movements.

5
00:00:13.280 --> 00:00:17.480
So you go up to the top of your swing and then you're going to pump down into

6
00:00:17.480 --> 00:00:17.840
where

7
00:00:17.840 --> 00:00:20.400
you think a very good delivery position would be.

8
00:00:20.400 --> 00:00:25.760
So that should have a combination of this Jackson 5 movement, the chest getting

9
00:00:25.760 --> 00:00:26.400
a little

10
00:00:26.400 --> 00:00:29.520
closer or about left tilt and the arm shallowing.

11
00:00:29.520 --> 00:00:35.280
Now with the driver, what's important is that during this little pump movement,

12
00:00:35.280 --> 00:00:35.640
my upper

13
00:00:35.640 --> 00:00:39.970
body while it's getting slightly closer to the ground is not getting too much

14
00:00:39.970 --> 00:00:40.440
on top

15
00:00:40.440 --> 00:00:41.840
of the golf ball.

16
00:00:41.840 --> 00:00:46.020
If my upper body gets on top of the golf ball, it's going to take a major

17
00:00:46.020 --> 00:00:46.880
movement during

18
00:00:46.880 --> 00:00:51.280
the release that's going to make timing and contact really, really challenging.

19
00:00:51.280 --> 00:00:56.030
So it's the same drill, I'm just going to pump it a few times, so I'm going to

20
00:00:56.030 --> 00:00:56.720
practice

21
00:00:56.720 --> 00:00:59.880
this delivery position where my upper body is behind it.

22
00:00:59.880 --> 00:01:03.380
I'm going to try to make this my goal as far as pumping, so I'm going to take a

23
00:01:03.380 --> 00:01:03.880
little

24
00:01:03.880 --> 00:01:11.120
snapshot and I'm going to go pump one to there, pump two to there, and then

25
00:01:11.120 --> 00:01:12.200
three I'm going

26
00:01:12.200 --> 00:01:14.560
to swing through.

27
00:01:14.560 --> 00:01:20.410
So you can use this pump movement to kind of work on the timing of when your

28
00:01:20.410 --> 00:01:21.160
arms get

29
00:01:21.160 --> 00:01:25.340
active, you can work on the timing or the position of your upper body being

30
00:01:25.340 --> 00:01:25.880
more behind

31
00:01:25.880 --> 00:01:26.880
the golf ball.

32
00:01:26.880 --> 00:01:31.060
Remember if you are behind the golf ball and you tend to flare it off to the

33
00:01:31.060 --> 00:01:31.560
right, means

34
00:01:31.560 --> 00:01:36.610
that you're probably not getting the club face closed or in an attempt to stay

35
00:01:36.610 --> 00:01:36.920
behind

36
00:01:36.920 --> 00:01:40.960
the golf ball, your path is getting too much outside in.

37
00:01:40.960 --> 00:01:45.140
So from down the line that would look, if the club face is open and I'm coming

38
00:01:45.140 --> 00:01:45.440
from

39
00:01:45.440 --> 00:01:50.320
the inside, that would be more of kind of a high push where oftentimes trying

40
00:01:50.320 --> 00:01:50.880
to stay

41
00:01:50.880 --> 00:01:55.280
back, I'll end up spinning and kind of looking like this, and that one would be

42
00:01:55.280 --> 00:01:55.960
more of that

43
00:01:55.960 --> 00:01:57.960
classic slice.

44
00:01:57.960 --> 00:02:04.960
So we'll do one more, we're going to get into this good delivery pump position.

45
00:02:04.960 --> 00:02:08.840
So that's essentially where I'm trying in my mind to target, and then from

46
00:02:08.840 --> 00:02:09.440
there I would

47
00:02:09.440 --> 00:02:12.400
just have to do the bracing and good release.

48
00:02:12.400 --> 00:02:18.840
So I'm going to go pump one, pump two, pump three.

49
00:02:18.840 --> 00:02:23.000
So very acceptable ball flight, pump drills are actually one of my challenging.

50
00:02:23.000 --> 00:02:28.050
I do much better with the broken transition, but for a lot of more rhythmical

51
00:02:28.050 --> 00:02:28.720
golfers you're

52
00:02:28.720 --> 00:02:32.370
going to feel that the pump drill frees up the timing and helps you understand

53
00:02:32.370 --> 00:02:32.840
exactly

54
00:02:32.840 --> 00:02:34.680
when you want your arms to get more involved.

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