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Stop Pulling Down: Improve Your Delivery Shaft Push

After this video, you'll be able to:

  • Understand how to create momentum in your swing for better speed.
  • Feel the timing difference between early and late arm firing.
  • Learn to engage your core and bracing movement for more powerful shots.

In this video, you'll learn the Delivery Shaft Push drill to help you develop better rhythm and timing in your swing. This exercise will help you avoid pulling down aggressively and allow you to harness your core's energy effectively during transition.

Video Transcript
WEBVTT

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This drill is the delivery shaft push.

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00:00:08.280 --> 00:00:12.710
So this is more of a rhythm drill to help you get out of pulling down

3
00:00:12.710 --> 00:00:13.880
aggressively or firing

4
00:00:13.880 --> 00:00:15.960
the arms too soon.

5
00:00:15.960 --> 00:00:19.760
So this can be combed with any of your delivery position or feeling your core

6
00:00:19.760 --> 00:00:21.840
working in transition.

7
00:00:21.840 --> 00:00:26.380
So on paper, it's kind of part of the whoosh family of drills, which is a drill

8
00:00:26.380 --> 00:00:27.200
for getting

9
00:00:27.200 --> 00:00:31.780
the speed later in the swing on the follow through side of the ball, or at

10
00:00:31.780 --> 00:00:32.560
least that's

11
00:00:32.560 --> 00:00:34.520
kind of the perception or the feeling.

12
00:00:34.520 --> 00:00:38.630
So what we're going to do is we're going to take the club and we're going to

13
00:00:38.630 --> 00:00:39.080
hold it

14
00:00:39.080 --> 00:00:43.440
across just like this, and we're going to put the trail hand on it upside down.

15
00:00:43.440 --> 00:00:47.400
So it's kind of holding it more like this instead of a split grip this way.

16
00:00:47.400 --> 00:00:53.530
So this is very similar to kind of that Rory transition drill where we're

17
00:00:53.530 --> 00:00:54.900
getting the trying

18
00:00:54.900 --> 00:00:58.360
to get the energy into the shaft, but now what we're going to do is with the

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00:00:58.360 --> 00:00:58.800
hand on

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00:00:58.800 --> 00:01:03.060
the opposite side like this, I'm going to feel like there's a little bit of

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00:01:03.060 --> 00:01:03.800
momentum.

22
00:01:03.800 --> 00:01:09.730
And then when I get down here, I'm going to give that right hand a little bit

23
00:01:09.730 --> 00:01:10.480
of a push

24
00:01:10.480 --> 00:01:18.740
and try to get the speed or the whoosh to be going through the ball into impact

25
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.

26
00:01:19.100 --> 00:01:23.130
So I can start with just some really little ones where I start kind of in this

27
00:01:23.130 --> 00:01:23.760
delivery

28
00:01:23.760 --> 00:01:29.710
position and I just go there, and then the longer the swing on that one, I

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00:01:29.710 --> 00:01:30.660
really had

30
00:01:30.660 --> 00:01:36.450
a feeling of the club kind of dropping in through here and then firing very

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00:01:36.450 --> 00:01:37.200
late.

32
00:01:37.200 --> 00:01:42.320
Ideally, when I get this to fire or when I go to push, I'm also going into some

33
00:01:42.320 --> 00:01:42.400
of my

34
00:01:42.400 --> 00:01:45.920
bracing movement or kind of straightening that left leg.

35
00:01:45.920 --> 00:01:49.810
Now I don't like to do hundreds of these because you'll really wear out your

36
00:01:49.810 --> 00:01:50.720
shoulder, but just

37
00:01:50.720 --> 00:01:53.200
enough to kind of get the feel and the timing.

38
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If you're used to firing your arms early, what will happen is you will hear or

39
00:01:57.830 --> 00:01:58.360
you will

40
00:01:58.360 --> 00:02:04.560
feel that the speed goes early and it's almost like slowing down or going a

41
00:02:04.560 --> 00:02:05.660
constant speed

42
00:02:05.660 --> 00:02:11.320
through impact rather than getting it to feel like it speeds up through impact.

43
00:02:11.320 --> 00:02:15.040
Once I have that tempo feel, then I'm going to put my hands on the club

44
00:02:15.040 --> 00:02:15.920
regularly and

45
00:02:15.920 --> 00:02:21.480
I'm going to feel like I can't use that right side or that right arm until I

46
00:02:21.480 --> 00:02:22.480
get down into

47
00:02:22.480 --> 00:02:24.360
that position.

48
00:02:24.360 --> 00:02:29.520
So it's going to feel like it loads and then it releases down at the bottom and

49
00:02:29.520 --> 00:02:30.040
I get that

50
00:02:30.040 --> 00:02:32.240
whoosh after impact.

51
00:02:32.240 --> 00:02:37.760
Now this is a really hard one to actually hit golf balls.

52
00:02:37.760 --> 00:02:40.520
It is possible, but I rarely do it.

53
00:02:40.520 --> 00:02:43.620
I would say most of the time I just do this as kind of a practice swing,

54
00:02:43.620 --> 00:02:45.400
getting the feel

55
00:02:45.400 --> 00:02:48.320
and then putting the hands on and trying to apply it.

56
00:02:48.320 --> 00:02:55.140
But I'll show you that, we'll see, I'll show you that it is possible, but

57
00:02:55.140 --> 00:02:56.360
because you have

58
00:02:56.360 --> 00:02:59.690
stuff stopping and coming off the club, it's not going to be one that you're

59
00:02:59.690 --> 00:03:00.320
going to have

60
00:03:00.320 --> 00:03:03.440
a lot of carry over as far as the feel.

61
00:03:03.440 --> 00:03:05.040
It's mostly a timing drill.

62
00:03:05.040 --> 00:03:09.680
So I got the feel of the arms not doing anything until right about here.

63
00:03:09.680 --> 00:03:15.720
And so now if I put both hands on, I can feel a little bit more of that arms

64
00:03:15.720 --> 00:03:17.200
kind of falling

65
00:03:17.200 --> 00:03:23.920
and waiting before I then deliver some push into the golf ball.

66
00:03:23.920 --> 00:03:31.010
So one more time when we get that feel, the delivery position push, kind of

67
00:03:31.010 --> 00:03:32.400
like that.

68
00:03:32.400 --> 00:03:38.400
The right around belly button here is when that arm feels like it's kicking in.

69
00:03:38.400 --> 00:03:45.610
Now I'm going to do more of a pump and feel like that same timing is when the

70
00:03:45.610 --> 00:03:46.680
arm gets

71
00:03:46.680 --> 00:03:47.680
involved.

72
00:03:47.680 --> 00:03:51.200
So if you have a tendency to go early, this can be a great way for getting the

73
00:03:51.200 --> 00:03:51.880
timing.

74
00:03:51.880 --> 00:03:55.680
And then the longer the swing, the more you're going to have to feel like it

75
00:03:55.680 --> 00:03:56.680
just falls before

76
00:03:56.680 --> 00:04:00.280
it gets the push, rather than getting actively pulled down.

77
00:04:00.280 --> 00:04:04.880
While it's falling, you can work on getting your lower body to turn and start

78
00:04:04.880 --> 00:04:05.600
to go into

79
00:04:05.600 --> 00:04:07.200
that vertical movement.

80
00:04:07.200 --> 00:04:09.360
You can use the core and kind of do the turtle shell.

81
00:04:09.360 --> 00:04:14.540
You can feel the body creating more tension or speed in the club, rather than

82
00:04:14.540 --> 00:04:14.880
just the

83
00:04:14.880 --> 00:04:18.840
arms doing it right away.
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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.

Stop Pulling Down: Improve Your Delivery Shaft Push

After this video, you'll be able to:

  • Understand how to create momentum in your swing for better speed.
  • Feel the timing difference between early and late arm firing.
  • Learn to engage your core and bracing movement for more powerful shots.

In this video, you'll learn the Delivery Shaft Push drill to help you develop better rhythm and timing in your swing. This exercise will help you avoid pulling down aggressively and allow you to harness your core's energy effectively during transition.

Video Transcript
WEBVTT

1
00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:08.280
This drill is the delivery shaft push.

2
00:00:08.280 --> 00:00:12.710
So this is more of a rhythm drill to help you get out of pulling down

3
00:00:12.710 --> 00:00:13.880
aggressively or firing

4
00:00:13.880 --> 00:00:15.960
the arms too soon.

5
00:00:15.960 --> 00:00:19.760
So this can be combed with any of your delivery position or feeling your core

6
00:00:19.760 --> 00:00:21.840
working in transition.

7
00:00:21.840 --> 00:00:26.380
So on paper, it's kind of part of the whoosh family of drills, which is a drill

8
00:00:26.380 --> 00:00:27.200
for getting

9
00:00:27.200 --> 00:00:31.780
the speed later in the swing on the follow through side of the ball, or at

10
00:00:31.780 --> 00:00:32.560
least that's

11
00:00:32.560 --> 00:00:34.520
kind of the perception or the feeling.

12
00:00:34.520 --> 00:00:38.630
So what we're going to do is we're going to take the club and we're going to

13
00:00:38.630 --> 00:00:39.080
hold it

14
00:00:39.080 --> 00:00:43.440
across just like this, and we're going to put the trail hand on it upside down.

15
00:00:43.440 --> 00:00:47.400
So it's kind of holding it more like this instead of a split grip this way.

16
00:00:47.400 --> 00:00:53.530
So this is very similar to kind of that Rory transition drill where we're

17
00:00:53.530 --> 00:00:54.900
getting the trying

18
00:00:54.900 --> 00:00:58.360
to get the energy into the shaft, but now what we're going to do is with the

19
00:00:58.360 --> 00:00:58.800
hand on

20
00:00:58.800 --> 00:01:03.060
the opposite side like this, I'm going to feel like there's a little bit of

21
00:01:03.060 --> 00:01:03.800
momentum.

22
00:01:03.800 --> 00:01:09.730
And then when I get down here, I'm going to give that right hand a little bit

23
00:01:09.730 --> 00:01:10.480
of a push

24
00:01:10.480 --> 00:01:18.740
and try to get the speed or the whoosh to be going through the ball into impact

25
00:01:18.740 --> 00:01:19.100
.

26
00:01:19.100 --> 00:01:23.130
So I can start with just some really little ones where I start kind of in this

27
00:01:23.130 --> 00:01:23.760
delivery

28
00:01:23.760 --> 00:01:29.710
position and I just go there, and then the longer the swing on that one, I

29
00:01:29.710 --> 00:01:30.660
really had

30
00:01:30.660 --> 00:01:36.450
a feeling of the club kind of dropping in through here and then firing very

31
00:01:36.450 --> 00:01:37.200
late.

32
00:01:37.200 --> 00:01:42.320
Ideally, when I get this to fire or when I go to push, I'm also going into some

33
00:01:42.320 --> 00:01:42.400
of my

34
00:01:42.400 --> 00:01:45.920
bracing movement or kind of straightening that left leg.

35
00:01:45.920 --> 00:01:49.810
Now I don't like to do hundreds of these because you'll really wear out your

36
00:01:49.810 --> 00:01:50.720
shoulder, but just

37
00:01:50.720 --> 00:01:53.200
enough to kind of get the feel and the timing.

38
00:01:53.200 --> 00:01:57.830
If you're used to firing your arms early, what will happen is you will hear or

39
00:01:57.830 --> 00:01:58.360
you will

40
00:01:58.360 --> 00:02:04.560
feel that the speed goes early and it's almost like slowing down or going a

41
00:02:04.560 --> 00:02:05.660
constant speed

42
00:02:05.660 --> 00:02:11.320
through impact rather than getting it to feel like it speeds up through impact.

43
00:02:11.320 --> 00:02:15.040
Once I have that tempo feel, then I'm going to put my hands on the club

44
00:02:15.040 --> 00:02:15.920
regularly and

45
00:02:15.920 --> 00:02:21.480
I'm going to feel like I can't use that right side or that right arm until I

46
00:02:21.480 --> 00:02:22.480
get down into

47
00:02:22.480 --> 00:02:24.360
that position.

48
00:02:24.360 --> 00:02:29.520
So it's going to feel like it loads and then it releases down at the bottom and

49
00:02:29.520 --> 00:02:30.040
I get that

50
00:02:30.040 --> 00:02:32.240
whoosh after impact.

51
00:02:32.240 --> 00:02:37.760
Now this is a really hard one to actually hit golf balls.

52
00:02:37.760 --> 00:02:40.520
It is possible, but I rarely do it.

53
00:02:40.520 --> 00:02:43.620
I would say most of the time I just do this as kind of a practice swing,

54
00:02:43.620 --> 00:02:45.400
getting the feel

55
00:02:45.400 --> 00:02:48.320
and then putting the hands on and trying to apply it.

56
00:02:48.320 --> 00:02:55.140
But I'll show you that, we'll see, I'll show you that it is possible, but

57
00:02:55.140 --> 00:02:56.360
because you have

58
00:02:56.360 --> 00:02:59.690
stuff stopping and coming off the club, it's not going to be one that you're

59
00:02:59.690 --> 00:03:00.320
going to have

60
00:03:00.320 --> 00:03:03.440
a lot of carry over as far as the feel.

61
00:03:03.440 --> 00:03:05.040
It's mostly a timing drill.

62
00:03:05.040 --> 00:03:09.680
So I got the feel of the arms not doing anything until right about here.

63
00:03:09.680 --> 00:03:15.720
And so now if I put both hands on, I can feel a little bit more of that arms

64
00:03:15.720 --> 00:03:17.200
kind of falling

65
00:03:17.200 --> 00:03:23.920
and waiting before I then deliver some push into the golf ball.

66
00:03:23.920 --> 00:03:31.010
So one more time when we get that feel, the delivery position push, kind of

67
00:03:31.010 --> 00:03:32.400
like that.

68
00:03:32.400 --> 00:03:38.400
The right around belly button here is when that arm feels like it's kicking in.

69
00:03:38.400 --> 00:03:45.610
Now I'm going to do more of a pump and feel like that same timing is when the

70
00:03:45.610 --> 00:03:46.680
arm gets

71
00:03:46.680 --> 00:03:47.680
involved.

72
00:03:47.680 --> 00:03:51.200
So if you have a tendency to go early, this can be a great way for getting the

73
00:03:51.200 --> 00:03:51.880
timing.

74
00:03:51.880 --> 00:03:55.680
And then the longer the swing, the more you're going to have to feel like it

75
00:03:55.680 --> 00:03:56.680
just falls before

76
00:03:56.680 --> 00:04:00.280
it gets the push, rather than getting actively pulled down.

77
00:04:00.280 --> 00:04:04.880
While it's falling, you can work on getting your lower body to turn and start

78
00:04:04.880 --> 00:04:05.600
to go into

79
00:04:05.600 --> 00:04:07.200
that vertical movement.

80
00:04:07.200 --> 00:04:09.360
You can use the core and kind of do the turtle shell.

81
00:04:09.360 --> 00:04:14.540
You can feel the body creating more tension or speed in the club, rather than

82
00:04:14.540 --> 00:04:14.880
just the

83
00:04:14.880 --> 00:04:18.840
arms doing it right away.
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