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Fix Inconsistent Shots with Better Elbow and Shoulder Movement
After this video, you'll be able to:
- Identify how your elbow and shoulder movement may be hindering your swing
- Understand the importance of wrist movement for improved shot distance
- Learn how to connect your arms and body for better overall swing mechanics
In this video, you'll learn about the elbow pattern and how it affects your swing. Understanding this concept can help you achieve more consistent and powerful shots on the course.
Video Transcript
WEBVTT
1
00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:04.360
This concept video is discussing the elbow pattern.
2
00:00:04.360 --> 00:00:08.080
So the elbow pattern is a phrase that I use.
3
00:00:08.080 --> 00:00:13.190
It's really elbow shoulders, but I tend to use this for a certain population of
4
00:00:13.190 --> 00:00:13.640
golfers
5
00:00:13.640 --> 00:00:19.400
who tend to complain about not hitting it consistent or far.
6
00:00:19.400 --> 00:00:23.040
So tend to be more in this 20/25 handicap zone.
7
00:00:23.040 --> 00:00:26.520
And basically what's happening is in this pattern, they will take a grip and
8
00:00:26.520 --> 00:00:26.960
they'll
9
00:00:26.960 --> 00:00:32.600
basically lock their wrist and their forearms in place and then they'll almost
10
00:00:32.600 --> 00:00:33.000
lock their
11
00:00:33.000 --> 00:00:37.000
posture so they won't have a whole lot of rotation or extension.
12
00:00:37.000 --> 00:00:41.870
And so all the movement is going to happen more with the arms and the shoulders
13
00:00:41.870 --> 00:00:42.440
on both
14
00:00:42.440 --> 00:00:43.840
sides of the golf ball.
15
00:00:43.840 --> 00:00:48.910
So you can see I've got very little wrist movement and all my body movement is
16
00:00:48.910 --> 00:00:49.320
more
17
00:00:49.320 --> 00:00:57.040
vertical. I'm basically pulling the club around my body just like so.
18
00:00:57.040 --> 00:01:01.840
They will tend to have the club look really wide early in transition.
19
00:01:01.840 --> 00:01:06.520
So if you're looking at your video and you're seeing that it gets out there,
20
00:01:06.520 --> 00:01:06.800
that could
21
00:01:06.800 --> 00:01:10.110
be part of your pattern is that you're just controlling this swing too much
22
00:01:10.110 --> 00:01:10.640
with your
23
00:01:10.640 --> 00:01:15.420
elbows and your shoulders, not enough with your wrists and your body or your
24
00:01:15.420 --> 00:01:16.000
core.
25
00:01:16.000 --> 00:01:21.560
So oftentimes in that pattern, you'll have success with working on either,
26
00:01:21.560 --> 00:01:22.320
trying to
27
00:01:22.320 --> 00:01:26.590
get the arms to stay more connected, more in front of your body and therefore
28
00:01:26.590 --> 00:01:27.120
forcing
29
00:01:27.120 --> 00:01:32.600
more body motion, that will help you ultimately hit the ball much more solidly,
30
00:01:32.600 --> 00:01:32.960
sometimes
31
00:01:32.960 --> 00:01:35.480
further but definitely more solidly.
32
00:01:35.480 --> 00:01:38.790
If you're main goal, if you have that pattern in your main goal as distance,
33
00:01:38.790 --> 00:01:39.400
then we have
34
00:01:39.400 --> 00:01:43.040
to risk getting some wrist movement involved.
35
00:01:43.040 --> 00:01:48.600
And so working on some of the release drills, specifically working on some of
36
00:01:48.600 --> 00:01:49.480
the loading
37
00:01:49.480 --> 00:01:54.060
and unloading or working on some of the supination drills to get a little bit
38
00:01:54.060 --> 00:01:55.560
more hand action,
39
00:01:55.560 --> 00:02:00.640
but ultimately get some hand action that helps you control low point.
40
00:02:00.640 --> 00:02:05.760
That tends to have one of the bigger impacts as far as creating speed.
41
00:02:05.760 --> 00:02:11.520
So this can be a challenging pattern to break because you're so used to having
42
00:02:11.520 --> 00:02:12.200
the arms
43
00:02:12.200 --> 00:02:20.780
locked to control face and solid contact that when you start adding speed, oft
44
00:02:20.780 --> 00:02:21.760
entimes if
45
00:02:21.760 --> 00:02:28.590
I'm still doing my elbows, while I add some wrist speed, it's unlikely that you
46
00:02:28.590 --> 00:02:29.440
'll make
47
00:02:29.440 --> 00:02:34.360
really solid contact like I did on that demonstration there.
48
00:02:34.360 --> 00:02:38.600
And so there's potential for a little bit of growing pains while going through
49
00:02:38.600 --> 00:02:39.000
it.
50
00:02:39.000 --> 00:02:43.140
I would recommend in that pattern to work more on getting the arms to be a
51
00:02:43.140 --> 00:02:43.840
little bit
52
00:02:43.840 --> 00:02:49.180
more connected and control it more with the body and then adding a little bit
53
00:02:49.180 --> 00:02:50.040
better wrist
54
00:02:50.040 --> 00:02:52.120
action on the way through.
55
00:02:52.120 --> 00:02:56.010
I've had it work both ways, but ultimately what you'll have to do is you'll
56
00:02:56.010 --> 00:02:57.320
have to coordinate
57
00:02:57.320 --> 00:03:01.600
or learn to control your arms and your shoulders, your elbows and your
58
00:03:01.600 --> 00:03:03.360
shoulders from dominating
59
00:03:03.360 --> 00:03:07.800
the movement, get more action from the hips and more action from the wrist.
60
00:03:07.800 --> 00:03:12.770
And that combination will ultimately give you a lot more distance and more
61
00:03:12.770 --> 00:03:13.680
consistency
62
00:03:13.680 --> 00:03:19.010
as well once you get past the initial growing pains of losing what feels
63
00:03:19.010 --> 00:03:20.360
comfortable.
64
00:03:20.360 --> 00:03:26.730
So one of the last pieces of this pattern is the rhythm in the tempo tends to
65
00:03:26.730 --> 00:03:27.320
be a big
66
00:03:27.320 --> 00:03:28.880
piece for this.
67
00:03:28.880 --> 00:03:32.440
Oftentimes when you feel like your elbows and your shoulders are doing a lot,
68
00:03:32.440 --> 00:03:33.000
the swing
69
00:03:33.000 --> 00:03:39.480
tends to feel very quick when you are tending to use more of your body.
70
00:03:39.480 --> 00:03:45.820
The swing tends to feel slow, but when you add your wrist, what will end up
71
00:03:45.820 --> 00:03:46.840
happening
72
00:03:46.840 --> 00:03:53.050
is it will feel slow in transition and very fast or quick in terms of the
73
00:03:53.050 --> 00:03:54.120
feeling of the
74
00:03:54.120 --> 00:03:58.760
club head down at the bottom and you may feel more speed after the golf ball.
75
00:03:58.760 --> 00:04:04.770
So if you see it on video and you have more of this action here, the good news
76
00:04:04.770 --> 00:04:05.640
is there's
77
00:04:05.640 --> 00:04:09.530
a really big ceiling and we've got drills that will help you both get your
78
00:04:09.530 --> 00:04:10.360
lower body more
79
00:04:10.360 --> 00:04:13.500
involved as well as get your wrist involved and that's going to totally change
80
00:04:13.500 --> 00:04:13.880
the way
81
00:04:13.880 --> 00:04:17.600
that you're experiencing ground contact and speed creation for your golf swing.
1
00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:04.360
This concept video is discussing the elbow pattern.
2
00:00:04.360 --> 00:00:08.080
So the elbow pattern is a phrase that I use.
3
00:00:08.080 --> 00:00:13.190
It's really elbow shoulders, but I tend to use this for a certain population of
4
00:00:13.190 --> 00:00:13.640
golfers
5
00:00:13.640 --> 00:00:19.400
who tend to complain about not hitting it consistent or far.
6
00:00:19.400 --> 00:00:23.040
So tend to be more in this 20/25 handicap zone.
7
00:00:23.040 --> 00:00:26.520
And basically what's happening is in this pattern, they will take a grip and
8
00:00:26.520 --> 00:00:26.960
they'll
9
00:00:26.960 --> 00:00:32.600
basically lock their wrist and their forearms in place and then they'll almost
10
00:00:32.600 --> 00:00:33.000
lock their
11
00:00:33.000 --> 00:00:37.000
posture so they won't have a whole lot of rotation or extension.
12
00:00:37.000 --> 00:00:41.870
And so all the movement is going to happen more with the arms and the shoulders
13
00:00:41.870 --> 00:00:42.440
on both
14
00:00:42.440 --> 00:00:43.840
sides of the golf ball.
15
00:00:43.840 --> 00:00:48.910
So you can see I've got very little wrist movement and all my body movement is
16
00:00:48.910 --> 00:00:49.320
more
17
00:00:49.320 --> 00:00:57.040
vertical. I'm basically pulling the club around my body just like so.
18
00:00:57.040 --> 00:01:01.840
They will tend to have the club look really wide early in transition.
19
00:01:01.840 --> 00:01:06.520
So if you're looking at your video and you're seeing that it gets out there,
20
00:01:06.520 --> 00:01:06.800
that could
21
00:01:06.800 --> 00:01:10.110
be part of your pattern is that you're just controlling this swing too much
22
00:01:10.110 --> 00:01:10.640
with your
23
00:01:10.640 --> 00:01:15.420
elbows and your shoulders, not enough with your wrists and your body or your
24
00:01:15.420 --> 00:01:16.000
core.
25
00:01:16.000 --> 00:01:21.560
So oftentimes in that pattern, you'll have success with working on either,
26
00:01:21.560 --> 00:01:22.320
trying to
27
00:01:22.320 --> 00:01:26.590
get the arms to stay more connected, more in front of your body and therefore
28
00:01:26.590 --> 00:01:27.120
forcing
29
00:01:27.120 --> 00:01:32.600
more body motion, that will help you ultimately hit the ball much more solidly,
30
00:01:32.600 --> 00:01:32.960
sometimes
31
00:01:32.960 --> 00:01:35.480
further but definitely more solidly.
32
00:01:35.480 --> 00:01:38.790
If you're main goal, if you have that pattern in your main goal as distance,
33
00:01:38.790 --> 00:01:39.400
then we have
34
00:01:39.400 --> 00:01:43.040
to risk getting some wrist movement involved.
35
00:01:43.040 --> 00:01:48.600
And so working on some of the release drills, specifically working on some of
36
00:01:48.600 --> 00:01:49.480
the loading
37
00:01:49.480 --> 00:01:54.060
and unloading or working on some of the supination drills to get a little bit
38
00:01:54.060 --> 00:01:55.560
more hand action,
39
00:01:55.560 --> 00:02:00.640
but ultimately get some hand action that helps you control low point.
40
00:02:00.640 --> 00:02:05.760
That tends to have one of the bigger impacts as far as creating speed.
41
00:02:05.760 --> 00:02:11.520
So this can be a challenging pattern to break because you're so used to having
42
00:02:11.520 --> 00:02:12.200
the arms
43
00:02:12.200 --> 00:02:20.780
locked to control face and solid contact that when you start adding speed, oft
44
00:02:20.780 --> 00:02:21.760
entimes if
45
00:02:21.760 --> 00:02:28.590
I'm still doing my elbows, while I add some wrist speed, it's unlikely that you
46
00:02:28.590 --> 00:02:29.440
'll make
47
00:02:29.440 --> 00:02:34.360
really solid contact like I did on that demonstration there.
48
00:02:34.360 --> 00:02:38.600
And so there's potential for a little bit of growing pains while going through
49
00:02:38.600 --> 00:02:39.000
it.
50
00:02:39.000 --> 00:02:43.140
I would recommend in that pattern to work more on getting the arms to be a
51
00:02:43.140 --> 00:02:43.840
little bit
52
00:02:43.840 --> 00:02:49.180
more connected and control it more with the body and then adding a little bit
53
00:02:49.180 --> 00:02:50.040
better wrist
54
00:02:50.040 --> 00:02:52.120
action on the way through.
55
00:02:52.120 --> 00:02:56.010
I've had it work both ways, but ultimately what you'll have to do is you'll
56
00:02:56.010 --> 00:02:57.320
have to coordinate
57
00:02:57.320 --> 00:03:01.600
or learn to control your arms and your shoulders, your elbows and your
58
00:03:01.600 --> 00:03:03.360
shoulders from dominating
59
00:03:03.360 --> 00:03:07.800
the movement, get more action from the hips and more action from the wrist.
60
00:03:07.800 --> 00:03:12.770
And that combination will ultimately give you a lot more distance and more
61
00:03:12.770 --> 00:03:13.680
consistency
62
00:03:13.680 --> 00:03:19.010
as well once you get past the initial growing pains of losing what feels
63
00:03:19.010 --> 00:03:20.360
comfortable.
64
00:03:20.360 --> 00:03:26.730
So one of the last pieces of this pattern is the rhythm in the tempo tends to
65
00:03:26.730 --> 00:03:27.320
be a big
66
00:03:27.320 --> 00:03:28.880
piece for this.
67
00:03:28.880 --> 00:03:32.440
Oftentimes when you feel like your elbows and your shoulders are doing a lot,
68
00:03:32.440 --> 00:03:33.000
the swing
69
00:03:33.000 --> 00:03:39.480
tends to feel very quick when you are tending to use more of your body.
70
00:03:39.480 --> 00:03:45.820
The swing tends to feel slow, but when you add your wrist, what will end up
71
00:03:45.820 --> 00:03:46.840
happening
72
00:03:46.840 --> 00:03:53.050
is it will feel slow in transition and very fast or quick in terms of the
73
00:03:53.050 --> 00:03:54.120
feeling of the
74
00:03:54.120 --> 00:03:58.760
club head down at the bottom and you may feel more speed after the golf ball.
75
00:03:58.760 --> 00:04:04.770
So if you see it on video and you have more of this action here, the good news
76
00:04:04.770 --> 00:04:05.640
is there's
77
00:04:05.640 --> 00:04:09.530
a really big ceiling and we've got drills that will help you both get your
78
00:04:09.530 --> 00:04:10.360
lower body more
79
00:04:10.360 --> 00:04:13.500
involved as well as get your wrist involved and that's going to totally change
80
00:04:13.500 --> 00:04:13.880
the way
81
00:04:13.880 --> 00:04:17.600
that you're experiencing ground contact and speed creation 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.
Fix Inconsistent Shots with Better Elbow and Shoulder Movement
After this video, you'll be able to:
- Identify how your elbow and shoulder movement may be hindering your swing
- Understand the importance of wrist movement for improved shot distance
- Learn how to connect your arms and body for better overall swing mechanics
In this video, you'll learn about the elbow pattern and how it affects your swing. Understanding this concept can help you achieve more consistent and powerful shots on the course.
Video Transcript
WEBVTT
1
00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:04.360
This concept video is discussing the elbow pattern.
2
00:00:04.360 --> 00:00:08.080
So the elbow pattern is a phrase that I use.
3
00:00:08.080 --> 00:00:13.190
It's really elbow shoulders, but I tend to use this for a certain population of
4
00:00:13.190 --> 00:00:13.640
golfers
5
00:00:13.640 --> 00:00:19.400
who tend to complain about not hitting it consistent or far.
6
00:00:19.400 --> 00:00:23.040
So tend to be more in this 20/25 handicap zone.
7
00:00:23.040 --> 00:00:26.520
And basically what's happening is in this pattern, they will take a grip and
8
00:00:26.520 --> 00:00:26.960
they'll
9
00:00:26.960 --> 00:00:32.600
basically lock their wrist and their forearms in place and then they'll almost
10
00:00:32.600 --> 00:00:33.000
lock their
11
00:00:33.000 --> 00:00:37.000
posture so they won't have a whole lot of rotation or extension.
12
00:00:37.000 --> 00:00:41.870
And so all the movement is going to happen more with the arms and the shoulders
13
00:00:41.870 --> 00:00:42.440
on both
14
00:00:42.440 --> 00:00:43.840
sides of the golf ball.
15
00:00:43.840 --> 00:00:48.910
So you can see I've got very little wrist movement and all my body movement is
16
00:00:48.910 --> 00:00:49.320
more
17
00:00:49.320 --> 00:00:57.040
vertical. I'm basically pulling the club around my body just like so.
18
00:00:57.040 --> 00:01:01.840
They will tend to have the club look really wide early in transition.
19
00:01:01.840 --> 00:01:06.520
So if you're looking at your video and you're seeing that it gets out there,
20
00:01:06.520 --> 00:01:06.800
that could
21
00:01:06.800 --> 00:01:10.110
be part of your pattern is that you're just controlling this swing too much
22
00:01:10.110 --> 00:01:10.640
with your
23
00:01:10.640 --> 00:01:15.420
elbows and your shoulders, not enough with your wrists and your body or your
24
00:01:15.420 --> 00:01:16.000
core.
25
00:01:16.000 --> 00:01:21.560
So oftentimes in that pattern, you'll have success with working on either,
26
00:01:21.560 --> 00:01:22.320
trying to
27
00:01:22.320 --> 00:01:26.590
get the arms to stay more connected, more in front of your body and therefore
28
00:01:26.590 --> 00:01:27.120
forcing
29
00:01:27.120 --> 00:01:32.600
more body motion, that will help you ultimately hit the ball much more solidly,
30
00:01:32.600 --> 00:01:32.960
sometimes
31
00:01:32.960 --> 00:01:35.480
further but definitely more solidly.
32
00:01:35.480 --> 00:01:38.790
If you're main goal, if you have that pattern in your main goal as distance,
33
00:01:38.790 --> 00:01:39.400
then we have
34
00:01:39.400 --> 00:01:43.040
to risk getting some wrist movement involved.
35
00:01:43.040 --> 00:01:48.600
And so working on some of the release drills, specifically working on some of
36
00:01:48.600 --> 00:01:49.480
the loading
37
00:01:49.480 --> 00:01:54.060
and unloading or working on some of the supination drills to get a little bit
38
00:01:54.060 --> 00:01:55.560
more hand action,
39
00:01:55.560 --> 00:02:00.640
but ultimately get some hand action that helps you control low point.
40
00:02:00.640 --> 00:02:05.760
That tends to have one of the bigger impacts as far as creating speed.
41
00:02:05.760 --> 00:02:11.520
So this can be a challenging pattern to break because you're so used to having
42
00:02:11.520 --> 00:02:12.200
the arms
43
00:02:12.200 --> 00:02:20.780
locked to control face and solid contact that when you start adding speed, oft
44
00:02:20.780 --> 00:02:21.760
entimes if
45
00:02:21.760 --> 00:02:28.590
I'm still doing my elbows, while I add some wrist speed, it's unlikely that you
46
00:02:28.590 --> 00:02:29.440
'll make
47
00:02:29.440 --> 00:02:34.360
really solid contact like I did on that demonstration there.
48
00:02:34.360 --> 00:02:38.600
And so there's potential for a little bit of growing pains while going through
49
00:02:38.600 --> 00:02:39.000
it.
50
00:02:39.000 --> 00:02:43.140
I would recommend in that pattern to work more on getting the arms to be a
51
00:02:43.140 --> 00:02:43.840
little bit
52
00:02:43.840 --> 00:02:49.180
more connected and control it more with the body and then adding a little bit
53
00:02:49.180 --> 00:02:50.040
better wrist
54
00:02:50.040 --> 00:02:52.120
action on the way through.
55
00:02:52.120 --> 00:02:56.010
I've had it work both ways, but ultimately what you'll have to do is you'll
56
00:02:56.010 --> 00:02:57.320
have to coordinate
57
00:02:57.320 --> 00:03:01.600
or learn to control your arms and your shoulders, your elbows and your
58
00:03:01.600 --> 00:03:03.360
shoulders from dominating
59
00:03:03.360 --> 00:03:07.800
the movement, get more action from the hips and more action from the wrist.
60
00:03:07.800 --> 00:03:12.770
And that combination will ultimately give you a lot more distance and more
61
00:03:12.770 --> 00:03:13.680
consistency
62
00:03:13.680 --> 00:03:19.010
as well once you get past the initial growing pains of losing what feels
63
00:03:19.010 --> 00:03:20.360
comfortable.
64
00:03:20.360 --> 00:03:26.730
So one of the last pieces of this pattern is the rhythm in the tempo tends to
65
00:03:26.730 --> 00:03:27.320
be a big
66
00:03:27.320 --> 00:03:28.880
piece for this.
67
00:03:28.880 --> 00:03:32.440
Oftentimes when you feel like your elbows and your shoulders are doing a lot,
68
00:03:32.440 --> 00:03:33.000
the swing
69
00:03:33.000 --> 00:03:39.480
tends to feel very quick when you are tending to use more of your body.
70
00:03:39.480 --> 00:03:45.820
The swing tends to feel slow, but when you add your wrist, what will end up
71
00:03:45.820 --> 00:03:46.840
happening
72
00:03:46.840 --> 00:03:53.050
is it will feel slow in transition and very fast or quick in terms of the
73
00:03:53.050 --> 00:03:54.120
feeling of the
74
00:03:54.120 --> 00:03:58.760
club head down at the bottom and you may feel more speed after the golf ball.
75
00:03:58.760 --> 00:04:04.770
So if you see it on video and you have more of this action here, the good news
76
00:04:04.770 --> 00:04:05.640
is there's
77
00:04:05.640 --> 00:04:09.530
a really big ceiling and we've got drills that will help you both get your
78
00:04:09.530 --> 00:04:10.360
lower body more
79
00:04:10.360 --> 00:04:13.500
involved as well as get your wrist involved and that's going to totally change
80
00:04:13.500 --> 00:04:13.880
the way
81
00:04:13.880 --> 00:04:17.600
that you're experiencing ground contact and speed creation for your golf swing.
1
00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:04.360
This concept video is discussing the elbow pattern.
2
00:00:04.360 --> 00:00:08.080
So the elbow pattern is a phrase that I use.
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It's really elbow shoulders, but I tend to use this for a certain population of
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golfers
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who tend to complain about not hitting it consistent or far.
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So tend to be more in this 20/25 handicap zone.
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And basically what's happening is in this pattern, they will take a grip and
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they'll
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basically lock their wrist and their forearms in place and then they'll almost
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lock their
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posture so they won't have a whole lot of rotation or extension.
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And so all the movement is going to happen more with the arms and the shoulders
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on both
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sides of the golf ball.
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So you can see I've got very little wrist movement and all my body movement is
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more
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vertical. I'm basically pulling the club around my body just like so.
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They will tend to have the club look really wide early in transition.
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So if you're looking at your video and you're seeing that it gets out there,
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that could
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be part of your pattern is that you're just controlling this swing too much
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with your
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elbows and your shoulders, not enough with your wrists and your body or your
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core.
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So oftentimes in that pattern, you'll have success with working on either,
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trying to
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get the arms to stay more connected, more in front of your body and therefore
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forcing
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more body motion, that will help you ultimately hit the ball much more solidly,
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sometimes
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further but definitely more solidly.
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If you're main goal, if you have that pattern in your main goal as distance,
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then we have
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to risk getting some wrist movement involved.
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And so working on some of the release drills, specifically working on some of
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the loading
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and unloading or working on some of the supination drills to get a little bit
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more hand action,
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but ultimately get some hand action that helps you control low point.
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That tends to have one of the bigger impacts as far as creating speed.
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So this can be a challenging pattern to break because you're so used to having
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the arms
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locked to control face and solid contact that when you start adding speed, oft
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entimes if
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I'm still doing my elbows, while I add some wrist speed, it's unlikely that you
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'll make
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really solid contact like I did on that demonstration there.
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And so there's potential for a little bit of growing pains while going through
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it.
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I would recommend in that pattern to work more on getting the arms to be a
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little bit
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more connected and control it more with the body and then adding a little bit
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better wrist
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action on the way through.
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I've had it work both ways, but ultimately what you'll have to do is you'll
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have to coordinate
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or learn to control your arms and your shoulders, your elbows and your
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shoulders from dominating
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the movement, get more action from the hips and more action from the wrist.
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And that combination will ultimately give you a lot more distance and more
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consistency
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as well once you get past the initial growing pains of losing what feels
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comfortable.
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So one of the last pieces of this pattern is the rhythm in the tempo tends to
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be a big
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piece for this.
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Oftentimes when you feel like your elbows and your shoulders are doing a lot,
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the swing
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tends to feel very quick when you are tending to use more of your body.
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The swing tends to feel slow, but when you add your wrist, what will end up
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happening
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is it will feel slow in transition and very fast or quick in terms of the
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feeling of the
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club head down at the bottom and you may feel more speed after the golf ball.
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So if you see it on video and you have more of this action here, the good news
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is there's
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a really big ceiling and we've got drills that will help you both get your
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lower body more
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involved as well as get your wrist involved and that's going to totally change
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the way
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that you're experiencing ground contact and speed creation for your golf swing.
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