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In this video, we're going to discuss hand speed and clubhead speed.

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So I've had a couple questions this week about the X factor or why we want to

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sequence things

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from the ground up, how it relates to creating speed, you know, kind of what's

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the purpose

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of using your hips, what's the purpose of using your whole body, etc.

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So I thought I would try to simplify that in a video, helping you understand

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how all

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of this relates to hand speed and how hand speed relates to clubhead speed and

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ultimately

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clubhead speed relates to ball speed.

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So the simple answer is, in the golf swing, if we're trying to maximize

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distance, we're

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trying to get our hands moving as fast as we can so that we can get the club

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head moving

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as fast as we can.

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If we maximize the launch characteristics with a fast moving clubhead, that's

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how we

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maximize distance.

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So now the question is, well, why, you know, how do I create hand speed?

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How do I get my hand moving?

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So there's a couple principles at play but basically the greater force we can

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apply to

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our hands in this rotational direction, the faster we're going to get our hands

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moving.

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Now I can use any part of my body to get my hands moving.

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So if I'm standing here, I can have my hand out in front of me and I can use my

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feet against

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the ground to get it moving like this, or I could get my hips moving and use

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less of

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my actual foot flexors, foot extensors, I could use just my hips to kind of get

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my

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hand moving, or I could just use my shoulder so I can use any part of my body

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in order

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to get my hand moving.

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There's a general rule that the greater the volume of muscle, the more force I

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can create.

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So if I can use all the muscles in my body or at least the biggest muscles in

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my body,

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I can create more force and I can get that hand moving a whole lot faster.

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So then it gets into sequencing and why would I want to sequence from the

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ground up?

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Well there's a couple of different reasons why I'd want to use my hips and

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sequence from

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the ground up.

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The more that I can get the big muscles in my lower body involved, then my ribc

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age is

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already moving so when I use the muscles in my ribcage, it's going to move it

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faster.

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So let's say I rotate my hips at 200 degrees per second.

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And my ribcage is kind of hanging out at 200 degrees per second just because it

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's tied

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to my ribcage or to my pelvis.

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Then when my ribcage goes, let's say it adds another 200 degrees per second,

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and now it's

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totally, it gets my hand moving at 400 degrees per second.

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Where if I just move my ribcage at 200 degrees per second without moving my pel

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vis, then

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my hand is only going 200 degrees per second.

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Those numbers are not very accurate to what's happening in the golf swing, but

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the principles

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kind of apply.

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So the more that I can use, the more that I can use non-arm-related muscles to

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get my

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hand moving faster, then when I apply my arm-related muscles to move my hand

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even faster, I'm going

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to have an exponential gain.

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If I just use my arm muscles to get my hand moving, typically I'm using less

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volume so

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I'm not going to have as much force to create the speed in my hand that I would

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want to

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hit the ball far.

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The other reason I want to sequence from the ground up is a topic that was once

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described

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as kind of a short stretch cycle, but has now been kind of, it's more about a

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greater

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magnitude of force in the muscle when you start to activate it.

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So that one's a little tricky and I'll explain it, but just know that the

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sequencing helps

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create more muscle activity which helps create more hand speed.

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So the analogy that is frequently used with that is a vertical jump versus a

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running jump.

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So let's say I'm doing just a one-footed jump kind of like this, or you let me

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run

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up as fast as I can and then I'm going to jump.

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And the second one where you let me run up, I'm going to be able to jump higher

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Now they've debated about why, but there seems to be a pretty clear answer or

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at least

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the current theory that makes a lot of sense.

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So what'll happen is if I'm just standing here and I bend my leg and then I

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jump, what

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'll happen is, let's say I'm, let's look at just the quad.

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So I bend the leg and I go to jump.

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As I'm bending down, I activate the quad and that'll help stop me from lowering

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and then

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I'm going to continue activating it, hopefully creating enough force that I get

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my whole body

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propelled up off the ground.

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So I'm able to overcome my body weight, overcome gravity and elevate my body.

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Now if I run and then plant this foot, the same muscles in my quad that are

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going to

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help me jump are going to help decelerate my body moving this way.

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So I'm going to activate those muscles and get them active a greater percentage

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than

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if I just stood here and jumped.

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So using the same muscles to decelerate and then activate is going to allow

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that muscle

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to activate at a higher percentage.

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So basically when it gets active, it's firing at a higher volume or it's at a

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higher intensity.

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So I'm using, let's say, 80% of my muscle instead of 60% of my muscle, so I

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jump higher.

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So it's a little trickier when we get into the rotations of the golf swing, but

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basically

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what would happen is if I use the muscles in my lower body, I'm creating this

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stretch

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that's activating the muscles so that when I then go to fire them, they're

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going to activate

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at a slightly higher rate.

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So if I can fluidly sequence my lower body, upper body, arms and club, in

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theory, it allows

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me to then create more hand speed easier because I'm activating the muscles in

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the

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proper order, which gives me kind of more time and more force to apply at each

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segment.

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And I'm using a great volume of muscles to help create that hand speed.

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So hopefully that makes sense.

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Everything that you see about using your legs, using your hips, creating an X

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factor, creating

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shoulder leg, creating wrist leg, it's really all about creating maximum hand

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speed.

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The faster you can get your hands moving, the more you're going to contribute

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speed

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to the club head and the more you contribute speed to the club head, the

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further you're

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going to hit the ball.

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So hopefully that helps clarify why we want to use a high volume of muscles and

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we want

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those muscles to activate at a kind of intense rate, we want them to be able to

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create a

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lot of force, that combination is going to create the club head speed that will

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help

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you hit the ball far.