Not sure where to start? Ask Mulligan
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.
Why Going Down Too Long Hurts Your Swing Transition
After this video, you'll be able to:
- Identify the issues caused by an overly long downward motion in your swing
- Understand the optimal timing for downward movement to enhance energy transfer
- Learn how to adjust your body pivot to promote a more powerful, body-driven release
In this video, you'll learn how going down too long during your swing transition can negatively impact your power and consistency. We'll discuss the importance of timing and body movement to improve your overall swing mechanics.
Video Transcript
WEBVTT
1
00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:08.200
This concept video is down too long.
2
00:00:08.200 --> 00:00:14.560
So oftentimes I see golfers when they send in clips of themselves doing drills,
3
00:00:14.560 --> 00:00:14.960
especially
4
00:00:14.960 --> 00:00:18.040
if they're working on the body pivot in transition.
5
00:00:18.040 --> 00:00:25.520
I often see the tendency to go down too long, and here's what I mean by that.
6
00:00:25.520 --> 00:00:30.730
The downward movement during the transition is to help load the legs against
7
00:00:30.730 --> 00:00:31.280
the ground
8
00:00:31.280 --> 00:00:36.880
so then I can apply a better bracing movement and apply more of an upward force
9
00:00:36.880 --> 00:00:37.920
to help propel
10
00:00:37.920 --> 00:00:40.040
the golf club down to the ground.
11
00:00:40.040 --> 00:00:44.440
Well, in order to do that, I have to have time in order to get the energy from
12
00:00:44.440 --> 00:00:45.160
my legs through
13
00:00:45.160 --> 00:00:47.600
my body into my arms and hands.
14
00:00:47.600 --> 00:00:53.820
If I go down too long, then I won't have any time to transfer that upward force
15
00:00:53.820 --> 00:00:54.280
.
16
00:00:54.280 --> 00:00:58.490
As an exaggeration, like let's say I was going down, down, down, down, down, I
17
00:00:58.490 --> 00:00:58.800
get down
18
00:00:58.800 --> 00:01:00.240
to a place around here.
19
00:01:00.240 --> 00:01:04.020
If I was to try to push my legs, you could see there's no way I would get that
20
00:01:04.020 --> 00:01:04.760
into the
21
00:01:04.760 --> 00:01:05.760
golf club.
22
00:01:05.760 --> 00:01:09.170
So what would happen is I'd get into this position and I'd just have to throw
23
00:01:09.170 --> 00:01:09.600
my arms
24
00:01:09.600 --> 00:01:10.700
and hands at it.
25
00:01:10.700 --> 00:01:17.470
Now the challenging benefit is going down too long can actually help and
26
00:01:17.470 --> 00:01:19.000
encourage more
27
00:01:19.000 --> 00:01:22.440
of an arm dominant pattern at the bottom of the swing.
28
00:01:22.440 --> 00:01:24.880
So more of like an arm driven release.
29
00:01:24.880 --> 00:01:29.680
I don't think it's the most consistent, but it can work.
30
00:01:29.680 --> 00:01:33.580
If you are trying to get more of this body driven release pattern, then you
31
00:01:33.580 --> 00:01:34.400
want to focus
32
00:01:34.400 --> 00:01:40.210
on getting most of the downward movement happen or completed by the time your
33
00:01:40.210 --> 00:01:40.940
left arm is
34
00:01:40.940 --> 00:01:42.480
about parallel to the ground.
35
00:01:42.480 --> 00:01:47.310
So when you're rehearsing, we'll say left arm parallel or maybe even belly
36
00:01:47.310 --> 00:01:48.320
button height
37
00:01:48.320 --> 00:01:53.760
kind of shaft 45 or in the P system, P5.5.
38
00:01:53.760 --> 00:01:57.690
So if I was to go up to the top of the swing and rehearse some of this downward
39
00:01:57.690 --> 00:01:58.600
movement,
40
00:01:58.600 --> 00:02:02.820
that's as much as I should be going down and then I'm going to start going
41
00:02:02.820 --> 00:02:03.640
upward with
42
00:02:03.640 --> 00:02:10.360
my lower body and especially my core as I'm moving into the release.
43
00:02:10.360 --> 00:02:14.700
The most common thing I'll see is golfers will continue to go down until the
44
00:02:14.700 --> 00:02:15.200
club is
45
00:02:15.200 --> 00:02:22.480
about here and then try to rehearse it going up too late and when I see it in
46
00:02:22.480 --> 00:02:23.680
the actual
47
00:02:23.680 --> 00:02:27.640
swing, what ends up becoming is more of a body stall and more of an arm flip.
48
00:02:27.640 --> 00:02:31.040
So when you're doing your transition drills, if you're working on your delivery
49
00:02:31.040 --> 00:02:31.480
position
50
00:02:31.480 --> 00:02:35.170
or if you're working on your release timing, make sure that the downward
51
00:02:35.170 --> 00:02:36.400
movement is completed
52
00:02:36.400 --> 00:02:41.630
early enough in the downswing, right around here, right around arm parallel,
53
00:02:41.630 --> 00:02:42.280
shaft 45,
54
00:02:42.280 --> 00:02:45.320
5.5, somewhere kind of in that zone.
55
00:02:45.320 --> 00:02:50.130
So if you're working on kind of a broken transition, it would look there's as
56
00:02:50.130 --> 00:02:51.040
much down as I'm
57
00:02:51.040 --> 00:02:56.650
going to do and then through the release, I'm going to focus more on the upward
58
00:02:56.650 --> 00:02:57.480
movement,
59
00:02:57.480 --> 00:03:02.980
the bracing, kind of the spine going in the negative torsion as those arms
60
00:03:02.980 --> 00:03:03.960
extend into
61
00:03:03.960 --> 00:03:07.120
a good follow through position, that will help create the flat spot and
62
00:03:07.120 --> 00:03:08.040
ultimately more
63
00:03:08.040 --> 00:03:14.080
of a body driven release, one that seems to be a little bit more consistent.
1
00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:08.200
This concept video is down too long.
2
00:00:08.200 --> 00:00:14.560
So oftentimes I see golfers when they send in clips of themselves doing drills,
3
00:00:14.560 --> 00:00:14.960
especially
4
00:00:14.960 --> 00:00:18.040
if they're working on the body pivot in transition.
5
00:00:18.040 --> 00:00:25.520
I often see the tendency to go down too long, and here's what I mean by that.
6
00:00:25.520 --> 00:00:30.730
The downward movement during the transition is to help load the legs against
7
00:00:30.730 --> 00:00:31.280
the ground
8
00:00:31.280 --> 00:00:36.880
so then I can apply a better bracing movement and apply more of an upward force
9
00:00:36.880 --> 00:00:37.920
to help propel
10
00:00:37.920 --> 00:00:40.040
the golf club down to the ground.
11
00:00:40.040 --> 00:00:44.440
Well, in order to do that, I have to have time in order to get the energy from
12
00:00:44.440 --> 00:00:45.160
my legs through
13
00:00:45.160 --> 00:00:47.600
my body into my arms and hands.
14
00:00:47.600 --> 00:00:53.820
If I go down too long, then I won't have any time to transfer that upward force
15
00:00:53.820 --> 00:00:54.280
.
16
00:00:54.280 --> 00:00:58.490
As an exaggeration, like let's say I was going down, down, down, down, down, I
17
00:00:58.490 --> 00:00:58.800
get down
18
00:00:58.800 --> 00:01:00.240
to a place around here.
19
00:01:00.240 --> 00:01:04.020
If I was to try to push my legs, you could see there's no way I would get that
20
00:01:04.020 --> 00:01:04.760
into the
21
00:01:04.760 --> 00:01:05.760
golf club.
22
00:01:05.760 --> 00:01:09.170
So what would happen is I'd get into this position and I'd just have to throw
23
00:01:09.170 --> 00:01:09.600
my arms
24
00:01:09.600 --> 00:01:10.700
and hands at it.
25
00:01:10.700 --> 00:01:17.470
Now the challenging benefit is going down too long can actually help and
26
00:01:17.470 --> 00:01:19.000
encourage more
27
00:01:19.000 --> 00:01:22.440
of an arm dominant pattern at the bottom of the swing.
28
00:01:22.440 --> 00:01:24.880
So more of like an arm driven release.
29
00:01:24.880 --> 00:01:29.680
I don't think it's the most consistent, but it can work.
30
00:01:29.680 --> 00:01:33.580
If you are trying to get more of this body driven release pattern, then you
31
00:01:33.580 --> 00:01:34.400
want to focus
32
00:01:34.400 --> 00:01:40.210
on getting most of the downward movement happen or completed by the time your
33
00:01:40.210 --> 00:01:40.940
left arm is
34
00:01:40.940 --> 00:01:42.480
about parallel to the ground.
35
00:01:42.480 --> 00:01:47.310
So when you're rehearsing, we'll say left arm parallel or maybe even belly
36
00:01:47.310 --> 00:01:48.320
button height
37
00:01:48.320 --> 00:01:53.760
kind of shaft 45 or in the P system, P5.5.
38
00:01:53.760 --> 00:01:57.690
So if I was to go up to the top of the swing and rehearse some of this downward
39
00:01:57.690 --> 00:01:58.600
movement,
40
00:01:58.600 --> 00:02:02.820
that's as much as I should be going down and then I'm going to start going
41
00:02:02.820 --> 00:02:03.640
upward with
42
00:02:03.640 --> 00:02:10.360
my lower body and especially my core as I'm moving into the release.
43
00:02:10.360 --> 00:02:14.700
The most common thing I'll see is golfers will continue to go down until the
44
00:02:14.700 --> 00:02:15.200
club is
45
00:02:15.200 --> 00:02:22.480
about here and then try to rehearse it going up too late and when I see it in
46
00:02:22.480 --> 00:02:23.680
the actual
47
00:02:23.680 --> 00:02:27.640
swing, what ends up becoming is more of a body stall and more of an arm flip.
48
00:02:27.640 --> 00:02:31.040
So when you're doing your transition drills, if you're working on your delivery
49
00:02:31.040 --> 00:02:31.480
position
50
00:02:31.480 --> 00:02:35.170
or if you're working on your release timing, make sure that the downward
51
00:02:35.170 --> 00:02:36.400
movement is completed
52
00:02:36.400 --> 00:02:41.630
early enough in the downswing, right around here, right around arm parallel,
53
00:02:41.630 --> 00:02:42.280
shaft 45,
54
00:02:42.280 --> 00:02:45.320
5.5, somewhere kind of in that zone.
55
00:02:45.320 --> 00:02:50.130
So if you're working on kind of a broken transition, it would look there's as
56
00:02:50.130 --> 00:02:51.040
much down as I'm
57
00:02:51.040 --> 00:02:56.650
going to do and then through the release, I'm going to focus more on the upward
58
00:02:56.650 --> 00:02:57.480
movement,
59
00:02:57.480 --> 00:03:02.980
the bracing, kind of the spine going in the negative torsion as those arms
60
00:03:02.980 --> 00:03:03.960
extend into
61
00:03:03.960 --> 00:03:07.120
a good follow through position, that will help create the flat spot and
62
00:03:07.120 --> 00:03:08.040
ultimately more
63
00:03:08.040 --> 00:03:14.080
of a body driven release, one that seems to be a little bit more consistent.
Have questions?
Ask Mulligan for help
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.
Why Going Down Too Long Hurts Your Swing Transition
After this video, you'll be able to:
- Identify the issues caused by an overly long downward motion in your swing
- Understand the optimal timing for downward movement to enhance energy transfer
- Learn how to adjust your body pivot to promote a more powerful, body-driven release
In this video, you'll learn how going down too long during your swing transition can negatively impact your power and consistency. We'll discuss the importance of timing and body movement to improve your overall swing mechanics.
Video Transcript
WEBVTT
1
00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:08.200
This concept video is down too long.
2
00:00:08.200 --> 00:00:14.560
So oftentimes I see golfers when they send in clips of themselves doing drills,
3
00:00:14.560 --> 00:00:14.960
especially
4
00:00:14.960 --> 00:00:18.040
if they're working on the body pivot in transition.
5
00:00:18.040 --> 00:00:25.520
I often see the tendency to go down too long, and here's what I mean by that.
6
00:00:25.520 --> 00:00:30.730
The downward movement during the transition is to help load the legs against
7
00:00:30.730 --> 00:00:31.280
the ground
8
00:00:31.280 --> 00:00:36.880
so then I can apply a better bracing movement and apply more of an upward force
9
00:00:36.880 --> 00:00:37.920
to help propel
10
00:00:37.920 --> 00:00:40.040
the golf club down to the ground.
11
00:00:40.040 --> 00:00:44.440
Well, in order to do that, I have to have time in order to get the energy from
12
00:00:44.440 --> 00:00:45.160
my legs through
13
00:00:45.160 --> 00:00:47.600
my body into my arms and hands.
14
00:00:47.600 --> 00:00:53.820
If I go down too long, then I won't have any time to transfer that upward force
15
00:00:53.820 --> 00:00:54.280
.
16
00:00:54.280 --> 00:00:58.490
As an exaggeration, like let's say I was going down, down, down, down, down, I
17
00:00:58.490 --> 00:00:58.800
get down
18
00:00:58.800 --> 00:01:00.240
to a place around here.
19
00:01:00.240 --> 00:01:04.020
If I was to try to push my legs, you could see there's no way I would get that
20
00:01:04.020 --> 00:01:04.760
into the
21
00:01:04.760 --> 00:01:05.760
golf club.
22
00:01:05.760 --> 00:01:09.170
So what would happen is I'd get into this position and I'd just have to throw
23
00:01:09.170 --> 00:01:09.600
my arms
24
00:01:09.600 --> 00:01:10.700
and hands at it.
25
00:01:10.700 --> 00:01:17.470
Now the challenging benefit is going down too long can actually help and
26
00:01:17.470 --> 00:01:19.000
encourage more
27
00:01:19.000 --> 00:01:22.440
of an arm dominant pattern at the bottom of the swing.
28
00:01:22.440 --> 00:01:24.880
So more of like an arm driven release.
29
00:01:24.880 --> 00:01:29.680
I don't think it's the most consistent, but it can work.
30
00:01:29.680 --> 00:01:33.580
If you are trying to get more of this body driven release pattern, then you
31
00:01:33.580 --> 00:01:34.400
want to focus
32
00:01:34.400 --> 00:01:40.210
on getting most of the downward movement happen or completed by the time your
33
00:01:40.210 --> 00:01:40.940
left arm is
34
00:01:40.940 --> 00:01:42.480
about parallel to the ground.
35
00:01:42.480 --> 00:01:47.310
So when you're rehearsing, we'll say left arm parallel or maybe even belly
36
00:01:47.310 --> 00:01:48.320
button height
37
00:01:48.320 --> 00:01:53.760
kind of shaft 45 or in the P system, P5.5.
38
00:01:53.760 --> 00:01:57.690
So if I was to go up to the top of the swing and rehearse some of this downward
39
00:01:57.690 --> 00:01:58.600
movement,
40
00:01:58.600 --> 00:02:02.820
that's as much as I should be going down and then I'm going to start going
41
00:02:02.820 --> 00:02:03.640
upward with
42
00:02:03.640 --> 00:02:10.360
my lower body and especially my core as I'm moving into the release.
43
00:02:10.360 --> 00:02:14.700
The most common thing I'll see is golfers will continue to go down until the
44
00:02:14.700 --> 00:02:15.200
club is
45
00:02:15.200 --> 00:02:22.480
about here and then try to rehearse it going up too late and when I see it in
46
00:02:22.480 --> 00:02:23.680
the actual
47
00:02:23.680 --> 00:02:27.640
swing, what ends up becoming is more of a body stall and more of an arm flip.
48
00:02:27.640 --> 00:02:31.040
So when you're doing your transition drills, if you're working on your delivery
49
00:02:31.040 --> 00:02:31.480
position
50
00:02:31.480 --> 00:02:35.170
or if you're working on your release timing, make sure that the downward
51
00:02:35.170 --> 00:02:36.400
movement is completed
52
00:02:36.400 --> 00:02:41.630
early enough in the downswing, right around here, right around arm parallel,
53
00:02:41.630 --> 00:02:42.280
shaft 45,
54
00:02:42.280 --> 00:02:45.320
5.5, somewhere kind of in that zone.
55
00:02:45.320 --> 00:02:50.130
So if you're working on kind of a broken transition, it would look there's as
56
00:02:50.130 --> 00:02:51.040
much down as I'm
57
00:02:51.040 --> 00:02:56.650
going to do and then through the release, I'm going to focus more on the upward
58
00:02:56.650 --> 00:02:57.480
movement,
59
00:02:57.480 --> 00:03:02.980
the bracing, kind of the spine going in the negative torsion as those arms
60
00:03:02.980 --> 00:03:03.960
extend into
61
00:03:03.960 --> 00:03:07.120
a good follow through position, that will help create the flat spot and
62
00:03:07.120 --> 00:03:08.040
ultimately more
63
00:03:08.040 --> 00:03:14.080
of a body driven release, one that seems to be a little bit more consistent.
1
00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:08.200
This concept video is down too long.
2
00:00:08.200 --> 00:00:14.560
So oftentimes I see golfers when they send in clips of themselves doing drills,
3
00:00:14.560 --> 00:00:14.960
especially
4
00:00:14.960 --> 00:00:18.040
if they're working on the body pivot in transition.
5
00:00:18.040 --> 00:00:25.520
I often see the tendency to go down too long, and here's what I mean by that.
6
00:00:25.520 --> 00:00:30.730
The downward movement during the transition is to help load the legs against
7
00:00:30.730 --> 00:00:31.280
the ground
8
00:00:31.280 --> 00:00:36.880
so then I can apply a better bracing movement and apply more of an upward force
9
00:00:36.880 --> 00:00:37.920
to help propel
10
00:00:37.920 --> 00:00:40.040
the golf club down to the ground.
11
00:00:40.040 --> 00:00:44.440
Well, in order to do that, I have to have time in order to get the energy from
12
00:00:44.440 --> 00:00:45.160
my legs through
13
00:00:45.160 --> 00:00:47.600
my body into my arms and hands.
14
00:00:47.600 --> 00:00:53.820
If I go down too long, then I won't have any time to transfer that upward force
15
00:00:53.820 --> 00:00:54.280
.
16
00:00:54.280 --> 00:00:58.490
As an exaggeration, like let's say I was going down, down, down, down, down, I
17
00:00:58.490 --> 00:00:58.800
get down
18
00:00:58.800 --> 00:01:00.240
to a place around here.
19
00:01:00.240 --> 00:01:04.020
If I was to try to push my legs, you could see there's no way I would get that
20
00:01:04.020 --> 00:01:04.760
into the
21
00:01:04.760 --> 00:01:05.760
golf club.
22
00:01:05.760 --> 00:01:09.170
So what would happen is I'd get into this position and I'd just have to throw
23
00:01:09.170 --> 00:01:09.600
my arms
24
00:01:09.600 --> 00:01:10.700
and hands at it.
25
00:01:10.700 --> 00:01:17.470
Now the challenging benefit is going down too long can actually help and
26
00:01:17.470 --> 00:01:19.000
encourage more
27
00:01:19.000 --> 00:01:22.440
of an arm dominant pattern at the bottom of the swing.
28
00:01:22.440 --> 00:01:24.880
So more of like an arm driven release.
29
00:01:24.880 --> 00:01:29.680
I don't think it's the most consistent, but it can work.
30
00:01:29.680 --> 00:01:33.580
If you are trying to get more of this body driven release pattern, then you
31
00:01:33.580 --> 00:01:34.400
want to focus
32
00:01:34.400 --> 00:01:40.210
on getting most of the downward movement happen or completed by the time your
33
00:01:40.210 --> 00:01:40.940
left arm is
34
00:01:40.940 --> 00:01:42.480
about parallel to the ground.
35
00:01:42.480 --> 00:01:47.310
So when you're rehearsing, we'll say left arm parallel or maybe even belly
36
00:01:47.310 --> 00:01:48.320
button height
37
00:01:48.320 --> 00:01:53.760
kind of shaft 45 or in the P system, P5.5.
38
00:01:53.760 --> 00:01:57.690
So if I was to go up to the top of the swing and rehearse some of this downward
39
00:01:57.690 --> 00:01:58.600
movement,
40
00:01:58.600 --> 00:02:02.820
that's as much as I should be going down and then I'm going to start going
41
00:02:02.820 --> 00:02:03.640
upward with
42
00:02:03.640 --> 00:02:10.360
my lower body and especially my core as I'm moving into the release.
43
00:02:10.360 --> 00:02:14.700
The most common thing I'll see is golfers will continue to go down until the
44
00:02:14.700 --> 00:02:15.200
club is
45
00:02:15.200 --> 00:02:22.480
about here and then try to rehearse it going up too late and when I see it in
46
00:02:22.480 --> 00:02:23.680
the actual
47
00:02:23.680 --> 00:02:27.640
swing, what ends up becoming is more of a body stall and more of an arm flip.
48
00:02:27.640 --> 00:02:31.040
So when you're doing your transition drills, if you're working on your delivery
49
00:02:31.040 --> 00:02:31.480
position
50
00:02:31.480 --> 00:02:35.170
or if you're working on your release timing, make sure that the downward
51
00:02:35.170 --> 00:02:36.400
movement is completed
52
00:02:36.400 --> 00:02:41.630
early enough in the downswing, right around here, right around arm parallel,
53
00:02:41.630 --> 00:02:42.280
shaft 45,
54
00:02:42.280 --> 00:02:45.320
5.5, somewhere kind of in that zone.
55
00:02:45.320 --> 00:02:50.130
So if you're working on kind of a broken transition, it would look there's as
56
00:02:50.130 --> 00:02:51.040
much down as I'm
57
00:02:51.040 --> 00:02:56.650
going to do and then through the release, I'm going to focus more on the upward
58
00:02:56.650 --> 00:02:57.480
movement,
59
00:02:57.480 --> 00:03:02.980
the bracing, kind of the spine going in the negative torsion as those arms
60
00:03:02.980 --> 00:03:03.960
extend into
61
00:03:03.960 --> 00:03:07.120
a good follow through position, that will help create the flat spot and
62
00:03:07.120 --> 00:03:08.040
ultimately more
63
00:03:08.040 --> 00:03:14.080
of a body driven release, one that seems to be a little bit more consistent.
Have questions about this video?
Ask Mulligan for personalized guidance on technique, drills, or how to apply what you've learned.
Ask Mulligan
Related topics
This video hasn't been assigned to any topics yet. Browse all topics in the sidebar.