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Downswing Rewind

The purpose of the drill is to focus on the downswing, specifically from impact to the top of the swing, while minimizing arm movement. 

This drill can reveal tendencies such as low point issues or club face problems but is primarily used to address arm-dominant transition patterns. 

 

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This drill is the full downswing rewind, um, also known

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as rewind to the top.

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Uh, but we're going to, we're gonna try

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to rewind from impact to the top of the swing, doing

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as little with our arms as we can.

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So many of you know, uh, that you want

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to power the downswing with your body,

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and a lot of problems happen when you're doing

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it too much with your arms.

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Um, sometimes this rewind drill

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or kind of playing with the timing of the movements, uh,

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can help trigger some light bulbs or some new feelings.

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Uh, so we're gonna work backward from impact.

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Uh, so we're gonna get set up

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and if you need to do a backswing, uh, to get

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to your impact position, that's fine,

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but ideally this would build off of an impact fix.

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Um, so the impact fix version would be I'd start it set up

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and then I'd go to where I want to be at impact today.

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Right now it feels like that. And then I'm gonna go up

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to the top of the swing trying to do as little change

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between where my arms are there at impact

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and where they are at the top.

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Now in the swing there is gonna be, um,

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some small movements,

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but this drill can kind of highlight

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how your shoulders will stay a little bit more connected.

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Uh, the, the wrist might be a little bit more, um, stable

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or, or stiff, um,

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or flat, uh, for a lot of you, um,

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this is especially powerful for people who tend to have more

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of a, a big kind of pull down

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or a transition where their arms are powering the swing.

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Um, I use this a lot as kind of a way to wake up the feeling

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of the core muscles, bringing the arms

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through the downswing instead of the arm muscles, uh,

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bringing the club through the downswing.

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So here we go. We're gonna go to set up

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and we're gonna do the full version.

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So I'm gonna go up to the top of the swing

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and then I'm gonna make a downswing

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and I'm gonna get to where I would want to be at Impact.

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Now I'm gonna try to freeze my shoulders

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and my arms, so I'm not gonna let them

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move compared to my body.

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And now I'm just gonna unwind my hips

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and my core back to the top.

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Kind of pump that a couple times and then I can go through.

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So I'm gonna go up to the top

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and I'm gonna try to get from the

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top of the swing to impact.

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Um, now, uh, we'll see that as I do these, uh,

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there'll be some little tendencies might hit,

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might have some low point issues,

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might have some club face issues,

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but I really use this more as a sequencing, uh, drill

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to kind of take out some of the arm pole, um,

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from the top of the swing.

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So let's try that again. We'll do the impact fixed version.

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So I'm just gonna go impact.

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I'm gonna go up to the top of the swing

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and then that was a little bit better there.

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So from the top of the swing, try to get right back down.

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Uh, to impact. So this can be a really eye-opening drill

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for a lot of you have, have either an arm dominant

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transition pattern or the release starts

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a little bit too soon.

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So it'll help people who tend to pull down here

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and it'll help people who tend to kind of stall

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and throw the arms there.

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Um, 'cause in order to keep the arms more, uh, stable or

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or consistent through there, I have to use my core

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and my body, uh, during the early part

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of the release a little bit longer.

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So try that. If you're struggling

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with getting a little too arm dominant in your swing,

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first we'll do a little nine to three version.

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So I'm just gonna go here.

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I'm gonna do like a kind of a half

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or three quarterback swing.

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Try to get right back to there without changing my arms,

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kind of focusing on using the core that felt really solid.

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Love that feel. Um, so now let's try it one more time.

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This time we're gonna do all the way up

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to a full back backswing, kind of rehearse that a few times.

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Okay, so we're at impact up to the top.

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Ah, let the arms go just a little bit there.

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Um, felt a little different kind of, uh,

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weight distribution.

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Like I wasn't quite imbalanced to keep my core going.

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Let's try it one more time. So we're gonna go impact up

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to the top, down to impact.

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Now up to the top. That was a good one right there.

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Got a good feeling for the core.

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Uh, hopefully it'll last for the week.

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