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How to Time Your Arms for Better Swing Transition
After this video, you'll be able to:
- Feel the difference between pulling with your arms and allowing your body to lead.
- Discover how to use the weight of the club to enhance your swing timing.
- Experience improved swing transition that promotes effortless power and better ball striking.
In this video, you'll learn how to experience the timing of your arms during the swing transition, leading to a more effective and powerful shot. We'll explore practical drills to help your body lead the movement while keeping your arms passive.
Video Transcript
WEBVTT
1
00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:05.080
This concept video is experiencing the arm timing.
2
00:00:05.080 --> 00:00:10.430
So I've talked about kind of the arms being passive and shallow in transition
3
00:00:10.430 --> 00:00:10.840
and the
4
00:00:10.840 --> 00:00:13.080
body leading the initial part.
5
00:00:13.080 --> 00:00:18.120
And I've referenced the image of kind of using a swing set a lot in the past.
6
00:00:18.120 --> 00:00:22.920
So basically you get the kid moving in the swing and then you push at the right
7
00:00:22.920 --> 00:00:23.280
time
8
00:00:23.280 --> 00:00:27.080
and you being the arms, you push in the right time and it propels the kid.
9
00:00:27.080 --> 00:00:30.400
Well, we're going to use a club to kind of experience that together.
10
00:00:30.400 --> 00:00:34.800
So I want you to take a club and you're going to grip it up at the top like so.
11
00:00:34.800 --> 00:00:39.900
So thumb up with the club, the weight of the club or the club head down at the
12
00:00:39.900 --> 00:00:40.760
bottom.
13
00:00:40.760 --> 00:00:43.460
So now what you're going to do is you're going to get the club swinging just
14
00:00:43.460 --> 00:00:44.880
like so.
15
00:00:44.880 --> 00:00:49.030
And first I want you to experience what a lot of amateurs do which is pulling
16
00:00:49.030 --> 00:00:49.640
right from
17
00:00:49.640 --> 00:00:50.640
the top.
18
00:00:50.640 --> 00:00:54.120
So when it gets to the top of the swing what I want you to do is I want you to
19
00:00:54.120 --> 00:00:54.720
manually
20
00:00:54.720 --> 00:00:57.360
or forcibly change direction kind of like so.
21
00:00:57.360 --> 00:01:01.130
So you're going to even before it gets to the top you're going to forcefully
22
00:01:01.130 --> 00:01:01.600
change
23
00:01:01.600 --> 00:01:02.600
direction.
24
00:01:02.600 --> 00:01:06.170
Okay so that's option one that's essentially pulling with the arms during
25
00:01:06.170 --> 00:01:07.000
transition.
26
00:01:07.000 --> 00:01:11.270
Now second I'm going to let it get going and then when I feel it's right I'm
27
00:01:11.270 --> 00:01:11.760
going
28
00:01:11.760 --> 00:01:16.400
to add about the same amount of speed but now the club's already moving when I
29
00:01:16.400 --> 00:01:17.280
add it.
30
00:01:17.280 --> 00:01:22.700
And you'll see that it forces me or I can do it so much that it actually prop
31
00:01:22.700 --> 00:01:23.280
els it
32
00:01:23.280 --> 00:01:28.240
all the way vertically and and pulled me out of position.
33
00:01:28.240 --> 00:01:31.620
That would be what it's like when we talk about this effortless power that
34
00:01:31.620 --> 00:01:32.120
would be
35
00:01:32.120 --> 00:01:36.120
what it would be like if you were to start with your lower body and then apply
36
00:01:36.120 --> 00:01:36.680
the force
37
00:01:36.680 --> 00:01:38.840
from the arms at the right time.
38
00:01:38.840 --> 00:01:44.130
So this was inspired by a student of mine who talked to me about how he's
39
00:01:44.130 --> 00:01:45.040
working on
40
00:01:45.040 --> 00:01:49.090
this arm shallowing piece and he feels like he's manipulating the club and he's
41
00:01:49.090 --> 00:01:49.440
been
42
00:01:49.440 --> 00:01:52.880
pulled or always thought that he shouldn't manipulate the club and so I took
43
00:01:52.880 --> 00:01:53.480
him through
44
00:01:53.480 --> 00:01:59.240
this little illustration and then showed him just some simple little physics
45
00:01:59.240 --> 00:02:00.120
where basically
46
00:02:00.120 --> 00:02:07.160
if I go to the top of the swing the club is slightly behind where my hands are.
47
00:02:07.160 --> 00:02:11.010
Even if it's close to straight up and down when I go to change direction
48
00:02:11.010 --> 00:02:11.840
because this
49
00:02:11.840 --> 00:02:16.580
club has weight and because this shaft is shallowing and the weight is no
50
00:02:16.580 --> 00:02:17.720
longer directly
51
00:02:17.720 --> 00:02:22.360
over my hands as I start down that weight if I just relax my arms would fall
52
00:02:22.360 --> 00:02:22.920
down like
53
00:02:22.920 --> 00:02:24.320
this.
54
00:02:24.320 --> 00:02:29.070
So if my arms are truly relaxed then that shallowing is going to be very
55
00:02:29.070 --> 00:02:30.160
passive where
56
00:02:30.160 --> 00:02:35.920
just the weight of the club is going to cause it to shallow as long as I let it
57
00:02:35.920 --> 00:02:36.160
.
58
00:02:36.160 --> 00:02:41.030
So what he was interpreting as manipulating the club and what you may feel as
59
00:02:41.030 --> 00:02:42.080
manipulating
60
00:02:42.080 --> 00:02:48.890
the club to drop it down is actually not manipulating the club and his baseline
61
00:02:48.890 --> 00:02:49.840
and perhaps your
62
00:02:49.840 --> 00:02:54.960
baseline is built around arm tension and manipulating the club.
63
00:02:54.960 --> 00:02:59.460
So what you feel is manipulating the club is actually not and what you think is
64
00:02:59.460 --> 00:02:59.760
not
65
00:02:59.760 --> 00:03:02.680
manipulating the club actually is.
66
00:03:02.680 --> 00:03:07.570
So if you're struggling with this arm shallowing see if you can relax your arms
67
00:03:07.570 --> 00:03:08.640
and really focus
68
00:03:08.640 --> 00:03:14.280
on no tension and let the weight of the club aid with this shallowing piece.
69
00:03:14.280 --> 00:03:17.970
And so then all you have to do is work on that timing and you can use the
70
00:03:17.970 --> 00:03:18.580
timing of
71
00:03:18.580 --> 00:03:22.570
kind of this swinging because it's going to be very, very similar where
72
00:03:22.570 --> 00:03:23.320
basically I'm
73
00:03:23.320 --> 00:03:28.120
going to get it going down and then somewhere around in there I'm going to add
74
00:03:28.120 --> 00:03:28.760
the arms
75
00:03:28.760 --> 00:03:30.780
just like I was doing in this.
76
00:03:30.780 --> 00:03:34.240
So if you're struggling with the feeling like you're manipulating the club in
77
00:03:34.240 --> 00:03:34.800
order to get
78
00:03:34.800 --> 00:03:39.470
the arm shallowing piece let gravity help you let relaxation help you and it
79
00:03:39.470 --> 00:03:40.080
may help
80
00:03:40.080 --> 00:03:41.160
you overcome that hurdle.
1
00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:05.080
This concept video is experiencing the arm timing.
2
00:00:05.080 --> 00:00:10.430
So I've talked about kind of the arms being passive and shallow in transition
3
00:00:10.430 --> 00:00:10.840
and the
4
00:00:10.840 --> 00:00:13.080
body leading the initial part.
5
00:00:13.080 --> 00:00:18.120
And I've referenced the image of kind of using a swing set a lot in the past.
6
00:00:18.120 --> 00:00:22.920
So basically you get the kid moving in the swing and then you push at the right
7
00:00:22.920 --> 00:00:23.280
time
8
00:00:23.280 --> 00:00:27.080
and you being the arms, you push in the right time and it propels the kid.
9
00:00:27.080 --> 00:00:30.400
Well, we're going to use a club to kind of experience that together.
10
00:00:30.400 --> 00:00:34.800
So I want you to take a club and you're going to grip it up at the top like so.
11
00:00:34.800 --> 00:00:39.900
So thumb up with the club, the weight of the club or the club head down at the
12
00:00:39.900 --> 00:00:40.760
bottom.
13
00:00:40.760 --> 00:00:43.460
So now what you're going to do is you're going to get the club swinging just
14
00:00:43.460 --> 00:00:44.880
like so.
15
00:00:44.880 --> 00:00:49.030
And first I want you to experience what a lot of amateurs do which is pulling
16
00:00:49.030 --> 00:00:49.640
right from
17
00:00:49.640 --> 00:00:50.640
the top.
18
00:00:50.640 --> 00:00:54.120
So when it gets to the top of the swing what I want you to do is I want you to
19
00:00:54.120 --> 00:00:54.720
manually
20
00:00:54.720 --> 00:00:57.360
or forcibly change direction kind of like so.
21
00:00:57.360 --> 00:01:01.130
So you're going to even before it gets to the top you're going to forcefully
22
00:01:01.130 --> 00:01:01.600
change
23
00:01:01.600 --> 00:01:02.600
direction.
24
00:01:02.600 --> 00:01:06.170
Okay so that's option one that's essentially pulling with the arms during
25
00:01:06.170 --> 00:01:07.000
transition.
26
00:01:07.000 --> 00:01:11.270
Now second I'm going to let it get going and then when I feel it's right I'm
27
00:01:11.270 --> 00:01:11.760
going
28
00:01:11.760 --> 00:01:16.400
to add about the same amount of speed but now the club's already moving when I
29
00:01:16.400 --> 00:01:17.280
add it.
30
00:01:17.280 --> 00:01:22.700
And you'll see that it forces me or I can do it so much that it actually prop
31
00:01:22.700 --> 00:01:23.280
els it
32
00:01:23.280 --> 00:01:28.240
all the way vertically and and pulled me out of position.
33
00:01:28.240 --> 00:01:31.620
That would be what it's like when we talk about this effortless power that
34
00:01:31.620 --> 00:01:32.120
would be
35
00:01:32.120 --> 00:01:36.120
what it would be like if you were to start with your lower body and then apply
36
00:01:36.120 --> 00:01:36.680
the force
37
00:01:36.680 --> 00:01:38.840
from the arms at the right time.
38
00:01:38.840 --> 00:01:44.130
So this was inspired by a student of mine who talked to me about how he's
39
00:01:44.130 --> 00:01:45.040
working on
40
00:01:45.040 --> 00:01:49.090
this arm shallowing piece and he feels like he's manipulating the club and he's
41
00:01:49.090 --> 00:01:49.440
been
42
00:01:49.440 --> 00:01:52.880
pulled or always thought that he shouldn't manipulate the club and so I took
43
00:01:52.880 --> 00:01:53.480
him through
44
00:01:53.480 --> 00:01:59.240
this little illustration and then showed him just some simple little physics
45
00:01:59.240 --> 00:02:00.120
where basically
46
00:02:00.120 --> 00:02:07.160
if I go to the top of the swing the club is slightly behind where my hands are.
47
00:02:07.160 --> 00:02:11.010
Even if it's close to straight up and down when I go to change direction
48
00:02:11.010 --> 00:02:11.840
because this
49
00:02:11.840 --> 00:02:16.580
club has weight and because this shaft is shallowing and the weight is no
50
00:02:16.580 --> 00:02:17.720
longer directly
51
00:02:17.720 --> 00:02:22.360
over my hands as I start down that weight if I just relax my arms would fall
52
00:02:22.360 --> 00:02:22.920
down like
53
00:02:22.920 --> 00:02:24.320
this.
54
00:02:24.320 --> 00:02:29.070
So if my arms are truly relaxed then that shallowing is going to be very
55
00:02:29.070 --> 00:02:30.160
passive where
56
00:02:30.160 --> 00:02:35.920
just the weight of the club is going to cause it to shallow as long as I let it
57
00:02:35.920 --> 00:02:36.160
.
58
00:02:36.160 --> 00:02:41.030
So what he was interpreting as manipulating the club and what you may feel as
59
00:02:41.030 --> 00:02:42.080
manipulating
60
00:02:42.080 --> 00:02:48.890
the club to drop it down is actually not manipulating the club and his baseline
61
00:02:48.890 --> 00:02:49.840
and perhaps your
62
00:02:49.840 --> 00:02:54.960
baseline is built around arm tension and manipulating the club.
63
00:02:54.960 --> 00:02:59.460
So what you feel is manipulating the club is actually not and what you think is
64
00:02:59.460 --> 00:02:59.760
not
65
00:02:59.760 --> 00:03:02.680
manipulating the club actually is.
66
00:03:02.680 --> 00:03:07.570
So if you're struggling with this arm shallowing see if you can relax your arms
67
00:03:07.570 --> 00:03:08.640
and really focus
68
00:03:08.640 --> 00:03:14.280
on no tension and let the weight of the club aid with this shallowing piece.
69
00:03:14.280 --> 00:03:17.970
And so then all you have to do is work on that timing and you can use the
70
00:03:17.970 --> 00:03:18.580
timing of
71
00:03:18.580 --> 00:03:22.570
kind of this swinging because it's going to be very, very similar where
72
00:03:22.570 --> 00:03:23.320
basically I'm
73
00:03:23.320 --> 00:03:28.120
going to get it going down and then somewhere around in there I'm going to add
74
00:03:28.120 --> 00:03:28.760
the arms
75
00:03:28.760 --> 00:03:30.780
just like I was doing in this.
76
00:03:30.780 --> 00:03:34.240
So if you're struggling with the feeling like you're manipulating the club in
77
00:03:34.240 --> 00:03:34.800
order to get
78
00:03:34.800 --> 00:03:39.470
the arm shallowing piece let gravity help you let relaxation help you and it
79
00:03:39.470 --> 00:03:40.080
may help
80
00:03:40.080 --> 00:03:41.160
you overcome that hurdle.
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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.
How to Time Your Arms for Better Swing Transition
After this video, you'll be able to:
- Feel the difference between pulling with your arms and allowing your body to lead.
- Discover how to use the weight of the club to enhance your swing timing.
- Experience improved swing transition that promotes effortless power and better ball striking.
In this video, you'll learn how to experience the timing of your arms during the swing transition, leading to a more effective and powerful shot. We'll explore practical drills to help your body lead the movement while keeping your arms passive.
Video Transcript
WEBVTT
1
00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:05.080
This concept video is experiencing the arm timing.
2
00:00:05.080 --> 00:00:10.430
So I've talked about kind of the arms being passive and shallow in transition
3
00:00:10.430 --> 00:00:10.840
and the
4
00:00:10.840 --> 00:00:13.080
body leading the initial part.
5
00:00:13.080 --> 00:00:18.120
And I've referenced the image of kind of using a swing set a lot in the past.
6
00:00:18.120 --> 00:00:22.920
So basically you get the kid moving in the swing and then you push at the right
7
00:00:22.920 --> 00:00:23.280
time
8
00:00:23.280 --> 00:00:27.080
and you being the arms, you push in the right time and it propels the kid.
9
00:00:27.080 --> 00:00:30.400
Well, we're going to use a club to kind of experience that together.
10
00:00:30.400 --> 00:00:34.800
So I want you to take a club and you're going to grip it up at the top like so.
11
00:00:34.800 --> 00:00:39.900
So thumb up with the club, the weight of the club or the club head down at the
12
00:00:39.900 --> 00:00:40.760
bottom.
13
00:00:40.760 --> 00:00:43.460
So now what you're going to do is you're going to get the club swinging just
14
00:00:43.460 --> 00:00:44.880
like so.
15
00:00:44.880 --> 00:00:49.030
And first I want you to experience what a lot of amateurs do which is pulling
16
00:00:49.030 --> 00:00:49.640
right from
17
00:00:49.640 --> 00:00:50.640
the top.
18
00:00:50.640 --> 00:00:54.120
So when it gets to the top of the swing what I want you to do is I want you to
19
00:00:54.120 --> 00:00:54.720
manually
20
00:00:54.720 --> 00:00:57.360
or forcibly change direction kind of like so.
21
00:00:57.360 --> 00:01:01.130
So you're going to even before it gets to the top you're going to forcefully
22
00:01:01.130 --> 00:01:01.600
change
23
00:01:01.600 --> 00:01:02.600
direction.
24
00:01:02.600 --> 00:01:06.170
Okay so that's option one that's essentially pulling with the arms during
25
00:01:06.170 --> 00:01:07.000
transition.
26
00:01:07.000 --> 00:01:11.270
Now second I'm going to let it get going and then when I feel it's right I'm
27
00:01:11.270 --> 00:01:11.760
going
28
00:01:11.760 --> 00:01:16.400
to add about the same amount of speed but now the club's already moving when I
29
00:01:16.400 --> 00:01:17.280
add it.
30
00:01:17.280 --> 00:01:22.700
And you'll see that it forces me or I can do it so much that it actually prop
31
00:01:22.700 --> 00:01:23.280
els it
32
00:01:23.280 --> 00:01:28.240
all the way vertically and and pulled me out of position.
33
00:01:28.240 --> 00:01:31.620
That would be what it's like when we talk about this effortless power that
34
00:01:31.620 --> 00:01:32.120
would be
35
00:01:32.120 --> 00:01:36.120
what it would be like if you were to start with your lower body and then apply
36
00:01:36.120 --> 00:01:36.680
the force
37
00:01:36.680 --> 00:01:38.840
from the arms at the right time.
38
00:01:38.840 --> 00:01:44.130
So this was inspired by a student of mine who talked to me about how he's
39
00:01:44.130 --> 00:01:45.040
working on
40
00:01:45.040 --> 00:01:49.090
this arm shallowing piece and he feels like he's manipulating the club and he's
41
00:01:49.090 --> 00:01:49.440
been
42
00:01:49.440 --> 00:01:52.880
pulled or always thought that he shouldn't manipulate the club and so I took
43
00:01:52.880 --> 00:01:53.480
him through
44
00:01:53.480 --> 00:01:59.240
this little illustration and then showed him just some simple little physics
45
00:01:59.240 --> 00:02:00.120
where basically
46
00:02:00.120 --> 00:02:07.160
if I go to the top of the swing the club is slightly behind where my hands are.
47
00:02:07.160 --> 00:02:11.010
Even if it's close to straight up and down when I go to change direction
48
00:02:11.010 --> 00:02:11.840
because this
49
00:02:11.840 --> 00:02:16.580
club has weight and because this shaft is shallowing and the weight is no
50
00:02:16.580 --> 00:02:17.720
longer directly
51
00:02:17.720 --> 00:02:22.360
over my hands as I start down that weight if I just relax my arms would fall
52
00:02:22.360 --> 00:02:22.920
down like
53
00:02:22.920 --> 00:02:24.320
this.
54
00:02:24.320 --> 00:02:29.070
So if my arms are truly relaxed then that shallowing is going to be very
55
00:02:29.070 --> 00:02:30.160
passive where
56
00:02:30.160 --> 00:02:35.920
just the weight of the club is going to cause it to shallow as long as I let it
57
00:02:35.920 --> 00:02:36.160
.
58
00:02:36.160 --> 00:02:41.030
So what he was interpreting as manipulating the club and what you may feel as
59
00:02:41.030 --> 00:02:42.080
manipulating
60
00:02:42.080 --> 00:02:48.890
the club to drop it down is actually not manipulating the club and his baseline
61
00:02:48.890 --> 00:02:49.840
and perhaps your
62
00:02:49.840 --> 00:02:54.960
baseline is built around arm tension and manipulating the club.
63
00:02:54.960 --> 00:02:59.460
So what you feel is manipulating the club is actually not and what you think is
64
00:02:59.460 --> 00:02:59.760
not
65
00:02:59.760 --> 00:03:02.680
manipulating the club actually is.
66
00:03:02.680 --> 00:03:07.570
So if you're struggling with this arm shallowing see if you can relax your arms
67
00:03:07.570 --> 00:03:08.640
and really focus
68
00:03:08.640 --> 00:03:14.280
on no tension and let the weight of the club aid with this shallowing piece.
69
00:03:14.280 --> 00:03:17.970
And so then all you have to do is work on that timing and you can use the
70
00:03:17.970 --> 00:03:18.580
timing of
71
00:03:18.580 --> 00:03:22.570
kind of this swinging because it's going to be very, very similar where
72
00:03:22.570 --> 00:03:23.320
basically I'm
73
00:03:23.320 --> 00:03:28.120
going to get it going down and then somewhere around in there I'm going to add
74
00:03:28.120 --> 00:03:28.760
the arms
75
00:03:28.760 --> 00:03:30.780
just like I was doing in this.
76
00:03:30.780 --> 00:03:34.240
So if you're struggling with the feeling like you're manipulating the club in
77
00:03:34.240 --> 00:03:34.800
order to get
78
00:03:34.800 --> 00:03:39.470
the arm shallowing piece let gravity help you let relaxation help you and it
79
00:03:39.470 --> 00:03:40.080
may help
80
00:03:40.080 --> 00:03:41.160
you overcome that hurdle.
1
00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:05.080
This concept video is experiencing the arm timing.
2
00:00:05.080 --> 00:00:10.430
So I've talked about kind of the arms being passive and shallow in transition
3
00:00:10.430 --> 00:00:10.840
and the
4
00:00:10.840 --> 00:00:13.080
body leading the initial part.
5
00:00:13.080 --> 00:00:18.120
And I've referenced the image of kind of using a swing set a lot in the past.
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So basically you get the kid moving in the swing and then you push at the right
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time
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and you being the arms, you push in the right time and it propels the kid.
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Well, we're going to use a club to kind of experience that together.
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So I want you to take a club and you're going to grip it up at the top like so.
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So thumb up with the club, the weight of the club or the club head down at the
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bottom.
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So now what you're going to do is you're going to get the club swinging just
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like so.
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And first I want you to experience what a lot of amateurs do which is pulling
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right from
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the top.
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So when it gets to the top of the swing what I want you to do is I want you to
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manually
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or forcibly change direction kind of like so.
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So you're going to even before it gets to the top you're going to forcefully
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change
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direction.
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Okay so that's option one that's essentially pulling with the arms during
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transition.
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Now second I'm going to let it get going and then when I feel it's right I'm
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going
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to add about the same amount of speed but now the club's already moving when I
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add it.
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And you'll see that it forces me or I can do it so much that it actually prop
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els it
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all the way vertically and and pulled me out of position.
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That would be what it's like when we talk about this effortless power that
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would be
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what it would be like if you were to start with your lower body and then apply
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the force
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from the arms at the right time.
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So this was inspired by a student of mine who talked to me about how he's
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working on
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this arm shallowing piece and he feels like he's manipulating the club and he's
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been
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pulled or always thought that he shouldn't manipulate the club and so I took
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him through
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this little illustration and then showed him just some simple little physics
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where basically
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if I go to the top of the swing the club is slightly behind where my hands are.
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Even if it's close to straight up and down when I go to change direction
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because this
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club has weight and because this shaft is shallowing and the weight is no
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longer directly
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over my hands as I start down that weight if I just relax my arms would fall
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down like
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this.
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So if my arms are truly relaxed then that shallowing is going to be very
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passive where
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just the weight of the club is going to cause it to shallow as long as I let it
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.
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So what he was interpreting as manipulating the club and what you may feel as
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manipulating
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the club to drop it down is actually not manipulating the club and his baseline
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and perhaps your
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baseline is built around arm tension and manipulating the club.
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So what you feel is manipulating the club is actually not and what you think is
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not
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manipulating the club actually is.
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So if you're struggling with this arm shallowing see if you can relax your arms
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and really focus
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on no tension and let the weight of the club aid with this shallowing piece.
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And so then all you have to do is work on that timing and you can use the
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timing of
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kind of this swinging because it's going to be very, very similar where
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basically I'm
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going to get it going down and then somewhere around in there I'm going to add
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the arms
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just like I was doing in this.
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So if you're struggling with the feeling like you're manipulating the club in
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order to get
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the arm shallowing piece let gravity help you let relaxation help you and it
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may help
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you overcome that hurdle.
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