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.
Improve Your Downswing with Better Body Rotation Before Impact
After this video, you'll be able to:
- Feel how to initiate your downswing with your lower body instead of your arms
- Understand the importance of rotating your body before hitting the ball
- Practice achieving a full body rotation for a more powerful finish
In this drill, you'll learn how to enhance your body rotation leading up to impact, ensuring a more powerful and consistent swing. This key movement helps prevent common pitfalls, especially with longer clubs like drivers.
Video Transcript
WEBVTT
1
00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:04.100
This drill is finished turning your body by impact.
2
00:00:04.100 --> 00:00:08.200
Now this is a great drill to work on sequencing and the feeling of the lower
3
00:00:08.200 --> 00:00:09.640
body or the core
4
00:00:09.640 --> 00:00:12.680
initiating and leading the bulk of the downswing.
5
00:00:12.680 --> 00:00:15.930
What can be very problematic for a lot of golfers, especially with drivers,
6
00:00:15.930 --> 00:00:16.480
especially
7
00:00:16.480 --> 00:00:20.600
with the longer clubs, is to have the arms and the shoulders control more of
8
00:00:20.600 --> 00:00:21.080
the early
9
00:00:21.080 --> 00:00:25.730
part of the transition where they're getting kind of, it's a feeling of kind of
10
00:00:25.730 --> 00:00:26.160
a chop
11
00:00:26.160 --> 00:00:30.440
motion, it's a feeling of pushing with this right side, but it's a feeling of
12
00:00:30.440 --> 00:00:31.120
going with
13
00:00:31.120 --> 00:00:33.440
my arms straight from the top of the swing.
14
00:00:33.440 --> 00:00:38.820
So to combat that, we're going to get used to the body creating a lot of
15
00:00:38.820 --> 00:00:40.120
rotation before
16
00:00:40.120 --> 00:00:42.000
we make contact with the golf ball.
17
00:00:42.000 --> 00:00:45.780
So to figure out where my numbers should be, I'm going to set up and I'm going
18
00:00:45.780 --> 00:00:46.240
to take
19
00:00:46.240 --> 00:00:50.370
the club across my shoulders and then I'm going to rotate so that my chest is
20
00:00:50.370 --> 00:00:50.840
facing
21
00:00:50.840 --> 00:00:51.840
out towards the target.
22
00:00:51.840 --> 00:00:55.200
It's very similar to the merry-go-round drill.
23
00:00:55.200 --> 00:00:58.300
Now while my chest is out towards the target, I'm going to make sure that my
24
00:00:58.300 --> 00:00:58.840
shoulders
25
00:00:58.840 --> 00:01:02.200
stay relatively square, kind of like so.
26
00:01:02.200 --> 00:01:07.780
Now my goal is if I was doing a 9-3 or if I was doing a full swing would be to
27
00:01:07.780 --> 00:01:08.280
get my
28
00:01:08.280 --> 00:01:15.170
body to there before my arms extend through the shot or the way that it can
29
00:01:15.170 --> 00:01:16.120
feel is if
30
00:01:16.120 --> 00:01:21.310
I was still here at impact with not a lot of body rotation and then finished my
31
00:01:21.310 --> 00:01:22.000
swing,
32
00:01:22.000 --> 00:01:27.980
you could see that I turned a good 45, 50, 60 degrees from impact into the
33
00:01:27.980 --> 00:01:28.720
finish.
34
00:01:28.720 --> 00:01:34.210
The goal in this concept or the goal in this drill is to try and have all your
35
00:01:34.210 --> 00:01:35.400
body rotation
36
00:01:35.400 --> 00:01:38.970
happen before you make contact with the ball so that when you release, it's
37
00:01:38.970 --> 00:01:39.640
pretty much
38
00:01:39.640 --> 00:01:43.600
just your arms and your shoulder blades that are finishing the swing.
39
00:01:43.600 --> 00:01:47.070
It's not actually what's going to happen, but it's a good feeling for a lot of
40
00:01:47.070 --> 00:01:47.560
players
41
00:01:47.560 --> 00:01:52.860
to feel like that body has contributed more of its speed during the early part
42
00:01:52.860 --> 00:01:53.360
of the
43
00:01:53.360 --> 00:01:55.240
downswing instead of the arms.
44
00:01:55.240 --> 00:02:02.280
So again, you're going to set up to the ball, turn as much as you can until you
45
00:02:02.280 --> 00:02:02.880
're at the
46
00:02:02.880 --> 00:02:07.000
end of the hip and feeling stuff in your core, okay, that's as much as I can
47
00:02:07.000 --> 00:02:07.400
get and then
48
00:02:07.400 --> 00:02:13.040
my goal is to try to get back to there before my arms extend and it'll help
49
00:02:13.040 --> 00:02:14.200
give you a good
50
00:02:14.200 --> 00:02:18.620
idea of where your body should feel like it is through impact if you're going
51
00:02:18.620 --> 00:02:19.360
to be leading
52
00:02:19.360 --> 00:02:21.640
with your body during the early part of the downswing.
1
00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:04.100
This drill is finished turning your body by impact.
2
00:00:04.100 --> 00:00:08.200
Now this is a great drill to work on sequencing and the feeling of the lower
3
00:00:08.200 --> 00:00:09.640
body or the core
4
00:00:09.640 --> 00:00:12.680
initiating and leading the bulk of the downswing.
5
00:00:12.680 --> 00:00:15.930
What can be very problematic for a lot of golfers, especially with drivers,
6
00:00:15.930 --> 00:00:16.480
especially
7
00:00:16.480 --> 00:00:20.600
with the longer clubs, is to have the arms and the shoulders control more of
8
00:00:20.600 --> 00:00:21.080
the early
9
00:00:21.080 --> 00:00:25.730
part of the transition where they're getting kind of, it's a feeling of kind of
10
00:00:25.730 --> 00:00:26.160
a chop
11
00:00:26.160 --> 00:00:30.440
motion, it's a feeling of pushing with this right side, but it's a feeling of
12
00:00:30.440 --> 00:00:31.120
going with
13
00:00:31.120 --> 00:00:33.440
my arms straight from the top of the swing.
14
00:00:33.440 --> 00:00:38.820
So to combat that, we're going to get used to the body creating a lot of
15
00:00:38.820 --> 00:00:40.120
rotation before
16
00:00:40.120 --> 00:00:42.000
we make contact with the golf ball.
17
00:00:42.000 --> 00:00:45.780
So to figure out where my numbers should be, I'm going to set up and I'm going
18
00:00:45.780 --> 00:00:46.240
to take
19
00:00:46.240 --> 00:00:50.370
the club across my shoulders and then I'm going to rotate so that my chest is
20
00:00:50.370 --> 00:00:50.840
facing
21
00:00:50.840 --> 00:00:51.840
out towards the target.
22
00:00:51.840 --> 00:00:55.200
It's very similar to the merry-go-round drill.
23
00:00:55.200 --> 00:00:58.300
Now while my chest is out towards the target, I'm going to make sure that my
24
00:00:58.300 --> 00:00:58.840
shoulders
25
00:00:58.840 --> 00:01:02.200
stay relatively square, kind of like so.
26
00:01:02.200 --> 00:01:07.780
Now my goal is if I was doing a 9-3 or if I was doing a full swing would be to
27
00:01:07.780 --> 00:01:08.280
get my
28
00:01:08.280 --> 00:01:15.170
body to there before my arms extend through the shot or the way that it can
29
00:01:15.170 --> 00:01:16.120
feel is if
30
00:01:16.120 --> 00:01:21.310
I was still here at impact with not a lot of body rotation and then finished my
31
00:01:21.310 --> 00:01:22.000
swing,
32
00:01:22.000 --> 00:01:27.980
you could see that I turned a good 45, 50, 60 degrees from impact into the
33
00:01:27.980 --> 00:01:28.720
finish.
34
00:01:28.720 --> 00:01:34.210
The goal in this concept or the goal in this drill is to try and have all your
35
00:01:34.210 --> 00:01:35.400
body rotation
36
00:01:35.400 --> 00:01:38.970
happen before you make contact with the ball so that when you release, it's
37
00:01:38.970 --> 00:01:39.640
pretty much
38
00:01:39.640 --> 00:01:43.600
just your arms and your shoulder blades that are finishing the swing.
39
00:01:43.600 --> 00:01:47.070
It's not actually what's going to happen, but it's a good feeling for a lot of
40
00:01:47.070 --> 00:01:47.560
players
41
00:01:47.560 --> 00:01:52.860
to feel like that body has contributed more of its speed during the early part
42
00:01:52.860 --> 00:01:53.360
of the
43
00:01:53.360 --> 00:01:55.240
downswing instead of the arms.
44
00:01:55.240 --> 00:02:02.280
So again, you're going to set up to the ball, turn as much as you can until you
45
00:02:02.280 --> 00:02:02.880
're at the
46
00:02:02.880 --> 00:02:07.000
end of the hip and feeling stuff in your core, okay, that's as much as I can
47
00:02:07.000 --> 00:02:07.400
get and then
48
00:02:07.400 --> 00:02:13.040
my goal is to try to get back to there before my arms extend and it'll help
49
00:02:13.040 --> 00:02:14.200
give you a good
50
00:02:14.200 --> 00:02:18.620
idea of where your body should feel like it is through impact if you're going
51
00:02:18.620 --> 00:02:19.360
to be leading
52
00:02:19.360 --> 00:02:21.640
with your body during the early part of the downswing.
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.
Improve Your Downswing with Better Body Rotation Before Impact
After this video, you'll be able to:
- Feel how to initiate your downswing with your lower body instead of your arms
- Understand the importance of rotating your body before hitting the ball
- Practice achieving a full body rotation for a more powerful finish
In this drill, you'll learn how to enhance your body rotation leading up to impact, ensuring a more powerful and consistent swing. This key movement helps prevent common pitfalls, especially with longer clubs like drivers.
Video Transcript
WEBVTT
1
00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:04.100
This drill is finished turning your body by impact.
2
00:00:04.100 --> 00:00:08.200
Now this is a great drill to work on sequencing and the feeling of the lower
3
00:00:08.200 --> 00:00:09.640
body or the core
4
00:00:09.640 --> 00:00:12.680
initiating and leading the bulk of the downswing.
5
00:00:12.680 --> 00:00:15.930
What can be very problematic for a lot of golfers, especially with drivers,
6
00:00:15.930 --> 00:00:16.480
especially
7
00:00:16.480 --> 00:00:20.600
with the longer clubs, is to have the arms and the shoulders control more of
8
00:00:20.600 --> 00:00:21.080
the early
9
00:00:21.080 --> 00:00:25.730
part of the transition where they're getting kind of, it's a feeling of kind of
10
00:00:25.730 --> 00:00:26.160
a chop
11
00:00:26.160 --> 00:00:30.440
motion, it's a feeling of pushing with this right side, but it's a feeling of
12
00:00:30.440 --> 00:00:31.120
going with
13
00:00:31.120 --> 00:00:33.440
my arms straight from the top of the swing.
14
00:00:33.440 --> 00:00:38.820
So to combat that, we're going to get used to the body creating a lot of
15
00:00:38.820 --> 00:00:40.120
rotation before
16
00:00:40.120 --> 00:00:42.000
we make contact with the golf ball.
17
00:00:42.000 --> 00:00:45.780
So to figure out where my numbers should be, I'm going to set up and I'm going
18
00:00:45.780 --> 00:00:46.240
to take
19
00:00:46.240 --> 00:00:50.370
the club across my shoulders and then I'm going to rotate so that my chest is
20
00:00:50.370 --> 00:00:50.840
facing
21
00:00:50.840 --> 00:00:51.840
out towards the target.
22
00:00:51.840 --> 00:00:55.200
It's very similar to the merry-go-round drill.
23
00:00:55.200 --> 00:00:58.300
Now while my chest is out towards the target, I'm going to make sure that my
24
00:00:58.300 --> 00:00:58.840
shoulders
25
00:00:58.840 --> 00:01:02.200
stay relatively square, kind of like so.
26
00:01:02.200 --> 00:01:07.780
Now my goal is if I was doing a 9-3 or if I was doing a full swing would be to
27
00:01:07.780 --> 00:01:08.280
get my
28
00:01:08.280 --> 00:01:15.170
body to there before my arms extend through the shot or the way that it can
29
00:01:15.170 --> 00:01:16.120
feel is if
30
00:01:16.120 --> 00:01:21.310
I was still here at impact with not a lot of body rotation and then finished my
31
00:01:21.310 --> 00:01:22.000
swing,
32
00:01:22.000 --> 00:01:27.980
you could see that I turned a good 45, 50, 60 degrees from impact into the
33
00:01:27.980 --> 00:01:28.720
finish.
34
00:01:28.720 --> 00:01:34.210
The goal in this concept or the goal in this drill is to try and have all your
35
00:01:34.210 --> 00:01:35.400
body rotation
36
00:01:35.400 --> 00:01:38.970
happen before you make contact with the ball so that when you release, it's
37
00:01:38.970 --> 00:01:39.640
pretty much
38
00:01:39.640 --> 00:01:43.600
just your arms and your shoulder blades that are finishing the swing.
39
00:01:43.600 --> 00:01:47.070
It's not actually what's going to happen, but it's a good feeling for a lot of
40
00:01:47.070 --> 00:01:47.560
players
41
00:01:47.560 --> 00:01:52.860
to feel like that body has contributed more of its speed during the early part
42
00:01:52.860 --> 00:01:53.360
of the
43
00:01:53.360 --> 00:01:55.240
downswing instead of the arms.
44
00:01:55.240 --> 00:02:02.280
So again, you're going to set up to the ball, turn as much as you can until you
45
00:02:02.280 --> 00:02:02.880
're at the
46
00:02:02.880 --> 00:02:07.000
end of the hip and feeling stuff in your core, okay, that's as much as I can
47
00:02:07.000 --> 00:02:07.400
get and then
48
00:02:07.400 --> 00:02:13.040
my goal is to try to get back to there before my arms extend and it'll help
49
00:02:13.040 --> 00:02:14.200
give you a good
50
00:02:14.200 --> 00:02:18.620
idea of where your body should feel like it is through impact if you're going
51
00:02:18.620 --> 00:02:19.360
to be leading
52
00:02:19.360 --> 00:02:21.640
with your body during the early part of the downswing.
1
00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:04.100
This drill is finished turning your body by impact.
2
00:00:04.100 --> 00:00:08.200
Now this is a great drill to work on sequencing and the feeling of the lower
3
00:00:08.200 --> 00:00:09.640
body or the core
4
00:00:09.640 --> 00:00:12.680
initiating and leading the bulk of the downswing.
5
00:00:12.680 --> 00:00:15.930
What can be very problematic for a lot of golfers, especially with drivers,
6
00:00:15.930 --> 00:00:16.480
especially
7
00:00:16.480 --> 00:00:20.600
with the longer clubs, is to have the arms and the shoulders control more of
8
00:00:20.600 --> 00:00:21.080
the early
9
00:00:21.080 --> 00:00:25.730
part of the transition where they're getting kind of, it's a feeling of kind of
10
00:00:25.730 --> 00:00:26.160
a chop
11
00:00:26.160 --> 00:00:30.440
motion, it's a feeling of pushing with this right side, but it's a feeling of
12
00:00:30.440 --> 00:00:31.120
going with
13
00:00:31.120 --> 00:00:33.440
my arms straight from the top of the swing.
14
00:00:33.440 --> 00:00:38.820
So to combat that, we're going to get used to the body creating a lot of
15
00:00:38.820 --> 00:00:40.120
rotation before
16
00:00:40.120 --> 00:00:42.000
we make contact with the golf ball.
17
00:00:42.000 --> 00:00:45.780
So to figure out where my numbers should be, I'm going to set up and I'm going
18
00:00:45.780 --> 00:00:46.240
to take
19
00:00:46.240 --> 00:00:50.370
the club across my shoulders and then I'm going to rotate so that my chest is
20
00:00:50.370 --> 00:00:50.840
facing
21
00:00:50.840 --> 00:00:51.840
out towards the target.
22
00:00:51.840 --> 00:00:55.200
It's very similar to the merry-go-round drill.
23
00:00:55.200 --> 00:00:58.300
Now while my chest is out towards the target, I'm going to make sure that my
24
00:00:58.300 --> 00:00:58.840
shoulders
25
00:00:58.840 --> 00:01:02.200
stay relatively square, kind of like so.
26
00:01:02.200 --> 00:01:07.780
Now my goal is if I was doing a 9-3 or if I was doing a full swing would be to
27
00:01:07.780 --> 00:01:08.280
get my
28
00:01:08.280 --> 00:01:15.170
body to there before my arms extend through the shot or the way that it can
29
00:01:15.170 --> 00:01:16.120
feel is if
30
00:01:16.120 --> 00:01:21.310
I was still here at impact with not a lot of body rotation and then finished my
31
00:01:21.310 --> 00:01:22.000
swing,
32
00:01:22.000 --> 00:01:27.980
you could see that I turned a good 45, 50, 60 degrees from impact into the
33
00:01:27.980 --> 00:01:28.720
finish.
34
00:01:28.720 --> 00:01:34.210
The goal in this concept or the goal in this drill is to try and have all your
35
00:01:34.210 --> 00:01:35.400
body rotation
36
00:01:35.400 --> 00:01:38.970
happen before you make contact with the ball so that when you release, it's
37
00:01:38.970 --> 00:01:39.640
pretty much
38
00:01:39.640 --> 00:01:43.600
just your arms and your shoulder blades that are finishing the swing.
39
00:01:43.600 --> 00:01:47.070
It's not actually what's going to happen, but it's a good feeling for a lot of
40
00:01:47.070 --> 00:01:47.560
players
41
00:01:47.560 --> 00:01:52.860
to feel like that body has contributed more of its speed during the early part
42
00:01:52.860 --> 00:01:53.360
of the
43
00:01:53.360 --> 00:01:55.240
downswing instead of the arms.
44
00:01:55.240 --> 00:02:02.280
So again, you're going to set up to the ball, turn as much as you can until you
45
00:02:02.280 --> 00:02:02.880
're at the
46
00:02:02.880 --> 00:02:07.000
end of the hip and feeling stuff in your core, okay, that's as much as I can
47
00:02:07.000 --> 00:02:07.400
get and then
48
00:02:07.400 --> 00:02:13.040
my goal is to try to get back to there before my arms extend and it'll help
49
00:02:13.040 --> 00:02:14.200
give you a good
50
00:02:14.200 --> 00:02:18.620
idea of where your body should feel like it is through impact if you're going
51
00:02:18.620 --> 00:02:19.360
to be leading
52
00:02:19.360 --> 00:02:21.640
with your body during the early part of the downswing.
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