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Improve Timing with the Float Load Drill for Better Shots
After this video, you'll be able to:
- Feel the correct timing for wrist extension during the downswing
- Recognize how to prevent casting and maintain angle for better contact
- Practice an exaggerated takeaway to enhance your loading sensation
In this video, you'll learn the Float Load drill to improve your swing timing by focusing on wrist movement during the downswing. This technique helps create a more effective loading sequence, enhancing your ball striking consistency.
Video Transcript
WEBVTT
1
00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:04.580
This drill is the float load, so this is very similar to the idea of the throw
2
00:00:04.580 --> 00:00:06.040
er's catch.
3
00:00:06.040 --> 00:00:12.000
This has become more popular with the recent popularity of Matt Wolf, so
4
00:00:12.000 --> 00:00:13.200
basically what's
5
00:00:13.200 --> 00:00:17.310
going to happen is instead of doing all these movements in the backswing and
6
00:00:17.310 --> 00:00:18.240
then releasing
7
00:00:18.240 --> 00:00:22.290
them on the way down, we're going to avoid doing any movement of the wrist
8
00:00:22.290 --> 00:00:23.040
whatsoever
9
00:00:23.040 --> 00:00:26.810
during the backswing and then we're going to do all the movement during
10
00:00:26.810 --> 00:00:27.720
transition.
11
00:00:27.720 --> 00:00:33.380
This creates the timing of when we want our maximum stretch to occur, which is
12
00:00:33.380 --> 00:00:33.920
on the
13
00:00:33.920 --> 00:00:36.920
downswing, not at the top of the swing.
14
00:00:36.920 --> 00:00:40.510
The movement is largely going to be in the flexion extension direction, so I'm
15
00:00:40.510 --> 00:00:40.840
going
16
00:00:40.840 --> 00:00:46.400
to get to the top and then I'm going to extend my wrist as I'm starting down.
17
00:00:46.400 --> 00:00:52.140
This creates more of that load, such as what I call the thrower's catch, which
18
00:00:52.140 --> 00:00:52.760
is when
19
00:00:52.760 --> 00:00:59.480
you're throwing, that right wrist tends to extend before it then flexes.
20
00:00:59.480 --> 00:01:05.030
When we do this, or when I look at 3D data, what you'll see is that elite ball
21
00:01:05.030 --> 00:01:05.800
strikers
22
00:01:05.800 --> 00:01:10.260
tend to reach their maximum wrist extension somewhere around just below
23
00:01:10.260 --> 00:01:11.440
delivery position
24
00:01:11.440 --> 00:01:15.380
kind of right around here, where many amateurs reach their maximum extended
25
00:01:15.380 --> 00:01:16.160
position at the
26
00:01:16.160 --> 00:01:20.760
top and then they start casting or throwing that angle right away.
27
00:01:20.760 --> 00:01:24.730
Well, one way to ensure that you're not going to throw the angle is to prevent
28
00:01:24.730 --> 00:01:25.320
the angle
29
00:01:25.320 --> 00:01:31.780
from getting in in the first place, so we're going to do kind of a restricted
30
00:01:31.780 --> 00:01:32.720
or almost
31
00:01:32.720 --> 00:01:40.440
an exaggerated takeaway and then float load it during the downswing.
32
00:01:40.440 --> 00:01:45.990
Now, I usually am more lenient on contact misses because it's exaggerated, it's
33
00:01:45.990 --> 00:01:46.360
a little
34
00:01:46.360 --> 00:01:53.130
hard or harder to control where the low point's going to be, but our goal is to
35
00:01:53.130 --> 00:01:54.080
feel this
36
00:01:54.080 --> 00:02:01.320
exaggerated loading or what's called float loading during transition.
37
00:02:01.320 --> 00:02:08.530
So we're going to bring it back with no wrist movement and then we're going to
38
00:02:08.530 --> 00:02:09.920
rapidly load,
39
00:02:09.920 --> 00:02:13.040
like I said, I caught that a little thin, so a low point wasn't that great, but
40
00:02:13.040 --> 00:02:13.320
we're
41
00:02:13.320 --> 00:02:19.200
going to rapidly load and unload during the downswing.
42
00:02:19.200 --> 00:02:27.440
So almost a three quarter swing this time, no load.
43
00:02:27.440 --> 00:02:32.210
Another one little thin, I tend to get a little out of sequence when I try to
44
00:02:32.210 --> 00:02:33.000
do these, we'll
45
00:02:33.000 --> 00:02:43.220
see if we can get one a little bit better, so float load, float load into there
46
00:02:43.220 --> 00:02:43.800
.
47
00:02:43.800 --> 00:02:47.760
That was a little bit better, a little bit more in rhythm.
48
00:02:47.760 --> 00:02:52.920
So this can be really good for two different scenarios.
49
00:02:52.920 --> 00:02:57.630
One is if I tend to create more of a cast sequence where I'm releasing that
50
00:02:57.630 --> 00:02:58.520
wrist angle
51
00:02:58.520 --> 00:03:03.630
early on and two, this can be really helpful for golfers who tend to get more
52
00:03:03.630 --> 00:03:04.640
of a rotation
53
00:03:04.640 --> 00:03:07.080
or more of a steepening move.
54
00:03:07.080 --> 00:03:10.950
Oftentimes what happens in that case is I get too much wrist extension at the
55
00:03:10.950 --> 00:03:11.600
top and then
56
00:03:11.600 --> 00:03:18.670
instead of removing the wrist extension, I take some of the slack off the wrist
57
00:03:18.670 --> 00:03:19.320
by rotating
58
00:03:19.320 --> 00:03:20.680
the shoulder.
59
00:03:20.680 --> 00:03:27.260
So if I go up to the top and then extend that wrist, it's much easier for me to
60
00:03:27.260 --> 00:03:28.000
extend
61
00:03:28.000 --> 00:03:32.000
that wrist and keep that elbow in rather than extend that wrist and get that
62
00:03:32.000 --> 00:03:33.080
elbow out.
63
00:03:33.080 --> 00:03:37.540
So oftentimes this feeling of getting narrow is helpful for getting that trail
64
00:03:37.540 --> 00:03:38.680
arm to shallow
65
00:03:38.680 --> 00:03:42.160
for golfers who tend to get a little steep in transition.
66
00:03:42.160 --> 00:03:47.110
So we'll do it again, except this time we'll go even bigger, so kind of all the
67
00:03:47.110 --> 00:03:47.560
way up
68
00:03:47.560 --> 00:03:52.330
towards the top where I'm having very little change in the flexion of the right
69
00:03:52.330 --> 00:03:52.920
wrist,
70
00:03:52.920 --> 00:04:03.480
all on mat wolf and then creating that extension during transition.
71
00:04:03.480 --> 00:04:09.620
So I recommend doing at least half three quarter swings.
72
00:04:09.620 --> 00:04:15.610
This is really hard to do on a nine to three because you just don't have enough
73
00:04:15.610 --> 00:04:16.280
time to
74
00:04:16.280 --> 00:04:17.720
put it in place.
75
00:04:17.720 --> 00:04:26.020
It is possible, we'll give it a try, so no movement there, but the change has
76
00:04:26.020 --> 00:04:26.920
to happen
77
00:04:26.920 --> 00:04:30.760
so quickly that I find that it's almost not worth it.
78
00:04:30.760 --> 00:04:35.640
I like doing this one closer to three quarter swings or even up to full swings.
79
00:04:35.640 --> 00:04:40.680
We'll do one more full.
80
00:04:40.680 --> 00:04:45.480
So float load where you feel no extension of the wrist until the change of
81
00:04:45.480 --> 00:04:46.240
direction
82
00:04:46.240 --> 00:04:49.790
that helps you get the better timing of the maximum extension during the down
83
00:04:49.790 --> 00:04:50.020
swing.
1
00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:04.580
This drill is the float load, so this is very similar to the idea of the throw
2
00:00:04.580 --> 00:00:06.040
er's catch.
3
00:00:06.040 --> 00:00:12.000
This has become more popular with the recent popularity of Matt Wolf, so
4
00:00:12.000 --> 00:00:13.200
basically what's
5
00:00:13.200 --> 00:00:17.310
going to happen is instead of doing all these movements in the backswing and
6
00:00:17.310 --> 00:00:18.240
then releasing
7
00:00:18.240 --> 00:00:22.290
them on the way down, we're going to avoid doing any movement of the wrist
8
00:00:22.290 --> 00:00:23.040
whatsoever
9
00:00:23.040 --> 00:00:26.810
during the backswing and then we're going to do all the movement during
10
00:00:26.810 --> 00:00:27.720
transition.
11
00:00:27.720 --> 00:00:33.380
This creates the timing of when we want our maximum stretch to occur, which is
12
00:00:33.380 --> 00:00:33.920
on the
13
00:00:33.920 --> 00:00:36.920
downswing, not at the top of the swing.
14
00:00:36.920 --> 00:00:40.510
The movement is largely going to be in the flexion extension direction, so I'm
15
00:00:40.510 --> 00:00:40.840
going
16
00:00:40.840 --> 00:00:46.400
to get to the top and then I'm going to extend my wrist as I'm starting down.
17
00:00:46.400 --> 00:00:52.140
This creates more of that load, such as what I call the thrower's catch, which
18
00:00:52.140 --> 00:00:52.760
is when
19
00:00:52.760 --> 00:00:59.480
you're throwing, that right wrist tends to extend before it then flexes.
20
00:00:59.480 --> 00:01:05.030
When we do this, or when I look at 3D data, what you'll see is that elite ball
21
00:01:05.030 --> 00:01:05.800
strikers
22
00:01:05.800 --> 00:01:10.260
tend to reach their maximum wrist extension somewhere around just below
23
00:01:10.260 --> 00:01:11.440
delivery position
24
00:01:11.440 --> 00:01:15.380
kind of right around here, where many amateurs reach their maximum extended
25
00:01:15.380 --> 00:01:16.160
position at the
26
00:01:16.160 --> 00:01:20.760
top and then they start casting or throwing that angle right away.
27
00:01:20.760 --> 00:01:24.730
Well, one way to ensure that you're not going to throw the angle is to prevent
28
00:01:24.730 --> 00:01:25.320
the angle
29
00:01:25.320 --> 00:01:31.780
from getting in in the first place, so we're going to do kind of a restricted
30
00:01:31.780 --> 00:01:32.720
or almost
31
00:01:32.720 --> 00:01:40.440
an exaggerated takeaway and then float load it during the downswing.
32
00:01:40.440 --> 00:01:45.990
Now, I usually am more lenient on contact misses because it's exaggerated, it's
33
00:01:45.990 --> 00:01:46.360
a little
34
00:01:46.360 --> 00:01:53.130
hard or harder to control where the low point's going to be, but our goal is to
35
00:01:53.130 --> 00:01:54.080
feel this
36
00:01:54.080 --> 00:02:01.320
exaggerated loading or what's called float loading during transition.
37
00:02:01.320 --> 00:02:08.530
So we're going to bring it back with no wrist movement and then we're going to
38
00:02:08.530 --> 00:02:09.920
rapidly load,
39
00:02:09.920 --> 00:02:13.040
like I said, I caught that a little thin, so a low point wasn't that great, but
40
00:02:13.040 --> 00:02:13.320
we're
41
00:02:13.320 --> 00:02:19.200
going to rapidly load and unload during the downswing.
42
00:02:19.200 --> 00:02:27.440
So almost a three quarter swing this time, no load.
43
00:02:27.440 --> 00:02:32.210
Another one little thin, I tend to get a little out of sequence when I try to
44
00:02:32.210 --> 00:02:33.000
do these, we'll
45
00:02:33.000 --> 00:02:43.220
see if we can get one a little bit better, so float load, float load into there
46
00:02:43.220 --> 00:02:43.800
.
47
00:02:43.800 --> 00:02:47.760
That was a little bit better, a little bit more in rhythm.
48
00:02:47.760 --> 00:02:52.920
So this can be really good for two different scenarios.
49
00:02:52.920 --> 00:02:57.630
One is if I tend to create more of a cast sequence where I'm releasing that
50
00:02:57.630 --> 00:02:58.520
wrist angle
51
00:02:58.520 --> 00:03:03.630
early on and two, this can be really helpful for golfers who tend to get more
52
00:03:03.630 --> 00:03:04.640
of a rotation
53
00:03:04.640 --> 00:03:07.080
or more of a steepening move.
54
00:03:07.080 --> 00:03:10.950
Oftentimes what happens in that case is I get too much wrist extension at the
55
00:03:10.950 --> 00:03:11.600
top and then
56
00:03:11.600 --> 00:03:18.670
instead of removing the wrist extension, I take some of the slack off the wrist
57
00:03:18.670 --> 00:03:19.320
by rotating
58
00:03:19.320 --> 00:03:20.680
the shoulder.
59
00:03:20.680 --> 00:03:27.260
So if I go up to the top and then extend that wrist, it's much easier for me to
60
00:03:27.260 --> 00:03:28.000
extend
61
00:03:28.000 --> 00:03:32.000
that wrist and keep that elbow in rather than extend that wrist and get that
62
00:03:32.000 --> 00:03:33.080
elbow out.
63
00:03:33.080 --> 00:03:37.540
So oftentimes this feeling of getting narrow is helpful for getting that trail
64
00:03:37.540 --> 00:03:38.680
arm to shallow
65
00:03:38.680 --> 00:03:42.160
for golfers who tend to get a little steep in transition.
66
00:03:42.160 --> 00:03:47.110
So we'll do it again, except this time we'll go even bigger, so kind of all the
67
00:03:47.110 --> 00:03:47.560
way up
68
00:03:47.560 --> 00:03:52.330
towards the top where I'm having very little change in the flexion of the right
69
00:03:52.330 --> 00:03:52.920
wrist,
70
00:03:52.920 --> 00:04:03.480
all on mat wolf and then creating that extension during transition.
71
00:04:03.480 --> 00:04:09.620
So I recommend doing at least half three quarter swings.
72
00:04:09.620 --> 00:04:15.610
This is really hard to do on a nine to three because you just don't have enough
73
00:04:15.610 --> 00:04:16.280
time to
74
00:04:16.280 --> 00:04:17.720
put it in place.
75
00:04:17.720 --> 00:04:26.020
It is possible, we'll give it a try, so no movement there, but the change has
76
00:04:26.020 --> 00:04:26.920
to happen
77
00:04:26.920 --> 00:04:30.760
so quickly that I find that it's almost not worth it.
78
00:04:30.760 --> 00:04:35.640
I like doing this one closer to three quarter swings or even up to full swings.
79
00:04:35.640 --> 00:04:40.680
We'll do one more full.
80
00:04:40.680 --> 00:04:45.480
So float load where you feel no extension of the wrist until the change of
81
00:04:45.480 --> 00:04:46.240
direction
82
00:04:46.240 --> 00:04:49.790
that helps you get the better timing of the maximum extension during the down
83
00:04:49.790 --> 00:04:50.020
swing.
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.
Improve Timing with the Float Load Drill for Better Shots
After this video, you'll be able to:
- Feel the correct timing for wrist extension during the downswing
- Recognize how to prevent casting and maintain angle for better contact
- Practice an exaggerated takeaway to enhance your loading sensation
In this video, you'll learn the Float Load drill to improve your swing timing by focusing on wrist movement during the downswing. This technique helps create a more effective loading sequence, enhancing your ball striking consistency.
Video Transcript
WEBVTT
1
00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:04.580
This drill is the float load, so this is very similar to the idea of the throw
2
00:00:04.580 --> 00:00:06.040
er's catch.
3
00:00:06.040 --> 00:00:12.000
This has become more popular with the recent popularity of Matt Wolf, so
4
00:00:12.000 --> 00:00:13.200
basically what's
5
00:00:13.200 --> 00:00:17.310
going to happen is instead of doing all these movements in the backswing and
6
00:00:17.310 --> 00:00:18.240
then releasing
7
00:00:18.240 --> 00:00:22.290
them on the way down, we're going to avoid doing any movement of the wrist
8
00:00:22.290 --> 00:00:23.040
whatsoever
9
00:00:23.040 --> 00:00:26.810
during the backswing and then we're going to do all the movement during
10
00:00:26.810 --> 00:00:27.720
transition.
11
00:00:27.720 --> 00:00:33.380
This creates the timing of when we want our maximum stretch to occur, which is
12
00:00:33.380 --> 00:00:33.920
on the
13
00:00:33.920 --> 00:00:36.920
downswing, not at the top of the swing.
14
00:00:36.920 --> 00:00:40.510
The movement is largely going to be in the flexion extension direction, so I'm
15
00:00:40.510 --> 00:00:40.840
going
16
00:00:40.840 --> 00:00:46.400
to get to the top and then I'm going to extend my wrist as I'm starting down.
17
00:00:46.400 --> 00:00:52.140
This creates more of that load, such as what I call the thrower's catch, which
18
00:00:52.140 --> 00:00:52.760
is when
19
00:00:52.760 --> 00:00:59.480
you're throwing, that right wrist tends to extend before it then flexes.
20
00:00:59.480 --> 00:01:05.030
When we do this, or when I look at 3D data, what you'll see is that elite ball
21
00:01:05.030 --> 00:01:05.800
strikers
22
00:01:05.800 --> 00:01:10.260
tend to reach their maximum wrist extension somewhere around just below
23
00:01:10.260 --> 00:01:11.440
delivery position
24
00:01:11.440 --> 00:01:15.380
kind of right around here, where many amateurs reach their maximum extended
25
00:01:15.380 --> 00:01:16.160
position at the
26
00:01:16.160 --> 00:01:20.760
top and then they start casting or throwing that angle right away.
27
00:01:20.760 --> 00:01:24.730
Well, one way to ensure that you're not going to throw the angle is to prevent
28
00:01:24.730 --> 00:01:25.320
the angle
29
00:01:25.320 --> 00:01:31.780
from getting in in the first place, so we're going to do kind of a restricted
30
00:01:31.780 --> 00:01:32.720
or almost
31
00:01:32.720 --> 00:01:40.440
an exaggerated takeaway and then float load it during the downswing.
32
00:01:40.440 --> 00:01:45.990
Now, I usually am more lenient on contact misses because it's exaggerated, it's
33
00:01:45.990 --> 00:01:46.360
a little
34
00:01:46.360 --> 00:01:53.130
hard or harder to control where the low point's going to be, but our goal is to
35
00:01:53.130 --> 00:01:54.080
feel this
36
00:01:54.080 --> 00:02:01.320
exaggerated loading or what's called float loading during transition.
37
00:02:01.320 --> 00:02:08.530
So we're going to bring it back with no wrist movement and then we're going to
38
00:02:08.530 --> 00:02:09.920
rapidly load,
39
00:02:09.920 --> 00:02:13.040
like I said, I caught that a little thin, so a low point wasn't that great, but
40
00:02:13.040 --> 00:02:13.320
we're
41
00:02:13.320 --> 00:02:19.200
going to rapidly load and unload during the downswing.
42
00:02:19.200 --> 00:02:27.440
So almost a three quarter swing this time, no load.
43
00:02:27.440 --> 00:02:32.210
Another one little thin, I tend to get a little out of sequence when I try to
44
00:02:32.210 --> 00:02:33.000
do these, we'll
45
00:02:33.000 --> 00:02:43.220
see if we can get one a little bit better, so float load, float load into there
46
00:02:43.220 --> 00:02:43.800
.
47
00:02:43.800 --> 00:02:47.760
That was a little bit better, a little bit more in rhythm.
48
00:02:47.760 --> 00:02:52.920
So this can be really good for two different scenarios.
49
00:02:52.920 --> 00:02:57.630
One is if I tend to create more of a cast sequence where I'm releasing that
50
00:02:57.630 --> 00:02:58.520
wrist angle
51
00:02:58.520 --> 00:03:03.630
early on and two, this can be really helpful for golfers who tend to get more
52
00:03:03.630 --> 00:03:04.640
of a rotation
53
00:03:04.640 --> 00:03:07.080
or more of a steepening move.
54
00:03:07.080 --> 00:03:10.950
Oftentimes what happens in that case is I get too much wrist extension at the
55
00:03:10.950 --> 00:03:11.600
top and then
56
00:03:11.600 --> 00:03:18.670
instead of removing the wrist extension, I take some of the slack off the wrist
57
00:03:18.670 --> 00:03:19.320
by rotating
58
00:03:19.320 --> 00:03:20.680
the shoulder.
59
00:03:20.680 --> 00:03:27.260
So if I go up to the top and then extend that wrist, it's much easier for me to
60
00:03:27.260 --> 00:03:28.000
extend
61
00:03:28.000 --> 00:03:32.000
that wrist and keep that elbow in rather than extend that wrist and get that
62
00:03:32.000 --> 00:03:33.080
elbow out.
63
00:03:33.080 --> 00:03:37.540
So oftentimes this feeling of getting narrow is helpful for getting that trail
64
00:03:37.540 --> 00:03:38.680
arm to shallow
65
00:03:38.680 --> 00:03:42.160
for golfers who tend to get a little steep in transition.
66
00:03:42.160 --> 00:03:47.110
So we'll do it again, except this time we'll go even bigger, so kind of all the
67
00:03:47.110 --> 00:03:47.560
way up
68
00:03:47.560 --> 00:03:52.330
towards the top where I'm having very little change in the flexion of the right
69
00:03:52.330 --> 00:03:52.920
wrist,
70
00:03:52.920 --> 00:04:03.480
all on mat wolf and then creating that extension during transition.
71
00:04:03.480 --> 00:04:09.620
So I recommend doing at least half three quarter swings.
72
00:04:09.620 --> 00:04:15.610
This is really hard to do on a nine to three because you just don't have enough
73
00:04:15.610 --> 00:04:16.280
time to
74
00:04:16.280 --> 00:04:17.720
put it in place.
75
00:04:17.720 --> 00:04:26.020
It is possible, we'll give it a try, so no movement there, but the change has
76
00:04:26.020 --> 00:04:26.920
to happen
77
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so quickly that I find that it's almost not worth it.
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I like doing this one closer to three quarter swings or even up to full swings.
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We'll do one more full.
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So float load where you feel no extension of the wrist until the change of
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direction
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that helps you get the better timing of the maximum extension during the down
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swing.
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This drill is the float load, so this is very similar to the idea of the throw
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er's catch.
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This has become more popular with the recent popularity of Matt Wolf, so
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basically what's
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going to happen is instead of doing all these movements in the backswing and
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then releasing
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them on the way down, we're going to avoid doing any movement of the wrist
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whatsoever
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during the backswing and then we're going to do all the movement during
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transition.
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This creates the timing of when we want our maximum stretch to occur, which is
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on the
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downswing, not at the top of the swing.
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The movement is largely going to be in the flexion extension direction, so I'm
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going
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to get to the top and then I'm going to extend my wrist as I'm starting down.
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This creates more of that load, such as what I call the thrower's catch, which
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is when
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you're throwing, that right wrist tends to extend before it then flexes.
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When we do this, or when I look at 3D data, what you'll see is that elite ball
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strikers
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tend to reach their maximum wrist extension somewhere around just below
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delivery position
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kind of right around here, where many amateurs reach their maximum extended
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position at the
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top and then they start casting or throwing that angle right away.
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Well, one way to ensure that you're not going to throw the angle is to prevent
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the angle
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from getting in in the first place, so we're going to do kind of a restricted
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or almost
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an exaggerated takeaway and then float load it during the downswing.
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Now, I usually am more lenient on contact misses because it's exaggerated, it's
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a little
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hard or harder to control where the low point's going to be, but our goal is to
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feel this
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exaggerated loading or what's called float loading during transition.
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So we're going to bring it back with no wrist movement and then we're going to
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rapidly load,
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like I said, I caught that a little thin, so a low point wasn't that great, but
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we're
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going to rapidly load and unload during the downswing.
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So almost a three quarter swing this time, no load.
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Another one little thin, I tend to get a little out of sequence when I try to
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do these, we'll
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see if we can get one a little bit better, so float load, float load into there
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.
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That was a little bit better, a little bit more in rhythm.
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So this can be really good for two different scenarios.
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One is if I tend to create more of a cast sequence where I'm releasing that
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wrist angle
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early on and two, this can be really helpful for golfers who tend to get more
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of a rotation
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or more of a steepening move.
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Oftentimes what happens in that case is I get too much wrist extension at the
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top and then
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instead of removing the wrist extension, I take some of the slack off the wrist
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by rotating
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the shoulder.
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So if I go up to the top and then extend that wrist, it's much easier for me to
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extend
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that wrist and keep that elbow in rather than extend that wrist and get that
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elbow out.
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So oftentimes this feeling of getting narrow is helpful for getting that trail
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arm to shallow
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for golfers who tend to get a little steep in transition.
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So we'll do it again, except this time we'll go even bigger, so kind of all the
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way up
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towards the top where I'm having very little change in the flexion of the right
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wrist,
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all on mat wolf and then creating that extension during transition.
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So I recommend doing at least half three quarter swings.
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This is really hard to do on a nine to three because you just don't have enough
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time to
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put it in place.
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It is possible, we'll give it a try, so no movement there, but the change has
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to happen
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so quickly that I find that it's almost not worth it.
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I like doing this one closer to three quarter swings or even up to full swings.
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We'll do one more full.
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So float load where you feel no extension of the wrist until the change of
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direction
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that helps you get the better timing of the maximum extension during the down
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swing.
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