Follow Through Bracing
One of the trickier movements is the feeling of the left side being firm or bracing for the right arm to push through it. A great way to feel it is to get in a position where you can experience the tug of the club in a more exaggerated fashion. Having the club pull on a club or an exercise band will help create the sensation that you are looking for and provide an opportunity to train the push away from the target that is common among good ball strikers, especially good drivers of the ball.
One of the trickier movements is the feeling of the left side being firm or bracing for the right arm to push through it. A great way to feel it is to get in a position where you can experience the tug of the club in a more exaggerated fashion. Having the club pull on a club or an exercise band will help create the sensation that you are looking for and provide an opportunity to train the push away from the target that is common among good ball strikers, especially good drivers of the ball.
Video Transcript
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This drill is follow through bracing, so it has long been talked about that you
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should
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kind of feel like you have a firm left side when you go through impact, but
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what does
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that actually mean?
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Well, if you look at the push pull that I talk about where as I'm letting my
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arms extend
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from the weight of the club, my body is kind of bracing against it, that's
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where I think
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a lot of this feeling of a firm left side came in.
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So what I do with a lot of my students is I'll have them go into this release
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or I mean
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back up.
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So I'll have them go into this release or follow through position like so and I
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will
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try to pull them over from the club because the club is going to have a force
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on the body
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of somewhere around 100 pounds depending on what club and how fast you're
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swinging.
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So the club is going to have a pretty significant force right there.
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I can make that force less by either bending my arms, which is not ideal, or by
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bracing
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with my body and kind of pushing against the ground as it comes up.
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Now you're not going to have me to pull on the club, so what you can do is you
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can grip
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it in an extremely closed position and you can find a chair and you can go
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around until
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basically you would hook that chair and then you can practice bracing with that
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lower body
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as those arms are fully extended and as those arms are getting pulled out.
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So brace and then let those arms just release.
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Place what those arms release.
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Then you can take a swing, trying to recreate and feel that kind of blend of
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movements of
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my body pushing away as my arms are extending out.
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That combination helps create the bottom of the swing being after the golf ball
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, helps
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create a lot of the angle of attack, things that relate to consistency.
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So I think it's a very important thing that you can practice at home or on the
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range.
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One of the trickier movements is the feeling of the left side being firm or bracing for the right arm to push through it. A great way to feel it is to get in a position where you can experience the tug of the club in a more exaggerated fashion. Having the club pull on a club or an exercise band will help create the sensation that you are looking for and provide an opportunity to train the push away from the target that is common among good ball strikers, especially good drivers of the ball.
One of the trickier movements is the feeling of the left side being firm or bracing for the right arm to push through it. A great way to feel it is to get in a position where you can experience the tug of the club in a more exaggerated fashion. Having the club pull on a club or an exercise band will help create the sensation that you are looking for and provide an opportunity to train the push away from the target that is common among good ball strikers, especially good drivers of the ball.
Video Transcript
1
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This drill is follow through bracing, so it has long been talked about that you
2
00:00:06.640 --> 00:00:07.340
should
3
00:00:07.340 --> 00:00:11.250
kind of feel like you have a firm left side when you go through impact, but
4
00:00:11.250 --> 00:00:11.560
what does
5
00:00:11.560 --> 00:00:12.920
that actually mean?
6
00:00:12.920 --> 00:00:17.930
Well, if you look at the push pull that I talk about where as I'm letting my
7
00:00:17.930 --> 00:00:18.520
arms extend
8
00:00:18.520 --> 00:00:22.440
from the weight of the club, my body is kind of bracing against it, that's
9
00:00:22.440 --> 00:00:23.120
where I think
10
00:00:23.120 --> 00:00:26.080
a lot of this feeling of a firm left side came in.
11
00:00:26.080 --> 00:00:30.290
So what I do with a lot of my students is I'll have them go into this release
12
00:00:30.290 --> 00:00:31.080
or I mean
13
00:00:31.080 --> 00:00:32.080
back up.
14
00:00:32.080 --> 00:00:35.330
So I'll have them go into this release or follow through position like so and I
15
00:00:35.330 --> 00:00:35.640
will
16
00:00:35.640 --> 00:00:39.570
try to pull them over from the club because the club is going to have a force
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00:00:39.570 --> 00:00:40.280
on the body
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00:00:40.280 --> 00:00:44.200
of somewhere around 100 pounds depending on what club and how fast you're
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00:00:44.200 --> 00:00:44.680
swinging.
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00:00:44.680 --> 00:00:47.720
So the club is going to have a pretty significant force right there.
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00:00:47.720 --> 00:00:53.890
I can make that force less by either bending my arms, which is not ideal, or by
22
00:00:53.890 --> 00:00:54.660
bracing
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00:00:54.660 --> 00:00:58.640
with my body and kind of pushing against the ground as it comes up.
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00:00:58.640 --> 00:01:01.950
Now you're not going to have me to pull on the club, so what you can do is you
25
00:01:01.950 --> 00:01:02.340
can grip
26
00:01:02.340 --> 00:01:07.420
it in an extremely closed position and you can find a chair and you can go
27
00:01:07.420 --> 00:01:08.440
around until
28
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basically you would hook that chair and then you can practice bracing with that
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lower body
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as those arms are fully extended and as those arms are getting pulled out.
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So brace and then let those arms just release.
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Place what those arms release.
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Then you can take a swing, trying to recreate and feel that kind of blend of
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movements of
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00:01:32.920 --> 00:01:36.120
my body pushing away as my arms are extending out.
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That combination helps create the bottom of the swing being after the golf ball
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00:01:40.680 --> 00:01:41.240
, helps
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create a lot of the angle of attack, things that relate to consistency.
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So I think it's a very important thing that you can practice at home or on the
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00:01:49.690 --> 00:01:50.240
range.
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