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America AND its list of Best Golf Fitness Professionals in America.
Stop Slicing: Train Your Hands In and Club Out
After this video, you'll be able to:
- Identify the role of your hand position in slicing the ball
- Practice soft arm rotation for a more effective follow-through
- Understand how to maintain wrist extension for a straighter shot
Learn how to improve your swing path and prevent slicing by using a pool noodle drill. This video demonstrates how to achieve a more natural release for better ball flight.
Video Transcript
WEBVTT
1
00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:05.840
This is training hands-in club out with a pool noodle, so many golfers who
2
00:00:05.840 --> 00:00:06.880
slice the
3
00:00:06.880 --> 00:00:12.200
ball or pull the ball tend to have a very leftward release pattern.
4
00:00:12.200 --> 00:00:16.360
So oftentimes they'll say they can feel that they're getting really steep and
5
00:00:16.360 --> 00:00:16.560
they will
6
00:00:16.560 --> 00:00:18.960
describe that they're getting on top of it.
7
00:00:18.960 --> 00:00:23.200
But if we look at it from the down the line camera oftentimes at this
8
00:00:23.200 --> 00:00:24.760
checkpoint the club
9
00:00:24.760 --> 00:00:29.850
is just inside the hand so it's not in the outward direction which means that
10
00:00:29.850 --> 00:00:30.520
the left
11
00:00:30.520 --> 00:00:35.560
word path is happening all from there down to the golf ball so it's only a
12
00:00:35.560 --> 00:00:36.720
release problem
13
00:00:36.720 --> 00:00:39.520
it's not really a transition problem.
14
00:00:39.520 --> 00:00:43.820
So what's usually happening is they're in an okay position there and then the
15
00:00:43.820 --> 00:00:45.720
grip freezes
16
00:00:45.720 --> 00:00:51.970
and the hand releases or the right arm releases more like this and then it gets
17
00:00:51.970 --> 00:00:53.200
really underneath
18
00:00:53.200 --> 00:00:54.640
like so.
19
00:00:54.640 --> 00:00:58.880
So a checkpoint in the follow through is that the hands are just or the club is
20
00:00:58.880 --> 00:00:59.560
just slightly
21
00:00:59.560 --> 00:01:03.680
outside the hands from a down the line target view.
22
00:01:03.680 --> 00:01:07.690
So if I swing my hands out to the right that doesn't help me get the club out
23
00:01:07.690 --> 00:01:09.000
to the right.
24
00:01:09.000 --> 00:01:13.300
What helps me get the club out to the right is having more of a soft rotation
25
00:01:13.300 --> 00:01:13.920
of the arms
26
00:01:13.920 --> 00:01:18.120
while keeping the extension of the wrist as long as possible.
27
00:01:18.120 --> 00:01:23.560
So basically coming through more like that as opposed to coming through the
28
00:01:23.560 --> 00:01:24.320
ball more
29
00:01:24.320 --> 00:01:28.700
with a flip like that you can see that when I flip that gets the club swinging
30
00:01:28.700 --> 00:01:29.040
way to
31
00:01:29.040 --> 00:01:33.850
the left when I hold it the extension of the wrist or the flexion of the lead
32
00:01:33.850 --> 00:01:34.360
wrist that
33
00:01:34.360 --> 00:01:37.000
keeps it going more out to the right.
34
00:01:37.000 --> 00:01:42.580
If I then accompany that with body rotation I can get the handle to go to the
35
00:01:42.580 --> 00:01:43.320
left and
36
00:01:43.320 --> 00:01:49.400
the club to stay out to the right gives me a very soft shallow ground contact
37
00:01:49.400 --> 00:01:50.960
and ultimately
38
00:01:50.960 --> 00:01:55.600
gives me a very repeatable penetrating ball flight.
39
00:01:55.600 --> 00:01:59.980
So if you are struggling with more of this outside in release here's how you
40
00:01:59.980 --> 00:02:00.520
set up the
41
00:02:00.520 --> 00:02:01.520
station.
42
00:02:01.520 --> 00:02:08.450
So I've got roughly in line with that flag and I put the pool noodle roughly in
43
00:02:08.450 --> 00:02:09.120
line with
44
00:02:09.120 --> 00:02:14.370
my knees or a little bit outside of my knees so that if I had the club shaft it
45
00:02:14.370 --> 00:02:15.000
's just
46
00:02:15.000 --> 00:02:23.820
inside but it's not too far out away so I'm bringing it relatively close to my
47
00:02:23.820 --> 00:02:24.760
legs just
48
00:02:24.760 --> 00:02:29.520
to make sure that if I scoop more like this I'm going to catch it.
49
00:02:29.520 --> 00:02:36.010
I can always check with a down the line camera if the club is exiting well
50
00:02:36.010 --> 00:02:37.360
under my hands
51
00:02:37.360 --> 00:02:43.720
like this and it doesn't hit it then it might not be in the right spot.
52
00:02:43.720 --> 00:02:48.900
So again you'll see even if I come into a decent position here if I release it
53
00:02:48.900 --> 00:02:50.280
more like this
54
00:02:50.280 --> 00:02:55.230
I'm going to make contact with the tripod or with the foam noodle and I'll
55
00:02:55.230 --> 00:02:56.080
hopefully
56
00:02:56.080 --> 00:03:00.520
look something like that and there I hit my pole if I left the face open I
57
00:03:00.520 --> 00:03:01.280
would have
58
00:03:01.280 --> 00:03:13.060
sliced it if on the other hand I get into roughly that same position here and
59
00:03:13.060 --> 00:03:13.200
then I
60
00:03:13.200 --> 00:03:18.240
maintain the extension of my wrist keep turning my body through you'll see the
61
00:03:18.240 --> 00:03:19.200
club finish
62
00:03:19.200 --> 00:03:21.880
more a little bit out to the right.
63
00:03:21.880 --> 00:03:27.550
Once I've got a feeling doing it in more slow motion shots then I can move up
64
00:03:27.550 --> 00:03:28.280
to three
65
00:03:28.280 --> 00:03:35.040
quarter swings and ultimately full shots kind of more like that.
1
00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:05.840
This is training hands-in club out with a pool noodle, so many golfers who
2
00:00:05.840 --> 00:00:06.880
slice the
3
00:00:06.880 --> 00:00:12.200
ball or pull the ball tend to have a very leftward release pattern.
4
00:00:12.200 --> 00:00:16.360
So oftentimes they'll say they can feel that they're getting really steep and
5
00:00:16.360 --> 00:00:16.560
they will
6
00:00:16.560 --> 00:00:18.960
describe that they're getting on top of it.
7
00:00:18.960 --> 00:00:23.200
But if we look at it from the down the line camera oftentimes at this
8
00:00:23.200 --> 00:00:24.760
checkpoint the club
9
00:00:24.760 --> 00:00:29.850
is just inside the hand so it's not in the outward direction which means that
10
00:00:29.850 --> 00:00:30.520
the left
11
00:00:30.520 --> 00:00:35.560
word path is happening all from there down to the golf ball so it's only a
12
00:00:35.560 --> 00:00:36.720
release problem
13
00:00:36.720 --> 00:00:39.520
it's not really a transition problem.
14
00:00:39.520 --> 00:00:43.820
So what's usually happening is they're in an okay position there and then the
15
00:00:43.820 --> 00:00:45.720
grip freezes
16
00:00:45.720 --> 00:00:51.970
and the hand releases or the right arm releases more like this and then it gets
17
00:00:51.970 --> 00:00:53.200
really underneath
18
00:00:53.200 --> 00:00:54.640
like so.
19
00:00:54.640 --> 00:00:58.880
So a checkpoint in the follow through is that the hands are just or the club is
20
00:00:58.880 --> 00:00:59.560
just slightly
21
00:00:59.560 --> 00:01:03.680
outside the hands from a down the line target view.
22
00:01:03.680 --> 00:01:07.690
So if I swing my hands out to the right that doesn't help me get the club out
23
00:01:07.690 --> 00:01:09.000
to the right.
24
00:01:09.000 --> 00:01:13.300
What helps me get the club out to the right is having more of a soft rotation
25
00:01:13.300 --> 00:01:13.920
of the arms
26
00:01:13.920 --> 00:01:18.120
while keeping the extension of the wrist as long as possible.
27
00:01:18.120 --> 00:01:23.560
So basically coming through more like that as opposed to coming through the
28
00:01:23.560 --> 00:01:24.320
ball more
29
00:01:24.320 --> 00:01:28.700
with a flip like that you can see that when I flip that gets the club swinging
30
00:01:28.700 --> 00:01:29.040
way to
31
00:01:29.040 --> 00:01:33.850
the left when I hold it the extension of the wrist or the flexion of the lead
32
00:01:33.850 --> 00:01:34.360
wrist that
33
00:01:34.360 --> 00:01:37.000
keeps it going more out to the right.
34
00:01:37.000 --> 00:01:42.580
If I then accompany that with body rotation I can get the handle to go to the
35
00:01:42.580 --> 00:01:43.320
left and
36
00:01:43.320 --> 00:01:49.400
the club to stay out to the right gives me a very soft shallow ground contact
37
00:01:49.400 --> 00:01:50.960
and ultimately
38
00:01:50.960 --> 00:01:55.600
gives me a very repeatable penetrating ball flight.
39
00:01:55.600 --> 00:01:59.980
So if you are struggling with more of this outside in release here's how you
40
00:01:59.980 --> 00:02:00.520
set up the
41
00:02:00.520 --> 00:02:01.520
station.
42
00:02:01.520 --> 00:02:08.450
So I've got roughly in line with that flag and I put the pool noodle roughly in
43
00:02:08.450 --> 00:02:09.120
line with
44
00:02:09.120 --> 00:02:14.370
my knees or a little bit outside of my knees so that if I had the club shaft it
45
00:02:14.370 --> 00:02:15.000
's just
46
00:02:15.000 --> 00:02:23.820
inside but it's not too far out away so I'm bringing it relatively close to my
47
00:02:23.820 --> 00:02:24.760
legs just
48
00:02:24.760 --> 00:02:29.520
to make sure that if I scoop more like this I'm going to catch it.
49
00:02:29.520 --> 00:02:36.010
I can always check with a down the line camera if the club is exiting well
50
00:02:36.010 --> 00:02:37.360
under my hands
51
00:02:37.360 --> 00:02:43.720
like this and it doesn't hit it then it might not be in the right spot.
52
00:02:43.720 --> 00:02:48.900
So again you'll see even if I come into a decent position here if I release it
53
00:02:48.900 --> 00:02:50.280
more like this
54
00:02:50.280 --> 00:02:55.230
I'm going to make contact with the tripod or with the foam noodle and I'll
55
00:02:55.230 --> 00:02:56.080
hopefully
56
00:02:56.080 --> 00:03:00.520
look something like that and there I hit my pole if I left the face open I
57
00:03:00.520 --> 00:03:01.280
would have
58
00:03:01.280 --> 00:03:13.060
sliced it if on the other hand I get into roughly that same position here and
59
00:03:13.060 --> 00:03:13.200
then I
60
00:03:13.200 --> 00:03:18.240
maintain the extension of my wrist keep turning my body through you'll see the
61
00:03:18.240 --> 00:03:19.200
club finish
62
00:03:19.200 --> 00:03:21.880
more a little bit out to the right.
63
00:03:21.880 --> 00:03:27.550
Once I've got a feeling doing it in more slow motion shots then I can move up
64
00:03:27.550 --> 00:03:28.280
to three
65
00:03:28.280 --> 00:03:35.040
quarter swings and ultimately full shots kind of more like that.
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.
Stop Slicing: Train Your Hands In and Club Out
After this video, you'll be able to:
- Identify the role of your hand position in slicing the ball
- Practice soft arm rotation for a more effective follow-through
- Understand how to maintain wrist extension for a straighter shot
Learn how to improve your swing path and prevent slicing by using a pool noodle drill. This video demonstrates how to achieve a more natural release for better ball flight.
Video Transcript
WEBVTT
1
00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:05.840
This is training hands-in club out with a pool noodle, so many golfers who
2
00:00:05.840 --> 00:00:06.880
slice the
3
00:00:06.880 --> 00:00:12.200
ball or pull the ball tend to have a very leftward release pattern.
4
00:00:12.200 --> 00:00:16.360
So oftentimes they'll say they can feel that they're getting really steep and
5
00:00:16.360 --> 00:00:16.560
they will
6
00:00:16.560 --> 00:00:18.960
describe that they're getting on top of it.
7
00:00:18.960 --> 00:00:23.200
But if we look at it from the down the line camera oftentimes at this
8
00:00:23.200 --> 00:00:24.760
checkpoint the club
9
00:00:24.760 --> 00:00:29.850
is just inside the hand so it's not in the outward direction which means that
10
00:00:29.850 --> 00:00:30.520
the left
11
00:00:30.520 --> 00:00:35.560
word path is happening all from there down to the golf ball so it's only a
12
00:00:35.560 --> 00:00:36.720
release problem
13
00:00:36.720 --> 00:00:39.520
it's not really a transition problem.
14
00:00:39.520 --> 00:00:43.820
So what's usually happening is they're in an okay position there and then the
15
00:00:43.820 --> 00:00:45.720
grip freezes
16
00:00:45.720 --> 00:00:51.970
and the hand releases or the right arm releases more like this and then it gets
17
00:00:51.970 --> 00:00:53.200
really underneath
18
00:00:53.200 --> 00:00:54.640
like so.
19
00:00:54.640 --> 00:00:58.880
So a checkpoint in the follow through is that the hands are just or the club is
20
00:00:58.880 --> 00:00:59.560
just slightly
21
00:00:59.560 --> 00:01:03.680
outside the hands from a down the line target view.
22
00:01:03.680 --> 00:01:07.690
So if I swing my hands out to the right that doesn't help me get the club out
23
00:01:07.690 --> 00:01:09.000
to the right.
24
00:01:09.000 --> 00:01:13.300
What helps me get the club out to the right is having more of a soft rotation
25
00:01:13.300 --> 00:01:13.920
of the arms
26
00:01:13.920 --> 00:01:18.120
while keeping the extension of the wrist as long as possible.
27
00:01:18.120 --> 00:01:23.560
So basically coming through more like that as opposed to coming through the
28
00:01:23.560 --> 00:01:24.320
ball more
29
00:01:24.320 --> 00:01:28.700
with a flip like that you can see that when I flip that gets the club swinging
30
00:01:28.700 --> 00:01:29.040
way to
31
00:01:29.040 --> 00:01:33.850
the left when I hold it the extension of the wrist or the flexion of the lead
32
00:01:33.850 --> 00:01:34.360
wrist that
33
00:01:34.360 --> 00:01:37.000
keeps it going more out to the right.
34
00:01:37.000 --> 00:01:42.580
If I then accompany that with body rotation I can get the handle to go to the
35
00:01:42.580 --> 00:01:43.320
left and
36
00:01:43.320 --> 00:01:49.400
the club to stay out to the right gives me a very soft shallow ground contact
37
00:01:49.400 --> 00:01:50.960
and ultimately
38
00:01:50.960 --> 00:01:55.600
gives me a very repeatable penetrating ball flight.
39
00:01:55.600 --> 00:01:59.980
So if you are struggling with more of this outside in release here's how you
40
00:01:59.980 --> 00:02:00.520
set up the
41
00:02:00.520 --> 00:02:01.520
station.
42
00:02:01.520 --> 00:02:08.450
So I've got roughly in line with that flag and I put the pool noodle roughly in
43
00:02:08.450 --> 00:02:09.120
line with
44
00:02:09.120 --> 00:02:14.370
my knees or a little bit outside of my knees so that if I had the club shaft it
45
00:02:14.370 --> 00:02:15.000
's just
46
00:02:15.000 --> 00:02:23.820
inside but it's not too far out away so I'm bringing it relatively close to my
47
00:02:23.820 --> 00:02:24.760
legs just
48
00:02:24.760 --> 00:02:29.520
to make sure that if I scoop more like this I'm going to catch it.
49
00:02:29.520 --> 00:02:36.010
I can always check with a down the line camera if the club is exiting well
50
00:02:36.010 --> 00:02:37.360
under my hands
51
00:02:37.360 --> 00:02:43.720
like this and it doesn't hit it then it might not be in the right spot.
52
00:02:43.720 --> 00:02:48.900
So again you'll see even if I come into a decent position here if I release it
53
00:02:48.900 --> 00:02:50.280
more like this
54
00:02:50.280 --> 00:02:55.230
I'm going to make contact with the tripod or with the foam noodle and I'll
55
00:02:55.230 --> 00:02:56.080
hopefully
56
00:02:56.080 --> 00:03:00.520
look something like that and there I hit my pole if I left the face open I
57
00:03:00.520 --> 00:03:01.280
would have
58
00:03:01.280 --> 00:03:13.060
sliced it if on the other hand I get into roughly that same position here and
59
00:03:13.060 --> 00:03:13.200
then I
60
00:03:13.200 --> 00:03:18.240
maintain the extension of my wrist keep turning my body through you'll see the
61
00:03:18.240 --> 00:03:19.200
club finish
62
00:03:19.200 --> 00:03:21.880
more a little bit out to the right.
63
00:03:21.880 --> 00:03:27.550
Once I've got a feeling doing it in more slow motion shots then I can move up
64
00:03:27.550 --> 00:03:28.280
to three
65
00:03:28.280 --> 00:03:35.040
quarter swings and ultimately full shots kind of more like that.
1
00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:05.840
This is training hands-in club out with a pool noodle, so many golfers who
2
00:00:05.840 --> 00:00:06.880
slice the
3
00:00:06.880 --> 00:00:12.200
ball or pull the ball tend to have a very leftward release pattern.
4
00:00:12.200 --> 00:00:16.360
So oftentimes they'll say they can feel that they're getting really steep and
5
00:00:16.360 --> 00:00:16.560
they will
6
00:00:16.560 --> 00:00:18.960
describe that they're getting on top of it.
7
00:00:18.960 --> 00:00:23.200
But if we look at it from the down the line camera oftentimes at this
8
00:00:23.200 --> 00:00:24.760
checkpoint the club
9
00:00:24.760 --> 00:00:29.850
is just inside the hand so it's not in the outward direction which means that
10
00:00:29.850 --> 00:00:30.520
the left
11
00:00:30.520 --> 00:00:35.560
word path is happening all from there down to the golf ball so it's only a
12
00:00:35.560 --> 00:00:36.720
release problem
13
00:00:36.720 --> 00:00:39.520
it's not really a transition problem.
14
00:00:39.520 --> 00:00:43.820
So what's usually happening is they're in an okay position there and then the
15
00:00:43.820 --> 00:00:45.720
grip freezes
16
00:00:45.720 --> 00:00:51.970
and the hand releases or the right arm releases more like this and then it gets
17
00:00:51.970 --> 00:00:53.200
really underneath
18
00:00:53.200 --> 00:00:54.640
like so.
19
00:00:54.640 --> 00:00:58.880
So a checkpoint in the follow through is that the hands are just or the club is
20
00:00:58.880 --> 00:00:59.560
just slightly
21
00:00:59.560 --> 00:01:03.680
outside the hands from a down the line target view.
22
00:01:03.680 --> 00:01:07.690
So if I swing my hands out to the right that doesn't help me get the club out
23
00:01:07.690 --> 00:01:09.000
to the right.
24
00:01:09.000 --> 00:01:13.300
What helps me get the club out to the right is having more of a soft rotation
25
00:01:13.300 --> 00:01:13.920
of the arms
26
00:01:13.920 --> 00:01:18.120
while keeping the extension of the wrist as long as possible.
27
00:01:18.120 --> 00:01:23.560
So basically coming through more like that as opposed to coming through the
28
00:01:23.560 --> 00:01:24.320
ball more
29
00:01:24.320 --> 00:01:28.700
with a flip like that you can see that when I flip that gets the club swinging
30
00:01:28.700 --> 00:01:29.040
way to
31
00:01:29.040 --> 00:01:33.850
the left when I hold it the extension of the wrist or the flexion of the lead
32
00:01:33.850 --> 00:01:34.360
wrist that
33
00:01:34.360 --> 00:01:37.000
keeps it going more out to the right.
34
00:01:37.000 --> 00:01:42.580
If I then accompany that with body rotation I can get the handle to go to the
35
00:01:42.580 --> 00:01:43.320
left and
36
00:01:43.320 --> 00:01:49.400
the club to stay out to the right gives me a very soft shallow ground contact
37
00:01:49.400 --> 00:01:50.960
and ultimately
38
00:01:50.960 --> 00:01:55.600
gives me a very repeatable penetrating ball flight.
39
00:01:55.600 --> 00:01:59.980
So if you are struggling with more of this outside in release here's how you
40
00:01:59.980 --> 00:02:00.520
set up the
41
00:02:00.520 --> 00:02:01.520
station.
42
00:02:01.520 --> 00:02:08.450
So I've got roughly in line with that flag and I put the pool noodle roughly in
43
00:02:08.450 --> 00:02:09.120
line with
44
00:02:09.120 --> 00:02:14.370
my knees or a little bit outside of my knees so that if I had the club shaft it
45
00:02:14.370 --> 00:02:15.000
's just
46
00:02:15.000 --> 00:02:23.820
inside but it's not too far out away so I'm bringing it relatively close to my
47
00:02:23.820 --> 00:02:24.760
legs just
48
00:02:24.760 --> 00:02:29.520
to make sure that if I scoop more like this I'm going to catch it.
49
00:02:29.520 --> 00:02:36.010
I can always check with a down the line camera if the club is exiting well
50
00:02:36.010 --> 00:02:37.360
under my hands
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like this and it doesn't hit it then it might not be in the right spot.
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So again you'll see even if I come into a decent position here if I release it
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more like this
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I'm going to make contact with the tripod or with the foam noodle and I'll
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hopefully
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look something like that and there I hit my pole if I left the face open I
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would have
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sliced it if on the other hand I get into roughly that same position here and
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then I
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maintain the extension of my wrist keep turning my body through you'll see the
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club finish
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more a little bit out to the right.
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Once I've got a feeling doing it in more slow motion shots then I can move up
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to three
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quarter swings and ultimately full shots kind of more like that.
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