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Hip Rotation Backswing Timing
Some golfers rotate their hips too early in the backswing and then finish the backswing with only arm movements. This makes it more likely for a golfer to start the downswing with the arms. It can be helpful to train the arms and the hips finishing the swing at the same time. Training the hip timing helps with rhythm and sequencing
Some golfers rotate their hips too early in the backswing and then finish the backswing with only arm movements. This makes it more likely for a golfer to start the downswing with the arms. It can be helpful to train the arms and the hips finishing the swing at the same time. Training the hip timing helps with rhythm and sequencing
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Mr. L is hip rotation timing in the backswing.
2
00:00:07.640 --> 00:00:13.410
So some golfers who have more of an upper body pull tend to struggle with the
3
00:00:13.410 --> 00:00:13.880
timing
4
00:00:13.880 --> 00:00:17.520
of the rotation of the lower body, not necessarily the amount.
5
00:00:17.520 --> 00:00:22.110
So ideally, if you are loading your hip muscles and you're using your lower
6
00:00:22.110 --> 00:00:22.560
body as a big
7
00:00:22.560 --> 00:00:27.460
power source, then what will happen is as you approach the top of the swing,
8
00:00:27.460 --> 00:00:28.080
you will
9
00:00:28.080 --> 00:00:33.430
be approaching the stretch in your glutes or you will be approaching your full
10
00:00:33.430 --> 00:00:33.920
range
11
00:00:33.920 --> 00:00:38.000
of motion with your lower body close to the top of the backswing.
12
00:00:38.000 --> 00:00:42.910
It will happen typically in more of this kind of wave or sequence where it
13
00:00:42.910 --> 00:00:43.920
might happen
14
00:00:43.920 --> 00:00:45.320
a little bit shorter.
15
00:00:45.320 --> 00:00:48.990
But oftentimes, I'll find that golfers who have more of an upper body dominant
16
00:00:48.990 --> 00:00:49.880
power source,
17
00:00:49.880 --> 00:00:55.010
an upper body pull in transition, they will finish out the lower body movement
18
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when the
19
00:00:55.480 --> 00:00:58.240
club is somewhere around belly button height.
20
00:00:58.240 --> 00:01:03.430
So they will tend to kind of rotate the lower body quickly and then the rest of
21
00:01:03.430 --> 00:01:05.080
the backswing
22
00:01:05.080 --> 00:01:07.080
is mostly arm movement.
23
00:01:07.080 --> 00:01:11.670
So what they've done is they've created an anchor and then they're loading the
24
00:01:11.670 --> 00:01:11.680
arms
25
00:01:11.680 --> 00:01:13.400
to get ready to pull down.
26
00:01:13.400 --> 00:01:17.990
They may even look like that lower body is moving, but it's just kind of rep
27
00:01:17.990 --> 00:01:18.280
ositioning
28
00:01:18.280 --> 00:01:21.200
it's not really driving the system.
29
00:01:21.200 --> 00:01:27.320
So oftentimes, what we'll do is I will work on kind of getting more of this
30
00:01:27.320 --> 00:01:28.220
rhythm and
31
00:01:28.220 --> 00:01:32.810
feeling like, okay, I'm going to make a turn and once I get into that hip or
32
00:01:32.810 --> 00:01:33.360
once I get
33
00:01:33.360 --> 00:01:37.720
that hip or that glute loaded, then I'm going to change direction.
34
00:01:37.720 --> 00:01:42.310
So whether it's with a stepping drill or just kind of a rhythm move like I did
35
00:01:42.310 --> 00:01:42.900
there, then
36
00:01:42.900 --> 00:01:48.030
I'm going to combo that with a little bit of just kind of keeping the arms out
37
00:01:48.030 --> 00:01:48.680
in front
38
00:01:48.680 --> 00:01:51.520
of the body.
39
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Oftentimes, this can be a little tricky one because what will happen is the
40
00:01:56.110 --> 00:01:56.280
transition
41
00:01:56.280 --> 00:01:59.800
or the backswing is going to feel much quicker than you're used to.
42
00:01:59.800 --> 00:02:07.170
We've basically taken away this kind of runoff and so it's going to feel like a
43
00:02:07.170 --> 00:02:08.240
shorter and
44
00:02:08.240 --> 00:02:13.550
quicker backswing movement, but what's really happening is we're just blending
45
00:02:13.550 --> 00:02:14.280
the timing
46
00:02:14.280 --> 00:02:17.560
of that lower body with the upper body movement.
47
00:02:17.560 --> 00:02:19.840
So it's not so dramatic.
48
00:02:19.840 --> 00:02:23.920
As one student described, no coffee breaks.
49
00:02:23.920 --> 00:02:27.860
Basically the lower body finishes, takes a little coffee break while the arms
50
00:02:27.860 --> 00:02:28.480
load and
51
00:02:28.480 --> 00:02:31.360
then catches up mid-down swing.
52
00:02:31.360 --> 00:02:36.800
So here we're going to do a couple where we work on that lower body timing.
53
00:02:36.800 --> 00:02:43.230
I'm going to apply this way, kind of helps me feel like my lower body and my
54
00:02:43.230 --> 00:02:43.920
arm are
55
00:02:43.920 --> 00:02:50.110
working together and I want them to change direction relatively close to the
56
00:02:50.110 --> 00:02:51.240
same time.
57
00:02:51.240 --> 00:02:54.120
So now we're going to try and preset mentally.
58
00:02:54.120 --> 00:03:01.470
We're going to apply that feeling of lower body and it may feel either, like I
59
00:03:01.470 --> 00:03:01.840
said, quicker
60
00:03:01.840 --> 00:03:07.940
or it may feel shorter if you are used to having more of a kind of pause of the
61
00:03:07.940 --> 00:03:08.520
lower
62
00:03:08.520 --> 00:03:11.080
body at the top of the swing.
63
00:03:11.080 --> 00:03:15.350
If you don't have a pause and you're just kind of working on the overall timing
64
00:03:15.350 --> 00:03:15.720
, then
65
00:03:15.720 --> 00:03:20.310
this can be a good drill of feeling like a dynamic load into the hip and as
66
00:03:20.310 --> 00:03:21.040
soon as you
67
00:03:21.040 --> 00:03:24.640
load that hip you're going to fire.
68
00:03:24.640 --> 00:03:27.590
If that's the case, then oftentimes what I'll have golfers do is do a little
69
00:03:27.590 --> 00:03:28.480
bit of a squat
70
00:03:28.480 --> 00:03:33.340
jump and I'll say, okay, I want you to feel how much load you had or how long
71
00:03:33.340 --> 00:03:34.000
you were
72
00:03:34.000 --> 00:03:35.480
at the bottom of the swing.
73
00:03:35.480 --> 00:03:38.230
Now I want you to imagine that your hip is going to spend the same amount of
74
00:03:38.230 --> 00:03:38.780
time under
75
00:03:38.780 --> 00:03:43.910
load at the top of the swing and so for some golfers that imagery or that
76
00:03:43.910 --> 00:03:44.960
feeling kind
77
00:03:44.960 --> 00:03:48.200
of connects the timing a little bit better.
78
00:03:48.200 --> 00:03:51.400
So there's kind of that feeling.
79
00:03:51.400 --> 00:03:56.250
Now we're going to get that transition or that top of swing timing work in the
80
00:03:56.250 --> 00:03:58.160
same way.
81
00:03:58.160 --> 00:04:00.960
Top, go.
82
00:04:00.960 --> 00:04:03.670
And like I said, it can feel a little shorter, it can feel a little quicker,
83
00:04:03.670 --> 00:04:04.240
but if you're
84
00:04:04.240 --> 00:04:10.490
looking at it on video, you should see that basically the leg is kind of moving
85
00:04:10.490 --> 00:04:11.260
and filling
86
00:04:11.260 --> 00:04:16.580
the space of the whole backswing and then starting the downswing.
87
00:04:16.580 --> 00:04:21.710
So there's no real pause or standstill as your upper body appears to look like
88
00:04:21.710 --> 00:04:21.980
it would
89
00:04:21.980 --> 00:04:22.980
pull.
90
00:04:22.980 --> 00:04:28.860
So try that if you feel like or you analyze your video and you see that there's
91
00:04:28.860 --> 00:04:29.580
a little
92
00:04:29.580 --> 00:04:34.170
bit more of an aggressive arm pull and you see that the leg is not really
93
00:04:34.170 --> 00:04:34.880
moving for
94
00:04:34.880 --> 00:04:38.360
the second half of the downswing, it can have a big impact on where you're
95
00:04:38.360 --> 00:04:38.960
creating
96
00:04:38.960 --> 00:04:40.760
power and you're overall sequencing.
1
00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:07.640
Mr. L is hip rotation timing in the backswing.
2
00:00:07.640 --> 00:00:13.410
So some golfers who have more of an upper body pull tend to struggle with the
3
00:00:13.410 --> 00:00:13.880
timing
4
00:00:13.880 --> 00:00:17.520
of the rotation of the lower body, not necessarily the amount.
5
00:00:17.520 --> 00:00:22.110
So ideally, if you are loading your hip muscles and you're using your lower
6
00:00:22.110 --> 00:00:22.560
body as a big
7
00:00:22.560 --> 00:00:27.460
power source, then what will happen is as you approach the top of the swing,
8
00:00:27.460 --> 00:00:28.080
you will
9
00:00:28.080 --> 00:00:33.430
be approaching the stretch in your glutes or you will be approaching your full
10
00:00:33.430 --> 00:00:33.920
range
11
00:00:33.920 --> 00:00:38.000
of motion with your lower body close to the top of the backswing.
12
00:00:38.000 --> 00:00:42.910
It will happen typically in more of this kind of wave or sequence where it
13
00:00:42.910 --> 00:00:43.920
might happen
14
00:00:43.920 --> 00:00:45.320
a little bit shorter.
15
00:00:45.320 --> 00:00:48.990
But oftentimes, I'll find that golfers who have more of an upper body dominant
16
00:00:48.990 --> 00:00:49.880
power source,
17
00:00:49.880 --> 00:00:55.010
an upper body pull in transition, they will finish out the lower body movement
18
00:00:55.010 --> 00:00:55.480
when the
19
00:00:55.480 --> 00:00:58.240
club is somewhere around belly button height.
20
00:00:58.240 --> 00:01:03.430
So they will tend to kind of rotate the lower body quickly and then the rest of
21
00:01:03.430 --> 00:01:05.080
the backswing
22
00:01:05.080 --> 00:01:07.080
is mostly arm movement.
23
00:01:07.080 --> 00:01:11.670
So what they've done is they've created an anchor and then they're loading the
24
00:01:11.670 --> 00:01:11.680
arms
25
00:01:11.680 --> 00:01:13.400
to get ready to pull down.
26
00:01:13.400 --> 00:01:17.990
They may even look like that lower body is moving, but it's just kind of rep
27
00:01:17.990 --> 00:01:18.280
ositioning
28
00:01:18.280 --> 00:01:21.200
it's not really driving the system.
29
00:01:21.200 --> 00:01:27.320
So oftentimes, what we'll do is I will work on kind of getting more of this
30
00:01:27.320 --> 00:01:28.220
rhythm and
31
00:01:28.220 --> 00:01:32.810
feeling like, okay, I'm going to make a turn and once I get into that hip or
32
00:01:32.810 --> 00:01:33.360
once I get
33
00:01:33.360 --> 00:01:37.720
that hip or that glute loaded, then I'm going to change direction.
34
00:01:37.720 --> 00:01:42.310
So whether it's with a stepping drill or just kind of a rhythm move like I did
35
00:01:42.310 --> 00:01:42.900
there, then
36
00:01:42.900 --> 00:01:48.030
I'm going to combo that with a little bit of just kind of keeping the arms out
37
00:01:48.030 --> 00:01:48.680
in front
38
00:01:48.680 --> 00:01:51.520
of the body.
39
00:01:51.520 --> 00:01:56.110
Oftentimes, this can be a little tricky one because what will happen is the
40
00:01:56.110 --> 00:01:56.280
transition
41
00:01:56.280 --> 00:01:59.800
or the backswing is going to feel much quicker than you're used to.
42
00:01:59.800 --> 00:02:07.170
We've basically taken away this kind of runoff and so it's going to feel like a
43
00:02:07.170 --> 00:02:08.240
shorter and
44
00:02:08.240 --> 00:02:13.550
quicker backswing movement, but what's really happening is we're just blending
45
00:02:13.550 --> 00:02:14.280
the timing
46
00:02:14.280 --> 00:02:17.560
of that lower body with the upper body movement.
47
00:02:17.560 --> 00:02:19.840
So it's not so dramatic.
48
00:02:19.840 --> 00:02:23.920
As one student described, no coffee breaks.
49
00:02:23.920 --> 00:02:27.860
Basically the lower body finishes, takes a little coffee break while the arms
50
00:02:27.860 --> 00:02:28.480
load and
51
00:02:28.480 --> 00:02:31.360
then catches up mid-down swing.
52
00:02:31.360 --> 00:02:36.800
So here we're going to do a couple where we work on that lower body timing.
53
00:02:36.800 --> 00:02:43.230
I'm going to apply this way, kind of helps me feel like my lower body and my
54
00:02:43.230 --> 00:02:43.920
arm are
55
00:02:43.920 --> 00:02:50.110
working together and I want them to change direction relatively close to the
56
00:02:50.110 --> 00:02:51.240
same time.
57
00:02:51.240 --> 00:02:54.120
So now we're going to try and preset mentally.
58
00:02:54.120 --> 00:03:01.470
We're going to apply that feeling of lower body and it may feel either, like I
59
00:03:01.470 --> 00:03:01.840
said, quicker
60
00:03:01.840 --> 00:03:07.940
or it may feel shorter if you are used to having more of a kind of pause of the
61
00:03:07.940 --> 00:03:08.520
lower
62
00:03:08.520 --> 00:03:11.080
body at the top of the swing.
63
00:03:11.080 --> 00:03:15.350
If you don't have a pause and you're just kind of working on the overall timing
64
00:03:15.350 --> 00:03:15.720
, then
65
00:03:15.720 --> 00:03:20.310
this can be a good drill of feeling like a dynamic load into the hip and as
66
00:03:20.310 --> 00:03:21.040
soon as you
67
00:03:21.040 --> 00:03:24.640
load that hip you're going to fire.
68
00:03:24.640 --> 00:03:27.590
If that's the case, then oftentimes what I'll have golfers do is do a little
69
00:03:27.590 --> 00:03:28.480
bit of a squat
70
00:03:28.480 --> 00:03:33.340
jump and I'll say, okay, I want you to feel how much load you had or how long
71
00:03:33.340 --> 00:03:34.000
you were
72
00:03:34.000 --> 00:03:35.480
at the bottom of the swing.
73
00:03:35.480 --> 00:03:38.230
Now I want you to imagine that your hip is going to spend the same amount of
74
00:03:38.230 --> 00:03:38.780
time under
75
00:03:38.780 --> 00:03:43.910
load at the top of the swing and so for some golfers that imagery or that
76
00:03:43.910 --> 00:03:44.960
feeling kind
77
00:03:44.960 --> 00:03:48.200
of connects the timing a little bit better.
78
00:03:48.200 --> 00:03:51.400
So there's kind of that feeling.
79
00:03:51.400 --> 00:03:56.250
Now we're going to get that transition or that top of swing timing work in the
80
00:03:56.250 --> 00:03:58.160
same way.
81
00:03:58.160 --> 00:04:00.960
Top, go.
82
00:04:00.960 --> 00:04:03.670
And like I said, it can feel a little shorter, it can feel a little quicker,
83
00:04:03.670 --> 00:04:04.240
but if you're
84
00:04:04.240 --> 00:04:10.490
looking at it on video, you should see that basically the leg is kind of moving
85
00:04:10.490 --> 00:04:11.260
and filling
86
00:04:11.260 --> 00:04:16.580
the space of the whole backswing and then starting the downswing.
87
00:04:16.580 --> 00:04:21.710
So there's no real pause or standstill as your upper body appears to look like
88
00:04:21.710 --> 00:04:21.980
it would
89
00:04:21.980 --> 00:04:22.980
pull.
90
00:04:22.980 --> 00:04:28.860
So try that if you feel like or you analyze your video and you see that there's
91
00:04:28.860 --> 00:04:29.580
a little
92
00:04:29.580 --> 00:04:34.170
bit more of an aggressive arm pull and you see that the leg is not really
93
00:04:34.170 --> 00:04:34.880
moving for
94
00:04:34.880 --> 00:04:38.360
the second half of the downswing, it can have a big impact on where you're
95
00:04:38.360 --> 00:04:38.960
creating
96
00:04:38.960 --> 00:04:40.760
power and you're overall sequencing.
Have questions?
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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.
Hip Rotation Backswing Timing
Some golfers rotate their hips too early in the backswing and then finish the backswing with only arm movements. This makes it more likely for a golfer to start the downswing with the arms. It can be helpful to train the arms and the hips finishing the swing at the same time. Training the hip timing helps with rhythm and sequencing
Some golfers rotate their hips too early in the backswing and then finish the backswing with only arm movements. This makes it more likely for a golfer to start the downswing with the arms. It can be helpful to train the arms and the hips finishing the swing at the same time. Training the hip timing helps with rhythm and sequencing
Hide
Video Transcript
WEBVTT
1
00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:07.640
Mr. L is hip rotation timing in the backswing.
2
00:00:07.640 --> 00:00:13.410
So some golfers who have more of an upper body pull tend to struggle with the
3
00:00:13.410 --> 00:00:13.880
timing
4
00:00:13.880 --> 00:00:17.520
of the rotation of the lower body, not necessarily the amount.
5
00:00:17.520 --> 00:00:22.110
So ideally, if you are loading your hip muscles and you're using your lower
6
00:00:22.110 --> 00:00:22.560
body as a big
7
00:00:22.560 --> 00:00:27.460
power source, then what will happen is as you approach the top of the swing,
8
00:00:27.460 --> 00:00:28.080
you will
9
00:00:28.080 --> 00:00:33.430
be approaching the stretch in your glutes or you will be approaching your full
10
00:00:33.430 --> 00:00:33.920
range
11
00:00:33.920 --> 00:00:38.000
of motion with your lower body close to the top of the backswing.
12
00:00:38.000 --> 00:00:42.910
It will happen typically in more of this kind of wave or sequence where it
13
00:00:42.910 --> 00:00:43.920
might happen
14
00:00:43.920 --> 00:00:45.320
a little bit shorter.
15
00:00:45.320 --> 00:00:48.990
But oftentimes, I'll find that golfers who have more of an upper body dominant
16
00:00:48.990 --> 00:00:49.880
power source,
17
00:00:49.880 --> 00:00:55.010
an upper body pull in transition, they will finish out the lower body movement
18
00:00:55.010 --> 00:00:55.480
when the
19
00:00:55.480 --> 00:00:58.240
club is somewhere around belly button height.
20
00:00:58.240 --> 00:01:03.430
So they will tend to kind of rotate the lower body quickly and then the rest of
21
00:01:03.430 --> 00:01:05.080
the backswing
22
00:01:05.080 --> 00:01:07.080
is mostly arm movement.
23
00:01:07.080 --> 00:01:11.670
So what they've done is they've created an anchor and then they're loading the
24
00:01:11.670 --> 00:01:11.680
arms
25
00:01:11.680 --> 00:01:13.400
to get ready to pull down.
26
00:01:13.400 --> 00:01:17.990
They may even look like that lower body is moving, but it's just kind of rep
27
00:01:17.990 --> 00:01:18.280
ositioning
28
00:01:18.280 --> 00:01:21.200
it's not really driving the system.
29
00:01:21.200 --> 00:01:27.320
So oftentimes, what we'll do is I will work on kind of getting more of this
30
00:01:27.320 --> 00:01:28.220
rhythm and
31
00:01:28.220 --> 00:01:32.810
feeling like, okay, I'm going to make a turn and once I get into that hip or
32
00:01:32.810 --> 00:01:33.360
once I get
33
00:01:33.360 --> 00:01:37.720
that hip or that glute loaded, then I'm going to change direction.
34
00:01:37.720 --> 00:01:42.310
So whether it's with a stepping drill or just kind of a rhythm move like I did
35
00:01:42.310 --> 00:01:42.900
there, then
36
00:01:42.900 --> 00:01:48.030
I'm going to combo that with a little bit of just kind of keeping the arms out
37
00:01:48.030 --> 00:01:48.680
in front
38
00:01:48.680 --> 00:01:51.520
of the body.
39
00:01:51.520 --> 00:01:56.110
Oftentimes, this can be a little tricky one because what will happen is the
40
00:01:56.110 --> 00:01:56.280
transition
41
00:01:56.280 --> 00:01:59.800
or the backswing is going to feel much quicker than you're used to.
42
00:01:59.800 --> 00:02:07.170
We've basically taken away this kind of runoff and so it's going to feel like a
43
00:02:07.170 --> 00:02:08.240
shorter and
44
00:02:08.240 --> 00:02:13.550
quicker backswing movement, but what's really happening is we're just blending
45
00:02:13.550 --> 00:02:14.280
the timing
46
00:02:14.280 --> 00:02:17.560
of that lower body with the upper body movement.
47
00:02:17.560 --> 00:02:19.840
So it's not so dramatic.
48
00:02:19.840 --> 00:02:23.920
As one student described, no coffee breaks.
49
00:02:23.920 --> 00:02:27.860
Basically the lower body finishes, takes a little coffee break while the arms
50
00:02:27.860 --> 00:02:28.480
load and
51
00:02:28.480 --> 00:02:31.360
then catches up mid-down swing.
52
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So here we're going to do a couple where we work on that lower body timing.
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I'm going to apply this way, kind of helps me feel like my lower body and my
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arm are
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working together and I want them to change direction relatively close to the
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same time.
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So now we're going to try and preset mentally.
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We're going to apply that feeling of lower body and it may feel either, like I
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said, quicker
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or it may feel shorter if you are used to having more of a kind of pause of the
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lower
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body at the top of the swing.
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If you don't have a pause and you're just kind of working on the overall timing
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, then
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this can be a good drill of feeling like a dynamic load into the hip and as
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soon as you
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load that hip you're going to fire.
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If that's the case, then oftentimes what I'll have golfers do is do a little
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bit of a squat
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jump and I'll say, okay, I want you to feel how much load you had or how long
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you were
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at the bottom of the swing.
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Now I want you to imagine that your hip is going to spend the same amount of
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time under
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load at the top of the swing and so for some golfers that imagery or that
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feeling kind
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of connects the timing a little bit better.
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So there's kind of that feeling.
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Now we're going to get that transition or that top of swing timing work in the
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same way.
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Top, go.
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And like I said, it can feel a little shorter, it can feel a little quicker,
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but if you're
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looking at it on video, you should see that basically the leg is kind of moving
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and filling
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the space of the whole backswing and then starting the downswing.
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So there's no real pause or standstill as your upper body appears to look like
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it would
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pull.
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So try that if you feel like or you analyze your video and you see that there's
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a little
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bit more of an aggressive arm pull and you see that the leg is not really
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moving for
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the second half of the downswing, it can have a big impact on where you're
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creating
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power and you're overall sequencing.
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Mr. L is hip rotation timing in the backswing.
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So some golfers who have more of an upper body pull tend to struggle with the
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timing
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of the rotation of the lower body, not necessarily the amount.
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So ideally, if you are loading your hip muscles and you're using your lower
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body as a big
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power source, then what will happen is as you approach the top of the swing,
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you will
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be approaching the stretch in your glutes or you will be approaching your full
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range
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of motion with your lower body close to the top of the backswing.
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It will happen typically in more of this kind of wave or sequence where it
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might happen
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a little bit shorter.
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But oftentimes, I'll find that golfers who have more of an upper body dominant
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power source,
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an upper body pull in transition, they will finish out the lower body movement
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when the
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club is somewhere around belly button height.
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So they will tend to kind of rotate the lower body quickly and then the rest of
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the backswing
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is mostly arm movement.
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So what they've done is they've created an anchor and then they're loading the
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arms
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to get ready to pull down.
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They may even look like that lower body is moving, but it's just kind of rep
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ositioning
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it's not really driving the system.
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So oftentimes, what we'll do is I will work on kind of getting more of this
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rhythm and
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feeling like, okay, I'm going to make a turn and once I get into that hip or
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once I get
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that hip or that glute loaded, then I'm going to change direction.
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So whether it's with a stepping drill or just kind of a rhythm move like I did
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there, then
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I'm going to combo that with a little bit of just kind of keeping the arms out
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in front
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of the body.
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Oftentimes, this can be a little tricky one because what will happen is the
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transition
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or the backswing is going to feel much quicker than you're used to.
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We've basically taken away this kind of runoff and so it's going to feel like a
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shorter and
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quicker backswing movement, but what's really happening is we're just blending
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the timing
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of that lower body with the upper body movement.
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So it's not so dramatic.
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As one student described, no coffee breaks.
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Basically the lower body finishes, takes a little coffee break while the arms
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load and
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then catches up mid-down swing.
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So here we're going to do a couple where we work on that lower body timing.
53
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I'm going to apply this way, kind of helps me feel like my lower body and my
54
00:02:43.230 --> 00:02:43.920
arm are
55
00:02:43.920 --> 00:02:50.110
working together and I want them to change direction relatively close to the
56
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same time.
57
00:02:51.240 --> 00:02:54.120
So now we're going to try and preset mentally.
58
00:02:54.120 --> 00:03:01.470
We're going to apply that feeling of lower body and it may feel either, like I
59
00:03:01.470 --> 00:03:01.840
said, quicker
60
00:03:01.840 --> 00:03:07.940
or it may feel shorter if you are used to having more of a kind of pause of the
61
00:03:07.940 --> 00:03:08.520
lower
62
00:03:08.520 --> 00:03:11.080
body at the top of the swing.
63
00:03:11.080 --> 00:03:15.350
If you don't have a pause and you're just kind of working on the overall timing
64
00:03:15.350 --> 00:03:15.720
, then
65
00:03:15.720 --> 00:03:20.310
this can be a good drill of feeling like a dynamic load into the hip and as
66
00:03:20.310 --> 00:03:21.040
soon as you
67
00:03:21.040 --> 00:03:24.640
load that hip you're going to fire.
68
00:03:24.640 --> 00:03:27.590
If that's the case, then oftentimes what I'll have golfers do is do a little
69
00:03:27.590 --> 00:03:28.480
bit of a squat
70
00:03:28.480 --> 00:03:33.340
jump and I'll say, okay, I want you to feel how much load you had or how long
71
00:03:33.340 --> 00:03:34.000
you were
72
00:03:34.000 --> 00:03:35.480
at the bottom of the swing.
73
00:03:35.480 --> 00:03:38.230
Now I want you to imagine that your hip is going to spend the same amount of
74
00:03:38.230 --> 00:03:38.780
time under
75
00:03:38.780 --> 00:03:43.910
load at the top of the swing and so for some golfers that imagery or that
76
00:03:43.910 --> 00:03:44.960
feeling kind
77
00:03:44.960 --> 00:03:48.200
of connects the timing a little bit better.
78
00:03:48.200 --> 00:03:51.400
So there's kind of that feeling.
79
00:03:51.400 --> 00:03:56.250
Now we're going to get that transition or that top of swing timing work in the
80
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same way.
81
00:03:58.160 --> 00:04:00.960
Top, go.
82
00:04:00.960 --> 00:04:03.670
And like I said, it can feel a little shorter, it can feel a little quicker,
83
00:04:03.670 --> 00:04:04.240
but if you're
84
00:04:04.240 --> 00:04:10.490
looking at it on video, you should see that basically the leg is kind of moving
85
00:04:10.490 --> 00:04:11.260
and filling
86
00:04:11.260 --> 00:04:16.580
the space of the whole backswing and then starting the downswing.
87
00:04:16.580 --> 00:04:21.710
So there's no real pause or standstill as your upper body appears to look like
88
00:04:21.710 --> 00:04:21.980
it would
89
00:04:21.980 --> 00:04:22.980
pull.
90
00:04:22.980 --> 00:04:28.860
So try that if you feel like or you analyze your video and you see that there's
91
00:04:28.860 --> 00:04:29.580
a little
92
00:04:29.580 --> 00:04:34.170
bit more of an aggressive arm pull and you see that the leg is not really
93
00:04:34.170 --> 00:04:34.880
moving for
94
00:04:34.880 --> 00:04:38.360
the second half of the downswing, it can have a big impact on where you're
95
00:04:38.360 --> 00:04:38.960
creating
96
00:04:38.960 --> 00:04:40.760
power and you're overall sequencing.
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