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Improve Your Transition with the Hit from the Top Drill
After this video, you'll be able to:
- Initiate your downswing effectively using your lower body for better timing
- Organize your thoughts and movements from a dead stop for improved rhythm
- Enhance your sequencing and transition skills to increase shot distance
Learn how to initiate your downswing from the lower body with the Hit from the Top drill. This exercise helps you develop better sequencing and timing for more consistent shots.
Video Transcript
WEBVTT
1
00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:03.320
This drill is hit from the top.
2
00:00:03.320 --> 00:00:08.480
Now hit from the top is a great transition and sequencing drill where basically
3
00:00:08.480 --> 00:00:08.880
you make
4
00:00:08.880 --> 00:00:13.030
your backswing, freeze there, take a look, make sure everything is the way that
5
00:00:13.030 --> 00:00:13.560
you want
6
00:00:13.560 --> 00:00:18.440
it, and then try and initiate the downswing from the lower body making your
7
00:00:18.440 --> 00:00:19.680
good transition
8
00:00:19.680 --> 00:00:20.680
pieces.
9
00:00:20.680 --> 00:00:25.150
Now it's very, very challenging if you are a more of a rhythm golfer, but if
10
00:00:25.150 --> 00:00:25.760
you feel
11
00:00:25.760 --> 00:00:31.030
or visual, this can be a very good drill for you to work on that sequencing and
12
00:00:31.030 --> 00:00:31.440
some
13
00:00:31.440 --> 00:00:35.510
of the fine movements of transition because it gives you a chance to go from a
14
00:00:35.510 --> 00:00:36.280
dead stop,
15
00:00:36.280 --> 00:00:39.520
organize your thoughts, and just work your way from there.
16
00:00:39.520 --> 00:00:44.590
I do think it can be good for rhythm golfers to do, just recognize that it'll
17
00:00:44.590 --> 00:00:45.240
feel a little
18
00:00:45.240 --> 00:00:48.480
bit more uncomfortable to go from a dead stop at first.
19
00:00:48.480 --> 00:00:53.510
So essentially you're going to set up to the golf ball, focus on making that
20
00:00:53.510 --> 00:00:54.640
good backswing,
21
00:00:54.640 --> 00:01:01.480
whatever pieces you're necessarily working on, and then from there I'm going to
22
00:01:01.480 --> 00:01:02.480
basically
23
00:01:02.480 --> 00:01:03.480
start down.
24
00:01:03.480 --> 00:01:08.700
Now I can do this at a variety of different speeds, working my way up to
25
00:01:08.700 --> 00:01:09.720
hitting full
26
00:01:09.720 --> 00:01:10.720
shots.
27
00:01:10.720 --> 00:01:15.050
I remember doing this a bunch in college and I believe Tiger Woods, this was
28
00:01:15.050 --> 00:01:15.680
one of his
29
00:01:15.680 --> 00:01:17.880
drills that he originally did with Butch Harmon.
30
00:01:17.880 --> 00:01:22.840
It can be really good for working on that transition sequencing timing.
31
00:01:22.840 --> 00:01:27.640
So here we go again, you're going to go up to the top of your swing and then
32
00:01:27.640 --> 00:01:28.360
from here
33
00:01:28.360 --> 00:01:32.300
you're basically going to start your way down.
34
00:01:32.300 --> 00:01:36.520
Now again, it's going to be very challenging in order to hit the ball as far as
35
00:01:36.520 --> 00:01:37.320
you normally
36
00:01:37.320 --> 00:01:39.720
do, but it's possible to get pretty close.
37
00:01:39.720 --> 00:01:44.430
I would say 90% of how far you can hit with your full swing, you should be able
38
00:01:44.430 --> 00:01:44.880
to hit
39
00:01:44.880 --> 00:01:47.000
with this drill.
40
00:01:47.000 --> 00:01:50.250
One of the challenges, especially if you tend to be one of those hit early from
41
00:01:50.250 --> 00:01:51.200
the top,
42
00:01:51.200 --> 00:01:55.190
is this is going to force you to really build up that speed during the down
43
00:01:55.190 --> 00:01:56.120
swing as opposed
44
00:01:56.120 --> 00:02:00.200
to kind of that pull and then just kind of cruise through impact.
45
00:02:00.200 --> 00:02:03.960
So this can be a great drill for working on that transition timing.
46
00:02:03.960 --> 00:02:09.170
And then what you can do is you can have one or two balls ready and you can go
47
00:02:09.170 --> 00:02:09.960
from hitting
48
00:02:09.960 --> 00:02:14.830
the ball using this drill to trying to recreate that same feeling hitting the
49
00:02:14.830 --> 00:02:15.760
ball quickly
50
00:02:15.760 --> 00:02:18.040
while you still have it fresh in your mind.
51
00:02:18.040 --> 00:02:24.040
So essentially from the top of the swing with a dead stop and then start with
52
00:02:24.040 --> 00:02:24.700
that lower
53
00:02:24.700 --> 00:02:32.020
body and then get set up to the ball and try and recreate that same movement.
54
00:02:32.020 --> 00:02:36.960
So hopefully that helps you with your transition either movements or timing and
55
00:02:36.960 --> 00:02:37.920
connecting the
56
00:02:37.920 --> 00:02:40.640
top of the backswing to transition.
57
00:02:40.640 --> 00:02:44.660
Both of those are very helpful for developing your consistent and repeatable
58
00:02:44.660 --> 00:02:45.360
stock swing.
1
00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:03.320
This drill is hit from the top.
2
00:00:03.320 --> 00:00:08.480
Now hit from the top is a great transition and sequencing drill where basically
3
00:00:08.480 --> 00:00:08.880
you make
4
00:00:08.880 --> 00:00:13.030
your backswing, freeze there, take a look, make sure everything is the way that
5
00:00:13.030 --> 00:00:13.560
you want
6
00:00:13.560 --> 00:00:18.440
it, and then try and initiate the downswing from the lower body making your
7
00:00:18.440 --> 00:00:19.680
good transition
8
00:00:19.680 --> 00:00:20.680
pieces.
9
00:00:20.680 --> 00:00:25.150
Now it's very, very challenging if you are a more of a rhythm golfer, but if
10
00:00:25.150 --> 00:00:25.760
you feel
11
00:00:25.760 --> 00:00:31.030
or visual, this can be a very good drill for you to work on that sequencing and
12
00:00:31.030 --> 00:00:31.440
some
13
00:00:31.440 --> 00:00:35.510
of the fine movements of transition because it gives you a chance to go from a
14
00:00:35.510 --> 00:00:36.280
dead stop,
15
00:00:36.280 --> 00:00:39.520
organize your thoughts, and just work your way from there.
16
00:00:39.520 --> 00:00:44.590
I do think it can be good for rhythm golfers to do, just recognize that it'll
17
00:00:44.590 --> 00:00:45.240
feel a little
18
00:00:45.240 --> 00:00:48.480
bit more uncomfortable to go from a dead stop at first.
19
00:00:48.480 --> 00:00:53.510
So essentially you're going to set up to the golf ball, focus on making that
20
00:00:53.510 --> 00:00:54.640
good backswing,
21
00:00:54.640 --> 00:01:01.480
whatever pieces you're necessarily working on, and then from there I'm going to
22
00:01:01.480 --> 00:01:02.480
basically
23
00:01:02.480 --> 00:01:03.480
start down.
24
00:01:03.480 --> 00:01:08.700
Now I can do this at a variety of different speeds, working my way up to
25
00:01:08.700 --> 00:01:09.720
hitting full
26
00:01:09.720 --> 00:01:10.720
shots.
27
00:01:10.720 --> 00:01:15.050
I remember doing this a bunch in college and I believe Tiger Woods, this was
28
00:01:15.050 --> 00:01:15.680
one of his
29
00:01:15.680 --> 00:01:17.880
drills that he originally did with Butch Harmon.
30
00:01:17.880 --> 00:01:22.840
It can be really good for working on that transition sequencing timing.
31
00:01:22.840 --> 00:01:27.640
So here we go again, you're going to go up to the top of your swing and then
32
00:01:27.640 --> 00:01:28.360
from here
33
00:01:28.360 --> 00:01:32.300
you're basically going to start your way down.
34
00:01:32.300 --> 00:01:36.520
Now again, it's going to be very challenging in order to hit the ball as far as
35
00:01:36.520 --> 00:01:37.320
you normally
36
00:01:37.320 --> 00:01:39.720
do, but it's possible to get pretty close.
37
00:01:39.720 --> 00:01:44.430
I would say 90% of how far you can hit with your full swing, you should be able
38
00:01:44.430 --> 00:01:44.880
to hit
39
00:01:44.880 --> 00:01:47.000
with this drill.
40
00:01:47.000 --> 00:01:50.250
One of the challenges, especially if you tend to be one of those hit early from
41
00:01:50.250 --> 00:01:51.200
the top,
42
00:01:51.200 --> 00:01:55.190
is this is going to force you to really build up that speed during the down
43
00:01:55.190 --> 00:01:56.120
swing as opposed
44
00:01:56.120 --> 00:02:00.200
to kind of that pull and then just kind of cruise through impact.
45
00:02:00.200 --> 00:02:03.960
So this can be a great drill for working on that transition timing.
46
00:02:03.960 --> 00:02:09.170
And then what you can do is you can have one or two balls ready and you can go
47
00:02:09.170 --> 00:02:09.960
from hitting
48
00:02:09.960 --> 00:02:14.830
the ball using this drill to trying to recreate that same feeling hitting the
49
00:02:14.830 --> 00:02:15.760
ball quickly
50
00:02:15.760 --> 00:02:18.040
while you still have it fresh in your mind.
51
00:02:18.040 --> 00:02:24.040
So essentially from the top of the swing with a dead stop and then start with
52
00:02:24.040 --> 00:02:24.700
that lower
53
00:02:24.700 --> 00:02:32.020
body and then get set up to the ball and try and recreate that same movement.
54
00:02:32.020 --> 00:02:36.960
So hopefully that helps you with your transition either movements or timing and
55
00:02:36.960 --> 00:02:37.920
connecting the
56
00:02:37.920 --> 00:02:40.640
top of the backswing to transition.
57
00:02:40.640 --> 00:02:44.660
Both of those are very helpful for developing your consistent and repeatable
58
00:02:44.660 --> 00:02:45.360
stock 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 Your Transition with the Hit from the Top Drill
After this video, you'll be able to:
- Initiate your downswing effectively using your lower body for better timing
- Organize your thoughts and movements from a dead stop for improved rhythm
- Enhance your sequencing and transition skills to increase shot distance
Learn how to initiate your downswing from the lower body with the Hit from the Top drill. This exercise helps you develop better sequencing and timing for more consistent shots.
Video Transcript
WEBVTT
1
00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:03.320
This drill is hit from the top.
2
00:00:03.320 --> 00:00:08.480
Now hit from the top is a great transition and sequencing drill where basically
3
00:00:08.480 --> 00:00:08.880
you make
4
00:00:08.880 --> 00:00:13.030
your backswing, freeze there, take a look, make sure everything is the way that
5
00:00:13.030 --> 00:00:13.560
you want
6
00:00:13.560 --> 00:00:18.440
it, and then try and initiate the downswing from the lower body making your
7
00:00:18.440 --> 00:00:19.680
good transition
8
00:00:19.680 --> 00:00:20.680
pieces.
9
00:00:20.680 --> 00:00:25.150
Now it's very, very challenging if you are a more of a rhythm golfer, but if
10
00:00:25.150 --> 00:00:25.760
you feel
11
00:00:25.760 --> 00:00:31.030
or visual, this can be a very good drill for you to work on that sequencing and
12
00:00:31.030 --> 00:00:31.440
some
13
00:00:31.440 --> 00:00:35.510
of the fine movements of transition because it gives you a chance to go from a
14
00:00:35.510 --> 00:00:36.280
dead stop,
15
00:00:36.280 --> 00:00:39.520
organize your thoughts, and just work your way from there.
16
00:00:39.520 --> 00:00:44.590
I do think it can be good for rhythm golfers to do, just recognize that it'll
17
00:00:44.590 --> 00:00:45.240
feel a little
18
00:00:45.240 --> 00:00:48.480
bit more uncomfortable to go from a dead stop at first.
19
00:00:48.480 --> 00:00:53.510
So essentially you're going to set up to the golf ball, focus on making that
20
00:00:53.510 --> 00:00:54.640
good backswing,
21
00:00:54.640 --> 00:01:01.480
whatever pieces you're necessarily working on, and then from there I'm going to
22
00:01:01.480 --> 00:01:02.480
basically
23
00:01:02.480 --> 00:01:03.480
start down.
24
00:01:03.480 --> 00:01:08.700
Now I can do this at a variety of different speeds, working my way up to
25
00:01:08.700 --> 00:01:09.720
hitting full
26
00:01:09.720 --> 00:01:10.720
shots.
27
00:01:10.720 --> 00:01:15.050
I remember doing this a bunch in college and I believe Tiger Woods, this was
28
00:01:15.050 --> 00:01:15.680
one of his
29
00:01:15.680 --> 00:01:17.880
drills that he originally did with Butch Harmon.
30
00:01:17.880 --> 00:01:22.840
It can be really good for working on that transition sequencing timing.
31
00:01:22.840 --> 00:01:27.640
So here we go again, you're going to go up to the top of your swing and then
32
00:01:27.640 --> 00:01:28.360
from here
33
00:01:28.360 --> 00:01:32.300
you're basically going to start your way down.
34
00:01:32.300 --> 00:01:36.520
Now again, it's going to be very challenging in order to hit the ball as far as
35
00:01:36.520 --> 00:01:37.320
you normally
36
00:01:37.320 --> 00:01:39.720
do, but it's possible to get pretty close.
37
00:01:39.720 --> 00:01:44.430
I would say 90% of how far you can hit with your full swing, you should be able
38
00:01:44.430 --> 00:01:44.880
to hit
39
00:01:44.880 --> 00:01:47.000
with this drill.
40
00:01:47.000 --> 00:01:50.250
One of the challenges, especially if you tend to be one of those hit early from
41
00:01:50.250 --> 00:01:51.200
the top,
42
00:01:51.200 --> 00:01:55.190
is this is going to force you to really build up that speed during the down
43
00:01:55.190 --> 00:01:56.120
swing as opposed
44
00:01:56.120 --> 00:02:00.200
to kind of that pull and then just kind of cruise through impact.
45
00:02:00.200 --> 00:02:03.960
So this can be a great drill for working on that transition timing.
46
00:02:03.960 --> 00:02:09.170
And then what you can do is you can have one or two balls ready and you can go
47
00:02:09.170 --> 00:02:09.960
from hitting
48
00:02:09.960 --> 00:02:14.830
the ball using this drill to trying to recreate that same feeling hitting the
49
00:02:14.830 --> 00:02:15.760
ball quickly
50
00:02:15.760 --> 00:02:18.040
while you still have it fresh in your mind.
51
00:02:18.040 --> 00:02:24.040
So essentially from the top of the swing with a dead stop and then start with
52
00:02:24.040 --> 00:02:24.700
that lower
53
00:02:24.700 --> 00:02:32.020
body and then get set up to the ball and try and recreate that same movement.
54
00:02:32.020 --> 00:02:36.960
So hopefully that helps you with your transition either movements or timing and
55
00:02:36.960 --> 00:02:37.920
connecting the
56
00:02:37.920 --> 00:02:40.640
top of the backswing to transition.
57
00:02:40.640 --> 00:02:44.660
Both of those are very helpful for developing your consistent and repeatable
58
00:02:44.660 --> 00:02:45.360
stock swing.
1
00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:03.320
This drill is hit from the top.
2
00:00:03.320 --> 00:00:08.480
Now hit from the top is a great transition and sequencing drill where basically
3
00:00:08.480 --> 00:00:08.880
you make
4
00:00:08.880 --> 00:00:13.030
your backswing, freeze there, take a look, make sure everything is the way that
5
00:00:13.030 --> 00:00:13.560
you want
6
00:00:13.560 --> 00:00:18.440
it, and then try and initiate the downswing from the lower body making your
7
00:00:18.440 --> 00:00:19.680
good transition
8
00:00:19.680 --> 00:00:20.680
pieces.
9
00:00:20.680 --> 00:00:25.150
Now it's very, very challenging if you are a more of a rhythm golfer, but if
10
00:00:25.150 --> 00:00:25.760
you feel
11
00:00:25.760 --> 00:00:31.030
or visual, this can be a very good drill for you to work on that sequencing and
12
00:00:31.030 --> 00:00:31.440
some
13
00:00:31.440 --> 00:00:35.510
of the fine movements of transition because it gives you a chance to go from a
14
00:00:35.510 --> 00:00:36.280
dead stop,
15
00:00:36.280 --> 00:00:39.520
organize your thoughts, and just work your way from there.
16
00:00:39.520 --> 00:00:44.590
I do think it can be good for rhythm golfers to do, just recognize that it'll
17
00:00:44.590 --> 00:00:45.240
feel a little
18
00:00:45.240 --> 00:00:48.480
bit more uncomfortable to go from a dead stop at first.
19
00:00:48.480 --> 00:00:53.510
So essentially you're going to set up to the golf ball, focus on making that
20
00:00:53.510 --> 00:00:54.640
good backswing,
21
00:00:54.640 --> 00:01:01.480
whatever pieces you're necessarily working on, and then from there I'm going to
22
00:01:01.480 --> 00:01:02.480
basically
23
00:01:02.480 --> 00:01:03.480
start down.
24
00:01:03.480 --> 00:01:08.700
Now I can do this at a variety of different speeds, working my way up to
25
00:01:08.700 --> 00:01:09.720
hitting full
26
00:01:09.720 --> 00:01:10.720
shots.
27
00:01:10.720 --> 00:01:15.050
I remember doing this a bunch in college and I believe Tiger Woods, this was
28
00:01:15.050 --> 00:01:15.680
one of his
29
00:01:15.680 --> 00:01:17.880
drills that he originally did with Butch Harmon.
30
00:01:17.880 --> 00:01:22.840
It can be really good for working on that transition sequencing timing.
31
00:01:22.840 --> 00:01:27.640
So here we go again, you're going to go up to the top of your swing and then
32
00:01:27.640 --> 00:01:28.360
from here
33
00:01:28.360 --> 00:01:32.300
you're basically going to start your way down.
34
00:01:32.300 --> 00:01:36.520
Now again, it's going to be very challenging in order to hit the ball as far as
35
00:01:36.520 --> 00:01:37.320
you normally
36
00:01:37.320 --> 00:01:39.720
do, but it's possible to get pretty close.
37
00:01:39.720 --> 00:01:44.430
I would say 90% of how far you can hit with your full swing, you should be able
38
00:01:44.430 --> 00:01:44.880
to hit
39
00:01:44.880 --> 00:01:47.000
with this drill.
40
00:01:47.000 --> 00:01:50.250
One of the challenges, especially if you tend to be one of those hit early from
41
00:01:50.250 --> 00:01:51.200
the top,
42
00:01:51.200 --> 00:01:55.190
is this is going to force you to really build up that speed during the down
43
00:01:55.190 --> 00:01:56.120
swing as opposed
44
00:01:56.120 --> 00:02:00.200
to kind of that pull and then just kind of cruise through impact.
45
00:02:00.200 --> 00:02:03.960
So this can be a great drill for working on that transition timing.
46
00:02:03.960 --> 00:02:09.170
And then what you can do is you can have one or two balls ready and you can go
47
00:02:09.170 --> 00:02:09.960
from hitting
48
00:02:09.960 --> 00:02:14.830
the ball using this drill to trying to recreate that same feeling hitting the
49
00:02:14.830 --> 00:02:15.760
ball quickly
50
00:02:15.760 --> 00:02:18.040
while you still have it fresh in your mind.
51
00:02:18.040 --> 00:02:24.040
So essentially from the top of the swing with a dead stop and then start with
52
00:02:24.040 --> 00:02:24.700
that lower
53
00:02:24.700 --> 00:02:32.020
body and then get set up to the ball and try and recreate that same movement.
54
00:02:32.020 --> 00:02:36.960
So hopefully that helps you with your transition either movements or timing and
55
00:02:36.960 --> 00:02:37.920
connecting the
56
00:02:37.920 --> 00:02:40.640
top of the backswing to transition.
57
00:02:40.640 --> 00:02:44.660
Both of those are very helpful for developing your consistent and repeatable
58
00:02:44.660 --> 00:02:45.360
stock swing.
Have questions about this video?
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