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Hula Hoop Pivot Training

Using a hula hoop is a great way to train your pivot/body-mechanics at home or on the range. By anchoring it to your sternum while in golf posture, you will have a good visual representation of the ideal swing plane. This will allow you to pick-up on any inefficiencies in the backswing or downswing, such as a sway or flat/steep shoulder turn. 

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Using a hula hoop is a great way to train your pivot/body-mechanics at home or on the range. By anchoring it to your sternum while in golf posture, you will have a good visual representation of the ideal swing plane. This will allow you to pick-up on any inefficiencies in the backswing or downswing, such as a sway or flat/steep shoulder turn. 

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This trail is hula hoop pivot training.

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So what we're going to do is we're going to use a hula hoop to work on our body

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pivot.

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So I'm going to roughly hold the hula hoop out in front of me on about the

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angle of the

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whatever club I'm training.

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So a little bit flatter for the woods, a little bit more upright for the irons.

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And I'm going to hold it so that it's basically up against the just above my

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belly button

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or below my sternum, right about there.

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And now this gives me a rough representation of the swing plane.

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So you can see from down the line that if I made a backswing and basically kept

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this at

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about the same angle to the ground, that would basically be my shoulders and my

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hips tilting

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more down at the ground.

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If you tend to have more of a loss of posture or a flat shoulder plane, then if

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you keep

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this in front of you like this, then the hula hoop would get more horizontal

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just like

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that.

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The two main issues that you'll see on the backswing, actually we'll do the

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backswing

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first, the two main backswing ones will either getting too flat.

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You can see because my shoulders are now parallel to the ground and this is now

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horizontal

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or having a sway in this getting or kind of almost a reverse tilt leaning

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towards the

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target this way.

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But if I have my shoulders working down in kind of that shoulder plane or the

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windmill

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drill and the pressure shifting into my trail foot, this will start to follow a

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natural

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pivot.

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And that's about as far as my body would go, then the rest of the swing would

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be more

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my arms.

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Now on the way through, the two common ones would be more of an early extension

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pattern.

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So again, getting it more horizontal from this down the line, you kind of like

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this,

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or I would tend to get more of a slide hangback buckle kind of like this and it

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would be tilted

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way out to the right.

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Also in transition, I want to get this, if I'm just following my body, I want

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to get

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this to shallow just slightly because my body is tilting this way, as opposed

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to if I spun

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my upper body on top of my lower body, you can start to see it going that way.

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So those are some details, but when you start to put it in practice, all you do

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is you lock

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it up against your sternum and then you make some swings, basically checking it

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at the

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top of the backswing, it's still pointed down roughly at the club.

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And then right here, it's roughly at the club.

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So roughly at the club, roughly at the club.

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If I work on that and I can start adding a little bit of speed to it, this will

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help

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me with the overall orientation of my body.

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And then if I find that I can do that when I'm holding a whole loop, but I have

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a problem

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when the ball's in the ground or on in front of me, then that usually means

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that I'm struggling

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with some of my arm motions.

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Maybe I'm struggling with low point, maybe I'm struggling with club face, but

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at least

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my brain knows what I'm supposed to be doing as far as the pivot and as far as

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the sequencing.

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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.

Hula Hoop Pivot Training

Using a hula hoop is a great way to train your pivot/body-mechanics at home or on the range. By anchoring it to your sternum while in golf posture, you will have a good visual representation of the ideal swing plane. This will allow you to pick-up on any inefficiencies in the backswing or downswing, such as a sway or flat/steep shoulder turn. 

Show more

Using a hula hoop is a great way to train your pivot/body-mechanics at home or on the range. By anchoring it to your sternum while in golf posture, you will have a good visual representation of the ideal swing plane. This will allow you to pick-up on any inefficiencies in the backswing or downswing, such as a sway or flat/steep shoulder turn. 

Hide
Video Transcript
WEBVTT

1
00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:03.600
This trail is hula hoop pivot training.

2
00:00:03.600 --> 00:00:08.060
So what we're going to do is we're going to use a hula hoop to work on our body

3
00:00:08.060 --> 00:00:09.240
pivot.

4
00:00:09.240 --> 00:00:16.200
So I'm going to roughly hold the hula hoop out in front of me on about the

5
00:00:16.200 --> 00:00:18.040
angle of the

6
00:00:18.040 --> 00:00:19.040
whatever club I'm training.

7
00:00:19.040 --> 00:00:23.440
So a little bit flatter for the woods, a little bit more upright for the irons.

8
00:00:23.440 --> 00:00:27.000
And I'm going to hold it so that it's basically up against the just above my

9
00:00:27.000 --> 00:00:27.520
belly button

10
00:00:27.520 --> 00:00:30.160
or below my sternum, right about there.

11
00:00:30.160 --> 00:00:34.240
And now this gives me a rough representation of the swing plane.

12
00:00:34.240 --> 00:00:39.440
So you can see from down the line that if I made a backswing and basically kept

13
00:00:39.440 --> 00:00:40.040
this at

14
00:00:40.040 --> 00:00:44.500
about the same angle to the ground, that would basically be my shoulders and my

15
00:00:44.500 --> 00:00:45.400
hips tilting

16
00:00:45.400 --> 00:00:47.400
more down at the ground.

17
00:00:47.400 --> 00:00:51.810
If you tend to have more of a loss of posture or a flat shoulder plane, then if

18
00:00:51.810 --> 00:00:52.360
you keep

19
00:00:52.360 --> 00:00:56.780
this in front of you like this, then the hula hoop would get more horizontal

20
00:00:56.780 --> 00:00:57.520
just like

21
00:00:57.520 --> 00:00:58.520
that.

22
00:00:58.520 --> 00:01:03.000
The two main issues that you'll see on the backswing, actually we'll do the

23
00:01:03.000 --> 00:01:03.760
backswing

24
00:01:03.760 --> 00:01:07.720
first, the two main backswing ones will either getting too flat.

25
00:01:07.720 --> 00:01:11.960
You can see because my shoulders are now parallel to the ground and this is now

26
00:01:11.960 --> 00:01:12.680
horizontal

27
00:01:12.680 --> 00:01:18.790
or having a sway in this getting or kind of almost a reverse tilt leaning

28
00:01:18.790 --> 00:01:19.800
towards the

29
00:01:19.800 --> 00:01:22.200
target this way.

30
00:01:22.200 --> 00:01:26.340
But if I have my shoulders working down in kind of that shoulder plane or the

31
00:01:26.340 --> 00:01:26.960
windmill

32
00:01:26.960 --> 00:01:33.860
drill and the pressure shifting into my trail foot, this will start to follow a

33
00:01:33.860 --> 00:01:34.680
natural

34
00:01:34.680 --> 00:01:35.680
pivot.

35
00:01:35.680 --> 00:01:40.540
And that's about as far as my body would go, then the rest of the swing would

36
00:01:40.540 --> 00:01:41.120
be more

37
00:01:41.120 --> 00:01:42.560
my arms.

38
00:01:42.560 --> 00:01:47.510
Now on the way through, the two common ones would be more of an early extension

39
00:01:47.510 --> 00:01:48.280
pattern.

40
00:01:48.280 --> 00:01:53.910
So again, getting it more horizontal from this down the line, you kind of like

41
00:01:53.910 --> 00:01:54.600
this,

42
00:01:54.600 --> 00:02:02.810
or I would tend to get more of a slide hangback buckle kind of like this and it

43
00:02:02.810 --> 00:02:04.840
would be tilted

44
00:02:04.840 --> 00:02:06.680
way out to the right.

45
00:02:06.680 --> 00:02:14.020
Also in transition, I want to get this, if I'm just following my body, I want

46
00:02:14.020 --> 00:02:14.680
to get

47
00:02:14.680 --> 00:02:21.220
this to shallow just slightly because my body is tilting this way, as opposed

48
00:02:21.220 --> 00:02:22.360
to if I spun

49
00:02:22.360 --> 00:02:27.600
my upper body on top of my lower body, you can start to see it going that way.

50
00:02:27.600 --> 00:02:30.930
So those are some details, but when you start to put it in practice, all you do

51
00:02:30.930 --> 00:02:31.560
is you lock

52
00:02:31.560 --> 00:02:35.980
it up against your sternum and then you make some swings, basically checking it

53
00:02:35.980 --> 00:02:36.400
at the

54
00:02:36.400 --> 00:02:40.680
top of the backswing, it's still pointed down roughly at the club.

55
00:02:40.680 --> 00:02:44.160
And then right here, it's roughly at the club.

56
00:02:44.160 --> 00:02:46.760
So roughly at the club, roughly at the club.

57
00:02:46.760 --> 00:02:51.500
If I work on that and I can start adding a little bit of speed to it, this will

58
00:02:51.500 --> 00:02:51.920
help

59
00:02:51.920 --> 00:02:54.760
me with the overall orientation of my body.

60
00:02:54.760 --> 00:02:58.890
And then if I find that I can do that when I'm holding a whole loop, but I have

61
00:02:58.890 --> 00:02:59.600
a problem

62
00:02:59.600 --> 00:03:04.010
when the ball's in the ground or on in front of me, then that usually means

63
00:03:04.010 --> 00:03:05.120
that I'm struggling

64
00:03:05.120 --> 00:03:07.240
with some of my arm motions.

65
00:03:07.240 --> 00:03:10.590
Maybe I'm struggling with low point, maybe I'm struggling with club face, but

66
00:03:10.590 --> 00:03:10.960
at least

67
00:03:10.960 --> 00:03:14.080
my brain knows what I'm supposed to be doing as far as the pivot and as far as

68
00:03:14.080 --> 00:03:14.880
the sequencing.

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