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.
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.
Video Transcript
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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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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.
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.
Video Transcript
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
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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
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00:00:52.360 --> 00:00:56.780
this in front of you like this, then the hula hoop would get more horizontal
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00:00:56.780 --> 00:00:57.520
just like
21
00:00:57.520 --> 00:00:58.520
that.
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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
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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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00:01:26.340 --> 00:01:26.960
windmill
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00:01:26.960 --> 00:01:33.860
drill and the pressure shifting into my trail foot, this will start to follow a
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00:01:33.860 --> 00:01:34.680
natural
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00:01:34.680 --> 00:01:35.680
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
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,
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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
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00:02:02.810 --> 00:02:04.840
would be tilted
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00:02:04.840 --> 00:02:06.680
way out to the right.
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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
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00:02:21.220 --> 00:02:22.360
to if I spun
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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
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00:02:35.980 --> 00:02:36.400
at the
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00:02:36.400 --> 00:02:40.680
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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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.
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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
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00:02:58.890 --> 00:02:59.600
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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00:03:04.010 --> 00:03:05.120
that I'm struggling
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00:03:05.120 --> 00:03:07.240
with some of my arm motions.
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00:03:07.240 --> 00:03:10.590
Maybe I'm struggling with low point, maybe I'm struggling with club face, but
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00:03:10.590 --> 00:03:10.960
at least
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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
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00:03:14.080 --> 00:03:14.880
the sequencing.
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