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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.
Improve Your Lead Arm Movement for Better Uppercuts
After this video, you'll be able to:
- Feel the correct elbow positioning to enhance your lead arm strike
- Understand how to use your core for better shoulder rotation
- Develop a more effective uppercut motion by integrating your lead arm
In this drill, you'll learn how to enhance your lead arm movement to create a more effective uppercut swing. This technique helps improve your overall rotation and power during your golf swing.
Video Transcript
WEBVTT
1
00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:08.000
This drill is the lead arm elbow strike.
2
00:00:08.000 --> 00:00:11.640
This drill is the complementary drill to the cross body uppercut.
3
00:00:11.640 --> 00:00:15.920
So the cross body uppercut is feeling that right side getting through.
4
00:00:15.920 --> 00:00:20.590
One of the downsides to it is oftentimes golfers are really pulling with that
5
00:00:20.590 --> 00:00:21.840
lead side to bring
6
00:00:21.840 --> 00:00:24.880
that trail side through into the uppercut movement.
7
00:00:24.880 --> 00:00:30.140
So one of the ways that I've adapted it to do more of a lead side drill is a
8
00:00:30.140 --> 00:00:31.180
elbow strike
9
00:00:31.180 --> 00:00:32.960
with the back of the lead arm.
10
00:00:32.960 --> 00:00:37.210
So for setup we're going to take the elbow or take the hand and place it on
11
00:00:37.210 --> 00:00:38.200
your opposite
12
00:00:38.200 --> 00:00:39.760
shoulder, your trail shoulder.
13
00:00:39.760 --> 00:00:43.410
So for me my left hand goes on my right shoulder and then I'm going to feel
14
00:00:43.410 --> 00:00:44.280
like I reach my
15
00:00:44.280 --> 00:00:48.540
shoulder blade across my body so that the elbow is in line with the shoulder.
16
00:00:48.540 --> 00:00:49.540
So it's not just here.
17
00:00:49.540 --> 00:00:52.440
This would be like just reaching with the arm.
18
00:00:52.440 --> 00:00:56.890
I want to reach with the shoulder so that my shoulders are now close to the
19
00:00:56.890 --> 00:00:57.680
target.
20
00:00:57.680 --> 00:01:02.440
Now keeping my arm in that position I'm going to do that cross body uppercut so
21
00:01:02.440 --> 00:01:03.120
I'm going
22
00:01:03.120 --> 00:01:08.040
to feel like I would be hitting something here with my elbow.
23
00:01:08.040 --> 00:01:11.640
If you are more of a steep arm puller what you'll often feel is you'll feel
24
00:01:11.640 --> 00:01:12.200
your hand
25
00:01:12.200 --> 00:01:16.560
slide because you'll feel like you're pulling that arm in order to rotate.
26
00:01:16.560 --> 00:01:21.430
This helps you feel that I'm going to get the rotation happening more here from
27
00:01:21.430 --> 00:01:23.220
my core
28
00:01:23.220 --> 00:01:28.560
and here from my legs and hips without pulling from that trail arm.
29
00:01:28.560 --> 00:01:31.530
If I really want to combo it with the uppercut what I'm going to do is I'm
30
00:01:31.530 --> 00:01:32.280
going to place
31
00:01:32.280 --> 00:01:34.000
it underneath here.
32
00:01:34.000 --> 00:01:37.280
And so by placing it under this arm I can use that lead arm to really help
33
00:01:37.280 --> 00:01:37.880
bring that
34
00:01:37.880 --> 00:01:41.680
trail shoulder down so you'll see that that trail shoulder is going down, lead
35
00:01:41.680 --> 00:01:42.280
shoulder
36
00:01:42.280 --> 00:01:47.530
is up and forward and now I can feel like I'm getting some rotation while
37
00:01:47.530 --> 00:01:48.040
maintaining
38
00:01:48.040 --> 00:01:49.920
the shoulders in this good alignment.
39
00:01:49.920 --> 00:01:53.590
To do that I feel a lot of core action a lot of hip action but very little
40
00:01:53.590 --> 00:01:56.060
shoulder action.
41
00:01:56.060 --> 00:02:02.040
That's a great feeling for what it's like to feel hitting it from the core kind
42
00:02:02.040 --> 00:02:02.360
of like
43
00:02:02.360 --> 00:02:06.980
that versus pulling the arms across the body and driving the rotation more with
44
00:02:06.980 --> 00:02:07.800
my shoulders
45
00:02:07.800 --> 00:02:09.960
and my upper spine like that.
46
00:02:09.960 --> 00:02:15.400
So then once I have that feel I normally do a guided 9-3 where I'm going to
47
00:02:15.400 --> 00:02:16.160
feel like
48
00:02:16.160 --> 00:02:24.410
I stay in that uppercut position kind of like this and just rotate my body
49
00:02:24.410 --> 00:02:25.480
through.
50
00:02:25.480 --> 00:02:30.400
And I wouldn't normally do this on the driving range but for teaching purposes.
51
00:02:30.400 --> 00:02:35.030
If I got to here dropped it without changing my shoulder could have been a
52
00:02:35.030 --> 00:02:36.080
little bit better
53
00:02:36.080 --> 00:02:40.390
that shoulder had just pulled I like to see if you can get to that 9-3 position
54
00:02:40.390 --> 00:02:40.760
that
55
00:02:40.760 --> 00:02:45.330
3 position or follow through position without having any pull of that lead
56
00:02:45.330 --> 00:02:46.200
shoulder.
57
00:02:46.200 --> 00:02:50.600
So this is primarily a 9-3 drill once you have that kind of dialed in then you
58
00:02:50.600 --> 00:02:51.080
can go
59
00:02:51.080 --> 00:02:55.420
up to bigger and bigger swings but this will help you get out of a big arm pull
60
00:02:55.420 --> 00:02:55.960
pattern
61
00:02:55.960 --> 00:02:57.960
on the way through.
62
00:02:57.960 --> 00:03:01.930
One of my favorite compliments to the cross body feeling that right side come
63
00:03:01.930 --> 00:03:02.440
through
64
00:03:02.440 --> 00:03:06.430
is the left side being more in this blocking position or not pulling on the way
65
00:03:06.430 --> 00:03:07.160
through.
1
00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:08.000
This drill is the lead arm elbow strike.
2
00:00:08.000 --> 00:00:11.640
This drill is the complementary drill to the cross body uppercut.
3
00:00:11.640 --> 00:00:15.920
So the cross body uppercut is feeling that right side getting through.
4
00:00:15.920 --> 00:00:20.590
One of the downsides to it is oftentimes golfers are really pulling with that
5
00:00:20.590 --> 00:00:21.840
lead side to bring
6
00:00:21.840 --> 00:00:24.880
that trail side through into the uppercut movement.
7
00:00:24.880 --> 00:00:30.140
So one of the ways that I've adapted it to do more of a lead side drill is a
8
00:00:30.140 --> 00:00:31.180
elbow strike
9
00:00:31.180 --> 00:00:32.960
with the back of the lead arm.
10
00:00:32.960 --> 00:00:37.210
So for setup we're going to take the elbow or take the hand and place it on
11
00:00:37.210 --> 00:00:38.200
your opposite
12
00:00:38.200 --> 00:00:39.760
shoulder, your trail shoulder.
13
00:00:39.760 --> 00:00:43.410
So for me my left hand goes on my right shoulder and then I'm going to feel
14
00:00:43.410 --> 00:00:44.280
like I reach my
15
00:00:44.280 --> 00:00:48.540
shoulder blade across my body so that the elbow is in line with the shoulder.
16
00:00:48.540 --> 00:00:49.540
So it's not just here.
17
00:00:49.540 --> 00:00:52.440
This would be like just reaching with the arm.
18
00:00:52.440 --> 00:00:56.890
I want to reach with the shoulder so that my shoulders are now close to the
19
00:00:56.890 --> 00:00:57.680
target.
20
00:00:57.680 --> 00:01:02.440
Now keeping my arm in that position I'm going to do that cross body uppercut so
21
00:01:02.440 --> 00:01:03.120
I'm going
22
00:01:03.120 --> 00:01:08.040
to feel like I would be hitting something here with my elbow.
23
00:01:08.040 --> 00:01:11.640
If you are more of a steep arm puller what you'll often feel is you'll feel
24
00:01:11.640 --> 00:01:12.200
your hand
25
00:01:12.200 --> 00:01:16.560
slide because you'll feel like you're pulling that arm in order to rotate.
26
00:01:16.560 --> 00:01:21.430
This helps you feel that I'm going to get the rotation happening more here from
27
00:01:21.430 --> 00:01:23.220
my core
28
00:01:23.220 --> 00:01:28.560
and here from my legs and hips without pulling from that trail arm.
29
00:01:28.560 --> 00:01:31.530
If I really want to combo it with the uppercut what I'm going to do is I'm
30
00:01:31.530 --> 00:01:32.280
going to place
31
00:01:32.280 --> 00:01:34.000
it underneath here.
32
00:01:34.000 --> 00:01:37.280
And so by placing it under this arm I can use that lead arm to really help
33
00:01:37.280 --> 00:01:37.880
bring that
34
00:01:37.880 --> 00:01:41.680
trail shoulder down so you'll see that that trail shoulder is going down, lead
35
00:01:41.680 --> 00:01:42.280
shoulder
36
00:01:42.280 --> 00:01:47.530
is up and forward and now I can feel like I'm getting some rotation while
37
00:01:47.530 --> 00:01:48.040
maintaining
38
00:01:48.040 --> 00:01:49.920
the shoulders in this good alignment.
39
00:01:49.920 --> 00:01:53.590
To do that I feel a lot of core action a lot of hip action but very little
40
00:01:53.590 --> 00:01:56.060
shoulder action.
41
00:01:56.060 --> 00:02:02.040
That's a great feeling for what it's like to feel hitting it from the core kind
42
00:02:02.040 --> 00:02:02.360
of like
43
00:02:02.360 --> 00:02:06.980
that versus pulling the arms across the body and driving the rotation more with
44
00:02:06.980 --> 00:02:07.800
my shoulders
45
00:02:07.800 --> 00:02:09.960
and my upper spine like that.
46
00:02:09.960 --> 00:02:15.400
So then once I have that feel I normally do a guided 9-3 where I'm going to
47
00:02:15.400 --> 00:02:16.160
feel like
48
00:02:16.160 --> 00:02:24.410
I stay in that uppercut position kind of like this and just rotate my body
49
00:02:24.410 --> 00:02:25.480
through.
50
00:02:25.480 --> 00:02:30.400
And I wouldn't normally do this on the driving range but for teaching purposes.
51
00:02:30.400 --> 00:02:35.030
If I got to here dropped it without changing my shoulder could have been a
52
00:02:35.030 --> 00:02:36.080
little bit better
53
00:02:36.080 --> 00:02:40.390
that shoulder had just pulled I like to see if you can get to that 9-3 position
54
00:02:40.390 --> 00:02:40.760
that
55
00:02:40.760 --> 00:02:45.330
3 position or follow through position without having any pull of that lead
56
00:02:45.330 --> 00:02:46.200
shoulder.
57
00:02:46.200 --> 00:02:50.600
So this is primarily a 9-3 drill once you have that kind of dialed in then you
58
00:02:50.600 --> 00:02:51.080
can go
59
00:02:51.080 --> 00:02:55.420
up to bigger and bigger swings but this will help you get out of a big arm pull
60
00:02:55.420 --> 00:02:55.960
pattern
61
00:02:55.960 --> 00:02:57.960
on the way through.
62
00:02:57.960 --> 00:03:01.930
One of my favorite compliments to the cross body feeling that right side come
63
00:03:01.930 --> 00:03:02.440
through
64
00:03:02.440 --> 00:03:06.430
is the left side being more in this blocking position or not pulling on the way
65
00:03:06.430 --> 00:03:07.160
through.
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 Lead Arm Movement for Better Uppercuts
After this video, you'll be able to:
- Feel the correct elbow positioning to enhance your lead arm strike
- Understand how to use your core for better shoulder rotation
- Develop a more effective uppercut motion by integrating your lead arm
In this drill, you'll learn how to enhance your lead arm movement to create a more effective uppercut swing. This technique helps improve your overall rotation and power during your golf swing.
Video Transcript
WEBVTT
1
00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:08.000
This drill is the lead arm elbow strike.
2
00:00:08.000 --> 00:00:11.640
This drill is the complementary drill to the cross body uppercut.
3
00:00:11.640 --> 00:00:15.920
So the cross body uppercut is feeling that right side getting through.
4
00:00:15.920 --> 00:00:20.590
One of the downsides to it is oftentimes golfers are really pulling with that
5
00:00:20.590 --> 00:00:21.840
lead side to bring
6
00:00:21.840 --> 00:00:24.880
that trail side through into the uppercut movement.
7
00:00:24.880 --> 00:00:30.140
So one of the ways that I've adapted it to do more of a lead side drill is a
8
00:00:30.140 --> 00:00:31.180
elbow strike
9
00:00:31.180 --> 00:00:32.960
with the back of the lead arm.
10
00:00:32.960 --> 00:00:37.210
So for setup we're going to take the elbow or take the hand and place it on
11
00:00:37.210 --> 00:00:38.200
your opposite
12
00:00:38.200 --> 00:00:39.760
shoulder, your trail shoulder.
13
00:00:39.760 --> 00:00:43.410
So for me my left hand goes on my right shoulder and then I'm going to feel
14
00:00:43.410 --> 00:00:44.280
like I reach my
15
00:00:44.280 --> 00:00:48.540
shoulder blade across my body so that the elbow is in line with the shoulder.
16
00:00:48.540 --> 00:00:49.540
So it's not just here.
17
00:00:49.540 --> 00:00:52.440
This would be like just reaching with the arm.
18
00:00:52.440 --> 00:00:56.890
I want to reach with the shoulder so that my shoulders are now close to the
19
00:00:56.890 --> 00:00:57.680
target.
20
00:00:57.680 --> 00:01:02.440
Now keeping my arm in that position I'm going to do that cross body uppercut so
21
00:01:02.440 --> 00:01:03.120
I'm going
22
00:01:03.120 --> 00:01:08.040
to feel like I would be hitting something here with my elbow.
23
00:01:08.040 --> 00:01:11.640
If you are more of a steep arm puller what you'll often feel is you'll feel
24
00:01:11.640 --> 00:01:12.200
your hand
25
00:01:12.200 --> 00:01:16.560
slide because you'll feel like you're pulling that arm in order to rotate.
26
00:01:16.560 --> 00:01:21.430
This helps you feel that I'm going to get the rotation happening more here from
27
00:01:21.430 --> 00:01:23.220
my core
28
00:01:23.220 --> 00:01:28.560
and here from my legs and hips without pulling from that trail arm.
29
00:01:28.560 --> 00:01:31.530
If I really want to combo it with the uppercut what I'm going to do is I'm
30
00:01:31.530 --> 00:01:32.280
going to place
31
00:01:32.280 --> 00:01:34.000
it underneath here.
32
00:01:34.000 --> 00:01:37.280
And so by placing it under this arm I can use that lead arm to really help
33
00:01:37.280 --> 00:01:37.880
bring that
34
00:01:37.880 --> 00:01:41.680
trail shoulder down so you'll see that that trail shoulder is going down, lead
35
00:01:41.680 --> 00:01:42.280
shoulder
36
00:01:42.280 --> 00:01:47.530
is up and forward and now I can feel like I'm getting some rotation while
37
00:01:47.530 --> 00:01:48.040
maintaining
38
00:01:48.040 --> 00:01:49.920
the shoulders in this good alignment.
39
00:01:49.920 --> 00:01:53.590
To do that I feel a lot of core action a lot of hip action but very little
40
00:01:53.590 --> 00:01:56.060
shoulder action.
41
00:01:56.060 --> 00:02:02.040
That's a great feeling for what it's like to feel hitting it from the core kind
42
00:02:02.040 --> 00:02:02.360
of like
43
00:02:02.360 --> 00:02:06.980
that versus pulling the arms across the body and driving the rotation more with
44
00:02:06.980 --> 00:02:07.800
my shoulders
45
00:02:07.800 --> 00:02:09.960
and my upper spine like that.
46
00:02:09.960 --> 00:02:15.400
So then once I have that feel I normally do a guided 9-3 where I'm going to
47
00:02:15.400 --> 00:02:16.160
feel like
48
00:02:16.160 --> 00:02:24.410
I stay in that uppercut position kind of like this and just rotate my body
49
00:02:24.410 --> 00:02:25.480
through.
50
00:02:25.480 --> 00:02:30.400
And I wouldn't normally do this on the driving range but for teaching purposes.
51
00:02:30.400 --> 00:02:35.030
If I got to here dropped it without changing my shoulder could have been a
52
00:02:35.030 --> 00:02:36.080
little bit better
53
00:02:36.080 --> 00:02:40.390
that shoulder had just pulled I like to see if you can get to that 9-3 position
54
00:02:40.390 --> 00:02:40.760
that
55
00:02:40.760 --> 00:02:45.330
3 position or follow through position without having any pull of that lead
56
00:02:45.330 --> 00:02:46.200
shoulder.
57
00:02:46.200 --> 00:02:50.600
So this is primarily a 9-3 drill once you have that kind of dialed in then you
58
00:02:50.600 --> 00:02:51.080
can go
59
00:02:51.080 --> 00:02:55.420
up to bigger and bigger swings but this will help you get out of a big arm pull
60
00:02:55.420 --> 00:02:55.960
pattern
61
00:02:55.960 --> 00:02:57.960
on the way through.
62
00:02:57.960 --> 00:03:01.930
One of my favorite compliments to the cross body feeling that right side come
63
00:03:01.930 --> 00:03:02.440
through
64
00:03:02.440 --> 00:03:06.430
is the left side being more in this blocking position or not pulling on the way
65
00:03:06.430 --> 00:03:07.160
through.
1
00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:08.000
This drill is the lead arm elbow strike.
2
00:00:08.000 --> 00:00:11.640
This drill is the complementary drill to the cross body uppercut.
3
00:00:11.640 --> 00:00:15.920
So the cross body uppercut is feeling that right side getting through.
4
00:00:15.920 --> 00:00:20.590
One of the downsides to it is oftentimes golfers are really pulling with that
5
00:00:20.590 --> 00:00:21.840
lead side to bring
6
00:00:21.840 --> 00:00:24.880
that trail side through into the uppercut movement.
7
00:00:24.880 --> 00:00:30.140
So one of the ways that I've adapted it to do more of a lead side drill is a
8
00:00:30.140 --> 00:00:31.180
elbow strike
9
00:00:31.180 --> 00:00:32.960
with the back of the lead arm.
10
00:00:32.960 --> 00:00:37.210
So for setup we're going to take the elbow or take the hand and place it on
11
00:00:37.210 --> 00:00:38.200
your opposite
12
00:00:38.200 --> 00:00:39.760
shoulder, your trail shoulder.
13
00:00:39.760 --> 00:00:43.410
So for me my left hand goes on my right shoulder and then I'm going to feel
14
00:00:43.410 --> 00:00:44.280
like I reach my
15
00:00:44.280 --> 00:00:48.540
shoulder blade across my body so that the elbow is in line with the shoulder.
16
00:00:48.540 --> 00:00:49.540
So it's not just here.
17
00:00:49.540 --> 00:00:52.440
This would be like just reaching with the arm.
18
00:00:52.440 --> 00:00:56.890
I want to reach with the shoulder so that my shoulders are now close to the
19
00:00:56.890 --> 00:00:57.680
target.
20
00:00:57.680 --> 00:01:02.440
Now keeping my arm in that position I'm going to do that cross body uppercut so
21
00:01:02.440 --> 00:01:03.120
I'm going
22
00:01:03.120 --> 00:01:08.040
to feel like I would be hitting something here with my elbow.
23
00:01:08.040 --> 00:01:11.640
If you are more of a steep arm puller what you'll often feel is you'll feel
24
00:01:11.640 --> 00:01:12.200
your hand
25
00:01:12.200 --> 00:01:16.560
slide because you'll feel like you're pulling that arm in order to rotate.
26
00:01:16.560 --> 00:01:21.430
This helps you feel that I'm going to get the rotation happening more here from
27
00:01:21.430 --> 00:01:23.220
my core
28
00:01:23.220 --> 00:01:28.560
and here from my legs and hips without pulling from that trail arm.
29
00:01:28.560 --> 00:01:31.530
If I really want to combo it with the uppercut what I'm going to do is I'm
30
00:01:31.530 --> 00:01:32.280
going to place
31
00:01:32.280 --> 00:01:34.000
it underneath here.
32
00:01:34.000 --> 00:01:37.280
And so by placing it under this arm I can use that lead arm to really help
33
00:01:37.280 --> 00:01:37.880
bring that
34
00:01:37.880 --> 00:01:41.680
trail shoulder down so you'll see that that trail shoulder is going down, lead
35
00:01:41.680 --> 00:01:42.280
shoulder
36
00:01:42.280 --> 00:01:47.530
is up and forward and now I can feel like I'm getting some rotation while
37
00:01:47.530 --> 00:01:48.040
maintaining
38
00:01:48.040 --> 00:01:49.920
the shoulders in this good alignment.
39
00:01:49.920 --> 00:01:53.590
To do that I feel a lot of core action a lot of hip action but very little
40
00:01:53.590 --> 00:01:56.060
shoulder action.
41
00:01:56.060 --> 00:02:02.040
That's a great feeling for what it's like to feel hitting it from the core kind
42
00:02:02.040 --> 00:02:02.360
of like
43
00:02:02.360 --> 00:02:06.980
that versus pulling the arms across the body and driving the rotation more with
44
00:02:06.980 --> 00:02:07.800
my shoulders
45
00:02:07.800 --> 00:02:09.960
and my upper spine like that.
46
00:02:09.960 --> 00:02:15.400
So then once I have that feel I normally do a guided 9-3 where I'm going to
47
00:02:15.400 --> 00:02:16.160
feel like
48
00:02:16.160 --> 00:02:24.410
I stay in that uppercut position kind of like this and just rotate my body
49
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through.
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And I wouldn't normally do this on the driving range but for teaching purposes.
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If I got to here dropped it without changing my shoulder could have been a
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little bit better
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that shoulder had just pulled I like to see if you can get to that 9-3 position
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that
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3 position or follow through position without having any pull of that lead
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shoulder.
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So this is primarily a 9-3 drill once you have that kind of dialed in then you
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can go
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up to bigger and bigger swings but this will help you get out of a big arm pull
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pattern
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on the way through.
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One of my favorite compliments to the cross body feeling that right side come
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through
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is the left side being more in this blocking position or not pulling on the way
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through.
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