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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.
Meet your new
instructor.
Left Arm Backswing For Wedges
A drill inspired from one of my biggest influences, James Sieckmann. This subtly brilliant drill helps you feel both the position and tempo of a good backswing for your finesse wedge shots.
A drill inspired from one of my biggest influences, James Sieckmann. This subtly brilliant drill helps you feel both the position and tempo of a good backswing for your finesse wedge shots.
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This drill is left arm finesse wedge backswing.
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So one of my biggest influences in the short game has been James Seekman and this is one
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of his best case studies, Tom Pernice, who's one of the best wedge players in the planet.
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He's got a few drills that after listening to this, who of them talk, I've put him in
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practice and I think that they're great.
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So left arm backswing is basically to get the feeling.
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So we have the individual arm drills to feel what it's like to make this finesse wedge
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backswing as opposed to the wide one piece take away backswing that we make in the stock
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full swing.
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Well, a great way to feel the combined movements of these arms is to start with the club
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out kind of pointing towards this target just like that.
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So I'm going to get my golf posture.
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Club is pointing out towards this target.
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I'm just going to let the club swing and then put my right hand on at waist parallel
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here.
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So I'll do that again.
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So I'm right here.
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I'm going to let it swing and then I'm going to put my right hand on.
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So if I was to do a right hand only, you can see that that basically gets me in just about
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the same area.
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So this also allows me to feel kind of the rhythm of letting the club swing to this position
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and then letting it swing down and through it.
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So if you're having trouble getting a little bit to one piece and wide and then you get
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stuck underneath and hit a lot of bladed shots or fat shots, this can be a great drill for
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helping you feel the proper backswing position for your finesse wedge.
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So we'll demonstrate a couple.
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So I'm just going to let it swing to right about here and then I could either just hit
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from there or I could start over.
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So I could either hit from there or just get that feeling and then start over.
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So I could either hit from there or I could just get that feeling a few times so let it
00:02:08,000 --> 00:02:13,000
swing kind of to there and then start over.
This drill is left arm finesse wedge backswing.
00:00:04,000 --> 00:00:11,000
So one of my biggest influences in the short game has been James Seekman and this is one
00:00:11,000 --> 00:00:17,000
of his best case studies, Tom Pernice, who's one of the best wedge players in the planet.
00:00:17,000 --> 00:00:23,000
He's got a few drills that after listening to this, who of them talk, I've put him in
00:00:23,000 --> 00:00:25,000
practice and I think that they're great.
00:00:25,000 --> 00:00:31,000
So left arm backswing is basically to get the feeling.
00:00:31,000 --> 00:00:35,000
So we have the individual arm drills to feel what it's like to make this finesse wedge
00:00:35,000 --> 00:00:40,000
backswing as opposed to the wide one piece take away backswing that we make in the stock
00:00:40,000 --> 00:00:41,000
full swing.
00:00:41,000 --> 00:00:48,000
Well, a great way to feel the combined movements of these arms is to start with the club
00:00:48,000 --> 00:00:51,000
out kind of pointing towards this target just like that.
00:00:51,000 --> 00:00:53,000
So I'm going to get my golf posture.
00:00:53,000 --> 00:00:54,000
Club is pointing out towards this target.
00:00:54,000 --> 00:00:59,000
I'm just going to let the club swing and then put my right hand on at waist parallel
00:00:59,000 --> 00:01:00,000
here.
00:01:00,000 --> 00:01:01,000
So I'll do that again.
00:01:01,000 --> 00:01:02,000
So I'm right here.
00:01:02,000 --> 00:01:06,000
I'm going to let it swing and then I'm going to put my right hand on.
00:01:06,000 --> 00:01:11,000
So if I was to do a right hand only, you can see that that basically gets me in just about
00:01:11,000 --> 00:01:13,000
the same area.
00:01:13,000 --> 00:01:21,000
So this also allows me to feel kind of the rhythm of letting the club swing to this position
00:01:21,000 --> 00:01:24,000
and then letting it swing down and through it.
00:01:24,000 --> 00:01:29,000
So if you're having trouble getting a little bit to one piece and wide and then you get
00:01:29,000 --> 00:01:35,000
stuck underneath and hit a lot of bladed shots or fat shots, this can be a great drill for
00:01:35,000 --> 00:01:41,000
helping you feel the proper backswing position for your finesse wedge.
00:01:41,000 --> 00:01:42,000
So we'll demonstrate a couple.
00:01:42,000 --> 00:01:48,000
So I'm just going to let it swing to right about here and then I could either just hit
00:01:48,000 --> 00:01:52,000
from there or I could start over.
00:01:52,000 --> 00:02:02,000
So I could either hit from there or just get that feeling and then start over.
00:02:02,000 --> 00:02:08,000
So I could either hit from there or I could just get that feeling a few times so let it
00:02:08,000 --> 00:02:13,000
swing kind of to there and then start over.
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