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How to Improve Left Shoulder Tilt in Your Transition

After this video, you'll be able to:

  • Understand the role of left shoulder tilt in your swing transition
  • Feel how maintaining shoulder level can enhance your ball striking
  • Identify the impact of right side bend on your swing path and contact

Learn how to refine your left shoulder side bend during the transition of your swing. This understanding can help you achieve better timing and consistency in your shots.

Video Transcript
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In this video, we're going to refine the left shoulder side bend through

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transition

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because I've had a couple of questions about how, basically during the release,

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the right

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00:00:09.900 --> 00:00:12.840
shoulder goes low, during transition the left shoulder goes low, how does that

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actually

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happen?

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So I'm going to help clarify that.

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When you go to the top of the swing, on 3D, what I'm going to see is, here's at

10
00:00:20.730 --> 00:00:21.320
the top

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of the swing, and then I'm going to continue going down before it goes to the

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right, where

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I'm going to continue going to the left before it goes to the right.

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The problem is, I'm twisted like facing like so, as that movement happens.

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So what it'll end up feeling like, is it'll feel like my shoulders stay level

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00:00:41.180 --> 00:00:42.000
longer.

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Because if I was to go instantly into right side bend, what'll happen is, I get

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to the

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00:00:46.080 --> 00:00:49.920
top of the swing, and this right shoulder comes up, and now as I come down, I

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have too much

21
00:00:50.840 --> 00:00:52.560
of this right side bend.

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I'll do that facing the camera.

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So if I go up here and I don't side bend to the left, I get very level, and now

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00:00:59.480 --> 00:00:59.860
it's

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00:00:59.860 --> 00:01:04.980
very hard for me to hit the ground, I'll tend to battle thin shots, and I'll

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tend to battle

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big hooks, especially with my irons as my miss.

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So the feeling of this left shoulder going down will be, until my hands get

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into release

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position, if I had the club across my shoulders, you'll see that that left

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shoulder is still

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slightly lower than the right.

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So it'll feel like these stay level, or that left shoulder stays lower, not

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necessarily

35
00:01:30.320 --> 00:01:33.930
that it's bent to the left, that's confused a few people in the past, so this

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00:01:33.930 --> 00:01:34.520
is a little

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bit of a clarification on how you're going to feel that actual movement.

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00:01:38.460 --> 00:01:42.020
So just feel that that stays level longer, and the way that you'll know you're

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00:01:42.020 --> 00:01:42.400
doing

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00:01:42.400 --> 00:01:47.670
it right, is you won't be able to do anything but hit the ground, because the

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00:01:47.670 --> 00:01:48.480
sternum in

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the upper body will be in a better position, and as long as the sternum in the

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00:01:52.540 --> 00:01:53.260
upper body

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00:01:53.260 --> 00:01:56.820
is in a good position, it'll give you the space to start working on and

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00:01:56.820 --> 00:01:57.640
creating that

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00:01:57.640 --> 00:02:00.160
really good release that we're hoping to build.

47
00:02:00.160 --> 00:02:05.550
So work on that left shoulder staying level longer, and that'll help you build

48
00:02:05.550 --> 00:02:06.000
a much

49
00:02:06.000 --> 00:02:07.920
more solid transition position.

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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.

How to Improve Left Shoulder Tilt in Your Transition

After this video, you'll be able to:

  • Understand the role of left shoulder tilt in your swing transition
  • Feel how maintaining shoulder level can enhance your ball striking
  • Identify the impact of right side bend on your swing path and contact

Learn how to refine your left shoulder side bend during the transition of your swing. This understanding can help you achieve better timing and consistency in your shots.

Video Transcript
WEBVTT

1
00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:03.700
In this video, we're going to refine the left shoulder side bend through

2
00:00:03.700 --> 00:00:04.320
transition

3
00:00:04.320 --> 00:00:09.710
because I've had a couple of questions about how, basically during the release,

4
00:00:09.710 --> 00:00:09.900
the right

5
00:00:09.900 --> 00:00:12.840
shoulder goes low, during transition the left shoulder goes low, how does that

6
00:00:12.840 --> 00:00:13.160
actually

7
00:00:13.160 --> 00:00:14.160
happen?

8
00:00:14.160 --> 00:00:16.320
So I'm going to help clarify that.

9
00:00:16.320 --> 00:00:20.730
When you go to the top of the swing, on 3D, what I'm going to see is, here's at

10
00:00:20.730 --> 00:00:21.320
the top

11
00:00:21.320 --> 00:00:24.920
of the swing, and then I'm going to continue going down before it goes to the

12
00:00:24.920 --> 00:00:25.520
right, where

13
00:00:25.520 --> 00:00:28.880
I'm going to continue going to the left before it goes to the right.

14
00:00:28.880 --> 00:00:34.440
The problem is, I'm twisted like facing like so, as that movement happens.

15
00:00:34.440 --> 00:00:41.180
So what it'll end up feeling like, is it'll feel like my shoulders stay level

16
00:00:41.180 --> 00:00:42.000
longer.

17
00:00:42.000 --> 00:00:45.700
Because if I was to go instantly into right side bend, what'll happen is, I get

18
00:00:45.700 --> 00:00:46.080
to the

19
00:00:46.080 --> 00:00:49.920
top of the swing, and this right shoulder comes up, and now as I come down, I

20
00:00:49.920 --> 00:00:50.840
have too much

21
00:00:50.840 --> 00:00:52.560
of this right side bend.

22
00:00:52.560 --> 00:00:54.520
I'll do that facing the camera.

23
00:00:54.520 --> 00:00:59.480
So if I go up here and I don't side bend to the left, I get very level, and now

24
00:00:59.480 --> 00:00:59.860
it's

25
00:00:59.860 --> 00:01:04.980
very hard for me to hit the ground, I'll tend to battle thin shots, and I'll

26
00:01:04.980 --> 00:01:05.880
tend to battle

27
00:01:05.880 --> 00:01:10.720
big hooks, especially with my irons as my miss.

28
00:01:10.720 --> 00:01:16.330
So the feeling of this left shoulder going down will be, until my hands get

29
00:01:16.330 --> 00:01:17.320
into release

30
00:01:17.320 --> 00:01:21.280
position, if I had the club across my shoulders, you'll see that that left

31
00:01:21.280 --> 00:01:22.360
shoulder is still

32
00:01:22.360 --> 00:01:24.720
slightly lower than the right.

33
00:01:24.720 --> 00:01:29.380
So it'll feel like these stay level, or that left shoulder stays lower, not

34
00:01:29.380 --> 00:01:30.320
necessarily

35
00:01:30.320 --> 00:01:33.930
that it's bent to the left, that's confused a few people in the past, so this

36
00:01:33.930 --> 00:01:34.520
is a little

37
00:01:34.520 --> 00:01:38.460
bit of a clarification on how you're going to feel that actual movement.

38
00:01:38.460 --> 00:01:42.020
So just feel that that stays level longer, and the way that you'll know you're

39
00:01:42.020 --> 00:01:42.400
doing

40
00:01:42.400 --> 00:01:47.670
it right, is you won't be able to do anything but hit the ground, because the

41
00:01:47.670 --> 00:01:48.480
sternum in

42
00:01:48.480 --> 00:01:52.540
the upper body will be in a better position, and as long as the sternum in the

43
00:01:52.540 --> 00:01:53.260
upper body

44
00:01:53.260 --> 00:01:56.820
is in a good position, it'll give you the space to start working on and

45
00:01:56.820 --> 00:01:57.640
creating that

46
00:01:57.640 --> 00:02:00.160
really good release that we're hoping to build.

47
00:02:00.160 --> 00:02:05.550
So work on that left shoulder staying level longer, and that'll help you build

48
00:02:05.550 --> 00:02:06.000
a much

49
00:02:06.000 --> 00:02:07.920
more solid transition position.

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