WEBVTT

1
00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:08.550
In this concept video, I'm going to answer a member question about why does it

2
00:00:08.550 --> 00:00:09.140
feel weak

3
00:00:09.140 --> 00:00:11.420
when I use ulnar deviation.

4
00:00:11.420 --> 00:00:18.920
So ulnar deviation is the unhinging of the wrist, and that's a common need for

5
00:00:18.920 --> 00:00:19.680
mid-single

6
00:00:19.680 --> 00:00:23.280
digit handicaps to get into that next level of ball striking.

7
00:00:23.280 --> 00:00:27.110
It's one of the big arm shallowers, it allows for good body rotation, it allows

8
00:00:27.110 --> 00:00:27.640
for good

9
00:00:27.640 --> 00:00:31.200
white, but when you're working through it, it can cause some problems.

10
00:00:31.200 --> 00:00:35.400
And one common one is it can feel weak at first.

11
00:00:35.400 --> 00:00:39.560
If that's the case, then here's a little checklist to kind of run through.

12
00:00:39.560 --> 00:00:43.860
One, if you're creating more of your speed from internal rotation on the

13
00:00:43.860 --> 00:00:44.800
shoulder, kind

14
00:00:44.800 --> 00:00:49.940
of from pulling and throwing the arm inward like this, then this is going to be

15
00:00:49.940 --> 00:00:50.320
one of

16
00:00:50.320 --> 00:00:54.600
the weaker feeling movements that I'm going to ask you to do.

17
00:00:54.600 --> 00:00:58.890
So if you're creating more of the speed with standing up, or if you're creating

18
00:00:58.890 --> 00:00:59.400
more of

19
00:00:59.400 --> 00:01:03.360
the speed with a back extension, those two often go hand in hand.

20
00:01:03.360 --> 00:01:07.030
But if you're doing the back extension, even if the arm isn't going into

21
00:01:07.030 --> 00:01:08.080
massive internal

22
00:01:08.080 --> 00:01:12.360
rotation, it will also tend to feel weak.

23
00:01:12.360 --> 00:01:17.060
There are a couple release issues that can also relate to this feeling of being

24
00:01:17.060 --> 00:01:17.680
weak.

25
00:01:17.680 --> 00:01:22.900
If you are used to getting down towards the bottom and having a really

26
00:01:22.900 --> 00:01:24.560
pronounced rehinge

27
00:01:24.560 --> 00:01:31.440
or kind of flicking the wrist past kind of like this, then keeping it out

28
00:01:31.440 --> 00:01:32.880
longer almost

29
00:01:32.880 --> 00:01:37.280
feels like you're hitting the brakes and kind of slowing down through impact.

30
00:01:37.280 --> 00:01:42.390
So there are a couple pieces that those share in common, but those are the

31
00:01:42.390 --> 00:01:43.280
three most common

32
00:01:43.280 --> 00:01:47.720
causes for why owner deviation might feel weak.

33
00:01:47.720 --> 00:01:52.860
So too much internal rotation, too much back power, or rehinging on the way

34
00:01:52.860 --> 00:01:53.600
through.

35
00:01:53.600 --> 00:01:56.140
You might have to work through why you're doing one of those movements, but

36
00:01:56.140 --> 00:01:56.560
here's a

37
00:01:56.560 --> 00:02:02.120
couple ideas or ways that you can improve that pattern.

38
00:02:02.120 --> 00:02:07.260
One, whenever there's a sense of weakness, I almost always start with the

39
00:02:07.260 --> 00:02:07.840
impact bag.

40
00:02:07.840 --> 00:02:12.320
I don't really like trying to hit the impact bag as hard as you can, but rather

41
00:02:12.320 --> 00:02:12.880
feeling

42
00:02:12.880 --> 00:02:17.960
where in your body you're feeling tension and where the strength would come.

43
00:02:17.960 --> 00:02:22.660
The impact bag is great at giving you almost a little freeze frame at impact so

44
00:02:22.660 --> 00:02:23.200
you can

45
00:02:23.200 --> 00:02:24.760
diagnose it a little bit better.

46
00:02:24.760 --> 00:02:29.950
So if I have the impact bag here and I tend to do it more of the movement like

47
00:02:29.950 --> 00:02:31.360
this, or

48
00:02:31.360 --> 00:02:36.990
I'm keeping that owner deviation or sorry radial deviation and rotating through

49
00:02:36.990 --> 00:02:37.480
kind of

50
00:02:37.480 --> 00:02:42.240
like this, you'll see it come more over the top or steep down at the bottom.

51
00:02:42.240 --> 00:02:46.490
And what I'm gonna have to do is feel this elbow in front, feel a little bit

52
00:02:46.490 --> 00:02:47.240
more down,

53
00:02:47.240 --> 00:02:53.670
and I'm gonna have to feel like the hit is happening more with my hips, my core

54
00:02:53.670 --> 00:02:54.040
, and

55
00:02:54.040 --> 00:02:57.560
my body rotation like that.

56
00:02:57.560 --> 00:03:01.840
The owner deviation is no longer part of the main power source.

57
00:03:01.840 --> 00:03:06.240
It's more of transferring the power source from my hips and my core into my

58
00:03:06.240 --> 00:03:06.840
arms.

59
00:03:06.840 --> 00:03:11.310
So the big paradigm here is if your arms are the main power source then doing

60
00:03:11.310 --> 00:03:12.480
owner deviation,

61
00:03:12.480 --> 00:03:17.520
which helps with club face control, low point control, and path consistency,

62
00:03:17.520 --> 00:03:17.880
that's gonna

63
00:03:17.880 --> 00:03:21.000
feel weak or uncomfortable.

64
00:03:21.000 --> 00:03:26.780
So that's a sign that I wanna do some movement work to get my hips and my abs

65
00:03:26.780 --> 00:03:27.960
to create more

66
00:03:27.960 --> 00:03:33.100
of the speed so that my arms can be more of the steering wheel or transfer that

67
00:03:33.100 --> 00:03:33.280
speed

68
00:03:33.280 --> 00:03:37.800
and control the club rather than be the main source of powering the club.

69
00:03:37.800 --> 00:03:45.350
So the next piece I would probably do after doing some impact bag is I would

70
00:03:45.350 --> 00:03:48.000
try and do,

71
00:03:48.000 --> 00:03:51.920
actually let's take one step backward, with the impact bag while working on

72
00:03:51.920 --> 00:03:52.500
this from

73
00:03:52.500 --> 00:03:55.480
a power source standpoint, I wouldn't just hit the bag.

74
00:03:55.480 --> 00:04:00.780
I would also do a couple recoils because if I was doing it more with the arms

75
00:04:00.780 --> 00:04:01.400
than it's

76
00:04:01.400 --> 00:04:07.240
awkward to try to recoil it back, but if I'm doing it with the body I can get a

77
00:04:07.240 --> 00:04:07.880
little

78
00:04:07.880 --> 00:04:12.520
bit of this hit and stop because my body is in a good bracing position.

79
00:04:12.520 --> 00:04:18.940
So then I would try and apply the same movement here where I'm feeling more abs

80
00:04:18.940 --> 00:04:20.040
and the arms

81
00:04:20.040 --> 00:04:28.100
a little bit more in front of my body to allow for that owner deviation to get

82
00:04:28.100 --> 00:04:29.280
the club down

83
00:04:29.280 --> 00:04:32.660
the golf ball instead of using that shoulder movement to get the club down the

84
00:04:32.660 --> 00:04:33.760
golf ball.

85
00:04:33.760 --> 00:04:39.190
So if you're struggling with owner deviation feeling weak take a look at this

86
00:04:39.190 --> 00:04:40.120
transition

87
00:04:40.120 --> 00:04:44.450
area to see how you're powering the swing and take a look down at the release

88
00:04:44.450 --> 00:04:44.920
area to

89
00:04:44.920 --> 00:04:50.060
see how you're delivering that will give you a good insight as to why this key

90
00:04:50.060 --> 00:04:50.320
movement

91
00:04:50.320 --> 00:04:51.240
might feel weak to you.