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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.
Stop Standing Up in Your Swing with This Pool Noodle Drill
After this video, you'll be able to:
- Monitor your chest height throughout your swing for improved stability
- Use a pool noodle as a reference to prevent standing up during your shot
- Practice different swing progressions to reinforce your new feel
Learn how to maintain consistent chest height during your swing using a pool noodle for feedback. This simple drill helps you stay down through your shots for better contact and accuracy.
Video Transcript
WEBVTT
1
00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:06.320
This drill is monitoring chest height with a pool noodle.
2
00:00:06.320 --> 00:00:11.680
So many golfers struggle with standing up through the shot, so they struggle
3
00:00:11.680 --> 00:00:12.360
with standing
4
00:00:12.360 --> 00:00:16.560
up kind of like this, and they're really unaware of it.
5
00:00:16.560 --> 00:00:19.080
When you ask someone who does that, "Hey, did you stand up?
6
00:00:19.080 --> 00:00:20.080
Try and stay down.
7
00:00:20.080 --> 00:00:21.080
Try and stay down."
8
00:00:21.080 --> 00:00:22.360
They're really unaware of it.
9
00:00:22.360 --> 00:00:26.680
So what I usually do is I will either set up a station like this or I'll hold
10
00:00:26.680 --> 00:00:27.640
an object,
11
00:00:27.640 --> 00:00:32.120
like a pool noodle in here close to their chest height.
12
00:00:32.120 --> 00:00:36.810
So the main thing here is now I've got something, I'm going to lower it just
13
00:00:36.810 --> 00:00:37.600
slightly.
14
00:00:37.600 --> 00:00:42.870
So I've got something that's in my field of view, a little bit in front of me,
15
00:00:42.870 --> 00:00:43.440
so that
16
00:00:43.440 --> 00:00:49.520
when I come through, I can have a reference as to whether I stood up or not.
17
00:00:49.520 --> 00:00:55.770
So what I want to try to do is first, I'm going to practice turning my body so
18
00:00:55.770 --> 00:00:57.440
that my chest
19
00:00:57.440 --> 00:01:02.560
stays at about the same height compared to this pool noodle.
20
00:01:02.560 --> 00:01:06.720
So even if I was to come up a little bit, I would say, "Oh, all right.
21
00:01:06.720 --> 00:01:11.630
I'm going to create a reference right about here in my mind, and then I'm going
22
00:01:11.630 --> 00:01:12.200
to turn
23
00:01:12.200 --> 00:01:16.440
through keeping my chest at that reference."
24
00:01:16.440 --> 00:01:21.800
I like to have it on the target side, not directly in front of me, because if
25
00:01:21.800 --> 00:01:22.800
it's directly
26
00:01:22.800 --> 00:01:26.920
in front of me, when I come through, I've kind of lost sight of it.
27
00:01:26.920 --> 00:01:32.490
I want it to be far enough ahead so that when I come through, I can still use
28
00:01:32.490 --> 00:01:33.160
it as a good
29
00:01:33.160 --> 00:01:37.960
reference and check it without having to turn or pivot my head.
30
00:01:37.960 --> 00:01:43.240
So then I'll do normal progressions of 9 to 3, 10 to 2, up to full swings.
31
00:01:43.240 --> 00:01:46.160
Let's get that a little bit closer to it.
32
00:01:46.160 --> 00:01:51.480
So now I'm going to feel like I'm going to come to there at impact.
33
00:01:51.480 --> 00:01:55.000
I might even do a pushball or something like that, but I'm going to focus on
34
00:01:55.000 --> 00:01:55.640
finishing
35
00:01:55.640 --> 00:02:01.360
in this position instead of that position there.
36
00:02:01.360 --> 00:02:05.200
So 9 to 3, double check.
37
00:02:05.200 --> 00:02:06.200
Not too bad.
38
00:02:06.200 --> 00:02:08.680
I was pretty happy with that.
39
00:02:08.680 --> 00:02:14.430
Now in a 10 to 2 in full swing, it gets a little trickier because now I have to
40
00:02:14.430 --> 00:02:14.800
pay
41
00:02:14.800 --> 00:02:18.640
attention to where I was when I was moving down through here, but I'm going to
42
00:02:18.640 --> 00:02:18.960
leave
43
00:02:18.960 --> 00:02:22.120
this once I get the club pass follow through position.
44
00:02:22.120 --> 00:02:27.600
But once I get to here, the momentum of the club and my body absorbing the
45
00:02:27.600 --> 00:02:28.720
force safely
46
00:02:28.720 --> 00:02:31.880
is naturally going to stand up a little bit more.
47
00:02:31.880 --> 00:02:36.910
So as I go into a bigger swing, now I really have to rely on that flash of
48
00:02:36.910 --> 00:02:38.080
where was this
49
00:02:38.080 --> 00:02:41.040
thing just between here and here.
50
00:02:41.040 --> 00:02:46.560
And the more times I do it, the better my body will get at being able to
51
00:02:46.560 --> 00:02:47.760
recognize and
52
00:02:47.760 --> 00:02:48.760
pay attention to it.
53
00:02:48.760 --> 00:02:52.170
You might have to start with a lot of 9 to 3s and a lot of slow motion swings
54
00:02:52.170 --> 00:02:52.920
really trying
55
00:02:52.920 --> 00:03:00.060
to feel like I stay the same space or even like I get closer to it between the
56
00:03:00.060 --> 00:03:00.920
start of
57
00:03:00.920 --> 00:03:03.440
the release and the end of the release.
58
00:03:03.440 --> 00:03:08.120
Remember, the end of the follow through position right here is when I have the
59
00:03:08.120 --> 00:03:08.960
greatest amount
60
00:03:08.960 --> 00:03:12.160
of side bend of my upper body.
61
00:03:12.160 --> 00:03:15.660
So I'll be close to the same height with my chest even though my legs are
62
00:03:15.660 --> 00:03:16.560
straightening
63
00:03:16.560 --> 00:03:19.400
as they're going into a nice bracing move.
64
00:03:19.400 --> 00:03:24.600
So now we'll go back to, we'll do a little bit more like a 10 to 2.
65
00:03:24.600 --> 00:03:30.200
So I'm going to feel like I stayed down through and then came up and then
66
00:03:30.200 --> 00:03:31.840
because of the purpose
67
00:03:31.840 --> 00:03:38.040
of this drill, my brain naturally tried to pull me back down, but that's okay.
68
00:03:38.040 --> 00:03:42.780
Now as I go into a full swing, I'm just going to use the feel, we'll get that
69
00:03:42.780 --> 00:03:43.600
even a little
70
00:03:43.600 --> 00:03:47.680
bit more in my way for the full swing.
71
00:03:47.680 --> 00:03:59.300
So I'm going to try and get extra low on this one using this as my source of
72
00:03:59.300 --> 00:04:01.600
feedback.
73
00:04:01.600 --> 00:04:06.530
So emphasizing staying down, using my abs, but controlling the height of my
74
00:04:06.530 --> 00:04:07.120
club.
75
00:04:07.120 --> 00:04:12.240
If you don't want to set something like this up on a tripod, then you can take
76
00:04:12.240 --> 00:04:13.000
an alignment
77
00:04:13.000 --> 00:04:17.570
stick and put it in the ground and put a head cover or something on an angle
78
00:04:17.570 --> 00:04:18.440
like that.
79
00:04:18.440 --> 00:04:22.570
But I like to get it as close to my visual frame for doing this head height
80
00:04:22.570 --> 00:04:23.440
awareness.
81
00:04:23.440 --> 00:04:26.560
I like to get it as close to my visual frame as I can.
82
00:04:26.560 --> 00:04:28.880
So I highly recommend using a pool noodle and a tripod.
83
00:04:28.880 --> 00:04:31.930
That works really well for me or maybe you can get creative and create some
84
00:04:31.930 --> 00:04:32.680
kind of station
85
00:04:32.680 --> 00:04:33.920
that you can train with at home.
1
00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:06.320
This drill is monitoring chest height with a pool noodle.
2
00:00:06.320 --> 00:00:11.680
So many golfers struggle with standing up through the shot, so they struggle
3
00:00:11.680 --> 00:00:12.360
with standing
4
00:00:12.360 --> 00:00:16.560
up kind of like this, and they're really unaware of it.
5
00:00:16.560 --> 00:00:19.080
When you ask someone who does that, "Hey, did you stand up?
6
00:00:19.080 --> 00:00:20.080
Try and stay down.
7
00:00:20.080 --> 00:00:21.080
Try and stay down."
8
00:00:21.080 --> 00:00:22.360
They're really unaware of it.
9
00:00:22.360 --> 00:00:26.680
So what I usually do is I will either set up a station like this or I'll hold
10
00:00:26.680 --> 00:00:27.640
an object,
11
00:00:27.640 --> 00:00:32.120
like a pool noodle in here close to their chest height.
12
00:00:32.120 --> 00:00:36.810
So the main thing here is now I've got something, I'm going to lower it just
13
00:00:36.810 --> 00:00:37.600
slightly.
14
00:00:37.600 --> 00:00:42.870
So I've got something that's in my field of view, a little bit in front of me,
15
00:00:42.870 --> 00:00:43.440
so that
16
00:00:43.440 --> 00:00:49.520
when I come through, I can have a reference as to whether I stood up or not.
17
00:00:49.520 --> 00:00:55.770
So what I want to try to do is first, I'm going to practice turning my body so
18
00:00:55.770 --> 00:00:57.440
that my chest
19
00:00:57.440 --> 00:01:02.560
stays at about the same height compared to this pool noodle.
20
00:01:02.560 --> 00:01:06.720
So even if I was to come up a little bit, I would say, "Oh, all right.
21
00:01:06.720 --> 00:01:11.630
I'm going to create a reference right about here in my mind, and then I'm going
22
00:01:11.630 --> 00:01:12.200
to turn
23
00:01:12.200 --> 00:01:16.440
through keeping my chest at that reference."
24
00:01:16.440 --> 00:01:21.800
I like to have it on the target side, not directly in front of me, because if
25
00:01:21.800 --> 00:01:22.800
it's directly
26
00:01:22.800 --> 00:01:26.920
in front of me, when I come through, I've kind of lost sight of it.
27
00:01:26.920 --> 00:01:32.490
I want it to be far enough ahead so that when I come through, I can still use
28
00:01:32.490 --> 00:01:33.160
it as a good
29
00:01:33.160 --> 00:01:37.960
reference and check it without having to turn or pivot my head.
30
00:01:37.960 --> 00:01:43.240
So then I'll do normal progressions of 9 to 3, 10 to 2, up to full swings.
31
00:01:43.240 --> 00:01:46.160
Let's get that a little bit closer to it.
32
00:01:46.160 --> 00:01:51.480
So now I'm going to feel like I'm going to come to there at impact.
33
00:01:51.480 --> 00:01:55.000
I might even do a pushball or something like that, but I'm going to focus on
34
00:01:55.000 --> 00:01:55.640
finishing
35
00:01:55.640 --> 00:02:01.360
in this position instead of that position there.
36
00:02:01.360 --> 00:02:05.200
So 9 to 3, double check.
37
00:02:05.200 --> 00:02:06.200
Not too bad.
38
00:02:06.200 --> 00:02:08.680
I was pretty happy with that.
39
00:02:08.680 --> 00:02:14.430
Now in a 10 to 2 in full swing, it gets a little trickier because now I have to
40
00:02:14.430 --> 00:02:14.800
pay
41
00:02:14.800 --> 00:02:18.640
attention to where I was when I was moving down through here, but I'm going to
42
00:02:18.640 --> 00:02:18.960
leave
43
00:02:18.960 --> 00:02:22.120
this once I get the club pass follow through position.
44
00:02:22.120 --> 00:02:27.600
But once I get to here, the momentum of the club and my body absorbing the
45
00:02:27.600 --> 00:02:28.720
force safely
46
00:02:28.720 --> 00:02:31.880
is naturally going to stand up a little bit more.
47
00:02:31.880 --> 00:02:36.910
So as I go into a bigger swing, now I really have to rely on that flash of
48
00:02:36.910 --> 00:02:38.080
where was this
49
00:02:38.080 --> 00:02:41.040
thing just between here and here.
50
00:02:41.040 --> 00:02:46.560
And the more times I do it, the better my body will get at being able to
51
00:02:46.560 --> 00:02:47.760
recognize and
52
00:02:47.760 --> 00:02:48.760
pay attention to it.
53
00:02:48.760 --> 00:02:52.170
You might have to start with a lot of 9 to 3s and a lot of slow motion swings
54
00:02:52.170 --> 00:02:52.920
really trying
55
00:02:52.920 --> 00:03:00.060
to feel like I stay the same space or even like I get closer to it between the
56
00:03:00.060 --> 00:03:00.920
start of
57
00:03:00.920 --> 00:03:03.440
the release and the end of the release.
58
00:03:03.440 --> 00:03:08.120
Remember, the end of the follow through position right here is when I have the
59
00:03:08.120 --> 00:03:08.960
greatest amount
60
00:03:08.960 --> 00:03:12.160
of side bend of my upper body.
61
00:03:12.160 --> 00:03:15.660
So I'll be close to the same height with my chest even though my legs are
62
00:03:15.660 --> 00:03:16.560
straightening
63
00:03:16.560 --> 00:03:19.400
as they're going into a nice bracing move.
64
00:03:19.400 --> 00:03:24.600
So now we'll go back to, we'll do a little bit more like a 10 to 2.
65
00:03:24.600 --> 00:03:30.200
So I'm going to feel like I stayed down through and then came up and then
66
00:03:30.200 --> 00:03:31.840
because of the purpose
67
00:03:31.840 --> 00:03:38.040
of this drill, my brain naturally tried to pull me back down, but that's okay.
68
00:03:38.040 --> 00:03:42.780
Now as I go into a full swing, I'm just going to use the feel, we'll get that
69
00:03:42.780 --> 00:03:43.600
even a little
70
00:03:43.600 --> 00:03:47.680
bit more in my way for the full swing.
71
00:03:47.680 --> 00:03:59.300
So I'm going to try and get extra low on this one using this as my source of
72
00:03:59.300 --> 00:04:01.600
feedback.
73
00:04:01.600 --> 00:04:06.530
So emphasizing staying down, using my abs, but controlling the height of my
74
00:04:06.530 --> 00:04:07.120
club.
75
00:04:07.120 --> 00:04:12.240
If you don't want to set something like this up on a tripod, then you can take
76
00:04:12.240 --> 00:04:13.000
an alignment
77
00:04:13.000 --> 00:04:17.570
stick and put it in the ground and put a head cover or something on an angle
78
00:04:17.570 --> 00:04:18.440
like that.
79
00:04:18.440 --> 00:04:22.570
But I like to get it as close to my visual frame for doing this head height
80
00:04:22.570 --> 00:04:23.440
awareness.
81
00:04:23.440 --> 00:04:26.560
I like to get it as close to my visual frame as I can.
82
00:04:26.560 --> 00:04:28.880
So I highly recommend using a pool noodle and a tripod.
83
00:04:28.880 --> 00:04:31.930
That works really well for me or maybe you can get creative and create some
84
00:04:31.930 --> 00:04:32.680
kind of station
85
00:04:32.680 --> 00:04:33.920
that you can train with at home.
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.
Stop Standing Up in Your Swing with This Pool Noodle Drill
After this video, you'll be able to:
- Monitor your chest height throughout your swing for improved stability
- Use a pool noodle as a reference to prevent standing up during your shot
- Practice different swing progressions to reinforce your new feel
Learn how to maintain consistent chest height during your swing using a pool noodle for feedback. This simple drill helps you stay down through your shots for better contact and accuracy.
Video Transcript
WEBVTT
1
00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:06.320
This drill is monitoring chest height with a pool noodle.
2
00:00:06.320 --> 00:00:11.680
So many golfers struggle with standing up through the shot, so they struggle
3
00:00:11.680 --> 00:00:12.360
with standing
4
00:00:12.360 --> 00:00:16.560
up kind of like this, and they're really unaware of it.
5
00:00:16.560 --> 00:00:19.080
When you ask someone who does that, "Hey, did you stand up?
6
00:00:19.080 --> 00:00:20.080
Try and stay down.
7
00:00:20.080 --> 00:00:21.080
Try and stay down."
8
00:00:21.080 --> 00:00:22.360
They're really unaware of it.
9
00:00:22.360 --> 00:00:26.680
So what I usually do is I will either set up a station like this or I'll hold
10
00:00:26.680 --> 00:00:27.640
an object,
11
00:00:27.640 --> 00:00:32.120
like a pool noodle in here close to their chest height.
12
00:00:32.120 --> 00:00:36.810
So the main thing here is now I've got something, I'm going to lower it just
13
00:00:36.810 --> 00:00:37.600
slightly.
14
00:00:37.600 --> 00:00:42.870
So I've got something that's in my field of view, a little bit in front of me,
15
00:00:42.870 --> 00:00:43.440
so that
16
00:00:43.440 --> 00:00:49.520
when I come through, I can have a reference as to whether I stood up or not.
17
00:00:49.520 --> 00:00:55.770
So what I want to try to do is first, I'm going to practice turning my body so
18
00:00:55.770 --> 00:00:57.440
that my chest
19
00:00:57.440 --> 00:01:02.560
stays at about the same height compared to this pool noodle.
20
00:01:02.560 --> 00:01:06.720
So even if I was to come up a little bit, I would say, "Oh, all right.
21
00:01:06.720 --> 00:01:11.630
I'm going to create a reference right about here in my mind, and then I'm going
22
00:01:11.630 --> 00:01:12.200
to turn
23
00:01:12.200 --> 00:01:16.440
through keeping my chest at that reference."
24
00:01:16.440 --> 00:01:21.800
I like to have it on the target side, not directly in front of me, because if
25
00:01:21.800 --> 00:01:22.800
it's directly
26
00:01:22.800 --> 00:01:26.920
in front of me, when I come through, I've kind of lost sight of it.
27
00:01:26.920 --> 00:01:32.490
I want it to be far enough ahead so that when I come through, I can still use
28
00:01:32.490 --> 00:01:33.160
it as a good
29
00:01:33.160 --> 00:01:37.960
reference and check it without having to turn or pivot my head.
30
00:01:37.960 --> 00:01:43.240
So then I'll do normal progressions of 9 to 3, 10 to 2, up to full swings.
31
00:01:43.240 --> 00:01:46.160
Let's get that a little bit closer to it.
32
00:01:46.160 --> 00:01:51.480
So now I'm going to feel like I'm going to come to there at impact.
33
00:01:51.480 --> 00:01:55.000
I might even do a pushball or something like that, but I'm going to focus on
34
00:01:55.000 --> 00:01:55.640
finishing
35
00:01:55.640 --> 00:02:01.360
in this position instead of that position there.
36
00:02:01.360 --> 00:02:05.200
So 9 to 3, double check.
37
00:02:05.200 --> 00:02:06.200
Not too bad.
38
00:02:06.200 --> 00:02:08.680
I was pretty happy with that.
39
00:02:08.680 --> 00:02:14.430
Now in a 10 to 2 in full swing, it gets a little trickier because now I have to
40
00:02:14.430 --> 00:02:14.800
pay
41
00:02:14.800 --> 00:02:18.640
attention to where I was when I was moving down through here, but I'm going to
42
00:02:18.640 --> 00:02:18.960
leave
43
00:02:18.960 --> 00:02:22.120
this once I get the club pass follow through position.
44
00:02:22.120 --> 00:02:27.600
But once I get to here, the momentum of the club and my body absorbing the
45
00:02:27.600 --> 00:02:28.720
force safely
46
00:02:28.720 --> 00:02:31.880
is naturally going to stand up a little bit more.
47
00:02:31.880 --> 00:02:36.910
So as I go into a bigger swing, now I really have to rely on that flash of
48
00:02:36.910 --> 00:02:38.080
where was this
49
00:02:38.080 --> 00:02:41.040
thing just between here and here.
50
00:02:41.040 --> 00:02:46.560
And the more times I do it, the better my body will get at being able to
51
00:02:46.560 --> 00:02:47.760
recognize and
52
00:02:47.760 --> 00:02:48.760
pay attention to it.
53
00:02:48.760 --> 00:02:52.170
You might have to start with a lot of 9 to 3s and a lot of slow motion swings
54
00:02:52.170 --> 00:02:52.920
really trying
55
00:02:52.920 --> 00:03:00.060
to feel like I stay the same space or even like I get closer to it between the
56
00:03:00.060 --> 00:03:00.920
start of
57
00:03:00.920 --> 00:03:03.440
the release and the end of the release.
58
00:03:03.440 --> 00:03:08.120
Remember, the end of the follow through position right here is when I have the
59
00:03:08.120 --> 00:03:08.960
greatest amount
60
00:03:08.960 --> 00:03:12.160
of side bend of my upper body.
61
00:03:12.160 --> 00:03:15.660
So I'll be close to the same height with my chest even though my legs are
62
00:03:15.660 --> 00:03:16.560
straightening
63
00:03:16.560 --> 00:03:19.400
as they're going into a nice bracing move.
64
00:03:19.400 --> 00:03:24.600
So now we'll go back to, we'll do a little bit more like a 10 to 2.
65
00:03:24.600 --> 00:03:30.200
So I'm going to feel like I stayed down through and then came up and then
66
00:03:30.200 --> 00:03:31.840
because of the purpose
67
00:03:31.840 --> 00:03:38.040
of this drill, my brain naturally tried to pull me back down, but that's okay.
68
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Now as I go into a full swing, I'm just going to use the feel, we'll get that
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even a little
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bit more in my way for the full swing.
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So I'm going to try and get extra low on this one using this as my source of
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feedback.
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So emphasizing staying down, using my abs, but controlling the height of my
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club.
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If you don't want to set something like this up on a tripod, then you can take
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an alignment
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stick and put it in the ground and put a head cover or something on an angle
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like that.
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But I like to get it as close to my visual frame for doing this head height
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awareness.
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I like to get it as close to my visual frame as I can.
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So I highly recommend using a pool noodle and a tripod.
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That works really well for me or maybe you can get creative and create some
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kind of station
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that you can train with at home.
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This drill is monitoring chest height with a pool noodle.
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So many golfers struggle with standing up through the shot, so they struggle
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with standing
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up kind of like this, and they're really unaware of it.
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When you ask someone who does that, "Hey, did you stand up?
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Try and stay down.
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Try and stay down."
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They're really unaware of it.
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So what I usually do is I will either set up a station like this or I'll hold
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an object,
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like a pool noodle in here close to their chest height.
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So the main thing here is now I've got something, I'm going to lower it just
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slightly.
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So I've got something that's in my field of view, a little bit in front of me,
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so that
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when I come through, I can have a reference as to whether I stood up or not.
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So what I want to try to do is first, I'm going to practice turning my body so
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that my chest
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stays at about the same height compared to this pool noodle.
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So even if I was to come up a little bit, I would say, "Oh, all right.
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I'm going to create a reference right about here in my mind, and then I'm going
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to turn
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through keeping my chest at that reference."
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I like to have it on the target side, not directly in front of me, because if
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it's directly
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in front of me, when I come through, I've kind of lost sight of it.
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I want it to be far enough ahead so that when I come through, I can still use
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it as a good
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reference and check it without having to turn or pivot my head.
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So then I'll do normal progressions of 9 to 3, 10 to 2, up to full swings.
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Let's get that a little bit closer to it.
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So now I'm going to feel like I'm going to come to there at impact.
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I might even do a pushball or something like that, but I'm going to focus on
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finishing
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in this position instead of that position there.
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So 9 to 3, double check.
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Not too bad.
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I was pretty happy with that.
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Now in a 10 to 2 in full swing, it gets a little trickier because now I have to
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pay
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attention to where I was when I was moving down through here, but I'm going to
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leave
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this once I get the club pass follow through position.
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But once I get to here, the momentum of the club and my body absorbing the
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force safely
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is naturally going to stand up a little bit more.
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So as I go into a bigger swing, now I really have to rely on that flash of
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where was this
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thing just between here and here.
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And the more times I do it, the better my body will get at being able to
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recognize and
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pay attention to it.
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You might have to start with a lot of 9 to 3s and a lot of slow motion swings
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really trying
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to feel like I stay the same space or even like I get closer to it between the
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start of
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the release and the end of the release.
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Remember, the end of the follow through position right here is when I have the
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greatest amount
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of side bend of my upper body.
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So I'll be close to the same height with my chest even though my legs are
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straightening
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as they're going into a nice bracing move.
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So now we'll go back to, we'll do a little bit more like a 10 to 2.
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So I'm going to feel like I stayed down through and then came up and then
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because of the purpose
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of this drill, my brain naturally tried to pull me back down, but that's okay.
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Now as I go into a full swing, I'm just going to use the feel, we'll get that
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even a little
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bit more in my way for the full swing.
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So I'm going to try and get extra low on this one using this as my source of
72
00:03:59.300 --> 00:04:01.600
feedback.
73
00:04:01.600 --> 00:04:06.530
So emphasizing staying down, using my abs, but controlling the height of my
74
00:04:06.530 --> 00:04:07.120
club.
75
00:04:07.120 --> 00:04:12.240
If you don't want to set something like this up on a tripod, then you can take
76
00:04:12.240 --> 00:04:13.000
an alignment
77
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stick and put it in the ground and put a head cover or something on an angle
78
00:04:17.570 --> 00:04:18.440
like that.
79
00:04:18.440 --> 00:04:22.570
But I like to get it as close to my visual frame for doing this head height
80
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awareness.
81
00:04:23.440 --> 00:04:26.560
I like to get it as close to my visual frame as I can.
82
00:04:26.560 --> 00:04:28.880
So I highly recommend using a pool noodle and a tripod.
83
00:04:28.880 --> 00:04:31.930
That works really well for me or maybe you can get creative and create some
84
00:04:31.930 --> 00:04:32.680
kind of station
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that you can train with at home.
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