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 Early Extension by Monitoring Your Right Knee
After this video, you'll be able to:
- Identify the signs of early extension in your swing.
- Use an alignment stick to ensure your right knee stays in position.
- Feel how proper knee movement can enhance your overall swing mechanics.
In this video, you'll learn how to monitor your right knee to prevent early extension during your swing. This critical adjustment can help you maintain better body alignment and improve your release.
Video Transcript
WEBVTT
1
00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:03.600
This drill is monitoring the right knee for early extension.
2
00:00:03.600 --> 00:00:07.120
Now a lot of golfers struggle with early extension and there's lots of causes.
3
00:00:07.120 --> 00:00:11.540
Sometimes it's not the worst thing but other times it causes the rib cage to
4
00:00:11.540 --> 00:00:12.440
get in a position
5
00:00:12.440 --> 00:00:14.640
that really messes up your release.
6
00:00:14.640 --> 00:00:19.760
So when you're working if you've tried some release drills and you're able to
7
00:00:19.760 --> 00:00:20.200
do it at
8
00:00:20.200 --> 00:00:24.380
the release but then you take a full swing and it kind of breaks down because
9
00:00:24.380 --> 00:00:24.920
of early
10
00:00:24.920 --> 00:00:30.040
extension I would recommend going directly at the source of the lower body
11
00:00:30.040 --> 00:00:30.760
moving in
12
00:00:30.760 --> 00:00:34.720
towards the golf ball and this is a simple little feedback device for looking
13
00:00:34.720 --> 00:00:35.320
at the right
14
00:00:35.320 --> 00:00:36.320
leg.
15
00:00:36.320 --> 00:00:40.600
If you look at many golfers on 2D video from down the line what you'll tend to
16
00:00:40.600 --> 00:00:41.320
see is
17
00:00:41.320 --> 00:00:47.320
that better players are not going to let their knee go in well past their toes.
18
00:00:47.320 --> 00:00:52.490
So we can take a shaft and stick it in the ground or in an indoor station you
19
00:00:52.490 --> 00:00:53.220
can take
20
00:00:53.220 --> 00:00:57.930
a alignment stick and place it up against or you know in a bucket so that you
21
00:00:57.930 --> 00:00:58.520
've got
22
00:00:58.520 --> 00:01:00.980
kind of an alignment rod just like so.
23
00:01:00.980 --> 00:01:06.020
Then what you're going to do is you're going to place it so that it's just over
24
00:01:06.020 --> 00:01:06.560
the end
25
00:01:06.560 --> 00:01:07.840
of your toes.
26
00:01:07.840 --> 00:01:12.580
So not quite all the way to the end of your shoes but like where your big toe
27
00:01:12.580 --> 00:01:13.680
joint connects
28
00:01:13.680 --> 00:01:17.300
right at the ball of your foot so kind of like that.
29
00:01:17.300 --> 00:01:22.600
So now I can take some practice wings with this alignment stick and if I were
30
00:01:22.600 --> 00:01:23.200
to early
31
00:01:23.200 --> 00:01:25.100
extend I'm going to hit it.
32
00:01:25.100 --> 00:01:30.880
Now I'll mostly be able to tell if I hit it because of if this thing moves but
33
00:01:30.880 --> 00:01:31.320
if you're
34
00:01:31.320 --> 00:01:35.160
hitting in outside where you've got a shaft in the ground you'll get a little
35
00:01:35.160 --> 00:01:35.740
bit of really
36
00:01:35.740 --> 00:01:37.060
good feedback.
37
00:01:37.060 --> 00:01:41.450
So what this will help you do is it'll help you feel how can I push through my
38
00:01:41.450 --> 00:01:42.660
lower body
39
00:01:42.660 --> 00:01:46.980
without letting my lower body drift in towards the golf ball.
40
00:01:46.980 --> 00:01:50.540
For many it'll feel like some of the trail leg push that I talk about for
41
00:01:50.540 --> 00:01:50.940
others it'll
42
00:01:50.940 --> 00:01:55.770
feel like the legs are working more in the direction of the target or even back
43
00:01:55.770 --> 00:01:56.560
45 like
44
00:01:56.560 --> 00:01:57.560
in the pelvis track.
45
00:01:57.560 --> 00:02:01.980
So if you're setting this up you want to put the alignment stick in the ground
46
00:02:01.980 --> 00:02:02.340
so that
47
00:02:02.340 --> 00:02:04.240
it's about knee height.
48
00:02:04.240 --> 00:02:10.960
You can actually angle it one way or the other but about knee height or just
49
00:02:10.960 --> 00:02:11.640
below.
50
00:02:11.640 --> 00:02:16.820
And then you can practice taking your swings feeling like your legs work a
51
00:02:16.820 --> 00:02:18.640
little bit more
52
00:02:18.640 --> 00:02:24.840
at the target or not in towards the golf ball as opposed to if you were to get
53
00:02:24.840 --> 00:02:26.280
set up and
54
00:02:26.280 --> 00:02:30.460
then really early extend you can see now I've got some feedback and that'll
55
00:02:30.460 --> 00:02:31.360
help you build
56
00:02:31.360 --> 00:02:35.370
your own personal map of where your body is in space when you're working on how
57
00:02:35.370 --> 00:02:35.960
the lower
58
00:02:35.960 --> 00:02:38.600
body pushes against the ground if you early extend.
1
00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:03.600
This drill is monitoring the right knee for early extension.
2
00:00:03.600 --> 00:00:07.120
Now a lot of golfers struggle with early extension and there's lots of causes.
3
00:00:07.120 --> 00:00:11.540
Sometimes it's not the worst thing but other times it causes the rib cage to
4
00:00:11.540 --> 00:00:12.440
get in a position
5
00:00:12.440 --> 00:00:14.640
that really messes up your release.
6
00:00:14.640 --> 00:00:19.760
So when you're working if you've tried some release drills and you're able to
7
00:00:19.760 --> 00:00:20.200
do it at
8
00:00:20.200 --> 00:00:24.380
the release but then you take a full swing and it kind of breaks down because
9
00:00:24.380 --> 00:00:24.920
of early
10
00:00:24.920 --> 00:00:30.040
extension I would recommend going directly at the source of the lower body
11
00:00:30.040 --> 00:00:30.760
moving in
12
00:00:30.760 --> 00:00:34.720
towards the golf ball and this is a simple little feedback device for looking
13
00:00:34.720 --> 00:00:35.320
at the right
14
00:00:35.320 --> 00:00:36.320
leg.
15
00:00:36.320 --> 00:00:40.600
If you look at many golfers on 2D video from down the line what you'll tend to
16
00:00:40.600 --> 00:00:41.320
see is
17
00:00:41.320 --> 00:00:47.320
that better players are not going to let their knee go in well past their toes.
18
00:00:47.320 --> 00:00:52.490
So we can take a shaft and stick it in the ground or in an indoor station you
19
00:00:52.490 --> 00:00:53.220
can take
20
00:00:53.220 --> 00:00:57.930
a alignment stick and place it up against or you know in a bucket so that you
21
00:00:57.930 --> 00:00:58.520
've got
22
00:00:58.520 --> 00:01:00.980
kind of an alignment rod just like so.
23
00:01:00.980 --> 00:01:06.020
Then what you're going to do is you're going to place it so that it's just over
24
00:01:06.020 --> 00:01:06.560
the end
25
00:01:06.560 --> 00:01:07.840
of your toes.
26
00:01:07.840 --> 00:01:12.580
So not quite all the way to the end of your shoes but like where your big toe
27
00:01:12.580 --> 00:01:13.680
joint connects
28
00:01:13.680 --> 00:01:17.300
right at the ball of your foot so kind of like that.
29
00:01:17.300 --> 00:01:22.600
So now I can take some practice wings with this alignment stick and if I were
30
00:01:22.600 --> 00:01:23.200
to early
31
00:01:23.200 --> 00:01:25.100
extend I'm going to hit it.
32
00:01:25.100 --> 00:01:30.880
Now I'll mostly be able to tell if I hit it because of if this thing moves but
33
00:01:30.880 --> 00:01:31.320
if you're
34
00:01:31.320 --> 00:01:35.160
hitting in outside where you've got a shaft in the ground you'll get a little
35
00:01:35.160 --> 00:01:35.740
bit of really
36
00:01:35.740 --> 00:01:37.060
good feedback.
37
00:01:37.060 --> 00:01:41.450
So what this will help you do is it'll help you feel how can I push through my
38
00:01:41.450 --> 00:01:42.660
lower body
39
00:01:42.660 --> 00:01:46.980
without letting my lower body drift in towards the golf ball.
40
00:01:46.980 --> 00:01:50.540
For many it'll feel like some of the trail leg push that I talk about for
41
00:01:50.540 --> 00:01:50.940
others it'll
42
00:01:50.940 --> 00:01:55.770
feel like the legs are working more in the direction of the target or even back
43
00:01:55.770 --> 00:01:56.560
45 like
44
00:01:56.560 --> 00:01:57.560
in the pelvis track.
45
00:01:57.560 --> 00:02:01.980
So if you're setting this up you want to put the alignment stick in the ground
46
00:02:01.980 --> 00:02:02.340
so that
47
00:02:02.340 --> 00:02:04.240
it's about knee height.
48
00:02:04.240 --> 00:02:10.960
You can actually angle it one way or the other but about knee height or just
49
00:02:10.960 --> 00:02:11.640
below.
50
00:02:11.640 --> 00:02:16.820
And then you can practice taking your swings feeling like your legs work a
51
00:02:16.820 --> 00:02:18.640
little bit more
52
00:02:18.640 --> 00:02:24.840
at the target or not in towards the golf ball as opposed to if you were to get
53
00:02:24.840 --> 00:02:26.280
set up and
54
00:02:26.280 --> 00:02:30.460
then really early extend you can see now I've got some feedback and that'll
55
00:02:30.460 --> 00:02:31.360
help you build
56
00:02:31.360 --> 00:02:35.370
your own personal map of where your body is in space when you're working on how
57
00:02:35.370 --> 00:02:35.960
the lower
58
00:02:35.960 --> 00:02:38.600
body pushes against the ground if you early extend.
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 Early Extension by Monitoring Your Right Knee
After this video, you'll be able to:
- Identify the signs of early extension in your swing.
- Use an alignment stick to ensure your right knee stays in position.
- Feel how proper knee movement can enhance your overall swing mechanics.
In this video, you'll learn how to monitor your right knee to prevent early extension during your swing. This critical adjustment can help you maintain better body alignment and improve your release.
Video Transcript
WEBVTT
1
00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:03.600
This drill is monitoring the right knee for early extension.
2
00:00:03.600 --> 00:00:07.120
Now a lot of golfers struggle with early extension and there's lots of causes.
3
00:00:07.120 --> 00:00:11.540
Sometimes it's not the worst thing but other times it causes the rib cage to
4
00:00:11.540 --> 00:00:12.440
get in a position
5
00:00:12.440 --> 00:00:14.640
that really messes up your release.
6
00:00:14.640 --> 00:00:19.760
So when you're working if you've tried some release drills and you're able to
7
00:00:19.760 --> 00:00:20.200
do it at
8
00:00:20.200 --> 00:00:24.380
the release but then you take a full swing and it kind of breaks down because
9
00:00:24.380 --> 00:00:24.920
of early
10
00:00:24.920 --> 00:00:30.040
extension I would recommend going directly at the source of the lower body
11
00:00:30.040 --> 00:00:30.760
moving in
12
00:00:30.760 --> 00:00:34.720
towards the golf ball and this is a simple little feedback device for looking
13
00:00:34.720 --> 00:00:35.320
at the right
14
00:00:35.320 --> 00:00:36.320
leg.
15
00:00:36.320 --> 00:00:40.600
If you look at many golfers on 2D video from down the line what you'll tend to
16
00:00:40.600 --> 00:00:41.320
see is
17
00:00:41.320 --> 00:00:47.320
that better players are not going to let their knee go in well past their toes.
18
00:00:47.320 --> 00:00:52.490
So we can take a shaft and stick it in the ground or in an indoor station you
19
00:00:52.490 --> 00:00:53.220
can take
20
00:00:53.220 --> 00:00:57.930
a alignment stick and place it up against or you know in a bucket so that you
21
00:00:57.930 --> 00:00:58.520
've got
22
00:00:58.520 --> 00:01:00.980
kind of an alignment rod just like so.
23
00:01:00.980 --> 00:01:06.020
Then what you're going to do is you're going to place it so that it's just over
24
00:01:06.020 --> 00:01:06.560
the end
25
00:01:06.560 --> 00:01:07.840
of your toes.
26
00:01:07.840 --> 00:01:12.580
So not quite all the way to the end of your shoes but like where your big toe
27
00:01:12.580 --> 00:01:13.680
joint connects
28
00:01:13.680 --> 00:01:17.300
right at the ball of your foot so kind of like that.
29
00:01:17.300 --> 00:01:22.600
So now I can take some practice wings with this alignment stick and if I were
30
00:01:22.600 --> 00:01:23.200
to early
31
00:01:23.200 --> 00:01:25.100
extend I'm going to hit it.
32
00:01:25.100 --> 00:01:30.880
Now I'll mostly be able to tell if I hit it because of if this thing moves but
33
00:01:30.880 --> 00:01:31.320
if you're
34
00:01:31.320 --> 00:01:35.160
hitting in outside where you've got a shaft in the ground you'll get a little
35
00:01:35.160 --> 00:01:35.740
bit of really
36
00:01:35.740 --> 00:01:37.060
good feedback.
37
00:01:37.060 --> 00:01:41.450
So what this will help you do is it'll help you feel how can I push through my
38
00:01:41.450 --> 00:01:42.660
lower body
39
00:01:42.660 --> 00:01:46.980
without letting my lower body drift in towards the golf ball.
40
00:01:46.980 --> 00:01:50.540
For many it'll feel like some of the trail leg push that I talk about for
41
00:01:50.540 --> 00:01:50.940
others it'll
42
00:01:50.940 --> 00:01:55.770
feel like the legs are working more in the direction of the target or even back
43
00:01:55.770 --> 00:01:56.560
45 like
44
00:01:56.560 --> 00:01:57.560
in the pelvis track.
45
00:01:57.560 --> 00:02:01.980
So if you're setting this up you want to put the alignment stick in the ground
46
00:02:01.980 --> 00:02:02.340
so that
47
00:02:02.340 --> 00:02:04.240
it's about knee height.
48
00:02:04.240 --> 00:02:10.960
You can actually angle it one way or the other but about knee height or just
49
00:02:10.960 --> 00:02:11.640
below.
50
00:02:11.640 --> 00:02:16.820
And then you can practice taking your swings feeling like your legs work a
51
00:02:16.820 --> 00:02:18.640
little bit more
52
00:02:18.640 --> 00:02:24.840
at the target or not in towards the golf ball as opposed to if you were to get
53
00:02:24.840 --> 00:02:26.280
set up and
54
00:02:26.280 --> 00:02:30.460
then really early extend you can see now I've got some feedback and that'll
55
00:02:30.460 --> 00:02:31.360
help you build
56
00:02:31.360 --> 00:02:35.370
your own personal map of where your body is in space when you're working on how
57
00:02:35.370 --> 00:02:35.960
the lower
58
00:02:35.960 --> 00:02:38.600
body pushes against the ground if you early extend.
1
00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:03.600
This drill is monitoring the right knee for early extension.
2
00:00:03.600 --> 00:00:07.120
Now a lot of golfers struggle with early extension and there's lots of causes.
3
00:00:07.120 --> 00:00:11.540
Sometimes it's not the worst thing but other times it causes the rib cage to
4
00:00:11.540 --> 00:00:12.440
get in a position
5
00:00:12.440 --> 00:00:14.640
that really messes up your release.
6
00:00:14.640 --> 00:00:19.760
So when you're working if you've tried some release drills and you're able to
7
00:00:19.760 --> 00:00:20.200
do it at
8
00:00:20.200 --> 00:00:24.380
the release but then you take a full swing and it kind of breaks down because
9
00:00:24.380 --> 00:00:24.920
of early
10
00:00:24.920 --> 00:00:30.040
extension I would recommend going directly at the source of the lower body
11
00:00:30.040 --> 00:00:30.760
moving in
12
00:00:30.760 --> 00:00:34.720
towards the golf ball and this is a simple little feedback device for looking
13
00:00:34.720 --> 00:00:35.320
at the right
14
00:00:35.320 --> 00:00:36.320
leg.
15
00:00:36.320 --> 00:00:40.600
If you look at many golfers on 2D video from down the line what you'll tend to
16
00:00:40.600 --> 00:00:41.320
see is
17
00:00:41.320 --> 00:00:47.320
that better players are not going to let their knee go in well past their toes.
18
00:00:47.320 --> 00:00:52.490
So we can take a shaft and stick it in the ground or in an indoor station you
19
00:00:52.490 --> 00:00:53.220
can take
20
00:00:53.220 --> 00:00:57.930
a alignment stick and place it up against or you know in a bucket so that you
21
00:00:57.930 --> 00:00:58.520
've got
22
00:00:58.520 --> 00:01:00.980
kind of an alignment rod just like so.
23
00:01:00.980 --> 00:01:06.020
Then what you're going to do is you're going to place it so that it's just over
24
00:01:06.020 --> 00:01:06.560
the end
25
00:01:06.560 --> 00:01:07.840
of your toes.
26
00:01:07.840 --> 00:01:12.580
So not quite all the way to the end of your shoes but like where your big toe
27
00:01:12.580 --> 00:01:13.680
joint connects
28
00:01:13.680 --> 00:01:17.300
right at the ball of your foot so kind of like that.
29
00:01:17.300 --> 00:01:22.600
So now I can take some practice wings with this alignment stick and if I were
30
00:01:22.600 --> 00:01:23.200
to early
31
00:01:23.200 --> 00:01:25.100
extend I'm going to hit it.
32
00:01:25.100 --> 00:01:30.880
Now I'll mostly be able to tell if I hit it because of if this thing moves but
33
00:01:30.880 --> 00:01:31.320
if you're
34
00:01:31.320 --> 00:01:35.160
hitting in outside where you've got a shaft in the ground you'll get a little
35
00:01:35.160 --> 00:01:35.740
bit of really
36
00:01:35.740 --> 00:01:37.060
good feedback.
37
00:01:37.060 --> 00:01:41.450
So what this will help you do is it'll help you feel how can I push through my
38
00:01:41.450 --> 00:01:42.660
lower body
39
00:01:42.660 --> 00:01:46.980
without letting my lower body drift in towards the golf ball.
40
00:01:46.980 --> 00:01:50.540
For many it'll feel like some of the trail leg push that I talk about for
41
00:01:50.540 --> 00:01:50.940
others it'll
42
00:01:50.940 --> 00:01:55.770
feel like the legs are working more in the direction of the target or even back
43
00:01:55.770 --> 00:01:56.560
45 like
44
00:01:56.560 --> 00:01:57.560
in the pelvis track.
45
00:01:57.560 --> 00:02:01.980
So if you're setting this up you want to put the alignment stick in the ground
46
00:02:01.980 --> 00:02:02.340
so that
47
00:02:02.340 --> 00:02:04.240
it's about knee height.
48
00:02:04.240 --> 00:02:10.960
You can actually angle it one way or the other but about knee height or just
49
00:02:10.960 --> 00:02:11.640
below.
50
00:02:11.640 --> 00:02:16.820
And then you can practice taking your swings feeling like your legs work a
51
00:02:16.820 --> 00:02:18.640
little bit more
52
00:02:18.640 --> 00:02:24.840
at the target or not in towards the golf ball as opposed to if you were to get
53
00:02:24.840 --> 00:02:26.280
set up and
54
00:02:26.280 --> 00:02:30.460
then really early extend you can see now I've got some feedback and that'll
55
00:02:30.460 --> 00:02:31.360
help you build
56
00:02:31.360 --> 00:02:35.370
your own personal map of where your body is in space when you're working on how
57
00:02:35.370 --> 00:02:35.960
the lower
58
00:02:35.960 --> 00:02:38.600
body pushes against the ground if you early extend.
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