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Monitor Core Tension for Better Delivery Position

After this video, you'll be able to:

  • Identify when your core lacks tension during the delivery position
  • Feel the proper engagement of your core for better shot release
  • Understand how core tension affects your overall swing mechanics

Learn how to assess and improve your core tension in the delivery position to enhance your golf swing. This video explains the importance of core engagement for effective shot execution.

Video Transcript
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This concept video is monitoring your core tension in delivery position.

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So the reason this is a concept video is it kind of applies to a bunch of

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drills.

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Whenever you're working on delivery position, you want to monitor the tension

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in your core

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in that position.

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I often see golfers in person or when they submit things online or post them to

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the forum,

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they're trying to get into delivery position and it'll look something like this

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.

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And on paper, looking at the camera, you'll say, "Hey, that's not too bad."

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But if you looked from the down the line, my chest and my hips are pointing in

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the same

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direction and I don't really have any tension in my core.

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The goal is to have some tension in the core that I can then release as I'm

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doing the arm

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release.

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If I don't have any tension, then I'm going to be forced to just hit it.

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It's not going to, usually it's not going to transfer.

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My body is going to try to create tension or the hit a little bit earlier.

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So what does that mean?

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What do I want to see?

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If I were to get into that delivery position and now I was to twist and do a

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little bit

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of the turtle shell and maybe even turn my upper body so it's a little bit more

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back,

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now I feel a crunch on this side.

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These abs are working.

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I feel a stretch on this side, especially kind of in that left back and my legs

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feel

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like they're connected to my arms.

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So now let's say I was doing a delivery and go where I bring it into this

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position.

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I get my tension, now from here essentially I can release that tension and hit

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it more

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with my body.

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If I don't have the tension built up, then I'm going to feel like I have

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nothing to release

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it with.

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The one I see this the most is with the delivery pump, which is one of my

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favorite transition

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drills where it lets you kind of like work on a couple different things all at

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once.

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So if I was to go up to the top of the swing, I want to feel like this pump is

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building

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the tension in the core as it's getting my arms into position.

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So pump, tension, tension as many as I want and once I feel like I have a good

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feel, then

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I just let the release happen at the end of that pump.

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If you're struggling with doing either of these, if you're struggling with your

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delivery

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position, maybe your arms are in a great spot, but they're too active.

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You are actively pulling the club into position with your arms rather than

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using your core

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to build up this tension, which is a hallmark of a really good delivery

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position.

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So try that if you're struggling with your transition.
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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.

Monitor Core Tension for Better Delivery Position

After this video, you'll be able to:

  • Identify when your core lacks tension during the delivery position
  • Feel the proper engagement of your core for better shot release
  • Understand how core tension affects your overall swing mechanics

Learn how to assess and improve your core tension in the delivery position to enhance your golf swing. This video explains the importance of core engagement for effective shot execution.

Video Transcript
WEBVTT

1
00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:09.800
This concept video is monitoring your core tension in delivery position.

2
00:00:09.800 --> 00:00:12.950
So the reason this is a concept video is it kind of applies to a bunch of

3
00:00:12.950 --> 00:00:13.540
drills.

4
00:00:13.540 --> 00:00:17.890
Whenever you're working on delivery position, you want to monitor the tension

5
00:00:17.890 --> 00:00:18.680
in your core

6
00:00:18.680 --> 00:00:19.720
in that position.

7
00:00:19.720 --> 00:00:25.780
I often see golfers in person or when they submit things online or post them to

8
00:00:25.780 --> 00:00:27.320
the forum,

9
00:00:27.320 --> 00:00:31.860
they're trying to get into delivery position and it'll look something like this

10
00:00:31.860 --> 00:00:32.180
.

11
00:00:32.180 --> 00:00:36.220
And on paper, looking at the camera, you'll say, "Hey, that's not too bad."

12
00:00:36.220 --> 00:00:39.820
But if you looked from the down the line, my chest and my hips are pointing in

13
00:00:39.820 --> 00:00:40.440
the same

14
00:00:40.440 --> 00:00:45.120
direction and I don't really have any tension in my core.

15
00:00:45.120 --> 00:00:49.510
The goal is to have some tension in the core that I can then release as I'm

16
00:00:49.510 --> 00:00:50.320
doing the arm

17
00:00:50.320 --> 00:00:51.320
release.

18
00:00:51.320 --> 00:00:53.880
If I don't have any tension, then I'm going to be forced to just hit it.

19
00:00:53.880 --> 00:00:56.840
It's not going to, usually it's not going to transfer.

20
00:00:56.840 --> 00:01:01.600
My body is going to try to create tension or the hit a little bit earlier.

21
00:01:01.600 --> 00:01:02.960
So what does that mean?

22
00:01:02.960 --> 00:01:03.960
What do I want to see?

23
00:01:03.960 --> 00:01:08.090
If I were to get into that delivery position and now I was to twist and do a

24
00:01:08.090 --> 00:01:08.760
little bit

25
00:01:08.760 --> 00:01:13.610
of the turtle shell and maybe even turn my upper body so it's a little bit more

26
00:01:13.610 --> 00:01:14.200
back,

27
00:01:14.200 --> 00:01:16.040
now I feel a crunch on this side.

28
00:01:16.040 --> 00:01:17.280
These abs are working.

29
00:01:17.280 --> 00:01:23.050
I feel a stretch on this side, especially kind of in that left back and my legs

30
00:01:23.050 --> 00:01:23.500
feel

31
00:01:23.500 --> 00:01:26.200
like they're connected to my arms.

32
00:01:26.200 --> 00:01:29.840
So now let's say I was doing a delivery and go where I bring it into this

33
00:01:29.840 --> 00:01:30.680
position.

34
00:01:30.680 --> 00:01:36.810
I get my tension, now from here essentially I can release that tension and hit

35
00:01:36.810 --> 00:01:37.480
it more

36
00:01:37.480 --> 00:01:38.480
with my body.

37
00:01:38.480 --> 00:01:41.100
If I don't have the tension built up, then I'm going to feel like I have

38
00:01:41.100 --> 00:01:42.040
nothing to release

39
00:01:42.040 --> 00:01:43.320
it with.

40
00:01:43.320 --> 00:01:48.610
The one I see this the most is with the delivery pump, which is one of my

41
00:01:48.610 --> 00:01:49.280
favorite transition

42
00:01:49.280 --> 00:01:52.900
drills where it lets you kind of like work on a couple different things all at

43
00:01:52.900 --> 00:01:53.440
once.

44
00:01:53.440 --> 00:01:57.290
So if I was to go up to the top of the swing, I want to feel like this pump is

45
00:01:57.290 --> 00:01:57.920
building

46
00:01:57.920 --> 00:02:01.680
the tension in the core as it's getting my arms into position.

47
00:02:01.680 --> 00:02:07.820
So pump, tension, tension as many as I want and once I feel like I have a good

48
00:02:07.820 --> 00:02:08.580
feel, then

49
00:02:08.580 --> 00:02:13.160
I just let the release happen at the end of that pump.

50
00:02:13.160 --> 00:02:16.630
If you're struggling with doing either of these, if you're struggling with your

51
00:02:16.630 --> 00:02:17.120
delivery

52
00:02:17.120 --> 00:02:21.120
position, maybe your arms are in a great spot, but they're too active.

53
00:02:21.120 --> 00:02:25.330
You are actively pulling the club into position with your arms rather than

54
00:02:25.330 --> 00:02:26.320
using your core

55
00:02:26.320 --> 00:02:29.430
to build up this tension, which is a hallmark of a really good delivery

56
00:02:29.430 --> 00:02:30.120
position.

57
00:02:30.120 --> 00:02:32.280
So try that if you're struggling with your transition.
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