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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.
Improve Your Transition for Better Ball Striking
After this video, you'll be able to:
- Identify the correct arm movement to connect to your body during the transition
- Differentiate between dropping your arms versus extending them towards the ball
- Visualize how to adjust your swing path for better contact and accuracy
In this video, you'll learn how to properly transition your arms during the swing for improved ball striking. Understanding the connection of your right arm to your body will help you create a more effective swing path.
Video Transcript
WEBVTT
1
00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:04.420
This video is my view of the transition.
2
00:00:04.420 --> 00:00:07.850
So we're going to go through a couple of these transition moves so that you can
3
00:00:07.850 --> 00:00:08.000
see
4
00:00:08.000 --> 00:00:10.380
what it looks like from my perspective.
5
00:00:10.380 --> 00:00:14.540
So first one we're going to do is the no club, we're going to do the drop then
6
00:00:14.540 --> 00:00:15.180
white.
7
00:00:15.180 --> 00:00:19.560
So basically what you'll see is from the top of the swing, this right arm is
8
00:00:19.560 --> 00:00:20.420
going to connect
9
00:00:20.420 --> 00:00:22.580
to my body and then work across.
10
00:00:22.580 --> 00:00:26.620
So it's going to connect to my body and then work across.
11
00:00:26.620 --> 00:00:30.180
From the down the line view it's going to connect to my body and then work
12
00:00:30.180 --> 00:00:30.860
across.
13
00:00:30.860 --> 00:00:34.190
I call that kind of the drop or the fall where it connects back to my body and
14
00:00:34.190 --> 00:00:34.740
then works
15
00:00:34.740 --> 00:00:35.820
across.
16
00:00:35.820 --> 00:00:39.060
With the club, I'll show a couple of different directions.
17
00:00:39.060 --> 00:00:44.150
So with the club it's going to connect to my body and then work across as it
18
00:00:44.150 --> 00:00:44.900
goes into
19
00:00:44.900 --> 00:00:46.660
that release.
20
00:00:46.660 --> 00:00:51.940
So we're going to connect to my body and then work across.
21
00:00:51.940 --> 00:00:55.100
Connect and then work across.
22
00:00:55.100 --> 00:00:58.890
What a lot of players do is instead of connecting to their body and then
23
00:00:58.890 --> 00:01:00.180
working across is that
24
00:01:00.180 --> 00:01:04.340
right arm just extends out towards the golf ball just like so.
25
00:01:04.340 --> 00:01:10.130
With the club in my hand, that would basically look like this as opposed to
26
00:01:10.130 --> 00:01:11.260
connect to my
27
00:01:11.260 --> 00:01:13.660
body and then work across.
28
00:01:13.660 --> 00:01:16.570
You can see the subtle difference in the arm movement produces a pretty big
29
00:01:16.570 --> 00:01:17.140
difference
30
00:01:17.140 --> 00:01:19.380
from the space on camera view.
31
00:01:19.380 --> 00:01:23.020
So next one we're going to look at is the down verse out.
32
00:01:23.020 --> 00:01:29.340
So if I go up to the top of the swing, I talk about how if I pull my arm
33
00:01:29.340 --> 00:01:30.980
straight down that
34
00:01:30.980 --> 00:01:36.660
tends to get the shaft to actually tip vertically or towards the golf ball kind
35
00:01:36.660 --> 00:01:37.700
of like so.
36
00:01:37.700 --> 00:01:43.380
If my hands feel like they work more out like so, you'll see that that's a big
37
00:01:43.380 --> 00:01:44.220
change from
38
00:01:44.220 --> 00:01:49.010
my perspective but from the down the line camera it's not going to look like it
39
00:01:49.010 --> 00:01:49.420
does
40
00:01:49.420 --> 00:01:50.420
too much.
41
00:01:50.420 --> 00:01:54.520
What that does is if my hands work more out that causes the shaft to flatten
42
00:01:54.520 --> 00:01:55.580
which combined
43
00:01:55.580 --> 00:02:00.210
with my body rotation is what helps kind of deliver that look of the club being
44
00:02:00.210 --> 00:02:00.820
on plane
45
00:02:00.820 --> 00:02:04.180
as opposed to being a little bit steeper over plane.
46
00:02:04.180 --> 00:02:06.620
So the next one we're going to do is the handle in the bucket.
47
00:02:06.620 --> 00:02:11.100
So I've got my stick here at about 30 degrees and instead of grabbing the
48
00:02:11.100 --> 00:02:12.420
bucket just because
49
00:02:12.420 --> 00:02:15.440
I forgot to grab an extra one and I want you to see the versatility of this
50
00:02:15.440 --> 00:02:16.300
drill, I basically
51
00:02:16.300 --> 00:02:20.540
just got that alignment rod out at about a 30 degree angle out like so.
52
00:02:20.540 --> 00:02:23.040
So now what I'm going to do is I'm going to go up to the top of my swing and
53
00:02:23.040 --> 00:02:23.380
during
54
00:02:23.380 --> 00:02:27.660
transition and you'll see how quickly transition happens.
55
00:02:27.660 --> 00:02:33.800
All this stuff is happening before I get the club about, you know, past my
56
00:02:33.800 --> 00:02:34.660
waist.
57
00:02:34.660 --> 00:02:39.040
So you'll see that's pointing there before I start turning down and going
58
00:02:39.040 --> 00:02:39.740
through the
59
00:02:39.740 --> 00:02:40.740
release.
60
00:02:40.740 --> 00:02:43.740
So we'll do that again.
61
00:02:43.740 --> 00:02:47.640
Sort of set up position, we're going to get that handle in the bucket just kind
62
00:02:47.640 --> 00:02:48.020
of like
63
00:02:48.020 --> 00:02:53.280
so and then we'd practice going down through the release with any of those
64
00:02:53.280 --> 00:02:54.660
release drills.
65
00:02:54.660 --> 00:02:57.620
So this gives you a few different ways that you can see what I'm talking about
66
00:02:57.620 --> 00:02:57.940
when I
67
00:02:57.940 --> 00:03:01.460
describe the movements and how they look when I do them in transition.
1
00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:04.420
This video is my view of the transition.
2
00:00:04.420 --> 00:00:07.850
So we're going to go through a couple of these transition moves so that you can
3
00:00:07.850 --> 00:00:08.000
see
4
00:00:08.000 --> 00:00:10.380
what it looks like from my perspective.
5
00:00:10.380 --> 00:00:14.540
So first one we're going to do is the no club, we're going to do the drop then
6
00:00:14.540 --> 00:00:15.180
white.
7
00:00:15.180 --> 00:00:19.560
So basically what you'll see is from the top of the swing, this right arm is
8
00:00:19.560 --> 00:00:20.420
going to connect
9
00:00:20.420 --> 00:00:22.580
to my body and then work across.
10
00:00:22.580 --> 00:00:26.620
So it's going to connect to my body and then work across.
11
00:00:26.620 --> 00:00:30.180
From the down the line view it's going to connect to my body and then work
12
00:00:30.180 --> 00:00:30.860
across.
13
00:00:30.860 --> 00:00:34.190
I call that kind of the drop or the fall where it connects back to my body and
14
00:00:34.190 --> 00:00:34.740
then works
15
00:00:34.740 --> 00:00:35.820
across.
16
00:00:35.820 --> 00:00:39.060
With the club, I'll show a couple of different directions.
17
00:00:39.060 --> 00:00:44.150
So with the club it's going to connect to my body and then work across as it
18
00:00:44.150 --> 00:00:44.900
goes into
19
00:00:44.900 --> 00:00:46.660
that release.
20
00:00:46.660 --> 00:00:51.940
So we're going to connect to my body and then work across.
21
00:00:51.940 --> 00:00:55.100
Connect and then work across.
22
00:00:55.100 --> 00:00:58.890
What a lot of players do is instead of connecting to their body and then
23
00:00:58.890 --> 00:01:00.180
working across is that
24
00:01:00.180 --> 00:01:04.340
right arm just extends out towards the golf ball just like so.
25
00:01:04.340 --> 00:01:10.130
With the club in my hand, that would basically look like this as opposed to
26
00:01:10.130 --> 00:01:11.260
connect to my
27
00:01:11.260 --> 00:01:13.660
body and then work across.
28
00:01:13.660 --> 00:01:16.570
You can see the subtle difference in the arm movement produces a pretty big
29
00:01:16.570 --> 00:01:17.140
difference
30
00:01:17.140 --> 00:01:19.380
from the space on camera view.
31
00:01:19.380 --> 00:01:23.020
So next one we're going to look at is the down verse out.
32
00:01:23.020 --> 00:01:29.340
So if I go up to the top of the swing, I talk about how if I pull my arm
33
00:01:29.340 --> 00:01:30.980
straight down that
34
00:01:30.980 --> 00:01:36.660
tends to get the shaft to actually tip vertically or towards the golf ball kind
35
00:01:36.660 --> 00:01:37.700
of like so.
36
00:01:37.700 --> 00:01:43.380
If my hands feel like they work more out like so, you'll see that that's a big
37
00:01:43.380 --> 00:01:44.220
change from
38
00:01:44.220 --> 00:01:49.010
my perspective but from the down the line camera it's not going to look like it
39
00:01:49.010 --> 00:01:49.420
does
40
00:01:49.420 --> 00:01:50.420
too much.
41
00:01:50.420 --> 00:01:54.520
What that does is if my hands work more out that causes the shaft to flatten
42
00:01:54.520 --> 00:01:55.580
which combined
43
00:01:55.580 --> 00:02:00.210
with my body rotation is what helps kind of deliver that look of the club being
44
00:02:00.210 --> 00:02:00.820
on plane
45
00:02:00.820 --> 00:02:04.180
as opposed to being a little bit steeper over plane.
46
00:02:04.180 --> 00:02:06.620
So the next one we're going to do is the handle in the bucket.
47
00:02:06.620 --> 00:02:11.100
So I've got my stick here at about 30 degrees and instead of grabbing the
48
00:02:11.100 --> 00:02:12.420
bucket just because
49
00:02:12.420 --> 00:02:15.440
I forgot to grab an extra one and I want you to see the versatility of this
50
00:02:15.440 --> 00:02:16.300
drill, I basically
51
00:02:16.300 --> 00:02:20.540
just got that alignment rod out at about a 30 degree angle out like so.
52
00:02:20.540 --> 00:02:23.040
So now what I'm going to do is I'm going to go up to the top of my swing and
53
00:02:23.040 --> 00:02:23.380
during
54
00:02:23.380 --> 00:02:27.660
transition and you'll see how quickly transition happens.
55
00:02:27.660 --> 00:02:33.800
All this stuff is happening before I get the club about, you know, past my
56
00:02:33.800 --> 00:02:34.660
waist.
57
00:02:34.660 --> 00:02:39.040
So you'll see that's pointing there before I start turning down and going
58
00:02:39.040 --> 00:02:39.740
through the
59
00:02:39.740 --> 00:02:40.740
release.
60
00:02:40.740 --> 00:02:43.740
So we'll do that again.
61
00:02:43.740 --> 00:02:47.640
Sort of set up position, we're going to get that handle in the bucket just kind
62
00:02:47.640 --> 00:02:48.020
of like
63
00:02:48.020 --> 00:02:53.280
so and then we'd practice going down through the release with any of those
64
00:02:53.280 --> 00:02:54.660
release drills.
65
00:02:54.660 --> 00:02:57.620
So this gives you a few different ways that you can see what I'm talking about
66
00:02:57.620 --> 00:02:57.940
when I
67
00:02:57.940 --> 00:03:01.460
describe the movements and how they look when I do them in transition.
Have questions?
Ask Mulligan for help
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.
Improve Your Transition for Better Ball Striking
After this video, you'll be able to:
- Identify the correct arm movement to connect to your body during the transition
- Differentiate between dropping your arms versus extending them towards the ball
- Visualize how to adjust your swing path for better contact and accuracy
In this video, you'll learn how to properly transition your arms during the swing for improved ball striking. Understanding the connection of your right arm to your body will help you create a more effective swing path.
Video Transcript
WEBVTT
1
00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:04.420
This video is my view of the transition.
2
00:00:04.420 --> 00:00:07.850
So we're going to go through a couple of these transition moves so that you can
3
00:00:07.850 --> 00:00:08.000
see
4
00:00:08.000 --> 00:00:10.380
what it looks like from my perspective.
5
00:00:10.380 --> 00:00:14.540
So first one we're going to do is the no club, we're going to do the drop then
6
00:00:14.540 --> 00:00:15.180
white.
7
00:00:15.180 --> 00:00:19.560
So basically what you'll see is from the top of the swing, this right arm is
8
00:00:19.560 --> 00:00:20.420
going to connect
9
00:00:20.420 --> 00:00:22.580
to my body and then work across.
10
00:00:22.580 --> 00:00:26.620
So it's going to connect to my body and then work across.
11
00:00:26.620 --> 00:00:30.180
From the down the line view it's going to connect to my body and then work
12
00:00:30.180 --> 00:00:30.860
across.
13
00:00:30.860 --> 00:00:34.190
I call that kind of the drop or the fall where it connects back to my body and
14
00:00:34.190 --> 00:00:34.740
then works
15
00:00:34.740 --> 00:00:35.820
across.
16
00:00:35.820 --> 00:00:39.060
With the club, I'll show a couple of different directions.
17
00:00:39.060 --> 00:00:44.150
So with the club it's going to connect to my body and then work across as it
18
00:00:44.150 --> 00:00:44.900
goes into
19
00:00:44.900 --> 00:00:46.660
that release.
20
00:00:46.660 --> 00:00:51.940
So we're going to connect to my body and then work across.
21
00:00:51.940 --> 00:00:55.100
Connect and then work across.
22
00:00:55.100 --> 00:00:58.890
What a lot of players do is instead of connecting to their body and then
23
00:00:58.890 --> 00:01:00.180
working across is that
24
00:01:00.180 --> 00:01:04.340
right arm just extends out towards the golf ball just like so.
25
00:01:04.340 --> 00:01:10.130
With the club in my hand, that would basically look like this as opposed to
26
00:01:10.130 --> 00:01:11.260
connect to my
27
00:01:11.260 --> 00:01:13.660
body and then work across.
28
00:01:13.660 --> 00:01:16.570
You can see the subtle difference in the arm movement produces a pretty big
29
00:01:16.570 --> 00:01:17.140
difference
30
00:01:17.140 --> 00:01:19.380
from the space on camera view.
31
00:01:19.380 --> 00:01:23.020
So next one we're going to look at is the down verse out.
32
00:01:23.020 --> 00:01:29.340
So if I go up to the top of the swing, I talk about how if I pull my arm
33
00:01:29.340 --> 00:01:30.980
straight down that
34
00:01:30.980 --> 00:01:36.660
tends to get the shaft to actually tip vertically or towards the golf ball kind
35
00:01:36.660 --> 00:01:37.700
of like so.
36
00:01:37.700 --> 00:01:43.380
If my hands feel like they work more out like so, you'll see that that's a big
37
00:01:43.380 --> 00:01:44.220
change from
38
00:01:44.220 --> 00:01:49.010
my perspective but from the down the line camera it's not going to look like it
39
00:01:49.010 --> 00:01:49.420
does
40
00:01:49.420 --> 00:01:50.420
too much.
41
00:01:50.420 --> 00:01:54.520
What that does is if my hands work more out that causes the shaft to flatten
42
00:01:54.520 --> 00:01:55.580
which combined
43
00:01:55.580 --> 00:02:00.210
with my body rotation is what helps kind of deliver that look of the club being
44
00:02:00.210 --> 00:02:00.820
on plane
45
00:02:00.820 --> 00:02:04.180
as opposed to being a little bit steeper over plane.
46
00:02:04.180 --> 00:02:06.620
So the next one we're going to do is the handle in the bucket.
47
00:02:06.620 --> 00:02:11.100
So I've got my stick here at about 30 degrees and instead of grabbing the
48
00:02:11.100 --> 00:02:12.420
bucket just because
49
00:02:12.420 --> 00:02:15.440
I forgot to grab an extra one and I want you to see the versatility of this
50
00:02:15.440 --> 00:02:16.300
drill, I basically
51
00:02:16.300 --> 00:02:20.540
just got that alignment rod out at about a 30 degree angle out like so.
52
00:02:20.540 --> 00:02:23.040
So now what I'm going to do is I'm going to go up to the top of my swing and
53
00:02:23.040 --> 00:02:23.380
during
54
00:02:23.380 --> 00:02:27.660
transition and you'll see how quickly transition happens.
55
00:02:27.660 --> 00:02:33.800
All this stuff is happening before I get the club about, you know, past my
56
00:02:33.800 --> 00:02:34.660
waist.
57
00:02:34.660 --> 00:02:39.040
So you'll see that's pointing there before I start turning down and going
58
00:02:39.040 --> 00:02:39.740
through the
59
00:02:39.740 --> 00:02:40.740
release.
60
00:02:40.740 --> 00:02:43.740
So we'll do that again.
61
00:02:43.740 --> 00:02:47.640
Sort of set up position, we're going to get that handle in the bucket just kind
62
00:02:47.640 --> 00:02:48.020
of like
63
00:02:48.020 --> 00:02:53.280
so and then we'd practice going down through the release with any of those
64
00:02:53.280 --> 00:02:54.660
release drills.
65
00:02:54.660 --> 00:02:57.620
So this gives you a few different ways that you can see what I'm talking about
66
00:02:57.620 --> 00:02:57.940
when I
67
00:02:57.940 --> 00:03:01.460
describe the movements and how they look when I do them in transition.
1
00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:04.420
This video is my view of the transition.
2
00:00:04.420 --> 00:00:07.850
So we're going to go through a couple of these transition moves so that you can
3
00:00:07.850 --> 00:00:08.000
see
4
00:00:08.000 --> 00:00:10.380
what it looks like from my perspective.
5
00:00:10.380 --> 00:00:14.540
So first one we're going to do is the no club, we're going to do the drop then
6
00:00:14.540 --> 00:00:15.180
white.
7
00:00:15.180 --> 00:00:19.560
So basically what you'll see is from the top of the swing, this right arm is
8
00:00:19.560 --> 00:00:20.420
going to connect
9
00:00:20.420 --> 00:00:22.580
to my body and then work across.
10
00:00:22.580 --> 00:00:26.620
So it's going to connect to my body and then work across.
11
00:00:26.620 --> 00:00:30.180
From the down the line view it's going to connect to my body and then work
12
00:00:30.180 --> 00:00:30.860
across.
13
00:00:30.860 --> 00:00:34.190
I call that kind of the drop or the fall where it connects back to my body and
14
00:00:34.190 --> 00:00:34.740
then works
15
00:00:34.740 --> 00:00:35.820
across.
16
00:00:35.820 --> 00:00:39.060
With the club, I'll show a couple of different directions.
17
00:00:39.060 --> 00:00:44.150
So with the club it's going to connect to my body and then work across as it
18
00:00:44.150 --> 00:00:44.900
goes into
19
00:00:44.900 --> 00:00:46.660
that release.
20
00:00:46.660 --> 00:00:51.940
So we're going to connect to my body and then work across.
21
00:00:51.940 --> 00:00:55.100
Connect and then work across.
22
00:00:55.100 --> 00:00:58.890
What a lot of players do is instead of connecting to their body and then
23
00:00:58.890 --> 00:01:00.180
working across is that
24
00:01:00.180 --> 00:01:04.340
right arm just extends out towards the golf ball just like so.
25
00:01:04.340 --> 00:01:10.130
With the club in my hand, that would basically look like this as opposed to
26
00:01:10.130 --> 00:01:11.260
connect to my
27
00:01:11.260 --> 00:01:13.660
body and then work across.
28
00:01:13.660 --> 00:01:16.570
You can see the subtle difference in the arm movement produces a pretty big
29
00:01:16.570 --> 00:01:17.140
difference
30
00:01:17.140 --> 00:01:19.380
from the space on camera view.
31
00:01:19.380 --> 00:01:23.020
So next one we're going to look at is the down verse out.
32
00:01:23.020 --> 00:01:29.340
So if I go up to the top of the swing, I talk about how if I pull my arm
33
00:01:29.340 --> 00:01:30.980
straight down that
34
00:01:30.980 --> 00:01:36.660
tends to get the shaft to actually tip vertically or towards the golf ball kind
35
00:01:36.660 --> 00:01:37.700
of like so.
36
00:01:37.700 --> 00:01:43.380
If my hands feel like they work more out like so, you'll see that that's a big
37
00:01:43.380 --> 00:01:44.220
change from
38
00:01:44.220 --> 00:01:49.010
my perspective but from the down the line camera it's not going to look like it
39
00:01:49.010 --> 00:01:49.420
does
40
00:01:49.420 --> 00:01:50.420
too much.
41
00:01:50.420 --> 00:01:54.520
What that does is if my hands work more out that causes the shaft to flatten
42
00:01:54.520 --> 00:01:55.580
which combined
43
00:01:55.580 --> 00:02:00.210
with my body rotation is what helps kind of deliver that look of the club being
44
00:02:00.210 --> 00:02:00.820
on plane
45
00:02:00.820 --> 00:02:04.180
as opposed to being a little bit steeper over plane.
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So the next one we're going to do is the handle in the bucket.
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So I've got my stick here at about 30 degrees and instead of grabbing the
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bucket just because
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I forgot to grab an extra one and I want you to see the versatility of this
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drill, I basically
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just got that alignment rod out at about a 30 degree angle out like so.
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So now what I'm going to do is I'm going to go up to the top of my swing and
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during
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transition and you'll see how quickly transition happens.
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All this stuff is happening before I get the club about, you know, past my
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waist.
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So you'll see that's pointing there before I start turning down and going
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through the
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release.
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So we'll do that again.
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Sort of set up position, we're going to get that handle in the bucket just kind
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of like
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so and then we'd practice going down through the release with any of those
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release drills.
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So this gives you a few different ways that you can see what I'm talking about
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when I
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describe the movements and how they look when I do them in transition.
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