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This content video is discussing neck bracing.

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So when we get into a really good follow through position, we're getting into a

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really strong

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stable line that's going from the foot through the hip, up through the spine,

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all the way

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up into the neck.

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And part of that is going to be feeling a little bit of this neck brace.

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So historically or classically, if you lack this, what you'll tend to see is

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you'll see

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a little bit more kind of rounded position.

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That can be accompanied with some early extension.

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That can be accompanied with some slide.

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That can be accompanied with a little bit more throw.

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Or that can be accompanied with chicken wing.

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All those can be a subset of basically my upper body being too rounded and too

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kyphotic

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and not going into this extension, negative towards embracing idea.

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So to feel the neck bracing, we're going to try to avoid doing it from the

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lower back.

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If you really want to take out your lower back, then if you sit on the ground,

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kind of like

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this with your knees bent, now it's very hard to get the extension from the

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lower back.

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So now I can get the neck bracing feel where I'm feeling like my head is going

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slightly

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behind but not by looking up, but more by kind of pulling backward.

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That gets some of this extension in this upper thoracic area.

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I'm also going to rotate my head to the right and side tilt a little bit to the

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right.

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So frequently when my players, if we're working on this, I will put my hand

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kind of behind

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their head almost like this and feel like I'm pushing into it, but again, not

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going

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into extension.

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If you have any neck issues, consult your physical therapist chiropractor.

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Don't just try this one blindly.

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But if you've got a healthy neck, this can be really helpful for creating some

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of this

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good follow through consistency as well as taking out some of the patterns

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associated

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with more of a stall flip.

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And like I said, some of the pivot patterns like some early extension issues,

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some slide

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issues, some hangback issues can all be accompanied by this lack of neck br

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acing.

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Because you'll see if I stay forward here, then the club's going to slam into

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the ground

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unless I bend or make some type of extra shallowing or compensation to move

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away from the ground.

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Alternatively, if I get more of that neck bracing, you'll see that that

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increases the

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distance and that pulls my rib cage into my arms, which helps it get this kind

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of follow

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through look right there.

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As opposed to if I stay more down, you'll see that the shoulder blades have a

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little

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bit more slack and have a tendency to have more of a throw.

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Now the complimentary piece or the piece you have to watch out for is if you

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tend to get

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more steep here in transition, then it becomes really hard to change course.

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Or if you get the shoulder kind of going into more of this steepening pattern

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there where

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I'm winning in arm wrestling instead of losing it.

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So oftentimes, if you're very steep here, you'll have one of those shallowing

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compensations

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the early extension, the slide, the buckle, or you'll have a arc changing

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pattern like

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the chicken wing or more of the throw.

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So this can be a really important complimentary piece to feeling like the arms

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are a little

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bit more shallow there in transition.

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And then it will look more or less normal.

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But the things you have to watch out for is sometimes when you're trying to do

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it and

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if you're really kind of stuck in this pattern where you're not moving the

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upper thoracic

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spine very much, it will stay bent over or kyphotic and you will go into more

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of a slide

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and you'll say, "I feel like I'm extending but you're really just doing it more

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in the

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hips and the legs and the lower back."

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Or potentially what will happen is you'll go into more of an early extension of

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the

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pelvis kind of like this.

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I still want to get into kind of this good turtle shell but then my upper body

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is going

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into that extension position, again kind of like this almost like I'm slowly,

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it's not

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a violent move but like I'm slowly kind of head-butting something that is over

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my right

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shoulder.

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So that neck bracing idea and it gets us into that look there, that can be

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accompanied

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with like I said the turtle shell, that can be accompanied with the bracing of

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the lead

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leg and kind of getting that whole chain and it can also be accompanied with

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some anti-throw

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type mechanics.

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So feeling like I'm getting more arm extension, you'll see that if I go there,

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my arms are

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all disconnected but if I go into that neck bracing now it makes it a whole lot

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easier

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to have connection because of my arms, my ribcage is actually lifted up into my

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arms rather

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than just feeling like my arms have stayed down.

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So if you look at yourself in the follow through position and this is a little

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bit rounded or

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the arms are really disconnected and you're kind of like that, don't neglect

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using your

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head to help get the upper extension or the negative torsion of that upper T-sp

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ine, can

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be a real game changer for your release pattern and getting into a good follow

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through.