Path Training With Rope
While similar to the ribbon path training, this rope drill is an excellent way to increase path awareness. The typical setup is a 3'-5' PVC pipe, a 50-ft rope, and a solid anchor point. Once setup, you will want to make some swings and work to create the (3) different release paths (in-to-out, out-to-in, and neutral/straight) while using the rope for feedback. Also, using the rigidity of the PVC pipe, you can train a number of release or pivot drills, such as the "open-trail hand" or "merry go round". Ultimately, we want the resistance and visual feedback from the rope to help us become more aware of our path tendencies and the movements/forces required to change them.
While similar to the ribbon path training, this rope drill is an excellent way to increase path awareness. The typical setup is a 3'-5' PVC pipe, a 50-ft rope, and a solid anchor point. Once setup, you will want to make some swings and work to create the (3) different release paths (in-to-out, out-to-in, and neutral/straight) while using the rope for feedback. Also, using the rigidity of the PVC pipe, you can train a number of release or pivot drills, such as the "open-trail hand" or "merry go round". Ultimately, we want the resistance and visual feedback from the rope to help us become more aware of our path tendencies and the movements/forces required to change them.
Video Transcript
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This rope drill is path training with the rope. So this can help kind of, this
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00:00:05.660 --> 00:00:05.760
is
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very similar to the video that I have on the ribbon path training, but here
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instead of having a ribbon attached to the club head, I've got a 50 foot rope
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attached to a PVC pipe. So from the down the line view, what we're going to be
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able to see is we're going to be able to work on some of our release timing and
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our overall path awareness. So you can combo this with any pivot drill or
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release
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drill that you're working on. You could do this with an open trail hand, you
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could
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do this with a shadow, you could do this by thinking more about the the hips
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going
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back 45 or merry-go-round. You could combo that with any of those drills. Now
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what
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we're going to do is we're going to work on getting some different path
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relationships using the rope. So this PVC pipe is about three feet long,
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ideally another foot or two would be better. But you'll see that there's a
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strong enough carryover even if the material is not ideal. So any simple rope
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that you can pick up at a hardwood store and some PVC pipe should do the job.
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So
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now what we're going to do is we're going to get this swinging kind of back and
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forth and now I'm going to do a little bit more of a draw path. So I'm going to
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get
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the rope to swing way up or out to the right of the target. Then we're going to
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do a few more with a fade path. So I'm going to get the rope to swing more left
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of the target. Then we're going to try and go more or less at the target or
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slightly out to the right. So slight draw path. Just kind of like that. So big
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draw path. Fade path. Neutral path. What you'll find is that this rope and PVC
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setup will help you exaggerate some of the path movements that you might have
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to
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do in order to adjust your path. After you've done a few just kind of feeling
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where the rope is going. Now I'm going to take a ball and place it where it
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would
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normally be in my stance. The rope's going to go outside of it but my goal is
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to
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basically keep that reference point in mind as the rope swings past. So now it
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forces me to stay a little bit more in my posture as I'm doing some of this
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path training. So if you struggle with a path that doesn't change from outside
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to
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inside out. Sometimes taking or inside out to outside in. If you struggle with
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your path only going one direction then PVC pipe and a rope can help you get a
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little bit more aware and more sensitive to your path tendencies and how to
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change them.
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While similar to the ribbon path training, this rope drill is an excellent way to increase path awareness. The typical setup is a 3'-5' PVC pipe, a 50-ft rope, and a solid anchor point. Once setup, you will want to make some swings and work to create the (3) different release paths (in-to-out, out-to-in, and neutral/straight) while using the rope for feedback. Also, using the rigidity of the PVC pipe, you can train a number of release or pivot drills, such as the "open-trail hand" or "merry go round". Ultimately, we want the resistance and visual feedback from the rope to help us become more aware of our path tendencies and the movements/forces required to change them.
While similar to the ribbon path training, this rope drill is an excellent way to increase path awareness. The typical setup is a 3'-5' PVC pipe, a 50-ft rope, and a solid anchor point. Once setup, you will want to make some swings and work to create the (3) different release paths (in-to-out, out-to-in, and neutral/straight) while using the rope for feedback. Also, using the rigidity of the PVC pipe, you can train a number of release or pivot drills, such as the "open-trail hand" or "merry go round". Ultimately, we want the resistance and visual feedback from the rope to help us become more aware of our path tendencies and the movements/forces required to change them.
Video Transcript
1
00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:05.660
This rope drill is path training with the rope. So this can help kind of, this
2
00:00:05.660 --> 00:00:05.760
is
3
00:00:05.760 --> 00:00:10.800
very similar to the video that I have on the ribbon path training, but here
4
00:00:10.800 --> 00:00:15.800
instead of having a ribbon attached to the club head, I've got a 50 foot rope
5
00:00:15.800 --> 00:00:20.640
attached to a PVC pipe. So from the down the line view, what we're going to be
6
00:00:20.640 --> 00:00:24.960
able to see is we're going to be able to work on some of our release timing and
7
00:00:24.960 --> 00:00:29.200
our overall path awareness. So you can combo this with any pivot drill or
8
00:00:29.200 --> 00:00:29.600
release
9
00:00:29.600 --> 00:00:34.080
drill that you're working on. You could do this with an open trail hand, you
10
00:00:34.080 --> 00:00:34.080
could
11
00:00:34.080 --> 00:00:38.840
do this with a shadow, you could do this by thinking more about the the hips
12
00:00:38.840 --> 00:00:39.120
going
13
00:00:39.120 --> 00:00:44.600
back 45 or merry-go-round. You could combo that with any of those drills. Now
14
00:00:44.600 --> 00:00:44.600
what
15
00:00:44.600 --> 00:00:48.560
we're going to do is we're going to work on getting some different path
16
00:00:48.560 --> 00:00:53.600
relationships using the rope. So this PVC pipe is about three feet long,
17
00:00:53.600 --> 00:01:01.520
ideally another foot or two would be better. But you'll see that there's a
18
00:01:01.520 --> 00:01:08.400
strong enough carryover even if the material is not ideal. So any simple rope
19
00:01:08.400 --> 00:01:13.400
that you can pick up at a hardwood store and some PVC pipe should do the job.
20
00:01:13.400 --> 00:01:14.360
So
21
00:01:14.360 --> 00:01:17.880
now what we're going to do is we're going to get this swinging kind of back and
22
00:01:17.880 --> 00:01:22.880
forth and now I'm going to do a little bit more of a draw path. So I'm going to
23
00:01:22.880 --> 00:01:23.000
get
24
00:01:23.000 --> 00:01:28.800
the rope to swing way up or out to the right of the target. Then we're going to
25
00:01:28.800 --> 00:01:36.600
do a few more with a fade path. So I'm going to get the rope to swing more left
26
00:01:36.600 --> 00:01:42.200
of the target. Then we're going to try and go more or less at the target or
27
00:01:42.200 --> 00:01:47.520
slightly out to the right. So slight draw path. Just kind of like that. So big
28
00:01:47.520 --> 00:01:55.200
draw path. Fade path. Neutral path. What you'll find is that this rope and PVC
29
00:01:55.200 --> 00:02:00.690
setup will help you exaggerate some of the path movements that you might have
30
00:02:00.690 --> 00:02:00.880
to
31
00:02:00.880 --> 00:02:06.960
do in order to adjust your path. After you've done a few just kind of feeling
32
00:02:06.960 --> 00:02:11.640
where the rope is going. Now I'm going to take a ball and place it where it
33
00:02:11.640 --> 00:02:11.760
would
34
00:02:11.760 --> 00:02:19.210
normally be in my stance. The rope's going to go outside of it but my goal is
35
00:02:19.210 --> 00:02:19.360
to
36
00:02:19.360 --> 00:02:29.120
basically keep that reference point in mind as the rope swings past. So now it
37
00:02:29.120 --> 00:02:32.560
forces me to stay a little bit more in my posture as I'm doing some of this
38
00:02:32.560 --> 00:02:37.280
path training. So if you struggle with a path that doesn't change from outside
39
00:02:37.280 --> 00:02:37.480
to
40
00:02:37.480 --> 00:02:41.880
inside out. Sometimes taking or inside out to outside in. If you struggle with
41
00:02:41.880 --> 00:02:46.960
your path only going one direction then PVC pipe and a rope can help you get a
42
00:02:46.960 --> 00:02:50.800
little bit more aware and more sensitive to your path tendencies and how to
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00:02:50.800 --> 00:02:53.240
change them.
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