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America AND its list of Best Golf Fitness Professionals in America.
Fix Your Follow-Through with Pool Noodle Bracing Drill
After this video, you'll be able to:
- Recognize how upper body movement affects your follow-through
- Feel the correct alignment of your shoulders during your swing
- Improve your ability to maintain proper rotation through impact
In this video, you'll learn how to use a pool noodle to improve your finish position and address common issues with your follow-through. This drill will help you better align your upper body and maintain proper rotation for more consistent contact with the ball.
Video Transcript
WEBVTT
1
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This drill is pool noodle bracing.
2
00:00:07.980 --> 00:00:11.810
So pool noodle bracing is one of the one of the few drills that I really love
3
00:00:11.810 --> 00:00:12.160
to use to
4
00:00:12.160 --> 00:00:14.720
work on your finish position.
5
00:00:14.720 --> 00:00:19.900
Oftentimes golfers who kind of struggle with some of their contact, their low
6
00:00:19.900 --> 00:00:20.580
point happens
7
00:00:20.580 --> 00:00:25.760
because on the way through they get into a pretty good looking impact position,
8
00:00:25.760 --> 00:00:26.020
but then
9
00:00:26.020 --> 00:00:29.920
on the way through their upper body kind of has more of a chase move kind of
10
00:00:29.920 --> 00:00:30.760
like this
11
00:00:30.760 --> 00:00:36.140
where it stays flexed forward and it has more of a upper body rotation usually
12
00:00:36.140 --> 00:00:36.440
driven by
13
00:00:36.440 --> 00:00:44.070
the scapula and the body staying in flexion as opposed to going into more
14
00:00:44.070 --> 00:00:45.840
rotation combined
15
00:00:45.840 --> 00:00:49.400
with extension which is a term called torsion or negative torsion.
16
00:00:49.400 --> 00:00:54.990
So basically the upper cut move would help your head and the center of your
17
00:00:54.990 --> 00:00:55.880
upper body
18
00:00:55.880 --> 00:01:00.640
stay more in line with the golf ball instead of moving forward backward.
19
00:01:00.640 --> 00:01:05.820
Oftentimes golfers who have a big forward movement during the follow through
20
00:01:05.820 --> 00:01:06.580
side of the ball
21
00:01:06.580 --> 00:01:10.980
or during the release will tend to have a hard time getting the upper body far
22
00:01:10.980 --> 00:01:11.420
enough
23
00:01:11.420 --> 00:01:15.710
forward during transition so they'll tend to get more back here and get into a
24
00:01:15.710 --> 00:01:16.340
position
25
00:01:16.340 --> 00:01:20.900
where then it can go forward but that requires a fair amount of timing.
26
00:01:20.900 --> 00:01:25.800
It can cause some low point issues especially with the wedges and it can cause
27
00:01:25.800 --> 00:01:26.440
some thin
28
00:01:26.440 --> 00:01:29.300
shots and some hook shots and things like that.
29
00:01:29.300 --> 00:01:31.990
So what we're going to do is we're going to take a pool noodle to give us a
30
00:01:31.990 --> 00:01:32.540
little bit
31
00:01:32.540 --> 00:01:36.280
more spatial awareness and we're going to place it so that it's in line with
32
00:01:36.280 --> 00:01:36.900
your left
33
00:01:36.900 --> 00:01:41.220
shoulder and we're primarily going to do this with irons.
34
00:01:41.220 --> 00:01:47.600
You could do this with a driver but I would probably err on doing it more with
35
00:01:47.600 --> 00:01:48.440
the iron
36
00:01:48.440 --> 00:01:50.940
especially short irons.
37
00:01:50.940 --> 00:01:51.940
You'll see why.
38
00:01:51.940 --> 00:01:54.410
What we're going to do now is during the backswing we're going to try to
39
00:01:54.410 --> 00:01:55.180
exaggerate it.
40
00:01:55.180 --> 00:01:59.660
So we're going to try to get our upper body closer to the pool noodle, almost a
41
00:01:59.660 --> 00:02:00.260
reverse
42
00:02:00.260 --> 00:02:01.260
pivot.
43
00:02:01.260 --> 00:02:03.940
We're going to try to really cover that lead side.
44
00:02:03.940 --> 00:02:08.720
So if I cover that lead side what would happen is if I'm going to stay in flex
45
00:02:08.720 --> 00:02:09.300
ion I'm going
46
00:02:09.300 --> 00:02:13.590
to feel really stuck, really steep, really diggy and I'm typically going to
47
00:02:13.590 --> 00:02:14.180
feel kind
48
00:02:14.180 --> 00:02:17.490
of like stall like I've got nowhere to go and I'm going to really bend and
49
00:02:17.490 --> 00:02:18.060
collapse
50
00:02:18.060 --> 00:02:20.660
the arms on the way through.
51
00:02:20.660 --> 00:02:26.780
Instead from this position we've got it in line with our left shoulder.
52
00:02:26.780 --> 00:02:30.730
We're going to get close to it towards the top of the swing and then we're
53
00:02:30.730 --> 00:02:31.620
going to feel
54
00:02:31.620 --> 00:02:36.490
like we stay the same distance away as we go through and that has this feeling
55
00:02:36.490 --> 00:02:37.100
of this
56
00:02:37.100 --> 00:02:41.310
uppercut move or going into some extension with the upper body as you're
57
00:02:41.310 --> 00:02:42.540
turning through.
58
00:02:42.540 --> 00:02:45.140
This also helps with lengthening your follow through.
59
00:02:45.140 --> 00:02:49.820
A lot of golfers who tend to have a really short follow through lack some of
60
00:02:49.820 --> 00:02:50.940
this extension
61
00:02:50.940 --> 00:02:51.940
movement.
62
00:02:51.940 --> 00:02:56.530
So they tend to get more kind of there where you can see if I extend that
63
00:02:56.530 --> 00:02:57.780
magically makes
64
00:02:57.780 --> 00:02:59.860
the golf swing much longer.
65
00:02:59.860 --> 00:03:07.450
So I can do this on shorter shots 9-3 but I actually love doing this as a kind
66
00:03:07.450 --> 00:03:08.580
of minimum
67
00:03:08.580 --> 00:03:10.780
doing more 10-2s.
68
00:03:10.780 --> 00:03:14.890
Now because this is kind of a connecting drill like I said the goal here since
69
00:03:14.890 --> 00:03:15.620
we're using
70
00:03:15.620 --> 00:03:22.290
more shorter irons is to feel like I'm on top of it or ahead of it so that I
71
00:03:22.290 --> 00:03:23.220
can then
72
00:03:23.220 --> 00:03:28.180
use that extension move to avoid getting too steep or too diggy.
73
00:03:28.180 --> 00:03:33.360
One of the other iterations that I'll do and this is similar to kind of getting
74
00:03:33.360 --> 00:03:33.540
the
75
00:03:33.540 --> 00:03:37.660
handle the low to high release idea.
76
00:03:37.660 --> 00:03:43.040
If I was to get way ahead of the golf ball and create a ton of lag and lead and
77
00:03:43.040 --> 00:03:43.500
get way
78
00:03:43.500 --> 00:03:48.680
ahead of it if I just released this would come into the ground very steep but
79
00:03:48.680 --> 00:03:49.220
if I was
80
00:03:49.220 --> 00:03:54.590
to get into this position and then come up out of it by not hitting the pool
81
00:03:54.590 --> 00:03:55.220
new going
82
00:03:55.220 --> 00:04:00.870
into extension it allows me to not get too diggy kind of shallow it out late
83
00:04:00.870 --> 00:04:01.840
but create
84
00:04:01.840 --> 00:04:04.860
this flat spot that we're searching for.
85
00:04:04.860 --> 00:04:08.350
So if you're struggling with your finish sometimes a little station like the
86
00:04:08.350 --> 00:04:09.620
pool noodle is just
87
00:04:09.620 --> 00:04:14.210
the right visual spatial guide you need place it so it's just about in line
88
00:04:14.210 --> 00:04:15.500
with your shoulder
89
00:04:15.500 --> 00:04:20.680
and try to get your upper body to finish forward towards that front foot but
90
00:04:20.680 --> 00:04:21.460
your head slightly
91
00:04:21.460 --> 00:04:26.840
back so that you have a nice hip extension your abs are still tight chest
92
00:04:26.840 --> 00:04:27.900
extension and
93
00:04:27.900 --> 00:04:33.080
then arms finishing kind of more in front that'll help you get that classic
94
00:04:33.080 --> 00:04:34.500
finish position.
95
00:04:34.500 --> 00:04:40.270
One last point I should make a lot of golfers when I first put this here will
96
00:04:40.270 --> 00:04:41.300
tend to get
97
00:04:41.300 --> 00:04:45.930
everything back so they'll almost have more of kind of like a reverse pivot
98
00:04:45.930 --> 00:04:46.620
where I'm
99
00:04:46.620 --> 00:04:50.580
actually faking it I'm still flexed forward I just kept everything back so that
100
00:04:50.580 --> 00:04:50.900
's why
101
00:04:50.900 --> 00:04:55.030
I want to make sure I can get over the front foot use my glutes and then get
102
00:04:55.030 --> 00:04:55.700
into that
103
00:04:55.700 --> 00:04:59.700
more golfy spine extension here so if you're struggling with your finish
104
00:04:59.700 --> 00:05:00.100
especially if
105
00:05:00.100 --> 00:05:05.480
you were maybe an ex baseball player try the pool noodle pool noodle bracing to
106
00:05:05.480 --> 00:05:06.100
really
107
00:05:06.100 --> 00:05:08.700
hone in that classic golf finish position look.
1
00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:07.980
This drill is pool noodle bracing.
2
00:00:07.980 --> 00:00:11.810
So pool noodle bracing is one of the one of the few drills that I really love
3
00:00:11.810 --> 00:00:12.160
to use to
4
00:00:12.160 --> 00:00:14.720
work on your finish position.
5
00:00:14.720 --> 00:00:19.900
Oftentimes golfers who kind of struggle with some of their contact, their low
6
00:00:19.900 --> 00:00:20.580
point happens
7
00:00:20.580 --> 00:00:25.760
because on the way through they get into a pretty good looking impact position,
8
00:00:25.760 --> 00:00:26.020
but then
9
00:00:26.020 --> 00:00:29.920
on the way through their upper body kind of has more of a chase move kind of
10
00:00:29.920 --> 00:00:30.760
like this
11
00:00:30.760 --> 00:00:36.140
where it stays flexed forward and it has more of a upper body rotation usually
12
00:00:36.140 --> 00:00:36.440
driven by
13
00:00:36.440 --> 00:00:44.070
the scapula and the body staying in flexion as opposed to going into more
14
00:00:44.070 --> 00:00:45.840
rotation combined
15
00:00:45.840 --> 00:00:49.400
with extension which is a term called torsion or negative torsion.
16
00:00:49.400 --> 00:00:54.990
So basically the upper cut move would help your head and the center of your
17
00:00:54.990 --> 00:00:55.880
upper body
18
00:00:55.880 --> 00:01:00.640
stay more in line with the golf ball instead of moving forward backward.
19
00:01:00.640 --> 00:01:05.820
Oftentimes golfers who have a big forward movement during the follow through
20
00:01:05.820 --> 00:01:06.580
side of the ball
21
00:01:06.580 --> 00:01:10.980
or during the release will tend to have a hard time getting the upper body far
22
00:01:10.980 --> 00:01:11.420
enough
23
00:01:11.420 --> 00:01:15.710
forward during transition so they'll tend to get more back here and get into a
24
00:01:15.710 --> 00:01:16.340
position
25
00:01:16.340 --> 00:01:20.900
where then it can go forward but that requires a fair amount of timing.
26
00:01:20.900 --> 00:01:25.800
It can cause some low point issues especially with the wedges and it can cause
27
00:01:25.800 --> 00:01:26.440
some thin
28
00:01:26.440 --> 00:01:29.300
shots and some hook shots and things like that.
29
00:01:29.300 --> 00:01:31.990
So what we're going to do is we're going to take a pool noodle to give us a
30
00:01:31.990 --> 00:01:32.540
little bit
31
00:01:32.540 --> 00:01:36.280
more spatial awareness and we're going to place it so that it's in line with
32
00:01:36.280 --> 00:01:36.900
your left
33
00:01:36.900 --> 00:01:41.220
shoulder and we're primarily going to do this with irons.
34
00:01:41.220 --> 00:01:47.600
You could do this with a driver but I would probably err on doing it more with
35
00:01:47.600 --> 00:01:48.440
the iron
36
00:01:48.440 --> 00:01:50.940
especially short irons.
37
00:01:50.940 --> 00:01:51.940
You'll see why.
38
00:01:51.940 --> 00:01:54.410
What we're going to do now is during the backswing we're going to try to
39
00:01:54.410 --> 00:01:55.180
exaggerate it.
40
00:01:55.180 --> 00:01:59.660
So we're going to try to get our upper body closer to the pool noodle, almost a
41
00:01:59.660 --> 00:02:00.260
reverse
42
00:02:00.260 --> 00:02:01.260
pivot.
43
00:02:01.260 --> 00:02:03.940
We're going to try to really cover that lead side.
44
00:02:03.940 --> 00:02:08.720
So if I cover that lead side what would happen is if I'm going to stay in flex
45
00:02:08.720 --> 00:02:09.300
ion I'm going
46
00:02:09.300 --> 00:02:13.590
to feel really stuck, really steep, really diggy and I'm typically going to
47
00:02:13.590 --> 00:02:14.180
feel kind
48
00:02:14.180 --> 00:02:17.490
of like stall like I've got nowhere to go and I'm going to really bend and
49
00:02:17.490 --> 00:02:18.060
collapse
50
00:02:18.060 --> 00:02:20.660
the arms on the way through.
51
00:02:20.660 --> 00:02:26.780
Instead from this position we've got it in line with our left shoulder.
52
00:02:26.780 --> 00:02:30.730
We're going to get close to it towards the top of the swing and then we're
53
00:02:30.730 --> 00:02:31.620
going to feel
54
00:02:31.620 --> 00:02:36.490
like we stay the same distance away as we go through and that has this feeling
55
00:02:36.490 --> 00:02:37.100
of this
56
00:02:37.100 --> 00:02:41.310
uppercut move or going into some extension with the upper body as you're
57
00:02:41.310 --> 00:02:42.540
turning through.
58
00:02:42.540 --> 00:02:45.140
This also helps with lengthening your follow through.
59
00:02:45.140 --> 00:02:49.820
A lot of golfers who tend to have a really short follow through lack some of
60
00:02:49.820 --> 00:02:50.940
this extension
61
00:02:50.940 --> 00:02:51.940
movement.
62
00:02:51.940 --> 00:02:56.530
So they tend to get more kind of there where you can see if I extend that
63
00:02:56.530 --> 00:02:57.780
magically makes
64
00:02:57.780 --> 00:02:59.860
the golf swing much longer.
65
00:02:59.860 --> 00:03:07.450
So I can do this on shorter shots 9-3 but I actually love doing this as a kind
66
00:03:07.450 --> 00:03:08.580
of minimum
67
00:03:08.580 --> 00:03:10.780
doing more 10-2s.
68
00:03:10.780 --> 00:03:14.890
Now because this is kind of a connecting drill like I said the goal here since
69
00:03:14.890 --> 00:03:15.620
we're using
70
00:03:15.620 --> 00:03:22.290
more shorter irons is to feel like I'm on top of it or ahead of it so that I
71
00:03:22.290 --> 00:03:23.220
can then
72
00:03:23.220 --> 00:03:28.180
use that extension move to avoid getting too steep or too diggy.
73
00:03:28.180 --> 00:03:33.360
One of the other iterations that I'll do and this is similar to kind of getting
74
00:03:33.360 --> 00:03:33.540
the
75
00:03:33.540 --> 00:03:37.660
handle the low to high release idea.
76
00:03:37.660 --> 00:03:43.040
If I was to get way ahead of the golf ball and create a ton of lag and lead and
77
00:03:43.040 --> 00:03:43.500
get way
78
00:03:43.500 --> 00:03:48.680
ahead of it if I just released this would come into the ground very steep but
79
00:03:48.680 --> 00:03:49.220
if I was
80
00:03:49.220 --> 00:03:54.590
to get into this position and then come up out of it by not hitting the pool
81
00:03:54.590 --> 00:03:55.220
new going
82
00:03:55.220 --> 00:04:00.870
into extension it allows me to not get too diggy kind of shallow it out late
83
00:04:00.870 --> 00:04:01.840
but create
84
00:04:01.840 --> 00:04:04.860
this flat spot that we're searching for.
85
00:04:04.860 --> 00:04:08.350
So if you're struggling with your finish sometimes a little station like the
86
00:04:08.350 --> 00:04:09.620
pool noodle is just
87
00:04:09.620 --> 00:04:14.210
the right visual spatial guide you need place it so it's just about in line
88
00:04:14.210 --> 00:04:15.500
with your shoulder
89
00:04:15.500 --> 00:04:20.680
and try to get your upper body to finish forward towards that front foot but
90
00:04:20.680 --> 00:04:21.460
your head slightly
91
00:04:21.460 --> 00:04:26.840
back so that you have a nice hip extension your abs are still tight chest
92
00:04:26.840 --> 00:04:27.900
extension and
93
00:04:27.900 --> 00:04:33.080
then arms finishing kind of more in front that'll help you get that classic
94
00:04:33.080 --> 00:04:34.500
finish position.
95
00:04:34.500 --> 00:04:40.270
One last point I should make a lot of golfers when I first put this here will
96
00:04:40.270 --> 00:04:41.300
tend to get
97
00:04:41.300 --> 00:04:45.930
everything back so they'll almost have more of kind of like a reverse pivot
98
00:04:45.930 --> 00:04:46.620
where I'm
99
00:04:46.620 --> 00:04:50.580
actually faking it I'm still flexed forward I just kept everything back so that
100
00:04:50.580 --> 00:04:50.900
's why
101
00:04:50.900 --> 00:04:55.030
I want to make sure I can get over the front foot use my glutes and then get
102
00:04:55.030 --> 00:04:55.700
into that
103
00:04:55.700 --> 00:04:59.700
more golfy spine extension here so if you're struggling with your finish
104
00:04:59.700 --> 00:05:00.100
especially if
105
00:05:00.100 --> 00:05:05.480
you were maybe an ex baseball player try the pool noodle pool noodle bracing to
106
00:05:05.480 --> 00:05:06.100
really
107
00:05:06.100 --> 00:05:08.700
hone in that classic golf finish position look.
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.
Fix Your Follow-Through with Pool Noodle Bracing Drill
After this video, you'll be able to:
- Recognize how upper body movement affects your follow-through
- Feel the correct alignment of your shoulders during your swing
- Improve your ability to maintain proper rotation through impact
In this video, you'll learn how to use a pool noodle to improve your finish position and address common issues with your follow-through. This drill will help you better align your upper body and maintain proper rotation for more consistent contact with the ball.
Video Transcript
WEBVTT
1
00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:07.980
This drill is pool noodle bracing.
2
00:00:07.980 --> 00:00:11.810
So pool noodle bracing is one of the one of the few drills that I really love
3
00:00:11.810 --> 00:00:12.160
to use to
4
00:00:12.160 --> 00:00:14.720
work on your finish position.
5
00:00:14.720 --> 00:00:19.900
Oftentimes golfers who kind of struggle with some of their contact, their low
6
00:00:19.900 --> 00:00:20.580
point happens
7
00:00:20.580 --> 00:00:25.760
because on the way through they get into a pretty good looking impact position,
8
00:00:25.760 --> 00:00:26.020
but then
9
00:00:26.020 --> 00:00:29.920
on the way through their upper body kind of has more of a chase move kind of
10
00:00:29.920 --> 00:00:30.760
like this
11
00:00:30.760 --> 00:00:36.140
where it stays flexed forward and it has more of a upper body rotation usually
12
00:00:36.140 --> 00:00:36.440
driven by
13
00:00:36.440 --> 00:00:44.070
the scapula and the body staying in flexion as opposed to going into more
14
00:00:44.070 --> 00:00:45.840
rotation combined
15
00:00:45.840 --> 00:00:49.400
with extension which is a term called torsion or negative torsion.
16
00:00:49.400 --> 00:00:54.990
So basically the upper cut move would help your head and the center of your
17
00:00:54.990 --> 00:00:55.880
upper body
18
00:00:55.880 --> 00:01:00.640
stay more in line with the golf ball instead of moving forward backward.
19
00:01:00.640 --> 00:01:05.820
Oftentimes golfers who have a big forward movement during the follow through
20
00:01:05.820 --> 00:01:06.580
side of the ball
21
00:01:06.580 --> 00:01:10.980
or during the release will tend to have a hard time getting the upper body far
22
00:01:10.980 --> 00:01:11.420
enough
23
00:01:11.420 --> 00:01:15.710
forward during transition so they'll tend to get more back here and get into a
24
00:01:15.710 --> 00:01:16.340
position
25
00:01:16.340 --> 00:01:20.900
where then it can go forward but that requires a fair amount of timing.
26
00:01:20.900 --> 00:01:25.800
It can cause some low point issues especially with the wedges and it can cause
27
00:01:25.800 --> 00:01:26.440
some thin
28
00:01:26.440 --> 00:01:29.300
shots and some hook shots and things like that.
29
00:01:29.300 --> 00:01:31.990
So what we're going to do is we're going to take a pool noodle to give us a
30
00:01:31.990 --> 00:01:32.540
little bit
31
00:01:32.540 --> 00:01:36.280
more spatial awareness and we're going to place it so that it's in line with
32
00:01:36.280 --> 00:01:36.900
your left
33
00:01:36.900 --> 00:01:41.220
shoulder and we're primarily going to do this with irons.
34
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You could do this with a driver but I would probably err on doing it more with
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the iron
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especially short irons.
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You'll see why.
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What we're going to do now is during the backswing we're going to try to
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exaggerate it.
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So we're going to try to get our upper body closer to the pool noodle, almost a
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reverse
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pivot.
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We're going to try to really cover that lead side.
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So if I cover that lead side what would happen is if I'm going to stay in flex
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ion I'm going
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to feel really stuck, really steep, really diggy and I'm typically going to
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feel kind
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of like stall like I've got nowhere to go and I'm going to really bend and
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collapse
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the arms on the way through.
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Instead from this position we've got it in line with our left shoulder.
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We're going to get close to it towards the top of the swing and then we're
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going to feel
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like we stay the same distance away as we go through and that has this feeling
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of this
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uppercut move or going into some extension with the upper body as you're
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turning through.
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This also helps with lengthening your follow through.
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A lot of golfers who tend to have a really short follow through lack some of
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this extension
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movement.
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So they tend to get more kind of there where you can see if I extend that
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magically makes
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the golf swing much longer.
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So I can do this on shorter shots 9-3 but I actually love doing this as a kind
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of minimum
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doing more 10-2s.
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Now because this is kind of a connecting drill like I said the goal here since
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we're using
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more shorter irons is to feel like I'm on top of it or ahead of it so that I
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can then
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use that extension move to avoid getting too steep or too diggy.
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One of the other iterations that I'll do and this is similar to kind of getting
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the
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handle the low to high release idea.
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If I was to get way ahead of the golf ball and create a ton of lag and lead and
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get way
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ahead of it if I just released this would come into the ground very steep but
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if I was
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to get into this position and then come up out of it by not hitting the pool
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new going
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into extension it allows me to not get too diggy kind of shallow it out late
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but create
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this flat spot that we're searching for.
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So if you're struggling with your finish sometimes a little station like the
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pool noodle is just
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the right visual spatial guide you need place it so it's just about in line
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with your shoulder
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and try to get your upper body to finish forward towards that front foot but
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your head slightly
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back so that you have a nice hip extension your abs are still tight chest
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extension and
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then arms finishing kind of more in front that'll help you get that classic
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finish position.
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One last point I should make a lot of golfers when I first put this here will
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tend to get
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everything back so they'll almost have more of kind of like a reverse pivot
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where I'm
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actually faking it I'm still flexed forward I just kept everything back so that
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's why
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I want to make sure I can get over the front foot use my glutes and then get
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into that
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more golfy spine extension here so if you're struggling with your finish
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especially if
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you were maybe an ex baseball player try the pool noodle pool noodle bracing to
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really
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hone in that classic golf finish position look.
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This drill is pool noodle bracing.
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So pool noodle bracing is one of the one of the few drills that I really love
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to use to
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work on your finish position.
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Oftentimes golfers who kind of struggle with some of their contact, their low
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point happens
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because on the way through they get into a pretty good looking impact position,
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but then
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on the way through their upper body kind of has more of a chase move kind of
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like this
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where it stays flexed forward and it has more of a upper body rotation usually
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driven by
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the scapula and the body staying in flexion as opposed to going into more
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rotation combined
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with extension which is a term called torsion or negative torsion.
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So basically the upper cut move would help your head and the center of your
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upper body
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stay more in line with the golf ball instead of moving forward backward.
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Oftentimes golfers who have a big forward movement during the follow through
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side of the ball
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or during the release will tend to have a hard time getting the upper body far
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enough
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forward during transition so they'll tend to get more back here and get into a
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position
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where then it can go forward but that requires a fair amount of timing.
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It can cause some low point issues especially with the wedges and it can cause
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some thin
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shots and some hook shots and things like that.
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So what we're going to do is we're going to take a pool noodle to give us a
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little bit
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more spatial awareness and we're going to place it so that it's in line with
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your left
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00:01:36.900 --> 00:01:41.220
shoulder and we're primarily going to do this with irons.
34
00:01:41.220 --> 00:01:47.600
You could do this with a driver but I would probably err on doing it more with
35
00:01:47.600 --> 00:01:48.440
the iron
36
00:01:48.440 --> 00:01:50.940
especially short irons.
37
00:01:50.940 --> 00:01:51.940
You'll see why.
38
00:01:51.940 --> 00:01:54.410
What we're going to do now is during the backswing we're going to try to
39
00:01:54.410 --> 00:01:55.180
exaggerate it.
40
00:01:55.180 --> 00:01:59.660
So we're going to try to get our upper body closer to the pool noodle, almost a
41
00:01:59.660 --> 00:02:00.260
reverse
42
00:02:00.260 --> 00:02:01.260
pivot.
43
00:02:01.260 --> 00:02:03.940
We're going to try to really cover that lead side.
44
00:02:03.940 --> 00:02:08.720
So if I cover that lead side what would happen is if I'm going to stay in flex
45
00:02:08.720 --> 00:02:09.300
ion I'm going
46
00:02:09.300 --> 00:02:13.590
to feel really stuck, really steep, really diggy and I'm typically going to
47
00:02:13.590 --> 00:02:14.180
feel kind
48
00:02:14.180 --> 00:02:17.490
of like stall like I've got nowhere to go and I'm going to really bend and
49
00:02:17.490 --> 00:02:18.060
collapse
50
00:02:18.060 --> 00:02:20.660
the arms on the way through.
51
00:02:20.660 --> 00:02:26.780
Instead from this position we've got it in line with our left shoulder.
52
00:02:26.780 --> 00:02:30.730
We're going to get close to it towards the top of the swing and then we're
53
00:02:30.730 --> 00:02:31.620
going to feel
54
00:02:31.620 --> 00:02:36.490
like we stay the same distance away as we go through and that has this feeling
55
00:02:36.490 --> 00:02:37.100
of this
56
00:02:37.100 --> 00:02:41.310
uppercut move or going into some extension with the upper body as you're
57
00:02:41.310 --> 00:02:42.540
turning through.
58
00:02:42.540 --> 00:02:45.140
This also helps with lengthening your follow through.
59
00:02:45.140 --> 00:02:49.820
A lot of golfers who tend to have a really short follow through lack some of
60
00:02:49.820 --> 00:02:50.940
this extension
61
00:02:50.940 --> 00:02:51.940
movement.
62
00:02:51.940 --> 00:02:56.530
So they tend to get more kind of there where you can see if I extend that
63
00:02:56.530 --> 00:02:57.780
magically makes
64
00:02:57.780 --> 00:02:59.860
the golf swing much longer.
65
00:02:59.860 --> 00:03:07.450
So I can do this on shorter shots 9-3 but I actually love doing this as a kind
66
00:03:07.450 --> 00:03:08.580
of minimum
67
00:03:08.580 --> 00:03:10.780
doing more 10-2s.
68
00:03:10.780 --> 00:03:14.890
Now because this is kind of a connecting drill like I said the goal here since
69
00:03:14.890 --> 00:03:15.620
we're using
70
00:03:15.620 --> 00:03:22.290
more shorter irons is to feel like I'm on top of it or ahead of it so that I
71
00:03:22.290 --> 00:03:23.220
can then
72
00:03:23.220 --> 00:03:28.180
use that extension move to avoid getting too steep or too diggy.
73
00:03:28.180 --> 00:03:33.360
One of the other iterations that I'll do and this is similar to kind of getting
74
00:03:33.360 --> 00:03:33.540
the
75
00:03:33.540 --> 00:03:37.660
handle the low to high release idea.
76
00:03:37.660 --> 00:03:43.040
If I was to get way ahead of the golf ball and create a ton of lag and lead and
77
00:03:43.040 --> 00:03:43.500
get way
78
00:03:43.500 --> 00:03:48.680
ahead of it if I just released this would come into the ground very steep but
79
00:03:48.680 --> 00:03:49.220
if I was
80
00:03:49.220 --> 00:03:54.590
to get into this position and then come up out of it by not hitting the pool
81
00:03:54.590 --> 00:03:55.220
new going
82
00:03:55.220 --> 00:04:00.870
into extension it allows me to not get too diggy kind of shallow it out late
83
00:04:00.870 --> 00:04:01.840
but create
84
00:04:01.840 --> 00:04:04.860
this flat spot that we're searching for.
85
00:04:04.860 --> 00:04:08.350
So if you're struggling with your finish sometimes a little station like the
86
00:04:08.350 --> 00:04:09.620
pool noodle is just
87
00:04:09.620 --> 00:04:14.210
the right visual spatial guide you need place it so it's just about in line
88
00:04:14.210 --> 00:04:15.500
with your shoulder
89
00:04:15.500 --> 00:04:20.680
and try to get your upper body to finish forward towards that front foot but
90
00:04:20.680 --> 00:04:21.460
your head slightly
91
00:04:21.460 --> 00:04:26.840
back so that you have a nice hip extension your abs are still tight chest
92
00:04:26.840 --> 00:04:27.900
extension and
93
00:04:27.900 --> 00:04:33.080
then arms finishing kind of more in front that'll help you get that classic
94
00:04:33.080 --> 00:04:34.500
finish position.
95
00:04:34.500 --> 00:04:40.270
One last point I should make a lot of golfers when I first put this here will
96
00:04:40.270 --> 00:04:41.300
tend to get
97
00:04:41.300 --> 00:04:45.930
everything back so they'll almost have more of kind of like a reverse pivot
98
00:04:45.930 --> 00:04:46.620
where I'm
99
00:04:46.620 --> 00:04:50.580
actually faking it I'm still flexed forward I just kept everything back so that
100
00:04:50.580 --> 00:04:50.900
's why
101
00:04:50.900 --> 00:04:55.030
I want to make sure I can get over the front foot use my glutes and then get
102
00:04:55.030 --> 00:04:55.700
into that
103
00:04:55.700 --> 00:04:59.700
more golfy spine extension here so if you're struggling with your finish
104
00:04:59.700 --> 00:05:00.100
especially if
105
00:05:00.100 --> 00:05:05.480
you were maybe an ex baseball player try the pool noodle pool noodle bracing to
106
00:05:05.480 --> 00:05:06.100
really
107
00:05:06.100 --> 00:05:08.700
hone in that classic golf finish position look.
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