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Why Swinging Harder Isn't Helping You Hit the Ball Further
After this video, you'll be able to:
- Understand how body sequencing affects your swing power.
- Identify the common mistake of overusing your dominant power source.
- Learn how to practice swinging harder while preserving your timing.
In this video, you'll learn the importance of maintaining the correct sequence of body movements for a powerful golf swing. Understanding this concept will help you hit the ball farther without compromising your timing or contact.
Video Transcript
WEBVTT
1
00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:05.560
In this drill video, we're going to talk about how to practice hitting the ball
2
00:00:05.560 --> 00:00:06.620
further.
3
00:00:06.620 --> 00:00:11.620
So one of the big barriers that I see with hitting the ball further is many
4
00:00:11.620 --> 00:00:12.380
players just
5
00:00:12.380 --> 00:00:15.140
go up to it and they try and swing harder.
6
00:00:15.140 --> 00:00:17.680
Now here's what actually happens in a golf swing.
7
00:00:17.680 --> 00:00:21.420
In a golf swing, you're going to have a sequence of body movements and that
8
00:00:21.420 --> 00:00:22.440
sequence of body
9
00:00:22.440 --> 00:00:26.920
movements is what controls where the club is swinging in space.
10
00:00:26.920 --> 00:00:31.660
When you try to apply power, what has to happen in order for everything to just
11
00:00:31.660 --> 00:00:33.180
work more powerfully
12
00:00:33.180 --> 00:00:37.370
is your sequence has to remain the same, which means the timing of when your
13
00:00:37.370 --> 00:00:38.240
lower body and
14
00:00:38.240 --> 00:00:42.430
your upper body and your arms and your wrist all contribute speed to the club
15
00:00:42.430 --> 00:00:43.320
can't change.
16
00:00:43.320 --> 00:00:48.560
And what usually happens is a player will try and swing harder and they'll just
17
00:00:48.560 --> 00:00:49.120
use their
18
00:00:49.120 --> 00:00:51.840
most comfortable or most dominant power source.
19
00:00:51.840 --> 00:00:55.880
So let's say for an example, I get most of my power from my legs.
20
00:00:55.880 --> 00:00:59.440
So if you can see, I get a lot of leg power and then there's kind of a nice
21
00:00:59.440 --> 00:01:00.320
little release
22
00:01:00.320 --> 00:01:01.600
from the arms at the end.
23
00:01:01.600 --> 00:01:05.790
If I try to swing harder, I'm probably just going to overuse my legs, which is
24
00:01:05.790 --> 00:01:05.960
going
25
00:01:05.960 --> 00:01:10.060
to mess up my timing, which is going to mess up my contact.
26
00:01:10.060 --> 00:01:14.560
So if I wanted to try and swing harder, first what I need to do is I need to
27
00:01:14.560 --> 00:01:15.440
slow down and
28
00:01:15.440 --> 00:01:20.720
kind of feel my sequencing and I'll be like, okay, the body's there, the arms
29
00:01:20.720 --> 00:01:21.600
there, got
30
00:01:21.600 --> 00:01:22.600
it.
31
00:01:22.600 --> 00:01:27.120
If I try and swing harder, I'm going to try and put that same sequencing and
32
00:01:27.120 --> 00:01:27.800
that same
33
00:01:27.800 --> 00:01:32.920
timing into play just a little bit bigger, faster, harder.
34
00:01:32.920 --> 00:01:37.230
So what usually happens, again, is when you're trying to hit the ball further,
35
00:01:37.230 --> 00:01:37.920
you end up
36
00:01:37.920 --> 00:01:40.680
overusing your dominant power source.
37
00:01:40.680 --> 00:01:44.990
What I've seen work the best is if you are able to figure out which is the
38
00:01:44.990 --> 00:01:45.920
power source
39
00:01:45.920 --> 00:01:50.240
you're using the least and try to add that into the equation.
40
00:01:50.240 --> 00:01:53.930
Because let's say your lower body is working at 90% capacity, it's pretty hard
41
00:01:53.930 --> 00:01:54.360
to take
42
00:01:54.360 --> 00:01:58.520
that from 90 to 95 and still be consistent.
43
00:01:58.520 --> 00:02:02.600
But let's say your shoulder is only working at 20% capacity.
44
00:02:02.600 --> 00:02:08.370
Well if we can take your shoulder power contribution from 20% up to 50% to huge
45
00:02:08.370 --> 00:02:09.280
increase, but it
46
00:02:09.280 --> 00:02:12.840
didn't put it close to the breaking point, which would be 100%.
47
00:02:12.840 --> 00:02:14.120
Does that make sense?
48
00:02:14.120 --> 00:02:17.140
If you have a hard time figuring out which are your dominant power sources,
49
00:02:17.140 --> 00:02:17.720
then by all
50
00:02:17.720 --> 00:02:22.220
means submit a swing so that we can tell you what you're using very, very well
51
00:02:22.220 --> 00:02:22.480
and what
52
00:02:22.480 --> 00:02:27.010
areas you could work on because it may be wrist, it may be shoulders, it may be
53
00:02:27.010 --> 00:02:27.480
core,
54
00:02:27.480 --> 00:02:32.850
and it may be legs or hips that are the place where you're not creating speed
55
00:02:32.850 --> 00:02:33.760
and by focusing
56
00:02:33.760 --> 00:02:37.950
on the area you're not creating speed, it'll allow you to hit the ball further
57
00:02:37.950 --> 00:02:38.560
with a little
58
00:02:38.560 --> 00:02:41.240
bit less of this growing pain.
59
00:02:41.240 --> 00:02:46.240
So make sure you practice understanding your timing, your sequencing, and then
60
00:02:46.240 --> 00:02:46.520
if you're
61
00:02:46.520 --> 00:02:50.360
going to try to hit the ball further, make sure you have a logical or smart way
62
00:02:50.360 --> 00:02:50.760
of going
63
00:02:50.760 --> 00:02:51.920
about trying to hit the ball further.
1
00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:05.560
In this drill video, we're going to talk about how to practice hitting the ball
2
00:00:05.560 --> 00:00:06.620
further.
3
00:00:06.620 --> 00:00:11.620
So one of the big barriers that I see with hitting the ball further is many
4
00:00:11.620 --> 00:00:12.380
players just
5
00:00:12.380 --> 00:00:15.140
go up to it and they try and swing harder.
6
00:00:15.140 --> 00:00:17.680
Now here's what actually happens in a golf swing.
7
00:00:17.680 --> 00:00:21.420
In a golf swing, you're going to have a sequence of body movements and that
8
00:00:21.420 --> 00:00:22.440
sequence of body
9
00:00:22.440 --> 00:00:26.920
movements is what controls where the club is swinging in space.
10
00:00:26.920 --> 00:00:31.660
When you try to apply power, what has to happen in order for everything to just
11
00:00:31.660 --> 00:00:33.180
work more powerfully
12
00:00:33.180 --> 00:00:37.370
is your sequence has to remain the same, which means the timing of when your
13
00:00:37.370 --> 00:00:38.240
lower body and
14
00:00:38.240 --> 00:00:42.430
your upper body and your arms and your wrist all contribute speed to the club
15
00:00:42.430 --> 00:00:43.320
can't change.
16
00:00:43.320 --> 00:00:48.560
And what usually happens is a player will try and swing harder and they'll just
17
00:00:48.560 --> 00:00:49.120
use their
18
00:00:49.120 --> 00:00:51.840
most comfortable or most dominant power source.
19
00:00:51.840 --> 00:00:55.880
So let's say for an example, I get most of my power from my legs.
20
00:00:55.880 --> 00:00:59.440
So if you can see, I get a lot of leg power and then there's kind of a nice
21
00:00:59.440 --> 00:01:00.320
little release
22
00:01:00.320 --> 00:01:01.600
from the arms at the end.
23
00:01:01.600 --> 00:01:05.790
If I try to swing harder, I'm probably just going to overuse my legs, which is
24
00:01:05.790 --> 00:01:05.960
going
25
00:01:05.960 --> 00:01:10.060
to mess up my timing, which is going to mess up my contact.
26
00:01:10.060 --> 00:01:14.560
So if I wanted to try and swing harder, first what I need to do is I need to
27
00:01:14.560 --> 00:01:15.440
slow down and
28
00:01:15.440 --> 00:01:20.720
kind of feel my sequencing and I'll be like, okay, the body's there, the arms
29
00:01:20.720 --> 00:01:21.600
there, got
30
00:01:21.600 --> 00:01:22.600
it.
31
00:01:22.600 --> 00:01:27.120
If I try and swing harder, I'm going to try and put that same sequencing and
32
00:01:27.120 --> 00:01:27.800
that same
33
00:01:27.800 --> 00:01:32.920
timing into play just a little bit bigger, faster, harder.
34
00:01:32.920 --> 00:01:37.230
So what usually happens, again, is when you're trying to hit the ball further,
35
00:01:37.230 --> 00:01:37.920
you end up
36
00:01:37.920 --> 00:01:40.680
overusing your dominant power source.
37
00:01:40.680 --> 00:01:44.990
What I've seen work the best is if you are able to figure out which is the
38
00:01:44.990 --> 00:01:45.920
power source
39
00:01:45.920 --> 00:01:50.240
you're using the least and try to add that into the equation.
40
00:01:50.240 --> 00:01:53.930
Because let's say your lower body is working at 90% capacity, it's pretty hard
41
00:01:53.930 --> 00:01:54.360
to take
42
00:01:54.360 --> 00:01:58.520
that from 90 to 95 and still be consistent.
43
00:01:58.520 --> 00:02:02.600
But let's say your shoulder is only working at 20% capacity.
44
00:02:02.600 --> 00:02:08.370
Well if we can take your shoulder power contribution from 20% up to 50% to huge
45
00:02:08.370 --> 00:02:09.280
increase, but it
46
00:02:09.280 --> 00:02:12.840
didn't put it close to the breaking point, which would be 100%.
47
00:02:12.840 --> 00:02:14.120
Does that make sense?
48
00:02:14.120 --> 00:02:17.140
If you have a hard time figuring out which are your dominant power sources,
49
00:02:17.140 --> 00:02:17.720
then by all
50
00:02:17.720 --> 00:02:22.220
means submit a swing so that we can tell you what you're using very, very well
51
00:02:22.220 --> 00:02:22.480
and what
52
00:02:22.480 --> 00:02:27.010
areas you could work on because it may be wrist, it may be shoulders, it may be
53
00:02:27.010 --> 00:02:27.480
core,
54
00:02:27.480 --> 00:02:32.850
and it may be legs or hips that are the place where you're not creating speed
55
00:02:32.850 --> 00:02:33.760
and by focusing
56
00:02:33.760 --> 00:02:37.950
on the area you're not creating speed, it'll allow you to hit the ball further
57
00:02:37.950 --> 00:02:38.560
with a little
58
00:02:38.560 --> 00:02:41.240
bit less of this growing pain.
59
00:02:41.240 --> 00:02:46.240
So make sure you practice understanding your timing, your sequencing, and then
60
00:02:46.240 --> 00:02:46.520
if you're
61
00:02:46.520 --> 00:02:50.360
going to try to hit the ball further, make sure you have a logical or smart way
62
00:02:50.360 --> 00:02:50.760
of going
63
00:02:50.760 --> 00:02:51.920
about trying to hit the ball further.
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.
Why Swinging Harder Isn't Helping You Hit the Ball Further
After this video, you'll be able to:
- Understand how body sequencing affects your swing power.
- Identify the common mistake of overusing your dominant power source.
- Learn how to practice swinging harder while preserving your timing.
In this video, you'll learn the importance of maintaining the correct sequence of body movements for a powerful golf swing. Understanding this concept will help you hit the ball farther without compromising your timing or contact.
Video Transcript
WEBVTT
1
00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:05.560
In this drill video, we're going to talk about how to practice hitting the ball
2
00:00:05.560 --> 00:00:06.620
further.
3
00:00:06.620 --> 00:00:11.620
So one of the big barriers that I see with hitting the ball further is many
4
00:00:11.620 --> 00:00:12.380
players just
5
00:00:12.380 --> 00:00:15.140
go up to it and they try and swing harder.
6
00:00:15.140 --> 00:00:17.680
Now here's what actually happens in a golf swing.
7
00:00:17.680 --> 00:00:21.420
In a golf swing, you're going to have a sequence of body movements and that
8
00:00:21.420 --> 00:00:22.440
sequence of body
9
00:00:22.440 --> 00:00:26.920
movements is what controls where the club is swinging in space.
10
00:00:26.920 --> 00:00:31.660
When you try to apply power, what has to happen in order for everything to just
11
00:00:31.660 --> 00:00:33.180
work more powerfully
12
00:00:33.180 --> 00:00:37.370
is your sequence has to remain the same, which means the timing of when your
13
00:00:37.370 --> 00:00:38.240
lower body and
14
00:00:38.240 --> 00:00:42.430
your upper body and your arms and your wrist all contribute speed to the club
15
00:00:42.430 --> 00:00:43.320
can't change.
16
00:00:43.320 --> 00:00:48.560
And what usually happens is a player will try and swing harder and they'll just
17
00:00:48.560 --> 00:00:49.120
use their
18
00:00:49.120 --> 00:00:51.840
most comfortable or most dominant power source.
19
00:00:51.840 --> 00:00:55.880
So let's say for an example, I get most of my power from my legs.
20
00:00:55.880 --> 00:00:59.440
So if you can see, I get a lot of leg power and then there's kind of a nice
21
00:00:59.440 --> 00:01:00.320
little release
22
00:01:00.320 --> 00:01:01.600
from the arms at the end.
23
00:01:01.600 --> 00:01:05.790
If I try to swing harder, I'm probably just going to overuse my legs, which is
24
00:01:05.790 --> 00:01:05.960
going
25
00:01:05.960 --> 00:01:10.060
to mess up my timing, which is going to mess up my contact.
26
00:01:10.060 --> 00:01:14.560
So if I wanted to try and swing harder, first what I need to do is I need to
27
00:01:14.560 --> 00:01:15.440
slow down and
28
00:01:15.440 --> 00:01:20.720
kind of feel my sequencing and I'll be like, okay, the body's there, the arms
29
00:01:20.720 --> 00:01:21.600
there, got
30
00:01:21.600 --> 00:01:22.600
it.
31
00:01:22.600 --> 00:01:27.120
If I try and swing harder, I'm going to try and put that same sequencing and
32
00:01:27.120 --> 00:01:27.800
that same
33
00:01:27.800 --> 00:01:32.920
timing into play just a little bit bigger, faster, harder.
34
00:01:32.920 --> 00:01:37.230
So what usually happens, again, is when you're trying to hit the ball further,
35
00:01:37.230 --> 00:01:37.920
you end up
36
00:01:37.920 --> 00:01:40.680
overusing your dominant power source.
37
00:01:40.680 --> 00:01:44.990
What I've seen work the best is if you are able to figure out which is the
38
00:01:44.990 --> 00:01:45.920
power source
39
00:01:45.920 --> 00:01:50.240
you're using the least and try to add that into the equation.
40
00:01:50.240 --> 00:01:53.930
Because let's say your lower body is working at 90% capacity, it's pretty hard
41
00:01:53.930 --> 00:01:54.360
to take
42
00:01:54.360 --> 00:01:58.520
that from 90 to 95 and still be consistent.
43
00:01:58.520 --> 00:02:02.600
But let's say your shoulder is only working at 20% capacity.
44
00:02:02.600 --> 00:02:08.370
Well if we can take your shoulder power contribution from 20% up to 50% to huge
45
00:02:08.370 --> 00:02:09.280
increase, but it
46
00:02:09.280 --> 00:02:12.840
didn't put it close to the breaking point, which would be 100%.
47
00:02:12.840 --> 00:02:14.120
Does that make sense?
48
00:02:14.120 --> 00:02:17.140
If you have a hard time figuring out which are your dominant power sources,
49
00:02:17.140 --> 00:02:17.720
then by all
50
00:02:17.720 --> 00:02:22.220
means submit a swing so that we can tell you what you're using very, very well
51
00:02:22.220 --> 00:02:22.480
and what
52
00:02:22.480 --> 00:02:27.010
areas you could work on because it may be wrist, it may be shoulders, it may be
53
00:02:27.010 --> 00:02:27.480
core,
54
00:02:27.480 --> 00:02:32.850
and it may be legs or hips that are the place where you're not creating speed
55
00:02:32.850 --> 00:02:33.760
and by focusing
56
00:02:33.760 --> 00:02:37.950
on the area you're not creating speed, it'll allow you to hit the ball further
57
00:02:37.950 --> 00:02:38.560
with a little
58
00:02:38.560 --> 00:02:41.240
bit less of this growing pain.
59
00:02:41.240 --> 00:02:46.240
So make sure you practice understanding your timing, your sequencing, and then
60
00:02:46.240 --> 00:02:46.520
if you're
61
00:02:46.520 --> 00:02:50.360
going to try to hit the ball further, make sure you have a logical or smart way
62
00:02:50.360 --> 00:02:50.760
of going
63
00:02:50.760 --> 00:02:51.920
about trying to hit the ball further.
1
00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:05.560
In this drill video, we're going to talk about how to practice hitting the ball
2
00:00:05.560 --> 00:00:06.620
further.
3
00:00:06.620 --> 00:00:11.620
So one of the big barriers that I see with hitting the ball further is many
4
00:00:11.620 --> 00:00:12.380
players just
5
00:00:12.380 --> 00:00:15.140
go up to it and they try and swing harder.
6
00:00:15.140 --> 00:00:17.680
Now here's what actually happens in a golf swing.
7
00:00:17.680 --> 00:00:21.420
In a golf swing, you're going to have a sequence of body movements and that
8
00:00:21.420 --> 00:00:22.440
sequence of body
9
00:00:22.440 --> 00:00:26.920
movements is what controls where the club is swinging in space.
10
00:00:26.920 --> 00:00:31.660
When you try to apply power, what has to happen in order for everything to just
11
00:00:31.660 --> 00:00:33.180
work more powerfully
12
00:00:33.180 --> 00:00:37.370
is your sequence has to remain the same, which means the timing of when your
13
00:00:37.370 --> 00:00:38.240
lower body and
14
00:00:38.240 --> 00:00:42.430
your upper body and your arms and your wrist all contribute speed to the club
15
00:00:42.430 --> 00:00:43.320
can't change.
16
00:00:43.320 --> 00:00:48.560
And what usually happens is a player will try and swing harder and they'll just
17
00:00:48.560 --> 00:00:49.120
use their
18
00:00:49.120 --> 00:00:51.840
most comfortable or most dominant power source.
19
00:00:51.840 --> 00:00:55.880
So let's say for an example, I get most of my power from my legs.
20
00:00:55.880 --> 00:00:59.440
So if you can see, I get a lot of leg power and then there's kind of a nice
21
00:00:59.440 --> 00:01:00.320
little release
22
00:01:00.320 --> 00:01:01.600
from the arms at the end.
23
00:01:01.600 --> 00:01:05.790
If I try to swing harder, I'm probably just going to overuse my legs, which is
24
00:01:05.790 --> 00:01:05.960
going
25
00:01:05.960 --> 00:01:10.060
to mess up my timing, which is going to mess up my contact.
26
00:01:10.060 --> 00:01:14.560
So if I wanted to try and swing harder, first what I need to do is I need to
27
00:01:14.560 --> 00:01:15.440
slow down and
28
00:01:15.440 --> 00:01:20.720
kind of feel my sequencing and I'll be like, okay, the body's there, the arms
29
00:01:20.720 --> 00:01:21.600
there, got
30
00:01:21.600 --> 00:01:22.600
it.
31
00:01:22.600 --> 00:01:27.120
If I try and swing harder, I'm going to try and put that same sequencing and
32
00:01:27.120 --> 00:01:27.800
that same
33
00:01:27.800 --> 00:01:32.920
timing into play just a little bit bigger, faster, harder.
34
00:01:32.920 --> 00:01:37.230
So what usually happens, again, is when you're trying to hit the ball further,
35
00:01:37.230 --> 00:01:37.920
you end up
36
00:01:37.920 --> 00:01:40.680
overusing your dominant power source.
37
00:01:40.680 --> 00:01:44.990
What I've seen work the best is if you are able to figure out which is the
38
00:01:44.990 --> 00:01:45.920
power source
39
00:01:45.920 --> 00:01:50.240
you're using the least and try to add that into the equation.
40
00:01:50.240 --> 00:01:53.930
Because let's say your lower body is working at 90% capacity, it's pretty hard
41
00:01:53.930 --> 00:01:54.360
to take
42
00:01:54.360 --> 00:01:58.520
that from 90 to 95 and still be consistent.
43
00:01:58.520 --> 00:02:02.600
But let's say your shoulder is only working at 20% capacity.
44
00:02:02.600 --> 00:02:08.370
Well if we can take your shoulder power contribution from 20% up to 50% to huge
45
00:02:08.370 --> 00:02:09.280
increase, but it
46
00:02:09.280 --> 00:02:12.840
didn't put it close to the breaking point, which would be 100%.
47
00:02:12.840 --> 00:02:14.120
Does that make sense?
48
00:02:14.120 --> 00:02:17.140
If you have a hard time figuring out which are your dominant power sources,
49
00:02:17.140 --> 00:02:17.720
then by all
50
00:02:17.720 --> 00:02:22.220
means submit a swing so that we can tell you what you're using very, very well
51
00:02:22.220 --> 00:02:22.480
and what
52
00:02:22.480 --> 00:02:27.010
areas you could work on because it may be wrist, it may be shoulders, it may be
53
00:02:27.010 --> 00:02:27.480
core,
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and it may be legs or hips that are the place where you're not creating speed
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and by focusing
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on the area you're not creating speed, it'll allow you to hit the ball further
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with a little
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bit less of this growing pain.
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So make sure you practice understanding your timing, your sequencing, and then
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if you're
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going to try to hit the ball further, make sure you have a logical or smart way
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of going
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about trying to hit the ball further.
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