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.

Identify Your Power Source for Consistent Swing Rhythm

After this video, you'll be able to:

  • Feel the difference in tension between your arms and core during the swing
  • Recognize how to adjust your power source for more controlled shots
  • Practice a slower downswing to enhance your swing tempo and rhythm

In this drill, you'll learn how to identify and control your power source in the golf swing. By focusing on a slower downswing, you can improve your swing rhythm and consistency.

Video Transcript
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this drill is power down to feel your power source so many golfers ask me on

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the site you know am I pulling too much with my arms am I using my legs or my

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core enough I found this little kind of bridge drill that you can do to help

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you

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identify and train where your power source should be many golfers just try

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00:00:21.960 --> 00:00:27.320
and get up there and swing hard from different areas of their body and while

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sometimes that works I find that it's not very repeatable golfer to golfer so

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00:00:32.480 --> 00:00:33.200
in

9
00:00:33.200 --> 00:00:37.840
this process we're gonna swing a little bit slower but we're going to focus on

10
00:00:37.840 --> 00:00:41.760
what is controlling the movement and I'll give you a couple little tips to help

11
00:00:41.760 --> 00:00:46.100
you figure out exactly how to feel in your body what is controlling the

12
00:00:46.100 --> 00:00:52.120
movement so we're gonna start by baselining your swing your swing with the

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00:00:52.120 --> 00:00:57.360
three-time slower downswing method so basically what you're going to do is

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you're going to get set up and you're gonna take a regular swing but I want

15
00:01:02.720 --> 00:01:07.560
the downswing to take three times longer than normal so you're gonna go up to

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the top of your swing and it forces you to match the rhythm and match the the

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tempo so this is a seven iron and I just hit that about 90 yards now in order

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to

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help identify my power source I'm gonna do the same thing but I have to bring

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it

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back 20 yards so I'm going to try and hit this 20 yard shorter with the same

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movement so three times slower downswing just gonna throttle back 20 yards

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so fairly successful brought it back to the front of the green from the back of

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the green the next question is the key part of this drill and that's to ask

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yourself how did you do it what most of you will find is that you had a

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little bit less tension in your arms but you actually slowed down the rate of

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where your core was or the rate of core movement so now you've identified what

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it feels like to take your power source the ideal power source and throttle it

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down now we're gonna take the power source and throttle it up and so we're

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00:02:18.280 --> 00:02:24.600
gonna gradually work our way back up to our 80% swing so now I'm gonna try and

31
00:02:24.600 --> 00:02:29.600
take my core movement that I just did keep the same arm movement and go a

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little bit faster with the core so got a little out of sorts with me on my arms

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so I ended up pulling it but overall not that bad not that poor of using my

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core

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just arms got a little bit more involved so now I'm gonna try and ratchet it up

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closer to my 80% level but feeling it mostly from that core power source so

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definitely not my 100% all out but felt like I controlled that a little bit

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more with the core so now I'm getting what it feels like to swing harder from

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00:03:10.680 --> 00:03:15.000
one part of my body and keeping the same intensity at another part of my body

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00:03:15.000 --> 00:03:21.440
now I'm gonna try and add even a little bit more from my core but keep the same

41
00:03:21.440 --> 00:03:29.200
level of tension or activity in my arms I'm gonna ramp this up

42
00:03:31.760 --> 00:03:39.000
so why it's still relatively quiet with the arms a little bit disconnected so I

43
00:03:39.000 --> 00:03:44.280
cross pretty much my threshold what most people find is that the place where

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00:03:44.280 --> 00:03:49.320
they will hit the ball the furthest and the best is somewhere around 80% in

45
00:03:49.320 --> 00:03:54.320
fact I've done many many different individual case studies on track man

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where I'll have a golfer swing 80% and dial in their distance and then I'll ask

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00:03:58.680 --> 00:04:04.720
them to swing 100 and I'd say probably about 70% of the time the speed of the

48
00:04:04.720 --> 00:04:08.760
club head will actually decrease when they swing at 100% compared to when they

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00:04:08.760 --> 00:04:13.440
swing at 80% but I'll probably do a separate video on that so back to this

50
00:04:13.440 --> 00:04:19.480
we're trying to get that feel of the core if I lose it I'm gonna go back to a

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00:04:19.480 --> 00:04:26.320
shorter or a three-time slower downswing and then how would I take it off I

52
00:04:26.320 --> 00:04:26.520
felt

53
00:04:26.520 --> 00:04:30.960
I moved this a little bit slower to speed it up I'm basically gonna do the

54
00:04:30.960 --> 00:04:35.760
opposite this is one way for you to feel some of the subtleties of if you're

55
00:04:35.760 --> 00:04:39.200
pulling more with your arms pushing with your legs or powering it with your

56
00:04:39.200 --> 00:04:39.520
core

57
00:04:39.520 --> 00:04:46.120
if you lose sense of it go to the slower one if you're practicing beyond

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00:04:46.120 --> 00:04:50.360
your speed of awareness there's a good chance that you're not really kind of

59
00:04:50.360 --> 00:04:53.840
training the brain you're not really helping it figure out what you need to

60
00:04:53.840 --> 00:04:58.920
do differently and slowing them down gradually or taking bigger jumps in

61
00:04:58.920 --> 00:05:04.440
tempo is one fast way to make yourself temporarily more aware and I find it

62
00:05:04.440 --> 00:05:09.040
especially helpful when you're looking at power training

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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.

Identify Your Power Source for Consistent Swing Rhythm

After this video, you'll be able to:

  • Feel the difference in tension between your arms and core during the swing
  • Recognize how to adjust your power source for more controlled shots
  • Practice a slower downswing to enhance your swing tempo and rhythm

In this drill, you'll learn how to identify and control your power source in the golf swing. By focusing on a slower downswing, you can improve your swing rhythm and consistency.

Video Transcript
WEBVTT

1
00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:05.800
this drill is power down to feel your power source so many golfers ask me on

2
00:00:05.800 --> 00:00:10.000
the site you know am I pulling too much with my arms am I using my legs or my

3
00:00:10.000 --> 00:00:15.680
core enough I found this little kind of bridge drill that you can do to help

4
00:00:15.680 --> 00:00:15.880
you

5
00:00:15.880 --> 00:00:21.960
identify and train where your power source should be many golfers just try

6
00:00:21.960 --> 00:00:27.320
and get up there and swing hard from different areas of their body and while

7
00:00:27.320 --> 00:00:32.480
sometimes that works I find that it's not very repeatable golfer to golfer so

8
00:00:32.480 --> 00:00:33.200
in

9
00:00:33.200 --> 00:00:37.840
this process we're gonna swing a little bit slower but we're going to focus on

10
00:00:37.840 --> 00:00:41.760
what is controlling the movement and I'll give you a couple little tips to help

11
00:00:41.760 --> 00:00:46.100
you figure out exactly how to feel in your body what is controlling the

12
00:00:46.100 --> 00:00:52.120
movement so we're gonna start by baselining your swing your swing with the

13
00:00:52.120 --> 00:00:57.360
three-time slower downswing method so basically what you're going to do is

14
00:00:57.360 --> 00:01:02.720
you're going to get set up and you're gonna take a regular swing but I want

15
00:01:02.720 --> 00:01:07.560
the downswing to take three times longer than normal so you're gonna go up to

16
00:01:07.560 --> 00:01:15.720
the top of your swing and it forces you to match the rhythm and match the the

17
00:01:15.720 --> 00:01:23.480
tempo so this is a seven iron and I just hit that about 90 yards now in order

18
00:01:23.480 --> 00:01:23.680
to

19
00:01:23.680 --> 00:01:29.240
help identify my power source I'm gonna do the same thing but I have to bring

20
00:01:29.240 --> 00:01:29.360
it

21
00:01:29.360 --> 00:01:34.760
back 20 yards so I'm going to try and hit this 20 yard shorter with the same

22
00:01:34.760 --> 00:01:42.960
movement so three times slower downswing just gonna throttle back 20 yards

23
00:01:44.600 --> 00:01:49.160
so fairly successful brought it back to the front of the green from the back of

24
00:01:49.160 --> 00:01:53.320
the green the next question is the key part of this drill and that's to ask

25
00:01:53.320 --> 00:01:58.840
yourself how did you do it what most of you will find is that you had a

26
00:01:58.840 --> 00:02:04.560
little bit less tension in your arms but you actually slowed down the rate of

27
00:02:04.560 --> 00:02:09.360
where your core was or the rate of core movement so now you've identified what

28
00:02:09.360 --> 00:02:14.600
it feels like to take your power source the ideal power source and throttle it

29
00:02:14.600 --> 00:02:18.280
down now we're gonna take the power source and throttle it up and so we're

30
00:02:18.280 --> 00:02:24.600
gonna gradually work our way back up to our 80% swing so now I'm gonna try and

31
00:02:24.600 --> 00:02:29.600
take my core movement that I just did keep the same arm movement and go a

32
00:02:29.600 --> 00:02:37.200
little bit faster with the core so got a little out of sorts with me on my arms

33
00:02:37.200 --> 00:02:43.380
so I ended up pulling it but overall not that bad not that poor of using my

34
00:02:43.380 --> 00:02:43.600
core

35
00:02:43.600 --> 00:02:48.720
just arms got a little bit more involved so now I'm gonna try and ratchet it up

36
00:02:48.720 --> 00:02:59.800
closer to my 80% level but feeling it mostly from that core power source so

37
00:02:59.800 --> 00:03:05.640
definitely not my 100% all out but felt like I controlled that a little bit

38
00:03:05.640 --> 00:03:10.680
more with the core so now I'm getting what it feels like to swing harder from

39
00:03:10.680 --> 00:03:15.000
one part of my body and keeping the same intensity at another part of my body

40
00:03:15.000 --> 00:03:21.440
now I'm gonna try and add even a little bit more from my core but keep the same

41
00:03:21.440 --> 00:03:29.200
level of tension or activity in my arms I'm gonna ramp this up

42
00:03:31.760 --> 00:03:39.000
so why it's still relatively quiet with the arms a little bit disconnected so I

43
00:03:39.000 --> 00:03:44.280
cross pretty much my threshold what most people find is that the place where

44
00:03:44.280 --> 00:03:49.320
they will hit the ball the furthest and the best is somewhere around 80% in

45
00:03:49.320 --> 00:03:54.320
fact I've done many many different individual case studies on track man

46
00:03:54.320 --> 00:03:58.680
where I'll have a golfer swing 80% and dial in their distance and then I'll ask

47
00:03:58.680 --> 00:04:04.720
them to swing 100 and I'd say probably about 70% of the time the speed of the

48
00:04:04.720 --> 00:04:08.760
club head will actually decrease when they swing at 100% compared to when they

49
00:04:08.760 --> 00:04:13.440
swing at 80% but I'll probably do a separate video on that so back to this

50
00:04:13.440 --> 00:04:19.480
we're trying to get that feel of the core if I lose it I'm gonna go back to a

51
00:04:19.480 --> 00:04:26.320
shorter or a three-time slower downswing and then how would I take it off I

52
00:04:26.320 --> 00:04:26.520
felt

53
00:04:26.520 --> 00:04:30.960
I moved this a little bit slower to speed it up I'm basically gonna do the

54
00:04:30.960 --> 00:04:35.760
opposite this is one way for you to feel some of the subtleties of if you're

55
00:04:35.760 --> 00:04:39.200
pulling more with your arms pushing with your legs or powering it with your

56
00:04:39.200 --> 00:04:39.520
core

57
00:04:39.520 --> 00:04:46.120
if you lose sense of it go to the slower one if you're practicing beyond

58
00:04:46.120 --> 00:04:50.360
your speed of awareness there's a good chance that you're not really kind of

59
00:04:50.360 --> 00:04:53.840
training the brain you're not really helping it figure out what you need to

60
00:04:53.840 --> 00:04:58.920
do differently and slowing them down gradually or taking bigger jumps in

61
00:04:58.920 --> 00:05:04.440
tempo is one fast way to make yourself temporarily more aware and I find it

62
00:05:04.440 --> 00:05:09.040
especially helpful when you're looking at power training

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