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.
Overcome Ball Focus with the Practice Swing Sandwich Drill
After this video, you'll be able to:
- Differentiate between your practice swing and actual shot feel
- Develop a smoother transition from practice to ball striking
- Enhance your ability to maintain balance and position throughout your swing
In this video, you'll learn how to use the Practice Swing Sandwich drill to reduce ball focus and improve your swing consistency. This method helps you integrate practice swings with actual shots for a better overall feel.
Video Transcript
WEBVTT
1
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This drill is the practice swing sandwich. So the practice wing sandwich is one
2
00:00:06.080 --> 00:00:06.200
of
3
00:00:06.200 --> 00:00:10.880
my favorite ways to make it so that you're not so ball focused. I frequently
4
00:00:10.880 --> 00:00:11.040
have
5
00:00:11.040 --> 00:00:15.640
students who say that I can do it in a practice wing, look at on video, it
6
00:00:15.640 --> 00:00:15.840
looks
7
00:00:15.840 --> 00:00:19.640
great, and then when I get a ball there, everything breaks down. I go into my
8
00:00:19.640 --> 00:00:19.860
old
9
00:00:19.860 --> 00:00:25.200
kind of ingrained pattern. So if that's you, doing the practice wing sandwich
10
00:00:25.200 --> 00:00:25.640
can
11
00:00:25.640 --> 00:00:29.760
potentially help you overcome that barrier. The practice wing sandwich allows
12
00:00:29.760 --> 00:00:35.800
you to kind of focus more on a comedy or a collection of movements instead of
13
00:00:35.800 --> 00:00:36.120
one
14
00:00:36.120 --> 00:00:41.480
individual swing. So the practice wing sandwich is relatively easy to do.
15
00:00:41.480 --> 00:00:45.870
Basically I'm going to do a practice wing before, then I'm going to hit a ball,
16
00:00:45.870 --> 00:00:46.120
and
17
00:00:46.120 --> 00:00:49.260
I'm going to do a practice wing afterward. And I'm going to compare that to
18
00:00:49.260 --> 00:00:49.400
what
19
00:00:49.400 --> 00:00:53.160
it would feel like to do three practice wings. So the one that gets in the
20
00:00:53.160 --> 00:00:53.440
middle,
21
00:00:53.440 --> 00:00:57.830
where I'm hitting the ball, now becomes more just a piece of this bigger
22
00:00:57.830 --> 00:00:58.880
practice
23
00:00:58.880 --> 00:01:05.040
pattern as opposed to the event that I'm trying to train. So I use this
24
00:01:05.040 --> 00:01:10.350
mostly for release training, working from delivery position to follow through,
25
00:01:10.350 --> 00:01:10.880
but
26
00:01:10.880 --> 00:01:16.800
you can do it in in full swings. You just have to kind of be a little bit
27
00:01:16.800 --> 00:01:21.480
more patient with yourself because oftentimes when you finish hitting that
28
00:01:21.480 --> 00:01:26.720
that middle ball, you're going to lose your balance or be out of position to be
29
00:01:26.720 --> 00:01:32.640
able to jump back into making another practice wing. So what you can do, you
30
00:01:32.640 --> 00:01:38.720
know, practice wing, hit a ball, and then finish with another practice wing and
31
00:01:38.720 --> 00:01:44.510
kind of compare what the middle swing, the last swing, how those felt, or what
32
00:01:44.510 --> 00:01:44.720
it
33
00:01:44.720 --> 00:01:48.920
felt like going from three practice wings to two practice wings with a ball in
34
00:01:48.920 --> 00:01:48.960
the
35
00:01:48.960 --> 00:01:54.210
middle. But the way I like to do it with the release is let's say I'm working
36
00:01:54.210 --> 00:01:54.400
on
37
00:01:54.400 --> 00:01:58.600
the wipe. So I'm letting my, I'm working on my elbow, work a little bit more
38
00:01:58.600 --> 00:01:59.040
just
39
00:01:59.040 --> 00:02:04.970
across my body before my arms extend out. So I'm trying to figure out low point
40
00:02:04.970 --> 00:02:05.200
and
41
00:02:05.200 --> 00:02:11.520
face contact and all that stuff. So I do a few little rhythmic, rhythmic swings
42
00:02:11.520 --> 00:02:11.840
, I
43
00:02:11.840 --> 00:02:16.840
get kind of a feeling of it. Got kind of that feeling of what I want my right
44
00:02:16.840 --> 00:02:21.800
elbow to do. Then I'm going to do one little kind of pump practice wing. I'm
45
00:02:21.800 --> 00:02:28.120
going to make the swing and then I'm immediately going to go back into the
46
00:02:28.120 --> 00:02:34.600
pattern of making those practice wings. So I'll demonstrate one more time. So
47
00:02:34.600 --> 00:02:35.240
get
48
00:02:35.240 --> 00:02:40.720
into your golf posture, set up a little bit away. Get a good feeling as far as
49
00:02:40.720 --> 00:02:45.640
what movement you're trying to create. So this time I'll focus a little bit
50
00:02:45.640 --> 00:02:45.880
more
51
00:02:45.880 --> 00:02:53.120
on what the left arm is doing. Good. Then you're going to set up. I'm going to
52
00:02:53.120 --> 00:03:02.070
make that little practice wing. Okay, got that little feel. Now swing. And
53
00:03:02.070 --> 00:03:02.960
usually
54
00:03:02.960 --> 00:03:06.080
the ball won't come back to the hitting area so you'll have no problem making a
55
00:03:06.080 --> 00:03:09.920
practice wing afterward. But when you're hitting into a net, that was a little
56
00:03:09.920 --> 00:03:13.920
close. So if you're struggling with taking some of the movements from your
57
00:03:13.920 --> 00:03:18.360
release, from your practice wings to actually hitting a ball, you have to
58
00:03:18.360 --> 00:03:22.280
trick your brain into being less ball focused. One of the best ways that you
59
00:03:22.280 --> 00:03:27.320
can do that is by taking the practice wing after you hit a golf ball. I call it
60
00:03:27.320 --> 00:03:31.320
the practice swing sandwich and it can really help you overcome some of the
61
00:03:31.320 --> 00:03:36.520
barriers that you may be feeling when you get to ball focused.
1
00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:06.080
This drill is the practice swing sandwich. So the practice wing sandwich is one
2
00:00:06.080 --> 00:00:06.200
of
3
00:00:06.200 --> 00:00:10.880
my favorite ways to make it so that you're not so ball focused. I frequently
4
00:00:10.880 --> 00:00:11.040
have
5
00:00:11.040 --> 00:00:15.640
students who say that I can do it in a practice wing, look at on video, it
6
00:00:15.640 --> 00:00:15.840
looks
7
00:00:15.840 --> 00:00:19.640
great, and then when I get a ball there, everything breaks down. I go into my
8
00:00:19.640 --> 00:00:19.860
old
9
00:00:19.860 --> 00:00:25.200
kind of ingrained pattern. So if that's you, doing the practice wing sandwich
10
00:00:25.200 --> 00:00:25.640
can
11
00:00:25.640 --> 00:00:29.760
potentially help you overcome that barrier. The practice wing sandwich allows
12
00:00:29.760 --> 00:00:35.800
you to kind of focus more on a comedy or a collection of movements instead of
13
00:00:35.800 --> 00:00:36.120
one
14
00:00:36.120 --> 00:00:41.480
individual swing. So the practice wing sandwich is relatively easy to do.
15
00:00:41.480 --> 00:00:45.870
Basically I'm going to do a practice wing before, then I'm going to hit a ball,
16
00:00:45.870 --> 00:00:46.120
and
17
00:00:46.120 --> 00:00:49.260
I'm going to do a practice wing afterward. And I'm going to compare that to
18
00:00:49.260 --> 00:00:49.400
what
19
00:00:49.400 --> 00:00:53.160
it would feel like to do three practice wings. So the one that gets in the
20
00:00:53.160 --> 00:00:53.440
middle,
21
00:00:53.440 --> 00:00:57.830
where I'm hitting the ball, now becomes more just a piece of this bigger
22
00:00:57.830 --> 00:00:58.880
practice
23
00:00:58.880 --> 00:01:05.040
pattern as opposed to the event that I'm trying to train. So I use this
24
00:01:05.040 --> 00:01:10.350
mostly for release training, working from delivery position to follow through,
25
00:01:10.350 --> 00:01:10.880
but
26
00:01:10.880 --> 00:01:16.800
you can do it in in full swings. You just have to kind of be a little bit
27
00:01:16.800 --> 00:01:21.480
more patient with yourself because oftentimes when you finish hitting that
28
00:01:21.480 --> 00:01:26.720
that middle ball, you're going to lose your balance or be out of position to be
29
00:01:26.720 --> 00:01:32.640
able to jump back into making another practice wing. So what you can do, you
30
00:01:32.640 --> 00:01:38.720
know, practice wing, hit a ball, and then finish with another practice wing and
31
00:01:38.720 --> 00:01:44.510
kind of compare what the middle swing, the last swing, how those felt, or what
32
00:01:44.510 --> 00:01:44.720
it
33
00:01:44.720 --> 00:01:48.920
felt like going from three practice wings to two practice wings with a ball in
34
00:01:48.920 --> 00:01:48.960
the
35
00:01:48.960 --> 00:01:54.210
middle. But the way I like to do it with the release is let's say I'm working
36
00:01:54.210 --> 00:01:54.400
on
37
00:01:54.400 --> 00:01:58.600
the wipe. So I'm letting my, I'm working on my elbow, work a little bit more
38
00:01:58.600 --> 00:01:59.040
just
39
00:01:59.040 --> 00:02:04.970
across my body before my arms extend out. So I'm trying to figure out low point
40
00:02:04.970 --> 00:02:05.200
and
41
00:02:05.200 --> 00:02:11.520
face contact and all that stuff. So I do a few little rhythmic, rhythmic swings
42
00:02:11.520 --> 00:02:11.840
, I
43
00:02:11.840 --> 00:02:16.840
get kind of a feeling of it. Got kind of that feeling of what I want my right
44
00:02:16.840 --> 00:02:21.800
elbow to do. Then I'm going to do one little kind of pump practice wing. I'm
45
00:02:21.800 --> 00:02:28.120
going to make the swing and then I'm immediately going to go back into the
46
00:02:28.120 --> 00:02:34.600
pattern of making those practice wings. So I'll demonstrate one more time. So
47
00:02:34.600 --> 00:02:35.240
get
48
00:02:35.240 --> 00:02:40.720
into your golf posture, set up a little bit away. Get a good feeling as far as
49
00:02:40.720 --> 00:02:45.640
what movement you're trying to create. So this time I'll focus a little bit
50
00:02:45.640 --> 00:02:45.880
more
51
00:02:45.880 --> 00:02:53.120
on what the left arm is doing. Good. Then you're going to set up. I'm going to
52
00:02:53.120 --> 00:03:02.070
make that little practice wing. Okay, got that little feel. Now swing. And
53
00:03:02.070 --> 00:03:02.960
usually
54
00:03:02.960 --> 00:03:06.080
the ball won't come back to the hitting area so you'll have no problem making a
55
00:03:06.080 --> 00:03:09.920
practice wing afterward. But when you're hitting into a net, that was a little
56
00:03:09.920 --> 00:03:13.920
close. So if you're struggling with taking some of the movements from your
57
00:03:13.920 --> 00:03:18.360
release, from your practice wings to actually hitting a ball, you have to
58
00:03:18.360 --> 00:03:22.280
trick your brain into being less ball focused. One of the best ways that you
59
00:03:22.280 --> 00:03:27.320
can do that is by taking the practice wing after you hit a golf ball. I call it
60
00:03:27.320 --> 00:03:31.320
the practice swing sandwich and it can really help you overcome some of the
61
00:03:31.320 --> 00:03:36.520
barriers that you may be feeling when you get to ball focused.
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.
Overcome Ball Focus with the Practice Swing Sandwich Drill
After this video, you'll be able to:
- Differentiate between your practice swing and actual shot feel
- Develop a smoother transition from practice to ball striking
- Enhance your ability to maintain balance and position throughout your swing
In this video, you'll learn how to use the Practice Swing Sandwich drill to reduce ball focus and improve your swing consistency. This method helps you integrate practice swings with actual shots for a better overall feel.
Video Transcript
WEBVTT
1
00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:06.080
This drill is the practice swing sandwich. So the practice wing sandwich is one
2
00:00:06.080 --> 00:00:06.200
of
3
00:00:06.200 --> 00:00:10.880
my favorite ways to make it so that you're not so ball focused. I frequently
4
00:00:10.880 --> 00:00:11.040
have
5
00:00:11.040 --> 00:00:15.640
students who say that I can do it in a practice wing, look at on video, it
6
00:00:15.640 --> 00:00:15.840
looks
7
00:00:15.840 --> 00:00:19.640
great, and then when I get a ball there, everything breaks down. I go into my
8
00:00:19.640 --> 00:00:19.860
old
9
00:00:19.860 --> 00:00:25.200
kind of ingrained pattern. So if that's you, doing the practice wing sandwich
10
00:00:25.200 --> 00:00:25.640
can
11
00:00:25.640 --> 00:00:29.760
potentially help you overcome that barrier. The practice wing sandwich allows
12
00:00:29.760 --> 00:00:35.800
you to kind of focus more on a comedy or a collection of movements instead of
13
00:00:35.800 --> 00:00:36.120
one
14
00:00:36.120 --> 00:00:41.480
individual swing. So the practice wing sandwich is relatively easy to do.
15
00:00:41.480 --> 00:00:45.870
Basically I'm going to do a practice wing before, then I'm going to hit a ball,
16
00:00:45.870 --> 00:00:46.120
and
17
00:00:46.120 --> 00:00:49.260
I'm going to do a practice wing afterward. And I'm going to compare that to
18
00:00:49.260 --> 00:00:49.400
what
19
00:00:49.400 --> 00:00:53.160
it would feel like to do three practice wings. So the one that gets in the
20
00:00:53.160 --> 00:00:53.440
middle,
21
00:00:53.440 --> 00:00:57.830
where I'm hitting the ball, now becomes more just a piece of this bigger
22
00:00:57.830 --> 00:00:58.880
practice
23
00:00:58.880 --> 00:01:05.040
pattern as opposed to the event that I'm trying to train. So I use this
24
00:01:05.040 --> 00:01:10.350
mostly for release training, working from delivery position to follow through,
25
00:01:10.350 --> 00:01:10.880
but
26
00:01:10.880 --> 00:01:16.800
you can do it in in full swings. You just have to kind of be a little bit
27
00:01:16.800 --> 00:01:21.480
more patient with yourself because oftentimes when you finish hitting that
28
00:01:21.480 --> 00:01:26.720
that middle ball, you're going to lose your balance or be out of position to be
29
00:01:26.720 --> 00:01:32.640
able to jump back into making another practice wing. So what you can do, you
30
00:01:32.640 --> 00:01:38.720
know, practice wing, hit a ball, and then finish with another practice wing and
31
00:01:38.720 --> 00:01:44.510
kind of compare what the middle swing, the last swing, how those felt, or what
32
00:01:44.510 --> 00:01:44.720
it
33
00:01:44.720 --> 00:01:48.920
felt like going from three practice wings to two practice wings with a ball in
34
00:01:48.920 --> 00:01:48.960
the
35
00:01:48.960 --> 00:01:54.210
middle. But the way I like to do it with the release is let's say I'm working
36
00:01:54.210 --> 00:01:54.400
on
37
00:01:54.400 --> 00:01:58.600
the wipe. So I'm letting my, I'm working on my elbow, work a little bit more
38
00:01:58.600 --> 00:01:59.040
just
39
00:01:59.040 --> 00:02:04.970
across my body before my arms extend out. So I'm trying to figure out low point
40
00:02:04.970 --> 00:02:05.200
and
41
00:02:05.200 --> 00:02:11.520
face contact and all that stuff. So I do a few little rhythmic, rhythmic swings
42
00:02:11.520 --> 00:02:11.840
, I
43
00:02:11.840 --> 00:02:16.840
get kind of a feeling of it. Got kind of that feeling of what I want my right
44
00:02:16.840 --> 00:02:21.800
elbow to do. Then I'm going to do one little kind of pump practice wing. I'm
45
00:02:21.800 --> 00:02:28.120
going to make the swing and then I'm immediately going to go back into the
46
00:02:28.120 --> 00:02:34.600
pattern of making those practice wings. So I'll demonstrate one more time. So
47
00:02:34.600 --> 00:02:35.240
get
48
00:02:35.240 --> 00:02:40.720
into your golf posture, set up a little bit away. Get a good feeling as far as
49
00:02:40.720 --> 00:02:45.640
what movement you're trying to create. So this time I'll focus a little bit
50
00:02:45.640 --> 00:02:45.880
more
51
00:02:45.880 --> 00:02:53.120
on what the left arm is doing. Good. Then you're going to set up. I'm going to
52
00:02:53.120 --> 00:03:02.070
make that little practice wing. Okay, got that little feel. Now swing. And
53
00:03:02.070 --> 00:03:02.960
usually
54
00:03:02.960 --> 00:03:06.080
the ball won't come back to the hitting area so you'll have no problem making a
55
00:03:06.080 --> 00:03:09.920
practice wing afterward. But when you're hitting into a net, that was a little
56
00:03:09.920 --> 00:03:13.920
close. So if you're struggling with taking some of the movements from your
57
00:03:13.920 --> 00:03:18.360
release, from your practice wings to actually hitting a ball, you have to
58
00:03:18.360 --> 00:03:22.280
trick your brain into being less ball focused. One of the best ways that you
59
00:03:22.280 --> 00:03:27.320
can do that is by taking the practice wing after you hit a golf ball. I call it
60
00:03:27.320 --> 00:03:31.320
the practice swing sandwich and it can really help you overcome some of the
61
00:03:31.320 --> 00:03:36.520
barriers that you may be feeling when you get to ball focused.
1
00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:06.080
This drill is the practice swing sandwich. So the practice wing sandwich is one
2
00:00:06.080 --> 00:00:06.200
of
3
00:00:06.200 --> 00:00:10.880
my favorite ways to make it so that you're not so ball focused. I frequently
4
00:00:10.880 --> 00:00:11.040
have
5
00:00:11.040 --> 00:00:15.640
students who say that I can do it in a practice wing, look at on video, it
6
00:00:15.640 --> 00:00:15.840
looks
7
00:00:15.840 --> 00:00:19.640
great, and then when I get a ball there, everything breaks down. I go into my
8
00:00:19.640 --> 00:00:19.860
old
9
00:00:19.860 --> 00:00:25.200
kind of ingrained pattern. So if that's you, doing the practice wing sandwich
10
00:00:25.200 --> 00:00:25.640
can
11
00:00:25.640 --> 00:00:29.760
potentially help you overcome that barrier. The practice wing sandwich allows
12
00:00:29.760 --> 00:00:35.800
you to kind of focus more on a comedy or a collection of movements instead of
13
00:00:35.800 --> 00:00:36.120
one
14
00:00:36.120 --> 00:00:41.480
individual swing. So the practice wing sandwich is relatively easy to do.
15
00:00:41.480 --> 00:00:45.870
Basically I'm going to do a practice wing before, then I'm going to hit a ball,
16
00:00:45.870 --> 00:00:46.120
and
17
00:00:46.120 --> 00:00:49.260
I'm going to do a practice wing afterward. And I'm going to compare that to
18
00:00:49.260 --> 00:00:49.400
what
19
00:00:49.400 --> 00:00:53.160
it would feel like to do three practice wings. So the one that gets in the
20
00:00:53.160 --> 00:00:53.440
middle,
21
00:00:53.440 --> 00:00:57.830
where I'm hitting the ball, now becomes more just a piece of this bigger
22
00:00:57.830 --> 00:00:58.880
practice
23
00:00:58.880 --> 00:01:05.040
pattern as opposed to the event that I'm trying to train. So I use this
24
00:01:05.040 --> 00:01:10.350
mostly for release training, working from delivery position to follow through,
25
00:01:10.350 --> 00:01:10.880
but
26
00:01:10.880 --> 00:01:16.800
you can do it in in full swings. You just have to kind of be a little bit
27
00:01:16.800 --> 00:01:21.480
more patient with yourself because oftentimes when you finish hitting that
28
00:01:21.480 --> 00:01:26.720
that middle ball, you're going to lose your balance or be out of position to be
29
00:01:26.720 --> 00:01:32.640
able to jump back into making another practice wing. So what you can do, you
30
00:01:32.640 --> 00:01:38.720
know, practice wing, hit a ball, and then finish with another practice wing and
31
00:01:38.720 --> 00:01:44.510
kind of compare what the middle swing, the last swing, how those felt, or what
32
00:01:44.510 --> 00:01:44.720
it
33
00:01:44.720 --> 00:01:48.920
felt like going from three practice wings to two practice wings with a ball in
34
00:01:48.920 --> 00:01:48.960
the
35
00:01:48.960 --> 00:01:54.210
middle. But the way I like to do it with the release is let's say I'm working
36
00:01:54.210 --> 00:01:54.400
on
37
00:01:54.400 --> 00:01:58.600
the wipe. So I'm letting my, I'm working on my elbow, work a little bit more
38
00:01:58.600 --> 00:01:59.040
just
39
00:01:59.040 --> 00:02:04.970
across my body before my arms extend out. So I'm trying to figure out low point
40
00:02:04.970 --> 00:02:05.200
and
41
00:02:05.200 --> 00:02:11.520
face contact and all that stuff. So I do a few little rhythmic, rhythmic swings
42
00:02:11.520 --> 00:02:11.840
, I
43
00:02:11.840 --> 00:02:16.840
get kind of a feeling of it. Got kind of that feeling of what I want my right
44
00:02:16.840 --> 00:02:21.800
elbow to do. Then I'm going to do one little kind of pump practice wing. I'm
45
00:02:21.800 --> 00:02:28.120
going to make the swing and then I'm immediately going to go back into the
46
00:02:28.120 --> 00:02:34.600
pattern of making those practice wings. So I'll demonstrate one more time. So
47
00:02:34.600 --> 00:02:35.240
get
48
00:02:35.240 --> 00:02:40.720
into your golf posture, set up a little bit away. Get a good feeling as far as
49
00:02:40.720 --> 00:02:45.640
what movement you're trying to create. So this time I'll focus a little bit
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more
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on what the left arm is doing. Good. Then you're going to set up. I'm going to
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make that little practice wing. Okay, got that little feel. Now swing. And
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usually
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the ball won't come back to the hitting area so you'll have no problem making a
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practice wing afterward. But when you're hitting into a net, that was a little
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close. So if you're struggling with taking some of the movements from your
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release, from your practice wings to actually hitting a ball, you have to
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trick your brain into being less ball focused. One of the best ways that you
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can do that is by taking the practice wing after you hit a golf ball. I call it
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the practice swing sandwich and it can really help you overcome some of the
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barriers that you may be feeling when you get to ball focused.
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