Practicing The Transition Sequence
In this drill, you can work on the transition sequence without a ball or club. Practice at home using a mirror so that you can see which piece of the movement feels the weirdest. With practice, you will be able to do all these movements simultaneously, but initially, you may have to work on one at a time.
The pieces in transition are a lateral bump of the hips to the left foot, while the left shoulder dips down slightly. I repeat, the left shoulder dips down. The greatest amount of side flexion for virtually all tour professionals I have ever seen on 3D happens just after the top of the swing, and the players do not move into right side bend until the hands are at delivery position. It is usually the left shoulder dipping down that feels weird if you have struggled with fat shots. You will feel “WAY TOO CLOSE” to the golf ball. This moving of the lower body will create space for your arms to move the club in to a NARROW position. In order to do this, bend the right arm, extend your right wrist, and flex your left wrist. Here’s the last piece, while practicing this movement of your arms, allow your forearms to rotate and flatten slightly.
In this drill, you can work on the transition sequence without a ball or club. Practice at home using a mirror so that you can see which piece of the movement feels the weirdest. With practice, you will be able to do all these movements simultaneously, but initially, you may have to work on one at a time.
The pieces in transition are a lateral bump of the hips to the left foot, while the left shoulder dips down slightly. I repeat, the left shoulder dips down. The greatest amount of side flexion for virtually all tour professionals I have ever seen on 3D happens just after the top of the swing, and the players do not move into right side bend until the hands are at delivery position. It is usually the left shoulder dipping down that feels weird if you have struggled with fat shots. You will feel “WAY TOO CLOSE” to the golf ball. This moving of the lower body will create space for your arms to move the club in to a NARROW position. In order to do this, bend the right arm, extend your right wrist, and flex your left wrist. Here’s the last piece, while practicing this movement of your arms, allow your forearms to rotate and flatten slightly.
Video Transcript
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This is practicing just the transition sequence.
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So this is kind of a details of the pump.
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It's a great way to practice the three or four moves that you'll be working on
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in transition.
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The key movements in transition are going to be this bump or this lateral shift
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.
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The upper body getting closer to the ground or to the golf balls to help me
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kind of press
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in the ground and use the ground.
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My arms shallowing and getting narrower while the club face is starting to
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close.
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So each one of those pieces, basically if I work on just the arms, here I am
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kind of
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at the top of the swing if I was to rotate.
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So here I am at the top of the swing, the arm movements, the hands are going to
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stay relatively
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high and I'm going to let that club drop down like I talk about in the Zorro
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loops or in
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the delivery position.
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And at the same time, you can see that I've already got the club face starting
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to close.
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So it gets kind of just like this.
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Now from the body it's going to be this lateral movement to get in line with my
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left heel and
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my upper body coming down towards the ground.
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So if I do that all at once, it's basically going to look like that.
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So all at once it's going to look like that.
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Some of the issues you may have would be if your arms are pulling more down and
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kind of
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steepening or if your body tends to want to stand up.
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So this little details of the pump or practicing just the transition will help
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you feel where
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you want to be by the timing this transition ends.
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So I'll demonstrate a couple from the down the line.
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So up here I'm basically shallowing and getting into this good position.
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Upper body is coming down while I'm getting my weight shift and then I can try
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to recreate
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that same movement.
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So it's hard to work on the transition without doing full swings, but some of
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this kind of
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Tai Chi detail practice at home can help make what you're working on on the
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00:02:05.230 --> 00:02:05.840
range or on
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the course a little bit more comfortable.
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In this drill, you can work on the transition sequence without a ball or club. Practice at home using a mirror so that you can see which piece of the movement feels the weirdest. With practice, you will be able to do all these movements simultaneously, but initially, you may have to work on one at a time.
The pieces in transition are a lateral bump of the hips to the left foot, while the left shoulder dips down slightly. I repeat, the left shoulder dips down. The greatest amount of side flexion for virtually all tour professionals I have ever seen on 3D happens just after the top of the swing, and the players do not move into right side bend until the hands are at delivery position. It is usually the left shoulder dipping down that feels weird if you have struggled with fat shots. You will feel “WAY TOO CLOSE” to the golf ball. This moving of the lower body will create space for your arms to move the club in to a NARROW position. In order to do this, bend the right arm, extend your right wrist, and flex your left wrist. Here’s the last piece, while practicing this movement of your arms, allow your forearms to rotate and flatten slightly.
In this drill, you can work on the transition sequence without a ball or club. Practice at home using a mirror so that you can see which piece of the movement feels the weirdest. With practice, you will be able to do all these movements simultaneously, but initially, you may have to work on one at a time.
The pieces in transition are a lateral bump of the hips to the left foot, while the left shoulder dips down slightly. I repeat, the left shoulder dips down. The greatest amount of side flexion for virtually all tour professionals I have ever seen on 3D happens just after the top of the swing, and the players do not move into right side bend until the hands are at delivery position. It is usually the left shoulder dipping down that feels weird if you have struggled with fat shots. You will feel “WAY TOO CLOSE” to the golf ball. This moving of the lower body will create space for your arms to move the club in to a NARROW position. In order to do this, bend the right arm, extend your right wrist, and flex your left wrist. Here’s the last piece, while practicing this movement of your arms, allow your forearms to rotate and flatten slightly.
Video Transcript
1
00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:04.200
This is practicing just the transition sequence.
2
00:00:04.200 --> 00:00:07.840
So this is kind of a details of the pump.
3
00:00:07.840 --> 00:00:12.650
It's a great way to practice the three or four moves that you'll be working on
4
00:00:12.650 --> 00:00:13.720
in transition.
5
00:00:13.720 --> 00:00:17.780
The key movements in transition are going to be this bump or this lateral shift
6
00:00:17.780 --> 00:00:18.040
.
7
00:00:18.040 --> 00:00:21.390
The upper body getting closer to the ground or to the golf balls to help me
8
00:00:21.390 --> 00:00:22.040
kind of press
9
00:00:22.040 --> 00:00:23.840
in the ground and use the ground.
10
00:00:23.840 --> 00:00:29.730
My arms shallowing and getting narrower while the club face is starting to
11
00:00:29.730 --> 00:00:30.560
close.
12
00:00:30.560 --> 00:00:36.930
So each one of those pieces, basically if I work on just the arms, here I am
13
00:00:36.930 --> 00:00:37.400
kind of
14
00:00:37.400 --> 00:00:39.720
at the top of the swing if I was to rotate.
15
00:00:39.720 --> 00:00:43.410
So here I am at the top of the swing, the arm movements, the hands are going to
16
00:00:43.410 --> 00:00:44.480
stay relatively
17
00:00:44.480 --> 00:00:48.520
high and I'm going to let that club drop down like I talk about in the Zorro
18
00:00:48.520 --> 00:00:49.680
loops or in
19
00:00:49.680 --> 00:00:51.880
the delivery position.
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00:00:51.880 --> 00:00:57.830
And at the same time, you can see that I've already got the club face starting
21
00:00:57.830 --> 00:00:58.760
to close.
22
00:00:58.760 --> 00:01:01.080
So it gets kind of just like this.
23
00:01:01.080 --> 00:01:06.410
Now from the body it's going to be this lateral movement to get in line with my
24
00:01:06.410 --> 00:01:07.400
left heel and
25
00:01:07.400 --> 00:01:09.640
my upper body coming down towards the ground.
26
00:01:09.640 --> 00:01:15.440
So if I do that all at once, it's basically going to look like that.
27
00:01:15.440 --> 00:01:17.960
So all at once it's going to look like that.
28
00:01:17.960 --> 00:01:21.740
Some of the issues you may have would be if your arms are pulling more down and
29
00:01:21.740 --> 00:01:22.160
kind of
30
00:01:22.160 --> 00:01:25.600
steepening or if your body tends to want to stand up.
31
00:01:25.600 --> 00:01:30.480
So this little details of the pump or practicing just the transition will help
32
00:01:30.480 --> 00:01:31.400
you feel where
33
00:01:31.400 --> 00:01:34.720
you want to be by the timing this transition ends.
34
00:01:34.720 --> 00:01:38.440
So I'll demonstrate a couple from the down the line.
35
00:01:38.440 --> 00:01:43.520
So up here I'm basically shallowing and getting into this good position.
36
00:01:43.520 --> 00:01:49.190
Upper body is coming down while I'm getting my weight shift and then I can try
37
00:01:49.190 --> 00:01:50.120
to recreate
38
00:01:50.120 --> 00:01:57.640
that same movement.
39
00:01:57.640 --> 00:02:00.670
So it's hard to work on the transition without doing full swings, but some of
40
00:02:00.670 --> 00:02:01.200
this kind of
41
00:02:01.200 --> 00:02:05.230
Tai Chi detail practice at home can help make what you're working on on the
42
00:02:05.230 --> 00:02:05.840
range or on
43
00:02:05.840 --> 00:02:07.960
the course a little bit more comfortable.
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