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Why You're Pulling the Ball with an Inside-Out Path

After this video, you'll be able to:

  • Identify how an open club face can lead to pulls even with an inside path
  • Learn how early extension affects your swing path and ball flight
  • Discover techniques to correct pulls by adjusting your hand position

In this video, you'll learn why you might still pull the ball despite having an inside-out swing path. Understanding the role of the club face and how it impacts your shot direction is crucial for improvement.

Video Transcript
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This concept video is "Poles with an Inside Outpath".

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So I had a question come in of basically like, "Why do I struggle with poles if

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I'm getting

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the path more from the inside?"

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Historically, we talked about the poles being more of an outside-in pattern

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with a club

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face that is square to the path, but the overwhelming majority of the start

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line is

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controlled by the club face.

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So some people get an inside path and then they have enough of a scoop that the

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club face

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is now pointing left of the target, kind of like this.

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Now oftentimes when you have a scoop that does make the path go outside-in if

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you're

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on a launch monitor, but if you have some early extension to complement it and

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this is way

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back you can easily have a club that is coming well from the inside and start

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left of the

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target.

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Now most of the time when that happens it's going to be a pole draw, not a

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classic pole.

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So this is where the details of reading your ball flight and seeing how much it

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's curving

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is really important because classically a pole is going to, that was more of a

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club

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face pole, not a path pole because that still had a fair amount of draw to it.

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I did close the face more than I wanted, but if I get a little bit more outside

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-in, that

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was more of a straight pole with just a very slight draw to it.

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So you can see the classic pole, yes I'm going to swing a little bit more over

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the top or

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outside-in, but especially at lower speeds, that one doesn't look like it

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curves a whole

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lot, but it started way left because the club was leaning backward or angled

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backward more

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like this and that gets the face more close to the path.

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So one of the ways to fix poles is getting your hands ahead, especially if your

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path

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is already coming more from the inside because then it means that your club

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face is the primary

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reason for your pole, not your club path.

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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.

Why You're Pulling the Ball with an Inside-Out Path

After this video, you'll be able to:

  • Identify how an open club face can lead to pulls even with an inside path
  • Learn how early extension affects your swing path and ball flight
  • Discover techniques to correct pulls by adjusting your hand position

In this video, you'll learn why you might still pull the ball despite having an inside-out swing path. Understanding the role of the club face and how it impacts your shot direction is crucial for improvement.

Video Transcript
WEBVTT

1
00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:08.320
This concept video is "Poles with an Inside Outpath".

2
00:00:08.320 --> 00:00:12.800
So I had a question come in of basically like, "Why do I struggle with poles if

3
00:00:12.800 --> 00:00:13.320
I'm getting

4
00:00:13.320 --> 00:00:15.240
the path more from the inside?"

5
00:00:15.240 --> 00:00:19.850
Historically, we talked about the poles being more of an outside-in pattern

6
00:00:19.850 --> 00:00:20.600
with a club

7
00:00:20.600 --> 00:00:27.190
face that is square to the path, but the overwhelming majority of the start

8
00:00:27.190 --> 00:00:27.800
line is

9
00:00:27.800 --> 00:00:29.480
controlled by the club face.

10
00:00:29.480 --> 00:00:37.830
So some people get an inside path and then they have enough of a scoop that the

11
00:00:37.830 --> 00:00:38.120
club face

12
00:00:38.120 --> 00:00:41.600
is now pointing left of the target, kind of like this.

13
00:00:41.600 --> 00:00:45.200
Now oftentimes when you have a scoop that does make the path go outside-in if

14
00:00:45.200 --> 00:00:45.660
you're

15
00:00:45.660 --> 00:00:50.260
on a launch monitor, but if you have some early extension to complement it and

16
00:00:50.260 --> 00:00:51.000
this is way

17
00:00:51.000 --> 00:00:59.350
back you can easily have a club that is coming well from the inside and start

18
00:00:59.350 --> 00:01:00.120
left of the

19
00:01:00.120 --> 00:01:01.120
target.

20
00:01:01.120 --> 00:01:04.660
Now most of the time when that happens it's going to be a pole draw, not a

21
00:01:04.660 --> 00:01:05.920
classic pole.

22
00:01:05.920 --> 00:01:09.170
So this is where the details of reading your ball flight and seeing how much it

23
00:01:09.170 --> 00:01:09.880
's curving

24
00:01:09.880 --> 00:01:17.030
is really important because classically a pole is going to, that was more of a

25
00:01:17.030 --> 00:01:17.520
club

26
00:01:17.520 --> 00:01:21.640
face pole, not a path pole because that still had a fair amount of draw to it.

27
00:01:21.640 --> 00:01:27.050
I did close the face more than I wanted, but if I get a little bit more outside

28
00:01:27.050 --> 00:01:27.560
-in, that

29
00:01:27.560 --> 00:01:32.120
was more of a straight pole with just a very slight draw to it.

30
00:01:32.120 --> 00:01:35.530
So you can see the classic pole, yes I'm going to swing a little bit more over

31
00:01:35.530 --> 00:01:36.320
the top or

32
00:01:36.320 --> 00:01:44.670
outside-in, but especially at lower speeds, that one doesn't look like it

33
00:01:44.670 --> 00:01:45.880
curves a whole

34
00:01:45.880 --> 00:01:51.160
lot, but it started way left because the club was leaning backward or angled

35
00:01:51.160 --> 00:01:51.800
backward more

36
00:01:51.800 --> 00:01:55.320
like this and that gets the face more close to the path.

37
00:01:55.320 --> 00:01:59.970
So one of the ways to fix poles is getting your hands ahead, especially if your

38
00:01:59.970 --> 00:02:00.360
path

39
00:02:00.360 --> 00:02:04.210
is already coming more from the inside because then it means that your club

40
00:02:04.210 --> 00:02:05.280
face is the primary

41
00:02:05.280 --> 00:02:09.200
reason for your pole, not your club path.

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