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.

Increase Body Speed with the Pump Drill

After this video, you'll be able to:

  • Identify how to use your core and hips to generate more clubhead speed
  • Practice maintaining your swing positions while adding body movement
  • Recognize common pitfalls that can lead to loss of distance during your swing

Learn how to enhance your body speed during the golf swing using the pump drill. This exercise focuses on engaging your core and hips for a more powerful delivery position.

Video Transcript
WEBVTT

1
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This drill is pump for body speed.

2
00:00:03.240 --> 00:00:05.920
So there's a variety of different ways you can use the pump.

3
00:00:05.920 --> 00:00:10.800
The pump is really just a good overall transition movement.

4
00:00:10.800 --> 00:00:16.090
But to specifically work on body speed, we're going to use a couple different

5
00:00:16.090 --> 00:00:17.040
thoughts while

6
00:00:17.040 --> 00:00:19.160
we're working on this pump drill.

7
00:00:19.160 --> 00:00:23.160
So we're still going to use trying to get into a good delivery position, but

8
00:00:23.160 --> 00:00:23.700
now what

9
00:00:23.700 --> 00:00:27.840
we're going to do is while we're making this pump, we're going to try to really

10
00:00:27.840 --> 00:00:28.760
kind of

11
00:00:28.760 --> 00:00:34.680
use a little bit more force and try to feel like my abs and my hips are really

12
00:00:34.680 --> 00:00:35.280
kind of

13
00:00:35.280 --> 00:00:36.840
pulling on the club.

14
00:00:36.840 --> 00:00:43.260
So I'm going to try to get some extra kind of body speed and then let the

15
00:00:43.260 --> 00:00:44.840
release happen

16
00:00:44.840 --> 00:00:46.000
kind of later.

17
00:00:46.000 --> 00:00:52.640
So I want to make sure that I'm not really losing any of my positions.

18
00:00:52.640 --> 00:00:56.660
What can happen is a lot of golfers start working on arm shallowing and then

19
00:00:56.660 --> 00:00:57.280
they work

20
00:00:57.280 --> 00:01:01.110
on the wipe and they get this really pretty looking club path and they're

21
00:01:01.110 --> 00:01:01.760
hitting the

22
00:01:01.760 --> 00:01:03.320
ball really straight.

23
00:01:03.320 --> 00:01:09.020
But what sometimes happens is in order to get that, they kind of shut down

24
00:01:09.020 --> 00:01:10.160
their body.

25
00:01:10.160 --> 00:01:12.640
So their body didn't do any movement.

26
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Then what can happen is you start to potentially complain about losing distance

27
00:01:18.240 --> 00:01:18.560
.

28
00:01:18.560 --> 00:01:20.760
And so we have to add some body movement back in.

29
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We got to get some body speed going.

30
00:01:22.480 --> 00:01:25.970
The two most common ways that golfers will struggle when they start adding body

31
00:01:25.970 --> 00:01:26.360
speed

32
00:01:26.360 --> 00:01:31.680
back in is they will tend to instead of rotate along that path, they'll tend to

33
00:01:31.680 --> 00:01:32.480
stand up.

34
00:01:32.480 --> 00:01:36.980
So they'll kind of feel like I'm rotating but go more into that early extension

35
00:01:36.980 --> 00:01:37.520
pattern

36
00:01:37.520 --> 00:01:42.830
or they'll tend to go more with their body and kind of that forward lunge

37
00:01:42.830 --> 00:01:43.800
pattern.

38
00:01:43.800 --> 00:01:48.410
So from the front, they'll either go into that early extension pattern or they

39
00:01:48.410 --> 00:01:48.760
'll go

40
00:01:48.760 --> 00:01:54.360
into more of that forward lunge pattern or they just won't use their body a

41
00:01:54.360 --> 00:01:54.520
whole

42
00:01:54.520 --> 00:01:58.360
lot and they'll continue to just use the arms.

43
00:01:58.360 --> 00:02:05.060
The pump for body power, our focus is going to be using our legs and using our

44
00:02:05.060 --> 00:02:05.680
hips so

45
00:02:05.680 --> 00:02:11.280
we can do it with taking little steps or we can do it with more of a kind of a

46
00:02:11.280 --> 00:02:11.840
beat the

47
00:02:11.840 --> 00:02:15.720
drum, you know, core activation type feeling.

48
00:02:15.720 --> 00:02:21.820
But the overall drill, I'm going to go up to the top of my swing and then I'm

49
00:02:21.820 --> 00:02:22.400
going

50
00:02:22.400 --> 00:02:26.960
to practice going through that pump a few times.

51
00:02:26.960 --> 00:02:31.320
And then after I created most of the speed with my body, I'm going to let my

52
00:02:31.320 --> 00:02:32.080
arms release

53
00:02:32.080 --> 00:02:36.280
and let my arms go.

54
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Want to make sure that I'm not getting out of position, either of those two

55
00:02:41.030 --> 00:02:41.640
ways.

56
00:02:41.640 --> 00:02:44.800
So I'm making a good pump.

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Just when I'm really trying to kind of use my legs, good.

58
00:02:50.000 --> 00:02:55.520
Once I have a feeling of, okay, that was pretty good job of using my legs.

59
00:02:55.520 --> 00:03:03.180
Now I'm going to try to recreate a swing, feeling that same activation through

60
00:03:03.180 --> 00:03:04.960
my transition,

61
00:03:04.960 --> 00:03:07.040
really feeling my legs get involved.

62
00:03:07.040 --> 00:03:12.030
So if you're struggling with that first initial phase and kind of powering the

63
00:03:12.030 --> 00:03:12.960
swing more with

64
00:03:12.960 --> 00:03:15.640
the body, I recommend the pump drill.

65
00:03:15.640 --> 00:03:19.750
It's much better than, say, a broken transition or more of a position-based

66
00:03:19.750 --> 00:03:20.760
drill because it

67
00:03:20.760 --> 00:03:25.640
will help you with the sequencing of how you want to use your body to create

68
00:03:25.640 --> 00:03:26.560
that initial

69
00:03:26.560 --> 00:03:27.560
speed.

70
00:03:27.560 --> 00:03:28.560
Okay.

71
00:03:28.560 --> 00:03:32.380
So face on, when you're doing this pump for body power, you're going to try and

72
00:03:32.380 --> 00:03:32.640
use that

73
00:03:32.640 --> 00:03:40.400
body speed before you then let your arms go and use that arm and hand speed.

74
00:03:40.400 --> 00:03:43.240
So as we saw from the down line, you still got to make sure that you're getting

75
00:03:43.240 --> 00:03:43.760
the club

76
00:03:43.760 --> 00:03:45.440
in a good position.

77
00:03:45.440 --> 00:03:51.420
But from here, I can either use more of a feeling of really kind of using my

78
00:03:51.420 --> 00:03:52.200
legs and

79
00:03:52.200 --> 00:03:59.000
kind of twisting and pulling, or I can use a little bit of a, you know, pick up

80
00:03:59.000 --> 00:03:59.800
the heel

81
00:03:59.800 --> 00:04:02.040
and kind of get a step.

82
00:04:02.040 --> 00:04:07.720
So a little bit more, almost like the step change of direction drill.

83
00:04:07.720 --> 00:04:15.160
So I can get that feeling of step, step, step and go.

84
00:04:15.160 --> 00:04:18.720
So there are just two different ways of kind of feeling the same thing, but you

85
00:04:18.720 --> 00:04:19.280
'll notice

86
00:04:19.280 --> 00:04:23.980
that one of the tendencies is when you try to get your body involved would be

87
00:04:23.980 --> 00:04:24.680
that early

88
00:04:24.680 --> 00:04:28.630
extension or the more common one you'd see from here would be trying to get

89
00:04:28.630 --> 00:04:29.240
that body

90
00:04:29.240 --> 00:04:33.070
involved and getting more of a lunge and that'll give you more of that steep

91
00:04:33.070 --> 00:04:33.720
contact.

92
00:04:33.720 --> 00:04:39.730
So make sure to monitor that as you're trying to get more body speed, that it's

93
00:04:39.730 --> 00:04:40.680
not taking

94
00:04:40.680 --> 00:04:47.780
you out of position and you're still able to make relatively solid contact with

95
00:04:47.780 --> 00:04:48.380
the pump

96
00:04:48.380 --> 00:04:52.260
drills or with a step, you should always be a little bit more kind of patient

97
00:04:52.260 --> 00:04:53.360
with yourself

98
00:04:53.360 --> 00:04:55.200
as far as precision of contact goes.

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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.

Increase Body Speed with the Pump Drill

After this video, you'll be able to:

  • Identify how to use your core and hips to generate more clubhead speed
  • Practice maintaining your swing positions while adding body movement
  • Recognize common pitfalls that can lead to loss of distance during your swing

Learn how to enhance your body speed during the golf swing using the pump drill. This exercise focuses on engaging your core and hips for a more powerful delivery position.

Video Transcript
WEBVTT

1
00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:03.240
This drill is pump for body speed.

2
00:00:03.240 --> 00:00:05.920
So there's a variety of different ways you can use the pump.

3
00:00:05.920 --> 00:00:10.800
The pump is really just a good overall transition movement.

4
00:00:10.800 --> 00:00:16.090
But to specifically work on body speed, we're going to use a couple different

5
00:00:16.090 --> 00:00:17.040
thoughts while

6
00:00:17.040 --> 00:00:19.160
we're working on this pump drill.

7
00:00:19.160 --> 00:00:23.160
So we're still going to use trying to get into a good delivery position, but

8
00:00:23.160 --> 00:00:23.700
now what

9
00:00:23.700 --> 00:00:27.840
we're going to do is while we're making this pump, we're going to try to really

10
00:00:27.840 --> 00:00:28.760
kind of

11
00:00:28.760 --> 00:00:34.680
use a little bit more force and try to feel like my abs and my hips are really

12
00:00:34.680 --> 00:00:35.280
kind of

13
00:00:35.280 --> 00:00:36.840
pulling on the club.

14
00:00:36.840 --> 00:00:43.260
So I'm going to try to get some extra kind of body speed and then let the

15
00:00:43.260 --> 00:00:44.840
release happen

16
00:00:44.840 --> 00:00:46.000
kind of later.

17
00:00:46.000 --> 00:00:52.640
So I want to make sure that I'm not really losing any of my positions.

18
00:00:52.640 --> 00:00:56.660
What can happen is a lot of golfers start working on arm shallowing and then

19
00:00:56.660 --> 00:00:57.280
they work

20
00:00:57.280 --> 00:01:01.110
on the wipe and they get this really pretty looking club path and they're

21
00:01:01.110 --> 00:01:01.760
hitting the

22
00:01:01.760 --> 00:01:03.320
ball really straight.

23
00:01:03.320 --> 00:01:09.020
But what sometimes happens is in order to get that, they kind of shut down

24
00:01:09.020 --> 00:01:10.160
their body.

25
00:01:10.160 --> 00:01:12.640
So their body didn't do any movement.

26
00:01:12.640 --> 00:01:18.240
Then what can happen is you start to potentially complain about losing distance

27
00:01:18.240 --> 00:01:18.560
.

28
00:01:18.560 --> 00:01:20.760
And so we have to add some body movement back in.

29
00:01:20.760 --> 00:01:22.480
We got to get some body speed going.

30
00:01:22.480 --> 00:01:25.970
The two most common ways that golfers will struggle when they start adding body

31
00:01:25.970 --> 00:01:26.360
speed

32
00:01:26.360 --> 00:01:31.680
back in is they will tend to instead of rotate along that path, they'll tend to

33
00:01:31.680 --> 00:01:32.480
stand up.

34
00:01:32.480 --> 00:01:36.980
So they'll kind of feel like I'm rotating but go more into that early extension

35
00:01:36.980 --> 00:01:37.520
pattern

36
00:01:37.520 --> 00:01:42.830
or they'll tend to go more with their body and kind of that forward lunge

37
00:01:42.830 --> 00:01:43.800
pattern.

38
00:01:43.800 --> 00:01:48.410
So from the front, they'll either go into that early extension pattern or they

39
00:01:48.410 --> 00:01:48.760
'll go

40
00:01:48.760 --> 00:01:54.360
into more of that forward lunge pattern or they just won't use their body a

41
00:01:54.360 --> 00:01:54.520
whole

42
00:01:54.520 --> 00:01:58.360
lot and they'll continue to just use the arms.

43
00:01:58.360 --> 00:02:05.060
The pump for body power, our focus is going to be using our legs and using our

44
00:02:05.060 --> 00:02:05.680
hips so

45
00:02:05.680 --> 00:02:11.280
we can do it with taking little steps or we can do it with more of a kind of a

46
00:02:11.280 --> 00:02:11.840
beat the

47
00:02:11.840 --> 00:02:15.720
drum, you know, core activation type feeling.

48
00:02:15.720 --> 00:02:21.820
But the overall drill, I'm going to go up to the top of my swing and then I'm

49
00:02:21.820 --> 00:02:22.400
going

50
00:02:22.400 --> 00:02:26.960
to practice going through that pump a few times.

51
00:02:26.960 --> 00:02:31.320
And then after I created most of the speed with my body, I'm going to let my

52
00:02:31.320 --> 00:02:32.080
arms release

53
00:02:32.080 --> 00:02:36.280
and let my arms go.

54
00:02:36.280 --> 00:02:41.030
Want to make sure that I'm not getting out of position, either of those two

55
00:02:41.030 --> 00:02:41.640
ways.

56
00:02:41.640 --> 00:02:44.800
So I'm making a good pump.

57
00:02:44.800 --> 00:02:50.000
Just when I'm really trying to kind of use my legs, good.

58
00:02:50.000 --> 00:02:55.520
Once I have a feeling of, okay, that was pretty good job of using my legs.

59
00:02:55.520 --> 00:03:03.180
Now I'm going to try to recreate a swing, feeling that same activation through

60
00:03:03.180 --> 00:03:04.960
my transition,

61
00:03:04.960 --> 00:03:07.040
really feeling my legs get involved.

62
00:03:07.040 --> 00:03:12.030
So if you're struggling with that first initial phase and kind of powering the

63
00:03:12.030 --> 00:03:12.960
swing more with

64
00:03:12.960 --> 00:03:15.640
the body, I recommend the pump drill.

65
00:03:15.640 --> 00:03:19.750
It's much better than, say, a broken transition or more of a position-based

66
00:03:19.750 --> 00:03:20.760
drill because it

67
00:03:20.760 --> 00:03:25.640
will help you with the sequencing of how you want to use your body to create

68
00:03:25.640 --> 00:03:26.560
that initial

69
00:03:26.560 --> 00:03:27.560
speed.

70
00:03:27.560 --> 00:03:28.560
Okay.

71
00:03:28.560 --> 00:03:32.380
So face on, when you're doing this pump for body power, you're going to try and

72
00:03:32.380 --> 00:03:32.640
use that

73
00:03:32.640 --> 00:03:40.400
body speed before you then let your arms go and use that arm and hand speed.

74
00:03:40.400 --> 00:03:43.240
So as we saw from the down line, you still got to make sure that you're getting

75
00:03:43.240 --> 00:03:43.760
the club

76
00:03:43.760 --> 00:03:45.440
in a good position.

77
00:03:45.440 --> 00:03:51.420
But from here, I can either use more of a feeling of really kind of using my

78
00:03:51.420 --> 00:03:52.200
legs and

79
00:03:52.200 --> 00:03:59.000
kind of twisting and pulling, or I can use a little bit of a, you know, pick up

80
00:03:59.000 --> 00:03:59.800
the heel

81
00:03:59.800 --> 00:04:02.040
and kind of get a step.

82
00:04:02.040 --> 00:04:07.720
So a little bit more, almost like the step change of direction drill.

83
00:04:07.720 --> 00:04:15.160
So I can get that feeling of step, step, step and go.

84
00:04:15.160 --> 00:04:18.720
So there are just two different ways of kind of feeling the same thing, but you

85
00:04:18.720 --> 00:04:19.280
'll notice

86
00:04:19.280 --> 00:04:23.980
that one of the tendencies is when you try to get your body involved would be

87
00:04:23.980 --> 00:04:24.680
that early

88
00:04:24.680 --> 00:04:28.630
extension or the more common one you'd see from here would be trying to get

89
00:04:28.630 --> 00:04:29.240
that body

90
00:04:29.240 --> 00:04:33.070
involved and getting more of a lunge and that'll give you more of that steep

91
00:04:33.070 --> 00:04:33.720
contact.

92
00:04:33.720 --> 00:04:39.730
So make sure to monitor that as you're trying to get more body speed, that it's

93
00:04:39.730 --> 00:04:40.680
not taking

94
00:04:40.680 --> 00:04:47.780
you out of position and you're still able to make relatively solid contact with

95
00:04:47.780 --> 00:04:48.380
the pump

96
00:04:48.380 --> 00:04:52.260
drills or with a step, you should always be a little bit more kind of patient

97
00:04:52.260 --> 00:04:53.360
with yourself

98
00:04:53.360 --> 00:04:55.200
as far as precision of contact goes.

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