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Quick Vs Slow in Transition
Golfers that will tend to feel slow in transition usually have a swing that is steep and upper body dominated. When they get a more balanced sequence, the swing usually feels slow. However, golfers who have more early extension, slide, or excessive lower body use will often report feeling their swing is quicker or more compact. Don't be scared of either feeling but trust the one that applies to your game.
Golfers that will tend to feel slow in transition usually have a swing that is steep and upper body dominated. When they get a more balanced sequence, the swing usually feels slow. However, golfers who have more early extension, slide, or excessive lower body use will often report feeling their swing is quicker or more compact. Don't be scared of either feeling but trust the one that applies to your game.
Video Transcript
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This concept video, we're going to discuss quick versus slow in transition.
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So I had a member question come in about should the transition, he has a couple
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different
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swings, should the transition feel slow or should the transition feel more kind
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of punchy
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or quick?
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Or the way he actually described it was should it feel like one movement where
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everything
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kind of goes at the ball or should it feel like two movements?
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Now I'm always cautious when I answer what should this feel like because in my
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years
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00:00:35.640 --> 00:00:39.950
of coaching I've experienced golfers describing feels that I would have never
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imagined.
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So my normal response is my goal is to use the drill to get you to do it and
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then you
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pay attention and tell me what it feels like.
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In this area of quick versus slow or one versus two I have noticed some trends.
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So in general it can be either so I'm going to give you which way I think it
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will apply
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to you and your swing.
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If you tend to be more lower body dominant, if you tend to have more early
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extension from
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the leg drive or if you tend to have more slide from the knee and ankle drive
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then in
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general I think it will feel quicker and more like one movement because what
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usually happens
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is when you go with your lower body the arms weight and then they have to feel
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like they
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kind of snap down to the bottom where if you do a better job maintaining your
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posture and
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using your abs and your core then you're going to tend to feel that all this is
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more connected
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and that connectedness tends to make things feel like they are happening
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earlier because
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the arms don't really have to wait for this excessive lower body movement.
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The opposite is if you have more of a cast, more of a kind of a lunge or a big
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spin of
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the upper body so if you tend to have more of a shoulder dominant or upper body
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00:02:00.030 --> 00:02:00.560
dominant
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swing then you're most likely going to feel it's much slower when you do it
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correctly.
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So if you get to the top of the swing and you tend to really pull with that
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shoulder or
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you tend to throw it with the arms or you tend to kind of lunge and pull
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forward like
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00:02:15.440 --> 00:02:19.470
that then what will end up happening is there's this new movement of kind of
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00:02:19.470 --> 00:02:20.240
bumping and you
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have to wait until the arms get down to somewhere around here before they end
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00:02:24.310 --> 00:02:25.040
up before they
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00:02:25.040 --> 00:02:31.240
actually fire and so that now starts to feel like it's a more rhythmic or a one
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two kind
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00:02:31.840 --> 00:02:38.260
of like a step than go compared to what you're used to doing which is going
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hard right away
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from the top of the swing.
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So I have noticed this trend it's more upper body dominant you're going to tend
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00:02:44.550 --> 00:02:44.960
to feel
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slow or smooth or one two in transition but if you're more of an early extender
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slider
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then you're going to tend to feel more of a unified one just fire straight from
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the top
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of the swing.
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So if you're looking at video and you're exploring with some tempo feels
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00:03:03.830 --> 00:03:04.840
hopefully this gives
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00:03:04.840 --> 00:03:07.720
you a little direction as far as which you should try.
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My philosophy is you can try both or you can try a tempo related drill and then
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you can
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describe feel free to comment below does your swing feel quick and two part or
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does it feel
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fast and one part I've seen it go both ways when golfers make improvements from
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some type
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00:03:25.480 --> 00:03:29.240
of inconsistent pattern to a little bit closer to the stock tour swing.
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00:03:29.240 --> 00:03:32.960
So we'll try to do one good swing I'll tell you I can't tell you which one it's
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00:03:32.960 --> 00:03:33.280
going
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00:03:33.280 --> 00:03:40.120
to feel like but hopefully it's a good one just like that.
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Ask Mulligan for helpQuick Vs Slow in Transition
Golfers that will tend to feel slow in transition usually have a swing that is steep and upper body dominated. When they get a more balanced sequence, the swing usually feels slow. However, golfers who have more early extension, slide, or excessive lower body use will often report feeling their swing is quicker or more compact. Don't be scared of either feeling but trust the one that applies to your game.
Golfers that will tend to feel slow in transition usually have a swing that is steep and upper body dominated. When they get a more balanced sequence, the swing usually feels slow. However, golfers who have more early extension, slide, or excessive lower body use will often report feeling their swing is quicker or more compact. Don't be scared of either feeling but trust the one that applies to your game.
Video Transcript
1
00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:09.480
This concept video, we're going to discuss quick versus slow in transition.
2
00:00:09.480 --> 00:00:14.870
So I had a member question come in about should the transition, he has a couple
3
00:00:14.870 --> 00:00:15.480
different
4
00:00:15.480 --> 00:00:20.090
swings, should the transition feel slow or should the transition feel more kind
5
00:00:20.090 --> 00:00:20.800
of punchy
6
00:00:20.800 --> 00:00:21.800
or quick?
7
00:00:21.800 --> 00:00:25.800
Or the way he actually described it was should it feel like one movement where
8
00:00:25.800 --> 00:00:26.520
everything
9
00:00:26.520 --> 00:00:30.480
kind of goes at the ball or should it feel like two movements?
10
00:00:30.480 --> 00:00:35.620
Now I'm always cautious when I answer what should this feel like because in my
11
00:00:35.620 --> 00:00:35.640
years
12
00:00:35.640 --> 00:00:39.950
of coaching I've experienced golfers describing feels that I would have never
13
00:00:39.950 --> 00:00:40.780
imagined.
14
00:00:40.780 --> 00:00:46.810
So my normal response is my goal is to use the drill to get you to do it and
15
00:00:46.810 --> 00:00:47.600
then you
16
00:00:47.600 --> 00:00:50.400
pay attention and tell me what it feels like.
17
00:00:50.400 --> 00:00:56.680
In this area of quick versus slow or one versus two I have noticed some trends.
18
00:00:56.680 --> 00:01:01.790
So in general it can be either so I'm going to give you which way I think it
19
00:01:01.790 --> 00:01:02.320
will apply
20
00:01:02.320 --> 00:01:04.200
to you and your swing.
21
00:01:04.200 --> 00:01:09.320
If you tend to be more lower body dominant, if you tend to have more early
22
00:01:09.320 --> 00:01:09.560
extension from
23
00:01:09.560 --> 00:01:15.400
the leg drive or if you tend to have more slide from the knee and ankle drive
24
00:01:15.400 --> 00:01:16.040
then in
25
00:01:16.040 --> 00:01:21.200
general I think it will feel quicker and more like one movement because what
26
00:01:21.200 --> 00:01:21.800
usually happens
27
00:01:21.800 --> 00:01:25.340
is when you go with your lower body the arms weight and then they have to feel
28
00:01:25.340 --> 00:01:25.880
like they
29
00:01:25.880 --> 00:01:31.460
kind of snap down to the bottom where if you do a better job maintaining your
30
00:01:31.460 --> 00:01:32.280
posture and
31
00:01:32.280 --> 00:01:37.450
using your abs and your core then you're going to tend to feel that all this is
32
00:01:37.450 --> 00:01:38.680
more connected
33
00:01:38.680 --> 00:01:43.840
and that connectedness tends to make things feel like they are happening
34
00:01:43.840 --> 00:01:44.680
earlier because
35
00:01:44.680 --> 00:01:50.000
the arms don't really have to wait for this excessive lower body movement.
36
00:01:50.000 --> 00:01:56.120
The opposite is if you have more of a cast, more of a kind of a lunge or a big
37
00:01:56.120 --> 00:01:56.840
spin of
38
00:01:56.840 --> 00:02:00.030
the upper body so if you tend to have more of a shoulder dominant or upper body
39
00:02:00.030 --> 00:02:00.560
dominant
40
00:02:00.560 --> 00:02:05.720
swing then you're most likely going to feel it's much slower when you do it
41
00:02:05.720 --> 00:02:06.200
correctly.
42
00:02:06.200 --> 00:02:09.620
So if you get to the top of the swing and you tend to really pull with that
43
00:02:09.620 --> 00:02:10.240
shoulder or
44
00:02:10.240 --> 00:02:14.530
you tend to throw it with the arms or you tend to kind of lunge and pull
45
00:02:14.530 --> 00:02:15.440
forward like
46
00:02:15.440 --> 00:02:19.470
that then what will end up happening is there's this new movement of kind of
47
00:02:19.470 --> 00:02:20.240
bumping and you
48
00:02:20.240 --> 00:02:24.310
have to wait until the arms get down to somewhere around here before they end
49
00:02:24.310 --> 00:02:25.040
up before they
50
00:02:25.040 --> 00:02:31.240
actually fire and so that now starts to feel like it's a more rhythmic or a one
51
00:02:31.240 --> 00:02:31.840
two kind
52
00:02:31.840 --> 00:02:38.260
of like a step than go compared to what you're used to doing which is going
53
00:02:38.260 --> 00:02:39.560
hard right away
54
00:02:39.560 --> 00:02:41.160
from the top of the swing.
55
00:02:41.160 --> 00:02:44.550
So I have noticed this trend it's more upper body dominant you're going to tend
56
00:02:44.550 --> 00:02:44.960
to feel
57
00:02:44.960 --> 00:02:51.370
slow or smooth or one two in transition but if you're more of an early extender
58
00:02:51.370 --> 00:02:52.080
slider
59
00:02:52.080 --> 00:02:58.480
then you're going to tend to feel more of a unified one just fire straight from
60
00:02:58.480 --> 00:02:59.080
the top
61
00:02:59.080 --> 00:03:00.080
of the swing.
62
00:03:00.080 --> 00:03:03.830
So if you're looking at video and you're exploring with some tempo feels
63
00:03:03.830 --> 00:03:04.840
hopefully this gives
64
00:03:04.840 --> 00:03:07.720
you a little direction as far as which you should try.
65
00:03:07.720 --> 00:03:12.120
My philosophy is you can try both or you can try a tempo related drill and then
66
00:03:12.120 --> 00:03:12.520
you can
67
00:03:12.520 --> 00:03:18.120
describe feel free to comment below does your swing feel quick and two part or
68
00:03:18.120 --> 00:03:18.960
does it feel
69
00:03:18.960 --> 00:03:24.810
fast and one part I've seen it go both ways when golfers make improvements from
70
00:03:24.810 --> 00:03:25.480
some type
71
00:03:25.480 --> 00:03:29.240
of inconsistent pattern to a little bit closer to the stock tour swing.
72
00:03:29.240 --> 00:03:32.960
So we'll try to do one good swing I'll tell you I can't tell you which one it's
73
00:03:32.960 --> 00:03:33.280
going
74
00:03:33.280 --> 00:03:40.120
to feel like but hopefully it's a good one just like that.
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