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Resisted Swiss Ball Lean
Using resistance can help strengthen a feeling and make a movement easier to recreate. Place a swiss ball between your left shoulder blade and a wall and practice making pivots rolling around the ball. Be extra careful that you don't fall off the ball during the downswing.
Using resistance can help strengthen a feeling and make a movement easier to recreate. Place a swiss ball between your left shoulder blade and a wall and practice making pivots rolling around the ball. Be extra careful that you don't fall off the ball during the downswing.
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Video Transcript
WEBVTT
1
00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:04.580
In this short game drill video, we're going to look at the resisted Swiss ball
2
00:00:04.580 --> 00:00:05.860
lean.
3
00:00:05.860 --> 00:00:11.070
So I talk a lot about this three inch lean and it's getting more and more solid
4
00:00:11.070 --> 00:00:11.540
ified
5
00:00:11.540 --> 00:00:15.320
in my mind that this is just a common pattern that you see among the best.
6
00:00:15.320 --> 00:00:18.740
Rob Neal did a presentation where he showed that the average golfer on all
7
00:00:18.740 --> 00:00:19.360
these shots
8
00:00:19.360 --> 00:00:22.560
inside a hundred yards is going to be moving forward.
9
00:00:22.560 --> 00:00:27.000
I've been collecting more and more data and it just seems to be going that way.
10
00:00:27.000 --> 00:00:30.360
The best guys during the backswing, they're shifting towards the target.
11
00:00:30.360 --> 00:00:36.580
So for those of you who are more feel versus visual learners, you can apply
12
00:00:36.580 --> 00:00:37.600
some principles
13
00:00:37.600 --> 00:00:39.000
of using resistance.
14
00:00:39.000 --> 00:00:42.360
So you can either use a Swiss ball or you can have a cord pulling you away.
15
00:00:42.360 --> 00:00:46.560
But basically what you can do is get into your setup position, kind of like so,
16
00:00:46.560 --> 00:00:46.800
whether
17
00:00:46.800 --> 00:00:53.640
it's for a distance wedge shot or more of a finesse wedge shot.
18
00:00:53.640 --> 00:00:57.360
But in either of these wedge techniques, you're basically going to feel like
19
00:00:57.360 --> 00:00:57.840
you have
20
00:00:57.840 --> 00:01:03.890
a slight pressure shift into this Swiss ball or a slight movement of the upper
21
00:01:03.890 --> 00:01:04.620
body and
22
00:01:04.620 --> 00:01:08.960
pelvis into this Swiss ball to initiate the swing.
23
00:01:08.960 --> 00:01:13.850
What I see a lot when people are trying to first work on this is that they will
24
00:01:13.850 --> 00:01:14.320
kind
25
00:01:14.320 --> 00:01:17.200
of shift away just like so and then try to go back.
26
00:01:17.200 --> 00:01:20.860
And the problem is that little shift from right to left creates a lot of lag
27
00:01:20.860 --> 00:01:21.360
and some
28
00:01:21.360 --> 00:01:25.920
potential power where for hitting shorter shots, you don't really want that.
29
00:01:25.920 --> 00:01:28.760
So this is a great little drill that you can do at home.
30
00:01:28.760 --> 00:01:32.120
You just put a Swiss ball and kind of pin it up against the wall.
31
00:01:32.120 --> 00:01:35.690
I've obviously built kind of my fake wall for your video, but you're going to
32
00:01:35.690 --> 00:01:36.040
place
33
00:01:36.040 --> 00:01:40.540
this up against the wall and just put it right off your shoulder so that as you
34
00:01:40.540 --> 00:01:41.160
turn, you'll
35
00:01:41.160 --> 00:01:46.050
roll a little bit around it, but you'll be able to apply a little bit of
36
00:01:46.050 --> 00:01:47.080
pressure and
37
00:01:47.080 --> 00:01:50.740
kind of start building up that feeling of the upper body, moving a couple
38
00:01:50.740 --> 00:01:51.640
inches towards
39
00:01:51.640 --> 00:01:56.770
the target during the backswing and then continuing to move there or continuing
40
00:01:56.770 --> 00:01:58.040
to stay there
41
00:01:58.040 --> 00:02:01.470
as you come down, so making sure that you're not falling off of it back that
42
00:02:01.470 --> 00:02:01.880
way.
43
00:02:01.880 --> 00:02:05.410
This is a great little kinesthetic feeling to help you learn the position of
44
00:02:05.410 --> 00:02:05.960
the upper
45
00:02:05.960 --> 00:02:10.560
body during either the finesse wedge or the distance wedge shots.
46
00:02:10.560 --> 00:02:12.840
Here's a close up.
47
00:02:12.840 --> 00:02:16.290
So I'm going to have the ball just off my shoulder up against the wall, and
48
00:02:16.290 --> 00:02:16.960
what you'll
49
00:02:16.960 --> 00:02:22.000
see is as I make my backswing, I can actually kind of lean into it and almost
50
00:02:22.000 --> 00:02:22.680
roll.
51
00:02:22.680 --> 00:02:26.700
Now the narrower stance, this would be more like the finesse if I'm kind of
52
00:02:26.700 --> 00:02:27.400
leveled with
53
00:02:27.400 --> 00:02:32.210
my twisted spine, and then I kind of lean forward and just kind of slightly
54
00:02:32.210 --> 00:02:32.880
roll off
55
00:02:32.880 --> 00:02:33.880
of it.
56
00:02:33.880 --> 00:02:36.900
And for those kinesthetic awareness, this is going to give you a great feeling
57
00:02:36.900 --> 00:02:37.240
of what
58
00:02:37.240 --> 00:02:42.060
a proper backswing pivot is going to feel like for these shorter wedge shots or
59
00:02:42.060 --> 00:02:42.360
the
60
00:02:42.360 --> 00:02:43.320
distance wedge shots.
1
00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:04.580
In this short game drill video, we're going to look at the resisted Swiss ball
2
00:00:04.580 --> 00:00:05.860
lean.
3
00:00:05.860 --> 00:00:11.070
So I talk a lot about this three inch lean and it's getting more and more solid
4
00:00:11.070 --> 00:00:11.540
ified
5
00:00:11.540 --> 00:00:15.320
in my mind that this is just a common pattern that you see among the best.
6
00:00:15.320 --> 00:00:18.740
Rob Neal did a presentation where he showed that the average golfer on all
7
00:00:18.740 --> 00:00:19.360
these shots
8
00:00:19.360 --> 00:00:22.560
inside a hundred yards is going to be moving forward.
9
00:00:22.560 --> 00:00:27.000
I've been collecting more and more data and it just seems to be going that way.
10
00:00:27.000 --> 00:00:30.360
The best guys during the backswing, they're shifting towards the target.
11
00:00:30.360 --> 00:00:36.580
So for those of you who are more feel versus visual learners, you can apply
12
00:00:36.580 --> 00:00:37.600
some principles
13
00:00:37.600 --> 00:00:39.000
of using resistance.
14
00:00:39.000 --> 00:00:42.360
So you can either use a Swiss ball or you can have a cord pulling you away.
15
00:00:42.360 --> 00:00:46.560
But basically what you can do is get into your setup position, kind of like so,
16
00:00:46.560 --> 00:00:46.800
whether
17
00:00:46.800 --> 00:00:53.640
it's for a distance wedge shot or more of a finesse wedge shot.
18
00:00:53.640 --> 00:00:57.360
But in either of these wedge techniques, you're basically going to feel like
19
00:00:57.360 --> 00:00:57.840
you have
20
00:00:57.840 --> 00:01:03.890
a slight pressure shift into this Swiss ball or a slight movement of the upper
21
00:01:03.890 --> 00:01:04.620
body and
22
00:01:04.620 --> 00:01:08.960
pelvis into this Swiss ball to initiate the swing.
23
00:01:08.960 --> 00:01:13.850
What I see a lot when people are trying to first work on this is that they will
24
00:01:13.850 --> 00:01:14.320
kind
25
00:01:14.320 --> 00:01:17.200
of shift away just like so and then try to go back.
26
00:01:17.200 --> 00:01:20.860
And the problem is that little shift from right to left creates a lot of lag
27
00:01:20.860 --> 00:01:21.360
and some
28
00:01:21.360 --> 00:01:25.920
potential power where for hitting shorter shots, you don't really want that.
29
00:01:25.920 --> 00:01:28.760
So this is a great little drill that you can do at home.
30
00:01:28.760 --> 00:01:32.120
You just put a Swiss ball and kind of pin it up against the wall.
31
00:01:32.120 --> 00:01:35.690
I've obviously built kind of my fake wall for your video, but you're going to
32
00:01:35.690 --> 00:01:36.040
place
33
00:01:36.040 --> 00:01:40.540
this up against the wall and just put it right off your shoulder so that as you
34
00:01:40.540 --> 00:01:41.160
turn, you'll
35
00:01:41.160 --> 00:01:46.050
roll a little bit around it, but you'll be able to apply a little bit of
36
00:01:46.050 --> 00:01:47.080
pressure and
37
00:01:47.080 --> 00:01:50.740
kind of start building up that feeling of the upper body, moving a couple
38
00:01:50.740 --> 00:01:51.640
inches towards
39
00:01:51.640 --> 00:01:56.770
the target during the backswing and then continuing to move there or continuing
40
00:01:56.770 --> 00:01:58.040
to stay there
41
00:01:58.040 --> 00:02:01.470
as you come down, so making sure that you're not falling off of it back that
42
00:02:01.470 --> 00:02:01.880
way.
43
00:02:01.880 --> 00:02:05.410
This is a great little kinesthetic feeling to help you learn the position of
44
00:02:05.410 --> 00:02:05.960
the upper
45
00:02:05.960 --> 00:02:10.560
body during either the finesse wedge or the distance wedge shots.
46
00:02:10.560 --> 00:02:12.840
Here's a close up.
47
00:02:12.840 --> 00:02:16.290
So I'm going to have the ball just off my shoulder up against the wall, and
48
00:02:16.290 --> 00:02:16.960
what you'll
49
00:02:16.960 --> 00:02:22.000
see is as I make my backswing, I can actually kind of lean into it and almost
50
00:02:22.000 --> 00:02:22.680
roll.
51
00:02:22.680 --> 00:02:26.700
Now the narrower stance, this would be more like the finesse if I'm kind of
52
00:02:26.700 --> 00:02:27.400
leveled with
53
00:02:27.400 --> 00:02:32.210
my twisted spine, and then I kind of lean forward and just kind of slightly
54
00:02:32.210 --> 00:02:32.880
roll off
55
00:02:32.880 --> 00:02:33.880
of it.
56
00:02:33.880 --> 00:02:36.900
And for those kinesthetic awareness, this is going to give you a great feeling
57
00:02:36.900 --> 00:02:37.240
of what
58
00:02:37.240 --> 00:02:42.060
a proper backswing pivot is going to feel like for these shorter wedge shots or
59
00:02:42.060 --> 00:02:42.360
the
60
00:02:42.360 --> 00:02:43.320
distance wedge shots.
Have questions?
Ask Mulligan for help
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.
Resisted Swiss Ball Lean
Using resistance can help strengthen a feeling and make a movement easier to recreate. Place a swiss ball between your left shoulder blade and a wall and practice making pivots rolling around the ball. Be extra careful that you don't fall off the ball during the downswing.
Using resistance can help strengthen a feeling and make a movement easier to recreate. Place a swiss ball between your left shoulder blade and a wall and practice making pivots rolling around the ball. Be extra careful that you don't fall off the ball during the downswing.
Hide
Video Transcript
WEBVTT
1
00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:04.580
In this short game drill video, we're going to look at the resisted Swiss ball
2
00:00:04.580 --> 00:00:05.860
lean.
3
00:00:05.860 --> 00:00:11.070
So I talk a lot about this three inch lean and it's getting more and more solid
4
00:00:11.070 --> 00:00:11.540
ified
5
00:00:11.540 --> 00:00:15.320
in my mind that this is just a common pattern that you see among the best.
6
00:00:15.320 --> 00:00:18.740
Rob Neal did a presentation where he showed that the average golfer on all
7
00:00:18.740 --> 00:00:19.360
these shots
8
00:00:19.360 --> 00:00:22.560
inside a hundred yards is going to be moving forward.
9
00:00:22.560 --> 00:00:27.000
I've been collecting more and more data and it just seems to be going that way.
10
00:00:27.000 --> 00:00:30.360
The best guys during the backswing, they're shifting towards the target.
11
00:00:30.360 --> 00:00:36.580
So for those of you who are more feel versus visual learners, you can apply
12
00:00:36.580 --> 00:00:37.600
some principles
13
00:00:37.600 --> 00:00:39.000
of using resistance.
14
00:00:39.000 --> 00:00:42.360
So you can either use a Swiss ball or you can have a cord pulling you away.
15
00:00:42.360 --> 00:00:46.560
But basically what you can do is get into your setup position, kind of like so,
16
00:00:46.560 --> 00:00:46.800
whether
17
00:00:46.800 --> 00:00:53.640
it's for a distance wedge shot or more of a finesse wedge shot.
18
00:00:53.640 --> 00:00:57.360
But in either of these wedge techniques, you're basically going to feel like
19
00:00:57.360 --> 00:00:57.840
you have
20
00:00:57.840 --> 00:01:03.890
a slight pressure shift into this Swiss ball or a slight movement of the upper
21
00:01:03.890 --> 00:01:04.620
body and
22
00:01:04.620 --> 00:01:08.960
pelvis into this Swiss ball to initiate the swing.
23
00:01:08.960 --> 00:01:13.850
What I see a lot when people are trying to first work on this is that they will
24
00:01:13.850 --> 00:01:14.320
kind
25
00:01:14.320 --> 00:01:17.200
of shift away just like so and then try to go back.
26
00:01:17.200 --> 00:01:20.860
And the problem is that little shift from right to left creates a lot of lag
27
00:01:20.860 --> 00:01:21.360
and some
28
00:01:21.360 --> 00:01:25.920
potential power where for hitting shorter shots, you don't really want that.
29
00:01:25.920 --> 00:01:28.760
So this is a great little drill that you can do at home.
30
00:01:28.760 --> 00:01:32.120
You just put a Swiss ball and kind of pin it up against the wall.
31
00:01:32.120 --> 00:01:35.690
I've obviously built kind of my fake wall for your video, but you're going to
32
00:01:35.690 --> 00:01:36.040
place
33
00:01:36.040 --> 00:01:40.540
this up against the wall and just put it right off your shoulder so that as you
34
00:01:40.540 --> 00:01:41.160
turn, you'll
35
00:01:41.160 --> 00:01:46.050
roll a little bit around it, but you'll be able to apply a little bit of
36
00:01:46.050 --> 00:01:47.080
pressure and
37
00:01:47.080 --> 00:01:50.740
kind of start building up that feeling of the upper body, moving a couple
38
00:01:50.740 --> 00:01:51.640
inches towards
39
00:01:51.640 --> 00:01:56.770
the target during the backswing and then continuing to move there or continuing
40
00:01:56.770 --> 00:01:58.040
to stay there
41
00:01:58.040 --> 00:02:01.470
as you come down, so making sure that you're not falling off of it back that
42
00:02:01.470 --> 00:02:01.880
way.
43
00:02:01.880 --> 00:02:05.410
This is a great little kinesthetic feeling to help you learn the position of
44
00:02:05.410 --> 00:02:05.960
the upper
45
00:02:05.960 --> 00:02:10.560
body during either the finesse wedge or the distance wedge shots.
46
00:02:10.560 --> 00:02:12.840
Here's a close up.
47
00:02:12.840 --> 00:02:16.290
So I'm going to have the ball just off my shoulder up against the wall, and
48
00:02:16.290 --> 00:02:16.960
what you'll
49
00:02:16.960 --> 00:02:22.000
see is as I make my backswing, I can actually kind of lean into it and almost
50
00:02:22.000 --> 00:02:22.680
roll.
51
00:02:22.680 --> 00:02:26.700
Now the narrower stance, this would be more like the finesse if I'm kind of
52
00:02:26.700 --> 00:02:27.400
leveled with
53
00:02:27.400 --> 00:02:32.210
my twisted spine, and then I kind of lean forward and just kind of slightly
54
00:02:32.210 --> 00:02:32.880
roll off
55
00:02:32.880 --> 00:02:33.880
of it.
56
00:02:33.880 --> 00:02:36.900
And for those kinesthetic awareness, this is going to give you a great feeling
57
00:02:36.900 --> 00:02:37.240
of what
58
00:02:37.240 --> 00:02:42.060
a proper backswing pivot is going to feel like for these shorter wedge shots or
59
00:02:42.060 --> 00:02:42.360
the
60
00:02:42.360 --> 00:02:43.320
distance wedge shots.
1
00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:04.580
In this short game drill video, we're going to look at the resisted Swiss ball
2
00:00:04.580 --> 00:00:05.860
lean.
3
00:00:05.860 --> 00:00:11.070
So I talk a lot about this three inch lean and it's getting more and more solid
4
00:00:11.070 --> 00:00:11.540
ified
5
00:00:11.540 --> 00:00:15.320
in my mind that this is just a common pattern that you see among the best.
6
00:00:15.320 --> 00:00:18.740
Rob Neal did a presentation where he showed that the average golfer on all
7
00:00:18.740 --> 00:00:19.360
these shots
8
00:00:19.360 --> 00:00:22.560
inside a hundred yards is going to be moving forward.
9
00:00:22.560 --> 00:00:27.000
I've been collecting more and more data and it just seems to be going that way.
10
00:00:27.000 --> 00:00:30.360
The best guys during the backswing, they're shifting towards the target.
11
00:00:30.360 --> 00:00:36.580
So for those of you who are more feel versus visual learners, you can apply
12
00:00:36.580 --> 00:00:37.600
some principles
13
00:00:37.600 --> 00:00:39.000
of using resistance.
14
00:00:39.000 --> 00:00:42.360
So you can either use a Swiss ball or you can have a cord pulling you away.
15
00:00:42.360 --> 00:00:46.560
But basically what you can do is get into your setup position, kind of like so,
16
00:00:46.560 --> 00:00:46.800
whether
17
00:00:46.800 --> 00:00:53.640
it's for a distance wedge shot or more of a finesse wedge shot.
18
00:00:53.640 --> 00:00:57.360
But in either of these wedge techniques, you're basically going to feel like
19
00:00:57.360 --> 00:00:57.840
you have
20
00:00:57.840 --> 00:01:03.890
a slight pressure shift into this Swiss ball or a slight movement of the upper
21
00:01:03.890 --> 00:01:04.620
body and
22
00:01:04.620 --> 00:01:08.960
pelvis into this Swiss ball to initiate the swing.
23
00:01:08.960 --> 00:01:13.850
What I see a lot when people are trying to first work on this is that they will
24
00:01:13.850 --> 00:01:14.320
kind
25
00:01:14.320 --> 00:01:17.200
of shift away just like so and then try to go back.
26
00:01:17.200 --> 00:01:20.860
And the problem is that little shift from right to left creates a lot of lag
27
00:01:20.860 --> 00:01:21.360
and some
28
00:01:21.360 --> 00:01:25.920
potential power where for hitting shorter shots, you don't really want that.
29
00:01:25.920 --> 00:01:28.760
So this is a great little drill that you can do at home.
30
00:01:28.760 --> 00:01:32.120
You just put a Swiss ball and kind of pin it up against the wall.
31
00:01:32.120 --> 00:01:35.690
I've obviously built kind of my fake wall for your video, but you're going to
32
00:01:35.690 --> 00:01:36.040
place
33
00:01:36.040 --> 00:01:40.540
this up against the wall and just put it right off your shoulder so that as you
34
00:01:40.540 --> 00:01:41.160
turn, you'll
35
00:01:41.160 --> 00:01:46.050
roll a little bit around it, but you'll be able to apply a little bit of
36
00:01:46.050 --> 00:01:47.080
pressure and
37
00:01:47.080 --> 00:01:50.740
kind of start building up that feeling of the upper body, moving a couple
38
00:01:50.740 --> 00:01:51.640
inches towards
39
00:01:51.640 --> 00:01:56.770
the target during the backswing and then continuing to move there or continuing
40
00:01:56.770 --> 00:01:58.040
to stay there
41
00:01:58.040 --> 00:02:01.470
as you come down, so making sure that you're not falling off of it back that
42
00:02:01.470 --> 00:02:01.880
way.
43
00:02:01.880 --> 00:02:05.410
This is a great little kinesthetic feeling to help you learn the position of
44
00:02:05.410 --> 00:02:05.960
the upper
45
00:02:05.960 --> 00:02:10.560
body during either the finesse wedge or the distance wedge shots.
46
00:02:10.560 --> 00:02:12.840
Here's a close up.
47
00:02:12.840 --> 00:02:16.290
So I'm going to have the ball just off my shoulder up against the wall, and
48
00:02:16.290 --> 00:02:16.960
what you'll
49
00:02:16.960 --> 00:02:22.000
see is as I make my backswing, I can actually kind of lean into it and almost
50
00:02:22.000 --> 00:02:22.680
roll.
51
00:02:22.680 --> 00:02:26.700
Now the narrower stance, this would be more like the finesse if I'm kind of
52
00:02:26.700 --> 00:02:27.400
leveled with
53
00:02:27.400 --> 00:02:32.210
my twisted spine, and then I kind of lean forward and just kind of slightly
54
00:02:32.210 --> 00:02:32.880
roll off
55
00:02:32.880 --> 00:02:33.880
of it.
56
00:02:33.880 --> 00:02:36.900
And for those kinesthetic awareness, this is going to give you a great feeling
57
00:02:36.900 --> 00:02:37.240
of what
58
00:02:37.240 --> 00:02:42.060
a proper backswing pivot is going to feel like for these shorter wedge shots or
59
00:02:42.060 --> 00:02:42.360
the
60
00:02:42.360 --> 00:02:43.320
distance wedge shots.
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