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Revisiting Hit From The Top
Recently I heard two other golfers who claimed to do a lot of the hit from the top drill (aka the pause drill). To do the drill, swing to the top of your swing, stop for at least 2 seconds to avoid momentum, and then start down from the ground up. This drill is really useful for working on new top-of-backswing positions as well as working on eliminating a strong arm pull in transition.
Recently I heard two other golfers who claimed to do a lot of the hit from the top drill (aka the pause drill). To do the drill, swing to the top of your swing, stop for at least 2 seconds to avoid momentum, and then start down from the ground up. This drill is really useful for working on new top-of-backswing positions as well as working on eliminating a strong arm pull in transition.
Hide
Video Transcript
WEBVTT
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This content video is revisiting the pause of the top drill or hit from the top
2
00:00:10.420 --> 00:00:10.880
.
3
00:00:10.880 --> 00:00:16.900
So earlier on, I've created a video called hit from the top.
4
00:00:16.900 --> 00:00:22.000
That was paying homage to Tiger's old drill that Butch Harmon had him working
5
00:00:22.000 --> 00:00:22.320
on.
6
00:00:22.320 --> 00:00:25.890
And it's really good for working on changing the top of your backswing
7
00:00:25.890 --> 00:00:27.000
positions because
8
00:00:27.000 --> 00:00:32.000
it gives you a little bit more time to experience what's going on.
9
00:00:32.000 --> 00:00:36.470
And it gives you, because of that time, you can kind of check things where oft
10
00:00:36.470 --> 00:00:37.560
entimes once
11
00:00:37.560 --> 00:00:41.340
the club and the arms go out of view, a lot of golfers have a hard time feeling
12
00:00:41.340 --> 00:00:41.640
what's
13
00:00:41.640 --> 00:00:43.120
going on.
14
00:00:43.120 --> 00:00:46.480
So this can help really refine the top of the backswing.
15
00:00:46.480 --> 00:00:52.520
Well, I've since heard both Fred Couples and Xander Schofle talk about how that
16
00:00:52.520 --> 00:00:53.280
was one
17
00:00:53.280 --> 00:00:55.520
of their big drills as well.
18
00:00:55.520 --> 00:00:58.470
So we've got three golfers who say that they used to do a lot of this drill
19
00:00:58.470 --> 00:00:59.240
where you go
20
00:00:59.240 --> 00:01:03.240
to the top, stop, and then swing down from there.
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Tiger Woods, Fred Couples, Xander Schofle.
22
00:01:05.280 --> 00:01:12.080
I'd say that's a pretty good cluster of ball strikers to model after.
23
00:01:12.080 --> 00:01:17.510
Now in addition to helping you work on kind of the top of the backswing, it
24
00:01:17.510 --> 00:01:18.160
really helps
25
00:01:18.160 --> 00:01:22.710
with taking away some automatic triggers and working on your downswing
26
00:01:22.710 --> 00:01:23.760
sequencing.
27
00:01:23.760 --> 00:01:29.190
I find that some golfers who get really armsy or kind of pull down or spin with
28
00:01:29.190 --> 00:01:30.520
the shoulders,
29
00:01:30.520 --> 00:01:35.950
when you do more of this hit from the top drill, you get your lower body to
30
00:01:35.950 --> 00:01:36.200
initiate
31
00:01:36.200 --> 00:01:42.190
the downswing without a whole lot of conscious thought, because typically when
32
00:01:42.190 --> 00:01:43.080
you do this
33
00:01:43.080 --> 00:01:49.040
backswing position and you stop there, you'll be a little bit more over that
34
00:01:49.040 --> 00:01:50.120
trail side.
35
00:01:50.120 --> 00:01:53.960
And so if you were to then just fire really hard, you'll tend to have low point
36
00:01:53.960 --> 00:01:54.400
issues
37
00:01:54.400 --> 00:01:58.240
or you'll tend to have paths coming too much outside in.
38
00:01:58.240 --> 00:02:03.470
So if you get to that position, we're up at the top of the swing, stop, and
39
00:02:03.470 --> 00:02:04.160
then from
40
00:02:04.160 --> 00:02:10.200
there, we're going to try and get to our good follow through position.
41
00:02:10.200 --> 00:02:13.760
You'll see that in order to do that, you'll tend to have to have a pretty good
42
00:02:13.760 --> 00:02:14.400
initiation
43
00:02:14.400 --> 00:02:15.960
from the lower body.
44
00:02:15.960 --> 00:02:23.310
Now I do think this drill can be a problem for some golfers who don't connect
45
00:02:23.310 --> 00:02:24.360
the lower
46
00:02:24.360 --> 00:02:31.620
body into the swing very well, in which case may be stopping at more 3/4 and
47
00:02:31.620 --> 00:02:32.920
then kind of
48
00:02:32.920 --> 00:02:38.730
making that pause just before the top of the backswing instead of truly at the
49
00:02:38.730 --> 00:02:39.320
top of the
50
00:02:39.320 --> 00:02:40.320
backswing.
51
00:02:40.320 --> 00:02:45.790
That can help prevent getting too armsy if you're more one of these upper body
52
00:02:45.790 --> 00:02:48.280
spin guys.
53
00:02:48.280 --> 00:02:51.860
But if you look at yourself on video and you don't like either the arms
54
00:02:51.860 --> 00:02:53.280
collapsing or
55
00:02:53.280 --> 00:02:59.450
the body kind of going up or like an excessive trail leg straightening or a
56
00:02:59.450 --> 00:03:00.600
little sway,
57
00:03:00.600 --> 00:03:04.500
one of these kind of like trigger moves that are often subconscious and really
58
00:03:04.500 --> 00:03:04.920
hard to
59
00:03:04.920 --> 00:03:05.920
get out of.
60
00:03:05.920 --> 00:03:11.760
This is an ultimate torture drill, but it can really help clean up both that
61
00:03:11.760 --> 00:03:12.600
top of the
62
00:03:12.600 --> 00:03:19.440
backswing as well as that sequencing and that feeling of a proper transition.
63
00:03:19.440 --> 00:03:21.280
So it's a simple drill.
64
00:03:21.280 --> 00:03:24.580
You just go up to the top of the swing, wait longer than you think is
65
00:03:24.580 --> 00:03:25.440
comfortable.
66
00:03:25.440 --> 00:03:30.570
So usually I say two or three seconds and then from here, you're going to try
67
00:03:30.570 --> 00:03:31.000
and get
68
00:03:31.000 --> 00:03:36.960
into your good downswing delivery and then into your follow through position.
69
00:03:36.960 --> 00:03:40.680
So if you haven't tried it and you want a challenge and you want a sequencing
70
00:03:40.680 --> 00:03:41.000
drill,
71
00:03:41.000 --> 00:03:43.600
I highly recommend you check it out.
72
00:03:43.600 --> 00:03:48.330
Maybe it will become one of your go-tos for resetting some of your sequencing
73
00:03:48.330 --> 00:03:48.820
or top
74
00:03:48.820 --> 00:03:54.280
of the backswing positions just like Tiger, Fred or Xander.
75
00:03:54.280 --> 00:04:04.360
And we'll have to play that way.
1
00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:10.420
This content video is revisiting the pause of the top drill or hit from the top
2
00:00:10.420 --> 00:00:10.880
.
3
00:00:10.880 --> 00:00:16.900
So earlier on, I've created a video called hit from the top.
4
00:00:16.900 --> 00:00:22.000
That was paying homage to Tiger's old drill that Butch Harmon had him working
5
00:00:22.000 --> 00:00:22.320
on.
6
00:00:22.320 --> 00:00:25.890
And it's really good for working on changing the top of your backswing
7
00:00:25.890 --> 00:00:27.000
positions because
8
00:00:27.000 --> 00:00:32.000
it gives you a little bit more time to experience what's going on.
9
00:00:32.000 --> 00:00:36.470
And it gives you, because of that time, you can kind of check things where oft
10
00:00:36.470 --> 00:00:37.560
entimes once
11
00:00:37.560 --> 00:00:41.340
the club and the arms go out of view, a lot of golfers have a hard time feeling
12
00:00:41.340 --> 00:00:41.640
what's
13
00:00:41.640 --> 00:00:43.120
going on.
14
00:00:43.120 --> 00:00:46.480
So this can help really refine the top of the backswing.
15
00:00:46.480 --> 00:00:52.520
Well, I've since heard both Fred Couples and Xander Schofle talk about how that
16
00:00:52.520 --> 00:00:53.280
was one
17
00:00:53.280 --> 00:00:55.520
of their big drills as well.
18
00:00:55.520 --> 00:00:58.470
So we've got three golfers who say that they used to do a lot of this drill
19
00:00:58.470 --> 00:00:59.240
where you go
20
00:00:59.240 --> 00:01:03.240
to the top, stop, and then swing down from there.
21
00:01:03.240 --> 00:01:05.280
Tiger Woods, Fred Couples, Xander Schofle.
22
00:01:05.280 --> 00:01:12.080
I'd say that's a pretty good cluster of ball strikers to model after.
23
00:01:12.080 --> 00:01:17.510
Now in addition to helping you work on kind of the top of the backswing, it
24
00:01:17.510 --> 00:01:18.160
really helps
25
00:01:18.160 --> 00:01:22.710
with taking away some automatic triggers and working on your downswing
26
00:01:22.710 --> 00:01:23.760
sequencing.
27
00:01:23.760 --> 00:01:29.190
I find that some golfers who get really armsy or kind of pull down or spin with
28
00:01:29.190 --> 00:01:30.520
the shoulders,
29
00:01:30.520 --> 00:01:35.950
when you do more of this hit from the top drill, you get your lower body to
30
00:01:35.950 --> 00:01:36.200
initiate
31
00:01:36.200 --> 00:01:42.190
the downswing without a whole lot of conscious thought, because typically when
32
00:01:42.190 --> 00:01:43.080
you do this
33
00:01:43.080 --> 00:01:49.040
backswing position and you stop there, you'll be a little bit more over that
34
00:01:49.040 --> 00:01:50.120
trail side.
35
00:01:50.120 --> 00:01:53.960
And so if you were to then just fire really hard, you'll tend to have low point
36
00:01:53.960 --> 00:01:54.400
issues
37
00:01:54.400 --> 00:01:58.240
or you'll tend to have paths coming too much outside in.
38
00:01:58.240 --> 00:02:03.470
So if you get to that position, we're up at the top of the swing, stop, and
39
00:02:03.470 --> 00:02:04.160
then from
40
00:02:04.160 --> 00:02:10.200
there, we're going to try and get to our good follow through position.
41
00:02:10.200 --> 00:02:13.760
You'll see that in order to do that, you'll tend to have to have a pretty good
42
00:02:13.760 --> 00:02:14.400
initiation
43
00:02:14.400 --> 00:02:15.960
from the lower body.
44
00:02:15.960 --> 00:02:23.310
Now I do think this drill can be a problem for some golfers who don't connect
45
00:02:23.310 --> 00:02:24.360
the lower
46
00:02:24.360 --> 00:02:31.620
body into the swing very well, in which case may be stopping at more 3/4 and
47
00:02:31.620 --> 00:02:32.920
then kind of
48
00:02:32.920 --> 00:02:38.730
making that pause just before the top of the backswing instead of truly at the
49
00:02:38.730 --> 00:02:39.320
top of the
50
00:02:39.320 --> 00:02:40.320
backswing.
51
00:02:40.320 --> 00:02:45.790
That can help prevent getting too armsy if you're more one of these upper body
52
00:02:45.790 --> 00:02:48.280
spin guys.
53
00:02:48.280 --> 00:02:51.860
But if you look at yourself on video and you don't like either the arms
54
00:02:51.860 --> 00:02:53.280
collapsing or
55
00:02:53.280 --> 00:02:59.450
the body kind of going up or like an excessive trail leg straightening or a
56
00:02:59.450 --> 00:03:00.600
little sway,
57
00:03:00.600 --> 00:03:04.500
one of these kind of like trigger moves that are often subconscious and really
58
00:03:04.500 --> 00:03:04.920
hard to
59
00:03:04.920 --> 00:03:05.920
get out of.
60
00:03:05.920 --> 00:03:11.760
This is an ultimate torture drill, but it can really help clean up both that
61
00:03:11.760 --> 00:03:12.600
top of the
62
00:03:12.600 --> 00:03:19.440
backswing as well as that sequencing and that feeling of a proper transition.
63
00:03:19.440 --> 00:03:21.280
So it's a simple drill.
64
00:03:21.280 --> 00:03:24.580
You just go up to the top of the swing, wait longer than you think is
65
00:03:24.580 --> 00:03:25.440
comfortable.
66
00:03:25.440 --> 00:03:30.570
So usually I say two or three seconds and then from here, you're going to try
67
00:03:30.570 --> 00:03:31.000
and get
68
00:03:31.000 --> 00:03:36.960
into your good downswing delivery and then into your follow through position.
69
00:03:36.960 --> 00:03:40.680
So if you haven't tried it and you want a challenge and you want a sequencing
70
00:03:40.680 --> 00:03:41.000
drill,
71
00:03:41.000 --> 00:03:43.600
I highly recommend you check it out.
72
00:03:43.600 --> 00:03:48.330
Maybe it will become one of your go-tos for resetting some of your sequencing
73
00:03:48.330 --> 00:03:48.820
or top
74
00:03:48.820 --> 00:03:54.280
of the backswing positions just like Tiger, Fred or Xander.
75
00:03:54.280 --> 00:04:04.360
And we'll have to play that way.
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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.
Revisiting Hit From The Top
Recently I heard two other golfers who claimed to do a lot of the hit from the top drill (aka the pause drill). To do the drill, swing to the top of your swing, stop for at least 2 seconds to avoid momentum, and then start down from the ground up. This drill is really useful for working on new top-of-backswing positions as well as working on eliminating a strong arm pull in transition.
Recently I heard two other golfers who claimed to do a lot of the hit from the top drill (aka the pause drill). To do the drill, swing to the top of your swing, stop for at least 2 seconds to avoid momentum, and then start down from the ground up. This drill is really useful for working on new top-of-backswing positions as well as working on eliminating a strong arm pull in transition.
Hide
Video Transcript
WEBVTT
1
00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:10.420
This content video is revisiting the pause of the top drill or hit from the top
2
00:00:10.420 --> 00:00:10.880
.
3
00:00:10.880 --> 00:00:16.900
So earlier on, I've created a video called hit from the top.
4
00:00:16.900 --> 00:00:22.000
That was paying homage to Tiger's old drill that Butch Harmon had him working
5
00:00:22.000 --> 00:00:22.320
on.
6
00:00:22.320 --> 00:00:25.890
And it's really good for working on changing the top of your backswing
7
00:00:25.890 --> 00:00:27.000
positions because
8
00:00:27.000 --> 00:00:32.000
it gives you a little bit more time to experience what's going on.
9
00:00:32.000 --> 00:00:36.470
And it gives you, because of that time, you can kind of check things where oft
10
00:00:36.470 --> 00:00:37.560
entimes once
11
00:00:37.560 --> 00:00:41.340
the club and the arms go out of view, a lot of golfers have a hard time feeling
12
00:00:41.340 --> 00:00:41.640
what's
13
00:00:41.640 --> 00:00:43.120
going on.
14
00:00:43.120 --> 00:00:46.480
So this can help really refine the top of the backswing.
15
00:00:46.480 --> 00:00:52.520
Well, I've since heard both Fred Couples and Xander Schofle talk about how that
16
00:00:52.520 --> 00:00:53.280
was one
17
00:00:53.280 --> 00:00:55.520
of their big drills as well.
18
00:00:55.520 --> 00:00:58.470
So we've got three golfers who say that they used to do a lot of this drill
19
00:00:58.470 --> 00:00:59.240
where you go
20
00:00:59.240 --> 00:01:03.240
to the top, stop, and then swing down from there.
21
00:01:03.240 --> 00:01:05.280
Tiger Woods, Fred Couples, Xander Schofle.
22
00:01:05.280 --> 00:01:12.080
I'd say that's a pretty good cluster of ball strikers to model after.
23
00:01:12.080 --> 00:01:17.510
Now in addition to helping you work on kind of the top of the backswing, it
24
00:01:17.510 --> 00:01:18.160
really helps
25
00:01:18.160 --> 00:01:22.710
with taking away some automatic triggers and working on your downswing
26
00:01:22.710 --> 00:01:23.760
sequencing.
27
00:01:23.760 --> 00:01:29.190
I find that some golfers who get really armsy or kind of pull down or spin with
28
00:01:29.190 --> 00:01:30.520
the shoulders,
29
00:01:30.520 --> 00:01:35.950
when you do more of this hit from the top drill, you get your lower body to
30
00:01:35.950 --> 00:01:36.200
initiate
31
00:01:36.200 --> 00:01:42.190
the downswing without a whole lot of conscious thought, because typically when
32
00:01:42.190 --> 00:01:43.080
you do this
33
00:01:43.080 --> 00:01:49.040
backswing position and you stop there, you'll be a little bit more over that
34
00:01:49.040 --> 00:01:50.120
trail side.
35
00:01:50.120 --> 00:01:53.960
And so if you were to then just fire really hard, you'll tend to have low point
36
00:01:53.960 --> 00:01:54.400
issues
37
00:01:54.400 --> 00:01:58.240
or you'll tend to have paths coming too much outside in.
38
00:01:58.240 --> 00:02:03.470
So if you get to that position, we're up at the top of the swing, stop, and
39
00:02:03.470 --> 00:02:04.160
then from
40
00:02:04.160 --> 00:02:10.200
there, we're going to try and get to our good follow through position.
41
00:02:10.200 --> 00:02:13.760
You'll see that in order to do that, you'll tend to have to have a pretty good
42
00:02:13.760 --> 00:02:14.400
initiation
43
00:02:14.400 --> 00:02:15.960
from the lower body.
44
00:02:15.960 --> 00:02:23.310
Now I do think this drill can be a problem for some golfers who don't connect
45
00:02:23.310 --> 00:02:24.360
the lower
46
00:02:24.360 --> 00:02:31.620
body into the swing very well, in which case may be stopping at more 3/4 and
47
00:02:31.620 --> 00:02:32.920
then kind of
48
00:02:32.920 --> 00:02:38.730
making that pause just before the top of the backswing instead of truly at the
49
00:02:38.730 --> 00:02:39.320
top of the
50
00:02:39.320 --> 00:02:40.320
backswing.
51
00:02:40.320 --> 00:02:45.790
That can help prevent getting too armsy if you're more one of these upper body
52
00:02:45.790 --> 00:02:48.280
spin guys.
53
00:02:48.280 --> 00:02:51.860
But if you look at yourself on video and you don't like either the arms
54
00:02:51.860 --> 00:02:53.280
collapsing or
55
00:02:53.280 --> 00:02:59.450
the body kind of going up or like an excessive trail leg straightening or a
56
00:02:59.450 --> 00:03:00.600
little sway,
57
00:03:00.600 --> 00:03:04.500
one of these kind of like trigger moves that are often subconscious and really
58
00:03:04.500 --> 00:03:04.920
hard to
59
00:03:04.920 --> 00:03:05.920
get out of.
60
00:03:05.920 --> 00:03:11.760
This is an ultimate torture drill, but it can really help clean up both that
61
00:03:11.760 --> 00:03:12.600
top of the
62
00:03:12.600 --> 00:03:19.440
backswing as well as that sequencing and that feeling of a proper transition.
63
00:03:19.440 --> 00:03:21.280
So it's a simple drill.
64
00:03:21.280 --> 00:03:24.580
You just go up to the top of the swing, wait longer than you think is
65
00:03:24.580 --> 00:03:25.440
comfortable.
66
00:03:25.440 --> 00:03:30.570
So usually I say two or three seconds and then from here, you're going to try
67
00:03:30.570 --> 00:03:31.000
and get
68
00:03:31.000 --> 00:03:36.960
into your good downswing delivery and then into your follow through position.
69
00:03:36.960 --> 00:03:40.680
So if you haven't tried it and you want a challenge and you want a sequencing
70
00:03:40.680 --> 00:03:41.000
drill,
71
00:03:41.000 --> 00:03:43.600
I highly recommend you check it out.
72
00:03:43.600 --> 00:03:48.330
Maybe it will become one of your go-tos for resetting some of your sequencing
73
00:03:48.330 --> 00:03:48.820
or top
74
00:03:48.820 --> 00:03:54.280
of the backswing positions just like Tiger, Fred or Xander.
75
00:03:54.280 --> 00:04:04.360
And we'll have to play that way.
1
00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:10.420
This content video is revisiting the pause of the top drill or hit from the top
2
00:00:10.420 --> 00:00:10.880
.
3
00:00:10.880 --> 00:00:16.900
So earlier on, I've created a video called hit from the top.
4
00:00:16.900 --> 00:00:22.000
That was paying homage to Tiger's old drill that Butch Harmon had him working
5
00:00:22.000 --> 00:00:22.320
on.
6
00:00:22.320 --> 00:00:25.890
And it's really good for working on changing the top of your backswing
7
00:00:25.890 --> 00:00:27.000
positions because
8
00:00:27.000 --> 00:00:32.000
it gives you a little bit more time to experience what's going on.
9
00:00:32.000 --> 00:00:36.470
And it gives you, because of that time, you can kind of check things where oft
10
00:00:36.470 --> 00:00:37.560
entimes once
11
00:00:37.560 --> 00:00:41.340
the club and the arms go out of view, a lot of golfers have a hard time feeling
12
00:00:41.340 --> 00:00:41.640
what's
13
00:00:41.640 --> 00:00:43.120
going on.
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So this can help really refine the top of the backswing.
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Well, I've since heard both Fred Couples and Xander Schofle talk about how that
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was one
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of their big drills as well.
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So we've got three golfers who say that they used to do a lot of this drill
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where you go
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to the top, stop, and then swing down from there.
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Tiger Woods, Fred Couples, Xander Schofle.
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I'd say that's a pretty good cluster of ball strikers to model after.
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Now in addition to helping you work on kind of the top of the backswing, it
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really helps
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with taking away some automatic triggers and working on your downswing
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sequencing.
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I find that some golfers who get really armsy or kind of pull down or spin with
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the shoulders,
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when you do more of this hit from the top drill, you get your lower body to
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initiate
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the downswing without a whole lot of conscious thought, because typically when
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you do this
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backswing position and you stop there, you'll be a little bit more over that
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trail side.
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And so if you were to then just fire really hard, you'll tend to have low point
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issues
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or you'll tend to have paths coming too much outside in.
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So if you get to that position, we're up at the top of the swing, stop, and
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then from
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there, we're going to try and get to our good follow through position.
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You'll see that in order to do that, you'll tend to have to have a pretty good
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initiation
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from the lower body.
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Now I do think this drill can be a problem for some golfers who don't connect
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the lower
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body into the swing very well, in which case may be stopping at more 3/4 and
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then kind of
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making that pause just before the top of the backswing instead of truly at the
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top of the
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backswing.
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That can help prevent getting too armsy if you're more one of these upper body
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spin guys.
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But if you look at yourself on video and you don't like either the arms
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collapsing or
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the body kind of going up or like an excessive trail leg straightening or a
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little sway,
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one of these kind of like trigger moves that are often subconscious and really
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hard to
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get out of.
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This is an ultimate torture drill, but it can really help clean up both that
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top of the
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backswing as well as that sequencing and that feeling of a proper transition.
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So it's a simple drill.
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You just go up to the top of the swing, wait longer than you think is
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comfortable.
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So usually I say two or three seconds and then from here, you're going to try
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and get
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into your good downswing delivery and then into your follow through position.
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So if you haven't tried it and you want a challenge and you want a sequencing
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drill,
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I highly recommend you check it out.
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Maybe it will become one of your go-tos for resetting some of your sequencing
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or top
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of the backswing positions just like Tiger, Fred or Xander.
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And we'll have to play that way.
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