Right Arm Pull, Left Arm Push
Here is a fun way to look at “rotation”. I put it in quotes, because rotation may not actually be rotation, the way you are used to thinking about it. If I flex the left side of my body, and I extend the right side of my body, notice how it creates “rotation. So you can either think of it in this way, or you can think of it as a front side (left) and a backside (right) movement. So, during the takeaway, the left side can push across your body and the right arm can pull the backside of your body to rotate. Notice however, that if your left arm pushes, you will tend to drift off the ball. It is rare to find a tour pro who shifts more than 2-3 inches off the ball in the backswing, but it’s quite common to find higher handicapers. This can sometimes be corrected by learning to pull the club with the right side of the body.
Here is a fun way to look at “rotation”. I put it in quotes, because rotation may not actually be rotation, the way you are used to thinking about it. If I flex the left side of my body, and I extend the right side of my body, notice how it creates “rotation. So you can either think of it in this way, or you can think of it as a front side (left) and a backside (right) movement. So, during the takeaway, the left side can push across your body and the right arm can pull the backside of your body to rotate. Notice however, that if your left arm pushes, you will tend to drift off the ball. It is rare to find a tour pro who shifts more than 2-3 inches off the ball in the backswing, but it’s quite common to find higher handicapers. This can sometimes be corrected by learning to pull the club with the right side of the body.
Video Transcript
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This drill is called emphasizing the right arm pull and it's to help you create
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this centered one-piece takeaway backswing
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so
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one way to think about rotation that you may not have thought before is
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There's no muscles that really cross my spine right so
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Most of the muscles in my body kind of stop at this midline both in the front
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and the back
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So one way to think about rotation is if I flex my left side and I extend my
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right side
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Can you see how that created something that looks very much like rotation
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because it's exactly the same?
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What we typically see with golfers is they overemphasize one or the other and
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the one that we'll
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See the most of or the one that I see the most of is the left side
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flexing without having the right side extend and
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If you flex the left side without extending the right side
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Then what ends up happening is the upper body starts drifting away from the
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golf ball and it's going to move the bottom of your swing
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behind the golf ball it's going to get you
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outside of your base of support will make you so hard to push off and
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It's going to make you very prone to hitting the ball fat hitting the ball thin
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and
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Having a path that's either way too into out or way too out to end
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Depending on how you compensate so one of the things that you can focus on is
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if you bring your hands up like so
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You can push one arm and pull with the other
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Like this. So if I stand here, you'll see I push with the left and I pull with
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the right
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I push with the left and I pull with the right and if I turn around when I do
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this
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You can see that this shoulder blade actually ends up working towards my spine
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So as you do this takeaway movement
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Focus on feeling that right side feeling more like it pulls up and back
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Versus the left side reaching across like so and it will help the spine control
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this one-piece takeaway
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Instead of just the arms. So it's a great drill for working on the connection
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and
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The realization of how your spine actually moves which will set you up for the
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rest of the backswing
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Here is a fun way to look at “rotation”. I put it in quotes, because rotation may not actually be rotation, the way you are used to thinking about it. If I flex the left side of my body, and I extend the right side of my body, notice how it creates “rotation. So you can either think of it in this way, or you can think of it as a front side (left) and a backside (right) movement. So, during the takeaway, the left side can push across your body and the right arm can pull the backside of your body to rotate. Notice however, that if your left arm pushes, you will tend to drift off the ball. It is rare to find a tour pro who shifts more than 2-3 inches off the ball in the backswing, but it’s quite common to find higher handicapers. This can sometimes be corrected by learning to pull the club with the right side of the body.
Here is a fun way to look at “rotation”. I put it in quotes, because rotation may not actually be rotation, the way you are used to thinking about it. If I flex the left side of my body, and I extend the right side of my body, notice how it creates “rotation. So you can either think of it in this way, or you can think of it as a front side (left) and a backside (right) movement. So, during the takeaway, the left side can push across your body and the right arm can pull the backside of your body to rotate. Notice however, that if your left arm pushes, you will tend to drift off the ball. It is rare to find a tour pro who shifts more than 2-3 inches off the ball in the backswing, but it’s quite common to find higher handicapers. This can sometimes be corrected by learning to pull the club with the right side of the body.
Video Transcript
1
00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:04.800
This drill is called emphasizing the right arm pull and it's to help you create
2
00:00:04.800 --> 00:00:07.740
this centered one-piece takeaway backswing
3
00:00:07.740 --> 00:00:09.960
so
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00:00:09.960 --> 00:00:14.000
one way to think about rotation that you may not have thought before is
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00:00:14.000 --> 00:00:19.460
There's no muscles that really cross my spine right so
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00:00:19.460 --> 00:00:23.600
Most of the muscles in my body kind of stop at this midline both in the front
7
00:00:23.600 --> 00:00:24.100
and the back
8
00:00:24.200 --> 00:00:30.450
So one way to think about rotation is if I flex my left side and I extend my
9
00:00:30.450 --> 00:00:31.000
right side
10
00:00:31.000 --> 00:00:34.220
Can you see how that created something that looks very much like rotation
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00:00:34.220 --> 00:00:35.620
because it's exactly the same?
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00:00:35.620 --> 00:00:41.090
What we typically see with golfers is they overemphasize one or the other and
13
00:00:41.090 --> 00:00:42.100
the one that we'll
14
00:00:42.100 --> 00:00:46.960
See the most of or the one that I see the most of is the left side
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00:00:46.960 --> 00:00:51.080
flexing without having the right side extend and
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00:00:51.680 --> 00:00:55.540
If you flex the left side without extending the right side
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00:00:55.540 --> 00:01:00.540
Then what ends up happening is the upper body starts drifting away from the
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00:01:00.540 --> 00:01:02.840
golf ball and it's going to move the bottom of your swing
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00:01:02.840 --> 00:01:04.840
behind the golf ball it's going to get you
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00:01:04.840 --> 00:01:08.560
outside of your base of support will make you so hard to push off and
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00:01:08.560 --> 00:01:13.080
It's going to make you very prone to hitting the ball fat hitting the ball thin
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00:01:13.080 --> 00:01:13.440
and
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Having a path that's either way too into out or way too out to end
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00:01:18.320 --> 00:01:22.670
Depending on how you compensate so one of the things that you can focus on is
25
00:01:22.670 --> 00:01:25.160
if you bring your hands up like so
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00:01:25.160 --> 00:01:28.200
You can push one arm and pull with the other
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00:01:28.200 --> 00:01:33.040
Like this. So if I stand here, you'll see I push with the left and I pull with
28
00:01:33.040 --> 00:01:33.600
the right
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00:01:33.600 --> 00:01:38.640
I push with the left and I pull with the right and if I turn around when I do
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00:01:38.640 --> 00:01:39.120
this
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00:01:39.120 --> 00:01:44.680
You can see that this shoulder blade actually ends up working towards my spine
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00:01:45.200 --> 00:01:48.040
So as you do this takeaway movement
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00:01:48.040 --> 00:01:53.480
Focus on feeling that right side feeling more like it pulls up and back
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00:01:53.480 --> 00:01:59.020
Versus the left side reaching across like so and it will help the spine control
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00:01:59.020 --> 00:02:00.080
this one-piece takeaway
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00:02:00.080 --> 00:02:04.480
Instead of just the arms. So it's a great drill for working on the connection
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00:02:04.480 --> 00:02:04.720
and
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00:02:04.720 --> 00:02:09.070
The realization of how your spine actually moves which will set you up for the
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00:02:09.070 --> 00:02:10.400
rest of the backswing
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