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Improve Shoulder Movement for a Better Backswing
After this video, you'll be able to:
- Feel how shoulder blade movement controls your body rotation
- Practice engaging your lower body to enhance your transition
- Develop a better understanding of how to initiate your swing with your shoulders
In this drill, you'll learn how to effectively engage your shoulder blades during the backswing and transition, enhancing your overall swing mechanics. Understanding scapular movement can lead to more fluid body rotation and improved shot accuracy.
Video Transcript
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This drill is the scapular triangle.
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So the scapular triangle is a drill for helping you work on using your shoulder
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blades in
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the backswing and in transition.
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And it's a pretty easy drill.
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We're going to put down the club.
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We're going to bring our hands together to form the triangle.
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And now what we're going to do is we're going to feel the scapula movement or
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the shoulder
10
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blade movement is going to control the movement of my body.
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So in this standing just kind of horizontal position, I'm going to pull my
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right shoulder
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blade back.
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And as I pull that right shoulder blade back, it's going to rotate my body to
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the right
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just like this.
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And you'll see just from feeling a pull of that shoulder blade, I'm able to get
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quite
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a bit of body rotation because it's driven by the shoulder blade.
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So it's not quite just like I'm locking my body down and just pulling the
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shoulder blade
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back like this.
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But more, I'm pulling that shoulder blade back and I'm letting my body rotate
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with it.
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So then we're going to add the transition component.
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So now I'm going to do that scapular backswing.
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So I've turned almost 90 degrees.
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And now what I'm going to do is I'm going to start by turning down with the
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lower body,
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which is basically going to be pulling the shoulder blade back because I'm
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turning this
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way.
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It's kind of like if the glove hand is my rib cage, I'm pulling it back.
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And then as I start to rotate this way, effectively, the shoulder blade rotates
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even further back.
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So if I do one where I face this way, you'll probably be able to see from the
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back camera
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there, I'm going to pull that back.
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And now as I start down right there, I'm going to feel pretty much like a
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maximum contraction
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of that right shoulder blade pulling in towards the spine.
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So now we're going to add in the or we're going to add golf posture in the mix.
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So we're going to get down in our golf posture, and now we're going to put our
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hands together.
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The tricky thing here is now when we do the scapular backswing, we're going to
46
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have a
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little bit of arm rotation.
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So it would look, if I did it up here, it would look more like this where it
49
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rotates
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40, 45 degrees or so, as opposed to just doing it kind of while keeping the
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arms in the exact
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same orientation.
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All right, so now scapular backswing, I'm going to pull that shoulder blade
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back and
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let those arms rotate.
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If I put my hands in grip position, that would be pretty close to where I'd
57
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want to be at
58
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the top of the swing with maybe a little extra hip motion, a little extra spine
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extension,
60
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and maybe a little bit more forearm wrist set.
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But let's get that shoulder blade working in the correct fashion.
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So we're going to make this backswing pivot driven by that shoulder blade and
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we'll have
64
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that little rotation.
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And now we're going to go into that transition move.
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And if I wanted to keep going, I just feel like that shoulder blade stays
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engaged and
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my pelvis is bringing it down in position and then I could let the shoulder
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blade go
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after impact or on the follow through side of the ball.
71
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So let's do one more of those.
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I think of this as more of like a good, tai chi exercise that you can do at
73
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home or during
74
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your workout in between sets or to break some of the repetitiveness of hitting
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ball after
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ball after ball.
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This can be a really good isolation drill.
78
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So here we go again, we're going to try to blend it.
79
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So up to the top with a little bit of rotation, feeling mostly shoulder blade
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movement, good.
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Now we're going to lock that in and now we're going to keep that locked in all
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the way down
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to impact and then we can let it come around and through as we go forward.
84
00:03:41.840 --> 00:03:48.200
So now we'll try to tie that feeling to some slow motion golf swings.
85
00:03:48.200 --> 00:03:53.780
So scapular movement here, so we're going to get into our set of posture,
86
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preset a little
87
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bit of that shoulder blade back.
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Now I'm going to feel like I pull that shoulder blade back, pull it a little
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bit more there
90
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in transition and I'm going to go through into that follow through position,
91
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trying to feel
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like that shoulder blade stays back.
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So I think of this one as kind of like more of a tai chi or slow motion drill
94
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really emphasizing
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that shoulder blade back.
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So to challenge it, we're not really going to lengthen the swing because it's
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already
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a full length swing, we're going to ramp up the speed or decrease the time of
99
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those little
100
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pauses for the each of the checkpoints.
101
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So next one, we're going to go just a little bit faster.
102
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So we're going to go scapular up to the top, pull it down and a little bit
103
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faster feels
104
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like a pretty good nine to three and then kind of the last version would be
105
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doing it in
106
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more of a fluid, complete drill, maybe not quite full speed, but fluid drill.
107
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So we're going to feel shoulder blade back kind of like that and it what you'll
108
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usually
109
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feel is a lot more activity or some stretching going on in your lower ribs kind
110
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of in this
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area, this band of your body is going to be doing a lot more movement than you
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're used
113
00:05:08.760 --> 00:05:14.230
to if you're, if you're the type who does more of kind of lifting the arms and
114
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keeping
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that shoulder blade forward from the down the line camera, it makes that
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shoulder look
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like it's really high and it has a tendency to get those arms steep.
118
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But by pulling that shoulder back, it's going to aid rotation and transmit some
119
00:05:25.680 --> 00:05:26.960
of that rotation
120
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nicely to your arms, getting you set up for some really good impact position
121
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angles.
122
00:05:31.960 --> 00:05:34.990
So try that if you're struggling to get your shoulder blades working correctly
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in the golf
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swing.
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Actually after doing that, the next swing feels very body driven and very
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smooth.
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Kind of like that.
1
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This drill is the scapular triangle.
2
00:00:07.640 --> 00:00:12.050
So the scapular triangle is a drill for helping you work on using your shoulder
3
00:00:12.050 --> 00:00:12.600
blades in
4
00:00:12.600 --> 00:00:15.640
the backswing and in transition.
5
00:00:15.640 --> 00:00:17.080
And it's a pretty easy drill.
6
00:00:17.080 --> 00:00:18.880
We're going to put down the club.
7
00:00:18.880 --> 00:00:22.160
We're going to bring our hands together to form the triangle.
8
00:00:22.160 --> 00:00:25.640
And now what we're going to do is we're going to feel the scapula movement or
9
00:00:25.640 --> 00:00:26.200
the shoulder
10
00:00:26.200 --> 00:00:29.760
blade movement is going to control the movement of my body.
11
00:00:29.760 --> 00:00:34.200
So in this standing just kind of horizontal position, I'm going to pull my
12
00:00:34.200 --> 00:00:35.220
right shoulder
13
00:00:35.220 --> 00:00:36.320
blade back.
14
00:00:36.320 --> 00:00:42.380
And as I pull that right shoulder blade back, it's going to rotate my body to
15
00:00:42.380 --> 00:00:43.240
the right
16
00:00:43.240 --> 00:00:44.320
just like this.
17
00:00:44.320 --> 00:00:48.660
And you'll see just from feeling a pull of that shoulder blade, I'm able to get
18
00:00:48.660 --> 00:00:49.120
quite
19
00:00:49.120 --> 00:00:53.920
a bit of body rotation because it's driven by the shoulder blade.
20
00:00:53.920 --> 00:00:57.610
So it's not quite just like I'm locking my body down and just pulling the
21
00:00:57.610 --> 00:00:58.440
shoulder blade
22
00:00:58.440 --> 00:00:59.440
back like this.
23
00:00:59.440 --> 00:01:03.190
But more, I'm pulling that shoulder blade back and I'm letting my body rotate
24
00:01:03.190 --> 00:01:04.280
with it.
25
00:01:04.280 --> 00:01:06.520
So then we're going to add the transition component.
26
00:01:06.520 --> 00:01:08.680
So now I'm going to do that scapular backswing.
27
00:01:08.680 --> 00:01:10.640
So I've turned almost 90 degrees.
28
00:01:10.640 --> 00:01:15.060
And now what I'm going to do is I'm going to start by turning down with the
29
00:01:15.060 --> 00:01:15.840
lower body,
30
00:01:15.840 --> 00:01:21.050
which is basically going to be pulling the shoulder blade back because I'm
31
00:01:21.050 --> 00:01:22.040
turning this
32
00:01:22.040 --> 00:01:23.040
way.
33
00:01:23.040 --> 00:01:27.200
It's kind of like if the glove hand is my rib cage, I'm pulling it back.
34
00:01:27.200 --> 00:01:31.650
And then as I start to rotate this way, effectively, the shoulder blade rotates
35
00:01:31.650 --> 00:01:33.720
even further back.
36
00:01:33.720 --> 00:01:37.980
So if I do one where I face this way, you'll probably be able to see from the
37
00:01:37.980 --> 00:01:38.760
back camera
38
00:01:38.760 --> 00:01:41.640
there, I'm going to pull that back.
39
00:01:41.640 --> 00:01:47.040
And now as I start down right there, I'm going to feel pretty much like a
40
00:01:47.040 --> 00:01:48.800
maximum contraction
41
00:01:48.800 --> 00:01:51.640
of that right shoulder blade pulling in towards the spine.
42
00:01:51.640 --> 00:01:55.160
So now we're going to add in the or we're going to add golf posture in the mix.
43
00:01:55.160 --> 00:01:58.570
So we're going to get down in our golf posture, and now we're going to put our
44
00:01:58.570 --> 00:01:59.520
hands together.
45
00:01:59.520 --> 00:02:02.900
The tricky thing here is now when we do the scapular backswing, we're going to
46
00:02:02.900 --> 00:02:03.320
have a
47
00:02:03.320 --> 00:02:07.080
little bit of arm rotation.
48
00:02:07.080 --> 00:02:11.760
So it would look, if I did it up here, it would look more like this where it
49
00:02:11.760 --> 00:02:12.400
rotates
50
00:02:12.400 --> 00:02:17.750
40, 45 degrees or so, as opposed to just doing it kind of while keeping the
51
00:02:17.750 --> 00:02:18.720
arms in the exact
52
00:02:18.720 --> 00:02:19.720
same orientation.
53
00:02:19.720 --> 00:02:24.270
All right, so now scapular backswing, I'm going to pull that shoulder blade
54
00:02:24.270 --> 00:02:24.880
back and
55
00:02:24.880 --> 00:02:26.320
let those arms rotate.
56
00:02:26.320 --> 00:02:29.530
If I put my hands in grip position, that would be pretty close to where I'd
57
00:02:29.530 --> 00:02:30.240
want to be at
58
00:02:30.240 --> 00:02:35.450
the top of the swing with maybe a little extra hip motion, a little extra spine
59
00:02:35.450 --> 00:02:36.720
extension,
60
00:02:36.720 --> 00:02:40.680
and maybe a little bit more forearm wrist set.
61
00:02:40.680 --> 00:02:44.480
But let's get that shoulder blade working in the correct fashion.
62
00:02:44.480 --> 00:02:48.790
So we're going to make this backswing pivot driven by that shoulder blade and
63
00:02:48.790 --> 00:02:49.320
we'll have
64
00:02:49.320 --> 00:02:50.320
that little rotation.
65
00:02:50.320 --> 00:02:52.840
And now we're going to go into that transition move.
66
00:02:52.840 --> 00:02:56.560
And if I wanted to keep going, I just feel like that shoulder blade stays
67
00:02:56.560 --> 00:02:57.280
engaged and
68
00:02:57.280 --> 00:03:02.490
my pelvis is bringing it down in position and then I could let the shoulder
69
00:03:02.490 --> 00:03:02.920
blade go
70
00:03:02.920 --> 00:03:06.200
after impact or on the follow through side of the ball.
71
00:03:06.200 --> 00:03:07.760
So let's do one more of those.
72
00:03:07.760 --> 00:03:12.190
I think of this as more of like a good, tai chi exercise that you can do at
73
00:03:12.190 --> 00:03:13.000
home or during
74
00:03:13.000 --> 00:03:19.280
your workout in between sets or to break some of the repetitiveness of hitting
75
00:03:19.280 --> 00:03:19.960
ball after
76
00:03:19.960 --> 00:03:20.960
ball after ball.
77
00:03:20.960 --> 00:03:23.120
This can be a really good isolation drill.
78
00:03:23.120 --> 00:03:26.960
So here we go again, we're going to try to blend it.
79
00:03:26.960 --> 00:03:31.090
So up to the top with a little bit of rotation, feeling mostly shoulder blade
80
00:03:31.090 --> 00:03:32.240
movement, good.
81
00:03:32.240 --> 00:03:35.990
Now we're going to lock that in and now we're going to keep that locked in all
82
00:03:35.990 --> 00:03:36.600
the way down
83
00:03:36.600 --> 00:03:41.840
to impact and then we can let it come around and through as we go forward.
84
00:03:41.840 --> 00:03:48.200
So now we'll try to tie that feeling to some slow motion golf swings.
85
00:03:48.200 --> 00:03:53.780
So scapular movement here, so we're going to get into our set of posture,
86
00:03:53.780 --> 00:03:54.840
preset a little
87
00:03:54.840 --> 00:03:56.360
bit of that shoulder blade back.
88
00:03:56.360 --> 00:03:59.710
Now I'm going to feel like I pull that shoulder blade back, pull it a little
89
00:03:59.710 --> 00:04:00.440
bit more there
90
00:04:00.440 --> 00:04:05.090
in transition and I'm going to go through into that follow through position,
91
00:04:05.090 --> 00:04:05.880
trying to feel
92
00:04:05.880 --> 00:04:08.440
like that shoulder blade stays back.
93
00:04:08.440 --> 00:04:12.580
So I think of this one as kind of like more of a tai chi or slow motion drill
94
00:04:12.580 --> 00:04:13.680
really emphasizing
95
00:04:13.680 --> 00:04:15.720
that shoulder blade back.
96
00:04:15.720 --> 00:04:18.490
So to challenge it, we're not really going to lengthen the swing because it's
97
00:04:18.490 --> 00:04:18.920
already
98
00:04:18.920 --> 00:04:22.870
a full length swing, we're going to ramp up the speed or decrease the time of
99
00:04:22.870 --> 00:04:23.520
those little
100
00:04:23.520 --> 00:04:26.080
pauses for the each of the checkpoints.
101
00:04:26.080 --> 00:04:30.480
So next one, we're going to go just a little bit faster.
102
00:04:30.480 --> 00:04:36.050
So we're going to go scapular up to the top, pull it down and a little bit
103
00:04:36.050 --> 00:04:37.200
faster feels
104
00:04:37.200 --> 00:04:43.340
like a pretty good nine to three and then kind of the last version would be
105
00:04:43.340 --> 00:04:44.280
doing it in
106
00:04:44.280 --> 00:04:51.920
more of a fluid, complete drill, maybe not quite full speed, but fluid drill.
107
00:04:51.920 --> 00:04:57.130
So we're going to feel shoulder blade back kind of like that and it what you'll
108
00:04:57.130 --> 00:04:57.720
usually
109
00:04:57.720 --> 00:05:03.530
feel is a lot more activity or some stretching going on in your lower ribs kind
110
00:05:03.530 --> 00:05:04.360
of in this
111
00:05:04.360 --> 00:05:08.250
area, this band of your body is going to be doing a lot more movement than you
112
00:05:08.250 --> 00:05:08.760
're used
113
00:05:08.760 --> 00:05:14.230
to if you're, if you're the type who does more of kind of lifting the arms and
114
00:05:14.230 --> 00:05:15.040
keeping
115
00:05:15.040 --> 00:05:17.830
that shoulder blade forward from the down the line camera, it makes that
116
00:05:17.830 --> 00:05:18.480
shoulder look
117
00:05:18.480 --> 00:05:22.180
like it's really high and it has a tendency to get those arms steep.
118
00:05:22.180 --> 00:05:25.680
But by pulling that shoulder back, it's going to aid rotation and transmit some
119
00:05:25.680 --> 00:05:26.960
of that rotation
120
00:05:26.960 --> 00:05:31.270
nicely to your arms, getting you set up for some really good impact position
121
00:05:31.270 --> 00:05:31.960
angles.
122
00:05:31.960 --> 00:05:34.990
So try that if you're struggling to get your shoulder blades working correctly
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in the golf
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swing.
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Actually after doing that, the next swing feels very body driven and very
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smooth.
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Kind of like that.
Tyler Ferrell is the only person in the world named to Golf Digest's list of
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Improve Shoulder Movement for a Better Backswing
After this video, you'll be able to:
- Feel how shoulder blade movement controls your body rotation
- Practice engaging your lower body to enhance your transition
- Develop a better understanding of how to initiate your swing with your shoulders
In this drill, you'll learn how to effectively engage your shoulder blades during the backswing and transition, enhancing your overall swing mechanics. Understanding scapular movement can lead to more fluid body rotation and improved shot accuracy.
Video Transcript
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This drill is the scapular triangle.
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So the scapular triangle is a drill for helping you work on using your shoulder
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blades in
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the backswing and in transition.
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And it's a pretty easy drill.
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We're going to put down the club.
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We're going to bring our hands together to form the triangle.
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And now what we're going to do is we're going to feel the scapula movement or
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the shoulder
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blade movement is going to control the movement of my body.
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So in this standing just kind of horizontal position, I'm going to pull my
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right shoulder
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blade back.
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And as I pull that right shoulder blade back, it's going to rotate my body to
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the right
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just like this.
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And you'll see just from feeling a pull of that shoulder blade, I'm able to get
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quite
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a bit of body rotation because it's driven by the shoulder blade.
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So it's not quite just like I'm locking my body down and just pulling the
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shoulder blade
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back like this.
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But more, I'm pulling that shoulder blade back and I'm letting my body rotate
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with it.
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So then we're going to add the transition component.
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So now I'm going to do that scapular backswing.
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So I've turned almost 90 degrees.
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And now what I'm going to do is I'm going to start by turning down with the
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lower body,
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which is basically going to be pulling the shoulder blade back because I'm
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turning this
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way.
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It's kind of like if the glove hand is my rib cage, I'm pulling it back.
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And then as I start to rotate this way, effectively, the shoulder blade rotates
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even further back.
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So if I do one where I face this way, you'll probably be able to see from the
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back camera
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there, I'm going to pull that back.
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And now as I start down right there, I'm going to feel pretty much like a
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maximum contraction
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of that right shoulder blade pulling in towards the spine.
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So now we're going to add in the or we're going to add golf posture in the mix.
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So we're going to get down in our golf posture, and now we're going to put our
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hands together.
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The tricky thing here is now when we do the scapular backswing, we're going to
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have a
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little bit of arm rotation.
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So it would look, if I did it up here, it would look more like this where it
49
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rotates
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40, 45 degrees or so, as opposed to just doing it kind of while keeping the
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arms in the exact
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same orientation.
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All right, so now scapular backswing, I'm going to pull that shoulder blade
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back and
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let those arms rotate.
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If I put my hands in grip position, that would be pretty close to where I'd
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want to be at
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the top of the swing with maybe a little extra hip motion, a little extra spine
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extension,
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and maybe a little bit more forearm wrist set.
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But let's get that shoulder blade working in the correct fashion.
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So we're going to make this backswing pivot driven by that shoulder blade and
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we'll have
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that little rotation.
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And now we're going to go into that transition move.
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And if I wanted to keep going, I just feel like that shoulder blade stays
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engaged and
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my pelvis is bringing it down in position and then I could let the shoulder
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blade go
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after impact or on the follow through side of the ball.
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So let's do one more of those.
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I think of this as more of like a good, tai chi exercise that you can do at
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home or during
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your workout in between sets or to break some of the repetitiveness of hitting
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ball after
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ball after ball.
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This can be a really good isolation drill.
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So here we go again, we're going to try to blend it.
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So up to the top with a little bit of rotation, feeling mostly shoulder blade
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movement, good.
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Now we're going to lock that in and now we're going to keep that locked in all
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the way down
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to impact and then we can let it come around and through as we go forward.
84
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So now we'll try to tie that feeling to some slow motion golf swings.
85
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So scapular movement here, so we're going to get into our set of posture,
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preset a little
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bit of that shoulder blade back.
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Now I'm going to feel like I pull that shoulder blade back, pull it a little
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bit more there
90
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in transition and I'm going to go through into that follow through position,
91
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trying to feel
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like that shoulder blade stays back.
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So I think of this one as kind of like more of a tai chi or slow motion drill
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really emphasizing
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that shoulder blade back.
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So to challenge it, we're not really going to lengthen the swing because it's
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already
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a full length swing, we're going to ramp up the speed or decrease the time of
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those little
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pauses for the each of the checkpoints.
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So next one, we're going to go just a little bit faster.
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So we're going to go scapular up to the top, pull it down and a little bit
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faster feels
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like a pretty good nine to three and then kind of the last version would be
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doing it in
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more of a fluid, complete drill, maybe not quite full speed, but fluid drill.
107
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So we're going to feel shoulder blade back kind of like that and it what you'll
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usually
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feel is a lot more activity or some stretching going on in your lower ribs kind
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of in this
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area, this band of your body is going to be doing a lot more movement than you
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're used
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00:05:08.760 --> 00:05:14.230
to if you're, if you're the type who does more of kind of lifting the arms and
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keeping
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that shoulder blade forward from the down the line camera, it makes that
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shoulder look
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like it's really high and it has a tendency to get those arms steep.
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But by pulling that shoulder back, it's going to aid rotation and transmit some
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of that rotation
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nicely to your arms, getting you set up for some really good impact position
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angles.
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So try that if you're struggling to get your shoulder blades working correctly
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in the golf
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swing.
125
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Actually after doing that, the next swing feels very body driven and very
126
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smooth.
127
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Kind of like that.
1
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This drill is the scapular triangle.
2
00:00:07.640 --> 00:00:12.050
So the scapular triangle is a drill for helping you work on using your shoulder
3
00:00:12.050 --> 00:00:12.600
blades in
4
00:00:12.600 --> 00:00:15.640
the backswing and in transition.
5
00:00:15.640 --> 00:00:17.080
And it's a pretty easy drill.
6
00:00:17.080 --> 00:00:18.880
We're going to put down the club.
7
00:00:18.880 --> 00:00:22.160
We're going to bring our hands together to form the triangle.
8
00:00:22.160 --> 00:00:25.640
And now what we're going to do is we're going to feel the scapula movement or
9
00:00:25.640 --> 00:00:26.200
the shoulder
10
00:00:26.200 --> 00:00:29.760
blade movement is going to control the movement of my body.
11
00:00:29.760 --> 00:00:34.200
So in this standing just kind of horizontal position, I'm going to pull my
12
00:00:34.200 --> 00:00:35.220
right shoulder
13
00:00:35.220 --> 00:00:36.320
blade back.
14
00:00:36.320 --> 00:00:42.380
And as I pull that right shoulder blade back, it's going to rotate my body to
15
00:00:42.380 --> 00:00:43.240
the right
16
00:00:43.240 --> 00:00:44.320
just like this.
17
00:00:44.320 --> 00:00:48.660
And you'll see just from feeling a pull of that shoulder blade, I'm able to get
18
00:00:48.660 --> 00:00:49.120
quite
19
00:00:49.120 --> 00:00:53.920
a bit of body rotation because it's driven by the shoulder blade.
20
00:00:53.920 --> 00:00:57.610
So it's not quite just like I'm locking my body down and just pulling the
21
00:00:57.610 --> 00:00:58.440
shoulder blade
22
00:00:58.440 --> 00:00:59.440
back like this.
23
00:00:59.440 --> 00:01:03.190
But more, I'm pulling that shoulder blade back and I'm letting my body rotate
24
00:01:03.190 --> 00:01:04.280
with it.
25
00:01:04.280 --> 00:01:06.520
So then we're going to add the transition component.
26
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So now I'm going to do that scapular backswing.
27
00:01:08.680 --> 00:01:10.640
So I've turned almost 90 degrees.
28
00:01:10.640 --> 00:01:15.060
And now what I'm going to do is I'm going to start by turning down with the
29
00:01:15.060 --> 00:01:15.840
lower body,
30
00:01:15.840 --> 00:01:21.050
which is basically going to be pulling the shoulder blade back because I'm
31
00:01:21.050 --> 00:01:22.040
turning this
32
00:01:22.040 --> 00:01:23.040
way.
33
00:01:23.040 --> 00:01:27.200
It's kind of like if the glove hand is my rib cage, I'm pulling it back.
34
00:01:27.200 --> 00:01:31.650
And then as I start to rotate this way, effectively, the shoulder blade rotates
35
00:01:31.650 --> 00:01:33.720
even further back.
36
00:01:33.720 --> 00:01:37.980
So if I do one where I face this way, you'll probably be able to see from the
37
00:01:37.980 --> 00:01:38.760
back camera
38
00:01:38.760 --> 00:01:41.640
there, I'm going to pull that back.
39
00:01:41.640 --> 00:01:47.040
And now as I start down right there, I'm going to feel pretty much like a
40
00:01:47.040 --> 00:01:48.800
maximum contraction
41
00:01:48.800 --> 00:01:51.640
of that right shoulder blade pulling in towards the spine.
42
00:01:51.640 --> 00:01:55.160
So now we're going to add in the or we're going to add golf posture in the mix.
43
00:01:55.160 --> 00:01:58.570
So we're going to get down in our golf posture, and now we're going to put our
44
00:01:58.570 --> 00:01:59.520
hands together.
45
00:01:59.520 --> 00:02:02.900
The tricky thing here is now when we do the scapular backswing, we're going to
46
00:02:02.900 --> 00:02:03.320
have a
47
00:02:03.320 --> 00:02:07.080
little bit of arm rotation.
48
00:02:07.080 --> 00:02:11.760
So it would look, if I did it up here, it would look more like this where it
49
00:02:11.760 --> 00:02:12.400
rotates
50
00:02:12.400 --> 00:02:17.750
40, 45 degrees or so, as opposed to just doing it kind of while keeping the
51
00:02:17.750 --> 00:02:18.720
arms in the exact
52
00:02:18.720 --> 00:02:19.720
same orientation.
53
00:02:19.720 --> 00:02:24.270
All right, so now scapular backswing, I'm going to pull that shoulder blade
54
00:02:24.270 --> 00:02:24.880
back and
55
00:02:24.880 --> 00:02:26.320
let those arms rotate.
56
00:02:26.320 --> 00:02:29.530
If I put my hands in grip position, that would be pretty close to where I'd
57
00:02:29.530 --> 00:02:30.240
want to be at
58
00:02:30.240 --> 00:02:35.450
the top of the swing with maybe a little extra hip motion, a little extra spine
59
00:02:35.450 --> 00:02:36.720
extension,
60
00:02:36.720 --> 00:02:40.680
and maybe a little bit more forearm wrist set.
61
00:02:40.680 --> 00:02:44.480
But let's get that shoulder blade working in the correct fashion.
62
00:02:44.480 --> 00:02:48.790
So we're going to make this backswing pivot driven by that shoulder blade and
63
00:02:48.790 --> 00:02:49.320
we'll have
64
00:02:49.320 --> 00:02:50.320
that little rotation.
65
00:02:50.320 --> 00:02:52.840
And now we're going to go into that transition move.
66
00:02:52.840 --> 00:02:56.560
And if I wanted to keep going, I just feel like that shoulder blade stays
67
00:02:56.560 --> 00:02:57.280
engaged and
68
00:02:57.280 --> 00:03:02.490
my pelvis is bringing it down in position and then I could let the shoulder
69
00:03:02.490 --> 00:03:02.920
blade go
70
00:03:02.920 --> 00:03:06.200
after impact or on the follow through side of the ball.
71
00:03:06.200 --> 00:03:07.760
So let's do one more of those.
72
00:03:07.760 --> 00:03:12.190
I think of this as more of like a good, tai chi exercise that you can do at
73
00:03:12.190 --> 00:03:13.000
home or during
74
00:03:13.000 --> 00:03:19.280
your workout in between sets or to break some of the repetitiveness of hitting
75
00:03:19.280 --> 00:03:19.960
ball after
76
00:03:19.960 --> 00:03:20.960
ball after ball.
77
00:03:20.960 --> 00:03:23.120
This can be a really good isolation drill.
78
00:03:23.120 --> 00:03:26.960
So here we go again, we're going to try to blend it.
79
00:03:26.960 --> 00:03:31.090
So up to the top with a little bit of rotation, feeling mostly shoulder blade
80
00:03:31.090 --> 00:03:32.240
movement, good.
81
00:03:32.240 --> 00:03:35.990
Now we're going to lock that in and now we're going to keep that locked in all
82
00:03:35.990 --> 00:03:36.600
the way down
83
00:03:36.600 --> 00:03:41.840
to impact and then we can let it come around and through as we go forward.
84
00:03:41.840 --> 00:03:48.200
So now we'll try to tie that feeling to some slow motion golf swings.
85
00:03:48.200 --> 00:03:53.780
So scapular movement here, so we're going to get into our set of posture,
86
00:03:53.780 --> 00:03:54.840
preset a little
87
00:03:54.840 --> 00:03:56.360
bit of that shoulder blade back.
88
00:03:56.360 --> 00:03:59.710
Now I'm going to feel like I pull that shoulder blade back, pull it a little
89
00:03:59.710 --> 00:04:00.440
bit more there
90
00:04:00.440 --> 00:04:05.090
in transition and I'm going to go through into that follow through position,
91
00:04:05.090 --> 00:04:05.880
trying to feel
92
00:04:05.880 --> 00:04:08.440
like that shoulder blade stays back.
93
00:04:08.440 --> 00:04:12.580
So I think of this one as kind of like more of a tai chi or slow motion drill
94
00:04:12.580 --> 00:04:13.680
really emphasizing
95
00:04:13.680 --> 00:04:15.720
that shoulder blade back.
96
00:04:15.720 --> 00:04:18.490
So to challenge it, we're not really going to lengthen the swing because it's
97
00:04:18.490 --> 00:04:18.920
already
98
00:04:18.920 --> 00:04:22.870
a full length swing, we're going to ramp up the speed or decrease the time of
99
00:04:22.870 --> 00:04:23.520
those little
100
00:04:23.520 --> 00:04:26.080
pauses for the each of the checkpoints.
101
00:04:26.080 --> 00:04:30.480
So next one, we're going to go just a little bit faster.
102
00:04:30.480 --> 00:04:36.050
So we're going to go scapular up to the top, pull it down and a little bit
103
00:04:36.050 --> 00:04:37.200
faster feels
104
00:04:37.200 --> 00:04:43.340
like a pretty good nine to three and then kind of the last version would be
105
00:04:43.340 --> 00:04:44.280
doing it in
106
00:04:44.280 --> 00:04:51.920
more of a fluid, complete drill, maybe not quite full speed, but fluid drill.
107
00:04:51.920 --> 00:04:57.130
So we're going to feel shoulder blade back kind of like that and it what you'll
108
00:04:57.130 --> 00:04:57.720
usually
109
00:04:57.720 --> 00:05:03.530
feel is a lot more activity or some stretching going on in your lower ribs kind
110
00:05:03.530 --> 00:05:04.360
of in this
111
00:05:04.360 --> 00:05:08.250
area, this band of your body is going to be doing a lot more movement than you
112
00:05:08.250 --> 00:05:08.760
're used
113
00:05:08.760 --> 00:05:14.230
to if you're, if you're the type who does more of kind of lifting the arms and
114
00:05:14.230 --> 00:05:15.040
keeping
115
00:05:15.040 --> 00:05:17.830
that shoulder blade forward from the down the line camera, it makes that
116
00:05:17.830 --> 00:05:18.480
shoulder look
117
00:05:18.480 --> 00:05:22.180
like it's really high and it has a tendency to get those arms steep.
118
00:05:22.180 --> 00:05:25.680
But by pulling that shoulder back, it's going to aid rotation and transmit some
119
00:05:25.680 --> 00:05:26.960
of that rotation
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nicely to your arms, getting you set up for some really good impact position
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angles.
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So try that if you're struggling to get your shoulder blades working correctly
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in the golf
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swing.
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Actually after doing that, the next swing feels very body driven and very
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smooth.
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Kind of like that.
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