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Screw into the ground
Improving your lower body movements in the golf swing can help make a swing feel smoother while also being more powerful. It also tends to be less susceptible to big performance drops under pressure. In this drill, we learn how to blend pushing down with twisting to really engage the hip/core muscles early in the downswing. Many golfers with an arm dominant swing tend to straighten the legs immediately after starting the downswing. So one of the challenges, when you start improving your use of the lower body, is to change the timing of the legs. Instead of the legs straightening as you start down, you'll have to get used to them bending some.
Improving your lower body movements in the golf swing can help make a swing feel smoother while also being more powerful. It also tends to be less susceptible to big performance drops under pressure. In this drill, we learn how to blend pushing down with twisting to really engage the hip/core muscles early in the downswing. Many golfers with an arm dominant swing tend to straighten the legs immediately after starting the downswing. So one of the challenges, when you start improving your use of the lower body, is to change the timing of the legs. Instead of the legs straightening as you start down, you'll have to get used to them bending some.
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This drill is screw into the ground.
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So this is a drill for golfers who have a hard time getting rotation out of the
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lower
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body.
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I do want to caution that this is not the best drill for golfers who are
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struggling
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with more of a hangback because this tends to focus more on the rotation and
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not enough
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of the Jackson 5 or the bump or the weight shift before the rotation.
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So I consider this kind of a compliment to more of the 360 jump.
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00:00:35.320 --> 00:00:39.580
For golfers who have a hard time feeling in transition of a little bit more
12
00:00:39.580 --> 00:00:40.400
lowering with
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the rotation, this can be a good way to get a feeling especially in that front
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leg.
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So we're going to use a Frisbee or a furniture slider first to take away some
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friction before
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we then add more of a loaded version.
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So what we're going to try to do here, I've got the furniture slider or if you
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've got
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a Frisbee or even a paper plate can work, you're going to put it under your
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front foot.
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So for me, under my left foot, and then what I'm going to do is even without
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the golf
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club at first, all I'm going to try and do is I'm just trying to screw this
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foot into
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the ground.
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So I'm going to feel like I'm going to be pushing against the ground as I turn
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that foot
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towards the target.
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Like this, and I'll feel my pelvis lower as well as it drops down and I'll feel
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that
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in order to push in the ground, I have to have my hip in a good alignment with
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the foot.
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If I go too far here, I don't have a lot to push with.
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And if I'm way over this right foot, I don't have a lot to push with.
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So it helps me feel that alignment of the hip right on top of the ankle.
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So then what I really like to do is I'll then go to a spot of grass and
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actually try to
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get you or try to get my students to dig a hole by twisting the foot.
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I remember when I worked with a long drive guy in Denver, we would have to move
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the station
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about every five balls, this one practice session because he was just tearing
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into the ground
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so much.
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Okay, so now we've got this feeling and you'll see you can potentially hit some
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really easy
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shots, but because it doesn't have any friction, it's really easy to get out of
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hand or it's
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really easy to get into a dangerous position and kind of slide yourself out of
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alignment.
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But if I were to do this as kind of a pump feel where I'm spinning while
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pushing down
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into that leg, that would load into that kind of delivery position.
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And then from there, I would feel like I could come out of it.
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Now, like I said, because you don't have the friction, it's actually really
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hard to hit
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balls with it.
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But it's great for getting that initial feeling of the combination of down with
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twist.
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And it gives you a little bit of the feeling of the weight shift.
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So now we're going to try and we're going to do that delivery pump kind of
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focusing
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on that lead leg screwing into the ground or trying to dig a hole as it's
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twisting.
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So go up to the top of your swing.
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Now we're going to try and dig that hole while we're twisting a couple times.
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And then at the end of that pump, let it go.
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This can also, I've seen this work really well for helping golfers from the
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down the
70
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line video, getting more of their lower body open.
71
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Because as you're doing this, it's really hard to do it from the upper body.
72
00:03:46.560 --> 00:03:50.640
So if you're using the slider or especially if you're doing it against the
73
00:03:50.640 --> 00:03:51.480
ground, you
74
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can get a sense of doing it with just the lower body, especially if you have a
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club in
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your hand and you're monitoring this delivery position and not letting the
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upper body do
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it and bring the club out.
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If I'm just kind of twisting there, I feel a really good core, oblique and gl
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ute activity
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as I'm doing this exercise.
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So now I'm going to do that pump one more time.
83
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So up to the top of the swing, I'm going to screw into the ground, trying to
84
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get that
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lower body open once I have a feel.
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And I'm just going to let those arms release however I've been practicing.
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Now I'm going to try to work on the timing of it.
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So you'll notice when I'm doing this, my upper body is getting into this
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position.
90
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So as I'm screwing into the ground, I'm going to feel like my lower body gets
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into this
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position and then they're both going to release together.
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Some golfers who have trouble with the timing of this lower body will continue
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screwing into
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the ground all the way down to impact.
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So that would look more kind of like this where I was screwing all the way down
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into
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impact and I had to just throw my arms.
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Where if I do it with a little bit better timing, then I'm going to screw into
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the ground and
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then push up out of the ground as my release begins.
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So there's a sense of more of this one too versus just a one if I have more of
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this upper
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body dominant swing or more of a really rapid impulse which tends to prevent me
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from getting
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my lower body to work properly.
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So if you're struggling with your transition delivery position where either you
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are extending
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this leg and coming up right away, which is a company with more of an arm pull,
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this one
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can help or if you're sliding so far that you're past the foot and then left
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with just
113
00:05:52.880 --> 00:05:55.080
a throw, this one can help.
114
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So it's really good for a couple kind of lower body dysfunctions in transition.
115
00:06:00.660 --> 00:06:05.810
So now we'll try one with just kind of that screw feeling with the timing of
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the drop
117
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and then the push.
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Kind of like that.
1
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This drill is screw into the ground.
2
00:00:07.840 --> 00:00:12.990
So this is a drill for golfers who have a hard time getting rotation out of the
3
00:00:12.990 --> 00:00:13.080
lower
4
00:00:13.080 --> 00:00:14.080
body.
5
00:00:14.080 --> 00:00:17.580
I do want to caution that this is not the best drill for golfers who are
6
00:00:17.580 --> 00:00:18.300
struggling
7
00:00:18.300 --> 00:00:23.720
with more of a hangback because this tends to focus more on the rotation and
8
00:00:23.720 --> 00:00:24.640
not enough
9
00:00:24.640 --> 00:00:29.800
of the Jackson 5 or the bump or the weight shift before the rotation.
10
00:00:29.800 --> 00:00:35.320
So I consider this kind of a compliment to more of the 360 jump.
11
00:00:35.320 --> 00:00:39.580
For golfers who have a hard time feeling in transition of a little bit more
12
00:00:39.580 --> 00:00:40.400
lowering with
13
00:00:40.400 --> 00:00:46.750
the rotation, this can be a good way to get a feeling especially in that front
14
00:00:46.750 --> 00:00:47.400
leg.
15
00:00:47.400 --> 00:00:53.450
So we're going to use a Frisbee or a furniture slider first to take away some
16
00:00:53.450 --> 00:00:54.640
friction before
17
00:00:54.640 --> 00:00:57.440
we then add more of a loaded version.
18
00:00:57.440 --> 00:01:01.360
So what we're going to try to do here, I've got the furniture slider or if you
19
00:01:01.360 --> 00:01:01.760
've got
20
00:01:01.760 --> 00:01:05.790
a Frisbee or even a paper plate can work, you're going to put it under your
21
00:01:05.790 --> 00:01:07.000
front foot.
22
00:01:07.000 --> 00:01:11.470
So for me, under my left foot, and then what I'm going to do is even without
23
00:01:11.470 --> 00:01:12.120
the golf
24
00:01:12.120 --> 00:01:17.380
club at first, all I'm going to try and do is I'm just trying to screw this
25
00:01:17.380 --> 00:01:17.920
foot into
26
00:01:17.920 --> 00:01:18.920
the ground.
27
00:01:18.920 --> 00:01:22.960
So I'm going to feel like I'm going to be pushing against the ground as I turn
28
00:01:22.960 --> 00:01:24.120
that foot
29
00:01:24.120 --> 00:01:25.960
towards the target.
30
00:01:25.960 --> 00:01:31.720
Like this, and I'll feel my pelvis lower as well as it drops down and I'll feel
31
00:01:31.720 --> 00:01:32.120
that
32
00:01:32.120 --> 00:01:36.470
in order to push in the ground, I have to have my hip in a good alignment with
33
00:01:36.470 --> 00:01:37.120
the foot.
34
00:01:37.120 --> 00:01:40.960
If I go too far here, I don't have a lot to push with.
35
00:01:40.960 --> 00:01:44.400
And if I'm way over this right foot, I don't have a lot to push with.
36
00:01:44.400 --> 00:01:49.480
So it helps me feel that alignment of the hip right on top of the ankle.
37
00:01:49.480 --> 00:01:54.740
So then what I really like to do is I'll then go to a spot of grass and
38
00:01:54.740 --> 00:01:56.080
actually try to
39
00:01:56.080 --> 00:02:01.840
get you or try to get my students to dig a hole by twisting the foot.
40
00:02:01.840 --> 00:02:05.840
I remember when I worked with a long drive guy in Denver, we would have to move
41
00:02:05.840 --> 00:02:06.700
the station
42
00:02:06.700 --> 00:02:11.260
about every five balls, this one practice session because he was just tearing
43
00:02:11.260 --> 00:02:12.040
into the ground
44
00:02:12.040 --> 00:02:13.040
so much.
45
00:02:13.040 --> 00:02:20.490
Okay, so now we've got this feeling and you'll see you can potentially hit some
46
00:02:20.490 --> 00:02:21.200
really easy
47
00:02:21.200 --> 00:02:27.530
shots, but because it doesn't have any friction, it's really easy to get out of
48
00:02:27.530 --> 00:02:28.560
hand or it's
49
00:02:28.560 --> 00:02:33.820
really easy to get into a dangerous position and kind of slide yourself out of
50
00:02:33.820 --> 00:02:34.320
alignment.
51
00:02:34.320 --> 00:02:39.740
But if I were to do this as kind of a pump feel where I'm spinning while
52
00:02:39.740 --> 00:02:40.960
pushing down
53
00:02:40.960 --> 00:02:47.280
into that leg, that would load into that kind of delivery position.
54
00:02:47.280 --> 00:02:50.260
And then from there, I would feel like I could come out of it.
55
00:02:50.260 --> 00:02:53.560
Now, like I said, because you don't have the friction, it's actually really
56
00:02:53.560 --> 00:02:54.160
hard to hit
57
00:02:54.160 --> 00:02:55.800
balls with it.
58
00:02:55.800 --> 00:03:01.920
But it's great for getting that initial feeling of the combination of down with
59
00:03:01.920 --> 00:03:02.760
twist.
60
00:03:02.760 --> 00:03:06.960
And it gives you a little bit of the feeling of the weight shift.
61
00:03:06.960 --> 00:03:12.220
So now we're going to try and we're going to do that delivery pump kind of
62
00:03:12.220 --> 00:03:12.520
focusing
63
00:03:12.520 --> 00:03:18.570
on that lead leg screwing into the ground or trying to dig a hole as it's
64
00:03:18.570 --> 00:03:19.560
twisting.
65
00:03:19.560 --> 00:03:21.920
So go up to the top of your swing.
66
00:03:21.920 --> 00:03:27.680
Now we're going to try and dig that hole while we're twisting a couple times.
67
00:03:27.680 --> 00:03:30.840
And then at the end of that pump, let it go.
68
00:03:30.840 --> 00:03:35.540
This can also, I've seen this work really well for helping golfers from the
69
00:03:35.540 --> 00:03:36.200
down the
70
00:03:36.200 --> 00:03:40.880
line video, getting more of their lower body open.
71
00:03:40.880 --> 00:03:46.560
Because as you're doing this, it's really hard to do it from the upper body.
72
00:03:46.560 --> 00:03:50.640
So if you're using the slider or especially if you're doing it against the
73
00:03:50.640 --> 00:03:51.480
ground, you
74
00:03:51.480 --> 00:03:56.740
can get a sense of doing it with just the lower body, especially if you have a
75
00:03:56.740 --> 00:03:57.240
club in
76
00:03:57.240 --> 00:04:00.890
your hand and you're monitoring this delivery position and not letting the
77
00:04:00.890 --> 00:04:01.640
upper body do
78
00:04:01.640 --> 00:04:03.760
it and bring the club out.
79
00:04:03.760 --> 00:04:09.810
If I'm just kind of twisting there, I feel a really good core, oblique and gl
80
00:04:09.810 --> 00:04:10.720
ute activity
81
00:04:10.720 --> 00:04:13.520
as I'm doing this exercise.
82
00:04:13.520 --> 00:04:16.800
So now I'm going to do that pump one more time.
83
00:04:16.800 --> 00:04:20.330
So up to the top of the swing, I'm going to screw into the ground, trying to
84
00:04:20.330 --> 00:04:20.920
get that
85
00:04:20.920 --> 00:04:25.360
lower body open once I have a feel.
86
00:04:25.360 --> 00:04:29.920
And I'm just going to let those arms release however I've been practicing.
87
00:04:29.920 --> 00:04:33.440
Now I'm going to try to work on the timing of it.
88
00:04:33.440 --> 00:04:37.640
So you'll notice when I'm doing this, my upper body is getting into this
89
00:04:37.640 --> 00:04:38.480
position.
90
00:04:38.480 --> 00:04:42.530
So as I'm screwing into the ground, I'm going to feel like my lower body gets
91
00:04:42.530 --> 00:04:43.040
into this
92
00:04:43.040 --> 00:04:47.240
position and then they're both going to release together.
93
00:04:47.240 --> 00:04:51.440
Some golfers who have trouble with the timing of this lower body will continue
94
00:04:51.440 --> 00:04:52.280
screwing into
95
00:04:52.280 --> 00:04:55.040
the ground all the way down to impact.
96
00:04:55.040 --> 00:05:00.180
So that would look more kind of like this where I was screwing all the way down
97
00:05:00.180 --> 00:05:00.200
into
98
00:05:00.200 --> 00:05:04.200
impact and I had to just throw my arms.
99
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Where if I do it with a little bit better timing, then I'm going to screw into
100
00:05:10.530 --> 00:05:11.560
the ground and
101
00:05:11.560 --> 00:05:14.960
then push up out of the ground as my release begins.
102
00:05:14.960 --> 00:05:25.180
So there's a sense of more of this one too versus just a one if I have more of
103
00:05:25.180 --> 00:05:26.100
this upper
104
00:05:26.100 --> 00:05:30.460
body dominant swing or more of a really rapid impulse which tends to prevent me
105
00:05:30.460 --> 00:05:31.000
from getting
106
00:05:31.000 --> 00:05:33.560
my lower body to work properly.
107
00:05:33.560 --> 00:05:40.590
So if you're struggling with your transition delivery position where either you
108
00:05:40.590 --> 00:05:41.940
are extending
109
00:05:41.940 --> 00:05:47.200
this leg and coming up right away, which is a company with more of an arm pull,
110
00:05:47.200 --> 00:05:47.620
this one
111
00:05:47.620 --> 00:05:52.160
can help or if you're sliding so far that you're past the foot and then left
112
00:05:52.160 --> 00:05:52.880
with just
113
00:05:52.880 --> 00:05:55.080
a throw, this one can help.
114
00:05:55.080 --> 00:06:00.660
So it's really good for a couple kind of lower body dysfunctions in transition.
115
00:06:00.660 --> 00:06:05.810
So now we'll try one with just kind of that screw feeling with the timing of
116
00:06:05.810 --> 00:06:06.340
the drop
117
00:06:06.340 --> 00:06:11.720
and then the push.
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Kind of like that.
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Screw into the ground
Improving your lower body movements in the golf swing can help make a swing feel smoother while also being more powerful. It also tends to be less susceptible to big performance drops under pressure. In this drill, we learn how to blend pushing down with twisting to really engage the hip/core muscles early in the downswing. Many golfers with an arm dominant swing tend to straighten the legs immediately after starting the downswing. So one of the challenges, when you start improving your use of the lower body, is to change the timing of the legs. Instead of the legs straightening as you start down, you'll have to get used to them bending some.
Improving your lower body movements in the golf swing can help make a swing feel smoother while also being more powerful. It also tends to be less susceptible to big performance drops under pressure. In this drill, we learn how to blend pushing down with twisting to really engage the hip/core muscles early in the downswing. Many golfers with an arm dominant swing tend to straighten the legs immediately after starting the downswing. So one of the challenges, when you start improving your use of the lower body, is to change the timing of the legs. Instead of the legs straightening as you start down, you'll have to get used to them bending some.
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This drill is screw into the ground.
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So this is a drill for golfers who have a hard time getting rotation out of the
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lower
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body.
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I do want to caution that this is not the best drill for golfers who are
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struggling
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with more of a hangback because this tends to focus more on the rotation and
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not enough
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of the Jackson 5 or the bump or the weight shift before the rotation.
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So I consider this kind of a compliment to more of the 360 jump.
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For golfers who have a hard time feeling in transition of a little bit more
12
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lowering with
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the rotation, this can be a good way to get a feeling especially in that front
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leg.
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So we're going to use a Frisbee or a furniture slider first to take away some
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friction before
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we then add more of a loaded version.
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So what we're going to try to do here, I've got the furniture slider or if you
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've got
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a Frisbee or even a paper plate can work, you're going to put it under your
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front foot.
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So for me, under my left foot, and then what I'm going to do is even without
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the golf
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club at first, all I'm going to try and do is I'm just trying to screw this
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foot into
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the ground.
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So I'm going to feel like I'm going to be pushing against the ground as I turn
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that foot
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towards the target.
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Like this, and I'll feel my pelvis lower as well as it drops down and I'll feel
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that
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in order to push in the ground, I have to have my hip in a good alignment with
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the foot.
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If I go too far here, I don't have a lot to push with.
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And if I'm way over this right foot, I don't have a lot to push with.
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So it helps me feel that alignment of the hip right on top of the ankle.
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So then what I really like to do is I'll then go to a spot of grass and
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actually try to
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get you or try to get my students to dig a hole by twisting the foot.
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I remember when I worked with a long drive guy in Denver, we would have to move
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the station
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about every five balls, this one practice session because he was just tearing
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into the ground
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so much.
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Okay, so now we've got this feeling and you'll see you can potentially hit some
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really easy
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shots, but because it doesn't have any friction, it's really easy to get out of
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hand or it's
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really easy to get into a dangerous position and kind of slide yourself out of
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alignment.
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But if I were to do this as kind of a pump feel where I'm spinning while
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pushing down
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into that leg, that would load into that kind of delivery position.
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And then from there, I would feel like I could come out of it.
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Now, like I said, because you don't have the friction, it's actually really
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hard to hit
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balls with it.
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But it's great for getting that initial feeling of the combination of down with
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twist.
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And it gives you a little bit of the feeling of the weight shift.
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So now we're going to try and we're going to do that delivery pump kind of
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focusing
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on that lead leg screwing into the ground or trying to dig a hole as it's
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twisting.
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So go up to the top of your swing.
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Now we're going to try and dig that hole while we're twisting a couple times.
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And then at the end of that pump, let it go.
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This can also, I've seen this work really well for helping golfers from the
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down the
70
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line video, getting more of their lower body open.
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Because as you're doing this, it's really hard to do it from the upper body.
72
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So if you're using the slider or especially if you're doing it against the
73
00:03:50.640 --> 00:03:51.480
ground, you
74
00:03:51.480 --> 00:03:56.740
can get a sense of doing it with just the lower body, especially if you have a
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club in
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your hand and you're monitoring this delivery position and not letting the
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upper body do
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it and bring the club out.
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If I'm just kind of twisting there, I feel a really good core, oblique and gl
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ute activity
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as I'm doing this exercise.
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So now I'm going to do that pump one more time.
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So up to the top of the swing, I'm going to screw into the ground, trying to
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get that
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lower body open once I have a feel.
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And I'm just going to let those arms release however I've been practicing.
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Now I'm going to try to work on the timing of it.
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So you'll notice when I'm doing this, my upper body is getting into this
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position.
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So as I'm screwing into the ground, I'm going to feel like my lower body gets
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into this
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position and then they're both going to release together.
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Some golfers who have trouble with the timing of this lower body will continue
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screwing into
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the ground all the way down to impact.
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So that would look more kind of like this where I was screwing all the way down
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into
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impact and I had to just throw my arms.
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Where if I do it with a little bit better timing, then I'm going to screw into
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the ground and
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then push up out of the ground as my release begins.
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So there's a sense of more of this one too versus just a one if I have more of
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this upper
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body dominant swing or more of a really rapid impulse which tends to prevent me
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from getting
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my lower body to work properly.
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So if you're struggling with your transition delivery position where either you
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are extending
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this leg and coming up right away, which is a company with more of an arm pull,
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this one
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can help or if you're sliding so far that you're past the foot and then left
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with just
113
00:05:52.880 --> 00:05:55.080
a throw, this one can help.
114
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So it's really good for a couple kind of lower body dysfunctions in transition.
115
00:06:00.660 --> 00:06:05.810
So now we'll try one with just kind of that screw feeling with the timing of
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the drop
117
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and then the push.
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Kind of like that.
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This drill is screw into the ground.
2
00:00:07.840 --> 00:00:12.990
So this is a drill for golfers who have a hard time getting rotation out of the
3
00:00:12.990 --> 00:00:13.080
lower
4
00:00:13.080 --> 00:00:14.080
body.
5
00:00:14.080 --> 00:00:17.580
I do want to caution that this is not the best drill for golfers who are
6
00:00:17.580 --> 00:00:18.300
struggling
7
00:00:18.300 --> 00:00:23.720
with more of a hangback because this tends to focus more on the rotation and
8
00:00:23.720 --> 00:00:24.640
not enough
9
00:00:24.640 --> 00:00:29.800
of the Jackson 5 or the bump or the weight shift before the rotation.
10
00:00:29.800 --> 00:00:35.320
So I consider this kind of a compliment to more of the 360 jump.
11
00:00:35.320 --> 00:00:39.580
For golfers who have a hard time feeling in transition of a little bit more
12
00:00:39.580 --> 00:00:40.400
lowering with
13
00:00:40.400 --> 00:00:46.750
the rotation, this can be a good way to get a feeling especially in that front
14
00:00:46.750 --> 00:00:47.400
leg.
15
00:00:47.400 --> 00:00:53.450
So we're going to use a Frisbee or a furniture slider first to take away some
16
00:00:53.450 --> 00:00:54.640
friction before
17
00:00:54.640 --> 00:00:57.440
we then add more of a loaded version.
18
00:00:57.440 --> 00:01:01.360
So what we're going to try to do here, I've got the furniture slider or if you
19
00:01:01.360 --> 00:01:01.760
've got
20
00:01:01.760 --> 00:01:05.790
a Frisbee or even a paper plate can work, you're going to put it under your
21
00:01:05.790 --> 00:01:07.000
front foot.
22
00:01:07.000 --> 00:01:11.470
So for me, under my left foot, and then what I'm going to do is even without
23
00:01:11.470 --> 00:01:12.120
the golf
24
00:01:12.120 --> 00:01:17.380
club at first, all I'm going to try and do is I'm just trying to screw this
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00:01:17.380 --> 00:01:17.920
foot into
26
00:01:17.920 --> 00:01:18.920
the ground.
27
00:01:18.920 --> 00:01:22.960
So I'm going to feel like I'm going to be pushing against the ground as I turn
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00:01:22.960 --> 00:01:24.120
that foot
29
00:01:24.120 --> 00:01:25.960
towards the target.
30
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Like this, and I'll feel my pelvis lower as well as it drops down and I'll feel
31
00:01:31.720 --> 00:01:32.120
that
32
00:01:32.120 --> 00:01:36.470
in order to push in the ground, I have to have my hip in a good alignment with
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the foot.
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If I go too far here, I don't have a lot to push with.
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00:01:40.960 --> 00:01:44.400
And if I'm way over this right foot, I don't have a lot to push with.
36
00:01:44.400 --> 00:01:49.480
So it helps me feel that alignment of the hip right on top of the ankle.
37
00:01:49.480 --> 00:01:54.740
So then what I really like to do is I'll then go to a spot of grass and
38
00:01:54.740 --> 00:01:56.080
actually try to
39
00:01:56.080 --> 00:02:01.840
get you or try to get my students to dig a hole by twisting the foot.
40
00:02:01.840 --> 00:02:05.840
I remember when I worked with a long drive guy in Denver, we would have to move
41
00:02:05.840 --> 00:02:06.700
the station
42
00:02:06.700 --> 00:02:11.260
about every five balls, this one practice session because he was just tearing
43
00:02:11.260 --> 00:02:12.040
into the ground
44
00:02:12.040 --> 00:02:13.040
so much.
45
00:02:13.040 --> 00:02:20.490
Okay, so now we've got this feeling and you'll see you can potentially hit some
46
00:02:20.490 --> 00:02:21.200
really easy
47
00:02:21.200 --> 00:02:27.530
shots, but because it doesn't have any friction, it's really easy to get out of
48
00:02:27.530 --> 00:02:28.560
hand or it's
49
00:02:28.560 --> 00:02:33.820
really easy to get into a dangerous position and kind of slide yourself out of
50
00:02:33.820 --> 00:02:34.320
alignment.
51
00:02:34.320 --> 00:02:39.740
But if I were to do this as kind of a pump feel where I'm spinning while
52
00:02:39.740 --> 00:02:40.960
pushing down
53
00:02:40.960 --> 00:02:47.280
into that leg, that would load into that kind of delivery position.
54
00:02:47.280 --> 00:02:50.260
And then from there, I would feel like I could come out of it.
55
00:02:50.260 --> 00:02:53.560
Now, like I said, because you don't have the friction, it's actually really
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hard to hit
57
00:02:54.160 --> 00:02:55.800
balls with it.
58
00:02:55.800 --> 00:03:01.920
But it's great for getting that initial feeling of the combination of down with
59
00:03:01.920 --> 00:03:02.760
twist.
60
00:03:02.760 --> 00:03:06.960
And it gives you a little bit of the feeling of the weight shift.
61
00:03:06.960 --> 00:03:12.220
So now we're going to try and we're going to do that delivery pump kind of
62
00:03:12.220 --> 00:03:12.520
focusing
63
00:03:12.520 --> 00:03:18.570
on that lead leg screwing into the ground or trying to dig a hole as it's
64
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twisting.
65
00:03:19.560 --> 00:03:21.920
So go up to the top of your swing.
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Now we're going to try and dig that hole while we're twisting a couple times.
67
00:03:27.680 --> 00:03:30.840
And then at the end of that pump, let it go.
68
00:03:30.840 --> 00:03:35.540
This can also, I've seen this work really well for helping golfers from the
69
00:03:35.540 --> 00:03:36.200
down the
70
00:03:36.200 --> 00:03:40.880
line video, getting more of their lower body open.
71
00:03:40.880 --> 00:03:46.560
Because as you're doing this, it's really hard to do it from the upper body.
72
00:03:46.560 --> 00:03:50.640
So if you're using the slider or especially if you're doing it against the
73
00:03:50.640 --> 00:03:51.480
ground, you
74
00:03:51.480 --> 00:03:56.740
can get a sense of doing it with just the lower body, especially if you have a
75
00:03:56.740 --> 00:03:57.240
club in
76
00:03:57.240 --> 00:04:00.890
your hand and you're monitoring this delivery position and not letting the
77
00:04:00.890 --> 00:04:01.640
upper body do
78
00:04:01.640 --> 00:04:03.760
it and bring the club out.
79
00:04:03.760 --> 00:04:09.810
If I'm just kind of twisting there, I feel a really good core, oblique and gl
80
00:04:09.810 --> 00:04:10.720
ute activity
81
00:04:10.720 --> 00:04:13.520
as I'm doing this exercise.
82
00:04:13.520 --> 00:04:16.800
So now I'm going to do that pump one more time.
83
00:04:16.800 --> 00:04:20.330
So up to the top of the swing, I'm going to screw into the ground, trying to
84
00:04:20.330 --> 00:04:20.920
get that
85
00:04:20.920 --> 00:04:25.360
lower body open once I have a feel.
86
00:04:25.360 --> 00:04:29.920
And I'm just going to let those arms release however I've been practicing.
87
00:04:29.920 --> 00:04:33.440
Now I'm going to try to work on the timing of it.
88
00:04:33.440 --> 00:04:37.640
So you'll notice when I'm doing this, my upper body is getting into this
89
00:04:37.640 --> 00:04:38.480
position.
90
00:04:38.480 --> 00:04:42.530
So as I'm screwing into the ground, I'm going to feel like my lower body gets
91
00:04:42.530 --> 00:04:43.040
into this
92
00:04:43.040 --> 00:04:47.240
position and then they're both going to release together.
93
00:04:47.240 --> 00:04:51.440
Some golfers who have trouble with the timing of this lower body will continue
94
00:04:51.440 --> 00:04:52.280
screwing into
95
00:04:52.280 --> 00:04:55.040
the ground all the way down to impact.
96
00:04:55.040 --> 00:05:00.180
So that would look more kind of like this where I was screwing all the way down
97
00:05:00.180 --> 00:05:00.200
into
98
00:05:00.200 --> 00:05:04.200
impact and I had to just throw my arms.
99
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Where if I do it with a little bit better timing, then I'm going to screw into
100
00:05:10.530 --> 00:05:11.560
the ground and
101
00:05:11.560 --> 00:05:14.960
then push up out of the ground as my release begins.
102
00:05:14.960 --> 00:05:25.180
So there's a sense of more of this one too versus just a one if I have more of
103
00:05:25.180 --> 00:05:26.100
this upper
104
00:05:26.100 --> 00:05:30.460
body dominant swing or more of a really rapid impulse which tends to prevent me
105
00:05:30.460 --> 00:05:31.000
from getting
106
00:05:31.000 --> 00:05:33.560
my lower body to work properly.
107
00:05:33.560 --> 00:05:40.590
So if you're struggling with your transition delivery position where either you
108
00:05:40.590 --> 00:05:41.940
are extending
109
00:05:41.940 --> 00:05:47.200
this leg and coming up right away, which is a company with more of an arm pull,
110
00:05:47.200 --> 00:05:47.620
this one
111
00:05:47.620 --> 00:05:52.160
can help or if you're sliding so far that you're past the foot and then left
112
00:05:52.160 --> 00:05:52.880
with just
113
00:05:52.880 --> 00:05:55.080
a throw, this one can help.
114
00:05:55.080 --> 00:06:00.660
So it's really good for a couple kind of lower body dysfunctions in transition.
115
00:06:00.660 --> 00:06:05.810
So now we'll try one with just kind of that screw feeling with the timing of
116
00:06:05.810 --> 00:06:06.340
the drop
117
00:06:06.340 --> 00:06:11.720
and then the push.
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Kind of like that.
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