WEBVTT

1
00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:06.000
This drill is shaft parallel lag checkpoint. So some golfers who struggle

2
00:00:06.000 --> 00:00:10.920
primarily with low point control can benefit from having a visual of where

3
00:00:10.920 --> 00:00:14.840
the club needs to be in space. So I've got a shortened pool noodle but you can

4
00:00:14.840 --> 00:00:19.760
use a head cover or even just the alignment stick but the pool noodle is a

5
00:00:19.760 --> 00:00:24.160
little bit more of a clear visual and I've got that pool noodle pretty much

6
00:00:24.160 --> 00:00:29.240
in line with the golf ball. Realistically compared to the golf ball anywhere

7
00:00:29.240 --> 00:00:33.640
between here and a few inches behind the golf ball especially with the longer

8
00:00:33.640 --> 00:00:39.360
clubs is going to be quite fine. And so what I'm doing here is I'm going to get

9
00:00:39.360 --> 00:00:43.840
set up and I'm going to use this as a checkpoint of when I get the club back

10
00:00:43.840 --> 00:00:51.920
to parallel to the ground and parallel to the target line I want my hands to be

11
00:00:51.920 --> 00:00:57.580
even with or past this little pool noodle. So a lot of golfers who struggle

12
00:00:57.580 --> 00:01:01.280
with low point they would get their hands more back here when the club is

13
00:01:01.280 --> 00:01:05.120
parallel to the ground. And then as it releases you could see that I would tend

14
00:01:05.120 --> 00:01:10.520
to bottom out so I would tend to have to pull away from the ground and hit more

15
00:01:10.520 --> 00:01:15.800
of shots like that. So you would tend to hit a lot of fat and thin shots. So

16
00:01:15.800 --> 00:01:16.040
now

17
00:01:16.040 --> 00:01:23.320
if I on the other hand got this pretty much even with the golf ball or even a

18
00:01:23.320 --> 00:01:28.280
little bit past it then when I continue rotating and extend my arms I'm more

19
00:01:28.280 --> 00:01:35.560
likely to hit the golf ball before the ground or basically hit them solid

20
00:01:35.560 --> 00:01:35.920
instead

21
00:01:35.920 --> 00:01:40.270
of fat and thin. So this is a good little reference for working on low point.

22
00:01:40.270 --> 00:01:40.600
You

23
00:01:40.600 --> 00:01:49.120
can either do it in combination with things like the delivery and go or you

24
00:01:49.120 --> 00:01:57.720
can do this in a pump style drill. So we're gonna get set up, go up to the top

25
00:01:57.720 --> 00:02:01.880
of the swing, pump it down to here where everything feels like it's in close

26
00:02:01.880 --> 00:02:02.440
and

27
00:02:02.440 --> 00:02:07.080
then extend the arms from there and if I extend the arms from there I should be

28
00:02:07.080 --> 00:02:11.440
able to get the ground contact after the golf ball. I find that it's very hard

29
00:02:11.440 --> 00:02:12.040
to

30
00:02:12.040 --> 00:02:19.400
do full swings and be aware of where the grip was at this point at least at

31
00:02:19.400 --> 00:02:26.600
first. You're probably gonna have to do a fair amount of little wipe pump

32
00:02:26.600 --> 00:02:26.960
drills

33
00:02:26.960 --> 00:02:34.040
and slow motion drills to really feel where the club is at that point in time

34
00:02:34.040 --> 00:02:38.480
especially if you're used to it being more back there like we would want for

35
00:02:38.480 --> 00:02:43.600
wedge shots. So we're gonna work on trying to get it here. Now one big key is

36
00:02:43.600 --> 00:02:48.680
that it's very easy when you start doing this to just focus on the arms and if

37
00:02:48.680 --> 00:02:48.800
I

38
00:02:48.800 --> 00:02:53.240
just try to get my arms there you'll see I can still hit the ball solid but I'm

39
00:02:53.240 --> 00:03:01.800
gonna tend to lack a lot of power. So ideally I'm gonna get there by having my

40
00:03:01.800 --> 00:03:09.840
body rotate me into position kind of like this. So if I use my body to rotate

41
00:03:09.840 --> 00:03:09.960
my

42
00:03:09.960 --> 00:03:13.720
hands it will be easier to get the hands ahead and it will be more natural and

43
00:03:13.720 --> 00:03:20.480
powerful. So now that I have a decent feel of where I want to be right about

44
00:03:20.480 --> 00:03:27.240
here as my little checkpoint I can do a few three-quarter swings and just kind

45
00:03:27.240 --> 00:03:35.160
of test my awareness of how well was I in that chaff parallel checkpoint.

46
00:03:35.160 --> 00:03:50.720
With some practice you will be able to get a sense of the arms being a little

47
00:03:50.720 --> 00:03:53.960
bit more in front of your body instead of way behind and that should

48
00:03:53.960 --> 00:03:57.310
ultimately help you with your low point control, especially with the short ir

49
00:03:57.310 --> 00:03:57.480
ons.