Shaft Resisted Rotation Training
This is a great drill for golfers who need to improve the rotational qualities of their swing. Depending on how we orient the club, we can train resisted/assisted patterns for both the backswing and downswing. This can be helpful for golfers who struggle with making a centered pivot and have a tendency to sway off the ball early in the take-away. On the other side, if you struggle with getting your hips open at impact and/or overdo the linear movement of the "Jackson 5", this can also help you re-calibrate. Overall, we want to use this drill to make sure that our lower body is engaged and that our feet are working effectively with the ground throughout the swing.
This is a great drill for golfers who need to improve the rotational qualities of their swing. Depending on how we orient the club, we can train resisted/assisted patterns for both the backswing and downswing. This can be helpful for golfers who struggle with making a centered pivot and have a tendency to sway off the ball early in the take-away. On the other side, if you struggle with getting your hips open at impact and/or overdo the linear movement of the "Jackson 5", this can also help you re-calibrate. Overall, we want to use this drill to make sure that our lower body is engaged and that our feet are working effectively with the ground throughout the swing.
Video Transcript
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This drill is shaft-resistant rotation training.
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So what we're going to do is we're going to work on the lower body rotation in
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our
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golf swing.
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This could either be emphasized in the backswing for golfers who tend to sway
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off the ball or
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have very little rotation, kind of like this.
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Or we can use it for the downswing for golfers who tend to get very square to
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the target
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line or have more of a slide.
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So maybe they overdo the Jackson 5 and they don't have quite enough rotation on
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the way
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through.
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So what we're going to do is you're going to take the golf club and place it
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behind
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one of your legs.
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So in this particular case, I'm going to be helping myself to rotate in the
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backswing
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and I'm going to be resisting myself rotating in the downswing.
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If I have it going the other way, I'm going to resist myself turning in the
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backswing
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but I'm going to help myself rotate in the downswing.
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The one that I tend to use most often is where the grip is in the right hand
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because this
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provides a little bit more resistance into the downswing direction and a little
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more
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just help in the backswing direction.
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It also allows me to keep my left hand out in front of my chest.
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So now what I'm going to do is I'm going to make a backswing where I'm going to
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feel
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like this basically rotates here.
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If you have a tendency to keep this leg too straight too long and you have a
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tendency
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to slide off the ball or sway off the ball, you'll see that the shaft still
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stays square
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to the target line instead of rotating around the golf ball.
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So I'm going to rotate just like so.
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Good.
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If I'm not used to that position, I can take the club and now set where I would
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be at
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the top of the swing, kind of something like that.
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Next version, I'm going to do the downswing version.
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So I'm going to make a backswing and then I'm going to try and get, by the time
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my left
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arm is facing the golf ball, I'm going to try to get this pointing almost out
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towards
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the camera.
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So I'm going to try to get this to twist just like so.
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And as long as I've gotten over my left and my upper body is more on top of the
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golf ball,
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I've probably done the Jackson five.
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For some golfers, you may have to, if you have a tendency to really spin with
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that upper
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body going forward, you may have to set up a head awareness pool noodle to make
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sure that
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you're not lunging with the upper body to turn instead that you're doing that
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turn more
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with the lower body.
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This helps, these two different directions can help get you a little bit more
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centered
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over the ball.
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If you have a really real tendency to kind of get too much lateral movement
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from your
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lower body, or if you have a tendency to get no movement from your lower body,
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once you
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have a feel, you can apply it to some nine to threes, or you can take it up
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into full
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swings.
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So any of those progressions will work well.
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This feel just kind of, or this drill emphasizes a feel of the lower body
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rotating while staying
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more centered.
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This is a great drill for golfers who need to improve the rotational qualities of their swing. Depending on how we orient the club, we can train resisted/assisted patterns for both the backswing and downswing. This can be helpful for golfers who struggle with making a centered pivot and have a tendency to sway off the ball early in the take-away. On the other side, if you struggle with getting your hips open at impact and/or overdo the linear movement of the "Jackson 5", this can also help you re-calibrate. Overall, we want to use this drill to make sure that our lower body is engaged and that our feet are working effectively with the ground throughout the swing.
This is a great drill for golfers who need to improve the rotational qualities of their swing. Depending on how we orient the club, we can train resisted/assisted patterns for both the backswing and downswing. This can be helpful for golfers who struggle with making a centered pivot and have a tendency to sway off the ball early in the take-away. On the other side, if you struggle with getting your hips open at impact and/or overdo the linear movement of the "Jackson 5", this can also help you re-calibrate. Overall, we want to use this drill to make sure that our lower body is engaged and that our feet are working effectively with the ground throughout the swing.
Video Transcript
1
00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:04.300
This drill is shaft-resistant rotation training.
2
00:00:04.300 --> 00:00:08.890
So what we're going to do is we're going to work on the lower body rotation in
3
00:00:08.890 --> 00:00:08.920
our
4
00:00:08.920 --> 00:00:09.920
golf swing.
5
00:00:09.920 --> 00:00:13.750
This could either be emphasized in the backswing for golfers who tend to sway
6
00:00:13.750 --> 00:00:14.680
off the ball or
7
00:00:14.680 --> 00:00:18.200
have very little rotation, kind of like this.
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00:00:18.200 --> 00:00:23.080
Or we can use it for the downswing for golfers who tend to get very square to
9
00:00:23.080 --> 00:00:23.920
the target
10
00:00:23.920 --> 00:00:26.800
line or have more of a slide.
11
00:00:26.800 --> 00:00:30.870
So maybe they overdo the Jackson 5 and they don't have quite enough rotation on
12
00:00:30.870 --> 00:00:31.360
the way
13
00:00:31.360 --> 00:00:32.760
through.
14
00:00:32.760 --> 00:00:37.710
So what we're going to do is you're going to take the golf club and place it
15
00:00:37.710 --> 00:00:38.320
behind
16
00:00:38.320 --> 00:00:39.320
one of your legs.
17
00:00:39.320 --> 00:00:44.290
So in this particular case, I'm going to be helping myself to rotate in the
18
00:00:44.290 --> 00:00:45.080
backswing
19
00:00:45.080 --> 00:00:48.400
and I'm going to be resisting myself rotating in the downswing.
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00:00:48.400 --> 00:00:53.920
If I have it going the other way, I'm going to resist myself turning in the
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00:00:53.920 --> 00:00:54.840
backswing
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00:00:54.840 --> 00:00:58.920
but I'm going to help myself rotate in the downswing.
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00:00:58.920 --> 00:01:02.460
The one that I tend to use most often is where the grip is in the right hand
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00:01:02.460 --> 00:01:03.060
because this
25
00:01:03.060 --> 00:01:06.880
provides a little bit more resistance into the downswing direction and a little
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00:01:06.880 --> 00:01:07.200
more
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00:01:07.200 --> 00:01:09.360
just help in the backswing direction.
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It also allows me to keep my left hand out in front of my chest.
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00:01:13.480 --> 00:01:18.140
So now what I'm going to do is I'm going to make a backswing where I'm going to
30
00:01:18.140 --> 00:01:18.560
feel
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00:01:18.560 --> 00:01:21.160
like this basically rotates here.
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If you have a tendency to keep this leg too straight too long and you have a
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00:01:25.230 --> 00:01:25.720
tendency
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00:01:25.720 --> 00:01:30.020
to slide off the ball or sway off the ball, you'll see that the shaft still
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00:01:30.020 --> 00:01:30.740
stays square
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00:01:30.740 --> 00:01:35.560
to the target line instead of rotating around the golf ball.
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So I'm going to rotate just like so.
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Good.
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If I'm not used to that position, I can take the club and now set where I would
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00:01:43.980 --> 00:01:44.240
be at
41
00:01:44.240 --> 00:01:47.840
the top of the swing, kind of something like that.
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Next version, I'm going to do the downswing version.
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So I'm going to make a backswing and then I'm going to try and get, by the time
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00:01:56.240 --> 00:01:56.760
my left
45
00:01:56.760 --> 00:02:01.460
arm is facing the golf ball, I'm going to try to get this pointing almost out
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towards
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00:02:01.800 --> 00:02:03.000
the camera.
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00:02:03.000 --> 00:02:07.560
So I'm going to try to get this to twist just like so.
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00:02:07.560 --> 00:02:11.630
And as long as I've gotten over my left and my upper body is more on top of the
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00:02:11.630 --> 00:02:12.600
golf ball,
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00:02:12.600 --> 00:02:14.560
I've probably done the Jackson five.
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For some golfers, you may have to, if you have a tendency to really spin with
53
00:02:18.580 --> 00:02:19.120
that upper
54
00:02:19.120 --> 00:02:23.030
body going forward, you may have to set up a head awareness pool noodle to make
55
00:02:23.030 --> 00:02:23.520
sure that
56
00:02:23.520 --> 00:02:28.190
you're not lunging with the upper body to turn instead that you're doing that
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00:02:28.190 --> 00:02:28.780
turn more
58
00:02:28.780 --> 00:02:30.200
with the lower body.
59
00:02:30.200 --> 00:02:34.500
This helps, these two different directions can help get you a little bit more
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00:02:34.500 --> 00:02:34.920
centered
61
00:02:34.920 --> 00:02:35.920
over the ball.
62
00:02:35.920 --> 00:02:39.570
If you have a really real tendency to kind of get too much lateral movement
63
00:02:39.570 --> 00:02:40.080
from your
64
00:02:40.080 --> 00:02:45.280
lower body, or if you have a tendency to get no movement from your lower body,
65
00:02:45.280 --> 00:02:45.480
once you
66
00:02:45.480 --> 00:02:51.990
have a feel, you can apply it to some nine to threes, or you can take it up
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00:02:51.990 --> 00:02:52.960
into full
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00:02:52.960 --> 00:02:54.800
swings.
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00:02:54.800 --> 00:02:57.080
So any of those progressions will work well.
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00:02:57.080 --> 00:03:01.390
This feel just kind of, or this drill emphasizes a feel of the lower body
71
00:03:01.390 --> 00:03:02.520
rotating while staying
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00:03:02.520 --> 00:03:03.120
more centered.
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