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Shoulder Blade Backstroke
Designed to counteract common swing faults like steepness and over-the-top movement, this drill focuses on proper shoulder blade engagement to improve low-point control and path consistency. This video breaks down the movement mechanics and demonstrates how to seamlessly integrate this technique into your swing for more efficient and accurate ball striking.
Designed to counteract common swing faults like steepness and over-the-top movement, this drill focuses on proper shoulder blade engagement to improve low-point control and path consistency. This video breaks down the movement mechanics and demonstrates how to seamlessly integrate this technique into your swing for more efficient and accurate ball striking.
Show transcript
WEBVTT
1
00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:08.400
This pivot drill is the shoulder blade backstroke.
2
00:00:08.400 --> 00:00:13.880
So the shoulder blade backstroke is kind of an anti over the top, anti steep
3
00:00:13.880 --> 00:00:15.360
shoulder movement.
4
00:00:15.360 --> 00:00:20.580
Now many golfers who get over the top with the shoulder blades still come from
5
00:00:20.580 --> 00:00:21.120
the inside
6
00:00:21.120 --> 00:00:24.440
because of either slide or early extension.
7
00:00:24.440 --> 00:00:28.320
So it may not necessarily be a big path issue as far as less right, but it
8
00:00:28.320 --> 00:00:29.200
could be a path
9
00:00:29.200 --> 00:00:33.370
issue in terms of low point control, like you don't get a good enough flat spot
10
00:00:33.370 --> 00:00:33.920
, you
11
00:00:33.920 --> 00:00:35.880
don't get shaft lean or things like that.
12
00:00:35.880 --> 00:00:41.100
So the classic version of getting steep with the shoulders is having that right
13
00:00:41.100 --> 00:00:41.680
shoulder
14
00:00:41.680 --> 00:00:45.560
blade get high and that left shoulder blade get low, so we're going to work on
15
00:00:45.560 --> 00:00:46.040
trying
16
00:00:46.040 --> 00:00:47.040
to do the opposite.
17
00:00:47.040 --> 00:00:50.280
We're going to start with a little bit of a tight here or a homework drill.
18
00:00:50.280 --> 00:00:54.800
So I'm going to have my arms out to the sides or out in front of me like this.
19
00:00:54.800 --> 00:00:57.600
And now I'm going to do a backstroke where basically I'm going to bring the
20
00:00:57.600 --> 00:00:58.080
shoulder
21
00:00:58.080 --> 00:01:02.900
up and then I'm going to bring that right shoulder down and the left shoulder
22
00:01:02.900 --> 00:01:03.360
up.
23
00:01:03.360 --> 00:01:07.480
So I'm going to go back this way, kind of like this movement.
24
00:01:07.480 --> 00:01:11.860
So it's going to feel like I'm doing a movement mostly with the shoulder blades
25
00:01:11.860 --> 00:01:12.160
.
26
00:01:12.160 --> 00:01:17.360
You'll see from below the belly button and the arms might be bending a little
27
00:01:17.360 --> 00:01:17.640
bit, but
28
00:01:17.640 --> 00:01:20.500
my goal is that the arms kind of stay straight and the shoulder blades are just
29
00:01:20.500 --> 00:01:21.320
doing a little
30
00:01:21.320 --> 00:01:23.240
backward bicycle move.
31
00:01:23.240 --> 00:01:24.240
Okay.
32
00:01:24.240 --> 00:01:26.520
Now when are we going to fit that into the swing?
33
00:01:26.520 --> 00:01:29.890
When I make my backswing, I'm going to go up to the top of the swing and as I
34
00:01:29.890 --> 00:01:30.760
get to starting
35
00:01:30.760 --> 00:01:34.970
that transition is when I'm going to feel like I'm doing that backward bicycle
36
00:01:34.970 --> 00:01:35.760
movement.
37
00:01:35.760 --> 00:01:39.270
Now if I do that too much with my shoulders and my hip, or sorry, if I do that
38
00:01:39.270 --> 00:01:39.760
with my
39
00:01:39.760 --> 00:01:43.600
hips and my mid spine instead of my shoulder blades, then that's going to get
40
00:01:43.600 --> 00:01:44.280
me pointing
41
00:01:44.280 --> 00:01:46.360
too shallow.
42
00:01:46.360 --> 00:01:49.760
That's going to get me kind of coming in almost like this.
43
00:01:49.760 --> 00:01:53.510
So at the same time, I'm going to try to do a little bit of that left side
44
00:01:53.510 --> 00:01:54.240
crunch and
45
00:01:54.240 --> 00:01:55.240
rotate.
46
00:01:55.240 --> 00:01:59.710
So if I have this down kind of like this and I'm doing that movement there, but
47
00:01:59.710 --> 00:02:00.120
at the
48
00:02:00.120 --> 00:02:07.520
same time, I'm getting that left side down and kind of covering the ball.
49
00:02:07.520 --> 00:02:11.960
So left side down and rotate to cover the ball, shoulders would be really steep
50
00:02:11.960 --> 00:02:12.240
.
51
00:02:12.240 --> 00:02:16.080
So I'd be doing that back stroke or the swing movement.
52
00:02:16.080 --> 00:02:18.440
So I'm going to go up.
53
00:02:18.440 --> 00:02:26.600
It's similar to kind of doing the pivot dance or the scapular alignment drill.
54
00:02:26.600 --> 00:02:31.270
So that'll often feel when I have the club on, if I go up to the top of my
55
00:02:31.270 --> 00:02:32.080
swing and
56
00:02:32.080 --> 00:02:35.630
I do that, that now gets me into this really good delivery position where the
57
00:02:35.630 --> 00:02:36.160
right arm
58
00:02:36.160 --> 00:02:39.900
is a little bit more tucked in the club inside like this, where if I did the
59
00:02:39.900 --> 00:02:41.000
opposite, if
60
00:02:41.000 --> 00:02:45.400
I got up here and swam the other way, then the club would be out there and that
61
00:02:45.400 --> 00:02:45.840
right
62
00:02:45.840 --> 00:02:47.760
shoulder would be high.
63
00:02:47.760 --> 00:02:53.490
That often is accompanied by the weak grip and pulling in on the way through
64
00:02:53.490 --> 00:02:54.120
kind of
65
00:02:54.120 --> 00:03:01.520
the classic pull slice pattern, where if we can get this shoulder blade swim
66
00:03:01.520 --> 00:03:02.240
move or
67
00:03:02.240 --> 00:03:09.000
backstroke move, then that's going to tend to give us more of a extra shallow
68
00:03:09.000 --> 00:03:10.160
or movement
69
00:03:10.160 --> 00:03:17.290
coming from in like this, that allows me to rotate my lower body as a steep
70
00:03:17.290 --> 00:03:18.960
ening movement,
71
00:03:18.960 --> 00:03:24.080
which helps get the low point really long and flat out in front of the golf
72
00:03:24.080 --> 00:03:24.400
ball.
73
00:03:24.400 --> 00:03:30.080
So this can also feel kind of like the zorro loops or for some, this will even
74
00:03:30.080 --> 00:03:30.880
feel a little
75
00:03:30.880 --> 00:03:36.450
bit more of like a float loading type movement rather than a rapid pull down or
76
00:03:36.450 --> 00:03:37.400
the winning
77
00:03:37.400 --> 00:03:40.280
and arm wrestling type slam movement.
78
00:03:40.280 --> 00:03:47.170
Okay, so let's do one more where we're going to exaggerate that movement there,
79
00:03:47.170 --> 00:03:47.880
and now
80
00:03:47.880 --> 00:03:53.770
we're going to try and start that move as we're ending the backswing and going
81
00:03:53.770 --> 00:03:58.320
into transition.
82
00:03:58.320 --> 00:04:05.080
That gives us a nice, long flat, shallow, good things related to blending the
83
00:04:05.080 --> 00:04:06.280
lower body
84
00:04:06.280 --> 00:04:08.840
and the upper body without letting the shoulder blades get too steep.
1
00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:08.400
This pivot drill is the shoulder blade backstroke.
2
00:00:08.400 --> 00:00:13.880
So the shoulder blade backstroke is kind of an anti over the top, anti steep
3
00:00:13.880 --> 00:00:15.360
shoulder movement.
4
00:00:15.360 --> 00:00:20.580
Now many golfers who get over the top with the shoulder blades still come from
5
00:00:20.580 --> 00:00:21.120
the inside
6
00:00:21.120 --> 00:00:24.440
because of either slide or early extension.
7
00:00:24.440 --> 00:00:28.320
So it may not necessarily be a big path issue as far as less right, but it
8
00:00:28.320 --> 00:00:29.200
could be a path
9
00:00:29.200 --> 00:00:33.370
issue in terms of low point control, like you don't get a good enough flat spot
10
00:00:33.370 --> 00:00:33.920
, you
11
00:00:33.920 --> 00:00:35.880
don't get shaft lean or things like that.
12
00:00:35.880 --> 00:00:41.100
So the classic version of getting steep with the shoulders is having that right
13
00:00:41.100 --> 00:00:41.680
shoulder
14
00:00:41.680 --> 00:00:45.560
blade get high and that left shoulder blade get low, so we're going to work on
15
00:00:45.560 --> 00:00:46.040
trying
16
00:00:46.040 --> 00:00:47.040
to do the opposite.
17
00:00:47.040 --> 00:00:50.280
We're going to start with a little bit of a tight here or a homework drill.
18
00:00:50.280 --> 00:00:54.800
So I'm going to have my arms out to the sides or out in front of me like this.
19
00:00:54.800 --> 00:00:57.600
And now I'm going to do a backstroke where basically I'm going to bring the
20
00:00:57.600 --> 00:00:58.080
shoulder
21
00:00:58.080 --> 00:01:02.900
up and then I'm going to bring that right shoulder down and the left shoulder
22
00:01:02.900 --> 00:01:03.360
up.
23
00:01:03.360 --> 00:01:07.480
So I'm going to go back this way, kind of like this movement.
24
00:01:07.480 --> 00:01:11.860
So it's going to feel like I'm doing a movement mostly with the shoulder blades
25
00:01:11.860 --> 00:01:12.160
.
26
00:01:12.160 --> 00:01:17.360
You'll see from below the belly button and the arms might be bending a little
27
00:01:17.360 --> 00:01:17.640
bit, but
28
00:01:17.640 --> 00:01:20.500
my goal is that the arms kind of stay straight and the shoulder blades are just
29
00:01:20.500 --> 00:01:21.320
doing a little
30
00:01:21.320 --> 00:01:23.240
backward bicycle move.
31
00:01:23.240 --> 00:01:24.240
Okay.
32
00:01:24.240 --> 00:01:26.520
Now when are we going to fit that into the swing?
33
00:01:26.520 --> 00:01:29.890
When I make my backswing, I'm going to go up to the top of the swing and as I
34
00:01:29.890 --> 00:01:30.760
get to starting
35
00:01:30.760 --> 00:01:34.970
that transition is when I'm going to feel like I'm doing that backward bicycle
36
00:01:34.970 --> 00:01:35.760
movement.
37
00:01:35.760 --> 00:01:39.270
Now if I do that too much with my shoulders and my hip, or sorry, if I do that
38
00:01:39.270 --> 00:01:39.760
with my
39
00:01:39.760 --> 00:01:43.600
hips and my mid spine instead of my shoulder blades, then that's going to get
40
00:01:43.600 --> 00:01:44.280
me pointing
41
00:01:44.280 --> 00:01:46.360
too shallow.
42
00:01:46.360 --> 00:01:49.760
That's going to get me kind of coming in almost like this.
43
00:01:49.760 --> 00:01:53.510
So at the same time, I'm going to try to do a little bit of that left side
44
00:01:53.510 --> 00:01:54.240
crunch and
45
00:01:54.240 --> 00:01:55.240
rotate.
46
00:01:55.240 --> 00:01:59.710
So if I have this down kind of like this and I'm doing that movement there, but
47
00:01:59.710 --> 00:02:00.120
at the
48
00:02:00.120 --> 00:02:07.520
same time, I'm getting that left side down and kind of covering the ball.
49
00:02:07.520 --> 00:02:11.960
So left side down and rotate to cover the ball, shoulders would be really steep
50
00:02:11.960 --> 00:02:12.240
.
51
00:02:12.240 --> 00:02:16.080
So I'd be doing that back stroke or the swing movement.
52
00:02:16.080 --> 00:02:18.440
So I'm going to go up.
53
00:02:18.440 --> 00:02:26.600
It's similar to kind of doing the pivot dance or the scapular alignment drill.
54
00:02:26.600 --> 00:02:31.270
So that'll often feel when I have the club on, if I go up to the top of my
55
00:02:31.270 --> 00:02:32.080
swing and
56
00:02:32.080 --> 00:02:35.630
I do that, that now gets me into this really good delivery position where the
57
00:02:35.630 --> 00:02:36.160
right arm
58
00:02:36.160 --> 00:02:39.900
is a little bit more tucked in the club inside like this, where if I did the
59
00:02:39.900 --> 00:02:41.000
opposite, if
60
00:02:41.000 --> 00:02:45.400
I got up here and swam the other way, then the club would be out there and that
61
00:02:45.400 --> 00:02:45.840
right
62
00:02:45.840 --> 00:02:47.760
shoulder would be high.
63
00:02:47.760 --> 00:02:53.490
That often is accompanied by the weak grip and pulling in on the way through
64
00:02:53.490 --> 00:02:54.120
kind of
65
00:02:54.120 --> 00:03:01.520
the classic pull slice pattern, where if we can get this shoulder blade swim
66
00:03:01.520 --> 00:03:02.240
move or
67
00:03:02.240 --> 00:03:09.000
backstroke move, then that's going to tend to give us more of a extra shallow
68
00:03:09.000 --> 00:03:10.160
or movement
69
00:03:10.160 --> 00:03:17.290
coming from in like this, that allows me to rotate my lower body as a steep
70
00:03:17.290 --> 00:03:18.960
ening movement,
71
00:03:18.960 --> 00:03:24.080
which helps get the low point really long and flat out in front of the golf
72
00:03:24.080 --> 00:03:24.400
ball.
73
00:03:24.400 --> 00:03:30.080
So this can also feel kind of like the zorro loops or for some, this will even
74
00:03:30.080 --> 00:03:30.880
feel a little
75
00:03:30.880 --> 00:03:36.450
bit more of like a float loading type movement rather than a rapid pull down or
76
00:03:36.450 --> 00:03:37.400
the winning
77
00:03:37.400 --> 00:03:40.280
and arm wrestling type slam movement.
78
00:03:40.280 --> 00:03:47.170
Okay, so let's do one more where we're going to exaggerate that movement there,
79
00:03:47.170 --> 00:03:47.880
and now
80
00:03:47.880 --> 00:03:53.770
we're going to try and start that move as we're ending the backswing and going
81
00:03:53.770 --> 00:03:58.320
into transition.
82
00:03:58.320 --> 00:04:05.080
That gives us a nice, long flat, shallow, good things related to blending the
83
00:04:05.080 --> 00:04:06.280
lower body
84
00:04:06.280 --> 00:04:08.840
and the upper body without letting the shoulder blades get too steep.
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Tyler Ferrell is the only person in the world named to Golf Digest's list of
Best
Young Teachers in
America AND its list of Best Golf Fitness Professionals in America.
Meet your new
instructor.
Shoulder Blade Backstroke
Designed to counteract common swing faults like steepness and over-the-top movement, this drill focuses on proper shoulder blade engagement to improve low-point control and path consistency. This video breaks down the movement mechanics and demonstrates how to seamlessly integrate this technique into your swing for more efficient and accurate ball striking.
Designed to counteract common swing faults like steepness and over-the-top movement, this drill focuses on proper shoulder blade engagement to improve low-point control and path consistency. This video breaks down the movement mechanics and demonstrates how to seamlessly integrate this technique into your swing for more efficient and accurate ball striking.
Show transcript
WEBVTT
1
00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:08.400
This pivot drill is the shoulder blade backstroke.
2
00:00:08.400 --> 00:00:13.880
So the shoulder blade backstroke is kind of an anti over the top, anti steep
3
00:00:13.880 --> 00:00:15.360
shoulder movement.
4
00:00:15.360 --> 00:00:20.580
Now many golfers who get over the top with the shoulder blades still come from
5
00:00:20.580 --> 00:00:21.120
the inside
6
00:00:21.120 --> 00:00:24.440
because of either slide or early extension.
7
00:00:24.440 --> 00:00:28.320
So it may not necessarily be a big path issue as far as less right, but it
8
00:00:28.320 --> 00:00:29.200
could be a path
9
00:00:29.200 --> 00:00:33.370
issue in terms of low point control, like you don't get a good enough flat spot
10
00:00:33.370 --> 00:00:33.920
, you
11
00:00:33.920 --> 00:00:35.880
don't get shaft lean or things like that.
12
00:00:35.880 --> 00:00:41.100
So the classic version of getting steep with the shoulders is having that right
13
00:00:41.100 --> 00:00:41.680
shoulder
14
00:00:41.680 --> 00:00:45.560
blade get high and that left shoulder blade get low, so we're going to work on
15
00:00:45.560 --> 00:00:46.040
trying
16
00:00:46.040 --> 00:00:47.040
to do the opposite.
17
00:00:47.040 --> 00:00:50.280
We're going to start with a little bit of a tight here or a homework drill.
18
00:00:50.280 --> 00:00:54.800
So I'm going to have my arms out to the sides or out in front of me like this.
19
00:00:54.800 --> 00:00:57.600
And now I'm going to do a backstroke where basically I'm going to bring the
20
00:00:57.600 --> 00:00:58.080
shoulder
21
00:00:58.080 --> 00:01:02.900
up and then I'm going to bring that right shoulder down and the left shoulder
22
00:01:02.900 --> 00:01:03.360
up.
23
00:01:03.360 --> 00:01:07.480
So I'm going to go back this way, kind of like this movement.
24
00:01:07.480 --> 00:01:11.860
So it's going to feel like I'm doing a movement mostly with the shoulder blades
25
00:01:11.860 --> 00:01:12.160
.
26
00:01:12.160 --> 00:01:17.360
You'll see from below the belly button and the arms might be bending a little
27
00:01:17.360 --> 00:01:17.640
bit, but
28
00:01:17.640 --> 00:01:20.500
my goal is that the arms kind of stay straight and the shoulder blades are just
29
00:01:20.500 --> 00:01:21.320
doing a little
30
00:01:21.320 --> 00:01:23.240
backward bicycle move.
31
00:01:23.240 --> 00:01:24.240
Okay.
32
00:01:24.240 --> 00:01:26.520
Now when are we going to fit that into the swing?
33
00:01:26.520 --> 00:01:29.890
When I make my backswing, I'm going to go up to the top of the swing and as I
34
00:01:29.890 --> 00:01:30.760
get to starting
35
00:01:30.760 --> 00:01:34.970
that transition is when I'm going to feel like I'm doing that backward bicycle
36
00:01:34.970 --> 00:01:35.760
movement.
37
00:01:35.760 --> 00:01:39.270
Now if I do that too much with my shoulders and my hip, or sorry, if I do that
38
00:01:39.270 --> 00:01:39.760
with my
39
00:01:39.760 --> 00:01:43.600
hips and my mid spine instead of my shoulder blades, then that's going to get
40
00:01:43.600 --> 00:01:44.280
me pointing
41
00:01:44.280 --> 00:01:46.360
too shallow.
42
00:01:46.360 --> 00:01:49.760
That's going to get me kind of coming in almost like this.
43
00:01:49.760 --> 00:01:53.510
So at the same time, I'm going to try to do a little bit of that left side
44
00:01:53.510 --> 00:01:54.240
crunch and
45
00:01:54.240 --> 00:01:55.240
rotate.
46
00:01:55.240 --> 00:01:59.710
So if I have this down kind of like this and I'm doing that movement there, but
47
00:01:59.710 --> 00:02:00.120
at the
48
00:02:00.120 --> 00:02:07.520
same time, I'm getting that left side down and kind of covering the ball.
49
00:02:07.520 --> 00:02:11.960
So left side down and rotate to cover the ball, shoulders would be really steep
50
00:02:11.960 --> 00:02:12.240
.
51
00:02:12.240 --> 00:02:16.080
So I'd be doing that back stroke or the swing movement.
52
00:02:16.080 --> 00:02:18.440
So I'm going to go up.
53
00:02:18.440 --> 00:02:26.600
It's similar to kind of doing the pivot dance or the scapular alignment drill.
54
00:02:26.600 --> 00:02:31.270
So that'll often feel when I have the club on, if I go up to the top of my
55
00:02:31.270 --> 00:02:32.080
swing and
56
00:02:32.080 --> 00:02:35.630
I do that, that now gets me into this really good delivery position where the
57
00:02:35.630 --> 00:02:36.160
right arm
58
00:02:36.160 --> 00:02:39.900
is a little bit more tucked in the club inside like this, where if I did the
59
00:02:39.900 --> 00:02:41.000
opposite, if
60
00:02:41.000 --> 00:02:45.400
I got up here and swam the other way, then the club would be out there and that
61
00:02:45.400 --> 00:02:45.840
right
62
00:02:45.840 --> 00:02:47.760
shoulder would be high.
63
00:02:47.760 --> 00:02:53.490
That often is accompanied by the weak grip and pulling in on the way through
64
00:02:53.490 --> 00:02:54.120
kind of
65
00:02:54.120 --> 00:03:01.520
the classic pull slice pattern, where if we can get this shoulder blade swim
66
00:03:01.520 --> 00:03:02.240
move or
67
00:03:02.240 --> 00:03:09.000
backstroke move, then that's going to tend to give us more of a extra shallow
68
00:03:09.000 --> 00:03:10.160
or movement
69
00:03:10.160 --> 00:03:17.290
coming from in like this, that allows me to rotate my lower body as a steep
70
00:03:17.290 --> 00:03:18.960
ening movement,
71
00:03:18.960 --> 00:03:24.080
which helps get the low point really long and flat out in front of the golf
72
00:03:24.080 --> 00:03:24.400
ball.
73
00:03:24.400 --> 00:03:30.080
So this can also feel kind of like the zorro loops or for some, this will even
74
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feel a little
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bit more of like a float loading type movement rather than a rapid pull down or
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the winning
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and arm wrestling type slam movement.
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Okay, so let's do one more where we're going to exaggerate that movement there,
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and now
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we're going to try and start that move as we're ending the backswing and going
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into transition.
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That gives us a nice, long flat, shallow, good things related to blending the
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lower body
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and the upper body without letting the shoulder blades get too steep.
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This pivot drill is the shoulder blade backstroke.
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So the shoulder blade backstroke is kind of an anti over the top, anti steep
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shoulder movement.
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Now many golfers who get over the top with the shoulder blades still come from
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the inside
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because of either slide or early extension.
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So it may not necessarily be a big path issue as far as less right, but it
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could be a path
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issue in terms of low point control, like you don't get a good enough flat spot
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, you
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don't get shaft lean or things like that.
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So the classic version of getting steep with the shoulders is having that right
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shoulder
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blade get high and that left shoulder blade get low, so we're going to work on
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trying
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to do the opposite.
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We're going to start with a little bit of a tight here or a homework drill.
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So I'm going to have my arms out to the sides or out in front of me like this.
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And now I'm going to do a backstroke where basically I'm going to bring the
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shoulder
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up and then I'm going to bring that right shoulder down and the left shoulder
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up.
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So I'm going to go back this way, kind of like this movement.
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So it's going to feel like I'm doing a movement mostly with the shoulder blades
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.
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You'll see from below the belly button and the arms might be bending a little
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bit, but
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my goal is that the arms kind of stay straight and the shoulder blades are just
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doing a little
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backward bicycle move.
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Okay.
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Now when are we going to fit that into the swing?
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When I make my backswing, I'm going to go up to the top of the swing and as I
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get to starting
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that transition is when I'm going to feel like I'm doing that backward bicycle
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movement.
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Now if I do that too much with my shoulders and my hip, or sorry, if I do that
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with my
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hips and my mid spine instead of my shoulder blades, then that's going to get
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me pointing
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too shallow.
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That's going to get me kind of coming in almost like this.
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So at the same time, I'm going to try to do a little bit of that left side
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crunch and
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rotate.
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So if I have this down kind of like this and I'm doing that movement there, but
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at the
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same time, I'm getting that left side down and kind of covering the ball.
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So left side down and rotate to cover the ball, shoulders would be really steep
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.
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So I'd be doing that back stroke or the swing movement.
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So I'm going to go up.
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It's similar to kind of doing the pivot dance or the scapular alignment drill.
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So that'll often feel when I have the club on, if I go up to the top of my
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swing and
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I do that, that now gets me into this really good delivery position where the
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right arm
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is a little bit more tucked in the club inside like this, where if I did the
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opposite, if
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I got up here and swam the other way, then the club would be out there and that
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right
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shoulder would be high.
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That often is accompanied by the weak grip and pulling in on the way through
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kind of
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the classic pull slice pattern, where if we can get this shoulder blade swim
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move or
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backstroke move, then that's going to tend to give us more of a extra shallow
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or movement
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coming from in like this, that allows me to rotate my lower body as a steep
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ening movement,
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which helps get the low point really long and flat out in front of the golf
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ball.
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So this can also feel kind of like the zorro loops or for some, this will even
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feel a little
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bit more of like a float loading type movement rather than a rapid pull down or
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the winning
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and arm wrestling type slam movement.
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Okay, so let's do one more where we're going to exaggerate that movement there,
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and now
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we're going to try and start that move as we're ending the backswing and going
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into transition.
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That gives us a nice, long flat, shallow, good things related to blending the
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lower body
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and the upper body without letting the shoulder blades get too steep.
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