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Side Arm Throw - Downswing Body Sequencing
The side arm throw is a very useful training tool for training the gross movements of the golf swing. There is a reason why pitchers and quarterbacks tend to become excellent golfers when they retire from their sports. The golf swing was once described as feeling like skipping a stone. If you have a lake, you can certainly have some fun times working on your golf swing by skipping stones, but for the rest of us, throwing balls into walls or couches can be a great training tool.
The side arm throw is a very useful training tool for training the gross movements of the golf swing. There is a reason why pitchers and quarterbacks tend to become excellent golfers when they retire from their sports. The golf swing was once described as feeling like skipping a stone. If you have a lake, you can certainly have some fun times working on your golf swing by skipping stones, but for the rest of us, throwing balls into walls or couches can be a great training tool.
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WEBVTT
1
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This drill is the sidearm throw. I'm going to show you two different versions.
2
00:00:03.880 --> 00:00:07.800
One you can do with a larger ball, say like a volleyball, a soccer ball, a
3
00:00:07.800 --> 00:00:08.320
basketball,
4
00:00:08.320 --> 00:00:13.680
the other you can do with just golf ball. So the two-arm version you're going
5
00:00:13.680 --> 00:00:13.760
to
6
00:00:13.760 --> 00:00:18.360
use a little bit more of a larger object like a volleyball would be ideal or a
7
00:00:18.360 --> 00:00:22.720
light medicine ball. Now what you're going to do is when you go to throw this
8
00:00:22.720 --> 00:00:27.240
ball the major thing is you want to make sure that this right arm is
9
00:00:27.240 --> 00:00:31.800
underneath the left like so. So if I was really trying to throw this I would
10
00:00:31.800 --> 00:00:35.720
probably keep the back of my hand in line with the ball where I'd be pushing
11
00:00:35.720 --> 00:00:36.420
but
12
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to train it more in the golf style I'm going to practice getting this right
13
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elbow
14
00:00:40.920 --> 00:00:46.240
as much underneath the left as I can and I'm going to add a little bit of this
15
00:00:46.240 --> 00:00:51.760
motorcycle move like so. So I'm going to get into this position and then
16
00:00:51.760 --> 00:00:52.160
release
17
00:00:52.160 --> 00:00:59.840
from there like so. So I'll demonstrate one but basically that's the forearm
18
00:00:59.840 --> 00:01:05.080
part and then when I go to release I can feel my body kind of brace against so
19
00:01:05.080 --> 00:01:10.040
that my arms can then extend even more. Similar as if I was throwing kind of a
20
00:01:10.040 --> 00:01:16.600
skipping stone or a sidearm throw I would not let my body continue going when I
21
00:01:16.600 --> 00:01:23.280
went to release. So the two arm throw is going to look something like this. So
22
00:01:23.280 --> 00:01:26.560
that's a great one that you can practice just throwing into the couch you can
23
00:01:26.560 --> 00:01:31.000
practice it at home helps you feel that proper arm movement working a little
24
00:01:31.000 --> 00:01:31.160
bit
25
00:01:31.160 --> 00:01:35.240
more across your body because what a lot of amateurs tend to do is that arm
26
00:01:35.240 --> 00:01:35.520
works
27
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more out at the golf ball where throwing an object out that way it wouldn't
28
00:01:40.670 --> 00:01:40.760
make
29
00:01:40.760 --> 00:01:44.240
a whole lot of sense to extend out at the golf ball so I start to feel a little
30
00:01:44.240 --> 00:01:48.520
bit more comfortable working that arm across my body. The one arm version is
31
00:01:48.520 --> 00:01:53.790
the throw. So basically you're going to hold it like a shot put just like so.
32
00:01:53.790 --> 00:01:54.200
So
33
00:01:54.200 --> 00:01:56.240
you're going to put it right in the middle of your palm and then hold it
34
00:01:56.240 --> 00:02:00.960
just with your thumb and then you're going to try and bring that arm across. So
35
00:02:00.960 --> 00:02:05.840
even if I was doing an iron version where I'd be throwing it more down I'm
36
00:02:05.840 --> 00:02:09.720
still throwing it out ahead of the golf ball and the best way to do that would
37
00:02:09.720 --> 00:02:14.280
be allow my elbow to work across my body. If I'm working more on the driver
38
00:02:14.280 --> 00:02:14.680
plane
39
00:02:14.680 --> 00:02:19.320
it would end up my upper body would be tilted a little bit more behind and it
40
00:02:19.320 --> 00:02:23.840
would be throwing it a little bit more parallel to the ground. So those are two
41
00:02:23.840 --> 00:02:29.880
great ways that you can work on this feeling of the proper right arm movement
42
00:02:29.880 --> 00:02:34.920
and train it at home. Now I should add one piece you can do if you're doing the
43
00:02:34.920 --> 00:02:42.440
single arm version is by putting my arm on a club like so now when I go to
44
00:02:42.440 --> 00:02:46.840
throw this is going to prevent that left arm spinning so I can get a much
45
00:02:46.840 --> 00:02:52.920
better feeling of that right side hitting through that firm left side that will
46
00:02:52.920 --> 00:02:57.760
help translate into a shoulder that'll stay closed a little bit longer until
47
00:02:57.760 --> 00:03:03.520
the arms create some of that side bend and rotation. So great one to work on at
48
00:03:03.520 --> 00:03:07.680
home a few reps here and there will make a huge difference for your comfort in
49
00:03:07.680 --> 00:03:12.640
the direction of where your arms need to go during the release.
1
00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:03.880
This drill is the sidearm throw. I'm going to show you two different versions.
2
00:00:03.880 --> 00:00:07.800
One you can do with a larger ball, say like a volleyball, a soccer ball, a
3
00:00:07.800 --> 00:00:08.320
basketball,
4
00:00:08.320 --> 00:00:13.680
the other you can do with just golf ball. So the two-arm version you're going
5
00:00:13.680 --> 00:00:13.760
to
6
00:00:13.760 --> 00:00:18.360
use a little bit more of a larger object like a volleyball would be ideal or a
7
00:00:18.360 --> 00:00:22.720
light medicine ball. Now what you're going to do is when you go to throw this
8
00:00:22.720 --> 00:00:27.240
ball the major thing is you want to make sure that this right arm is
9
00:00:27.240 --> 00:00:31.800
underneath the left like so. So if I was really trying to throw this I would
10
00:00:31.800 --> 00:00:35.720
probably keep the back of my hand in line with the ball where I'd be pushing
11
00:00:35.720 --> 00:00:36.420
but
12
00:00:36.420 --> 00:00:40.800
to train it more in the golf style I'm going to practice getting this right
13
00:00:40.800 --> 00:00:40.920
elbow
14
00:00:40.920 --> 00:00:46.240
as much underneath the left as I can and I'm going to add a little bit of this
15
00:00:46.240 --> 00:00:51.760
motorcycle move like so. So I'm going to get into this position and then
16
00:00:51.760 --> 00:00:52.160
release
17
00:00:52.160 --> 00:00:59.840
from there like so. So I'll demonstrate one but basically that's the forearm
18
00:00:59.840 --> 00:01:05.080
part and then when I go to release I can feel my body kind of brace against so
19
00:01:05.080 --> 00:01:10.040
that my arms can then extend even more. Similar as if I was throwing kind of a
20
00:01:10.040 --> 00:01:16.600
skipping stone or a sidearm throw I would not let my body continue going when I
21
00:01:16.600 --> 00:01:23.280
went to release. So the two arm throw is going to look something like this. So
22
00:01:23.280 --> 00:01:26.560
that's a great one that you can practice just throwing into the couch you can
23
00:01:26.560 --> 00:01:31.000
practice it at home helps you feel that proper arm movement working a little
24
00:01:31.000 --> 00:01:31.160
bit
25
00:01:31.160 --> 00:01:35.240
more across your body because what a lot of amateurs tend to do is that arm
26
00:01:35.240 --> 00:01:35.520
works
27
00:01:35.520 --> 00:01:40.670
more out at the golf ball where throwing an object out that way it wouldn't
28
00:01:40.670 --> 00:01:40.760
make
29
00:01:40.760 --> 00:01:44.240
a whole lot of sense to extend out at the golf ball so I start to feel a little
30
00:01:44.240 --> 00:01:48.520
bit more comfortable working that arm across my body. The one arm version is
31
00:01:48.520 --> 00:01:53.790
the throw. So basically you're going to hold it like a shot put just like so.
32
00:01:53.790 --> 00:01:54.200
So
33
00:01:54.200 --> 00:01:56.240
you're going to put it right in the middle of your palm and then hold it
34
00:01:56.240 --> 00:02:00.960
just with your thumb and then you're going to try and bring that arm across. So
35
00:02:00.960 --> 00:02:05.840
even if I was doing an iron version where I'd be throwing it more down I'm
36
00:02:05.840 --> 00:02:09.720
still throwing it out ahead of the golf ball and the best way to do that would
37
00:02:09.720 --> 00:02:14.280
be allow my elbow to work across my body. If I'm working more on the driver
38
00:02:14.280 --> 00:02:14.680
plane
39
00:02:14.680 --> 00:02:19.320
it would end up my upper body would be tilted a little bit more behind and it
40
00:02:19.320 --> 00:02:23.840
would be throwing it a little bit more parallel to the ground. So those are two
41
00:02:23.840 --> 00:02:29.880
great ways that you can work on this feeling of the proper right arm movement
42
00:02:29.880 --> 00:02:34.920
and train it at home. Now I should add one piece you can do if you're doing the
43
00:02:34.920 --> 00:02:42.440
single arm version is by putting my arm on a club like so now when I go to
44
00:02:42.440 --> 00:02:46.840
throw this is going to prevent that left arm spinning so I can get a much
45
00:02:46.840 --> 00:02:52.920
better feeling of that right side hitting through that firm left side that will
46
00:02:52.920 --> 00:02:57.760
help translate into a shoulder that'll stay closed a little bit longer until
47
00:02:57.760 --> 00:03:03.520
the arms create some of that side bend and rotation. So great one to work on at
48
00:03:03.520 --> 00:03:07.680
home a few reps here and there will make a huge difference for your comfort in
49
00:03:07.680 --> 00:03:12.640
the direction of where your arms need to go during the release.
Have questions?
Ask Mulligan for help
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.
Side Arm Throw - Downswing Body Sequencing
The side arm throw is a very useful training tool for training the gross movements of the golf swing. There is a reason why pitchers and quarterbacks tend to become excellent golfers when they retire from their sports. The golf swing was once described as feeling like skipping a stone. If you have a lake, you can certainly have some fun times working on your golf swing by skipping stones, but for the rest of us, throwing balls into walls or couches can be a great training tool.
The side arm throw is a very useful training tool for training the gross movements of the golf swing. There is a reason why pitchers and quarterbacks tend to become excellent golfers when they retire from their sports. The golf swing was once described as feeling like skipping a stone. If you have a lake, you can certainly have some fun times working on your golf swing by skipping stones, but for the rest of us, throwing balls into walls or couches can be a great training tool.
Hide
Video Transcript
WEBVTT
1
00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:03.880
This drill is the sidearm throw. I'm going to show you two different versions.
2
00:00:03.880 --> 00:00:07.800
One you can do with a larger ball, say like a volleyball, a soccer ball, a
3
00:00:07.800 --> 00:00:08.320
basketball,
4
00:00:08.320 --> 00:00:13.680
the other you can do with just golf ball. So the two-arm version you're going
5
00:00:13.680 --> 00:00:13.760
to
6
00:00:13.760 --> 00:00:18.360
use a little bit more of a larger object like a volleyball would be ideal or a
7
00:00:18.360 --> 00:00:22.720
light medicine ball. Now what you're going to do is when you go to throw this
8
00:00:22.720 --> 00:00:27.240
ball the major thing is you want to make sure that this right arm is
9
00:00:27.240 --> 00:00:31.800
underneath the left like so. So if I was really trying to throw this I would
10
00:00:31.800 --> 00:00:35.720
probably keep the back of my hand in line with the ball where I'd be pushing
11
00:00:35.720 --> 00:00:36.420
but
12
00:00:36.420 --> 00:00:40.800
to train it more in the golf style I'm going to practice getting this right
13
00:00:40.800 --> 00:00:40.920
elbow
14
00:00:40.920 --> 00:00:46.240
as much underneath the left as I can and I'm going to add a little bit of this
15
00:00:46.240 --> 00:00:51.760
motorcycle move like so. So I'm going to get into this position and then
16
00:00:51.760 --> 00:00:52.160
release
17
00:00:52.160 --> 00:00:59.840
from there like so. So I'll demonstrate one but basically that's the forearm
18
00:00:59.840 --> 00:01:05.080
part and then when I go to release I can feel my body kind of brace against so
19
00:01:05.080 --> 00:01:10.040
that my arms can then extend even more. Similar as if I was throwing kind of a
20
00:01:10.040 --> 00:01:16.600
skipping stone or a sidearm throw I would not let my body continue going when I
21
00:01:16.600 --> 00:01:23.280
went to release. So the two arm throw is going to look something like this. So
22
00:01:23.280 --> 00:01:26.560
that's a great one that you can practice just throwing into the couch you can
23
00:01:26.560 --> 00:01:31.000
practice it at home helps you feel that proper arm movement working a little
24
00:01:31.000 --> 00:01:31.160
bit
25
00:01:31.160 --> 00:01:35.240
more across your body because what a lot of amateurs tend to do is that arm
26
00:01:35.240 --> 00:01:35.520
works
27
00:01:35.520 --> 00:01:40.670
more out at the golf ball where throwing an object out that way it wouldn't
28
00:01:40.670 --> 00:01:40.760
make
29
00:01:40.760 --> 00:01:44.240
a whole lot of sense to extend out at the golf ball so I start to feel a little
30
00:01:44.240 --> 00:01:48.520
bit more comfortable working that arm across my body. The one arm version is
31
00:01:48.520 --> 00:01:53.790
the throw. So basically you're going to hold it like a shot put just like so.
32
00:01:53.790 --> 00:01:54.200
So
33
00:01:54.200 --> 00:01:56.240
you're going to put it right in the middle of your palm and then hold it
34
00:01:56.240 --> 00:02:00.960
just with your thumb and then you're going to try and bring that arm across. So
35
00:02:00.960 --> 00:02:05.840
even if I was doing an iron version where I'd be throwing it more down I'm
36
00:02:05.840 --> 00:02:09.720
still throwing it out ahead of the golf ball and the best way to do that would
37
00:02:09.720 --> 00:02:14.280
be allow my elbow to work across my body. If I'm working more on the driver
38
00:02:14.280 --> 00:02:14.680
plane
39
00:02:14.680 --> 00:02:19.320
it would end up my upper body would be tilted a little bit more behind and it
40
00:02:19.320 --> 00:02:23.840
would be throwing it a little bit more parallel to the ground. So those are two
41
00:02:23.840 --> 00:02:29.880
great ways that you can work on this feeling of the proper right arm movement
42
00:02:29.880 --> 00:02:34.920
and train it at home. Now I should add one piece you can do if you're doing the
43
00:02:34.920 --> 00:02:42.440
single arm version is by putting my arm on a club like so now when I go to
44
00:02:42.440 --> 00:02:46.840
throw this is going to prevent that left arm spinning so I can get a much
45
00:02:46.840 --> 00:02:52.920
better feeling of that right side hitting through that firm left side that will
46
00:02:52.920 --> 00:02:57.760
help translate into a shoulder that'll stay closed a little bit longer until
47
00:02:57.760 --> 00:03:03.520
the arms create some of that side bend and rotation. So great one to work on at
48
00:03:03.520 --> 00:03:07.680
home a few reps here and there will make a huge difference for your comfort in
49
00:03:07.680 --> 00:03:12.640
the direction of where your arms need to go during the release.
1
00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:03.880
This drill is the sidearm throw. I'm going to show you two different versions.
2
00:00:03.880 --> 00:00:07.800
One you can do with a larger ball, say like a volleyball, a soccer ball, a
3
00:00:07.800 --> 00:00:08.320
basketball,
4
00:00:08.320 --> 00:00:13.680
the other you can do with just golf ball. So the two-arm version you're going
5
00:00:13.680 --> 00:00:13.760
to
6
00:00:13.760 --> 00:00:18.360
use a little bit more of a larger object like a volleyball would be ideal or a
7
00:00:18.360 --> 00:00:22.720
light medicine ball. Now what you're going to do is when you go to throw this
8
00:00:22.720 --> 00:00:27.240
ball the major thing is you want to make sure that this right arm is
9
00:00:27.240 --> 00:00:31.800
underneath the left like so. So if I was really trying to throw this I would
10
00:00:31.800 --> 00:00:35.720
probably keep the back of my hand in line with the ball where I'd be pushing
11
00:00:35.720 --> 00:00:36.420
but
12
00:00:36.420 --> 00:00:40.800
to train it more in the golf style I'm going to practice getting this right
13
00:00:40.800 --> 00:00:40.920
elbow
14
00:00:40.920 --> 00:00:46.240
as much underneath the left as I can and I'm going to add a little bit of this
15
00:00:46.240 --> 00:00:51.760
motorcycle move like so. So I'm going to get into this position and then
16
00:00:51.760 --> 00:00:52.160
release
17
00:00:52.160 --> 00:00:59.840
from there like so. So I'll demonstrate one but basically that's the forearm
18
00:00:59.840 --> 00:01:05.080
part and then when I go to release I can feel my body kind of brace against so
19
00:01:05.080 --> 00:01:10.040
that my arms can then extend even more. Similar as if I was throwing kind of a
20
00:01:10.040 --> 00:01:16.600
skipping stone or a sidearm throw I would not let my body continue going when I
21
00:01:16.600 --> 00:01:23.280
went to release. So the two arm throw is going to look something like this. So
22
00:01:23.280 --> 00:01:26.560
that's a great one that you can practice just throwing into the couch you can
23
00:01:26.560 --> 00:01:31.000
practice it at home helps you feel that proper arm movement working a little
24
00:01:31.000 --> 00:01:31.160
bit
25
00:01:31.160 --> 00:01:35.240
more across your body because what a lot of amateurs tend to do is that arm
26
00:01:35.240 --> 00:01:35.520
works
27
00:01:35.520 --> 00:01:40.670
more out at the golf ball where throwing an object out that way it wouldn't
28
00:01:40.670 --> 00:01:40.760
make
29
00:01:40.760 --> 00:01:44.240
a whole lot of sense to extend out at the golf ball so I start to feel a little
30
00:01:44.240 --> 00:01:48.520
bit more comfortable working that arm across my body. The one arm version is
31
00:01:48.520 --> 00:01:53.790
the throw. So basically you're going to hold it like a shot put just like so.
32
00:01:53.790 --> 00:01:54.200
So
33
00:01:54.200 --> 00:01:56.240
you're going to put it right in the middle of your palm and then hold it
34
00:01:56.240 --> 00:02:00.960
just with your thumb and then you're going to try and bring that arm across. So
35
00:02:00.960 --> 00:02:05.840
even if I was doing an iron version where I'd be throwing it more down I'm
36
00:02:05.840 --> 00:02:09.720
still throwing it out ahead of the golf ball and the best way to do that would
37
00:02:09.720 --> 00:02:14.280
be allow my elbow to work across my body. If I'm working more on the driver
38
00:02:14.280 --> 00:02:14.680
plane
39
00:02:14.680 --> 00:02:19.320
it would end up my upper body would be tilted a little bit more behind and it
40
00:02:19.320 --> 00:02:23.840
would be throwing it a little bit more parallel to the ground. So those are two
41
00:02:23.840 --> 00:02:29.880
great ways that you can work on this feeling of the proper right arm movement
42
00:02:29.880 --> 00:02:34.920
and train it at home. Now I should add one piece you can do if you're doing the
43
00:02:34.920 --> 00:02:42.440
single arm version is by putting my arm on a club like so now when I go to
44
00:02:42.440 --> 00:02:46.840
throw this is going to prevent that left arm spinning so I can get a much
45
00:02:46.840 --> 00:02:52.920
better feeling of that right side hitting through that firm left side that will
46
00:02:52.920 --> 00:02:57.760
help translate into a shoulder that'll stay closed a little bit longer until
47
00:02:57.760 --> 00:03:03.520
the arms create some of that side bend and rotation. So great one to work on at
48
00:03:03.520 --> 00:03:07.680
home a few reps here and there will make a huge difference for your comfort in
49
00:03:07.680 --> 00:03:12.640
the direction of where your arms need to go during the release.
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