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Side Arm Throw

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This drill is sidearm throw under the left arm so this is a old classic drill

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for getting

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the Jackson 5 and the side tilt or the axis tilt. So many golfers who struggle

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with their driver or

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three wood in this case get too much on top of the ball requiring a big arm-sh

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allowing movement

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late that can create club face control problems, low point problems, spin

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problems, a whole host

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of problems for the longer clubs. So what we're going to do here is we'll crawl

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in a couple more

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golf balls. You're going to get set up and then you're going to take your left

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arm and place it on

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top of the golf club like this. So the golf club's straight up and down and in

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front of the left

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left foot. Now what I'm going to do is I'm going to throw sidearm underneath my

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left arm. Now this

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is roughly where I would be when the club is out here and what would happen is

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if I got

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in front if I lunged and got my upper body on top of my left hip I'd have to

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throw underhand

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because if I threw sidearm I would throw it more down towards the ground. So

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this gives a feeling

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of not getting this tilt from hanging backward but getting this tilt from

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getting my lower body

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forward just like so. So one more time I'm in my setup posture. I'm throwing

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underneath or

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sidearm kind of like this and then that's pretty much where I want to be in

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this follow through

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position. Oftentimes I'll combo this with a upper body awareness drill. So now

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I can kind of create

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that side bend feel just like I was throwing underneath my shaft. That will

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help clean up some

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of the ground contact create a little bit longer brushing pattern if it should

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help you not sky

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the ball. So if you're used to popping it up or hitting it on high on the club

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it should help

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out with that as well. So it's a really good kind of feel or rhythm type

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sequencing drill

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for getting the lower body to lead and getting the the body to turn through the

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shot. So you can see

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I'm using my hips and my core without lunging. If you tend to be more of a

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upper body lunge or

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too much upper body spin this is a great drill for feeling that disconnect. It

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's also good

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if you tend to pull too much with that left arm because by having the arm

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anchored out here it

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really helps you feel that shoulder stay a little bit more closed on the way

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through as opposed to

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pulling in kind of like this. So it has a really good kind of feel benefit for

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a couple different

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or a couple of the major problems that sabotage and prevent people from doing

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well with the driver

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three wood even the hybrids.

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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.

Side Arm Throw

Show more
Hide
Video Transcript
WEBVTT

1
00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:05.840
This drill is sidearm throw under the left arm so this is a old classic drill

2
00:00:05.840 --> 00:00:07.040
for getting

3
00:00:07.040 --> 00:00:13.360
the Jackson 5 and the side tilt or the axis tilt. So many golfers who struggle

4
00:00:13.360 --> 00:00:14.480
with their driver or

5
00:00:14.480 --> 00:00:20.260
three wood in this case get too much on top of the ball requiring a big arm-sh

6
00:00:20.260 --> 00:00:21.600
allowing movement

7
00:00:21.600 --> 00:00:26.450
late that can create club face control problems, low point problems, spin

8
00:00:26.450 --> 00:00:27.600
problems, a whole host

9
00:00:27.600 --> 00:00:33.640
of problems for the longer clubs. So what we're going to do here is we'll crawl

10
00:00:33.640 --> 00:00:34.720
in a couple more

11
00:00:34.720 --> 00:00:40.130
golf balls. You're going to get set up and then you're going to take your left

12
00:00:40.130 --> 00:00:41.280
arm and place it on

13
00:00:41.280 --> 00:00:45.480
top of the golf club like this. So the golf club's straight up and down and in

14
00:00:45.480 --> 00:00:46.880
front of the left

15
00:00:46.880 --> 00:00:54.010
left foot. Now what I'm going to do is I'm going to throw sidearm underneath my

16
00:00:54.010 --> 00:00:57.440
left arm. Now this

17
00:00:57.440 --> 00:01:03.910
is roughly where I would be when the club is out here and what would happen is

18
00:01:03.910 --> 00:01:04.560
if I got

19
00:01:04.560 --> 00:01:10.030
in front if I lunged and got my upper body on top of my left hip I'd have to

20
00:01:10.030 --> 00:01:10.880
throw underhand

21
00:01:10.880 --> 00:01:15.390
because if I threw sidearm I would throw it more down towards the ground. So

22
00:01:15.390 --> 00:01:16.480
this gives a feeling

23
00:01:16.480 --> 00:01:20.950
of not getting this tilt from hanging backward but getting this tilt from

24
00:01:20.950 --> 00:01:22.400
getting my lower body

25
00:01:22.400 --> 00:01:28.400
forward just like so. So one more time I'm in my setup posture. I'm throwing

26
00:01:28.400 --> 00:01:29.280
underneath or

27
00:01:29.280 --> 00:01:34.130
sidearm kind of like this and then that's pretty much where I want to be in

28
00:01:34.130 --> 00:01:34.800
this follow through

29
00:01:34.800 --> 00:01:40.480
position. Oftentimes I'll combo this with a upper body awareness drill. So now

30
00:01:40.480 --> 00:01:43.120
I can kind of create

31
00:01:43.120 --> 00:01:48.080
that side bend feel just like I was throwing underneath my shaft. That will

32
00:01:48.080 --> 00:01:49.200
help clean up some

33
00:01:49.200 --> 00:01:55.600
of the ground contact create a little bit longer brushing pattern if it should

34
00:01:55.600 --> 00:01:57.040
help you not sky

35
00:01:57.040 --> 00:02:00.880
the ball. So if you're used to popping it up or hitting it on high on the club

36
00:02:00.880 --> 00:02:01.360
it should help

37
00:02:01.360 --> 00:02:05.640
out with that as well. So it's a really good kind of feel or rhythm type

38
00:02:05.640 --> 00:02:06.800
sequencing drill

39
00:02:06.800 --> 00:02:12.000
for getting the lower body to lead and getting the the body to turn through the

40
00:02:12.000 --> 00:02:12.960
shot. So you can see

41
00:02:12.960 --> 00:02:18.140
I'm using my hips and my core without lunging. If you tend to be more of a

42
00:02:18.140 --> 00:02:19.440
upper body lunge or

43
00:02:19.440 --> 00:02:23.790
too much upper body spin this is a great drill for feeling that disconnect. It

44
00:02:23.790 --> 00:02:24.560
's also good

45
00:02:24.560 --> 00:02:30.160
if you tend to pull too much with that left arm because by having the arm

46
00:02:30.160 --> 00:02:31.840
anchored out here it

47
00:02:31.840 --> 00:02:35.760
really helps you feel that shoulder stay a little bit more closed on the way

48
00:02:35.760 --> 00:02:37.200
through as opposed to

49
00:02:37.200 --> 00:02:42.840
pulling in kind of like this. So it has a really good kind of feel benefit for

50
00:02:42.840 --> 00:02:44.240
a couple different

51
00:02:44.240 --> 00:02:49.520
or a couple of the major problems that sabotage and prevent people from doing

52
00:02:49.520 --> 00:02:50.480
well with the driver

53
00:02:50.480 --> 00:02:52.560
three wood even the hybrids.

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