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Improve Your Swing Tempo with Slow to Fast Transition Drill
After this video, you'll be able to:
- Feel the difference between a slow transition and a quick release during your swing.
- Identify how your body reacts to different tempos and adjust accordingly.
- Develop better timing in your downswing for improved ball striking consistency.
Learn how to control your swing tempo using the slow to fast drill, which helps improve your transition into the downswing. This exercise will enhance your timing and increase your overall swing speed.
Video Transcript
WEBVTT
1
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this tempo drill is slow to fast or fast to slow so I always ask golfers which
2
00:00:07.180 --> 00:00:11.100
do you feel when you're when I'm looking for feedback I'll ask them do you feel
3
00:00:11.100 --> 00:00:14.780
more of a position like was the club outside or inside or did you feel more
4
00:00:14.780 --> 00:00:20.260
of a sequence like that was quick or that was slow or that was long and
5
00:00:20.260 --> 00:00:26.420
syrupy or tighten compact those that I kind of group golfers into do you are
6
00:00:26.420 --> 00:00:29.980
you more sensitive to the tempo or you more sensitive to the position so this
7
00:00:29.980 --> 00:00:35.980
is more of a position feel so fast to slow or slow to fast is looking at
8
00:00:35.980 --> 00:00:41.720
transition into downswing what typically happens is golfers who feel really
9
00:00:41.720 --> 00:00:42.060
quick
10
00:00:42.060 --> 00:00:47.620
early on or through the start of transition will tend to feel almost the
11
00:00:47.620 --> 00:00:53.260
slowing down or bracing as they have to recover and make some adjustments where
12
00:00:53.260 --> 00:00:58.380
golfers who tend to feel really in sync or slow during the first half will then
13
00:00:58.380 --> 00:01:04.460
be able to feel a lot of speed later and later so one drill that I'll have golf
14
00:01:04.460 --> 00:01:04.460
ers
15
00:01:04.460 --> 00:01:09.380
do is basically you're gonna do as slow a transition as you can do and then try
16
00:01:09.380 --> 00:01:13.980
to hit it hard once the club gets to about shaft parallel or a little past
17
00:01:13.980 --> 00:01:20.110
delivery position so to feel a good one we're gonna go up to the top we're
18
00:01:20.110 --> 00:01:20.140
gonna
19
00:01:20.140 --> 00:01:24.260
come down in slow motion and then once we get to right about here we're gonna
20
00:01:24.260 --> 00:01:29.820
try and accelerate into a really good release so we'll do that with just a
21
00:01:29.820 --> 00:01:35.940
touch more speed that was the kind of exaggerated slow version so now it will
22
00:01:35.940 --> 00:01:41.340
it will look close to normal it's gonna still feel like it's in slow motion so
23
00:01:41.340 --> 00:01:48.660
slow quick and it's still trying to exaggerate that feel of from right about
24
00:01:48.660 --> 00:01:53.460
here having the arms go into more of their acceleration phase and not trying
25
00:01:53.460 --> 00:01:57.980
to get it too fast now what I'll usually do is I'll ask all first to do the
26
00:01:57.980 --> 00:02:03.020
opposite just for comparison because it's helpful for the brain to see what is
27
00:02:03.020 --> 00:02:06.940
what it feels like to do it well but then confirm that it knows what it feels
28
00:02:06.940 --> 00:02:11.220
like when it does it poorly so now on this one I'm gonna try to do this part
29
00:02:11.220 --> 00:02:16.660
of the swing as fast as I can and then have it kind of coast through impact so
30
00:02:16.660 --> 00:02:23.860
this would be the fastest slow version and sometimes I shank it when I do that
31
00:02:23.860 --> 00:02:30.660
one so this is where you'll see that it's the tempo in the positions so just by
32
00:02:30.660 --> 00:02:34.500
getting a little bit fast it totally threw me out of position so now we'll do
33
00:02:34.500 --> 00:02:39.980
another one of the slow motion in transition and then fast through the
34
00:02:39.980 --> 00:02:46.860
release so slow and then fast through the release if you have a hard time
35
00:02:46.860 --> 00:02:51.620
feeling the fast through the release then I recommend doing the pelvic punch
36
00:02:51.620 --> 00:02:57.660
where basically you're gonna go to about waist height and then from here you're
37
00:02:57.660 --> 00:03:03.220
gonna try and hit the ball a reasonable distance I'll usually say as hard as
38
00:03:03.220 --> 00:03:07.940
you can but a reasonable distance so I'm not just going for control here I'm
39
00:03:07.940 --> 00:03:14.420
I'm going for speed so from about waist height until into the follow-through
40
00:03:14.420 --> 00:03:20.820
trying to really accelerate through there now I'm going to take it back up
41
00:03:20.820 --> 00:03:26.220
to the top of the swing feel slow in transition and then speed through the
42
00:03:26.220 --> 00:03:28.580
release
43
00:03:28.580 --> 00:03:36.020
tiny bit fat on that one felt it get involved maybe a touch too soon where I
44
00:03:36.020 --> 00:03:41.180
got most of my speed with my arms instead of the body but it's those little
45
00:03:41.180 --> 00:03:45.340
sequence details that if you are more of a rhythm player will be extremely
46
00:03:45.340 --> 00:03:52.900
helpful so slow fast that was a pretty good one so if you struggle with getting
47
00:03:52.900 --> 00:03:57.500
quick in the transition experiment with the timing of what happens right around
48
00:03:57.500 --> 00:04:02.940
here whether you go from slow to fast or from fast to slow
1
00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:07.180
this tempo drill is slow to fast or fast to slow so I always ask golfers which
2
00:00:07.180 --> 00:00:11.100
do you feel when you're when I'm looking for feedback I'll ask them do you feel
3
00:00:11.100 --> 00:00:14.780
more of a position like was the club outside or inside or did you feel more
4
00:00:14.780 --> 00:00:20.260
of a sequence like that was quick or that was slow or that was long and
5
00:00:20.260 --> 00:00:26.420
syrupy or tighten compact those that I kind of group golfers into do you are
6
00:00:26.420 --> 00:00:29.980
you more sensitive to the tempo or you more sensitive to the position so this
7
00:00:29.980 --> 00:00:35.980
is more of a position feel so fast to slow or slow to fast is looking at
8
00:00:35.980 --> 00:00:41.720
transition into downswing what typically happens is golfers who feel really
9
00:00:41.720 --> 00:00:42.060
quick
10
00:00:42.060 --> 00:00:47.620
early on or through the start of transition will tend to feel almost the
11
00:00:47.620 --> 00:00:53.260
slowing down or bracing as they have to recover and make some adjustments where
12
00:00:53.260 --> 00:00:58.380
golfers who tend to feel really in sync or slow during the first half will then
13
00:00:58.380 --> 00:01:04.460
be able to feel a lot of speed later and later so one drill that I'll have golf
14
00:01:04.460 --> 00:01:04.460
ers
15
00:01:04.460 --> 00:01:09.380
do is basically you're gonna do as slow a transition as you can do and then try
16
00:01:09.380 --> 00:01:13.980
to hit it hard once the club gets to about shaft parallel or a little past
17
00:01:13.980 --> 00:01:20.110
delivery position so to feel a good one we're gonna go up to the top we're
18
00:01:20.110 --> 00:01:20.140
gonna
19
00:01:20.140 --> 00:01:24.260
come down in slow motion and then once we get to right about here we're gonna
20
00:01:24.260 --> 00:01:29.820
try and accelerate into a really good release so we'll do that with just a
21
00:01:29.820 --> 00:01:35.940
touch more speed that was the kind of exaggerated slow version so now it will
22
00:01:35.940 --> 00:01:41.340
it will look close to normal it's gonna still feel like it's in slow motion so
23
00:01:41.340 --> 00:01:48.660
slow quick and it's still trying to exaggerate that feel of from right about
24
00:01:48.660 --> 00:01:53.460
here having the arms go into more of their acceleration phase and not trying
25
00:01:53.460 --> 00:01:57.980
to get it too fast now what I'll usually do is I'll ask all first to do the
26
00:01:57.980 --> 00:02:03.020
opposite just for comparison because it's helpful for the brain to see what is
27
00:02:03.020 --> 00:02:06.940
what it feels like to do it well but then confirm that it knows what it feels
28
00:02:06.940 --> 00:02:11.220
like when it does it poorly so now on this one I'm gonna try to do this part
29
00:02:11.220 --> 00:02:16.660
of the swing as fast as I can and then have it kind of coast through impact so
30
00:02:16.660 --> 00:02:23.860
this would be the fastest slow version and sometimes I shank it when I do that
31
00:02:23.860 --> 00:02:30.660
one so this is where you'll see that it's the tempo in the positions so just by
32
00:02:30.660 --> 00:02:34.500
getting a little bit fast it totally threw me out of position so now we'll do
33
00:02:34.500 --> 00:02:39.980
another one of the slow motion in transition and then fast through the
34
00:02:39.980 --> 00:02:46.860
release so slow and then fast through the release if you have a hard time
35
00:02:46.860 --> 00:02:51.620
feeling the fast through the release then I recommend doing the pelvic punch
36
00:02:51.620 --> 00:02:57.660
where basically you're gonna go to about waist height and then from here you're
37
00:02:57.660 --> 00:03:03.220
gonna try and hit the ball a reasonable distance I'll usually say as hard as
38
00:03:03.220 --> 00:03:07.940
you can but a reasonable distance so I'm not just going for control here I'm
39
00:03:07.940 --> 00:03:14.420
I'm going for speed so from about waist height until into the follow-through
40
00:03:14.420 --> 00:03:20.820
trying to really accelerate through there now I'm going to take it back up
41
00:03:20.820 --> 00:03:26.220
to the top of the swing feel slow in transition and then speed through the
42
00:03:26.220 --> 00:03:28.580
release
43
00:03:28.580 --> 00:03:36.020
tiny bit fat on that one felt it get involved maybe a touch too soon where I
44
00:03:36.020 --> 00:03:41.180
got most of my speed with my arms instead of the body but it's those little
45
00:03:41.180 --> 00:03:45.340
sequence details that if you are more of a rhythm player will be extremely
46
00:03:45.340 --> 00:03:52.900
helpful so slow fast that was a pretty good one so if you struggle with getting
47
00:03:52.900 --> 00:03:57.500
quick in the transition experiment with the timing of what happens right around
48
00:03:57.500 --> 00:04:02.940
here whether you go from slow to fast or from fast to slow
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.
Improve Your Swing Tempo with Slow to Fast Transition Drill
After this video, you'll be able to:
- Feel the difference between a slow transition and a quick release during your swing.
- Identify how your body reacts to different tempos and adjust accordingly.
- Develop better timing in your downswing for improved ball striking consistency.
Learn how to control your swing tempo using the slow to fast drill, which helps improve your transition into the downswing. This exercise will enhance your timing and increase your overall swing speed.
Video Transcript
WEBVTT
1
00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:07.180
this tempo drill is slow to fast or fast to slow so I always ask golfers which
2
00:00:07.180 --> 00:00:11.100
do you feel when you're when I'm looking for feedback I'll ask them do you feel
3
00:00:11.100 --> 00:00:14.780
more of a position like was the club outside or inside or did you feel more
4
00:00:14.780 --> 00:00:20.260
of a sequence like that was quick or that was slow or that was long and
5
00:00:20.260 --> 00:00:26.420
syrupy or tighten compact those that I kind of group golfers into do you are
6
00:00:26.420 --> 00:00:29.980
you more sensitive to the tempo or you more sensitive to the position so this
7
00:00:29.980 --> 00:00:35.980
is more of a position feel so fast to slow or slow to fast is looking at
8
00:00:35.980 --> 00:00:41.720
transition into downswing what typically happens is golfers who feel really
9
00:00:41.720 --> 00:00:42.060
quick
10
00:00:42.060 --> 00:00:47.620
early on or through the start of transition will tend to feel almost the
11
00:00:47.620 --> 00:00:53.260
slowing down or bracing as they have to recover and make some adjustments where
12
00:00:53.260 --> 00:00:58.380
golfers who tend to feel really in sync or slow during the first half will then
13
00:00:58.380 --> 00:01:04.460
be able to feel a lot of speed later and later so one drill that I'll have golf
14
00:01:04.460 --> 00:01:04.460
ers
15
00:01:04.460 --> 00:01:09.380
do is basically you're gonna do as slow a transition as you can do and then try
16
00:01:09.380 --> 00:01:13.980
to hit it hard once the club gets to about shaft parallel or a little past
17
00:01:13.980 --> 00:01:20.110
delivery position so to feel a good one we're gonna go up to the top we're
18
00:01:20.110 --> 00:01:20.140
gonna
19
00:01:20.140 --> 00:01:24.260
come down in slow motion and then once we get to right about here we're gonna
20
00:01:24.260 --> 00:01:29.820
try and accelerate into a really good release so we'll do that with just a
21
00:01:29.820 --> 00:01:35.940
touch more speed that was the kind of exaggerated slow version so now it will
22
00:01:35.940 --> 00:01:41.340
it will look close to normal it's gonna still feel like it's in slow motion so
23
00:01:41.340 --> 00:01:48.660
slow quick and it's still trying to exaggerate that feel of from right about
24
00:01:48.660 --> 00:01:53.460
here having the arms go into more of their acceleration phase and not trying
25
00:01:53.460 --> 00:01:57.980
to get it too fast now what I'll usually do is I'll ask all first to do the
26
00:01:57.980 --> 00:02:03.020
opposite just for comparison because it's helpful for the brain to see what is
27
00:02:03.020 --> 00:02:06.940
what it feels like to do it well but then confirm that it knows what it feels
28
00:02:06.940 --> 00:02:11.220
like when it does it poorly so now on this one I'm gonna try to do this part
29
00:02:11.220 --> 00:02:16.660
of the swing as fast as I can and then have it kind of coast through impact so
30
00:02:16.660 --> 00:02:23.860
this would be the fastest slow version and sometimes I shank it when I do that
31
00:02:23.860 --> 00:02:30.660
one so this is where you'll see that it's the tempo in the positions so just by
32
00:02:30.660 --> 00:02:34.500
getting a little bit fast it totally threw me out of position so now we'll do
33
00:02:34.500 --> 00:02:39.980
another one of the slow motion in transition and then fast through the
34
00:02:39.980 --> 00:02:46.860
release so slow and then fast through the release if you have a hard time
35
00:02:46.860 --> 00:02:51.620
feeling the fast through the release then I recommend doing the pelvic punch
36
00:02:51.620 --> 00:02:57.660
where basically you're gonna go to about waist height and then from here you're
37
00:02:57.660 --> 00:03:03.220
gonna try and hit the ball a reasonable distance I'll usually say as hard as
38
00:03:03.220 --> 00:03:07.940
you can but a reasonable distance so I'm not just going for control here I'm
39
00:03:07.940 --> 00:03:14.420
I'm going for speed so from about waist height until into the follow-through
40
00:03:14.420 --> 00:03:20.820
trying to really accelerate through there now I'm going to take it back up
41
00:03:20.820 --> 00:03:26.220
to the top of the swing feel slow in transition and then speed through the
42
00:03:26.220 --> 00:03:28.580
release
43
00:03:28.580 --> 00:03:36.020
tiny bit fat on that one felt it get involved maybe a touch too soon where I
44
00:03:36.020 --> 00:03:41.180
got most of my speed with my arms instead of the body but it's those little
45
00:03:41.180 --> 00:03:45.340
sequence details that if you are more of a rhythm player will be extremely
46
00:03:45.340 --> 00:03:52.900
helpful so slow fast that was a pretty good one so if you struggle with getting
47
00:03:52.900 --> 00:03:57.500
quick in the transition experiment with the timing of what happens right around
48
00:03:57.500 --> 00:04:02.940
here whether you go from slow to fast or from fast to slow
1
00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:07.180
this tempo drill is slow to fast or fast to slow so I always ask golfers which
2
00:00:07.180 --> 00:00:11.100
do you feel when you're when I'm looking for feedback I'll ask them do you feel
3
00:00:11.100 --> 00:00:14.780
more of a position like was the club outside or inside or did you feel more
4
00:00:14.780 --> 00:00:20.260
of a sequence like that was quick or that was slow or that was long and
5
00:00:20.260 --> 00:00:26.420
syrupy or tighten compact those that I kind of group golfers into do you are
6
00:00:26.420 --> 00:00:29.980
you more sensitive to the tempo or you more sensitive to the position so this
7
00:00:29.980 --> 00:00:35.980
is more of a position feel so fast to slow or slow to fast is looking at
8
00:00:35.980 --> 00:00:41.720
transition into downswing what typically happens is golfers who feel really
9
00:00:41.720 --> 00:00:42.060
quick
10
00:00:42.060 --> 00:00:47.620
early on or through the start of transition will tend to feel almost the
11
00:00:47.620 --> 00:00:53.260
slowing down or bracing as they have to recover and make some adjustments where
12
00:00:53.260 --> 00:00:58.380
golfers who tend to feel really in sync or slow during the first half will then
13
00:00:58.380 --> 00:01:04.460
be able to feel a lot of speed later and later so one drill that I'll have golf
14
00:01:04.460 --> 00:01:04.460
ers
15
00:01:04.460 --> 00:01:09.380
do is basically you're gonna do as slow a transition as you can do and then try
16
00:01:09.380 --> 00:01:13.980
to hit it hard once the club gets to about shaft parallel or a little past
17
00:01:13.980 --> 00:01:20.110
delivery position so to feel a good one we're gonna go up to the top we're
18
00:01:20.110 --> 00:01:20.140
gonna
19
00:01:20.140 --> 00:01:24.260
come down in slow motion and then once we get to right about here we're gonna
20
00:01:24.260 --> 00:01:29.820
try and accelerate into a really good release so we'll do that with just a
21
00:01:29.820 --> 00:01:35.940
touch more speed that was the kind of exaggerated slow version so now it will
22
00:01:35.940 --> 00:01:41.340
it will look close to normal it's gonna still feel like it's in slow motion so
23
00:01:41.340 --> 00:01:48.660
slow quick and it's still trying to exaggerate that feel of from right about
24
00:01:48.660 --> 00:01:53.460
here having the arms go into more of their acceleration phase and not trying
25
00:01:53.460 --> 00:01:57.980
to get it too fast now what I'll usually do is I'll ask all first to do the
26
00:01:57.980 --> 00:02:03.020
opposite just for comparison because it's helpful for the brain to see what is
27
00:02:03.020 --> 00:02:06.940
what it feels like to do it well but then confirm that it knows what it feels
28
00:02:06.940 --> 00:02:11.220
like when it does it poorly so now on this one I'm gonna try to do this part
29
00:02:11.220 --> 00:02:16.660
of the swing as fast as I can and then have it kind of coast through impact so
30
00:02:16.660 --> 00:02:23.860
this would be the fastest slow version and sometimes I shank it when I do that
31
00:02:23.860 --> 00:02:30.660
one so this is where you'll see that it's the tempo in the positions so just by
32
00:02:30.660 --> 00:02:34.500
getting a little bit fast it totally threw me out of position so now we'll do
33
00:02:34.500 --> 00:02:39.980
another one of the slow motion in transition and then fast through the
34
00:02:39.980 --> 00:02:46.860
release so slow and then fast through the release if you have a hard time
35
00:02:46.860 --> 00:02:51.620
feeling the fast through the release then I recommend doing the pelvic punch
36
00:02:51.620 --> 00:02:57.660
where basically you're gonna go to about waist height and then from here you're
37
00:02:57.660 --> 00:03:03.220
gonna try and hit the ball a reasonable distance I'll usually say as hard as
38
00:03:03.220 --> 00:03:07.940
you can but a reasonable distance so I'm not just going for control here I'm
39
00:03:07.940 --> 00:03:14.420
I'm going for speed so from about waist height until into the follow-through
40
00:03:14.420 --> 00:03:20.820
trying to really accelerate through there now I'm going to take it back up
41
00:03:20.820 --> 00:03:26.220
to the top of the swing feel slow in transition and then speed through the
42
00:03:26.220 --> 00:03:28.580
release
43
00:03:28.580 --> 00:03:36.020
tiny bit fat on that one felt it get involved maybe a touch too soon where I
44
00:03:36.020 --> 00:03:41.180
got most of my speed with my arms instead of the body but it's those little
45
00:03:41.180 --> 00:03:45.340
sequence details that if you are more of a rhythm player will be extremely
46
00:03:45.340 --> 00:03:52.900
helpful so slow fast that was a pretty good one so if you struggle with getting
47
00:03:52.900 --> 00:03:57.500
quick in the transition experiment with the timing of what happens right around
48
00:03:57.500 --> 00:04:02.940
here whether you go from slow to fast or from fast to slow
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