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Improve Your Transition for More Consistent Shots
After this video, you'll be able to:
- Shift your weight to your left foot early for improved stability.
- Understand the role of your left shoulder in maintaining spine angle during transition.
- Coordinate your arm movements with your body for a smoother downswing.
Learn how to effectively transition from your backswing to your downswing, focusing on weight distribution and body movement. This understanding is crucial for achieving better shot accuracy and power.
Video Transcript
WEBVTT
1
00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:05.270
In this concept video, we're going to discuss the transition, so the transition
2
00:00:05.270 --> 00:00:09.000
is basically after you finish setting the club as you start down.
3
00:00:09.000 --> 00:00:14.000
I don't like to really teach a specific top of the backswing position because
4
00:00:14.000 --> 00:00:19.200
the movement between setting the club and starting down is kind of timing
5
00:00:19.200 --> 00:00:20.000
dependent.
6
00:00:20.000 --> 00:00:25.730
But when you go through transition, there's three key things that I want you to
7
00:00:25.730 --> 00:00:27.000
pay attention to.
8
00:00:27.000 --> 00:00:32.830
The first key is I want you to get your weight into your left foot and towards
9
00:00:32.830 --> 00:00:35.000
the left heel as soon as you can.
10
00:00:35.000 --> 00:00:40.220
One great image that a lot of people have used, and I've had drill about, is if
11
00:00:40.220 --> 00:00:45.810
you had scales under your feet, you're going to try and put as much weight into
12
00:00:45.810 --> 00:00:49.000
that left foot as you can as early as you can.
13
00:00:49.000 --> 00:00:53.970
So if we look at this pelvis sway graph and we look at the lateral movement in
14
00:00:53.970 --> 00:00:59.160
towards the target, what ends up happening is the majority of the movement
15
00:00:59.160 --> 00:01:05.520
laterally happens during transition, which is before the left arm is below your
16
00:01:05.520 --> 00:01:06.000
waist.
17
00:01:06.000 --> 00:01:13.790
I mean, most of this lateral movement is going to happen there. That's that
18
00:01:13.790 --> 00:01:17.000
step into the throw before I throw with my arm.
19
00:01:17.000 --> 00:01:21.050
So I go to the top of the swing and I get into that left side. Now, going with
20
00:01:21.050 --> 00:01:26.650
that, during the transition, you want your left side to actually continue side
21
00:01:26.650 --> 00:01:27.000
bending.
22
00:01:27.000 --> 00:01:31.570
Now, it looks funny because your spine is twisted. When you go to the top of
23
00:01:31.570 --> 00:01:34.000
the swing, my left shoulder is low.
24
00:01:34.000 --> 00:01:38.570
As I go into this transition movement, which is just right there, it's a small
25
00:01:38.570 --> 00:01:42.970
movement, that left shoulder continues bending down, which allows me to put
26
00:01:42.970 --> 00:01:46.000
more pressure into that left leg.
27
00:01:46.000 --> 00:01:50.740
This prepares my body for the dynamics of the release, which we'll get into in
28
00:01:50.740 --> 00:01:52.000
the next section.
29
00:01:52.000 --> 00:01:56.740
The last piece is what do I do with my arms? Well, during the backswing, my
30
00:01:56.740 --> 00:02:00.000
arms were rotating and getting kind of over here.
31
00:02:00.000 --> 00:02:04.860
If you remember, I'm going to bend my right arm, externally rotate and let my
32
00:02:04.860 --> 00:02:07.000
wrist start to kind of extend.
33
00:02:07.000 --> 00:02:11.570
Well, you're basically going to let your arms fall down into what we call
34
00:02:11.570 --> 00:02:13.000
delivery position.
35
00:02:13.000 --> 00:02:17.000
So it's basically, there's top of the backswing, there's delivery position.
36
00:02:17.000 --> 00:02:24.230
Top, delivery position. Most of the arm movement is going to be dropping in
37
00:02:24.230 --> 00:02:28.850
towards your side, and this is where a lot of players have come up with the
38
00:02:28.850 --> 00:02:32.280
feeling of my arms falling, because what a lot of amateurs will want to do is,
39
00:02:32.280 --> 00:02:36.610
from the top of the swing, start straightening those arms too soon, which would
40
00:02:36.610 --> 00:02:39.000
get you more in this position as opposed to that position.
41
00:02:39.000 --> 00:02:43.030
So three major keys for transition, they sound simple, but you'll notice we
42
00:02:43.030 --> 00:02:46.880
have a lot of drills for them because they're one of the common places where
43
00:02:46.880 --> 00:02:49.000
swings really start to break down.
44
00:02:49.000 --> 00:02:52.950
It's when I'm starting to apply force in the direction of the target, it
45
00:02:52.950 --> 00:02:56.750
happens in the flash, so you want to make sure that you train it and don't just
46
00:02:56.750 --> 00:02:58.000
try and think it.
47
00:02:58.000 --> 00:03:02.350
But the three things we're going to focus on are getting that weight into that
48
00:03:02.350 --> 00:03:06.950
left leg, getting that left shoulder down, and letting those arms drop and get
49
00:03:06.950 --> 00:03:08.000
kind of narrow.
50
00:03:08.000 --> 00:03:12.550
That will prepare us for what we want to do during the delivery position, or
51
00:03:12.550 --> 00:03:17.080
sorry, during the release, from delivery position, which is what we get into in
52
00:03:17.080 --> 00:03:18.000
the next section.
1
00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:05.270
In this concept video, we're going to discuss the transition, so the transition
2
00:00:05.270 --> 00:00:09.000
is basically after you finish setting the club as you start down.
3
00:00:09.000 --> 00:00:14.000
I don't like to really teach a specific top of the backswing position because
4
00:00:14.000 --> 00:00:19.200
the movement between setting the club and starting down is kind of timing
5
00:00:19.200 --> 00:00:20.000
dependent.
6
00:00:20.000 --> 00:00:25.730
But when you go through transition, there's three key things that I want you to
7
00:00:25.730 --> 00:00:27.000
pay attention to.
8
00:00:27.000 --> 00:00:32.830
The first key is I want you to get your weight into your left foot and towards
9
00:00:32.830 --> 00:00:35.000
the left heel as soon as you can.
10
00:00:35.000 --> 00:00:40.220
One great image that a lot of people have used, and I've had drill about, is if
11
00:00:40.220 --> 00:00:45.810
you had scales under your feet, you're going to try and put as much weight into
12
00:00:45.810 --> 00:00:49.000
that left foot as you can as early as you can.
13
00:00:49.000 --> 00:00:53.970
So if we look at this pelvis sway graph and we look at the lateral movement in
14
00:00:53.970 --> 00:00:59.160
towards the target, what ends up happening is the majority of the movement
15
00:00:59.160 --> 00:01:05.520
laterally happens during transition, which is before the left arm is below your
16
00:01:05.520 --> 00:01:06.000
waist.
17
00:01:06.000 --> 00:01:13.790
I mean, most of this lateral movement is going to happen there. That's that
18
00:01:13.790 --> 00:01:17.000
step into the throw before I throw with my arm.
19
00:01:17.000 --> 00:01:21.050
So I go to the top of the swing and I get into that left side. Now, going with
20
00:01:21.050 --> 00:01:26.650
that, during the transition, you want your left side to actually continue side
21
00:01:26.650 --> 00:01:27.000
bending.
22
00:01:27.000 --> 00:01:31.570
Now, it looks funny because your spine is twisted. When you go to the top of
23
00:01:31.570 --> 00:01:34.000
the swing, my left shoulder is low.
24
00:01:34.000 --> 00:01:38.570
As I go into this transition movement, which is just right there, it's a small
25
00:01:38.570 --> 00:01:42.970
movement, that left shoulder continues bending down, which allows me to put
26
00:01:42.970 --> 00:01:46.000
more pressure into that left leg.
27
00:01:46.000 --> 00:01:50.740
This prepares my body for the dynamics of the release, which we'll get into in
28
00:01:50.740 --> 00:01:52.000
the next section.
29
00:01:52.000 --> 00:01:56.740
The last piece is what do I do with my arms? Well, during the backswing, my
30
00:01:56.740 --> 00:02:00.000
arms were rotating and getting kind of over here.
31
00:02:00.000 --> 00:02:04.860
If you remember, I'm going to bend my right arm, externally rotate and let my
32
00:02:04.860 --> 00:02:07.000
wrist start to kind of extend.
33
00:02:07.000 --> 00:02:11.570
Well, you're basically going to let your arms fall down into what we call
34
00:02:11.570 --> 00:02:13.000
delivery position.
35
00:02:13.000 --> 00:02:17.000
So it's basically, there's top of the backswing, there's delivery position.
36
00:02:17.000 --> 00:02:24.230
Top, delivery position. Most of the arm movement is going to be dropping in
37
00:02:24.230 --> 00:02:28.850
towards your side, and this is where a lot of players have come up with the
38
00:02:28.850 --> 00:02:32.280
feeling of my arms falling, because what a lot of amateurs will want to do is,
39
00:02:32.280 --> 00:02:36.610
from the top of the swing, start straightening those arms too soon, which would
40
00:02:36.610 --> 00:02:39.000
get you more in this position as opposed to that position.
41
00:02:39.000 --> 00:02:43.030
So three major keys for transition, they sound simple, but you'll notice we
42
00:02:43.030 --> 00:02:46.880
have a lot of drills for them because they're one of the common places where
43
00:02:46.880 --> 00:02:49.000
swings really start to break down.
44
00:02:49.000 --> 00:02:52.950
It's when I'm starting to apply force in the direction of the target, it
45
00:02:52.950 --> 00:02:56.750
happens in the flash, so you want to make sure that you train it and don't just
46
00:02:56.750 --> 00:02:58.000
try and think it.
47
00:02:58.000 --> 00:03:02.350
But the three things we're going to focus on are getting that weight into that
48
00:03:02.350 --> 00:03:06.950
left leg, getting that left shoulder down, and letting those arms drop and get
49
00:03:06.950 --> 00:03:08.000
kind of narrow.
50
00:03:08.000 --> 00:03:12.550
That will prepare us for what we want to do during the delivery position, or
51
00:03:12.550 --> 00:03:17.080
sorry, during the release, from delivery position, which is what we get into in
52
00:03:17.080 --> 00:03:18.000
the next section.
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 Transition for More Consistent Shots
After this video, you'll be able to:
- Shift your weight to your left foot early for improved stability.
- Understand the role of your left shoulder in maintaining spine angle during transition.
- Coordinate your arm movements with your body for a smoother downswing.
Learn how to effectively transition from your backswing to your downswing, focusing on weight distribution and body movement. This understanding is crucial for achieving better shot accuracy and power.
Video Transcript
WEBVTT
1
00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:05.270
In this concept video, we're going to discuss the transition, so the transition
2
00:00:05.270 --> 00:00:09.000
is basically after you finish setting the club as you start down.
3
00:00:09.000 --> 00:00:14.000
I don't like to really teach a specific top of the backswing position because
4
00:00:14.000 --> 00:00:19.200
the movement between setting the club and starting down is kind of timing
5
00:00:19.200 --> 00:00:20.000
dependent.
6
00:00:20.000 --> 00:00:25.730
But when you go through transition, there's three key things that I want you to
7
00:00:25.730 --> 00:00:27.000
pay attention to.
8
00:00:27.000 --> 00:00:32.830
The first key is I want you to get your weight into your left foot and towards
9
00:00:32.830 --> 00:00:35.000
the left heel as soon as you can.
10
00:00:35.000 --> 00:00:40.220
One great image that a lot of people have used, and I've had drill about, is if
11
00:00:40.220 --> 00:00:45.810
you had scales under your feet, you're going to try and put as much weight into
12
00:00:45.810 --> 00:00:49.000
that left foot as you can as early as you can.
13
00:00:49.000 --> 00:00:53.970
So if we look at this pelvis sway graph and we look at the lateral movement in
14
00:00:53.970 --> 00:00:59.160
towards the target, what ends up happening is the majority of the movement
15
00:00:59.160 --> 00:01:05.520
laterally happens during transition, which is before the left arm is below your
16
00:01:05.520 --> 00:01:06.000
waist.
17
00:01:06.000 --> 00:01:13.790
I mean, most of this lateral movement is going to happen there. That's that
18
00:01:13.790 --> 00:01:17.000
step into the throw before I throw with my arm.
19
00:01:17.000 --> 00:01:21.050
So I go to the top of the swing and I get into that left side. Now, going with
20
00:01:21.050 --> 00:01:26.650
that, during the transition, you want your left side to actually continue side
21
00:01:26.650 --> 00:01:27.000
bending.
22
00:01:27.000 --> 00:01:31.570
Now, it looks funny because your spine is twisted. When you go to the top of
23
00:01:31.570 --> 00:01:34.000
the swing, my left shoulder is low.
24
00:01:34.000 --> 00:01:38.570
As I go into this transition movement, which is just right there, it's a small
25
00:01:38.570 --> 00:01:42.970
movement, that left shoulder continues bending down, which allows me to put
26
00:01:42.970 --> 00:01:46.000
more pressure into that left leg.
27
00:01:46.000 --> 00:01:50.740
This prepares my body for the dynamics of the release, which we'll get into in
28
00:01:50.740 --> 00:01:52.000
the next section.
29
00:01:52.000 --> 00:01:56.740
The last piece is what do I do with my arms? Well, during the backswing, my
30
00:01:56.740 --> 00:02:00.000
arms were rotating and getting kind of over here.
31
00:02:00.000 --> 00:02:04.860
If you remember, I'm going to bend my right arm, externally rotate and let my
32
00:02:04.860 --> 00:02:07.000
wrist start to kind of extend.
33
00:02:07.000 --> 00:02:11.570
Well, you're basically going to let your arms fall down into what we call
34
00:02:11.570 --> 00:02:13.000
delivery position.
35
00:02:13.000 --> 00:02:17.000
So it's basically, there's top of the backswing, there's delivery position.
36
00:02:17.000 --> 00:02:24.230
Top, delivery position. Most of the arm movement is going to be dropping in
37
00:02:24.230 --> 00:02:28.850
towards your side, and this is where a lot of players have come up with the
38
00:02:28.850 --> 00:02:32.280
feeling of my arms falling, because what a lot of amateurs will want to do is,
39
00:02:32.280 --> 00:02:36.610
from the top of the swing, start straightening those arms too soon, which would
40
00:02:36.610 --> 00:02:39.000
get you more in this position as opposed to that position.
41
00:02:39.000 --> 00:02:43.030
So three major keys for transition, they sound simple, but you'll notice we
42
00:02:43.030 --> 00:02:46.880
have a lot of drills for them because they're one of the common places where
43
00:02:46.880 --> 00:02:49.000
swings really start to break down.
44
00:02:49.000 --> 00:02:52.950
It's when I'm starting to apply force in the direction of the target, it
45
00:02:52.950 --> 00:02:56.750
happens in the flash, so you want to make sure that you train it and don't just
46
00:02:56.750 --> 00:02:58.000
try and think it.
47
00:02:58.000 --> 00:03:02.350
But the three things we're going to focus on are getting that weight into that
48
00:03:02.350 --> 00:03:06.950
left leg, getting that left shoulder down, and letting those arms drop and get
49
00:03:06.950 --> 00:03:08.000
kind of narrow.
50
00:03:08.000 --> 00:03:12.550
That will prepare us for what we want to do during the delivery position, or
51
00:03:12.550 --> 00:03:17.080
sorry, during the release, from delivery position, which is what we get into in
52
00:03:17.080 --> 00:03:18.000
the next section.
1
00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:05.270
In this concept video, we're going to discuss the transition, so the transition
2
00:00:05.270 --> 00:00:09.000
is basically after you finish setting the club as you start down.
3
00:00:09.000 --> 00:00:14.000
I don't like to really teach a specific top of the backswing position because
4
00:00:14.000 --> 00:00:19.200
the movement between setting the club and starting down is kind of timing
5
00:00:19.200 --> 00:00:20.000
dependent.
6
00:00:20.000 --> 00:00:25.730
But when you go through transition, there's three key things that I want you to
7
00:00:25.730 --> 00:00:27.000
pay attention to.
8
00:00:27.000 --> 00:00:32.830
The first key is I want you to get your weight into your left foot and towards
9
00:00:32.830 --> 00:00:35.000
the left heel as soon as you can.
10
00:00:35.000 --> 00:00:40.220
One great image that a lot of people have used, and I've had drill about, is if
11
00:00:40.220 --> 00:00:45.810
you had scales under your feet, you're going to try and put as much weight into
12
00:00:45.810 --> 00:00:49.000
that left foot as you can as early as you can.
13
00:00:49.000 --> 00:00:53.970
So if we look at this pelvis sway graph and we look at the lateral movement in
14
00:00:53.970 --> 00:00:59.160
towards the target, what ends up happening is the majority of the movement
15
00:00:59.160 --> 00:01:05.520
laterally happens during transition, which is before the left arm is below your
16
00:01:05.520 --> 00:01:06.000
waist.
17
00:01:06.000 --> 00:01:13.790
I mean, most of this lateral movement is going to happen there. That's that
18
00:01:13.790 --> 00:01:17.000
step into the throw before I throw with my arm.
19
00:01:17.000 --> 00:01:21.050
So I go to the top of the swing and I get into that left side. Now, going with
20
00:01:21.050 --> 00:01:26.650
that, during the transition, you want your left side to actually continue side
21
00:01:26.650 --> 00:01:27.000
bending.
22
00:01:27.000 --> 00:01:31.570
Now, it looks funny because your spine is twisted. When you go to the top of
23
00:01:31.570 --> 00:01:34.000
the swing, my left shoulder is low.
24
00:01:34.000 --> 00:01:38.570
As I go into this transition movement, which is just right there, it's a small
25
00:01:38.570 --> 00:01:42.970
movement, that left shoulder continues bending down, which allows me to put
26
00:01:42.970 --> 00:01:46.000
more pressure into that left leg.
27
00:01:46.000 --> 00:01:50.740
This prepares my body for the dynamics of the release, which we'll get into in
28
00:01:50.740 --> 00:01:52.000
the next section.
29
00:01:52.000 --> 00:01:56.740
The last piece is what do I do with my arms? Well, during the backswing, my
30
00:01:56.740 --> 00:02:00.000
arms were rotating and getting kind of over here.
31
00:02:00.000 --> 00:02:04.860
If you remember, I'm going to bend my right arm, externally rotate and let my
32
00:02:04.860 --> 00:02:07.000
wrist start to kind of extend.
33
00:02:07.000 --> 00:02:11.570
Well, you're basically going to let your arms fall down into what we call
34
00:02:11.570 --> 00:02:13.000
delivery position.
35
00:02:13.000 --> 00:02:17.000
So it's basically, there's top of the backswing, there's delivery position.
36
00:02:17.000 --> 00:02:24.230
Top, delivery position. Most of the arm movement is going to be dropping in
37
00:02:24.230 --> 00:02:28.850
towards your side, and this is where a lot of players have come up with the
38
00:02:28.850 --> 00:02:32.280
feeling of my arms falling, because what a lot of amateurs will want to do is,
39
00:02:32.280 --> 00:02:36.610
from the top of the swing, start straightening those arms too soon, which would
40
00:02:36.610 --> 00:02:39.000
get you more in this position as opposed to that position.
41
00:02:39.000 --> 00:02:43.030
So three major keys for transition, they sound simple, but you'll notice we
42
00:02:43.030 --> 00:02:46.880
have a lot of drills for them because they're one of the common places where
43
00:02:46.880 --> 00:02:49.000
swings really start to break down.
44
00:02:49.000 --> 00:02:52.950
It's when I'm starting to apply force in the direction of the target, it
45
00:02:52.950 --> 00:02:56.750
happens in the flash, so you want to make sure that you train it and don't just
46
00:02:56.750 --> 00:02:58.000
try and think it.
47
00:02:58.000 --> 00:03:02.350
But the three things we're going to focus on are getting that weight into that
48
00:03:02.350 --> 00:03:06.950
left leg, getting that left shoulder down, and letting those arms drop and get
49
00:03:06.950 --> 00:03:08.000
kind of narrow.
50
00:03:08.000 --> 00:03:12.550
That will prepare us for what we want to do during the delivery position, or
51
00:03:12.550 --> 00:03:17.080
sorry, during the release, from delivery position, which is what we get into in
52
00:03:17.080 --> 00:03:18.000
the next section.
Have questions about this video?
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