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Improve Your Transition with the Throwing Drill
After this video, you'll be able to:
- Develop a more effective transition by mimicking a throwing motion
- Feel how to keep your palm facing away from the target for improved club path
- Understand how your throwing mechanics can translate to better golf swings
Learn how to enhance your golf transition by incorporating a throwing motion into your swing. This drill will help you understand the importance of your palm position during the downswing for better contact.
Video Transcript
WEBVTT
1
00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:04.000
This drill video is throw the ball in transition.
2
00:00:04.000 --> 00:00:08.460
So, I've got a ball here and I'm going to help you think of the motorcycle move
3
00:00:08.460 --> 00:00:09.000
or think of
4
00:00:09.000 --> 00:00:11.000
squaring the club base in a slightly different way.
5
00:00:11.000 --> 00:00:14.000
But I have to give credit to one of our members, John,
6
00:00:14.000 --> 00:00:17.000
through an email interaction.
7
00:00:17.000 --> 00:00:24.000
We kind of helped him understand how this drill basically could help him
8
00:00:24.000 --> 00:00:28.000
use what he already knew how to do, which was throw a baseball really well.
9
00:00:28.000 --> 00:00:32.000
So, he was talking about a clinic that he attended
10
00:00:32.000 --> 00:00:36.000
and basically if one of the things that they'll teach
11
00:00:36.000 --> 00:00:40.000
young pitchers is to keep the palm facing
12
00:00:40.000 --> 00:00:44.000
second base as long as you can into the downswing of the throw.
13
00:00:44.000 --> 00:00:47.000
So, basically it would end up looking like something like this
14
00:00:47.000 --> 00:00:51.000
for much of the downswing and then, believe it or not,
15
00:00:51.000 --> 00:00:55.000
you end up working 180 degrees and pointing it down towards the plate.
16
00:00:55.000 --> 00:00:59.000
I didn't do a whole lot of baseball, so that was a cool little news to me,
17
00:00:59.000 --> 00:01:03.000
but I did play peewee football, flag football,
18
00:01:03.000 --> 00:01:07.000
but I was the quarterback. So, I had a pretty good throwing
19
00:01:07.000 --> 00:01:11.000
mechanic and I always felt like it kind of worked
20
00:01:11.000 --> 00:01:15.000
down like so, palms, both palms faced away
21
00:01:15.000 --> 00:01:18.000
before it would go into delivery. It wouldn't just go straight back
22
00:01:18.000 --> 00:01:21.000
staying facing the target like I was doing a shot put.
23
00:01:21.000 --> 00:01:24.000
Well, the same thing is going to happen in golf and that's part of the reason
24
00:01:24.000 --> 00:01:24.000
why
25
00:01:24.000 --> 00:01:27.000
pitchers and quarterbacks end up being pretty good golfers.
26
00:01:27.000 --> 00:01:30.000
So, what I'm going to do here is we're going to imagine this is my baseball.
27
00:01:30.000 --> 00:01:33.000
This is the smallest baseball we have here in this little studio.
28
00:01:33.000 --> 00:01:36.000
So, what I'm going to do is I'm going to go up to the top of the swing
29
00:01:36.000 --> 00:01:40.000
and then I'm going to imagine second bases that way.
30
00:01:40.000 --> 00:01:44.000
And what I'm going to do is as I come down, I'm going to try to get my palm,
31
00:01:44.000 --> 00:01:48.000
my right palm facing directly away from the target.
32
00:01:48.000 --> 00:01:52.000
So, I'm going to go from here to palm facing away from the target just like so.
33
00:01:52.000 --> 00:01:56.000
Now, I could very easily do this by doing the motorcycle move
34
00:01:56.000 --> 00:02:00.000
or doing it with the lead wrist, but for a lot of athletes
35
00:02:00.000 --> 00:02:03.000
it's going to feel more comfortable to do with the trail wrist.
36
00:02:03.000 --> 00:02:07.000
So, then once you've done that and kind of done it enough reps
37
00:02:07.000 --> 00:02:11.000
that you've gotten a feel of it, so maybe ten times just kind of getting a feel
38
00:02:11.000 --> 00:02:13.000
of that movement during transition.
39
00:02:13.000 --> 00:02:17.000
What you're going to do is you're going to go to the top of the swing
40
00:02:17.000 --> 00:02:20.000
and then as you start down, you're basically going to try and point that
41
00:02:20.000 --> 00:02:24.000
palm away from you, but also slightly down just like so.
42
00:02:24.000 --> 00:02:28.000
So, if I was looking at where my fingers were pointing, I wouldn't want them
43
00:02:28.000 --> 00:02:32.000
pointing straight up in the sky. I would want them pointing at an angle
44
00:02:32.000 --> 00:02:36.000
slightly down towards the ground like that. So, I'm going to go up to the top.
45
00:02:36.000 --> 00:02:39.780
I'm going to point it away just like so. And you'll see that that gets the club
46
00:02:39.780 --> 00:02:40.000
face
47
00:02:40.000 --> 00:02:44.000
already starting to square so that I can be a little bit more aggressive
48
00:02:44.000 --> 00:02:48.000
and have my hands far enough ahead to have the bottom of my swing
49
00:02:48.000 --> 00:02:52.000
far forward and get good compression on the golf ball.
1
00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:04.000
This drill video is throw the ball in transition.
2
00:00:04.000 --> 00:00:08.460
So, I've got a ball here and I'm going to help you think of the motorcycle move
3
00:00:08.460 --> 00:00:09.000
or think of
4
00:00:09.000 --> 00:00:11.000
squaring the club base in a slightly different way.
5
00:00:11.000 --> 00:00:14.000
But I have to give credit to one of our members, John,
6
00:00:14.000 --> 00:00:17.000
through an email interaction.
7
00:00:17.000 --> 00:00:24.000
We kind of helped him understand how this drill basically could help him
8
00:00:24.000 --> 00:00:28.000
use what he already knew how to do, which was throw a baseball really well.
9
00:00:28.000 --> 00:00:32.000
So, he was talking about a clinic that he attended
10
00:00:32.000 --> 00:00:36.000
and basically if one of the things that they'll teach
11
00:00:36.000 --> 00:00:40.000
young pitchers is to keep the palm facing
12
00:00:40.000 --> 00:00:44.000
second base as long as you can into the downswing of the throw.
13
00:00:44.000 --> 00:00:47.000
So, basically it would end up looking like something like this
14
00:00:47.000 --> 00:00:51.000
for much of the downswing and then, believe it or not,
15
00:00:51.000 --> 00:00:55.000
you end up working 180 degrees and pointing it down towards the plate.
16
00:00:55.000 --> 00:00:59.000
I didn't do a whole lot of baseball, so that was a cool little news to me,
17
00:00:59.000 --> 00:01:03.000
but I did play peewee football, flag football,
18
00:01:03.000 --> 00:01:07.000
but I was the quarterback. So, I had a pretty good throwing
19
00:01:07.000 --> 00:01:11.000
mechanic and I always felt like it kind of worked
20
00:01:11.000 --> 00:01:15.000
down like so, palms, both palms faced away
21
00:01:15.000 --> 00:01:18.000
before it would go into delivery. It wouldn't just go straight back
22
00:01:18.000 --> 00:01:21.000
staying facing the target like I was doing a shot put.
23
00:01:21.000 --> 00:01:24.000
Well, the same thing is going to happen in golf and that's part of the reason
24
00:01:24.000 --> 00:01:24.000
why
25
00:01:24.000 --> 00:01:27.000
pitchers and quarterbacks end up being pretty good golfers.
26
00:01:27.000 --> 00:01:30.000
So, what I'm going to do here is we're going to imagine this is my baseball.
27
00:01:30.000 --> 00:01:33.000
This is the smallest baseball we have here in this little studio.
28
00:01:33.000 --> 00:01:36.000
So, what I'm going to do is I'm going to go up to the top of the swing
29
00:01:36.000 --> 00:01:40.000
and then I'm going to imagine second bases that way.
30
00:01:40.000 --> 00:01:44.000
And what I'm going to do is as I come down, I'm going to try to get my palm,
31
00:01:44.000 --> 00:01:48.000
my right palm facing directly away from the target.
32
00:01:48.000 --> 00:01:52.000
So, I'm going to go from here to palm facing away from the target just like so.
33
00:01:52.000 --> 00:01:56.000
Now, I could very easily do this by doing the motorcycle move
34
00:01:56.000 --> 00:02:00.000
or doing it with the lead wrist, but for a lot of athletes
35
00:02:00.000 --> 00:02:03.000
it's going to feel more comfortable to do with the trail wrist.
36
00:02:03.000 --> 00:02:07.000
So, then once you've done that and kind of done it enough reps
37
00:02:07.000 --> 00:02:11.000
that you've gotten a feel of it, so maybe ten times just kind of getting a feel
38
00:02:11.000 --> 00:02:13.000
of that movement during transition.
39
00:02:13.000 --> 00:02:17.000
What you're going to do is you're going to go to the top of the swing
40
00:02:17.000 --> 00:02:20.000
and then as you start down, you're basically going to try and point that
41
00:02:20.000 --> 00:02:24.000
palm away from you, but also slightly down just like so.
42
00:02:24.000 --> 00:02:28.000
So, if I was looking at where my fingers were pointing, I wouldn't want them
43
00:02:28.000 --> 00:02:32.000
pointing straight up in the sky. I would want them pointing at an angle
44
00:02:32.000 --> 00:02:36.000
slightly down towards the ground like that. So, I'm going to go up to the top.
45
00:02:36.000 --> 00:02:39.780
I'm going to point it away just like so. And you'll see that that gets the club
46
00:02:39.780 --> 00:02:40.000
face
47
00:02:40.000 --> 00:02:44.000
already starting to square so that I can be a little bit more aggressive
48
00:02:44.000 --> 00:02:48.000
and have my hands far enough ahead to have the bottom of my swing
49
00:02:48.000 --> 00:02:52.000
far forward and get good compression on the golf ball.
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 with the Throwing Drill
After this video, you'll be able to:
- Develop a more effective transition by mimicking a throwing motion
- Feel how to keep your palm facing away from the target for improved club path
- Understand how your throwing mechanics can translate to better golf swings
Learn how to enhance your golf transition by incorporating a throwing motion into your swing. This drill will help you understand the importance of your palm position during the downswing for better contact.
Video Transcript
WEBVTT
1
00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:04.000
This drill video is throw the ball in transition.
2
00:00:04.000 --> 00:00:08.460
So, I've got a ball here and I'm going to help you think of the motorcycle move
3
00:00:08.460 --> 00:00:09.000
or think of
4
00:00:09.000 --> 00:00:11.000
squaring the club base in a slightly different way.
5
00:00:11.000 --> 00:00:14.000
But I have to give credit to one of our members, John,
6
00:00:14.000 --> 00:00:17.000
through an email interaction.
7
00:00:17.000 --> 00:00:24.000
We kind of helped him understand how this drill basically could help him
8
00:00:24.000 --> 00:00:28.000
use what he already knew how to do, which was throw a baseball really well.
9
00:00:28.000 --> 00:00:32.000
So, he was talking about a clinic that he attended
10
00:00:32.000 --> 00:00:36.000
and basically if one of the things that they'll teach
11
00:00:36.000 --> 00:00:40.000
young pitchers is to keep the palm facing
12
00:00:40.000 --> 00:00:44.000
second base as long as you can into the downswing of the throw.
13
00:00:44.000 --> 00:00:47.000
So, basically it would end up looking like something like this
14
00:00:47.000 --> 00:00:51.000
for much of the downswing and then, believe it or not,
15
00:00:51.000 --> 00:00:55.000
you end up working 180 degrees and pointing it down towards the plate.
16
00:00:55.000 --> 00:00:59.000
I didn't do a whole lot of baseball, so that was a cool little news to me,
17
00:00:59.000 --> 00:01:03.000
but I did play peewee football, flag football,
18
00:01:03.000 --> 00:01:07.000
but I was the quarterback. So, I had a pretty good throwing
19
00:01:07.000 --> 00:01:11.000
mechanic and I always felt like it kind of worked
20
00:01:11.000 --> 00:01:15.000
down like so, palms, both palms faced away
21
00:01:15.000 --> 00:01:18.000
before it would go into delivery. It wouldn't just go straight back
22
00:01:18.000 --> 00:01:21.000
staying facing the target like I was doing a shot put.
23
00:01:21.000 --> 00:01:24.000
Well, the same thing is going to happen in golf and that's part of the reason
24
00:01:24.000 --> 00:01:24.000
why
25
00:01:24.000 --> 00:01:27.000
pitchers and quarterbacks end up being pretty good golfers.
26
00:01:27.000 --> 00:01:30.000
So, what I'm going to do here is we're going to imagine this is my baseball.
27
00:01:30.000 --> 00:01:33.000
This is the smallest baseball we have here in this little studio.
28
00:01:33.000 --> 00:01:36.000
So, what I'm going to do is I'm going to go up to the top of the swing
29
00:01:36.000 --> 00:01:40.000
and then I'm going to imagine second bases that way.
30
00:01:40.000 --> 00:01:44.000
And what I'm going to do is as I come down, I'm going to try to get my palm,
31
00:01:44.000 --> 00:01:48.000
my right palm facing directly away from the target.
32
00:01:48.000 --> 00:01:52.000
So, I'm going to go from here to palm facing away from the target just like so.
33
00:01:52.000 --> 00:01:56.000
Now, I could very easily do this by doing the motorcycle move
34
00:01:56.000 --> 00:02:00.000
or doing it with the lead wrist, but for a lot of athletes
35
00:02:00.000 --> 00:02:03.000
it's going to feel more comfortable to do with the trail wrist.
36
00:02:03.000 --> 00:02:07.000
So, then once you've done that and kind of done it enough reps
37
00:02:07.000 --> 00:02:11.000
that you've gotten a feel of it, so maybe ten times just kind of getting a feel
38
00:02:11.000 --> 00:02:13.000
of that movement during transition.
39
00:02:13.000 --> 00:02:17.000
What you're going to do is you're going to go to the top of the swing
40
00:02:17.000 --> 00:02:20.000
and then as you start down, you're basically going to try and point that
41
00:02:20.000 --> 00:02:24.000
palm away from you, but also slightly down just like so.
42
00:02:24.000 --> 00:02:28.000
So, if I was looking at where my fingers were pointing, I wouldn't want them
43
00:02:28.000 --> 00:02:32.000
pointing straight up in the sky. I would want them pointing at an angle
44
00:02:32.000 --> 00:02:36.000
slightly down towards the ground like that. So, I'm going to go up to the top.
45
00:02:36.000 --> 00:02:39.780
I'm going to point it away just like so. And you'll see that that gets the club
46
00:02:39.780 --> 00:02:40.000
face
47
00:02:40.000 --> 00:02:44.000
already starting to square so that I can be a little bit more aggressive
48
00:02:44.000 --> 00:02:48.000
and have my hands far enough ahead to have the bottom of my swing
49
00:02:48.000 --> 00:02:52.000
far forward and get good compression on the golf ball.
1
00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:04.000
This drill video is throw the ball in transition.
2
00:00:04.000 --> 00:00:08.460
So, I've got a ball here and I'm going to help you think of the motorcycle move
3
00:00:08.460 --> 00:00:09.000
or think of
4
00:00:09.000 --> 00:00:11.000
squaring the club base in a slightly different way.
5
00:00:11.000 --> 00:00:14.000
But I have to give credit to one of our members, John,
6
00:00:14.000 --> 00:00:17.000
through an email interaction.
7
00:00:17.000 --> 00:00:24.000
We kind of helped him understand how this drill basically could help him
8
00:00:24.000 --> 00:00:28.000
use what he already knew how to do, which was throw a baseball really well.
9
00:00:28.000 --> 00:00:32.000
So, he was talking about a clinic that he attended
10
00:00:32.000 --> 00:00:36.000
and basically if one of the things that they'll teach
11
00:00:36.000 --> 00:00:40.000
young pitchers is to keep the palm facing
12
00:00:40.000 --> 00:00:44.000
second base as long as you can into the downswing of the throw.
13
00:00:44.000 --> 00:00:47.000
So, basically it would end up looking like something like this
14
00:00:47.000 --> 00:00:51.000
for much of the downswing and then, believe it or not,
15
00:00:51.000 --> 00:00:55.000
you end up working 180 degrees and pointing it down towards the plate.
16
00:00:55.000 --> 00:00:59.000
I didn't do a whole lot of baseball, so that was a cool little news to me,
17
00:00:59.000 --> 00:01:03.000
but I did play peewee football, flag football,
18
00:01:03.000 --> 00:01:07.000
but I was the quarterback. So, I had a pretty good throwing
19
00:01:07.000 --> 00:01:11.000
mechanic and I always felt like it kind of worked
20
00:01:11.000 --> 00:01:15.000
down like so, palms, both palms faced away
21
00:01:15.000 --> 00:01:18.000
before it would go into delivery. It wouldn't just go straight back
22
00:01:18.000 --> 00:01:21.000
staying facing the target like I was doing a shot put.
23
00:01:21.000 --> 00:01:24.000
Well, the same thing is going to happen in golf and that's part of the reason
24
00:01:24.000 --> 00:01:24.000
why
25
00:01:24.000 --> 00:01:27.000
pitchers and quarterbacks end up being pretty good golfers.
26
00:01:27.000 --> 00:01:30.000
So, what I'm going to do here is we're going to imagine this is my baseball.
27
00:01:30.000 --> 00:01:33.000
This is the smallest baseball we have here in this little studio.
28
00:01:33.000 --> 00:01:36.000
So, what I'm going to do is I'm going to go up to the top of the swing
29
00:01:36.000 --> 00:01:40.000
and then I'm going to imagine second bases that way.
30
00:01:40.000 --> 00:01:44.000
And what I'm going to do is as I come down, I'm going to try to get my palm,
31
00:01:44.000 --> 00:01:48.000
my right palm facing directly away from the target.
32
00:01:48.000 --> 00:01:52.000
So, I'm going to go from here to palm facing away from the target just like so.
33
00:01:52.000 --> 00:01:56.000
Now, I could very easily do this by doing the motorcycle move
34
00:01:56.000 --> 00:02:00.000
or doing it with the lead wrist, but for a lot of athletes
35
00:02:00.000 --> 00:02:03.000
it's going to feel more comfortable to do with the trail wrist.
36
00:02:03.000 --> 00:02:07.000
So, then once you've done that and kind of done it enough reps
37
00:02:07.000 --> 00:02:11.000
that you've gotten a feel of it, so maybe ten times just kind of getting a feel
38
00:02:11.000 --> 00:02:13.000
of that movement during transition.
39
00:02:13.000 --> 00:02:17.000
What you're going to do is you're going to go to the top of the swing
40
00:02:17.000 --> 00:02:20.000
and then as you start down, you're basically going to try and point that
41
00:02:20.000 --> 00:02:24.000
palm away from you, but also slightly down just like so.
42
00:02:24.000 --> 00:02:28.000
So, if I was looking at where my fingers were pointing, I wouldn't want them
43
00:02:28.000 --> 00:02:32.000
pointing straight up in the sky. I would want them pointing at an angle
44
00:02:32.000 --> 00:02:36.000
slightly down towards the ground like that. So, I'm going to go up to the top.
45
00:02:36.000 --> 00:02:39.780
I'm going to point it away just like so. And you'll see that that gets the club
46
00:02:39.780 --> 00:02:40.000
face
47
00:02:40.000 --> 00:02:44.000
already starting to square so that I can be a little bit more aggressive
48
00:02:44.000 --> 00:02:48.000
and have my hands far enough ahead to have the bottom of my swing
49
00:02:48.000 --> 00:02:52.000
far forward and get good compression on the golf ball.
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