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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.
Stop Sliding: Use the Touch Knees Drill for Better Balance
After this video, you'll be able to:
- Feel the difference between sliding and maintaining proper balance
- Identify how to keep your lead knee ahead during follow-through
- Develop a stronger connection between your upper and lower body for better timing
In this video, you'll learn the Touch Knees drill to help eliminate sliding during your swing. This technique will improve your lower body stability and overall swing consistency.
Video Transcript
WEBVTT
1
00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:08.660
This drill is touch knees to fix your slide.
2
00:00:08.660 --> 00:00:14.330
So the slide is one of those inconsistent patterns that comes when your body is
3
00:00:14.330 --> 00:00:14.980
getting
4
00:00:14.980 --> 00:00:17.700
too far forward past your front foot.
5
00:00:17.700 --> 00:00:21.550
If you maintain a good upper body on top of your lower body and you did this,
6
00:00:21.550 --> 00:00:22.140
you would
7
00:00:22.140 --> 00:00:23.140
fall over.
8
00:00:23.140 --> 00:00:26.420
So it's usually accompanied by a little bit too much tilt backward.
9
00:00:26.420 --> 00:00:32.100
If you did that, that can allow for some extra arm throw, that can allow for
10
00:00:32.100 --> 00:00:34.280
some saggy buckle.
11
00:00:34.280 --> 00:00:37.280
All those things create some inconsistency and some timing.
12
00:00:37.280 --> 00:00:44.050
So the slide is one of those lower body dominant patterns that a lot of juniors
13
00:00:44.050 --> 00:00:45.020
and really
14
00:00:45.020 --> 00:00:47.640
active lower body players tend to struggle with.
15
00:00:47.640 --> 00:00:53.140
Well one way that we can try to address it is by using the old classic image of
16
00:00:53.140 --> 00:00:53.740
kissing
17
00:00:53.740 --> 00:00:58.400
your knees or basically when you get into your follow through, if I slide that
18
00:00:58.400 --> 00:00:59.600
lead knee forward
19
00:00:59.600 --> 00:01:05.090
then as it turns you can see that the lead knee is still way ahead of that
20
00:01:05.090 --> 00:01:05.920
trail knee.
21
00:01:05.920 --> 00:01:12.130
If on the other hand, I imagine trying to get my trail knee to go past my lead
22
00:01:12.130 --> 00:01:12.960
knee.
23
00:01:12.960 --> 00:01:19.830
So my left knee is going to be coming backward as my right leg is going past it
24
00:01:19.830 --> 00:01:21.040
or forward.
25
00:01:21.040 --> 00:01:25.420
This often has a feeling of like the adductor squeeze or feeling like this left
26
00:01:25.420 --> 00:01:26.240
leg is pulling
27
00:01:26.240 --> 00:01:30.640
back as the right leg is pulling forward and my inner thighs have a feeling of
28
00:01:30.640 --> 00:01:30.980
kind of
29
00:01:30.980 --> 00:01:36.480
almost grabbing towards each other where oftentimes in the slide, especially
30
00:01:36.480 --> 00:01:37.980
during the release,
31
00:01:37.980 --> 00:01:40.950
you'll tend to have a little bit more of a feeling of the leg staying about the
32
00:01:40.950 --> 00:01:41.700
same length
33
00:01:41.700 --> 00:01:44.300
and just kind of like pivoting at the knees.
34
00:01:44.300 --> 00:01:49.970
So this is more of a release thought because in transition you want to have a
35
00:01:49.970 --> 00:01:50.740
little bit
36
00:01:50.740 --> 00:01:55.290
extra separating as you're rotating that lower body but then during the release
37
00:01:55.290 --> 00:01:55.960
to prevent
38
00:01:55.960 --> 00:02:02.440
that late lateral movement you want to have this feeling of kissing your knees.
39
00:02:02.440 --> 00:02:08.510
Oftentimes the slide is not an excessive movement early, oftentimes golfers who
40
00:02:08.510 --> 00:02:10.000
slide are late
41
00:02:10.000 --> 00:02:15.490
and then they kind of slide through the ball as opposed to turning or shifting
42
00:02:15.490 --> 00:02:16.120
early with
43
00:02:16.120 --> 00:02:21.600
the Jackson 5 and then basically bracing or turning through the ball.
44
00:02:21.600 --> 00:02:27.100
So we're going to start with just a classic kind of 9-3 where we're going to
45
00:02:27.100 --> 00:02:27.640
monitor this
46
00:02:27.640 --> 00:02:34.450
finish position and we're going to see if we can get the right knee to pass or
47
00:02:34.450 --> 00:02:35.080
even kind
48
00:02:35.080 --> 00:02:39.160
of get onto this opposite side of the left knee.
49
00:02:39.160 --> 00:02:43.140
Now I should caution, if you are one of these big hangbackers where this leg is
50
00:02:43.140 --> 00:02:43.760
actually
51
00:02:43.760 --> 00:02:49.240
pointed back this way, you tend to kind of really hit some nasty pulls and
52
00:02:49.240 --> 00:02:49.520
slices, this
53
00:02:49.520 --> 00:02:51.120
is not the drill for you.
54
00:02:51.120 --> 00:02:54.760
This is for golfers who get the knee and hip and kind of get way onto the
55
00:02:54.760 --> 00:02:55.520
outside of the
56
00:02:55.520 --> 00:02:58.040
ankle more like that.
57
00:02:58.040 --> 00:03:01.720
So we're going to do a 9-3 version, kind of check the finish and we're going to
58
00:03:01.720 --> 00:03:02.020
feel
59
00:03:02.020 --> 00:03:07.510
like our knees have Velcro and we're trying to get this lead knee to go past or
60
00:03:07.510 --> 00:03:07.720
sorry the
61
00:03:07.720 --> 00:03:12.520
trail knee to go past that lead knee.
62
00:03:12.520 --> 00:03:19.440
So 9-3 trying to get that past checking it out in finish position.
63
00:03:19.440 --> 00:03:26.250
This often is a good one to use kind of combination with like a trash can or
64
00:03:26.250 --> 00:03:28.400
chair, kind of one
65
00:03:28.400 --> 00:03:30.760
of those slide visuals.
66
00:03:30.760 --> 00:03:34.510
So if I was to put one of those slide visuals in place to make sure that I'm
67
00:03:34.510 --> 00:03:35.240
not getting
68
00:03:35.240 --> 00:03:40.560
way to the outside of the ankle, let's get that set up.
69
00:03:40.560 --> 00:03:44.660
Now I can feel like I'm trying to get to this with the right knee, but keep
70
00:03:44.660 --> 00:03:45.440
that left knee
71
00:03:45.440 --> 00:03:47.680
back.
72
00:03:47.680 --> 00:03:54.430
If you do that and you find that you start getting really steep, then it likely
73
00:03:54.430 --> 00:03:54.520
means
74
00:03:54.520 --> 00:03:58.560
that your shoulders are coming too much over the top or your right shoulder is
75
00:03:58.560 --> 00:03:59.040
kind of
76
00:03:59.040 --> 00:04:03.720
getting thrown out towards the golf ball.
77
00:04:03.720 --> 00:04:12.360
So this can be accompanied by a feeling of more of a shallow arm motion or side
78
00:04:12.360 --> 00:04:12.480
bend
79
00:04:12.480 --> 00:04:15.640
movement or shoulder blade movement.
80
00:04:15.640 --> 00:04:20.060
All those shallow movements can oftentimes, if you're prone to sliding when you
81
00:04:20.060 --> 00:04:20.560
're trying
82
00:04:20.560 --> 00:04:24.350
to get any more tilt or shoulder blade movement, you'll go into a slide pattern
83
00:04:24.350 --> 00:04:25.560
where the lead
84
00:04:25.560 --> 00:04:30.200
knee runs away from the trail knee like that as opposed to having this feeling
85
00:04:30.200 --> 00:04:30.960
of the pelvis
86
00:04:30.960 --> 00:04:34.570
rotating over that lead foot or if you do that, you'll get more into this
87
00:04:34.570 --> 00:04:35.360
kissing knee
88
00:04:35.360 --> 00:04:36.360
position.
89
00:04:36.360 --> 00:04:40.190
So if you've tried a bunch of feels and none of them are really clicking, try
90
00:04:40.190 --> 00:04:40.800
this one
91
00:04:40.800 --> 00:04:45.200
for your slide of getting that right knee to kiss the outside of the left knee
92
00:04:45.200 --> 00:04:45.720
or touch
93
00:04:45.720 --> 00:04:51.210
the outside of the left knee that will help stabilize or work on your bracing
94
00:04:51.210 --> 00:04:51.360
pattern
95
00:04:51.360 --> 00:04:54.840
and get you out of that slide movement to the outside of that left heel.
1
00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:08.660
This drill is touch knees to fix your slide.
2
00:00:08.660 --> 00:00:14.330
So the slide is one of those inconsistent patterns that comes when your body is
3
00:00:14.330 --> 00:00:14.980
getting
4
00:00:14.980 --> 00:00:17.700
too far forward past your front foot.
5
00:00:17.700 --> 00:00:21.550
If you maintain a good upper body on top of your lower body and you did this,
6
00:00:21.550 --> 00:00:22.140
you would
7
00:00:22.140 --> 00:00:23.140
fall over.
8
00:00:23.140 --> 00:00:26.420
So it's usually accompanied by a little bit too much tilt backward.
9
00:00:26.420 --> 00:00:32.100
If you did that, that can allow for some extra arm throw, that can allow for
10
00:00:32.100 --> 00:00:34.280
some saggy buckle.
11
00:00:34.280 --> 00:00:37.280
All those things create some inconsistency and some timing.
12
00:00:37.280 --> 00:00:44.050
So the slide is one of those lower body dominant patterns that a lot of juniors
13
00:00:44.050 --> 00:00:45.020
and really
14
00:00:45.020 --> 00:00:47.640
active lower body players tend to struggle with.
15
00:00:47.640 --> 00:00:53.140
Well one way that we can try to address it is by using the old classic image of
16
00:00:53.140 --> 00:00:53.740
kissing
17
00:00:53.740 --> 00:00:58.400
your knees or basically when you get into your follow through, if I slide that
18
00:00:58.400 --> 00:00:59.600
lead knee forward
19
00:00:59.600 --> 00:01:05.090
then as it turns you can see that the lead knee is still way ahead of that
20
00:01:05.090 --> 00:01:05.920
trail knee.
21
00:01:05.920 --> 00:01:12.130
If on the other hand, I imagine trying to get my trail knee to go past my lead
22
00:01:12.130 --> 00:01:12.960
knee.
23
00:01:12.960 --> 00:01:19.830
So my left knee is going to be coming backward as my right leg is going past it
24
00:01:19.830 --> 00:01:21.040
or forward.
25
00:01:21.040 --> 00:01:25.420
This often has a feeling of like the adductor squeeze or feeling like this left
26
00:01:25.420 --> 00:01:26.240
leg is pulling
27
00:01:26.240 --> 00:01:30.640
back as the right leg is pulling forward and my inner thighs have a feeling of
28
00:01:30.640 --> 00:01:30.980
kind of
29
00:01:30.980 --> 00:01:36.480
almost grabbing towards each other where oftentimes in the slide, especially
30
00:01:36.480 --> 00:01:37.980
during the release,
31
00:01:37.980 --> 00:01:40.950
you'll tend to have a little bit more of a feeling of the leg staying about the
32
00:01:40.950 --> 00:01:41.700
same length
33
00:01:41.700 --> 00:01:44.300
and just kind of like pivoting at the knees.
34
00:01:44.300 --> 00:01:49.970
So this is more of a release thought because in transition you want to have a
35
00:01:49.970 --> 00:01:50.740
little bit
36
00:01:50.740 --> 00:01:55.290
extra separating as you're rotating that lower body but then during the release
37
00:01:55.290 --> 00:01:55.960
to prevent
38
00:01:55.960 --> 00:02:02.440
that late lateral movement you want to have this feeling of kissing your knees.
39
00:02:02.440 --> 00:02:08.510
Oftentimes the slide is not an excessive movement early, oftentimes golfers who
40
00:02:08.510 --> 00:02:10.000
slide are late
41
00:02:10.000 --> 00:02:15.490
and then they kind of slide through the ball as opposed to turning or shifting
42
00:02:15.490 --> 00:02:16.120
early with
43
00:02:16.120 --> 00:02:21.600
the Jackson 5 and then basically bracing or turning through the ball.
44
00:02:21.600 --> 00:02:27.100
So we're going to start with just a classic kind of 9-3 where we're going to
45
00:02:27.100 --> 00:02:27.640
monitor this
46
00:02:27.640 --> 00:02:34.450
finish position and we're going to see if we can get the right knee to pass or
47
00:02:34.450 --> 00:02:35.080
even kind
48
00:02:35.080 --> 00:02:39.160
of get onto this opposite side of the left knee.
49
00:02:39.160 --> 00:02:43.140
Now I should caution, if you are one of these big hangbackers where this leg is
50
00:02:43.140 --> 00:02:43.760
actually
51
00:02:43.760 --> 00:02:49.240
pointed back this way, you tend to kind of really hit some nasty pulls and
52
00:02:49.240 --> 00:02:49.520
slices, this
53
00:02:49.520 --> 00:02:51.120
is not the drill for you.
54
00:02:51.120 --> 00:02:54.760
This is for golfers who get the knee and hip and kind of get way onto the
55
00:02:54.760 --> 00:02:55.520
outside of the
56
00:02:55.520 --> 00:02:58.040
ankle more like that.
57
00:02:58.040 --> 00:03:01.720
So we're going to do a 9-3 version, kind of check the finish and we're going to
58
00:03:01.720 --> 00:03:02.020
feel
59
00:03:02.020 --> 00:03:07.510
like our knees have Velcro and we're trying to get this lead knee to go past or
60
00:03:07.510 --> 00:03:07.720
sorry the
61
00:03:07.720 --> 00:03:12.520
trail knee to go past that lead knee.
62
00:03:12.520 --> 00:03:19.440
So 9-3 trying to get that past checking it out in finish position.
63
00:03:19.440 --> 00:03:26.250
This often is a good one to use kind of combination with like a trash can or
64
00:03:26.250 --> 00:03:28.400
chair, kind of one
65
00:03:28.400 --> 00:03:30.760
of those slide visuals.
66
00:03:30.760 --> 00:03:34.510
So if I was to put one of those slide visuals in place to make sure that I'm
67
00:03:34.510 --> 00:03:35.240
not getting
68
00:03:35.240 --> 00:03:40.560
way to the outside of the ankle, let's get that set up.
69
00:03:40.560 --> 00:03:44.660
Now I can feel like I'm trying to get to this with the right knee, but keep
70
00:03:44.660 --> 00:03:45.440
that left knee
71
00:03:45.440 --> 00:03:47.680
back.
72
00:03:47.680 --> 00:03:54.430
If you do that and you find that you start getting really steep, then it likely
73
00:03:54.430 --> 00:03:54.520
means
74
00:03:54.520 --> 00:03:58.560
that your shoulders are coming too much over the top or your right shoulder is
75
00:03:58.560 --> 00:03:59.040
kind of
76
00:03:59.040 --> 00:04:03.720
getting thrown out towards the golf ball.
77
00:04:03.720 --> 00:04:12.360
So this can be accompanied by a feeling of more of a shallow arm motion or side
78
00:04:12.360 --> 00:04:12.480
bend
79
00:04:12.480 --> 00:04:15.640
movement or shoulder blade movement.
80
00:04:15.640 --> 00:04:20.060
All those shallow movements can oftentimes, if you're prone to sliding when you
81
00:04:20.060 --> 00:04:20.560
're trying
82
00:04:20.560 --> 00:04:24.350
to get any more tilt or shoulder blade movement, you'll go into a slide pattern
83
00:04:24.350 --> 00:04:25.560
where the lead
84
00:04:25.560 --> 00:04:30.200
knee runs away from the trail knee like that as opposed to having this feeling
85
00:04:30.200 --> 00:04:30.960
of the pelvis
86
00:04:30.960 --> 00:04:34.570
rotating over that lead foot or if you do that, you'll get more into this
87
00:04:34.570 --> 00:04:35.360
kissing knee
88
00:04:35.360 --> 00:04:36.360
position.
89
00:04:36.360 --> 00:04:40.190
So if you've tried a bunch of feels and none of them are really clicking, try
90
00:04:40.190 --> 00:04:40.800
this one
91
00:04:40.800 --> 00:04:45.200
for your slide of getting that right knee to kiss the outside of the left knee
92
00:04:45.200 --> 00:04:45.720
or touch
93
00:04:45.720 --> 00:04:51.210
the outside of the left knee that will help stabilize or work on your bracing
94
00:04:51.210 --> 00:04:51.360
pattern
95
00:04:51.360 --> 00:04:54.840
and get you out of that slide movement to the outside of that left heel.
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.
Stop Sliding: Use the Touch Knees Drill for Better Balance
After this video, you'll be able to:
- Feel the difference between sliding and maintaining proper balance
- Identify how to keep your lead knee ahead during follow-through
- Develop a stronger connection between your upper and lower body for better timing
In this video, you'll learn the Touch Knees drill to help eliminate sliding during your swing. This technique will improve your lower body stability and overall swing consistency.
Video Transcript
WEBVTT
1
00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:08.660
This drill is touch knees to fix your slide.
2
00:00:08.660 --> 00:00:14.330
So the slide is one of those inconsistent patterns that comes when your body is
3
00:00:14.330 --> 00:00:14.980
getting
4
00:00:14.980 --> 00:00:17.700
too far forward past your front foot.
5
00:00:17.700 --> 00:00:21.550
If you maintain a good upper body on top of your lower body and you did this,
6
00:00:21.550 --> 00:00:22.140
you would
7
00:00:22.140 --> 00:00:23.140
fall over.
8
00:00:23.140 --> 00:00:26.420
So it's usually accompanied by a little bit too much tilt backward.
9
00:00:26.420 --> 00:00:32.100
If you did that, that can allow for some extra arm throw, that can allow for
10
00:00:32.100 --> 00:00:34.280
some saggy buckle.
11
00:00:34.280 --> 00:00:37.280
All those things create some inconsistency and some timing.
12
00:00:37.280 --> 00:00:44.050
So the slide is one of those lower body dominant patterns that a lot of juniors
13
00:00:44.050 --> 00:00:45.020
and really
14
00:00:45.020 --> 00:00:47.640
active lower body players tend to struggle with.
15
00:00:47.640 --> 00:00:53.140
Well one way that we can try to address it is by using the old classic image of
16
00:00:53.140 --> 00:00:53.740
kissing
17
00:00:53.740 --> 00:00:58.400
your knees or basically when you get into your follow through, if I slide that
18
00:00:58.400 --> 00:00:59.600
lead knee forward
19
00:00:59.600 --> 00:01:05.090
then as it turns you can see that the lead knee is still way ahead of that
20
00:01:05.090 --> 00:01:05.920
trail knee.
21
00:01:05.920 --> 00:01:12.130
If on the other hand, I imagine trying to get my trail knee to go past my lead
22
00:01:12.130 --> 00:01:12.960
knee.
23
00:01:12.960 --> 00:01:19.830
So my left knee is going to be coming backward as my right leg is going past it
24
00:01:19.830 --> 00:01:21.040
or forward.
25
00:01:21.040 --> 00:01:25.420
This often has a feeling of like the adductor squeeze or feeling like this left
26
00:01:25.420 --> 00:01:26.240
leg is pulling
27
00:01:26.240 --> 00:01:30.640
back as the right leg is pulling forward and my inner thighs have a feeling of
28
00:01:30.640 --> 00:01:30.980
kind of
29
00:01:30.980 --> 00:01:36.480
almost grabbing towards each other where oftentimes in the slide, especially
30
00:01:36.480 --> 00:01:37.980
during the release,
31
00:01:37.980 --> 00:01:40.950
you'll tend to have a little bit more of a feeling of the leg staying about the
32
00:01:40.950 --> 00:01:41.700
same length
33
00:01:41.700 --> 00:01:44.300
and just kind of like pivoting at the knees.
34
00:01:44.300 --> 00:01:49.970
So this is more of a release thought because in transition you want to have a
35
00:01:49.970 --> 00:01:50.740
little bit
36
00:01:50.740 --> 00:01:55.290
extra separating as you're rotating that lower body but then during the release
37
00:01:55.290 --> 00:01:55.960
to prevent
38
00:01:55.960 --> 00:02:02.440
that late lateral movement you want to have this feeling of kissing your knees.
39
00:02:02.440 --> 00:02:08.510
Oftentimes the slide is not an excessive movement early, oftentimes golfers who
40
00:02:08.510 --> 00:02:10.000
slide are late
41
00:02:10.000 --> 00:02:15.490
and then they kind of slide through the ball as opposed to turning or shifting
42
00:02:15.490 --> 00:02:16.120
early with
43
00:02:16.120 --> 00:02:21.600
the Jackson 5 and then basically bracing or turning through the ball.
44
00:02:21.600 --> 00:02:27.100
So we're going to start with just a classic kind of 9-3 where we're going to
45
00:02:27.100 --> 00:02:27.640
monitor this
46
00:02:27.640 --> 00:02:34.450
finish position and we're going to see if we can get the right knee to pass or
47
00:02:34.450 --> 00:02:35.080
even kind
48
00:02:35.080 --> 00:02:39.160
of get onto this opposite side of the left knee.
49
00:02:39.160 --> 00:02:43.140
Now I should caution, if you are one of these big hangbackers where this leg is
50
00:02:43.140 --> 00:02:43.760
actually
51
00:02:43.760 --> 00:02:49.240
pointed back this way, you tend to kind of really hit some nasty pulls and
52
00:02:49.240 --> 00:02:49.520
slices, this
53
00:02:49.520 --> 00:02:51.120
is not the drill for you.
54
00:02:51.120 --> 00:02:54.760
This is for golfers who get the knee and hip and kind of get way onto the
55
00:02:54.760 --> 00:02:55.520
outside of the
56
00:02:55.520 --> 00:02:58.040
ankle more like that.
57
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So we're going to do a 9-3 version, kind of check the finish and we're going to
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feel
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like our knees have Velcro and we're trying to get this lead knee to go past or
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sorry the
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trail knee to go past that lead knee.
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So 9-3 trying to get that past checking it out in finish position.
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This often is a good one to use kind of combination with like a trash can or
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chair, kind of one
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of those slide visuals.
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So if I was to put one of those slide visuals in place to make sure that I'm
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not getting
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way to the outside of the ankle, let's get that set up.
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Now I can feel like I'm trying to get to this with the right knee, but keep
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that left knee
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back.
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If you do that and you find that you start getting really steep, then it likely
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means
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that your shoulders are coming too much over the top or your right shoulder is
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kind of
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getting thrown out towards the golf ball.
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So this can be accompanied by a feeling of more of a shallow arm motion or side
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bend
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movement or shoulder blade movement.
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All those shallow movements can oftentimes, if you're prone to sliding when you
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're trying
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to get any more tilt or shoulder blade movement, you'll go into a slide pattern
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where the lead
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knee runs away from the trail knee like that as opposed to having this feeling
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of the pelvis
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rotating over that lead foot or if you do that, you'll get more into this
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kissing knee
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position.
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So if you've tried a bunch of feels and none of them are really clicking, try
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this one
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for your slide of getting that right knee to kiss the outside of the left knee
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or touch
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the outside of the left knee that will help stabilize or work on your bracing
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pattern
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and get you out of that slide movement to the outside of that left heel.
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This drill is touch knees to fix your slide.
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So the slide is one of those inconsistent patterns that comes when your body is
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getting
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too far forward past your front foot.
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If you maintain a good upper body on top of your lower body and you did this,
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you would
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fall over.
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So it's usually accompanied by a little bit too much tilt backward.
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If you did that, that can allow for some extra arm throw, that can allow for
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some saggy buckle.
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All those things create some inconsistency and some timing.
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So the slide is one of those lower body dominant patterns that a lot of juniors
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and really
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active lower body players tend to struggle with.
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Well one way that we can try to address it is by using the old classic image of
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kissing
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your knees or basically when you get into your follow through, if I slide that
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lead knee forward
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then as it turns you can see that the lead knee is still way ahead of that
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trail knee.
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If on the other hand, I imagine trying to get my trail knee to go past my lead
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knee.
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So my left knee is going to be coming backward as my right leg is going past it
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or forward.
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This often has a feeling of like the adductor squeeze or feeling like this left
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leg is pulling
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back as the right leg is pulling forward and my inner thighs have a feeling of
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kind of
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almost grabbing towards each other where oftentimes in the slide, especially
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during the release,
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you'll tend to have a little bit more of a feeling of the leg staying about the
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same length
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and just kind of like pivoting at the knees.
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So this is more of a release thought because in transition you want to have a
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little bit
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extra separating as you're rotating that lower body but then during the release
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to prevent
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that late lateral movement you want to have this feeling of kissing your knees.
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Oftentimes the slide is not an excessive movement early, oftentimes golfers who
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slide are late
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and then they kind of slide through the ball as opposed to turning or shifting
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early with
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the Jackson 5 and then basically bracing or turning through the ball.
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So we're going to start with just a classic kind of 9-3 where we're going to
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monitor this
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finish position and we're going to see if we can get the right knee to pass or
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even kind
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of get onto this opposite side of the left knee.
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Now I should caution, if you are one of these big hangbackers where this leg is
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actually
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pointed back this way, you tend to kind of really hit some nasty pulls and
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slices, this
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is not the drill for you.
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This is for golfers who get the knee and hip and kind of get way onto the
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outside of the
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ankle more like that.
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So we're going to do a 9-3 version, kind of check the finish and we're going to
58
00:03:01.720 --> 00:03:02.020
feel
59
00:03:02.020 --> 00:03:07.510
like our knees have Velcro and we're trying to get this lead knee to go past or
60
00:03:07.510 --> 00:03:07.720
sorry the
61
00:03:07.720 --> 00:03:12.520
trail knee to go past that lead knee.
62
00:03:12.520 --> 00:03:19.440
So 9-3 trying to get that past checking it out in finish position.
63
00:03:19.440 --> 00:03:26.250
This often is a good one to use kind of combination with like a trash can or
64
00:03:26.250 --> 00:03:28.400
chair, kind of one
65
00:03:28.400 --> 00:03:30.760
of those slide visuals.
66
00:03:30.760 --> 00:03:34.510
So if I was to put one of those slide visuals in place to make sure that I'm
67
00:03:34.510 --> 00:03:35.240
not getting
68
00:03:35.240 --> 00:03:40.560
way to the outside of the ankle, let's get that set up.
69
00:03:40.560 --> 00:03:44.660
Now I can feel like I'm trying to get to this with the right knee, but keep
70
00:03:44.660 --> 00:03:45.440
that left knee
71
00:03:45.440 --> 00:03:47.680
back.
72
00:03:47.680 --> 00:03:54.430
If you do that and you find that you start getting really steep, then it likely
73
00:03:54.430 --> 00:03:54.520
means
74
00:03:54.520 --> 00:03:58.560
that your shoulders are coming too much over the top or your right shoulder is
75
00:03:58.560 --> 00:03:59.040
kind of
76
00:03:59.040 --> 00:04:03.720
getting thrown out towards the golf ball.
77
00:04:03.720 --> 00:04:12.360
So this can be accompanied by a feeling of more of a shallow arm motion or side
78
00:04:12.360 --> 00:04:12.480
bend
79
00:04:12.480 --> 00:04:15.640
movement or shoulder blade movement.
80
00:04:15.640 --> 00:04:20.060
All those shallow movements can oftentimes, if you're prone to sliding when you
81
00:04:20.060 --> 00:04:20.560
're trying
82
00:04:20.560 --> 00:04:24.350
to get any more tilt or shoulder blade movement, you'll go into a slide pattern
83
00:04:24.350 --> 00:04:25.560
where the lead
84
00:04:25.560 --> 00:04:30.200
knee runs away from the trail knee like that as opposed to having this feeling
85
00:04:30.200 --> 00:04:30.960
of the pelvis
86
00:04:30.960 --> 00:04:34.570
rotating over that lead foot or if you do that, you'll get more into this
87
00:04:34.570 --> 00:04:35.360
kissing knee
88
00:04:35.360 --> 00:04:36.360
position.
89
00:04:36.360 --> 00:04:40.190
So if you've tried a bunch of feels and none of them are really clicking, try
90
00:04:40.190 --> 00:04:40.800
this one
91
00:04:40.800 --> 00:04:45.200
for your slide of getting that right knee to kiss the outside of the left knee
92
00:04:45.200 --> 00:04:45.720
or touch
93
00:04:45.720 --> 00:04:51.210
the outside of the left knee that will help stabilize or work on your bracing
94
00:04:51.210 --> 00:04:51.360
pattern
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00:04:51.360 --> 00:04:54.840
and get you out of that slide movement to the outside of that left heel.
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