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America AND its list of Best Golf Fitness Professionals in America.
Improve Your Downswing with the Trail Arm Corkscrew Drill
After this video, you'll be able to:
- Understand how to achieve proper internal shoulder rotation during the downswing
- Practice the corkscrew motion to keep your elbow in a more effective position
- Feel the difference between correct forearm rotation and common flawed movements
In this drill, you'll learn how to effectively integrate arm rotation during your downswing, enhancing your release for better shot accuracy and power. This technique addresses common issues like steep swings and improper elbow positioning.
Video Transcript
WEBVTT
1
00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:07.860
This drill is the trail arm corkscrew.
2
00:00:07.860 --> 00:00:13.870
So the trail arm corkscrew is a way of integrating the arm rotation during the
3
00:00:13.870 --> 00:00:15.120
downswing, especially
4
00:00:15.120 --> 00:00:16.600
during the release.
5
00:00:16.600 --> 00:00:21.120
A lot of golfers struggle with getting some internal rotation of the shoulder.
6
00:00:21.120 --> 00:00:25.650
That usually shows up as the club getting steep in the early part of the down
7
00:00:25.650 --> 00:00:26.600
swing, oftentimes
8
00:00:26.600 --> 00:00:31.300
wall behind, it gets behind the body kind of like this, and then it has more of
9
00:00:31.300 --> 00:00:31.720
a catch
10
00:00:31.720 --> 00:00:38.780
up and kind of a flip move where you'll see the elbow pointing at the camera or
11
00:00:38.780 --> 00:00:39.420
the face
12
00:00:39.420 --> 00:00:43.360
on camera very quickly in the follow through.
13
00:00:43.360 --> 00:00:46.360
It'll kind of go more like that if I was exaggerating.
14
00:00:46.360 --> 00:00:52.120
And you'll see it can cause pulls, it can cause thin shots, toe shots, down
15
00:00:52.120 --> 00:00:53.000
regulates
16
00:00:53.000 --> 00:00:55.560
the power you can create with your body, whole host of problems.
17
00:00:55.560 --> 00:00:59.660
So we want to try to build a good quality tour release, we're going to work on
18
00:00:59.660 --> 00:01:00.200
the trail
19
00:01:00.200 --> 00:01:04.310
arm corkscrew, which is basically rotating your arm and your forearm in
20
00:01:04.310 --> 00:01:05.920
opposite directions.
21
00:01:05.920 --> 00:01:11.310
So when we do the trail arm kind of shoulder blade lock, we're going to feel
22
00:01:11.310 --> 00:01:12.000
like the
23
00:01:12.000 --> 00:01:14.920
arm rotates into more of an external rotation.
24
00:01:14.920 --> 00:01:19.000
Now as we come through, we're going to feel like the elbow stays pointing
25
00:01:19.000 --> 00:01:20.160
behind you or
26
00:01:20.160 --> 00:01:23.950
towards the road there, but now we're going to feel like that forearm gets into
27
00:01:23.950 --> 00:01:24.580
that stop
28
00:01:24.580 --> 00:01:25.840
sign position.
29
00:01:25.840 --> 00:01:29.980
So the corkscrew feel is basically the forearm rotating one way and the
30
00:01:29.980 --> 00:01:31.180
shoulder rotating
31
00:01:31.180 --> 00:01:34.730
the opposite way, getting more connected kind of like a feeling like this,
32
00:01:34.730 --> 00:01:35.380
which you can
33
00:01:35.380 --> 00:01:40.760
see as I rotate through, helps keep the elbow pit pointing more up as opposed
34
00:01:40.760 --> 00:01:41.920
to the shoulder
35
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pointing down that way.
36
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When the shoulder is pointing down that way, the palm actually hasn't really
37
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rotated, the
38
00:01:50.040 --> 00:01:51.560
forearm hasn't really rotated.
39
00:01:51.560 --> 00:01:58.220
So this corkscrew feel is for getting this kind of fuller release of the arm,
40
00:01:58.220 --> 00:01:58.920
but not
41
00:01:58.920 --> 00:02:01.140
by releasing the shoulder.
42
00:02:01.140 --> 00:02:07.150
So we will work on it mostly in nine to threes, but then once we have it, we
43
00:02:07.150 --> 00:02:08.060
want to apply
44
00:02:08.060 --> 00:02:11.020
it into 10 to two as full swing as quick as possible.
45
00:02:11.020 --> 00:02:14.550
So first one I'm going to do is just right hand only version, and I'm going to
46
00:02:14.550 --> 00:02:14.940
put my
47
00:02:14.940 --> 00:02:18.140
left hand underneath here to support.
48
00:02:18.140 --> 00:02:22.630
And then I'm going to feel like I get into this position where the elbow is
49
00:02:22.630 --> 00:02:23.620
still pointed
50
00:02:23.620 --> 00:02:31.570
down, but the forearm has rotated so that it's in the nice shake hands with the
51
00:02:31.570 --> 00:02:32.400
target
52
00:02:32.400 --> 00:02:36.400
line finish position.
53
00:02:36.400 --> 00:02:41.990
So hand underneath, this will help elbow staying down and the forearm is
54
00:02:41.990 --> 00:02:43.080
rotating.
55
00:02:43.080 --> 00:02:49.090
If you have trouble rotating your forearm independently, then I recommend doing
56
00:02:49.090 --> 00:02:49.700
a couple
57
00:02:49.700 --> 00:02:54.530
different little awareness drills where here I'm basically trying not to rotate
58
00:02:54.530 --> 00:02:55.180
the elbow
59
00:02:55.180 --> 00:02:56.860
and there I'm rotating the forearm.
60
00:02:56.860 --> 00:03:02.060
The next one I'm now going to try to rotate the shoulder, so now the forearm
61
00:03:02.060 --> 00:03:02.860
isn't moving.
62
00:03:02.860 --> 00:03:08.180
So now the advanced version would be can I rotate them in opposite directions?
63
00:03:08.180 --> 00:03:15.090
And I rotate the shoulder one way in the forearm in the opposite way, not super
64
00:03:15.090 --> 00:03:15.860
easy.
65
00:03:15.860 --> 00:03:21.040
But that right there where I rotate the shoulder in, rotate the forearm in the
66
00:03:21.040 --> 00:03:21.200
opposite way
67
00:03:21.200 --> 00:03:25.160
while doing a little bit of ulnar deviation, that's the corkscrew feel that we
68
00:03:25.160 --> 00:03:25.720
're trying
69
00:03:25.720 --> 00:03:28.120
to get to at the end of the follow through position.
70
00:03:28.120 --> 00:03:32.430
And just by doing those repetitions, I can feel a lot of heat in my shoulder
71
00:03:32.430 --> 00:03:33.000
because I'm
72
00:03:33.000 --> 00:03:39.120
working some different muscles, so through there elbow pointing down.
73
00:03:39.120 --> 00:03:44.280
Okay now we're going to put both hands on and if you, this falls in the torture
74
00:03:44.280 --> 00:03:44.280
drill
75
00:03:44.280 --> 00:03:48.380
category, so if you had trouble making contact there, don't worry when you put
76
00:03:48.380 --> 00:03:49.040
the second
77
00:03:49.040 --> 00:03:53.130
hand on, sometimes the magic happens and the contact will be way better because
78
00:03:53.130 --> 00:03:53.600
you'll
79
00:03:53.600 --> 00:03:56.220
have both hands to support the club.
80
00:03:56.220 --> 00:04:01.720
Okay so now we're going to bring the club back, we're going to get into this
81
00:04:01.720 --> 00:04:02.360
kind of
82
00:04:02.360 --> 00:04:07.590
corkscrew follow through position there, elbow down, but forearm rotated with
83
00:04:07.590 --> 00:04:08.260
some ulnar
84
00:04:08.260 --> 00:04:09.260
deviation.
85
00:04:09.260 --> 00:04:11.940
There's some pretty good checkpoints right there.
86
00:04:11.940 --> 00:04:17.970
Okay that looks good so now I'm going to graduate and go a little bit bigger up
87
00:04:17.970 --> 00:04:18.340
.
88
00:04:18.340 --> 00:04:22.960
Same position there, it really helps by keeping the elbow turned this way, it
89
00:04:22.960 --> 00:04:23.720
really helps
90
00:04:23.720 --> 00:04:28.920
take away the pullness and then the second half of the corkscrew getting the
91
00:04:28.920 --> 00:04:29.120
forearm to
92
00:04:29.120 --> 00:04:33.270
cover can really help with getting some compression, if you tend to hit the
93
00:04:33.270 --> 00:04:34.680
ball really high sometimes
94
00:04:34.680 --> 00:04:37.640
you're lacking that forearm rotation as well.
95
00:04:37.640 --> 00:04:42.900
Okay so now let's tie it together with more of a full swing feel, full swing
96
00:04:42.900 --> 00:04:43.760
tempo, so
97
00:04:43.760 --> 00:04:49.220
we're going up to the top and we can check, that one will be a little bit
98
00:04:49.220 --> 00:04:50.440
harder to feel
99
00:04:50.440 --> 00:04:55.670
because once you go past this position here for the club to come around the
100
00:04:55.670 --> 00:04:56.360
shoulders naturally
101
00:04:56.360 --> 00:04:59.340
you're going to have some rotation, so you can't really check it at the finish
102
00:04:59.340 --> 00:04:59.680
that's
103
00:04:59.680 --> 00:05:05.300
why I mostly do kind of abbreviated finishes when working on this release drill
104
00:05:05.300 --> 00:05:05.880
timing.
105
00:05:05.880 --> 00:05:09.420
But in doing so you will get some feels and then you can apply to your full
106
00:05:09.420 --> 00:05:10.000
swing.
107
00:05:10.000 --> 00:05:12.780
So if you're struggling with a little bit of the trail arm mechanics sometimes
108
00:05:12.780 --> 00:05:13.200
learning
109
00:05:13.200 --> 00:05:17.840
to get the corkscrew rotation is the breakthrough you need.
1
00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:07.860
This drill is the trail arm corkscrew.
2
00:00:07.860 --> 00:00:13.870
So the trail arm corkscrew is a way of integrating the arm rotation during the
3
00:00:13.870 --> 00:00:15.120
downswing, especially
4
00:00:15.120 --> 00:00:16.600
during the release.
5
00:00:16.600 --> 00:00:21.120
A lot of golfers struggle with getting some internal rotation of the shoulder.
6
00:00:21.120 --> 00:00:25.650
That usually shows up as the club getting steep in the early part of the down
7
00:00:25.650 --> 00:00:26.600
swing, oftentimes
8
00:00:26.600 --> 00:00:31.300
wall behind, it gets behind the body kind of like this, and then it has more of
9
00:00:31.300 --> 00:00:31.720
a catch
10
00:00:31.720 --> 00:00:38.780
up and kind of a flip move where you'll see the elbow pointing at the camera or
11
00:00:38.780 --> 00:00:39.420
the face
12
00:00:39.420 --> 00:00:43.360
on camera very quickly in the follow through.
13
00:00:43.360 --> 00:00:46.360
It'll kind of go more like that if I was exaggerating.
14
00:00:46.360 --> 00:00:52.120
And you'll see it can cause pulls, it can cause thin shots, toe shots, down
15
00:00:52.120 --> 00:00:53.000
regulates
16
00:00:53.000 --> 00:00:55.560
the power you can create with your body, whole host of problems.
17
00:00:55.560 --> 00:00:59.660
So we want to try to build a good quality tour release, we're going to work on
18
00:00:59.660 --> 00:01:00.200
the trail
19
00:01:00.200 --> 00:01:04.310
arm corkscrew, which is basically rotating your arm and your forearm in
20
00:01:04.310 --> 00:01:05.920
opposite directions.
21
00:01:05.920 --> 00:01:11.310
So when we do the trail arm kind of shoulder blade lock, we're going to feel
22
00:01:11.310 --> 00:01:12.000
like the
23
00:01:12.000 --> 00:01:14.920
arm rotates into more of an external rotation.
24
00:01:14.920 --> 00:01:19.000
Now as we come through, we're going to feel like the elbow stays pointing
25
00:01:19.000 --> 00:01:20.160
behind you or
26
00:01:20.160 --> 00:01:23.950
towards the road there, but now we're going to feel like that forearm gets into
27
00:01:23.950 --> 00:01:24.580
that stop
28
00:01:24.580 --> 00:01:25.840
sign position.
29
00:01:25.840 --> 00:01:29.980
So the corkscrew feel is basically the forearm rotating one way and the
30
00:01:29.980 --> 00:01:31.180
shoulder rotating
31
00:01:31.180 --> 00:01:34.730
the opposite way, getting more connected kind of like a feeling like this,
32
00:01:34.730 --> 00:01:35.380
which you can
33
00:01:35.380 --> 00:01:40.760
see as I rotate through, helps keep the elbow pit pointing more up as opposed
34
00:01:40.760 --> 00:01:41.920
to the shoulder
35
00:01:41.920 --> 00:01:43.760
pointing down that way.
36
00:01:43.760 --> 00:01:49.140
When the shoulder is pointing down that way, the palm actually hasn't really
37
00:01:49.140 --> 00:01:50.040
rotated, the
38
00:01:50.040 --> 00:01:51.560
forearm hasn't really rotated.
39
00:01:51.560 --> 00:01:58.220
So this corkscrew feel is for getting this kind of fuller release of the arm,
40
00:01:58.220 --> 00:01:58.920
but not
41
00:01:58.920 --> 00:02:01.140
by releasing the shoulder.
42
00:02:01.140 --> 00:02:07.150
So we will work on it mostly in nine to threes, but then once we have it, we
43
00:02:07.150 --> 00:02:08.060
want to apply
44
00:02:08.060 --> 00:02:11.020
it into 10 to two as full swing as quick as possible.
45
00:02:11.020 --> 00:02:14.550
So first one I'm going to do is just right hand only version, and I'm going to
46
00:02:14.550 --> 00:02:14.940
put my
47
00:02:14.940 --> 00:02:18.140
left hand underneath here to support.
48
00:02:18.140 --> 00:02:22.630
And then I'm going to feel like I get into this position where the elbow is
49
00:02:22.630 --> 00:02:23.620
still pointed
50
00:02:23.620 --> 00:02:31.570
down, but the forearm has rotated so that it's in the nice shake hands with the
51
00:02:31.570 --> 00:02:32.400
target
52
00:02:32.400 --> 00:02:36.400
line finish position.
53
00:02:36.400 --> 00:02:41.990
So hand underneath, this will help elbow staying down and the forearm is
54
00:02:41.990 --> 00:02:43.080
rotating.
55
00:02:43.080 --> 00:02:49.090
If you have trouble rotating your forearm independently, then I recommend doing
56
00:02:49.090 --> 00:02:49.700
a couple
57
00:02:49.700 --> 00:02:54.530
different little awareness drills where here I'm basically trying not to rotate
58
00:02:54.530 --> 00:02:55.180
the elbow
59
00:02:55.180 --> 00:02:56.860
and there I'm rotating the forearm.
60
00:02:56.860 --> 00:03:02.060
The next one I'm now going to try to rotate the shoulder, so now the forearm
61
00:03:02.060 --> 00:03:02.860
isn't moving.
62
00:03:02.860 --> 00:03:08.180
So now the advanced version would be can I rotate them in opposite directions?
63
00:03:08.180 --> 00:03:15.090
And I rotate the shoulder one way in the forearm in the opposite way, not super
64
00:03:15.090 --> 00:03:15.860
easy.
65
00:03:15.860 --> 00:03:21.040
But that right there where I rotate the shoulder in, rotate the forearm in the
66
00:03:21.040 --> 00:03:21.200
opposite way
67
00:03:21.200 --> 00:03:25.160
while doing a little bit of ulnar deviation, that's the corkscrew feel that we
68
00:03:25.160 --> 00:03:25.720
're trying
69
00:03:25.720 --> 00:03:28.120
to get to at the end of the follow through position.
70
00:03:28.120 --> 00:03:32.430
And just by doing those repetitions, I can feel a lot of heat in my shoulder
71
00:03:32.430 --> 00:03:33.000
because I'm
72
00:03:33.000 --> 00:03:39.120
working some different muscles, so through there elbow pointing down.
73
00:03:39.120 --> 00:03:44.280
Okay now we're going to put both hands on and if you, this falls in the torture
74
00:03:44.280 --> 00:03:44.280
drill
75
00:03:44.280 --> 00:03:48.380
category, so if you had trouble making contact there, don't worry when you put
76
00:03:48.380 --> 00:03:49.040
the second
77
00:03:49.040 --> 00:03:53.130
hand on, sometimes the magic happens and the contact will be way better because
78
00:03:53.130 --> 00:03:53.600
you'll
79
00:03:53.600 --> 00:03:56.220
have both hands to support the club.
80
00:03:56.220 --> 00:04:01.720
Okay so now we're going to bring the club back, we're going to get into this
81
00:04:01.720 --> 00:04:02.360
kind of
82
00:04:02.360 --> 00:04:07.590
corkscrew follow through position there, elbow down, but forearm rotated with
83
00:04:07.590 --> 00:04:08.260
some ulnar
84
00:04:08.260 --> 00:04:09.260
deviation.
85
00:04:09.260 --> 00:04:11.940
There's some pretty good checkpoints right there.
86
00:04:11.940 --> 00:04:17.970
Okay that looks good so now I'm going to graduate and go a little bit bigger up
87
00:04:17.970 --> 00:04:18.340
.
88
00:04:18.340 --> 00:04:22.960
Same position there, it really helps by keeping the elbow turned this way, it
89
00:04:22.960 --> 00:04:23.720
really helps
90
00:04:23.720 --> 00:04:28.920
take away the pullness and then the second half of the corkscrew getting the
91
00:04:28.920 --> 00:04:29.120
forearm to
92
00:04:29.120 --> 00:04:33.270
cover can really help with getting some compression, if you tend to hit the
93
00:04:33.270 --> 00:04:34.680
ball really high sometimes
94
00:04:34.680 --> 00:04:37.640
you're lacking that forearm rotation as well.
95
00:04:37.640 --> 00:04:42.900
Okay so now let's tie it together with more of a full swing feel, full swing
96
00:04:42.900 --> 00:04:43.760
tempo, so
97
00:04:43.760 --> 00:04:49.220
we're going up to the top and we can check, that one will be a little bit
98
00:04:49.220 --> 00:04:50.440
harder to feel
99
00:04:50.440 --> 00:04:55.670
because once you go past this position here for the club to come around the
100
00:04:55.670 --> 00:04:56.360
shoulders naturally
101
00:04:56.360 --> 00:04:59.340
you're going to have some rotation, so you can't really check it at the finish
102
00:04:59.340 --> 00:04:59.680
that's
103
00:04:59.680 --> 00:05:05.300
why I mostly do kind of abbreviated finishes when working on this release drill
104
00:05:05.300 --> 00:05:05.880
timing.
105
00:05:05.880 --> 00:05:09.420
But in doing so you will get some feels and then you can apply to your full
106
00:05:09.420 --> 00:05:10.000
swing.
107
00:05:10.000 --> 00:05:12.780
So if you're struggling with a little bit of the trail arm mechanics sometimes
108
00:05:12.780 --> 00:05:13.200
learning
109
00:05:13.200 --> 00:05:17.840
to get the corkscrew rotation is the breakthrough you need.
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 Downswing with the Trail Arm Corkscrew Drill
After this video, you'll be able to:
- Understand how to achieve proper internal shoulder rotation during the downswing
- Practice the corkscrew motion to keep your elbow in a more effective position
- Feel the difference between correct forearm rotation and common flawed movements
In this drill, you'll learn how to effectively integrate arm rotation during your downswing, enhancing your release for better shot accuracy and power. This technique addresses common issues like steep swings and improper elbow positioning.
Video Transcript
WEBVTT
1
00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:07.860
This drill is the trail arm corkscrew.
2
00:00:07.860 --> 00:00:13.870
So the trail arm corkscrew is a way of integrating the arm rotation during the
3
00:00:13.870 --> 00:00:15.120
downswing, especially
4
00:00:15.120 --> 00:00:16.600
during the release.
5
00:00:16.600 --> 00:00:21.120
A lot of golfers struggle with getting some internal rotation of the shoulder.
6
00:00:21.120 --> 00:00:25.650
That usually shows up as the club getting steep in the early part of the down
7
00:00:25.650 --> 00:00:26.600
swing, oftentimes
8
00:00:26.600 --> 00:00:31.300
wall behind, it gets behind the body kind of like this, and then it has more of
9
00:00:31.300 --> 00:00:31.720
a catch
10
00:00:31.720 --> 00:00:38.780
up and kind of a flip move where you'll see the elbow pointing at the camera or
11
00:00:38.780 --> 00:00:39.420
the face
12
00:00:39.420 --> 00:00:43.360
on camera very quickly in the follow through.
13
00:00:43.360 --> 00:00:46.360
It'll kind of go more like that if I was exaggerating.
14
00:00:46.360 --> 00:00:52.120
And you'll see it can cause pulls, it can cause thin shots, toe shots, down
15
00:00:52.120 --> 00:00:53.000
regulates
16
00:00:53.000 --> 00:00:55.560
the power you can create with your body, whole host of problems.
17
00:00:55.560 --> 00:00:59.660
So we want to try to build a good quality tour release, we're going to work on
18
00:00:59.660 --> 00:01:00.200
the trail
19
00:01:00.200 --> 00:01:04.310
arm corkscrew, which is basically rotating your arm and your forearm in
20
00:01:04.310 --> 00:01:05.920
opposite directions.
21
00:01:05.920 --> 00:01:11.310
So when we do the trail arm kind of shoulder blade lock, we're going to feel
22
00:01:11.310 --> 00:01:12.000
like the
23
00:01:12.000 --> 00:01:14.920
arm rotates into more of an external rotation.
24
00:01:14.920 --> 00:01:19.000
Now as we come through, we're going to feel like the elbow stays pointing
25
00:01:19.000 --> 00:01:20.160
behind you or
26
00:01:20.160 --> 00:01:23.950
towards the road there, but now we're going to feel like that forearm gets into
27
00:01:23.950 --> 00:01:24.580
that stop
28
00:01:24.580 --> 00:01:25.840
sign position.
29
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So the corkscrew feel is basically the forearm rotating one way and the
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shoulder rotating
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the opposite way, getting more connected kind of like a feeling like this,
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which you can
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see as I rotate through, helps keep the elbow pit pointing more up as opposed
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to the shoulder
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pointing down that way.
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When the shoulder is pointing down that way, the palm actually hasn't really
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rotated, the
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forearm hasn't really rotated.
39
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So this corkscrew feel is for getting this kind of fuller release of the arm,
40
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but not
41
00:01:58.920 --> 00:02:01.140
by releasing the shoulder.
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So we will work on it mostly in nine to threes, but then once we have it, we
43
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want to apply
44
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it into 10 to two as full swing as quick as possible.
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So first one I'm going to do is just right hand only version, and I'm going to
46
00:02:14.550 --> 00:02:14.940
put my
47
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left hand underneath here to support.
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And then I'm going to feel like I get into this position where the elbow is
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still pointed
50
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down, but the forearm has rotated so that it's in the nice shake hands with the
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target
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line finish position.
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So hand underneath, this will help elbow staying down and the forearm is
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rotating.
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If you have trouble rotating your forearm independently, then I recommend doing
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a couple
57
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different little awareness drills where here I'm basically trying not to rotate
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the elbow
59
00:02:55.180 --> 00:02:56.860
and there I'm rotating the forearm.
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The next one I'm now going to try to rotate the shoulder, so now the forearm
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00:03:02.060 --> 00:03:02.860
isn't moving.
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So now the advanced version would be can I rotate them in opposite directions?
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And I rotate the shoulder one way in the forearm in the opposite way, not super
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easy.
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But that right there where I rotate the shoulder in, rotate the forearm in the
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opposite way
67
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while doing a little bit of ulnar deviation, that's the corkscrew feel that we
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're trying
69
00:03:25.720 --> 00:03:28.120
to get to at the end of the follow through position.
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And just by doing those repetitions, I can feel a lot of heat in my shoulder
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because I'm
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00:03:33.000 --> 00:03:39.120
working some different muscles, so through there elbow pointing down.
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Okay now we're going to put both hands on and if you, this falls in the torture
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drill
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category, so if you had trouble making contact there, don't worry when you put
76
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the second
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hand on, sometimes the magic happens and the contact will be way better because
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you'll
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have both hands to support the club.
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Okay so now we're going to bring the club back, we're going to get into this
81
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kind of
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corkscrew follow through position there, elbow down, but forearm rotated with
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some ulnar
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deviation.
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There's some pretty good checkpoints right there.
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Okay that looks good so now I'm going to graduate and go a little bit bigger up
87
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.
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Same position there, it really helps by keeping the elbow turned this way, it
89
00:04:22.960 --> 00:04:23.720
really helps
90
00:04:23.720 --> 00:04:28.920
take away the pullness and then the second half of the corkscrew getting the
91
00:04:28.920 --> 00:04:29.120
forearm to
92
00:04:29.120 --> 00:04:33.270
cover can really help with getting some compression, if you tend to hit the
93
00:04:33.270 --> 00:04:34.680
ball really high sometimes
94
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you're lacking that forearm rotation as well.
95
00:04:37.640 --> 00:04:42.900
Okay so now let's tie it together with more of a full swing feel, full swing
96
00:04:42.900 --> 00:04:43.760
tempo, so
97
00:04:43.760 --> 00:04:49.220
we're going up to the top and we can check, that one will be a little bit
98
00:04:49.220 --> 00:04:50.440
harder to feel
99
00:04:50.440 --> 00:04:55.670
because once you go past this position here for the club to come around the
100
00:04:55.670 --> 00:04:56.360
shoulders naturally
101
00:04:56.360 --> 00:04:59.340
you're going to have some rotation, so you can't really check it at the finish
102
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that's
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why I mostly do kind of abbreviated finishes when working on this release drill
104
00:05:05.300 --> 00:05:05.880
timing.
105
00:05:05.880 --> 00:05:09.420
But in doing so you will get some feels and then you can apply to your full
106
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swing.
107
00:05:10.000 --> 00:05:12.780
So if you're struggling with a little bit of the trail arm mechanics sometimes
108
00:05:12.780 --> 00:05:13.200
learning
109
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to get the corkscrew rotation is the breakthrough you need.
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This drill is the trail arm corkscrew.
2
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So the trail arm corkscrew is a way of integrating the arm rotation during the
3
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downswing, especially
4
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during the release.
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A lot of golfers struggle with getting some internal rotation of the shoulder.
6
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That usually shows up as the club getting steep in the early part of the down
7
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swing, oftentimes
8
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wall behind, it gets behind the body kind of like this, and then it has more of
9
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a catch
10
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up and kind of a flip move where you'll see the elbow pointing at the camera or
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the face
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on camera very quickly in the follow through.
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It'll kind of go more like that if I was exaggerating.
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And you'll see it can cause pulls, it can cause thin shots, toe shots, down
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regulates
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the power you can create with your body, whole host of problems.
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So we want to try to build a good quality tour release, we're going to work on
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the trail
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arm corkscrew, which is basically rotating your arm and your forearm in
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opposite directions.
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So when we do the trail arm kind of shoulder blade lock, we're going to feel
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like the
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arm rotates into more of an external rotation.
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Now as we come through, we're going to feel like the elbow stays pointing
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behind you or
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towards the road there, but now we're going to feel like that forearm gets into
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that stop
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sign position.
29
00:01:25.840 --> 00:01:29.980
So the corkscrew feel is basically the forearm rotating one way and the
30
00:01:29.980 --> 00:01:31.180
shoulder rotating
31
00:01:31.180 --> 00:01:34.730
the opposite way, getting more connected kind of like a feeling like this,
32
00:01:34.730 --> 00:01:35.380
which you can
33
00:01:35.380 --> 00:01:40.760
see as I rotate through, helps keep the elbow pit pointing more up as opposed
34
00:01:40.760 --> 00:01:41.920
to the shoulder
35
00:01:41.920 --> 00:01:43.760
pointing down that way.
36
00:01:43.760 --> 00:01:49.140
When the shoulder is pointing down that way, the palm actually hasn't really
37
00:01:49.140 --> 00:01:50.040
rotated, the
38
00:01:50.040 --> 00:01:51.560
forearm hasn't really rotated.
39
00:01:51.560 --> 00:01:58.220
So this corkscrew feel is for getting this kind of fuller release of the arm,
40
00:01:58.220 --> 00:01:58.920
but not
41
00:01:58.920 --> 00:02:01.140
by releasing the shoulder.
42
00:02:01.140 --> 00:02:07.150
So we will work on it mostly in nine to threes, but then once we have it, we
43
00:02:07.150 --> 00:02:08.060
want to apply
44
00:02:08.060 --> 00:02:11.020
it into 10 to two as full swing as quick as possible.
45
00:02:11.020 --> 00:02:14.550
So first one I'm going to do is just right hand only version, and I'm going to
46
00:02:14.550 --> 00:02:14.940
put my
47
00:02:14.940 --> 00:02:18.140
left hand underneath here to support.
48
00:02:18.140 --> 00:02:22.630
And then I'm going to feel like I get into this position where the elbow is
49
00:02:22.630 --> 00:02:23.620
still pointed
50
00:02:23.620 --> 00:02:31.570
down, but the forearm has rotated so that it's in the nice shake hands with the
51
00:02:31.570 --> 00:02:32.400
target
52
00:02:32.400 --> 00:02:36.400
line finish position.
53
00:02:36.400 --> 00:02:41.990
So hand underneath, this will help elbow staying down and the forearm is
54
00:02:41.990 --> 00:02:43.080
rotating.
55
00:02:43.080 --> 00:02:49.090
If you have trouble rotating your forearm independently, then I recommend doing
56
00:02:49.090 --> 00:02:49.700
a couple
57
00:02:49.700 --> 00:02:54.530
different little awareness drills where here I'm basically trying not to rotate
58
00:02:54.530 --> 00:02:55.180
the elbow
59
00:02:55.180 --> 00:02:56.860
and there I'm rotating the forearm.
60
00:02:56.860 --> 00:03:02.060
The next one I'm now going to try to rotate the shoulder, so now the forearm
61
00:03:02.060 --> 00:03:02.860
isn't moving.
62
00:03:02.860 --> 00:03:08.180
So now the advanced version would be can I rotate them in opposite directions?
63
00:03:08.180 --> 00:03:15.090
And I rotate the shoulder one way in the forearm in the opposite way, not super
64
00:03:15.090 --> 00:03:15.860
easy.
65
00:03:15.860 --> 00:03:21.040
But that right there where I rotate the shoulder in, rotate the forearm in the
66
00:03:21.040 --> 00:03:21.200
opposite way
67
00:03:21.200 --> 00:03:25.160
while doing a little bit of ulnar deviation, that's the corkscrew feel that we
68
00:03:25.160 --> 00:03:25.720
're trying
69
00:03:25.720 --> 00:03:28.120
to get to at the end of the follow through position.
70
00:03:28.120 --> 00:03:32.430
And just by doing those repetitions, I can feel a lot of heat in my shoulder
71
00:03:32.430 --> 00:03:33.000
because I'm
72
00:03:33.000 --> 00:03:39.120
working some different muscles, so through there elbow pointing down.
73
00:03:39.120 --> 00:03:44.280
Okay now we're going to put both hands on and if you, this falls in the torture
74
00:03:44.280 --> 00:03:44.280
drill
75
00:03:44.280 --> 00:03:48.380
category, so if you had trouble making contact there, don't worry when you put
76
00:03:48.380 --> 00:03:49.040
the second
77
00:03:49.040 --> 00:03:53.130
hand on, sometimes the magic happens and the contact will be way better because
78
00:03:53.130 --> 00:03:53.600
you'll
79
00:03:53.600 --> 00:03:56.220
have both hands to support the club.
80
00:03:56.220 --> 00:04:01.720
Okay so now we're going to bring the club back, we're going to get into this
81
00:04:01.720 --> 00:04:02.360
kind of
82
00:04:02.360 --> 00:04:07.590
corkscrew follow through position there, elbow down, but forearm rotated with
83
00:04:07.590 --> 00:04:08.260
some ulnar
84
00:04:08.260 --> 00:04:09.260
deviation.
85
00:04:09.260 --> 00:04:11.940
There's some pretty good checkpoints right there.
86
00:04:11.940 --> 00:04:17.970
Okay that looks good so now I'm going to graduate and go a little bit bigger up
87
00:04:17.970 --> 00:04:18.340
.
88
00:04:18.340 --> 00:04:22.960
Same position there, it really helps by keeping the elbow turned this way, it
89
00:04:22.960 --> 00:04:23.720
really helps
90
00:04:23.720 --> 00:04:28.920
take away the pullness and then the second half of the corkscrew getting the
91
00:04:28.920 --> 00:04:29.120
forearm to
92
00:04:29.120 --> 00:04:33.270
cover can really help with getting some compression, if you tend to hit the
93
00:04:33.270 --> 00:04:34.680
ball really high sometimes
94
00:04:34.680 --> 00:04:37.640
you're lacking that forearm rotation as well.
95
00:04:37.640 --> 00:04:42.900
Okay so now let's tie it together with more of a full swing feel, full swing
96
00:04:42.900 --> 00:04:43.760
tempo, so
97
00:04:43.760 --> 00:04:49.220
we're going up to the top and we can check, that one will be a little bit
98
00:04:49.220 --> 00:04:50.440
harder to feel
99
00:04:50.440 --> 00:04:55.670
because once you go past this position here for the club to come around the
100
00:04:55.670 --> 00:04:56.360
shoulders naturally
101
00:04:56.360 --> 00:04:59.340
you're going to have some rotation, so you can't really check it at the finish
102
00:04:59.340 --> 00:04:59.680
that's
103
00:04:59.680 --> 00:05:05.300
why I mostly do kind of abbreviated finishes when working on this release drill
104
00:05:05.300 --> 00:05:05.880
timing.
105
00:05:05.880 --> 00:05:09.420
But in doing so you will get some feels and then you can apply to your full
106
00:05:09.420 --> 00:05:10.000
swing.
107
00:05:10.000 --> 00:05:12.780
So if you're struggling with a little bit of the trail arm mechanics sometimes
108
00:05:12.780 --> 00:05:13.200
learning
109
00:05:13.200 --> 00:05:17.840
to get the corkscrew rotation is the breakthrough you need.
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