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Understand Trail Leg Push vs Upper Body Fall for Better Swings
After this video, you'll be able to:
- Identify the key differences between trail leg push and upper body fall
- Feel how a proper pelvis shift enhances your swing dynamics
- Recognize the importance of ground interaction before upper body rotation
In this video, you'll learn the differences between pushing off your trail leg and allowing your upper body to fall during your golf swing. Understanding these concepts is crucial for achieving a more effective weight shift and improved swing mechanics.
Video Transcript
WEBVTT
1
00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:04.540
This video is trail leg push versus upper body fall.
2
00:00:04.540 --> 00:00:11.500
So I talk a lot about the lateral movement, whether it's three to six inches,
3
00:00:11.500 --> 00:00:12.080
but the
4
00:00:12.080 --> 00:00:17.460
lateral movement of the pelvis during transition for most full stock swings.
5
00:00:17.460 --> 00:00:23.030
Now I describe it a lot as a push of the lead foot, or sorry, a push of the
6
00:00:23.030 --> 00:00:24.160
trail foot,
7
00:00:24.160 --> 00:00:28.640
kind of pushing away from the golf ball in that general direction with this
8
00:00:28.640 --> 00:00:29.560
little twisting.
9
00:00:29.560 --> 00:00:34.040
So whether it's the trail leg push, or step drills, that kind of helps get the
10
00:00:34.040 --> 00:00:34.120
feeling
11
00:00:34.120 --> 00:00:36.280
of this push.
12
00:00:36.280 --> 00:00:40.120
Some golfers will describe it as a little bit more of a free fall where the
13
00:00:40.120 --> 00:00:40.920
upper body
14
00:00:40.920 --> 00:00:46.320
just kind of falls onto the left foot before it starts rotating.
15
00:00:46.320 --> 00:00:52.420
The truth is it's more of a perception for you than it is an actual mechanical
16
00:00:52.420 --> 00:00:53.240
thing.
17
00:00:53.240 --> 00:00:58.990
As long as there is a shift to this side, I'm going to be pushing through that
18
00:00:58.990 --> 00:01:01.140
trail leg.
19
00:01:01.140 --> 00:01:04.040
The general tendency that we're trying to avoid is we're trying to avoid just
20
00:01:04.040 --> 00:01:04.500
spinning
21
00:01:04.500 --> 00:01:08.920
from the top with both the upper body and the lower body like so.
22
00:01:08.920 --> 00:01:14.500
So by getting either a feeling of that body falling onto that front leg before
23
00:01:14.500 --> 00:01:15.200
the body
24
00:01:15.200 --> 00:01:21.550
rotates, or a feeling of pushing the trail leg to get the upper body or the
25
00:01:21.550 --> 00:01:22.600
upper body
26
00:01:22.600 --> 00:01:26.250
and lower body over that front foot before it rotates, the important thing is
27
00:01:26.250 --> 00:01:26.480
to see
28
00:01:26.480 --> 00:01:30.990
that it's this shift of the pelvis, it's this interaction with the ground and
29
00:01:30.990 --> 00:01:31.800
the feet
30
00:01:31.800 --> 00:01:34.600
before the upper body starts spinning.
31
00:01:34.600 --> 00:01:41.150
Similar to a pitching or throwing motion, if some people will feel a big push
32
00:01:41.150 --> 00:01:41.960
off that
33
00:01:41.960 --> 00:01:47.310
trail leg before they fall or before they throw, others will feel just kind of
34
00:01:47.310 --> 00:01:47.800
almost
35
00:01:47.800 --> 00:01:51.040
like I'm falling forward and then I throw.
36
00:01:51.040 --> 00:01:55.520
It could relate to whether you're more connected to the ground or more
37
00:01:55.520 --> 00:01:57.000
connected to your hands
38
00:01:57.000 --> 00:02:02.600
appropriately, but it's important to kind of experiment with both.
39
00:02:02.600 --> 00:02:09.240
What can happen is some golfers who think push do more of an explosive, almost
40
00:02:09.240 --> 00:02:09.840
early
41
00:02:09.840 --> 00:02:14.650
extension move because they have trouble feeling kind of that subtle push of
42
00:02:14.650 --> 00:02:15.640
the lower body
43
00:02:15.640 --> 00:02:19.250
so it becomes more of an overpowering move and kind of messes up the whole
44
00:02:19.250 --> 00:02:20.120
sequencing.
45
00:02:20.120 --> 00:02:25.470
So if you're working on kind of this trail leg push, experiment with feeling
46
00:02:25.470 --> 00:02:25.800
more of
47
00:02:25.800 --> 00:02:32.420
a fall into the lead leg, you'll see that it's virtually the same movement, it
48
00:02:32.420 --> 00:02:33.120
's just
49
00:02:33.120 --> 00:02:35.760
a different perception for a lot of golfers.
50
00:02:35.760 --> 00:02:38.920
So to experiment with the fall, what you'll do is you'll go up to the top of
51
00:02:38.920 --> 00:02:39.600
the swing,
52
00:02:39.600 --> 00:02:46.640
you can even raise that heel and then feel yourself fall into that left foot to
53
00:02:46.640 --> 00:02:47.200
start
54
00:02:47.200 --> 00:02:48.600
that move down.
55
00:02:48.600 --> 00:02:52.500
So it's a sequencing move, it's a timing move and it doesn't really matter if I
56
00:02:52.500 --> 00:02:53.520
'm feeling
57
00:02:53.520 --> 00:02:58.910
that push that I just did there through the trail leg or if I feel like I just
58
00:02:58.910 --> 00:02:59.640
fall.
59
00:02:59.640 --> 00:03:03.240
The mechanics are the same, it's ultimately which one is going to connect more
60
00:03:03.240 --> 00:03:03.560
to your
61
00:03:03.560 --> 00:03:05.440
swing and your power sources.
62
00:03:05.440 --> 00:03:10.050
So if you're upper body dominant, you may feel better with more of just this
63
00:03:10.050 --> 00:03:10.880
fall move.
64
00:03:10.880 --> 00:03:14.730
If you're lower body dominant or sensitive, you may feel like you have to have
65
00:03:14.730 --> 00:03:15.200
a little
66
00:03:15.200 --> 00:03:19.680
bit more of that trail leg push but know that it's ultimately doing the same
67
00:03:19.680 --> 00:03:20.320
movement,
68
00:03:20.320 --> 00:03:25.670
getting that linear movement before you get that rotary, they do happen kind of
69
00:03:25.670 --> 00:03:26.240
very close
70
00:03:26.240 --> 00:03:30.720
together and almost simultaneously but the feeling that a lot of golfers
71
00:03:30.720 --> 00:03:31.520
describe is
72
00:03:31.520 --> 00:03:34.760
having that linear move before you get rotationally.
73
00:03:34.760 --> 00:03:37.500
So if you're struggling with your transition and you're struggling with how
74
00:03:37.500 --> 00:03:37.960
your feet are
75
00:03:37.960 --> 00:03:42.470
interacting through the ground in transition, experiment with both a trail leg
76
00:03:42.470 --> 00:03:43.040
push, more
77
00:03:43.040 --> 00:03:47.850
of an active movement or an upper body fall or a pelvis fall into the front
78
00:03:47.850 --> 00:03:48.800
foot, more
79
00:03:48.800 --> 00:03:53.290
of what would feel like a passive movement, either one may open up the keys to
80
00:03:53.290 --> 00:03:54.680
your consistency
81
00:03:54.680 --> 00:03:56.380
in transition of the lower body.
1
00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:04.540
This video is trail leg push versus upper body fall.
2
00:00:04.540 --> 00:00:11.500
So I talk a lot about the lateral movement, whether it's three to six inches,
3
00:00:11.500 --> 00:00:12.080
but the
4
00:00:12.080 --> 00:00:17.460
lateral movement of the pelvis during transition for most full stock swings.
5
00:00:17.460 --> 00:00:23.030
Now I describe it a lot as a push of the lead foot, or sorry, a push of the
6
00:00:23.030 --> 00:00:24.160
trail foot,
7
00:00:24.160 --> 00:00:28.640
kind of pushing away from the golf ball in that general direction with this
8
00:00:28.640 --> 00:00:29.560
little twisting.
9
00:00:29.560 --> 00:00:34.040
So whether it's the trail leg push, or step drills, that kind of helps get the
10
00:00:34.040 --> 00:00:34.120
feeling
11
00:00:34.120 --> 00:00:36.280
of this push.
12
00:00:36.280 --> 00:00:40.120
Some golfers will describe it as a little bit more of a free fall where the
13
00:00:40.120 --> 00:00:40.920
upper body
14
00:00:40.920 --> 00:00:46.320
just kind of falls onto the left foot before it starts rotating.
15
00:00:46.320 --> 00:00:52.420
The truth is it's more of a perception for you than it is an actual mechanical
16
00:00:52.420 --> 00:00:53.240
thing.
17
00:00:53.240 --> 00:00:58.990
As long as there is a shift to this side, I'm going to be pushing through that
18
00:00:58.990 --> 00:01:01.140
trail leg.
19
00:01:01.140 --> 00:01:04.040
The general tendency that we're trying to avoid is we're trying to avoid just
20
00:01:04.040 --> 00:01:04.500
spinning
21
00:01:04.500 --> 00:01:08.920
from the top with both the upper body and the lower body like so.
22
00:01:08.920 --> 00:01:14.500
So by getting either a feeling of that body falling onto that front leg before
23
00:01:14.500 --> 00:01:15.200
the body
24
00:01:15.200 --> 00:01:21.550
rotates, or a feeling of pushing the trail leg to get the upper body or the
25
00:01:21.550 --> 00:01:22.600
upper body
26
00:01:22.600 --> 00:01:26.250
and lower body over that front foot before it rotates, the important thing is
27
00:01:26.250 --> 00:01:26.480
to see
28
00:01:26.480 --> 00:01:30.990
that it's this shift of the pelvis, it's this interaction with the ground and
29
00:01:30.990 --> 00:01:31.800
the feet
30
00:01:31.800 --> 00:01:34.600
before the upper body starts spinning.
31
00:01:34.600 --> 00:01:41.150
Similar to a pitching or throwing motion, if some people will feel a big push
32
00:01:41.150 --> 00:01:41.960
off that
33
00:01:41.960 --> 00:01:47.310
trail leg before they fall or before they throw, others will feel just kind of
34
00:01:47.310 --> 00:01:47.800
almost
35
00:01:47.800 --> 00:01:51.040
like I'm falling forward and then I throw.
36
00:01:51.040 --> 00:01:55.520
It could relate to whether you're more connected to the ground or more
37
00:01:55.520 --> 00:01:57.000
connected to your hands
38
00:01:57.000 --> 00:02:02.600
appropriately, but it's important to kind of experiment with both.
39
00:02:02.600 --> 00:02:09.240
What can happen is some golfers who think push do more of an explosive, almost
40
00:02:09.240 --> 00:02:09.840
early
41
00:02:09.840 --> 00:02:14.650
extension move because they have trouble feeling kind of that subtle push of
42
00:02:14.650 --> 00:02:15.640
the lower body
43
00:02:15.640 --> 00:02:19.250
so it becomes more of an overpowering move and kind of messes up the whole
44
00:02:19.250 --> 00:02:20.120
sequencing.
45
00:02:20.120 --> 00:02:25.470
So if you're working on kind of this trail leg push, experiment with feeling
46
00:02:25.470 --> 00:02:25.800
more of
47
00:02:25.800 --> 00:02:32.420
a fall into the lead leg, you'll see that it's virtually the same movement, it
48
00:02:32.420 --> 00:02:33.120
's just
49
00:02:33.120 --> 00:02:35.760
a different perception for a lot of golfers.
50
00:02:35.760 --> 00:02:38.920
So to experiment with the fall, what you'll do is you'll go up to the top of
51
00:02:38.920 --> 00:02:39.600
the swing,
52
00:02:39.600 --> 00:02:46.640
you can even raise that heel and then feel yourself fall into that left foot to
53
00:02:46.640 --> 00:02:47.200
start
54
00:02:47.200 --> 00:02:48.600
that move down.
55
00:02:48.600 --> 00:02:52.500
So it's a sequencing move, it's a timing move and it doesn't really matter if I
56
00:02:52.500 --> 00:02:53.520
'm feeling
57
00:02:53.520 --> 00:02:58.910
that push that I just did there through the trail leg or if I feel like I just
58
00:02:58.910 --> 00:02:59.640
fall.
59
00:02:59.640 --> 00:03:03.240
The mechanics are the same, it's ultimately which one is going to connect more
60
00:03:03.240 --> 00:03:03.560
to your
61
00:03:03.560 --> 00:03:05.440
swing and your power sources.
62
00:03:05.440 --> 00:03:10.050
So if you're upper body dominant, you may feel better with more of just this
63
00:03:10.050 --> 00:03:10.880
fall move.
64
00:03:10.880 --> 00:03:14.730
If you're lower body dominant or sensitive, you may feel like you have to have
65
00:03:14.730 --> 00:03:15.200
a little
66
00:03:15.200 --> 00:03:19.680
bit more of that trail leg push but know that it's ultimately doing the same
67
00:03:19.680 --> 00:03:20.320
movement,
68
00:03:20.320 --> 00:03:25.670
getting that linear movement before you get that rotary, they do happen kind of
69
00:03:25.670 --> 00:03:26.240
very close
70
00:03:26.240 --> 00:03:30.720
together and almost simultaneously but the feeling that a lot of golfers
71
00:03:30.720 --> 00:03:31.520
describe is
72
00:03:31.520 --> 00:03:34.760
having that linear move before you get rotationally.
73
00:03:34.760 --> 00:03:37.500
So if you're struggling with your transition and you're struggling with how
74
00:03:37.500 --> 00:03:37.960
your feet are
75
00:03:37.960 --> 00:03:42.470
interacting through the ground in transition, experiment with both a trail leg
76
00:03:42.470 --> 00:03:43.040
push, more
77
00:03:43.040 --> 00:03:47.850
of an active movement or an upper body fall or a pelvis fall into the front
78
00:03:47.850 --> 00:03:48.800
foot, more
79
00:03:48.800 --> 00:03:53.290
of what would feel like a passive movement, either one may open up the keys to
80
00:03:53.290 --> 00:03:54.680
your consistency
81
00:03:54.680 --> 00:03:56.380
in transition of the lower body.
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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.
Understand Trail Leg Push vs Upper Body Fall for Better Swings
After this video, you'll be able to:
- Identify the key differences between trail leg push and upper body fall
- Feel how a proper pelvis shift enhances your swing dynamics
- Recognize the importance of ground interaction before upper body rotation
In this video, you'll learn the differences between pushing off your trail leg and allowing your upper body to fall during your golf swing. Understanding these concepts is crucial for achieving a more effective weight shift and improved swing mechanics.
Video Transcript
WEBVTT
1
00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:04.540
This video is trail leg push versus upper body fall.
2
00:00:04.540 --> 00:00:11.500
So I talk a lot about the lateral movement, whether it's three to six inches,
3
00:00:11.500 --> 00:00:12.080
but the
4
00:00:12.080 --> 00:00:17.460
lateral movement of the pelvis during transition for most full stock swings.
5
00:00:17.460 --> 00:00:23.030
Now I describe it a lot as a push of the lead foot, or sorry, a push of the
6
00:00:23.030 --> 00:00:24.160
trail foot,
7
00:00:24.160 --> 00:00:28.640
kind of pushing away from the golf ball in that general direction with this
8
00:00:28.640 --> 00:00:29.560
little twisting.
9
00:00:29.560 --> 00:00:34.040
So whether it's the trail leg push, or step drills, that kind of helps get the
10
00:00:34.040 --> 00:00:34.120
feeling
11
00:00:34.120 --> 00:00:36.280
of this push.
12
00:00:36.280 --> 00:00:40.120
Some golfers will describe it as a little bit more of a free fall where the
13
00:00:40.120 --> 00:00:40.920
upper body
14
00:00:40.920 --> 00:00:46.320
just kind of falls onto the left foot before it starts rotating.
15
00:00:46.320 --> 00:00:52.420
The truth is it's more of a perception for you than it is an actual mechanical
16
00:00:52.420 --> 00:00:53.240
thing.
17
00:00:53.240 --> 00:00:58.990
As long as there is a shift to this side, I'm going to be pushing through that
18
00:00:58.990 --> 00:01:01.140
trail leg.
19
00:01:01.140 --> 00:01:04.040
The general tendency that we're trying to avoid is we're trying to avoid just
20
00:01:04.040 --> 00:01:04.500
spinning
21
00:01:04.500 --> 00:01:08.920
from the top with both the upper body and the lower body like so.
22
00:01:08.920 --> 00:01:14.500
So by getting either a feeling of that body falling onto that front leg before
23
00:01:14.500 --> 00:01:15.200
the body
24
00:01:15.200 --> 00:01:21.550
rotates, or a feeling of pushing the trail leg to get the upper body or the
25
00:01:21.550 --> 00:01:22.600
upper body
26
00:01:22.600 --> 00:01:26.250
and lower body over that front foot before it rotates, the important thing is
27
00:01:26.250 --> 00:01:26.480
to see
28
00:01:26.480 --> 00:01:30.990
that it's this shift of the pelvis, it's this interaction with the ground and
29
00:01:30.990 --> 00:01:31.800
the feet
30
00:01:31.800 --> 00:01:34.600
before the upper body starts spinning.
31
00:01:34.600 --> 00:01:41.150
Similar to a pitching or throwing motion, if some people will feel a big push
32
00:01:41.150 --> 00:01:41.960
off that
33
00:01:41.960 --> 00:01:47.310
trail leg before they fall or before they throw, others will feel just kind of
34
00:01:47.310 --> 00:01:47.800
almost
35
00:01:47.800 --> 00:01:51.040
like I'm falling forward and then I throw.
36
00:01:51.040 --> 00:01:55.520
It could relate to whether you're more connected to the ground or more
37
00:01:55.520 --> 00:01:57.000
connected to your hands
38
00:01:57.000 --> 00:02:02.600
appropriately, but it's important to kind of experiment with both.
39
00:02:02.600 --> 00:02:09.240
What can happen is some golfers who think push do more of an explosive, almost
40
00:02:09.240 --> 00:02:09.840
early
41
00:02:09.840 --> 00:02:14.650
extension move because they have trouble feeling kind of that subtle push of
42
00:02:14.650 --> 00:02:15.640
the lower body
43
00:02:15.640 --> 00:02:19.250
so it becomes more of an overpowering move and kind of messes up the whole
44
00:02:19.250 --> 00:02:20.120
sequencing.
45
00:02:20.120 --> 00:02:25.470
So if you're working on kind of this trail leg push, experiment with feeling
46
00:02:25.470 --> 00:02:25.800
more of
47
00:02:25.800 --> 00:02:32.420
a fall into the lead leg, you'll see that it's virtually the same movement, it
48
00:02:32.420 --> 00:02:33.120
's just
49
00:02:33.120 --> 00:02:35.760
a different perception for a lot of golfers.
50
00:02:35.760 --> 00:02:38.920
So to experiment with the fall, what you'll do is you'll go up to the top of
51
00:02:38.920 --> 00:02:39.600
the swing,
52
00:02:39.600 --> 00:02:46.640
you can even raise that heel and then feel yourself fall into that left foot to
53
00:02:46.640 --> 00:02:47.200
start
54
00:02:47.200 --> 00:02:48.600
that move down.
55
00:02:48.600 --> 00:02:52.500
So it's a sequencing move, it's a timing move and it doesn't really matter if I
56
00:02:52.500 --> 00:02:53.520
'm feeling
57
00:02:53.520 --> 00:02:58.910
that push that I just did there through the trail leg or if I feel like I just
58
00:02:58.910 --> 00:02:59.640
fall.
59
00:02:59.640 --> 00:03:03.240
The mechanics are the same, it's ultimately which one is going to connect more
60
00:03:03.240 --> 00:03:03.560
to your
61
00:03:03.560 --> 00:03:05.440
swing and your power sources.
62
00:03:05.440 --> 00:03:10.050
So if you're upper body dominant, you may feel better with more of just this
63
00:03:10.050 --> 00:03:10.880
fall move.
64
00:03:10.880 --> 00:03:14.730
If you're lower body dominant or sensitive, you may feel like you have to have
65
00:03:14.730 --> 00:03:15.200
a little
66
00:03:15.200 --> 00:03:19.680
bit more of that trail leg push but know that it's ultimately doing the same
67
00:03:19.680 --> 00:03:20.320
movement,
68
00:03:20.320 --> 00:03:25.670
getting that linear movement before you get that rotary, they do happen kind of
69
00:03:25.670 --> 00:03:26.240
very close
70
00:03:26.240 --> 00:03:30.720
together and almost simultaneously but the feeling that a lot of golfers
71
00:03:30.720 --> 00:03:31.520
describe is
72
00:03:31.520 --> 00:03:34.760
having that linear move before you get rotationally.
73
00:03:34.760 --> 00:03:37.500
So if you're struggling with your transition and you're struggling with how
74
00:03:37.500 --> 00:03:37.960
your feet are
75
00:03:37.960 --> 00:03:42.470
interacting through the ground in transition, experiment with both a trail leg
76
00:03:42.470 --> 00:03:43.040
push, more
77
00:03:43.040 --> 00:03:47.850
of an active movement or an upper body fall or a pelvis fall into the front
78
00:03:47.850 --> 00:03:48.800
foot, more
79
00:03:48.800 --> 00:03:53.290
of what would feel like a passive movement, either one may open up the keys to
80
00:03:53.290 --> 00:03:54.680
your consistency
81
00:03:54.680 --> 00:03:56.380
in transition of the lower body.
1
00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:04.540
This video is trail leg push versus upper body fall.
2
00:00:04.540 --> 00:00:11.500
So I talk a lot about the lateral movement, whether it's three to six inches,
3
00:00:11.500 --> 00:00:12.080
but the
4
00:00:12.080 --> 00:00:17.460
lateral movement of the pelvis during transition for most full stock swings.
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Now I describe it a lot as a push of the lead foot, or sorry, a push of the
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trail foot,
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kind of pushing away from the golf ball in that general direction with this
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little twisting.
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So whether it's the trail leg push, or step drills, that kind of helps get the
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feeling
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of this push.
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Some golfers will describe it as a little bit more of a free fall where the
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upper body
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just kind of falls onto the left foot before it starts rotating.
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The truth is it's more of a perception for you than it is an actual mechanical
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thing.
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As long as there is a shift to this side, I'm going to be pushing through that
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trail leg.
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The general tendency that we're trying to avoid is we're trying to avoid just
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spinning
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from the top with both the upper body and the lower body like so.
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So by getting either a feeling of that body falling onto that front leg before
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the body
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rotates, or a feeling of pushing the trail leg to get the upper body or the
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upper body
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and lower body over that front foot before it rotates, the important thing is
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to see
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that it's this shift of the pelvis, it's this interaction with the ground and
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the feet
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before the upper body starts spinning.
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Similar to a pitching or throwing motion, if some people will feel a big push
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off that
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trail leg before they fall or before they throw, others will feel just kind of
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almost
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like I'm falling forward and then I throw.
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It could relate to whether you're more connected to the ground or more
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connected to your hands
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appropriately, but it's important to kind of experiment with both.
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What can happen is some golfers who think push do more of an explosive, almost
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early
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extension move because they have trouble feeling kind of that subtle push of
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the lower body
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so it becomes more of an overpowering move and kind of messes up the whole
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sequencing.
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So if you're working on kind of this trail leg push, experiment with feeling
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more of
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a fall into the lead leg, you'll see that it's virtually the same movement, it
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's just
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a different perception for a lot of golfers.
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So to experiment with the fall, what you'll do is you'll go up to the top of
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the swing,
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you can even raise that heel and then feel yourself fall into that left foot to
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start
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that move down.
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So it's a sequencing move, it's a timing move and it doesn't really matter if I
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'm feeling
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that push that I just did there through the trail leg or if I feel like I just
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fall.
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The mechanics are the same, it's ultimately which one is going to connect more
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to your
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swing and your power sources.
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So if you're upper body dominant, you may feel better with more of just this
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fall move.
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If you're lower body dominant or sensitive, you may feel like you have to have
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a little
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bit more of that trail leg push but know that it's ultimately doing the same
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movement,
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getting that linear movement before you get that rotary, they do happen kind of
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very close
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together and almost simultaneously but the feeling that a lot of golfers
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describe is
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having that linear move before you get rotationally.
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So if you're struggling with your transition and you're struggling with how
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your feet are
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interacting through the ground in transition, experiment with both a trail leg
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push, more
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of an active movement or an upper body fall or a pelvis fall into the front
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foot, more
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of what would feel like a passive movement, either one may open up the keys to
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your consistency
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in transition of the lower body.
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