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.
Train Your Swing Speed for Better Contact Consistency
After this video, you'll be able to:
- Develop a greater understanding of your swing mechanics at varying speeds
- Gain the ability to make solid contact whether swinging hard or soft
- Expand your reference frame to improve your sequencing and timing
In this drill, you'll learn how to vary your swing speed to improve contact quality and enhance your overall feel for the game. Discover how practicing different tempos can help you understand your mechanics better.
Video Transcript
WEBVTT
1
00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:05.040
This drill video is training multiple speeds so as I mentioned before I like
2
00:00:05.040 --> 00:00:09.360
to play with time I like to try to you know swing hard I like to try to swing
3
00:00:09.360 --> 00:00:14.320
really soft and see if I can make solid contact regardless of what I'm doing it
4
00:00:14.320 --> 00:00:20.040
really forces me to know the mechanics. So one of the interesting thing with
5
00:00:20.040 --> 00:00:23.560
golf and working with golf students compared to some of the other sports
6
00:00:23.560 --> 00:00:29.800
that I've played specifically tennis so in tennis we we are frequently you know
7
00:00:29.800 --> 00:00:32.840
swinging hard or we're trying to we're trying to mess them up and we're trying
8
00:00:32.840 --> 00:00:37.760
to swing kind of soft and hit almost like a little more controlled shot. Same
9
00:00:37.760 --> 00:00:41.680
thing with hockey I'm not always going exactly the same speed sometimes I'm
10
00:00:41.680 --> 00:00:48.360
adjusting it. Baseball is going to be more of or closer to golf where you're
11
00:00:48.360 --> 00:00:51.720
kind of always swinging at one speed one speed but if you realize that it's a
12
00:00:51.720 --> 00:00:56.120
little off sometimes you'll just abort and still swing but more of an arm
13
00:00:56.120 --> 00:01:00.840
swing something like that. The challenge with golf is a lot of my students only
14
00:01:00.840 --> 00:01:05.120
want to swing at one speed so they only want to swing hard and fast. Now the
15
00:01:05.120 --> 00:01:08.680
problem with that is the brain learns really well based on references or
16
00:01:08.680 --> 00:01:16.800
having ranges right. So the example I use a lot from Tom Hebron or Mike
17
00:01:16.800 --> 00:01:22.000
Hebron sorry. So he did a study with hitting 90 yard wedge shots so we had
18
00:01:22.000 --> 00:01:27.280
two groups one group got to hit 80 and 100 for an hour or two hours the other
19
00:01:27.280 --> 00:01:31.840
group only hit 90. The problem with only hitting 90 is you don't know if it
20
00:01:31.840 --> 00:01:35.680
varies right you think oh that was a 90 shot that was a 90 shot that was a 90
21
00:01:35.680 --> 00:01:40.560
shot where if I practice 80 and 100 and then I have to get tested on hitting 90
22
00:01:40.560 --> 00:01:45.640
I'll go okay it's a little higher than my 80 shot it's a little less than my 90
23
00:01:45.640 --> 00:01:51.440
shot so I kind of have this range. Similarly if I'm only swinging hard then
24
00:01:51.440 --> 00:01:56.400
I don't really know my sequencing very well because I only have one reference
25
00:01:56.400 --> 00:02:01.960
frame which is the swinging hard. If I swing soft so if I slow it down a little
26
00:02:01.960 --> 00:02:08.400
bit now I have a bigger reference frame of what it feels like to sequence the
27
00:02:08.400 --> 00:02:12.960
body the same way but at different rates. So it really helps you work on your
28
00:02:12.960 --> 00:02:18.480
sequencing which ultimately helps with your positioning because sequencing can
29
00:02:18.480 --> 00:02:21.480
add a steep or a shallow and it ultimately helps with getting those
30
00:02:21.480 --> 00:02:25.640
arms to extend on the way through if that's the shot that you're trying to
31
00:02:25.640 --> 00:02:31.160
achieve for your your stock shot. So play around with any mechanic that you're
32
00:02:31.160 --> 00:02:39.320
working on but vary the tempo. Now when I'm doing this I'll usually do kind of
33
00:02:39.320 --> 00:02:44.940
higher and lower so let's say my normal tempo is a 80% I'll probably go 100%
34
00:02:44.940 --> 00:02:45.400
and
35
00:02:45.400 --> 00:02:50.640
I'll probably go like 30% it's actually harder if I say all right let's go 70
36
00:02:50.640 --> 00:02:56.040
75 80 85 it's harder to do at least at first it's much harder to do the smaller
37
00:02:56.040 --> 00:03:02.040
jumps in tempo or speed rather than the bigger jumps. So as a fun way to
38
00:03:02.040 --> 00:03:05.560
transition and get ready for playing for the course hitting different shots I
39
00:03:05.560 --> 00:03:09.080
always recommend taking the mechanics that you're doing and you can work on
40
00:03:09.080 --> 00:03:13.520
tempo drills trying to feel the mechanics at different speeds ultimately
41
00:03:13.520 --> 00:03:18.680
that will help you ingrain it and understand the movements even better.
1
00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:05.040
This drill video is training multiple speeds so as I mentioned before I like
2
00:00:05.040 --> 00:00:09.360
to play with time I like to try to you know swing hard I like to try to swing
3
00:00:09.360 --> 00:00:14.320
really soft and see if I can make solid contact regardless of what I'm doing it
4
00:00:14.320 --> 00:00:20.040
really forces me to know the mechanics. So one of the interesting thing with
5
00:00:20.040 --> 00:00:23.560
golf and working with golf students compared to some of the other sports
6
00:00:23.560 --> 00:00:29.800
that I've played specifically tennis so in tennis we we are frequently you know
7
00:00:29.800 --> 00:00:32.840
swinging hard or we're trying to we're trying to mess them up and we're trying
8
00:00:32.840 --> 00:00:37.760
to swing kind of soft and hit almost like a little more controlled shot. Same
9
00:00:37.760 --> 00:00:41.680
thing with hockey I'm not always going exactly the same speed sometimes I'm
10
00:00:41.680 --> 00:00:48.360
adjusting it. Baseball is going to be more of or closer to golf where you're
11
00:00:48.360 --> 00:00:51.720
kind of always swinging at one speed one speed but if you realize that it's a
12
00:00:51.720 --> 00:00:56.120
little off sometimes you'll just abort and still swing but more of an arm
13
00:00:56.120 --> 00:01:00.840
swing something like that. The challenge with golf is a lot of my students only
14
00:01:00.840 --> 00:01:05.120
want to swing at one speed so they only want to swing hard and fast. Now the
15
00:01:05.120 --> 00:01:08.680
problem with that is the brain learns really well based on references or
16
00:01:08.680 --> 00:01:16.800
having ranges right. So the example I use a lot from Tom Hebron or Mike
17
00:01:16.800 --> 00:01:22.000
Hebron sorry. So he did a study with hitting 90 yard wedge shots so we had
18
00:01:22.000 --> 00:01:27.280
two groups one group got to hit 80 and 100 for an hour or two hours the other
19
00:01:27.280 --> 00:01:31.840
group only hit 90. The problem with only hitting 90 is you don't know if it
20
00:01:31.840 --> 00:01:35.680
varies right you think oh that was a 90 shot that was a 90 shot that was a 90
21
00:01:35.680 --> 00:01:40.560
shot where if I practice 80 and 100 and then I have to get tested on hitting 90
22
00:01:40.560 --> 00:01:45.640
I'll go okay it's a little higher than my 80 shot it's a little less than my 90
23
00:01:45.640 --> 00:01:51.440
shot so I kind of have this range. Similarly if I'm only swinging hard then
24
00:01:51.440 --> 00:01:56.400
I don't really know my sequencing very well because I only have one reference
25
00:01:56.400 --> 00:02:01.960
frame which is the swinging hard. If I swing soft so if I slow it down a little
26
00:02:01.960 --> 00:02:08.400
bit now I have a bigger reference frame of what it feels like to sequence the
27
00:02:08.400 --> 00:02:12.960
body the same way but at different rates. So it really helps you work on your
28
00:02:12.960 --> 00:02:18.480
sequencing which ultimately helps with your positioning because sequencing can
29
00:02:18.480 --> 00:02:21.480
add a steep or a shallow and it ultimately helps with getting those
30
00:02:21.480 --> 00:02:25.640
arms to extend on the way through if that's the shot that you're trying to
31
00:02:25.640 --> 00:02:31.160
achieve for your your stock shot. So play around with any mechanic that you're
32
00:02:31.160 --> 00:02:39.320
working on but vary the tempo. Now when I'm doing this I'll usually do kind of
33
00:02:39.320 --> 00:02:44.940
higher and lower so let's say my normal tempo is a 80% I'll probably go 100%
34
00:02:44.940 --> 00:02:45.400
and
35
00:02:45.400 --> 00:02:50.640
I'll probably go like 30% it's actually harder if I say all right let's go 70
36
00:02:50.640 --> 00:02:56.040
75 80 85 it's harder to do at least at first it's much harder to do the smaller
37
00:02:56.040 --> 00:03:02.040
jumps in tempo or speed rather than the bigger jumps. So as a fun way to
38
00:03:02.040 --> 00:03:05.560
transition and get ready for playing for the course hitting different shots I
39
00:03:05.560 --> 00:03:09.080
always recommend taking the mechanics that you're doing and you can work on
40
00:03:09.080 --> 00:03:13.520
tempo drills trying to feel the mechanics at different speeds ultimately
41
00:03:13.520 --> 00:03:18.680
that will help you ingrain it and understand the movements even better.
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.
Train Your Swing Speed for Better Contact Consistency
After this video, you'll be able to:
- Develop a greater understanding of your swing mechanics at varying speeds
- Gain the ability to make solid contact whether swinging hard or soft
- Expand your reference frame to improve your sequencing and timing
In this drill, you'll learn how to vary your swing speed to improve contact quality and enhance your overall feel for the game. Discover how practicing different tempos can help you understand your mechanics better.
Video Transcript
WEBVTT
1
00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:05.040
This drill video is training multiple speeds so as I mentioned before I like
2
00:00:05.040 --> 00:00:09.360
to play with time I like to try to you know swing hard I like to try to swing
3
00:00:09.360 --> 00:00:14.320
really soft and see if I can make solid contact regardless of what I'm doing it
4
00:00:14.320 --> 00:00:20.040
really forces me to know the mechanics. So one of the interesting thing with
5
00:00:20.040 --> 00:00:23.560
golf and working with golf students compared to some of the other sports
6
00:00:23.560 --> 00:00:29.800
that I've played specifically tennis so in tennis we we are frequently you know
7
00:00:29.800 --> 00:00:32.840
swinging hard or we're trying to we're trying to mess them up and we're trying
8
00:00:32.840 --> 00:00:37.760
to swing kind of soft and hit almost like a little more controlled shot. Same
9
00:00:37.760 --> 00:00:41.680
thing with hockey I'm not always going exactly the same speed sometimes I'm
10
00:00:41.680 --> 00:00:48.360
adjusting it. Baseball is going to be more of or closer to golf where you're
11
00:00:48.360 --> 00:00:51.720
kind of always swinging at one speed one speed but if you realize that it's a
12
00:00:51.720 --> 00:00:56.120
little off sometimes you'll just abort and still swing but more of an arm
13
00:00:56.120 --> 00:01:00.840
swing something like that. The challenge with golf is a lot of my students only
14
00:01:00.840 --> 00:01:05.120
want to swing at one speed so they only want to swing hard and fast. Now the
15
00:01:05.120 --> 00:01:08.680
problem with that is the brain learns really well based on references or
16
00:01:08.680 --> 00:01:16.800
having ranges right. So the example I use a lot from Tom Hebron or Mike
17
00:01:16.800 --> 00:01:22.000
Hebron sorry. So he did a study with hitting 90 yard wedge shots so we had
18
00:01:22.000 --> 00:01:27.280
two groups one group got to hit 80 and 100 for an hour or two hours the other
19
00:01:27.280 --> 00:01:31.840
group only hit 90. The problem with only hitting 90 is you don't know if it
20
00:01:31.840 --> 00:01:35.680
varies right you think oh that was a 90 shot that was a 90 shot that was a 90
21
00:01:35.680 --> 00:01:40.560
shot where if I practice 80 and 100 and then I have to get tested on hitting 90
22
00:01:40.560 --> 00:01:45.640
I'll go okay it's a little higher than my 80 shot it's a little less than my 90
23
00:01:45.640 --> 00:01:51.440
shot so I kind of have this range. Similarly if I'm only swinging hard then
24
00:01:51.440 --> 00:01:56.400
I don't really know my sequencing very well because I only have one reference
25
00:01:56.400 --> 00:02:01.960
frame which is the swinging hard. If I swing soft so if I slow it down a little
26
00:02:01.960 --> 00:02:08.400
bit now I have a bigger reference frame of what it feels like to sequence the
27
00:02:08.400 --> 00:02:12.960
body the same way but at different rates. So it really helps you work on your
28
00:02:12.960 --> 00:02:18.480
sequencing which ultimately helps with your positioning because sequencing can
29
00:02:18.480 --> 00:02:21.480
add a steep or a shallow and it ultimately helps with getting those
30
00:02:21.480 --> 00:02:25.640
arms to extend on the way through if that's the shot that you're trying to
31
00:02:25.640 --> 00:02:31.160
achieve for your your stock shot. So play around with any mechanic that you're
32
00:02:31.160 --> 00:02:39.320
working on but vary the tempo. Now when I'm doing this I'll usually do kind of
33
00:02:39.320 --> 00:02:44.940
higher and lower so let's say my normal tempo is a 80% I'll probably go 100%
34
00:02:44.940 --> 00:02:45.400
and
35
00:02:45.400 --> 00:02:50.640
I'll probably go like 30% it's actually harder if I say all right let's go 70
36
00:02:50.640 --> 00:02:56.040
75 80 85 it's harder to do at least at first it's much harder to do the smaller
37
00:02:56.040 --> 00:03:02.040
jumps in tempo or speed rather than the bigger jumps. So as a fun way to
38
00:03:02.040 --> 00:03:05.560
transition and get ready for playing for the course hitting different shots I
39
00:03:05.560 --> 00:03:09.080
always recommend taking the mechanics that you're doing and you can work on
40
00:03:09.080 --> 00:03:13.520
tempo drills trying to feel the mechanics at different speeds ultimately
41
00:03:13.520 --> 00:03:18.680
that will help you ingrain it and understand the movements even better.
1
00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:05.040
This drill video is training multiple speeds so as I mentioned before I like
2
00:00:05.040 --> 00:00:09.360
to play with time I like to try to you know swing hard I like to try to swing
3
00:00:09.360 --> 00:00:14.320
really soft and see if I can make solid contact regardless of what I'm doing it
4
00:00:14.320 --> 00:00:20.040
really forces me to know the mechanics. So one of the interesting thing with
5
00:00:20.040 --> 00:00:23.560
golf and working with golf students compared to some of the other sports
6
00:00:23.560 --> 00:00:29.800
that I've played specifically tennis so in tennis we we are frequently you know
7
00:00:29.800 --> 00:00:32.840
swinging hard or we're trying to we're trying to mess them up and we're trying
8
00:00:32.840 --> 00:00:37.760
to swing kind of soft and hit almost like a little more controlled shot. Same
9
00:00:37.760 --> 00:00:41.680
thing with hockey I'm not always going exactly the same speed sometimes I'm
10
00:00:41.680 --> 00:00:48.360
adjusting it. Baseball is going to be more of or closer to golf where you're
11
00:00:48.360 --> 00:00:51.720
kind of always swinging at one speed one speed but if you realize that it's a
12
00:00:51.720 --> 00:00:56.120
little off sometimes you'll just abort and still swing but more of an arm
13
00:00:56.120 --> 00:01:00.840
swing something like that. The challenge with golf is a lot of my students only
14
00:01:00.840 --> 00:01:05.120
want to swing at one speed so they only want to swing hard and fast. Now the
15
00:01:05.120 --> 00:01:08.680
problem with that is the brain learns really well based on references or
16
00:01:08.680 --> 00:01:16.800
having ranges right. So the example I use a lot from Tom Hebron or Mike
17
00:01:16.800 --> 00:01:22.000
Hebron sorry. So he did a study with hitting 90 yard wedge shots so we had
18
00:01:22.000 --> 00:01:27.280
two groups one group got to hit 80 and 100 for an hour or two hours the other
19
00:01:27.280 --> 00:01:31.840
group only hit 90. The problem with only hitting 90 is you don't know if it
20
00:01:31.840 --> 00:01:35.680
varies right you think oh that was a 90 shot that was a 90 shot that was a 90
21
00:01:35.680 --> 00:01:40.560
shot where if I practice 80 and 100 and then I have to get tested on hitting 90
22
00:01:40.560 --> 00:01:45.640
I'll go okay it's a little higher than my 80 shot it's a little less than my 90
23
00:01:45.640 --> 00:01:51.440
shot so I kind of have this range. Similarly if I'm only swinging hard then
24
00:01:51.440 --> 00:01:56.400
I don't really know my sequencing very well because I only have one reference
25
00:01:56.400 --> 00:02:01.960
frame which is the swinging hard. If I swing soft so if I slow it down a little
26
00:02:01.960 --> 00:02:08.400
bit now I have a bigger reference frame of what it feels like to sequence the
27
00:02:08.400 --> 00:02:12.960
body the same way but at different rates. So it really helps you work on your
28
00:02:12.960 --> 00:02:18.480
sequencing which ultimately helps with your positioning because sequencing can
29
00:02:18.480 --> 00:02:21.480
add a steep or a shallow and it ultimately helps with getting those
30
00:02:21.480 --> 00:02:25.640
arms to extend on the way through if that's the shot that you're trying to
31
00:02:25.640 --> 00:02:31.160
achieve for your your stock shot. So play around with any mechanic that you're
32
00:02:31.160 --> 00:02:39.320
working on but vary the tempo. Now when I'm doing this I'll usually do kind of
33
00:02:39.320 --> 00:02:44.940
higher and lower so let's say my normal tempo is a 80% I'll probably go 100%
34
00:02:44.940 --> 00:02:45.400
and
35
00:02:45.400 --> 00:02:50.640
I'll probably go like 30% it's actually harder if I say all right let's go 70
36
00:02:50.640 --> 00:02:56.040
75 80 85 it's harder to do at least at first it's much harder to do the smaller
37
00:02:56.040 --> 00:03:02.040
jumps in tempo or speed rather than the bigger jumps. So as a fun way to
38
00:03:02.040 --> 00:03:05.560
transition and get ready for playing for the course hitting different shots I
39
00:03:05.560 --> 00:03:09.080
always recommend taking the mechanics that you're doing and you can work on
40
00:03:09.080 --> 00:03:13.520
tempo drills trying to feel the mechanics at different speeds ultimately
41
00:03:13.520 --> 00:03:18.680
that will help you ingrain it and understand the movements even better.
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