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Stop Early Extension: Master the Turtle Shell Release Drill
After this video, you'll be able to:
- Feel how to extend your arms properly while rotating your body away from the ball
- Identify and correct the tendency to pull your arms in during your swing
- Practice the nine-to-three drill to improve your overall release and extension
In this video, you'll learn the Turtle Shell Stab drill, designed to help you feel comfortable with your arms and body moving in opposite directions. This is crucial for improving your swing mechanics and avoiding common faults like early extension.
Video Transcript
WEBVTT
1
00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:07.760
This drill is the turtle shell stab.
2
00:00:07.760 --> 00:00:10.640
So this is a release component to the turtle shell.
3
00:00:10.640 --> 00:00:14.330
This is getting comfortable with this awkward pattern that your arms and your
4
00:00:14.330 --> 00:00:15.000
body are working
5
00:00:15.000 --> 00:00:16.840
in opposite directions.
6
00:00:16.840 --> 00:00:19.640
I think that's a big challenge for a lot of golfers.
7
00:00:19.640 --> 00:00:23.920
Golfers tend to fall into a couple different buckets, but one of the most
8
00:00:23.920 --> 00:00:24.840
common is that
9
00:00:24.840 --> 00:00:28.770
their upper body is kind of diving down into the golf ball and then their arms
10
00:00:28.770 --> 00:00:29.480
are bending
11
00:00:29.480 --> 00:00:30.680
in.
12
00:00:30.680 --> 00:00:38.080
To switch that, we want the body to be moving away and the arms to be extending
13
00:00:38.080 --> 00:00:38.080
.
14
00:00:38.080 --> 00:00:42.090
One of the natural progressions is golfers who when they're working on either
15
00:00:42.090 --> 00:00:42.620
of those
16
00:00:42.620 --> 00:00:45.830
two components, they're either working on arms extending, but then they start
17
00:00:45.830 --> 00:00:46.240
getting
18
00:00:46.240 --> 00:00:51.510
a little bit more of their body going down with it or they're kind of early
19
00:00:51.510 --> 00:00:52.040
extending.
20
00:00:52.040 --> 00:00:55.320
Their body is moving down into the golf ball and so we're trying to work on
21
00:00:55.320 --> 00:00:56.000
getting some
22
00:00:56.000 --> 00:01:00.360
extension and what they end up doing is they end up pulling the arms in.
23
00:01:00.360 --> 00:01:04.230
So this is a nine to three version where I'm going to feel like a little bit of
24
00:01:04.230 --> 00:01:04.960
this turtle
25
00:01:04.960 --> 00:01:07.480
shell as I'm rotating.
26
00:01:07.480 --> 00:01:11.500
That will move my core away from the golf ball and simultaneously I'm going to
27
00:01:11.500 --> 00:01:12.160
feel like I'm
28
00:01:12.160 --> 00:01:16.470
extending my arms out towards the ground or towards the camera if I was doing a
29
00:01:16.470 --> 00:01:17.240
horizontal
30
00:01:17.240 --> 00:01:18.240
version.
31
00:01:18.240 --> 00:01:19.240
That's where I usually start.
32
00:01:19.240 --> 00:01:20.720
So let's do the horizontal version first.
33
00:01:20.720 --> 00:01:24.410
So if I was to just bend my arms, now what I'm going to try to do is I'm going
34
00:01:24.410 --> 00:01:24.840
to try
35
00:01:24.840 --> 00:01:29.840
to hollow out and do the turtle shell as I'm extending my arms.
36
00:01:29.840 --> 00:01:35.570
Kind of like this and I'll usually do a few where I'm just going to do that
37
00:01:35.570 --> 00:01:36.720
movement kind
38
00:01:36.720 --> 00:01:40.120
of like that with very little rotation.
39
00:01:40.120 --> 00:01:46.400
And my goal is to have my weight slightly forward and use my body movement to
40
00:01:46.400 --> 00:01:47.680
help prevent
41
00:01:47.680 --> 00:01:54.630
poor contact on this one because my arms are just going to extend away from me
42
00:01:54.630 --> 00:01:55.320
kind of
43
00:01:55.320 --> 00:01:59.880
working with the club rather than feeling like they're either pulling across or
44
00:01:59.880 --> 00:02:00.280
more
45
00:02:00.280 --> 00:02:02.400
likely pulling in.
46
00:02:02.400 --> 00:02:06.060
So now I'm going to do it a little bit more dynamically and with a little bit
47
00:02:06.060 --> 00:02:06.800
more power.
48
00:02:06.800 --> 00:02:12.380
So as I bring it back to this nine o'clock now as I start down there's a little
49
00:02:12.380 --> 00:02:13.240
bit of
50
00:02:13.240 --> 00:02:16.960
shift into that left side even though this is a nine to three but then as soon
51
00:02:16.960 --> 00:02:17.520
as I want
52
00:02:17.520 --> 00:02:21.990
to start or just before I want to start extending my arms I'm going to feel
53
00:02:21.990 --> 00:02:23.080
like my body is
54
00:02:23.080 --> 00:02:27.890
moving that way similar to the turtle shell kind of different drills that I
55
00:02:27.890 --> 00:02:28.680
have on the
56
00:02:28.680 --> 00:02:29.680
site.
57
00:02:29.680 --> 00:02:34.950
So we're going to bring it back and there I'm feeling like a little bit of a
58
00:02:34.950 --> 00:02:35.560
crunch as
59
00:02:35.560 --> 00:02:37.320
my arms are working away.
60
00:02:37.320 --> 00:02:41.220
This can be a really important component for golfers who struggle with a lot of
61
00:02:41.220 --> 00:02:41.800
low point
62
00:02:41.800 --> 00:02:45.520
control as well as golfers who struggle with a lot of heel contact.
63
00:02:45.520 --> 00:02:49.630
It also can be a big component for golfers who get into more of kind of a stall
64
00:02:49.630 --> 00:02:50.200
pattern
65
00:02:50.200 --> 00:02:55.860
where either the lower body or the core is kind of moving down and off and back
66
00:02:55.860 --> 00:02:56.320
and then
67
00:02:56.320 --> 00:03:01.840
the arms are just pulling across which is actually pulling in.
68
00:03:01.840 --> 00:03:07.840
So part of what's going to help us get more on top of it take away the stall
69
00:03:07.840 --> 00:03:08.720
and keep the
70
00:03:08.720 --> 00:03:13.100
body moving on the way through is this combination of turtle shell little
71
00:03:13.100 --> 00:03:14.640
crunch as we're turning
72
00:03:14.640 --> 00:03:18.900
and starting to go into that negative torsion or extension movement as those
73
00:03:18.900 --> 00:03:20.000
arms are extending
74
00:03:20.000 --> 00:03:21.000
away.
75
00:03:21.000 --> 00:03:23.870
At its core I think one of the challenges is that your arms and your body are
76
00:03:23.870 --> 00:03:24.360
actually
77
00:03:24.360 --> 00:03:28.020
moving in opposite directions or at least part of your part of your body is
78
00:03:28.020 --> 00:03:28.800
moving the core
79
00:03:28.800 --> 00:03:32.230
is moving away from the direction the arms are going that can create some
80
00:03:32.230 --> 00:03:33.040
challenges.
81
00:03:33.040 --> 00:03:38.320
So work on the 9 to 3 version then we can start to go to the 10 to 2 full swing
82
00:03:38.320 --> 00:03:38.640
add
83
00:03:38.640 --> 00:03:41.890
more and more speed until it feels just as comfortable in the drill as it does
84
00:03:41.890 --> 00:03:42.280
in your
85
00:03:42.280 --> 00:03:43.280
full swing.
86
00:03:43.280 --> 00:03:57.660
So 9 to 3 10 to 2 little bigger now full swing is going to have a little bit
87
00:03:57.660 --> 00:03:58.600
more of a timing
88
00:03:58.600 --> 00:04:08.500
issue in order to wait to not start that turtle shell right away just like that
89
00:04:08.500 --> 00:04:08.880
.
1
00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:07.760
This drill is the turtle shell stab.
2
00:00:07.760 --> 00:00:10.640
So this is a release component to the turtle shell.
3
00:00:10.640 --> 00:00:14.330
This is getting comfortable with this awkward pattern that your arms and your
4
00:00:14.330 --> 00:00:15.000
body are working
5
00:00:15.000 --> 00:00:16.840
in opposite directions.
6
00:00:16.840 --> 00:00:19.640
I think that's a big challenge for a lot of golfers.
7
00:00:19.640 --> 00:00:23.920
Golfers tend to fall into a couple different buckets, but one of the most
8
00:00:23.920 --> 00:00:24.840
common is that
9
00:00:24.840 --> 00:00:28.770
their upper body is kind of diving down into the golf ball and then their arms
10
00:00:28.770 --> 00:00:29.480
are bending
11
00:00:29.480 --> 00:00:30.680
in.
12
00:00:30.680 --> 00:00:38.080
To switch that, we want the body to be moving away and the arms to be extending
13
00:00:38.080 --> 00:00:38.080
.
14
00:00:38.080 --> 00:00:42.090
One of the natural progressions is golfers who when they're working on either
15
00:00:42.090 --> 00:00:42.620
of those
16
00:00:42.620 --> 00:00:45.830
two components, they're either working on arms extending, but then they start
17
00:00:45.830 --> 00:00:46.240
getting
18
00:00:46.240 --> 00:00:51.510
a little bit more of their body going down with it or they're kind of early
19
00:00:51.510 --> 00:00:52.040
extending.
20
00:00:52.040 --> 00:00:55.320
Their body is moving down into the golf ball and so we're trying to work on
21
00:00:55.320 --> 00:00:56.000
getting some
22
00:00:56.000 --> 00:01:00.360
extension and what they end up doing is they end up pulling the arms in.
23
00:01:00.360 --> 00:01:04.230
So this is a nine to three version where I'm going to feel like a little bit of
24
00:01:04.230 --> 00:01:04.960
this turtle
25
00:01:04.960 --> 00:01:07.480
shell as I'm rotating.
26
00:01:07.480 --> 00:01:11.500
That will move my core away from the golf ball and simultaneously I'm going to
27
00:01:11.500 --> 00:01:12.160
feel like I'm
28
00:01:12.160 --> 00:01:16.470
extending my arms out towards the ground or towards the camera if I was doing a
29
00:01:16.470 --> 00:01:17.240
horizontal
30
00:01:17.240 --> 00:01:18.240
version.
31
00:01:18.240 --> 00:01:19.240
That's where I usually start.
32
00:01:19.240 --> 00:01:20.720
So let's do the horizontal version first.
33
00:01:20.720 --> 00:01:24.410
So if I was to just bend my arms, now what I'm going to try to do is I'm going
34
00:01:24.410 --> 00:01:24.840
to try
35
00:01:24.840 --> 00:01:29.840
to hollow out and do the turtle shell as I'm extending my arms.
36
00:01:29.840 --> 00:01:35.570
Kind of like this and I'll usually do a few where I'm just going to do that
37
00:01:35.570 --> 00:01:36.720
movement kind
38
00:01:36.720 --> 00:01:40.120
of like that with very little rotation.
39
00:01:40.120 --> 00:01:46.400
And my goal is to have my weight slightly forward and use my body movement to
40
00:01:46.400 --> 00:01:47.680
help prevent
41
00:01:47.680 --> 00:01:54.630
poor contact on this one because my arms are just going to extend away from me
42
00:01:54.630 --> 00:01:55.320
kind of
43
00:01:55.320 --> 00:01:59.880
working with the club rather than feeling like they're either pulling across or
44
00:01:59.880 --> 00:02:00.280
more
45
00:02:00.280 --> 00:02:02.400
likely pulling in.
46
00:02:02.400 --> 00:02:06.060
So now I'm going to do it a little bit more dynamically and with a little bit
47
00:02:06.060 --> 00:02:06.800
more power.
48
00:02:06.800 --> 00:02:12.380
So as I bring it back to this nine o'clock now as I start down there's a little
49
00:02:12.380 --> 00:02:13.240
bit of
50
00:02:13.240 --> 00:02:16.960
shift into that left side even though this is a nine to three but then as soon
51
00:02:16.960 --> 00:02:17.520
as I want
52
00:02:17.520 --> 00:02:21.990
to start or just before I want to start extending my arms I'm going to feel
53
00:02:21.990 --> 00:02:23.080
like my body is
54
00:02:23.080 --> 00:02:27.890
moving that way similar to the turtle shell kind of different drills that I
55
00:02:27.890 --> 00:02:28.680
have on the
56
00:02:28.680 --> 00:02:29.680
site.
57
00:02:29.680 --> 00:02:34.950
So we're going to bring it back and there I'm feeling like a little bit of a
58
00:02:34.950 --> 00:02:35.560
crunch as
59
00:02:35.560 --> 00:02:37.320
my arms are working away.
60
00:02:37.320 --> 00:02:41.220
This can be a really important component for golfers who struggle with a lot of
61
00:02:41.220 --> 00:02:41.800
low point
62
00:02:41.800 --> 00:02:45.520
control as well as golfers who struggle with a lot of heel contact.
63
00:02:45.520 --> 00:02:49.630
It also can be a big component for golfers who get into more of kind of a stall
64
00:02:49.630 --> 00:02:50.200
pattern
65
00:02:50.200 --> 00:02:55.860
where either the lower body or the core is kind of moving down and off and back
66
00:02:55.860 --> 00:02:56.320
and then
67
00:02:56.320 --> 00:03:01.840
the arms are just pulling across which is actually pulling in.
68
00:03:01.840 --> 00:03:07.840
So part of what's going to help us get more on top of it take away the stall
69
00:03:07.840 --> 00:03:08.720
and keep the
70
00:03:08.720 --> 00:03:13.100
body moving on the way through is this combination of turtle shell little
71
00:03:13.100 --> 00:03:14.640
crunch as we're turning
72
00:03:14.640 --> 00:03:18.900
and starting to go into that negative torsion or extension movement as those
73
00:03:18.900 --> 00:03:20.000
arms are extending
74
00:03:20.000 --> 00:03:21.000
away.
75
00:03:21.000 --> 00:03:23.870
At its core I think one of the challenges is that your arms and your body are
76
00:03:23.870 --> 00:03:24.360
actually
77
00:03:24.360 --> 00:03:28.020
moving in opposite directions or at least part of your part of your body is
78
00:03:28.020 --> 00:03:28.800
moving the core
79
00:03:28.800 --> 00:03:32.230
is moving away from the direction the arms are going that can create some
80
00:03:32.230 --> 00:03:33.040
challenges.
81
00:03:33.040 --> 00:03:38.320
So work on the 9 to 3 version then we can start to go to the 10 to 2 full swing
82
00:03:38.320 --> 00:03:38.640
add
83
00:03:38.640 --> 00:03:41.890
more and more speed until it feels just as comfortable in the drill as it does
84
00:03:41.890 --> 00:03:42.280
in your
85
00:03:42.280 --> 00:03:43.280
full swing.
86
00:03:43.280 --> 00:03:57.660
So 9 to 3 10 to 2 little bigger now full swing is going to have a little bit
87
00:03:57.660 --> 00:03:58.600
more of a timing
88
00:03:58.600 --> 00:04:08.500
issue in order to wait to not start that turtle shell right away just like that
89
00:04:08.500 --> 00:04:08.880
.
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.
Stop Early Extension: Master the Turtle Shell Release Drill
After this video, you'll be able to:
- Feel how to extend your arms properly while rotating your body away from the ball
- Identify and correct the tendency to pull your arms in during your swing
- Practice the nine-to-three drill to improve your overall release and extension
In this video, you'll learn the Turtle Shell Stab drill, designed to help you feel comfortable with your arms and body moving in opposite directions. This is crucial for improving your swing mechanics and avoiding common faults like early extension.
Video Transcript
WEBVTT
1
00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:07.760
This drill is the turtle shell stab.
2
00:00:07.760 --> 00:00:10.640
So this is a release component to the turtle shell.
3
00:00:10.640 --> 00:00:14.330
This is getting comfortable with this awkward pattern that your arms and your
4
00:00:14.330 --> 00:00:15.000
body are working
5
00:00:15.000 --> 00:00:16.840
in opposite directions.
6
00:00:16.840 --> 00:00:19.640
I think that's a big challenge for a lot of golfers.
7
00:00:19.640 --> 00:00:23.920
Golfers tend to fall into a couple different buckets, but one of the most
8
00:00:23.920 --> 00:00:24.840
common is that
9
00:00:24.840 --> 00:00:28.770
their upper body is kind of diving down into the golf ball and then their arms
10
00:00:28.770 --> 00:00:29.480
are bending
11
00:00:29.480 --> 00:00:30.680
in.
12
00:00:30.680 --> 00:00:38.080
To switch that, we want the body to be moving away and the arms to be extending
13
00:00:38.080 --> 00:00:38.080
.
14
00:00:38.080 --> 00:00:42.090
One of the natural progressions is golfers who when they're working on either
15
00:00:42.090 --> 00:00:42.620
of those
16
00:00:42.620 --> 00:00:45.830
two components, they're either working on arms extending, but then they start
17
00:00:45.830 --> 00:00:46.240
getting
18
00:00:46.240 --> 00:00:51.510
a little bit more of their body going down with it or they're kind of early
19
00:00:51.510 --> 00:00:52.040
extending.
20
00:00:52.040 --> 00:00:55.320
Their body is moving down into the golf ball and so we're trying to work on
21
00:00:55.320 --> 00:00:56.000
getting some
22
00:00:56.000 --> 00:01:00.360
extension and what they end up doing is they end up pulling the arms in.
23
00:01:00.360 --> 00:01:04.230
So this is a nine to three version where I'm going to feel like a little bit of
24
00:01:04.230 --> 00:01:04.960
this turtle
25
00:01:04.960 --> 00:01:07.480
shell as I'm rotating.
26
00:01:07.480 --> 00:01:11.500
That will move my core away from the golf ball and simultaneously I'm going to
27
00:01:11.500 --> 00:01:12.160
feel like I'm
28
00:01:12.160 --> 00:01:16.470
extending my arms out towards the ground or towards the camera if I was doing a
29
00:01:16.470 --> 00:01:17.240
horizontal
30
00:01:17.240 --> 00:01:18.240
version.
31
00:01:18.240 --> 00:01:19.240
That's where I usually start.
32
00:01:19.240 --> 00:01:20.720
So let's do the horizontal version first.
33
00:01:20.720 --> 00:01:24.410
So if I was to just bend my arms, now what I'm going to try to do is I'm going
34
00:01:24.410 --> 00:01:24.840
to try
35
00:01:24.840 --> 00:01:29.840
to hollow out and do the turtle shell as I'm extending my arms.
36
00:01:29.840 --> 00:01:35.570
Kind of like this and I'll usually do a few where I'm just going to do that
37
00:01:35.570 --> 00:01:36.720
movement kind
38
00:01:36.720 --> 00:01:40.120
of like that with very little rotation.
39
00:01:40.120 --> 00:01:46.400
And my goal is to have my weight slightly forward and use my body movement to
40
00:01:46.400 --> 00:01:47.680
help prevent
41
00:01:47.680 --> 00:01:54.630
poor contact on this one because my arms are just going to extend away from me
42
00:01:54.630 --> 00:01:55.320
kind of
43
00:01:55.320 --> 00:01:59.880
working with the club rather than feeling like they're either pulling across or
44
00:01:59.880 --> 00:02:00.280
more
45
00:02:00.280 --> 00:02:02.400
likely pulling in.
46
00:02:02.400 --> 00:02:06.060
So now I'm going to do it a little bit more dynamically and with a little bit
47
00:02:06.060 --> 00:02:06.800
more power.
48
00:02:06.800 --> 00:02:12.380
So as I bring it back to this nine o'clock now as I start down there's a little
49
00:02:12.380 --> 00:02:13.240
bit of
50
00:02:13.240 --> 00:02:16.960
shift into that left side even though this is a nine to three but then as soon
51
00:02:16.960 --> 00:02:17.520
as I want
52
00:02:17.520 --> 00:02:21.990
to start or just before I want to start extending my arms I'm going to feel
53
00:02:21.990 --> 00:02:23.080
like my body is
54
00:02:23.080 --> 00:02:27.890
moving that way similar to the turtle shell kind of different drills that I
55
00:02:27.890 --> 00:02:28.680
have on the
56
00:02:28.680 --> 00:02:29.680
site.
57
00:02:29.680 --> 00:02:34.950
So we're going to bring it back and there I'm feeling like a little bit of a
58
00:02:34.950 --> 00:02:35.560
crunch as
59
00:02:35.560 --> 00:02:37.320
my arms are working away.
60
00:02:37.320 --> 00:02:41.220
This can be a really important component for golfers who struggle with a lot of
61
00:02:41.220 --> 00:02:41.800
low point
62
00:02:41.800 --> 00:02:45.520
control as well as golfers who struggle with a lot of heel contact.
63
00:02:45.520 --> 00:02:49.630
It also can be a big component for golfers who get into more of kind of a stall
64
00:02:49.630 --> 00:02:50.200
pattern
65
00:02:50.200 --> 00:02:55.860
where either the lower body or the core is kind of moving down and off and back
66
00:02:55.860 --> 00:02:56.320
and then
67
00:02:56.320 --> 00:03:01.840
the arms are just pulling across which is actually pulling in.
68
00:03:01.840 --> 00:03:07.840
So part of what's going to help us get more on top of it take away the stall
69
00:03:07.840 --> 00:03:08.720
and keep the
70
00:03:08.720 --> 00:03:13.100
body moving on the way through is this combination of turtle shell little
71
00:03:13.100 --> 00:03:14.640
crunch as we're turning
72
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and starting to go into that negative torsion or extension movement as those
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arms are extending
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away.
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At its core I think one of the challenges is that your arms and your body are
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actually
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moving in opposite directions or at least part of your part of your body is
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moving the core
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is moving away from the direction the arms are going that can create some
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challenges.
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So work on the 9 to 3 version then we can start to go to the 10 to 2 full swing
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add
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more and more speed until it feels just as comfortable in the drill as it does
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in your
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full swing.
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So 9 to 3 10 to 2 little bigger now full swing is going to have a little bit
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more of a timing
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issue in order to wait to not start that turtle shell right away just like that
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.
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This drill is the turtle shell stab.
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So this is a release component to the turtle shell.
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This is getting comfortable with this awkward pattern that your arms and your
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body are working
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in opposite directions.
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I think that's a big challenge for a lot of golfers.
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Golfers tend to fall into a couple different buckets, but one of the most
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common is that
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their upper body is kind of diving down into the golf ball and then their arms
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are bending
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in.
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To switch that, we want the body to be moving away and the arms to be extending
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.
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One of the natural progressions is golfers who when they're working on either
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of those
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two components, they're either working on arms extending, but then they start
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getting
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a little bit more of their body going down with it or they're kind of early
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extending.
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Their body is moving down into the golf ball and so we're trying to work on
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getting some
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extension and what they end up doing is they end up pulling the arms in.
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So this is a nine to three version where I'm going to feel like a little bit of
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this turtle
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shell as I'm rotating.
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That will move my core away from the golf ball and simultaneously I'm going to
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feel like I'm
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extending my arms out towards the ground or towards the camera if I was doing a
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horizontal
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version.
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That's where I usually start.
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So let's do the horizontal version first.
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So if I was to just bend my arms, now what I'm going to try to do is I'm going
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to try
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to hollow out and do the turtle shell as I'm extending my arms.
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Kind of like this and I'll usually do a few where I'm just going to do that
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movement kind
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of like that with very little rotation.
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And my goal is to have my weight slightly forward and use my body movement to
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help prevent
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poor contact on this one because my arms are just going to extend away from me
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kind of
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working with the club rather than feeling like they're either pulling across or
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more
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likely pulling in.
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So now I'm going to do it a little bit more dynamically and with a little bit
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more power.
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So as I bring it back to this nine o'clock now as I start down there's a little
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bit of
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shift into that left side even though this is a nine to three but then as soon
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as I want
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to start or just before I want to start extending my arms I'm going to feel
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like my body is
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moving that way similar to the turtle shell kind of different drills that I
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have on the
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site.
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So we're going to bring it back and there I'm feeling like a little bit of a
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crunch as
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my arms are working away.
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This can be a really important component for golfers who struggle with a lot of
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low point
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control as well as golfers who struggle with a lot of heel contact.
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It also can be a big component for golfers who get into more of kind of a stall
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pattern
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where either the lower body or the core is kind of moving down and off and back
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and then
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the arms are just pulling across which is actually pulling in.
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So part of what's going to help us get more on top of it take away the stall
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and keep the
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body moving on the way through is this combination of turtle shell little
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crunch as we're turning
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and starting to go into that negative torsion or extension movement as those
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arms are extending
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away.
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00:03:21.000 --> 00:03:23.870
At its core I think one of the challenges is that your arms and your body are
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00:03:23.870 --> 00:03:24.360
actually
77
00:03:24.360 --> 00:03:28.020
moving in opposite directions or at least part of your part of your body is
78
00:03:28.020 --> 00:03:28.800
moving the core
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00:03:28.800 --> 00:03:32.230
is moving away from the direction the arms are going that can create some
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00:03:32.230 --> 00:03:33.040
challenges.
81
00:03:33.040 --> 00:03:38.320
So work on the 9 to 3 version then we can start to go to the 10 to 2 full swing
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add
83
00:03:38.640 --> 00:03:41.890
more and more speed until it feels just as comfortable in the drill as it does
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in your
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full swing.
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00:03:43.280 --> 00:03:57.660
So 9 to 3 10 to 2 little bigger now full swing is going to have a little bit
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00:03:57.660 --> 00:03:58.600
more of a timing
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00:03:58.600 --> 00:04:08.500
issue in order to wait to not start that turtle shell right away just like that
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.
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