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Turtle Shell Stab
Struggling with early extension, low point control, or heel strikes? This drill helps golfers develop proper release mechanics by training the arms and body to work in opposite directions.
Struggling with early extension, low point control, or heel strikes? This drill helps golfers develop proper release mechanics by training the arms and body to work in opposite directions.
Show transcript
WEBVTT
1
00:00:04.995 --> 00:00:06.885
This drill is the turtle shell stab.
2
00:00:07.265 --> 00:00:10.485
Um, so this is a release component to the turtle shell.
3
00:00:10.485 --> 00:00:13.245
This is getting comfortable with this awkward pattern
4
00:00:13.275 --> 00:00:14.845
that your arms and your body are working
5
00:00:14.865 --> 00:00:16.045
in opposite directions.
6
00:00:16.345 --> 00:00:18.765
Um, I think that's a big challenge for a lot of golfers.
7
00:00:18.995 --> 00:00:22.685
Golfers tend to fall into a couple different buckets.
8
00:00:22.945 --> 00:00:24.685
Um, but one of the most common is
9
00:00:24.685 --> 00:00:26.125
that their upper body is kind
10
00:00:26.125 --> 00:00:27.845
of diving down into the golf ball
11
00:00:27.865 --> 00:00:31.085
and then their arms are bending in to switch
12
00:00:31.085 --> 00:00:33.405
that we want the body to be moving away
13
00:00:33.505 --> 00:00:35.525
and the arms to be extending.
14
00:00:36.025 --> 00:00:39.925
Um, the one of the natural progressions is golfers
15
00:00:39.985 --> 00:00:43.045
who when they're working on either of those two components,
16
00:00:43.045 --> 00:00:45.165
they're either working on arms extending,
17
00:00:45.165 --> 00:00:46.885
but then they start getting a little bit more
18
00:00:46.885 --> 00:00:48.405
of their body going down with it.
19
00:00:48.785 --> 00:00:51.725
Um, or they're, they're kind of early extending,
20
00:00:51.725 --> 00:00:53.685
their body is moving down and into the golf ball.
21
00:00:53.685 --> 00:00:56.445
And so we're trying to work on getting some extension.
22
00:00:56.445 --> 00:00:58.045
And what they end up doing is they end up
23
00:00:58.045 --> 00:00:59.125
pulling the arms in.
24
00:01:00.175 --> 00:01:02.595
So this is a nine to three version
25
00:01:02.595 --> 00:01:05.195
where I'm gonna feel like a little bit of this turtle shell
26
00:01:05.195 --> 00:01:06.875
as I'm, as I'm rotating,
27
00:01:07.145 --> 00:01:09.675
that will move my core away from the golf wall.
28
00:01:09.815 --> 00:01:12.915
And simultaneously I'm gonna feel like I'm extending my arms
29
00:01:13.495 --> 00:01:15.035
out towards the ground
30
00:01:15.215 --> 00:01:17.475
or towards the camera if I was doing a horizontal version.
31
00:01:17.615 --> 00:01:18.635
And that's where I usually start.
32
00:01:18.815 --> 00:01:20.515
So let's do the horizontal version first.
33
00:01:20.535 --> 00:01:23.715
So if I was to just bend my arms, now what I'm gonna try
34
00:01:23.715 --> 00:01:26.035
to do is I'm gonna try to hollow out
35
00:01:26.035 --> 00:01:27.155
and do the turtle shell
36
00:01:27.215 --> 00:01:30.005
as I am extending my arms kind of like this.
37
00:01:30.025 --> 00:01:34.485
And I'll, I'll usually do a few where I'm just gonna do
38
00:01:35.795 --> 00:01:38.485
that movement kinda like that with very little rotation.
39
00:01:39.105 --> 00:01:43.325
Um, and my goal is to have my weight slightly forward
40
00:01:43.825 --> 00:01:46.205
and use my body movement
41
00:01:46.225 --> 00:01:48.645
to help prevent poor contact on this one.
42
00:01:48.945 --> 00:01:50.885
Uh, 'cause my arms are just going to
43
00:01:53.265 --> 00:01:55.685
extend away from me kind of working
44
00:01:55.795 --> 00:01:59.005
with the club rather than feeling like they're either
45
00:01:59.005 --> 00:02:01.245
pulling across or more likely pulling in.
46
00:02:02.135 --> 00:02:04.875
So now I'm gonna do it a little bit more dynamically
47
00:02:04.875 --> 00:02:06.075
and with a little bit more power.
48
00:02:06.495 --> 00:02:09.595
So as I bring it back to this nine o'clock now
49
00:02:10.135 --> 00:02:13.915
as I start down, there's a little bit of shift into
50
00:02:13.915 --> 00:02:15.755
that left side, even though this is a nine to three.
51
00:02:16.015 --> 00:02:19.115
But then as soon as I want to start, or just
52
00:02:19.115 --> 00:02:21.355
before I want to start extending my arms,
53
00:02:21.695 --> 00:02:23.755
I'm gonna feel like my body is moving that way.
54
00:02:23.935 --> 00:02:26.595
Uh, similar to the turtle shell, uh, kind
55
00:02:26.595 --> 00:02:28.315
of different drills that I have on the site.
56
00:02:29.135 --> 00:02:30.475
So we're gonna bring it back
57
00:02:31.815 --> 00:02:34.795
and there I'm feeling like a little bit of a crunch
58
00:02:35.295 --> 00:02:36.795
as my arms are working away.
59
00:02:37.025 --> 00:02:40.195
This can be a really important, uh, component for golfers
60
00:02:40.195 --> 00:02:42.515
who struggle with a lot of low point control, as well
61
00:02:42.515 --> 00:02:44.515
as golfers who struggle with a lot of heel contact.
62
00:02:45.095 --> 00:02:48.395
It also can be a big component for golfers who get into more
63
00:02:48.395 --> 00:02:52.235
of kind of a stall pattern, um, where either the lower body
64
00:02:52.295 --> 00:02:55.595
or the core is kind of moving down and off and back,
65
00:02:55.895 --> 00:02:59.075
and then the arms are just, um, pulling across,
66
00:02:59.255 --> 00:03:01.205
which is actually pulling in.
67
00:03:01.625 --> 00:03:05.445
So part of what's gonna help us get more on top of it,
68
00:03:05.795 --> 00:03:06.845
take away the stall
69
00:03:08.065 --> 00:03:09.725
and keep the body moving on the way
70
00:03:09.725 --> 00:03:13.045
through is this combination of turtle shell little crunch.
71
00:03:13.225 --> 00:03:14.325
As we're turning
72
00:03:14.385 --> 00:03:17.205
and starting to go into that, um, negative torsion
73
00:03:17.325 --> 00:03:20.125
or extension movement, as those arms are extending away
74
00:03:20.745 --> 00:03:23.205
at its core, I think one of the challenges is that your arms
75
00:03:23.225 --> 00:03:25.685
and your body are actually moving in opposite directions,
76
00:03:25.685 --> 00:03:28.085
or at least part of your part of your body is moving.
77
00:03:28.305 --> 00:03:30.005
The core is moving away from
78
00:03:30.005 --> 00:03:31.125
the direction the arms are going.
79
00:03:31.355 --> 00:03:32.525
That can create some challenges.
80
00:03:32.705 --> 00:03:35.805
So work on the nine to three version, then we can start
81
00:03:36.005 --> 00:03:38.845
to go to the 10 to two full swing, add more
82
00:03:38.845 --> 00:03:40.365
and more speed until it feels just
83
00:03:40.365 --> 00:03:42.725
as comfortable in the drill as it does in your full swing.
84
00:03:42.905 --> 00:03:43.765
So nine to three,
85
00:03:49.195 --> 00:03:50.175
10 to two, a little bigger.
86
00:03:55.145 --> 00:03:57.525
Now full swing is going to have a little bit more
87
00:03:57.825 --> 00:04:02.165
of a timing issue in order to wait, uh, to not start
88
00:04:02.165 --> 00:04:03.565
that turtle shell right away.
89
00:04:07.725 --> 00:04:08.335
Just like that.
1
00:00:04.995 --> 00:00:06.885
This drill is the turtle shell stab.
2
00:00:07.265 --> 00:00:10.485
Um, so this is a release component to the turtle shell.
3
00:00:10.485 --> 00:00:13.245
This is getting comfortable with this awkward pattern
4
00:00:13.275 --> 00:00:14.845
that your arms and your body are working
5
00:00:14.865 --> 00:00:16.045
in opposite directions.
6
00:00:16.345 --> 00:00:18.765
Um, I think that's a big challenge for a lot of golfers.
7
00:00:18.995 --> 00:00:22.685
Golfers tend to fall into a couple different buckets.
8
00:00:22.945 --> 00:00:24.685
Um, but one of the most common is
9
00:00:24.685 --> 00:00:26.125
that their upper body is kind
10
00:00:26.125 --> 00:00:27.845
of diving down into the golf ball
11
00:00:27.865 --> 00:00:31.085
and then their arms are bending in to switch
12
00:00:31.085 --> 00:00:33.405
that we want the body to be moving away
13
00:00:33.505 --> 00:00:35.525
and the arms to be extending.
14
00:00:36.025 --> 00:00:39.925
Um, the one of the natural progressions is golfers
15
00:00:39.985 --> 00:00:43.045
who when they're working on either of those two components,
16
00:00:43.045 --> 00:00:45.165
they're either working on arms extending,
17
00:00:45.165 --> 00:00:46.885
but then they start getting a little bit more
18
00:00:46.885 --> 00:00:48.405
of their body going down with it.
19
00:00:48.785 --> 00:00:51.725
Um, or they're, they're kind of early extending,
20
00:00:51.725 --> 00:00:53.685
their body is moving down and into the golf ball.
21
00:00:53.685 --> 00:00:56.445
And so we're trying to work on getting some extension.
22
00:00:56.445 --> 00:00:58.045
And what they end up doing is they end up
23
00:00:58.045 --> 00:00:59.125
pulling the arms in.
24
00:01:00.175 --> 00:01:02.595
So this is a nine to three version
25
00:01:02.595 --> 00:01:05.195
where I'm gonna feel like a little bit of this turtle shell
26
00:01:05.195 --> 00:01:06.875
as I'm, as I'm rotating,
27
00:01:07.145 --> 00:01:09.675
that will move my core away from the golf wall.
28
00:01:09.815 --> 00:01:12.915
And simultaneously I'm gonna feel like I'm extending my arms
29
00:01:13.495 --> 00:01:15.035
out towards the ground
30
00:01:15.215 --> 00:01:17.475
or towards the camera if I was doing a horizontal version.
31
00:01:17.615 --> 00:01:18.635
And that's where I usually start.
32
00:01:18.815 --> 00:01:20.515
So let's do the horizontal version first.
33
00:01:20.535 --> 00:01:23.715
So if I was to just bend my arms, now what I'm gonna try
34
00:01:23.715 --> 00:01:26.035
to do is I'm gonna try to hollow out
35
00:01:26.035 --> 00:01:27.155
and do the turtle shell
36
00:01:27.215 --> 00:01:30.005
as I am extending my arms kind of like this.
37
00:01:30.025 --> 00:01:34.485
And I'll, I'll usually do a few where I'm just gonna do
38
00:01:35.795 --> 00:01:38.485
that movement kinda like that with very little rotation.
39
00:01:39.105 --> 00:01:43.325
Um, and my goal is to have my weight slightly forward
40
00:01:43.825 --> 00:01:46.205
and use my body movement
41
00:01:46.225 --> 00:01:48.645
to help prevent poor contact on this one.
42
00:01:48.945 --> 00:01:50.885
Uh, 'cause my arms are just going to
43
00:01:53.265 --> 00:01:55.685
extend away from me kind of working
44
00:01:55.795 --> 00:01:59.005
with the club rather than feeling like they're either
45
00:01:59.005 --> 00:02:01.245
pulling across or more likely pulling in.
46
00:02:02.135 --> 00:02:04.875
So now I'm gonna do it a little bit more dynamically
47
00:02:04.875 --> 00:02:06.075
and with a little bit more power.
48
00:02:06.495 --> 00:02:09.595
So as I bring it back to this nine o'clock now
49
00:02:10.135 --> 00:02:13.915
as I start down, there's a little bit of shift into
50
00:02:13.915 --> 00:02:15.755
that left side, even though this is a nine to three.
51
00:02:16.015 --> 00:02:19.115
But then as soon as I want to start, or just
52
00:02:19.115 --> 00:02:21.355
before I want to start extending my arms,
53
00:02:21.695 --> 00:02:23.755
I'm gonna feel like my body is moving that way.
54
00:02:23.935 --> 00:02:26.595
Uh, similar to the turtle shell, uh, kind
55
00:02:26.595 --> 00:02:28.315
of different drills that I have on the site.
56
00:02:29.135 --> 00:02:30.475
So we're gonna bring it back
57
00:02:31.815 --> 00:02:34.795
and there I'm feeling like a little bit of a crunch
58
00:02:35.295 --> 00:02:36.795
as my arms are working away.
59
00:02:37.025 --> 00:02:40.195
This can be a really important, uh, component for golfers
60
00:02:40.195 --> 00:02:42.515
who struggle with a lot of low point control, as well
61
00:02:42.515 --> 00:02:44.515
as golfers who struggle with a lot of heel contact.
62
00:02:45.095 --> 00:02:48.395
It also can be a big component for golfers who get into more
63
00:02:48.395 --> 00:02:52.235
of kind of a stall pattern, um, where either the lower body
64
00:02:52.295 --> 00:02:55.595
or the core is kind of moving down and off and back,
65
00:02:55.895 --> 00:02:59.075
and then the arms are just, um, pulling across,
66
00:02:59.255 --> 00:03:01.205
which is actually pulling in.
67
00:03:01.625 --> 00:03:05.445
So part of what's gonna help us get more on top of it,
68
00:03:05.795 --> 00:03:06.845
take away the stall
69
00:03:08.065 --> 00:03:09.725
and keep the body moving on the way
70
00:03:09.725 --> 00:03:13.045
through is this combination of turtle shell little crunch.
71
00:03:13.225 --> 00:03:14.325
As we're turning
72
00:03:14.385 --> 00:03:17.205
and starting to go into that, um, negative torsion
73
00:03:17.325 --> 00:03:20.125
or extension movement, as those arms are extending away
74
00:03:20.745 --> 00:03:23.205
at its core, I think one of the challenges is that your arms
75
00:03:23.225 --> 00:03:25.685
and your body are actually moving in opposite directions,
76
00:03:25.685 --> 00:03:28.085
or at least part of your part of your body is moving.
77
00:03:28.305 --> 00:03:30.005
The core is moving away from
78
00:03:30.005 --> 00:03:31.125
the direction the arms are going.
79
00:03:31.355 --> 00:03:32.525
That can create some challenges.
80
00:03:32.705 --> 00:03:35.805
So work on the nine to three version, then we can start
81
00:03:36.005 --> 00:03:38.845
to go to the 10 to two full swing, add more
82
00:03:38.845 --> 00:03:40.365
and more speed until it feels just
83
00:03:40.365 --> 00:03:42.725
as comfortable in the drill as it does in your full swing.
84
00:03:42.905 --> 00:03:43.765
So nine to three,
85
00:03:49.195 --> 00:03:50.175
10 to two, a little bigger.
86
00:03:55.145 --> 00:03:57.525
Now full swing is going to have a little bit more
87
00:03:57.825 --> 00:04:02.165
of a timing issue in order to wait, uh, to not start
88
00:04:02.165 --> 00:04:03.565
that turtle shell right away.
89
00:04:07.725 --> 00:04:08.335
Just like that.
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Turtle Shell Stab
Struggling with early extension, low point control, or heel strikes? This drill helps golfers develop proper release mechanics by training the arms and body to work in opposite directions.
Struggling with early extension, low point control, or heel strikes? This drill helps golfers develop proper release mechanics by training the arms and body to work in opposite directions.
Show transcript
WEBVTT
1
00:00:04.995 --> 00:00:06.885
This drill is the turtle shell stab.
2
00:00:07.265 --> 00:00:10.485
Um, so this is a release component to the turtle shell.
3
00:00:10.485 --> 00:00:13.245
This is getting comfortable with this awkward pattern
4
00:00:13.275 --> 00:00:14.845
that your arms and your body are working
5
00:00:14.865 --> 00:00:16.045
in opposite directions.
6
00:00:16.345 --> 00:00:18.765
Um, I think that's a big challenge for a lot of golfers.
7
00:00:18.995 --> 00:00:22.685
Golfers tend to fall into a couple different buckets.
8
00:00:22.945 --> 00:00:24.685
Um, but one of the most common is
9
00:00:24.685 --> 00:00:26.125
that their upper body is kind
10
00:00:26.125 --> 00:00:27.845
of diving down into the golf ball
11
00:00:27.865 --> 00:00:31.085
and then their arms are bending in to switch
12
00:00:31.085 --> 00:00:33.405
that we want the body to be moving away
13
00:00:33.505 --> 00:00:35.525
and the arms to be extending.
14
00:00:36.025 --> 00:00:39.925
Um, the one of the natural progressions is golfers
15
00:00:39.985 --> 00:00:43.045
who when they're working on either of those two components,
16
00:00:43.045 --> 00:00:45.165
they're either working on arms extending,
17
00:00:45.165 --> 00:00:46.885
but then they start getting a little bit more
18
00:00:46.885 --> 00:00:48.405
of their body going down with it.
19
00:00:48.785 --> 00:00:51.725
Um, or they're, they're kind of early extending,
20
00:00:51.725 --> 00:00:53.685
their body is moving down and into the golf ball.
21
00:00:53.685 --> 00:00:56.445
And so we're trying to work on getting some extension.
22
00:00:56.445 --> 00:00:58.045
And what they end up doing is they end up
23
00:00:58.045 --> 00:00:59.125
pulling the arms in.
24
00:01:00.175 --> 00:01:02.595
So this is a nine to three version
25
00:01:02.595 --> 00:01:05.195
where I'm gonna feel like a little bit of this turtle shell
26
00:01:05.195 --> 00:01:06.875
as I'm, as I'm rotating,
27
00:01:07.145 --> 00:01:09.675
that will move my core away from the golf wall.
28
00:01:09.815 --> 00:01:12.915
And simultaneously I'm gonna feel like I'm extending my arms
29
00:01:13.495 --> 00:01:15.035
out towards the ground
30
00:01:15.215 --> 00:01:17.475
or towards the camera if I was doing a horizontal version.
31
00:01:17.615 --> 00:01:18.635
And that's where I usually start.
32
00:01:18.815 --> 00:01:20.515
So let's do the horizontal version first.
33
00:01:20.535 --> 00:01:23.715
So if I was to just bend my arms, now what I'm gonna try
34
00:01:23.715 --> 00:01:26.035
to do is I'm gonna try to hollow out
35
00:01:26.035 --> 00:01:27.155
and do the turtle shell
36
00:01:27.215 --> 00:01:30.005
as I am extending my arms kind of like this.
37
00:01:30.025 --> 00:01:34.485
And I'll, I'll usually do a few where I'm just gonna do
38
00:01:35.795 --> 00:01:38.485
that movement kinda like that with very little rotation.
39
00:01:39.105 --> 00:01:43.325
Um, and my goal is to have my weight slightly forward
40
00:01:43.825 --> 00:01:46.205
and use my body movement
41
00:01:46.225 --> 00:01:48.645
to help prevent poor contact on this one.
42
00:01:48.945 --> 00:01:50.885
Uh, 'cause my arms are just going to
43
00:01:53.265 --> 00:01:55.685
extend away from me kind of working
44
00:01:55.795 --> 00:01:59.005
with the club rather than feeling like they're either
45
00:01:59.005 --> 00:02:01.245
pulling across or more likely pulling in.
46
00:02:02.135 --> 00:02:04.875
So now I'm gonna do it a little bit more dynamically
47
00:02:04.875 --> 00:02:06.075
and with a little bit more power.
48
00:02:06.495 --> 00:02:09.595
So as I bring it back to this nine o'clock now
49
00:02:10.135 --> 00:02:13.915
as I start down, there's a little bit of shift into
50
00:02:13.915 --> 00:02:15.755
that left side, even though this is a nine to three.
51
00:02:16.015 --> 00:02:19.115
But then as soon as I want to start, or just
52
00:02:19.115 --> 00:02:21.355
before I want to start extending my arms,
53
00:02:21.695 --> 00:02:23.755
I'm gonna feel like my body is moving that way.
54
00:02:23.935 --> 00:02:26.595
Uh, similar to the turtle shell, uh, kind
55
00:02:26.595 --> 00:02:28.315
of different drills that I have on the site.
56
00:02:29.135 --> 00:02:30.475
So we're gonna bring it back
57
00:02:31.815 --> 00:02:34.795
and there I'm feeling like a little bit of a crunch
58
00:02:35.295 --> 00:02:36.795
as my arms are working away.
59
00:02:37.025 --> 00:02:40.195
This can be a really important, uh, component for golfers
60
00:02:40.195 --> 00:02:42.515
who struggle with a lot of low point control, as well
61
00:02:42.515 --> 00:02:44.515
as golfers who struggle with a lot of heel contact.
62
00:02:45.095 --> 00:02:48.395
It also can be a big component for golfers who get into more
63
00:02:48.395 --> 00:02:52.235
of kind of a stall pattern, um, where either the lower body
64
00:02:52.295 --> 00:02:55.595
or the core is kind of moving down and off and back,
65
00:02:55.895 --> 00:02:59.075
and then the arms are just, um, pulling across,
66
00:02:59.255 --> 00:03:01.205
which is actually pulling in.
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So part of what's gonna help us get more on top of it,
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take away the stall
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and keep the body moving on the way
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through is this combination of turtle shell little crunch.
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As we're turning
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and starting to go into that, um, negative torsion
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or extension movement, as those arms are extending away
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at its core, I think one of the challenges is that your arms
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and your body are actually moving in opposite directions,
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or at least part of your part of your body is moving.
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The core is moving away from
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the direction the arms are going.
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That can create some challenges.
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So work on the nine to three version, then we can start
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to go to the 10 to two full swing, add more
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and more speed until it feels just
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as comfortable in the drill as it does in your full swing.
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So nine to three,
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10 to two, a little bigger.
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Now full swing is going to have a little bit more
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of a timing issue in order to wait, uh, to not start
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that turtle shell right away.
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Just like that.
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This drill is the turtle shell stab.
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Um, so this is a release component to the turtle shell.
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This is getting comfortable with this awkward pattern
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that your arms and your body are working
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in opposite directions.
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Um, 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.
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Um, but one of the most common is
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that their upper body is kind
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of diving down into the golf ball
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and then their arms are bending in to switch
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that we want the body to be moving away
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and the arms to be extending.
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Um, the one of the natural progressions is golfers
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who when they're working on either of those two components,
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they're either working on arms extending,
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but then they start getting a little bit more
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of their body going down with it.
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Um, or they're, they're kind of early extending,
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their body is moving down and into the golf ball.
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And so we're trying to work on getting some extension.
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And what they end up doing is they end up
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pulling the arms in.
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So this is a nine to three version
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where I'm gonna feel like a little bit of this turtle shell
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as I'm, as I'm rotating,
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that will move my core away from the golf wall.
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And simultaneously I'm gonna feel like I'm extending my arms
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out towards the ground
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or towards the camera if I was doing a horizontal version.
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And 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 gonna try
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to do is I'm gonna try to hollow out
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and do the turtle shell
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as I am extending my arms kind of like this.
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And I'll, I'll usually do a few where I'm just gonna do
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that movement kinda like that with very little rotation.
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Um, and my goal is to have my weight slightly forward
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and use my body movement
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to help prevent poor contact on this one.
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Uh, 'cause my arms are just going to
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extend away from me kind of working
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with the club rather than feeling like they're either
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pulling across or more likely pulling in.
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So now I'm gonna do it a little bit more dynamically
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and with a little bit more power.
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So as I bring it back to this nine o'clock now
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as I start down, there's a little bit of shift into
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that left side, even though this is a nine to three.
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But then as soon as I want to start, or just
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before I want to start extending my arms,
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I'm gonna feel like my body is moving that way.
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Uh, similar to the turtle shell, uh, kind
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of different drills that I have on the site.
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So we're gonna bring it back
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and there I'm feeling like a little bit of a crunch
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as my arms are working away.
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This can be a really important, uh, component for golfers
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who struggle with a lot of low point control, as well
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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
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of kind of a stall pattern, um, where either the lower body
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or the core is kind of moving down and off and back,
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and then the arms are just, um, pulling across,
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which is actually pulling in.
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So part of what's gonna help us get more on top of it,
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take away the stall
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and keep the body moving on the way
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through is this combination of turtle shell little crunch.
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As we're turning
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and starting to go into that, um, negative torsion
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or extension movement, as those arms are extending away
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at its core, I think one of the challenges is that your arms
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and your body are actually moving in opposite directions,
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or at least part of your part of your body is moving.
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The core is moving away from
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the direction the arms are going.
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That can create some challenges.
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So work on the nine to three version, then we can start
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to go to the 10 to two full swing, add more
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and more speed until it feels just
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as comfortable in the drill as it does in your full swing.
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So nine to three,
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10 to two, a little bigger.
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Now full swing is going to have a little bit more
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of a timing issue in order to wait, uh, to not start
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that turtle shell right away.
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Just like that.
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