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Two Bucket Station
The video presents the "two bucket station" as a practical training aid for golfers looking to improve their lateral pivot movements. Focused on refining aspects like weight shift and posture during the backswing and downswing, the station enhances spatial awareness and provides valuable feedback for home training or mat-based practice. Its application assists golfers in addressing issues related to sways, slides, and tilts, contributing to better control over low points, consistent contact, and improved width maintenance throughout the swing.
The video presents the "two bucket station" as a practical training aid for golfers looking to improve their lateral pivot movements. Focused on refining aspects like weight shift and posture during the backswing and downswing, the station enhances spatial awareness and provides valuable feedback for home training or mat-based practice. Its application assists golfers in addressing issues related to sways, slides, and tilts, contributing to better control over low points, consistent contact, and improved width maintenance throughout the swing.
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This is the two bucket station.
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So I'll use the two bucket station for highlighting any of your lateral pivot
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movement.
4
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I have even used it in a pinch for working on some early extension or some loss
5
00:00:20.010 --> 00:00:20.920
of posture,
6
00:00:20.920 --> 00:00:25.450
but I find it best for working on the sway slide component of the centerness of
7
00:00:25.450 --> 00:00:26.360
your pivot
8
00:00:26.360 --> 00:00:29.000
or the weight shift or things like that.
9
00:00:29.000 --> 00:00:32.490
So one of the challenges for golf is when we're down in this angle, like
10
00:00:32.490 --> 00:00:32.980
sometimes our
11
00:00:32.980 --> 00:00:36.020
spatial awareness is a lot trickier than if we're playing sports where we're
12
00:00:36.020 --> 00:00:37.640
more upright.
13
00:00:37.640 --> 00:00:45.020
So by using two buckets or trash cans or even water bottles can help a little
14
00:00:45.020 --> 00:00:46.560
bit, it helps
15
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kind of enhance the space that I'm swinging the golf club in.
16
00:00:49.760 --> 00:00:54.360
So I use this as a spatial awareness kind of station.
17
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I also find that this type of station works really well for training at home or
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when you
19
00:00:59.160 --> 00:01:03.990
have to hit off mats, it's not as great on grass where you have to keep moving
20
00:01:03.990 --> 00:01:04.480
it every
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00:01:04.480 --> 00:01:10.200
time you hit a golf ball, right, because as the golf ball position changes, you
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'd have
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to move the station.
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So for hitting off mats, training at home, I think this can be really helpful.
25
00:01:15.760 --> 00:01:21.710
The most common times that I'll use it are for sways in the backswing, upper
26
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body sways
27
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in the backswing.
28
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During the downswing, a slide and tilt back or during the downswing, a little
29
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bit more
30
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of a forward lunge where that upper body gets too far on top, especially with
31
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the driver.
32
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So I most commonly use it for those kind of lateral movements, but as far as
33
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thrust,
34
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some people will be you'll be able to see where you are better, especially,
35
00:01:48.110 --> 00:01:48.840
this one's
36
00:01:48.840 --> 00:01:52.120
really hard for feeling the lower body shifting in towards the golf ball, but
37
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this is really
38
00:01:52.820 --> 00:01:57.040
good for people whose upper body moves backward because if it moves backward
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too much, I will
40
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see the buckets or the trash cans move in my peripheral.
41
00:02:03.040 --> 00:02:06.480
If I focus on staying down, it looks like they've stayed kind of the same
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distance or
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my body has stayed the same distance ahead of those trash cans.
44
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So I use this again for a variety of different drills or a variety of different
45
00:02:17.160 --> 00:02:18.080
concepts,
46
00:02:18.080 --> 00:02:22.270
but it's just one really good way for working on the lateral components to your
47
00:02:22.270 --> 00:02:22.840
pivot.
48
00:02:22.840 --> 00:02:27.470
So oftentimes, what I'll do is I'll put a T on the ground so that we know
49
00:02:27.470 --> 00:02:28.240
exactly where
50
00:02:28.240 --> 00:02:32.180
the ball position is and then we'll get set up and I'll just have you take a
51
00:02:32.180 --> 00:02:33.000
few practice
52
00:02:33.000 --> 00:02:36.640
swings and we'll pretend I've got a little bit more of a slide.
53
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So I'm going to try and feel or sorry, a little bit more of a sway from the
54
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lower body kind
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of going more like this.
56
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So I'm going to try and make a few swings where I turn and I can use where my
57
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leg is compared
58
00:02:49.080 --> 00:02:52.720
to this bucket as a little bit of feedback.
59
00:02:52.720 --> 00:02:56.110
The other good one, like I said, in the backswing would be for golfers who tend
60
00:02:56.110 --> 00:02:56.820
to have a little
61
00:02:56.820 --> 00:03:01.310
bit too much of a lateral movement of the upper body or kind of stay flexed
62
00:03:01.310 --> 00:03:02.160
forward.
63
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In that case, oftentimes it will look like this where my lower body moves away
64
00:03:05.750 --> 00:03:06.120
and my
65
00:03:06.120 --> 00:03:08.640
upper body gets all the way on top of it.
66
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So I'll say, "Okay, you see that bucket, I want you to keep your chest the same
67
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distance
68
00:03:14.280 --> 00:03:18.280
away from the bucket as you make your turn but I want your lower body to
69
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actually get
70
00:03:19.200 --> 00:03:21.280
a little bit closer to it."
71
00:03:21.280 --> 00:03:25.730
So that would be kind of the most common ways that I would use this for a back
72
00:03:25.730 --> 00:03:26.220
swing
73
00:03:26.220 --> 00:03:27.220
drill.
74
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I don't like that, reasonable.
75
00:03:32.480 --> 00:03:37.920
Now the other ways that I'll use it on the downswing would be for too much of a
76
00:03:37.920 --> 00:03:38.600
hangback
77
00:03:38.600 --> 00:03:42.560
so if I need to get a little bit more of the Jackson 5, I'll feel like, "Okay,
78
00:03:42.560 --> 00:03:42.880
I need
79
00:03:42.880 --> 00:03:48.640
to get my hips over that front ankle while my upper body stays more centered."
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Kind of like this.
81
00:03:50.480 --> 00:03:53.680
But some people tend to go too long or too late.
82
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So I'll often say, "We're positioning it just outside the foot and I don't want
83
00:04:01.060 --> 00:04:01.200
your
84
00:04:01.200 --> 00:04:05.040
knee to touch it but you're going to try to get your knee behind it."
85
00:04:05.040 --> 00:04:10.990
So this will help you feel like a little bit of that bump and then a little bit
86
00:04:10.990 --> 00:04:11.560
better
87
00:04:11.560 --> 00:04:12.920
turn on the way through.
88
00:04:12.920 --> 00:04:18.880
That can help into getting more into this kind of firm posting position.
89
00:04:18.880 --> 00:04:21.440
Last two would be from the top of this wing.
90
00:04:21.440 --> 00:04:24.560
The upper body goes too far backward.
91
00:04:24.560 --> 00:04:28.410
I often do that one with a pool noodle but this can be a really easy station
92
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for setting
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up where sometimes setting up the pool noodle is a little bit harder for people
94
00:04:33.470 --> 00:04:34.080
to do at
95
00:04:34.080 --> 00:04:35.680
home.
96
00:04:35.680 --> 00:04:39.150
So in that case, what I'm going to try to do is I'm going to feel like my upper
97
00:04:39.150 --> 00:04:40.280
body stays
98
00:04:40.280 --> 00:04:44.800
closer to this front bucket instead of the back bucket.
99
00:04:44.800 --> 00:04:52.400
So we'll get up there, we'll feel like we post and cover, kind of like that.
100
00:04:52.400 --> 00:04:56.180
So like I said, this goes back to kind of the old centered pivot ideas of feel
101
00:04:56.180 --> 00:04:56.600
like you're
102
00:04:56.600 --> 00:04:58.640
turning in a barrel.
103
00:04:58.640 --> 00:05:02.180
But really you can use this for fine tuning and refining some of your lateral
104
00:05:02.180 --> 00:05:02.880
movement.
105
00:05:02.880 --> 00:05:05.560
Natural movement has a big impact on low point control.
106
00:05:05.560 --> 00:05:09.560
So if you struggle with consistency of contact, especially with your short
107
00:05:09.560 --> 00:05:10.800
clubs, this is something
108
00:05:10.800 --> 00:05:12.680
to take a look at.
109
00:05:12.680 --> 00:05:18.120
It can also, too much tilt one way or the other, can result in some release
110
00:05:18.120 --> 00:05:19.000
issues.
111
00:05:19.000 --> 00:05:22.100
So if you have a hard time maintaining your width on the way through, it's a
112
00:05:22.100 --> 00:05:22.520
good idea
113
00:05:22.520 --> 00:05:26.180
to at least diagnose and look at what type of lateral movement you might be
114
00:05:26.180 --> 00:05:26.800
struggling
115
00:05:26.800 --> 00:05:26.960
with.
1
00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:07.440
This is the two bucket station.
2
00:00:07.440 --> 00:00:13.560
So I'll use the two bucket station for highlighting any of your lateral pivot
3
00:00:13.560 --> 00:00:15.160
movement.
4
00:00:15.160 --> 00:00:20.010
I have even used it in a pinch for working on some early extension or some loss
5
00:00:20.010 --> 00:00:20.920
of posture,
6
00:00:20.920 --> 00:00:25.450
but I find it best for working on the sway slide component of the centerness of
7
00:00:25.450 --> 00:00:26.360
your pivot
8
00:00:26.360 --> 00:00:29.000
or the weight shift or things like that.
9
00:00:29.000 --> 00:00:32.490
So one of the challenges for golf is when we're down in this angle, like
10
00:00:32.490 --> 00:00:32.980
sometimes our
11
00:00:32.980 --> 00:00:36.020
spatial awareness is a lot trickier than if we're playing sports where we're
12
00:00:36.020 --> 00:00:37.640
more upright.
13
00:00:37.640 --> 00:00:45.020
So by using two buckets or trash cans or even water bottles can help a little
14
00:00:45.020 --> 00:00:46.560
bit, it helps
15
00:00:46.560 --> 00:00:49.760
kind of enhance the space that I'm swinging the golf club in.
16
00:00:49.760 --> 00:00:54.360
So I use this as a spatial awareness kind of station.
17
00:00:54.360 --> 00:00:58.670
I also find that this type of station works really well for training at home or
18
00:00:58.670 --> 00:00:59.160
when you
19
00:00:59.160 --> 00:01:03.990
have to hit off mats, it's not as great on grass where you have to keep moving
20
00:01:03.990 --> 00:01:04.480
it every
21
00:01:04.480 --> 00:01:10.200
time you hit a golf ball, right, because as the golf ball position changes, you
22
00:01:10.200 --> 00:01:10.560
'd have
23
00:01:10.560 --> 00:01:11.560
to move the station.
24
00:01:11.560 --> 00:01:15.760
So for hitting off mats, training at home, I think this can be really helpful.
25
00:01:15.760 --> 00:01:21.710
The most common times that I'll use it are for sways in the backswing, upper
26
00:01:21.710 --> 00:01:22.560
body sways
27
00:01:22.560 --> 00:01:24.680
in the backswing.
28
00:01:24.680 --> 00:01:30.120
During the downswing, a slide and tilt back or during the downswing, a little
29
00:01:30.120 --> 00:01:30.560
bit more
30
00:01:30.560 --> 00:01:34.760
of a forward lunge where that upper body gets too far on top, especially with
31
00:01:34.760 --> 00:01:36.160
the driver.
32
00:01:36.160 --> 00:01:41.600
So I most commonly use it for those kind of lateral movements, but as far as
33
00:01:41.600 --> 00:01:42.160
thrust,
34
00:01:42.160 --> 00:01:48.110
some people will be you'll be able to see where you are better, especially,
35
00:01:48.110 --> 00:01:48.840
this one's
36
00:01:48.840 --> 00:01:52.120
really hard for feeling the lower body shifting in towards the golf ball, but
37
00:01:52.120 --> 00:01:52.820
this is really
38
00:01:52.820 --> 00:01:57.040
good for people whose upper body moves backward because if it moves backward
39
00:01:57.040 --> 00:01:58.040
too much, I will
40
00:01:58.040 --> 00:02:03.040
see the buckets or the trash cans move in my peripheral.
41
00:02:03.040 --> 00:02:06.480
If I focus on staying down, it looks like they've stayed kind of the same
42
00:02:06.480 --> 00:02:07.220
distance or
43
00:02:07.220 --> 00:02:11.720
my body has stayed the same distance ahead of those trash cans.
44
00:02:11.720 --> 00:02:17.160
So I use this again for a variety of different drills or a variety of different
45
00:02:17.160 --> 00:02:18.080
concepts,
46
00:02:18.080 --> 00:02:22.270
but it's just one really good way for working on the lateral components to your
47
00:02:22.270 --> 00:02:22.840
pivot.
48
00:02:22.840 --> 00:02:27.470
So oftentimes, what I'll do is I'll put a T on the ground so that we know
49
00:02:27.470 --> 00:02:28.240
exactly where
50
00:02:28.240 --> 00:02:32.180
the ball position is and then we'll get set up and I'll just have you take a
51
00:02:32.180 --> 00:02:33.000
few practice
52
00:02:33.000 --> 00:02:36.640
swings and we'll pretend I've got a little bit more of a slide.
53
00:02:36.640 --> 00:02:40.320
So I'm going to try and feel or sorry, a little bit more of a sway from the
54
00:02:40.320 --> 00:02:41.200
lower body kind
55
00:02:41.200 --> 00:02:42.520
of going more like this.
56
00:02:42.520 --> 00:02:48.090
So I'm going to try and make a few swings where I turn and I can use where my
57
00:02:48.090 --> 00:02:49.080
leg is compared
58
00:02:49.080 --> 00:02:52.720
to this bucket as a little bit of feedback.
59
00:02:52.720 --> 00:02:56.110
The other good one, like I said, in the backswing would be for golfers who tend
60
00:02:56.110 --> 00:02:56.820
to have a little
61
00:02:56.820 --> 00:03:01.310
bit too much of a lateral movement of the upper body or kind of stay flexed
62
00:03:01.310 --> 00:03:02.160
forward.
63
00:03:02.160 --> 00:03:05.750
In that case, oftentimes it will look like this where my lower body moves away
64
00:03:05.750 --> 00:03:06.120
and my
65
00:03:06.120 --> 00:03:08.640
upper body gets all the way on top of it.
66
00:03:08.640 --> 00:03:14.080
So I'll say, "Okay, you see that bucket, I want you to keep your chest the same
67
00:03:14.080 --> 00:03:14.280
distance
68
00:03:14.280 --> 00:03:18.280
away from the bucket as you make your turn but I want your lower body to
69
00:03:18.280 --> 00:03:19.200
actually get
70
00:03:19.200 --> 00:03:21.280
a little bit closer to it."
71
00:03:21.280 --> 00:03:25.730
So that would be kind of the most common ways that I would use this for a back
72
00:03:25.730 --> 00:03:26.220
swing
73
00:03:26.220 --> 00:03:27.220
drill.
74
00:03:27.220 --> 00:03:32.480
I don't like that, reasonable.
75
00:03:32.480 --> 00:03:37.920
Now the other ways that I'll use it on the downswing would be for too much of a
76
00:03:37.920 --> 00:03:38.600
hangback
77
00:03:38.600 --> 00:03:42.560
so if I need to get a little bit more of the Jackson 5, I'll feel like, "Okay,
78
00:03:42.560 --> 00:03:42.880
I need
79
00:03:42.880 --> 00:03:48.640
to get my hips over that front ankle while my upper body stays more centered."
80
00:03:48.640 --> 00:03:50.480
Kind of like this.
81
00:03:50.480 --> 00:03:53.680
But some people tend to go too long or too late.
82
00:03:53.680 --> 00:04:01.060
So I'll often say, "We're positioning it just outside the foot and I don't want
83
00:04:01.060 --> 00:04:01.200
your
84
00:04:01.200 --> 00:04:05.040
knee to touch it but you're going to try to get your knee behind it."
85
00:04:05.040 --> 00:04:10.990
So this will help you feel like a little bit of that bump and then a little bit
86
00:04:10.990 --> 00:04:11.560
better
87
00:04:11.560 --> 00:04:12.920
turn on the way through.
88
00:04:12.920 --> 00:04:18.880
That can help into getting more into this kind of firm posting position.
89
00:04:18.880 --> 00:04:21.440
Last two would be from the top of this wing.
90
00:04:21.440 --> 00:04:24.560
The upper body goes too far backward.
91
00:04:24.560 --> 00:04:28.410
I often do that one with a pool noodle but this can be a really easy station
92
00:04:28.410 --> 00:04:29.160
for setting
93
00:04:29.160 --> 00:04:33.470
up where sometimes setting up the pool noodle is a little bit harder for people
94
00:04:33.470 --> 00:04:34.080
to do at
95
00:04:34.080 --> 00:04:35.680
home.
96
00:04:35.680 --> 00:04:39.150
So in that case, what I'm going to try to do is I'm going to feel like my upper
97
00:04:39.150 --> 00:04:40.280
body stays
98
00:04:40.280 --> 00:04:44.800
closer to this front bucket instead of the back bucket.
99
00:04:44.800 --> 00:04:52.400
So we'll get up there, we'll feel like we post and cover, kind of like that.
100
00:04:52.400 --> 00:04:56.180
So like I said, this goes back to kind of the old centered pivot ideas of feel
101
00:04:56.180 --> 00:04:56.600
like you're
102
00:04:56.600 --> 00:04:58.640
turning in a barrel.
103
00:04:58.640 --> 00:05:02.180
But really you can use this for fine tuning and refining some of your lateral
104
00:05:02.180 --> 00:05:02.880
movement.
105
00:05:02.880 --> 00:05:05.560
Natural movement has a big impact on low point control.
106
00:05:05.560 --> 00:05:09.560
So if you struggle with consistency of contact, especially with your short
107
00:05:09.560 --> 00:05:10.800
clubs, this is something
108
00:05:10.800 --> 00:05:12.680
to take a look at.
109
00:05:12.680 --> 00:05:18.120
It can also, too much tilt one way or the other, can result in some release
110
00:05:18.120 --> 00:05:19.000
issues.
111
00:05:19.000 --> 00:05:22.100
So if you have a hard time maintaining your width on the way through, it's a
112
00:05:22.100 --> 00:05:22.520
good idea
113
00:05:22.520 --> 00:05:26.180
to at least diagnose and look at what type of lateral movement you might be
114
00:05:26.180 --> 00:05:26.800
struggling
115
00:05:26.800 --> 00:05:26.960
with.
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Two Bucket Station
The video presents the "two bucket station" as a practical training aid for golfers looking to improve their lateral pivot movements. Focused on refining aspects like weight shift and posture during the backswing and downswing, the station enhances spatial awareness and provides valuable feedback for home training or mat-based practice. Its application assists golfers in addressing issues related to sways, slides, and tilts, contributing to better control over low points, consistent contact, and improved width maintenance throughout the swing.
The video presents the "two bucket station" as a practical training aid for golfers looking to improve their lateral pivot movements. Focused on refining aspects like weight shift and posture during the backswing and downswing, the station enhances spatial awareness and provides valuable feedback for home training or mat-based practice. Its application assists golfers in addressing issues related to sways, slides, and tilts, contributing to better control over low points, consistent contact, and improved width maintenance throughout the swing.
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Video Transcript
WEBVTT
1
00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:07.440
This is the two bucket station.
2
00:00:07.440 --> 00:00:13.560
So I'll use the two bucket station for highlighting any of your lateral pivot
3
00:00:13.560 --> 00:00:15.160
movement.
4
00:00:15.160 --> 00:00:20.010
I have even used it in a pinch for working on some early extension or some loss
5
00:00:20.010 --> 00:00:20.920
of posture,
6
00:00:20.920 --> 00:00:25.450
but I find it best for working on the sway slide component of the centerness of
7
00:00:25.450 --> 00:00:26.360
your pivot
8
00:00:26.360 --> 00:00:29.000
or the weight shift or things like that.
9
00:00:29.000 --> 00:00:32.490
So one of the challenges for golf is when we're down in this angle, like
10
00:00:32.490 --> 00:00:32.980
sometimes our
11
00:00:32.980 --> 00:00:36.020
spatial awareness is a lot trickier than if we're playing sports where we're
12
00:00:36.020 --> 00:00:37.640
more upright.
13
00:00:37.640 --> 00:00:45.020
So by using two buckets or trash cans or even water bottles can help a little
14
00:00:45.020 --> 00:00:46.560
bit, it helps
15
00:00:46.560 --> 00:00:49.760
kind of enhance the space that I'm swinging the golf club in.
16
00:00:49.760 --> 00:00:54.360
So I use this as a spatial awareness kind of station.
17
00:00:54.360 --> 00:00:58.670
I also find that this type of station works really well for training at home or
18
00:00:58.670 --> 00:00:59.160
when you
19
00:00:59.160 --> 00:01:03.990
have to hit off mats, it's not as great on grass where you have to keep moving
20
00:01:03.990 --> 00:01:04.480
it every
21
00:01:04.480 --> 00:01:10.200
time you hit a golf ball, right, because as the golf ball position changes, you
22
00:01:10.200 --> 00:01:10.560
'd have
23
00:01:10.560 --> 00:01:11.560
to move the station.
24
00:01:11.560 --> 00:01:15.760
So for hitting off mats, training at home, I think this can be really helpful.
25
00:01:15.760 --> 00:01:21.710
The most common times that I'll use it are for sways in the backswing, upper
26
00:01:21.710 --> 00:01:22.560
body sways
27
00:01:22.560 --> 00:01:24.680
in the backswing.
28
00:01:24.680 --> 00:01:30.120
During the downswing, a slide and tilt back or during the downswing, a little
29
00:01:30.120 --> 00:01:30.560
bit more
30
00:01:30.560 --> 00:01:34.760
of a forward lunge where that upper body gets too far on top, especially with
31
00:01:34.760 --> 00:01:36.160
the driver.
32
00:01:36.160 --> 00:01:41.600
So I most commonly use it for those kind of lateral movements, but as far as
33
00:01:41.600 --> 00:01:42.160
thrust,
34
00:01:42.160 --> 00:01:48.110
some people will be you'll be able to see where you are better, especially,
35
00:01:48.110 --> 00:01:48.840
this one's
36
00:01:48.840 --> 00:01:52.120
really hard for feeling the lower body shifting in towards the golf ball, but
37
00:01:52.120 --> 00:01:52.820
this is really
38
00:01:52.820 --> 00:01:57.040
good for people whose upper body moves backward because if it moves backward
39
00:01:57.040 --> 00:01:58.040
too much, I will
40
00:01:58.040 --> 00:02:03.040
see the buckets or the trash cans move in my peripheral.
41
00:02:03.040 --> 00:02:06.480
If I focus on staying down, it looks like they've stayed kind of the same
42
00:02:06.480 --> 00:02:07.220
distance or
43
00:02:07.220 --> 00:02:11.720
my body has stayed the same distance ahead of those trash cans.
44
00:02:11.720 --> 00:02:17.160
So I use this again for a variety of different drills or a variety of different
45
00:02:17.160 --> 00:02:18.080
concepts,
46
00:02:18.080 --> 00:02:22.270
but it's just one really good way for working on the lateral components to your
47
00:02:22.270 --> 00:02:22.840
pivot.
48
00:02:22.840 --> 00:02:27.470
So oftentimes, what I'll do is I'll put a T on the ground so that we know
49
00:02:27.470 --> 00:02:28.240
exactly where
50
00:02:28.240 --> 00:02:32.180
the ball position is and then we'll get set up and I'll just have you take a
51
00:02:32.180 --> 00:02:33.000
few practice
52
00:02:33.000 --> 00:02:36.640
swings and we'll pretend I've got a little bit more of a slide.
53
00:02:36.640 --> 00:02:40.320
So I'm going to try and feel or sorry, a little bit more of a sway from the
54
00:02:40.320 --> 00:02:41.200
lower body kind
55
00:02:41.200 --> 00:02:42.520
of going more like this.
56
00:02:42.520 --> 00:02:48.090
So I'm going to try and make a few swings where I turn and I can use where my
57
00:02:48.090 --> 00:02:49.080
leg is compared
58
00:02:49.080 --> 00:02:52.720
to this bucket as a little bit of feedback.
59
00:02:52.720 --> 00:02:56.110
The other good one, like I said, in the backswing would be for golfers who tend
60
00:02:56.110 --> 00:02:56.820
to have a little
61
00:02:56.820 --> 00:03:01.310
bit too much of a lateral movement of the upper body or kind of stay flexed
62
00:03:01.310 --> 00:03:02.160
forward.
63
00:03:02.160 --> 00:03:05.750
In that case, oftentimes it will look like this where my lower body moves away
64
00:03:05.750 --> 00:03:06.120
and my
65
00:03:06.120 --> 00:03:08.640
upper body gets all the way on top of it.
66
00:03:08.640 --> 00:03:14.080
So I'll say, "Okay, you see that bucket, I want you to keep your chest the same
67
00:03:14.080 --> 00:03:14.280
distance
68
00:03:14.280 --> 00:03:18.280
away from the bucket as you make your turn but I want your lower body to
69
00:03:18.280 --> 00:03:19.200
actually get
70
00:03:19.200 --> 00:03:21.280
a little bit closer to it."
71
00:03:21.280 --> 00:03:25.730
So that would be kind of the most common ways that I would use this for a back
72
00:03:25.730 --> 00:03:26.220
swing
73
00:03:26.220 --> 00:03:27.220
drill.
74
00:03:27.220 --> 00:03:32.480
I don't like that, reasonable.
75
00:03:32.480 --> 00:03:37.920
Now the other ways that I'll use it on the downswing would be for too much of a
76
00:03:37.920 --> 00:03:38.600
hangback
77
00:03:38.600 --> 00:03:42.560
so if I need to get a little bit more of the Jackson 5, I'll feel like, "Okay,
78
00:03:42.560 --> 00:03:42.880
I need
79
00:03:42.880 --> 00:03:48.640
to get my hips over that front ankle while my upper body stays more centered."
80
00:03:48.640 --> 00:03:50.480
Kind of like this.
81
00:03:50.480 --> 00:03:53.680
But some people tend to go too long or too late.
82
00:03:53.680 --> 00:04:01.060
So I'll often say, "We're positioning it just outside the foot and I don't want
83
00:04:01.060 --> 00:04:01.200
your
84
00:04:01.200 --> 00:04:05.040
knee to touch it but you're going to try to get your knee behind it."
85
00:04:05.040 --> 00:04:10.990
So this will help you feel like a little bit of that bump and then a little bit
86
00:04:10.990 --> 00:04:11.560
better
87
00:04:11.560 --> 00:04:12.920
turn on the way through.
88
00:04:12.920 --> 00:04:18.880
That can help into getting more into this kind of firm posting position.
89
00:04:18.880 --> 00:04:21.440
Last two would be from the top of this wing.
90
00:04:21.440 --> 00:04:24.560
The upper body goes too far backward.
91
00:04:24.560 --> 00:04:28.410
I often do that one with a pool noodle but this can be a really easy station
92
00:04:28.410 --> 00:04:29.160
for setting
93
00:04:29.160 --> 00:04:33.470
up where sometimes setting up the pool noodle is a little bit harder for people
94
00:04:33.470 --> 00:04:34.080
to do at
95
00:04:34.080 --> 00:04:35.680
home.
96
00:04:35.680 --> 00:04:39.150
So in that case, what I'm going to try to do is I'm going to feel like my upper
97
00:04:39.150 --> 00:04:40.280
body stays
98
00:04:40.280 --> 00:04:44.800
closer to this front bucket instead of the back bucket.
99
00:04:44.800 --> 00:04:52.400
So we'll get up there, we'll feel like we post and cover, kind of like that.
100
00:04:52.400 --> 00:04:56.180
So like I said, this goes back to kind of the old centered pivot ideas of feel
101
00:04:56.180 --> 00:04:56.600
like you're
102
00:04:56.600 --> 00:04:58.640
turning in a barrel.
103
00:04:58.640 --> 00:05:02.180
But really you can use this for fine tuning and refining some of your lateral
104
00:05:02.180 --> 00:05:02.880
movement.
105
00:05:02.880 --> 00:05:05.560
Natural movement has a big impact on low point control.
106
00:05:05.560 --> 00:05:09.560
So if you struggle with consistency of contact, especially with your short
107
00:05:09.560 --> 00:05:10.800
clubs, this is something
108
00:05:10.800 --> 00:05:12.680
to take a look at.
109
00:05:12.680 --> 00:05:18.120
It can also, too much tilt one way or the other, can result in some release
110
00:05:18.120 --> 00:05:19.000
issues.
111
00:05:19.000 --> 00:05:22.100
So if you have a hard time maintaining your width on the way through, it's a
112
00:05:22.100 --> 00:05:22.520
good idea
113
00:05:22.520 --> 00:05:26.180
to at least diagnose and look at what type of lateral movement you might be
114
00:05:26.180 --> 00:05:26.800
struggling
115
00:05:26.800 --> 00:05:26.960
with.
1
00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:07.440
This is the two bucket station.
2
00:00:07.440 --> 00:00:13.560
So I'll use the two bucket station for highlighting any of your lateral pivot
3
00:00:13.560 --> 00:00:15.160
movement.
4
00:00:15.160 --> 00:00:20.010
I have even used it in a pinch for working on some early extension or some loss
5
00:00:20.010 --> 00:00:20.920
of posture,
6
00:00:20.920 --> 00:00:25.450
but I find it best for working on the sway slide component of the centerness of
7
00:00:25.450 --> 00:00:26.360
your pivot
8
00:00:26.360 --> 00:00:29.000
or the weight shift or things like that.
9
00:00:29.000 --> 00:00:32.490
So one of the challenges for golf is when we're down in this angle, like
10
00:00:32.490 --> 00:00:32.980
sometimes our
11
00:00:32.980 --> 00:00:36.020
spatial awareness is a lot trickier than if we're playing sports where we're
12
00:00:36.020 --> 00:00:37.640
more upright.
13
00:00:37.640 --> 00:00:45.020
So by using two buckets or trash cans or even water bottles can help a little
14
00:00:45.020 --> 00:00:46.560
bit, it helps
15
00:00:46.560 --> 00:00:49.760
kind of enhance the space that I'm swinging the golf club in.
16
00:00:49.760 --> 00:00:54.360
So I use this as a spatial awareness kind of station.
17
00:00:54.360 --> 00:00:58.670
I also find that this type of station works really well for training at home or
18
00:00:58.670 --> 00:00:59.160
when you
19
00:00:59.160 --> 00:01:03.990
have to hit off mats, it's not as great on grass where you have to keep moving
20
00:01:03.990 --> 00:01:04.480
it every
21
00:01:04.480 --> 00:01:10.200
time you hit a golf ball, right, because as the golf ball position changes, you
22
00:01:10.200 --> 00:01:10.560
'd have
23
00:01:10.560 --> 00:01:11.560
to move the station.
24
00:01:11.560 --> 00:01:15.760
So for hitting off mats, training at home, I think this can be really helpful.
25
00:01:15.760 --> 00:01:21.710
The most common times that I'll use it are for sways in the backswing, upper
26
00:01:21.710 --> 00:01:22.560
body sways
27
00:01:22.560 --> 00:01:24.680
in the backswing.
28
00:01:24.680 --> 00:01:30.120
During the downswing, a slide and tilt back or during the downswing, a little
29
00:01:30.120 --> 00:01:30.560
bit more
30
00:01:30.560 --> 00:01:34.760
of a forward lunge where that upper body gets too far on top, especially with
31
00:01:34.760 --> 00:01:36.160
the driver.
32
00:01:36.160 --> 00:01:41.600
So I most commonly use it for those kind of lateral movements, but as far as
33
00:01:41.600 --> 00:01:42.160
thrust,
34
00:01:42.160 --> 00:01:48.110
some people will be you'll be able to see where you are better, especially,
35
00:01:48.110 --> 00:01:48.840
this one's
36
00:01:48.840 --> 00:01:52.120
really hard for feeling the lower body shifting in towards the golf ball, but
37
00:01:52.120 --> 00:01:52.820
this is really
38
00:01:52.820 --> 00:01:57.040
good for people whose upper body moves backward because if it moves backward
39
00:01:57.040 --> 00:01:58.040
too much, I will
40
00:01:58.040 --> 00:02:03.040
see the buckets or the trash cans move in my peripheral.
41
00:02:03.040 --> 00:02:06.480
If I focus on staying down, it looks like they've stayed kind of the same
42
00:02:06.480 --> 00:02:07.220
distance or
43
00:02:07.220 --> 00:02:11.720
my body has stayed the same distance ahead of those trash cans.
44
00:02:11.720 --> 00:02:17.160
So I use this again for a variety of different drills or a variety of different
45
00:02:17.160 --> 00:02:18.080
concepts,
46
00:02:18.080 --> 00:02:22.270
but it's just one really good way for working on the lateral components to your
47
00:02:22.270 --> 00:02:22.840
pivot.
48
00:02:22.840 --> 00:02:27.470
So oftentimes, what I'll do is I'll put a T on the ground so that we know
49
00:02:27.470 --> 00:02:28.240
exactly where
50
00:02:28.240 --> 00:02:32.180
the ball position is and then we'll get set up and I'll just have you take a
51
00:02:32.180 --> 00:02:33.000
few practice
52
00:02:33.000 --> 00:02:36.640
swings and we'll pretend I've got a little bit more of a slide.
53
00:02:36.640 --> 00:02:40.320
So I'm going to try and feel or sorry, a little bit more of a sway from the
54
00:02:40.320 --> 00:02:41.200
lower body kind
55
00:02:41.200 --> 00:02:42.520
of going more like this.
56
00:02:42.520 --> 00:02:48.090
So I'm going to try and make a few swings where I turn and I can use where my
57
00:02:48.090 --> 00:02:49.080
leg is compared
58
00:02:49.080 --> 00:02:52.720
to this bucket as a little bit of feedback.
59
00:02:52.720 --> 00:02:56.110
The other good one, like I said, in the backswing would be for golfers who tend
60
00:02:56.110 --> 00:02:56.820
to have a little
61
00:02:56.820 --> 00:03:01.310
bit too much of a lateral movement of the upper body or kind of stay flexed
62
00:03:01.310 --> 00:03:02.160
forward.
63
00:03:02.160 --> 00:03:05.750
In that case, oftentimes it will look like this where my lower body moves away
64
00:03:05.750 --> 00:03:06.120
and my
65
00:03:06.120 --> 00:03:08.640
upper body gets all the way on top of it.
66
00:03:08.640 --> 00:03:14.080
So I'll say, "Okay, you see that bucket, I want you to keep your chest the same
67
00:03:14.080 --> 00:03:14.280
distance
68
00:03:14.280 --> 00:03:18.280
away from the bucket as you make your turn but I want your lower body to
69
00:03:18.280 --> 00:03:19.200
actually get
70
00:03:19.200 --> 00:03:21.280
a little bit closer to it."
71
00:03:21.280 --> 00:03:25.730
So that would be kind of the most common ways that I would use this for a back
72
00:03:25.730 --> 00:03:26.220
swing
73
00:03:26.220 --> 00:03:27.220
drill.
74
00:03:27.220 --> 00:03:32.480
I don't like that, reasonable.
75
00:03:32.480 --> 00:03:37.920
Now the other ways that I'll use it on the downswing would be for too much of a
76
00:03:37.920 --> 00:03:38.600
hangback
77
00:03:38.600 --> 00:03:42.560
so if I need to get a little bit more of the Jackson 5, I'll feel like, "Okay,
78
00:03:42.560 --> 00:03:42.880
I need
79
00:03:42.880 --> 00:03:48.640
to get my hips over that front ankle while my upper body stays more centered."
80
00:03:48.640 --> 00:03:50.480
Kind of like this.
81
00:03:50.480 --> 00:03:53.680
But some people tend to go too long or too late.
82
00:03:53.680 --> 00:04:01.060
So I'll often say, "We're positioning it just outside the foot and I don't want
83
00:04:01.060 --> 00:04:01.200
your
84
00:04:01.200 --> 00:04:05.040
knee to touch it but you're going to try to get your knee behind it."
85
00:04:05.040 --> 00:04:10.990
So this will help you feel like a little bit of that bump and then a little bit
86
00:04:10.990 --> 00:04:11.560
better
87
00:04:11.560 --> 00:04:12.920
turn on the way through.
88
00:04:12.920 --> 00:04:18.880
That can help into getting more into this kind of firm posting position.
89
00:04:18.880 --> 00:04:21.440
Last two would be from the top of this wing.
90
00:04:21.440 --> 00:04:24.560
The upper body goes too far backward.
91
00:04:24.560 --> 00:04:28.410
I often do that one with a pool noodle but this can be a really easy station
92
00:04:28.410 --> 00:04:29.160
for setting
93
00:04:29.160 --> 00:04:33.470
up where sometimes setting up the pool noodle is a little bit harder for people
94
00:04:33.470 --> 00:04:34.080
to do at
95
00:04:34.080 --> 00:04:35.680
home.
96
00:04:35.680 --> 00:04:39.150
So in that case, what I'm going to try to do is I'm going to feel like my upper
97
00:04:39.150 --> 00:04:40.280
body stays
98
00:04:40.280 --> 00:04:44.800
closer to this front bucket instead of the back bucket.
99
00:04:44.800 --> 00:04:52.400
So we'll get up there, we'll feel like we post and cover, kind of like that.
100
00:04:52.400 --> 00:04:56.180
So like I said, this goes back to kind of the old centered pivot ideas of feel
101
00:04:56.180 --> 00:04:56.600
like you're
102
00:04:56.600 --> 00:04:58.640
turning in a barrel.
103
00:04:58.640 --> 00:05:02.180
But really you can use this for fine tuning and refining some of your lateral
104
00:05:02.180 --> 00:05:02.880
movement.
105
00:05:02.880 --> 00:05:05.560
Natural movement has a big impact on low point control.
106
00:05:05.560 --> 00:05:09.560
So if you struggle with consistency of contact, especially with your short
107
00:05:09.560 --> 00:05:10.800
clubs, this is something
108
00:05:10.800 --> 00:05:12.680
to take a look at.
109
00:05:12.680 --> 00:05:18.120
It can also, too much tilt one way or the other, can result in some release
110
00:05:18.120 --> 00:05:19.000
issues.
111
00:05:19.000 --> 00:05:22.100
So if you have a hard time maintaining your width on the way through, it's a
112
00:05:22.100 --> 00:05:22.520
good idea
113
00:05:22.520 --> 00:05:26.180
to at least diagnose and look at what type of lateral movement you might be
114
00:05:26.180 --> 00:05:26.800
struggling
115
00:05:26.800 --> 00:05:26.960
with.
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