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Fix Ulnar Deviation Issues for Better Swing Path

After this video, you'll be able to:

  • Identify when excessive radial deviation is affecting your swing
  • Learn to recognize the correct timing for ulnar deviation
  • Improve the alignment of your club and forearms at impact

In this video, you'll learn two key checkpoints to diagnose ulnar deviation in your swing. Understanding this concept can help you achieve a more consistent and effective ball strike.

Video Transcript
WEBVTT

1
00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:04.720
This drill is two checks for ulnar deviation.

2
00:00:04.720 --> 00:00:10.440
So ulnar deviation is the unhinging of the wrists, kind of like this.

3
00:00:10.440 --> 00:00:15.810
And many golfers benefit from training active ulnar deviation and then learning

4
00:00:15.810 --> 00:00:16.520
how to put

5
00:00:16.520 --> 00:00:19.400
it into the swing a little bit more passively.

6
00:00:19.400 --> 00:00:24.750
But a couple common swing problems result from trying to keep this radial

7
00:00:24.750 --> 00:00:25.600
deviation

8
00:00:25.600 --> 00:00:29.200
or keeping the hinge too long in the swing.

9
00:00:29.200 --> 00:00:34.870
But I see on 3D and you can see it on video, is that somewhere around here is

10
00:00:34.870 --> 00:00:35.600
when you'll

11
00:00:35.600 --> 00:00:41.070
start to see golfers really unhinging in order to get the club come from a

12
00:00:41.070 --> 00:00:42.320
shallow inside

13
00:00:42.320 --> 00:00:48.770
path as well as to get the club low to the ground, which complements more the

14
00:00:48.770 --> 00:00:50.080
body rotation

15
00:00:50.080 --> 00:00:52.320
on the way through.

16
00:00:52.320 --> 00:00:55.920
So when I'm looking at video, there's usually two checkpoints that I'm looking

17
00:00:55.920 --> 00:00:56.560
for to see

18
00:00:56.560 --> 00:01:01.080
if we need to add a little bit more ulnar deviation.

19
00:01:01.080 --> 00:01:05.600
One is from the face on camera and one is from the down the line camera.

20
00:01:05.600 --> 00:01:10.300
From the down the line camera, we're going to look at the club when it's about

21
00:01:10.300 --> 00:01:10.560
shaft

22
00:01:10.560 --> 00:01:13.920
parallel and then just a few frames after it.

23
00:01:13.920 --> 00:01:20.180
So basically from here through there, you'll see if I keep my hinge or my

24
00:01:20.180 --> 00:01:21.840
radial deviation

25
00:01:21.840 --> 00:01:27.680
that the club is going to get pretty high during that little phase there.

26
00:01:27.680 --> 00:01:32.540
So then I would have to really excessively side bend in order to try to get the

27
00:01:32.540 --> 00:01:32.960
club

28
00:01:32.960 --> 00:01:33.960
down low.

29
00:01:33.960 --> 00:01:38.030
But even when I do that, oftentimes if I keep that hinge, you'll see that it

30
00:01:38.030 --> 00:01:38.720
looks like

31
00:01:38.720 --> 00:01:44.200
the club is coming into the ball from a steeper path or you'll see that there's

32
00:01:44.200 --> 00:01:45.440
a pretty pronounced

33
00:01:45.440 --> 00:01:49.560
angle between the club shaft and my arms.

34
00:01:49.560 --> 00:01:53.680
As opposed to if I ulnar deviate at the proper time.

35
00:01:53.680 --> 00:01:55.440
So now it's down there.

36
00:01:55.440 --> 00:01:59.500
When I come in, it'll be closer to in line with my forearms and the club will

37
00:01:59.500 --> 00:02:00.200
typically

38
00:02:00.200 --> 00:02:02.880
be sitting a little bit flatter.

39
00:02:02.880 --> 00:02:07.930
One hallmark, one trait that you'll see is if you do more of this style of

40
00:02:07.930 --> 00:02:08.680
release,

41
00:02:08.680 --> 00:02:13.140
you will tend to complain about poles and you will tend to complain about diggy

42
00:02:13.140 --> 00:02:13.840
contact.

43
00:02:13.840 --> 00:02:19.120
So your bad misses will be really severe chunks, not just a little fat.

44
00:02:19.120 --> 00:02:22.220
That can also be a sign that you might potentially need to do a little bit of

45
00:02:22.220 --> 00:02:23.000
ulnar deviation

46
00:02:23.000 --> 00:02:25.480
training or unhinged training.

47
00:02:25.480 --> 00:02:30.120
The second piece from the face on camera is looking more at the follow through.

48
00:02:30.120 --> 00:02:35.340
So a great time to see if there was full unhinged is looking at this follow

49
00:02:35.340 --> 00:02:37.120
through position.

50
00:02:37.120 --> 00:02:42.410
Now with the iron, it may happen just before parallel and with the driver, it

51
00:02:42.410 --> 00:02:43.240
may happen

52
00:02:43.240 --> 00:02:44.680
even later and later.

53
00:02:44.680 --> 00:02:49.730
Some guys like Jason Day don't start rehinging, they keep that unhinged until

54
00:02:49.730 --> 00:02:50.400
the club is

55
00:02:50.400 --> 00:02:52.240
almost vertical.

56
00:02:52.240 --> 00:02:57.010
But oftentimes if a golfer is steep from that down the line or they didn't un

57
00:02:57.010 --> 00:02:57.880
hinged early

58
00:02:57.880 --> 00:03:01.860
enough, then on the way through you'll tend to have a narrow distance here and

59
00:03:01.860 --> 00:03:02.360
you'll

60
00:03:02.360 --> 00:03:05.240
tend to have a pretty pronounced angle.

61
00:03:05.240 --> 00:03:09.530
Or if you look at the wrist, you'll be able to see a little bit angle here

62
00:03:09.530 --> 00:03:10.200
instead of

63
00:03:10.200 --> 00:03:15.240
having more of an angle down compared to my forearm.

64
00:03:15.240 --> 00:03:20.580
So if you are struggling with getting a little bit more shallowness into your

65
00:03:20.580 --> 00:03:21.520
downswing or

66
00:03:21.520 --> 00:03:25.650
width into your follow through, it's very likely that you need to do a little

67
00:03:25.650 --> 00:03:26.020
bit of

68
00:03:26.020 --> 00:03:27.360
unhinged training.

69
00:03:27.360 --> 00:03:30.880
Two key checkpoints are again from this down the line right about there, making

70
00:03:30.880 --> 00:03:31.400
sure that

71
00:03:31.400 --> 00:03:35.860
you can see the club getting into more of a shallower path and then into the

72
00:03:35.860 --> 00:03:36.520
finished

73
00:03:36.520 --> 00:03:39.120
position, checking it wide there.

74
00:03:39.120 --> 00:03:44.040
So you can do this as pump style or 9 to 3 style drills.

75
00:03:44.040 --> 00:03:49.980
And basically what you'll see is if you look at those two checkpoints, if you

76
00:03:49.980 --> 00:03:50.960
get the unhinged

77
00:03:50.960 --> 00:03:54.110
at the right time, you'll tend to have really shallow ground contact which

78
00:03:54.110 --> 00:03:54.680
tends to give

79
00:03:54.680 --> 00:03:56.480
you a much bigger margin of air.

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Tyler Ferrell is the only person in the world named to Golf Digest's list of Best Young Teachers in America AND its list of Best Golf Fitness Professionals in America.

Fix Ulnar Deviation Issues for Better Swing Path

After this video, you'll be able to:

  • Identify when excessive radial deviation is affecting your swing
  • Learn to recognize the correct timing for ulnar deviation
  • Improve the alignment of your club and forearms at impact

In this video, you'll learn two key checkpoints to diagnose ulnar deviation in your swing. Understanding this concept can help you achieve a more consistent and effective ball strike.

Video Transcript
WEBVTT

1
00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:04.720
This drill is two checks for ulnar deviation.

2
00:00:04.720 --> 00:00:10.440
So ulnar deviation is the unhinging of the wrists, kind of like this.

3
00:00:10.440 --> 00:00:15.810
And many golfers benefit from training active ulnar deviation and then learning

4
00:00:15.810 --> 00:00:16.520
how to put

5
00:00:16.520 --> 00:00:19.400
it into the swing a little bit more passively.

6
00:00:19.400 --> 00:00:24.750
But a couple common swing problems result from trying to keep this radial

7
00:00:24.750 --> 00:00:25.600
deviation

8
00:00:25.600 --> 00:00:29.200
or keeping the hinge too long in the swing.

9
00:00:29.200 --> 00:00:34.870
But I see on 3D and you can see it on video, is that somewhere around here is

10
00:00:34.870 --> 00:00:35.600
when you'll

11
00:00:35.600 --> 00:00:41.070
start to see golfers really unhinging in order to get the club come from a

12
00:00:41.070 --> 00:00:42.320
shallow inside

13
00:00:42.320 --> 00:00:48.770
path as well as to get the club low to the ground, which complements more the

14
00:00:48.770 --> 00:00:50.080
body rotation

15
00:00:50.080 --> 00:00:52.320
on the way through.

16
00:00:52.320 --> 00:00:55.920
So when I'm looking at video, there's usually two checkpoints that I'm looking

17
00:00:55.920 --> 00:00:56.560
for to see

18
00:00:56.560 --> 00:01:01.080
if we need to add a little bit more ulnar deviation.

19
00:01:01.080 --> 00:01:05.600
One is from the face on camera and one is from the down the line camera.

20
00:01:05.600 --> 00:01:10.300
From the down the line camera, we're going to look at the club when it's about

21
00:01:10.300 --> 00:01:10.560
shaft

22
00:01:10.560 --> 00:01:13.920
parallel and then just a few frames after it.

23
00:01:13.920 --> 00:01:20.180
So basically from here through there, you'll see if I keep my hinge or my

24
00:01:20.180 --> 00:01:21.840
radial deviation

25
00:01:21.840 --> 00:01:27.680
that the club is going to get pretty high during that little phase there.

26
00:01:27.680 --> 00:01:32.540
So then I would have to really excessively side bend in order to try to get the

27
00:01:32.540 --> 00:01:32.960
club

28
00:01:32.960 --> 00:01:33.960
down low.

29
00:01:33.960 --> 00:01:38.030
But even when I do that, oftentimes if I keep that hinge, you'll see that it

30
00:01:38.030 --> 00:01:38.720
looks like

31
00:01:38.720 --> 00:01:44.200
the club is coming into the ball from a steeper path or you'll see that there's

32
00:01:44.200 --> 00:01:45.440
a pretty pronounced

33
00:01:45.440 --> 00:01:49.560
angle between the club shaft and my arms.

34
00:01:49.560 --> 00:01:53.680
As opposed to if I ulnar deviate at the proper time.

35
00:01:53.680 --> 00:01:55.440
So now it's down there.

36
00:01:55.440 --> 00:01:59.500
When I come in, it'll be closer to in line with my forearms and the club will

37
00:01:59.500 --> 00:02:00.200
typically

38
00:02:00.200 --> 00:02:02.880
be sitting a little bit flatter.

39
00:02:02.880 --> 00:02:07.930
One hallmark, one trait that you'll see is if you do more of this style of

40
00:02:07.930 --> 00:02:08.680
release,

41
00:02:08.680 --> 00:02:13.140
you will tend to complain about poles and you will tend to complain about diggy

42
00:02:13.140 --> 00:02:13.840
contact.

43
00:02:13.840 --> 00:02:19.120
So your bad misses will be really severe chunks, not just a little fat.

44
00:02:19.120 --> 00:02:22.220
That can also be a sign that you might potentially need to do a little bit of

45
00:02:22.220 --> 00:02:23.000
ulnar deviation

46
00:02:23.000 --> 00:02:25.480
training or unhinged training.

47
00:02:25.480 --> 00:02:30.120
The second piece from the face on camera is looking more at the follow through.

48
00:02:30.120 --> 00:02:35.340
So a great time to see if there was full unhinged is looking at this follow

49
00:02:35.340 --> 00:02:37.120
through position.

50
00:02:37.120 --> 00:02:42.410
Now with the iron, it may happen just before parallel and with the driver, it

51
00:02:42.410 --> 00:02:43.240
may happen

52
00:02:43.240 --> 00:02:44.680
even later and later.

53
00:02:44.680 --> 00:02:49.730
Some guys like Jason Day don't start rehinging, they keep that unhinged until

54
00:02:49.730 --> 00:02:50.400
the club is

55
00:02:50.400 --> 00:02:52.240
almost vertical.

56
00:02:52.240 --> 00:02:57.010
But oftentimes if a golfer is steep from that down the line or they didn't un

57
00:02:57.010 --> 00:02:57.880
hinged early

58
00:02:57.880 --> 00:03:01.860
enough, then on the way through you'll tend to have a narrow distance here and

59
00:03:01.860 --> 00:03:02.360
you'll

60
00:03:02.360 --> 00:03:05.240
tend to have a pretty pronounced angle.

61
00:03:05.240 --> 00:03:09.530
Or if you look at the wrist, you'll be able to see a little bit angle here

62
00:03:09.530 --> 00:03:10.200
instead of

63
00:03:10.200 --> 00:03:15.240
having more of an angle down compared to my forearm.

64
00:03:15.240 --> 00:03:20.580
So if you are struggling with getting a little bit more shallowness into your

65
00:03:20.580 --> 00:03:21.520
downswing or

66
00:03:21.520 --> 00:03:25.650
width into your follow through, it's very likely that you need to do a little

67
00:03:25.650 --> 00:03:26.020
bit of

68
00:03:26.020 --> 00:03:27.360
unhinged training.

69
00:03:27.360 --> 00:03:30.880
Two key checkpoints are again from this down the line right about there, making

70
00:03:30.880 --> 00:03:31.400
sure that

71
00:03:31.400 --> 00:03:35.860
you can see the club getting into more of a shallower path and then into the

72
00:03:35.860 --> 00:03:36.520
finished

73
00:03:36.520 --> 00:03:39.120
position, checking it wide there.

74
00:03:39.120 --> 00:03:44.040
So you can do this as pump style or 9 to 3 style drills.

75
00:03:44.040 --> 00:03:49.980
And basically what you'll see is if you look at those two checkpoints, if you

76
00:03:49.980 --> 00:03:50.960
get the unhinged

77
00:03:50.960 --> 00:03:54.110
at the right time, you'll tend to have really shallow ground contact which

78
00:03:54.110 --> 00:03:54.680
tends to give

79
00:03:54.680 --> 00:03:56.480
you a much bigger margin of air.

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