Ulnar Deviation - Down, Not Down The Plane
I recently received a member question regarding a phrase I have used in one of our ulnar deviation or "unhinge" training videos. As a refresher, it is important to remember that ulnar deviation is one of the big arm shallowers; it helps keep the club wide & away from the body in transition and it is key for creating a good "flat-spot". Unfortunately, many golfers have been taught to retain this hinge in an effort to increase "lag" and distance. However, this will often lead to a flip-stall release and consistency problems.
Ultimately, we want to remember that the unhinge works vertically and not "down the plane". That is, we want to avoid unhinging towards the ball; it should work up & down, while the delivery of the club into impact will be driven more by our body/pivot. If you have been working on this pattern, but are still struggling with pulls and steep contact, this clarification may help.
I recently received a member question regarding a phrase I have used in one of our ulnar deviation or "unhinge" training videos. As a refresher, it is important to remember that ulnar deviation is one of the big arm shallowers; it helps keep the club wide & away from the body in transition and it is key for creating a good "flat-spot". Unfortunately, many golfers have been taught to retain this hinge in an effort to increase "lag" and distance. However, this will often lead to a flip-stall release and consistency problems.
Ultimately, we want to remember that the unhinge works vertically and not "down the plane". That is, we want to avoid unhinging towards the ball; it should work up & down, while the delivery of the club into impact will be driven more by our body/pivot. If you have been working on this pattern, but are still struggling with pulls and steep contact, this clarification may help.
Video Transcript
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This concept video is ulnar deviation down, not down the plane. So I had a
2
00:00:05.680 --> 00:00:09.080
member question about one of the phrases that I used in one of the ulnar
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00:00:09.080 --> 00:00:14.400
deviation video. So ulnar deviation or the unhinging movement is one of the
4
00:00:14.400 --> 00:00:20.920
big arm shallowers. It helps get the club wide away from your body and it's a
5
00:00:20.920 --> 00:00:25.480
key component to releasing the club and building a flat spot down at the bottom
6
00:00:25.480 --> 00:00:33.480
of the swing. Many many golfers kind of have been beaten into submission that
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00:00:33.480 --> 00:00:38.960
you need to retain this hinge as long as you can and if you keep this hinge as
8
00:00:38.960 --> 00:00:44.300
long as you can it almost certainly causes a stall, quick rehinge on the way
9
00:00:44.300 --> 00:00:50.160
through and lots of other issues that can create consistency problems. So we
10
00:00:50.160 --> 00:00:50.320
have a
11
00:00:50.320 --> 00:00:54.720
few videos working on either the unhing or the ulnar deviation and in one of
12
00:00:54.720 --> 00:00:59.680
those videos I talk about unhinging vertically down versus down the plane and
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00:00:59.680 --> 00:01:03.520
if you unhinged down the plane it can cause poles. So here's what I mean by
14
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that. If I'm set up and I've got a club let's say you know on a rough swing
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plane angle then that unhinging movement around delivery position is going to
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move
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the club vertically down. If when you unhinge it's going down the plane you'll
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see that I'm actually not really unhinging that much. If I were to
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actually unhinge the club would be much lower to the ground right through there
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.
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So what many golfers do is when they start trying to feel this unhinged it
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reflexively becomes more of a throw or more of a cast movement where they're
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losing the extension of that trail wrist too soon. Instead of keeping the
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extension of the trail wrist and just unhinging the club vertically down
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towards the ground like this. Now that looks like I'm going to come in really
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shallow but if I balance that with body rotation you can see that it would
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00:02:01.640 --> 00:02:06.960
deliver the club pretty much on plane and it would get the club close to the
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right forearm plane. As opposed to if I went down the plane and then got down
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to
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the golf ball you'd see that there would still be a pretty good angle between
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the
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club shaft and my right forearm and when I add body rotation I would be much
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more
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likely to end up hitting a pole. So when you're going through and working on
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some of these unhinged drills you'll see that I put the impact bag or I
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demonstrate it where the club is working vertically down, not down the plane
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that
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can clear up some issues if you're getting either if you're working on
39
00:02:42.200 --> 00:02:46.240
unhinged and you're getting diggy contact or you're working on the unhinged and
40
00:02:46.240 --> 00:02:49.760
you're getting pulls or left-start lines for a right-handed golfer. So we'll
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demonstrate a couple so we'll do it in first just kind of a pump style like so
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and then we can do it in a little bit more of a 9 to 3 without stopping.
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And then we can take it up to a full swing.
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Hopefully that helps clarify your unhinged direction.
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I recently received a member question regarding a phrase I have used in one of our ulnar deviation or "unhinge" training videos. As a refresher, it is important to remember that ulnar deviation is one of the big arm shallowers; it helps keep the club wide & away from the body in transition and it is key for creating a good "flat-spot". Unfortunately, many golfers have been taught to retain this hinge in an effort to increase "lag" and distance. However, this will often lead to a flip-stall release and consistency problems.
Ultimately, we want to remember that the unhinge works vertically and not "down the plane". That is, we want to avoid unhinging towards the ball; it should work up & down, while the delivery of the club into impact will be driven more by our body/pivot. If you have been working on this pattern, but are still struggling with pulls and steep contact, this clarification may help.
I recently received a member question regarding a phrase I have used in one of our ulnar deviation or "unhinge" training videos. As a refresher, it is important to remember that ulnar deviation is one of the big arm shallowers; it helps keep the club wide & away from the body in transition and it is key for creating a good "flat-spot". Unfortunately, many golfers have been taught to retain this hinge in an effort to increase "lag" and distance. However, this will often lead to a flip-stall release and consistency problems.
Ultimately, we want to remember that the unhinge works vertically and not "down the plane". That is, we want to avoid unhinging towards the ball; it should work up & down, while the delivery of the club into impact will be driven more by our body/pivot. If you have been working on this pattern, but are still struggling with pulls and steep contact, this clarification may help.
Video Transcript
1
00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:05.680
This concept video is ulnar deviation down, not down the plane. So I had a
2
00:00:05.680 --> 00:00:09.080
member question about one of the phrases that I used in one of the ulnar
3
00:00:09.080 --> 00:00:14.400
deviation video. So ulnar deviation or the unhinging movement is one of the
4
00:00:14.400 --> 00:00:20.920
big arm shallowers. It helps get the club wide away from your body and it's a
5
00:00:20.920 --> 00:00:25.480
key component to releasing the club and building a flat spot down at the bottom
6
00:00:25.480 --> 00:00:33.480
of the swing. Many many golfers kind of have been beaten into submission that
7
00:00:33.480 --> 00:00:38.960
you need to retain this hinge as long as you can and if you keep this hinge as
8
00:00:38.960 --> 00:00:44.300
long as you can it almost certainly causes a stall, quick rehinge on the way
9
00:00:44.300 --> 00:00:50.160
through and lots of other issues that can create consistency problems. So we
10
00:00:50.160 --> 00:00:50.320
have a
11
00:00:50.320 --> 00:00:54.720
few videos working on either the unhing or the ulnar deviation and in one of
12
00:00:54.720 --> 00:00:59.680
those videos I talk about unhinging vertically down versus down the plane and
13
00:00:59.680 --> 00:01:03.520
if you unhinged down the plane it can cause poles. So here's what I mean by
14
00:01:03.520 --> 00:01:09.860
that. If I'm set up and I've got a club let's say you know on a rough swing
15
00:01:09.860 --> 00:01:17.280
plane angle then that unhinging movement around delivery position is going to
16
00:01:17.280 --> 00:01:17.440
move
17
00:01:17.440 --> 00:01:23.000
the club vertically down. If when you unhinge it's going down the plane you'll
18
00:01:23.000 --> 00:01:28.040
see that I'm actually not really unhinging that much. If I were to
19
00:01:28.040 --> 00:01:32.480
actually unhinge the club would be much lower to the ground right through there
20
00:01:32.480 --> 00:01:32.520
.
21
00:01:32.520 --> 00:01:37.800
So what many golfers do is when they start trying to feel this unhinged it
22
00:01:37.800 --> 00:01:43.760
reflexively becomes more of a throw or more of a cast movement where they're
23
00:01:43.760 --> 00:01:48.800
losing the extension of that trail wrist too soon. Instead of keeping the
24
00:01:48.800 --> 00:01:53.560
extension of the trail wrist and just unhinging the club vertically down
25
00:01:53.560 --> 00:01:56.760
towards the ground like this. Now that looks like I'm going to come in really
26
00:01:56.760 --> 00:02:01.640
shallow but if I balance that with body rotation you can see that it would
27
00:02:01.640 --> 00:02:06.960
deliver the club pretty much on plane and it would get the club close to the
28
00:02:06.960 --> 00:02:12.440
right forearm plane. As opposed to if I went down the plane and then got down
29
00:02:12.440 --> 00:02:12.560
to
30
00:02:12.560 --> 00:02:15.800
the golf ball you'd see that there would still be a pretty good angle between
31
00:02:15.800 --> 00:02:16.120
the
32
00:02:16.120 --> 00:02:21.720
club shaft and my right forearm and when I add body rotation I would be much
33
00:02:21.720 --> 00:02:21.960
more
34
00:02:21.960 --> 00:02:26.960
likely to end up hitting a pole. So when you're going through and working on
35
00:02:26.960 --> 00:02:33.120
some of these unhinged drills you'll see that I put the impact bag or I
36
00:02:33.120 --> 00:02:37.560
demonstrate it where the club is working vertically down, not down the plane
37
00:02:37.560 --> 00:02:38.720
that
38
00:02:38.720 --> 00:02:42.200
can clear up some issues if you're getting either if you're working on
39
00:02:42.200 --> 00:02:46.240
unhinged and you're getting diggy contact or you're working on the unhinged and
40
00:02:46.240 --> 00:02:49.760
you're getting pulls or left-start lines for a right-handed golfer. So we'll
41
00:02:49.760 --> 00:02:56.800
demonstrate a couple so we'll do it in first just kind of a pump style like so
42
00:02:56.800 --> 00:03:09.120
and then we can do it in a little bit more of a 9 to 3 without stopping.
43
00:03:12.240 --> 00:03:17.920
And then we can take it up to a full swing.
44
00:03:17.920 --> 00:03:30.040
Hopefully that helps clarify your unhinged direction.
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