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Improve Driver Control with Pool Noodle Head Awareness Drill

After this video, you'll be able to:

  • Understand the importance of ball position relative to your body for better alignment
  • Develop the feel for shifting your weight correctly during the driver swing
  • Recognize how to maintain distance from the pool noodle for optimal swing path

In this video, you'll learn how to enhance your head awareness during the driver swing using a pool noodle. This drill will help you maintain proper positioning and improve your consistency off the tee.

Video Transcript
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This is head awareness with the pool noodle for the driver, so with the iron we

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keep it

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a little bit more in line with the golf ball and that iron we're going to stay

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a little

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bit more centered so we're making sure that we don't sway too much off the golf

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ball and

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we're making sure that we don't munch too much forward.

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Well with the driver we're going to do it a little bit differently.

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With the driver we're going to key in on starting well more well behind the

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pool noodle or we're

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going to put the ball position more ahead.

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So if we keep this pool noodle basically in front of our body what we want to

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do is we're

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going to have the ball position maybe four or even six inches in front of that

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pool noodle.

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So a little bit more like that.

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So now I'm in line with the camera but the ball position is off that left

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shoulder well

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enough forward.

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Now one of the big things is with the iron we made sure that when we got back

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to this

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pool noodle we braced or we kind of went into that pool noodle was more of a

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wall making

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sure that we weren't going flying through.

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Now with the driver we're going to make sure that once we have our little

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transition that

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we're actually working away from the pool noodle until about shaft parallel.

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That's one of the trademarks of some of the elite drivers of the golf ball

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where they're

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hanging back or basically having this line of force leaning away from the

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target to counteract

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the pull of the club towards the target.

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So I've got this pool noodle four to six inches behind the golf ball just like

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so and then

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I'm going to make sure that when I get to about delivery position I'm now going

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to start

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working away from it as I extend my arms so now we'll do a couple here we've

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got ball

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position right about so during the backswing I still don't want to shift way

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00:02:02.870 --> 00:02:03.680
off because

41
00:02:03.680 --> 00:02:08.310
then it makes it hard to get forward and then backward I'm going to stay a

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little bit centered

43
00:02:09.320 --> 00:02:13.790
but because of my tilt it's okay to have let's say a one to two inch sway with

44
00:02:13.790 --> 00:02:14.360
the upper

45
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body off the ball where the tour average for an iron is more of a one to two

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inch sway

47
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towards the target.

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So tilt it a little bit more away but then once I get to about here I'm going

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to angle

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this because I just can't quite see it okay good.

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So once I get to about here I'm going to make sure that my upper body stays

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more towards

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the trail side or more even over my right foot as I come through to about ways

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ight and

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then it's not until the momentum of the club pulled me forward that I really go

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forward.

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So pull noodle about four to six inches behind the golf ball and then I'm going

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to make sure

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that I brace and stay more behind it or go behind it actually like the phrasing

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of move

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behind it as opposed to stay there like we use in the irons.

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So a little bit more like that I'll try doing it maybe a little bit better

63
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where basically

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once I get into that transition I'm going to make sure that I stay a little bit

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more

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behind or sorry go a little bit more behind more like that.

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Now one point that I forgot to mention oftentimes when you stay behind it will

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give more of

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a leftward pass you may hit a little bit more you may have to feel like you

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have more of

71
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that Jackson five or more of that tilt and more of the arm shallowing in order

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to bring

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the club from the inside while you're moving behind it.

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Little bit more like that.

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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.

Improve Driver Control with Pool Noodle Head Awareness Drill

After this video, you'll be able to:

  • Understand the importance of ball position relative to your body for better alignment
  • Develop the feel for shifting your weight correctly during the driver swing
  • Recognize how to maintain distance from the pool noodle for optimal swing path

In this video, you'll learn how to enhance your head awareness during the driver swing using a pool noodle. This drill will help you maintain proper positioning and improve your consistency off the tee.

Video Transcript
WEBVTT

1
00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:05.840
This is head awareness with the pool noodle for the driver, so with the iron we

2
00:00:05.840 --> 00:00:06.800
keep it

3
00:00:06.800 --> 00:00:10.160
a little bit more in line with the golf ball and that iron we're going to stay

4
00:00:10.160 --> 00:00:10.460
a little

5
00:00:10.460 --> 00:00:14.110
bit more centered so we're making sure that we don't sway too much off the golf

6
00:00:14.110 --> 00:00:14.680
ball and

7
00:00:14.680 --> 00:00:17.660
we're making sure that we don't munch too much forward.

8
00:00:17.660 --> 00:00:21.720
Well with the driver we're going to do it a little bit differently.

9
00:00:21.720 --> 00:00:27.470
With the driver we're going to key in on starting well more well behind the

10
00:00:27.470 --> 00:00:29.360
pool noodle or we're

11
00:00:29.360 --> 00:00:31.200
going to put the ball position more ahead.

12
00:00:31.200 --> 00:00:35.930
So if we keep this pool noodle basically in front of our body what we want to

13
00:00:35.930 --> 00:00:36.520
do is we're

14
00:00:36.520 --> 00:00:42.550
going to have the ball position maybe four or even six inches in front of that

15
00:00:42.550 --> 00:00:43.760
pool noodle.

16
00:00:43.760 --> 00:00:46.880
So a little bit more like that.

17
00:00:46.880 --> 00:00:51.370
So now I'm in line with the camera but the ball position is off that left

18
00:00:51.370 --> 00:00:52.160
shoulder well

19
00:00:52.160 --> 00:00:53.240
enough forward.

20
00:00:53.240 --> 00:00:56.760
Now one of the big things is with the iron we made sure that when we got back

21
00:00:56.760 --> 00:00:57.200
to this

22
00:00:57.200 --> 00:01:02.950
pool noodle we braced or we kind of went into that pool noodle was more of a

23
00:01:02.950 --> 00:01:03.720
wall making

24
00:01:03.720 --> 00:01:06.360
sure that we weren't going flying through.

25
00:01:06.360 --> 00:01:10.850
Now with the driver we're going to make sure that once we have our little

26
00:01:10.850 --> 00:01:11.960
transition that

27
00:01:11.960 --> 00:01:18.840
we're actually working away from the pool noodle until about shaft parallel.

28
00:01:18.840 --> 00:01:23.340
That's one of the trademarks of some of the elite drivers of the golf ball

29
00:01:23.340 --> 00:01:24.320
where they're

30
00:01:24.320 --> 00:01:29.240
hanging back or basically having this line of force leaning away from the

31
00:01:29.240 --> 00:01:30.720
target to counteract

32
00:01:30.720 --> 00:01:33.960
the pull of the club towards the target.

33
00:01:33.960 --> 00:01:39.000
So I've got this pool noodle four to six inches behind the golf ball just like

34
00:01:39.000 --> 00:01:39.520
so and then

35
00:01:39.520 --> 00:01:44.820
I'm going to make sure that when I get to about delivery position I'm now going

36
00:01:44.820 --> 00:01:46.400
to start

37
00:01:46.400 --> 00:01:57.680
working away from it as I extend my arms so now we'll do a couple here we've

38
00:01:57.680 --> 00:01:58.320
got ball

39
00:01:58.320 --> 00:02:02.870
position right about so during the backswing I still don't want to shift way

40
00:02:02.870 --> 00:02:03.680
off because

41
00:02:03.680 --> 00:02:08.310
then it makes it hard to get forward and then backward I'm going to stay a

42
00:02:08.310 --> 00:02:09.320
little bit centered

43
00:02:09.320 --> 00:02:13.790
but because of my tilt it's okay to have let's say a one to two inch sway with

44
00:02:13.790 --> 00:02:14.360
the upper

45
00:02:14.360 --> 00:02:17.900
body off the ball where the tour average for an iron is more of a one to two

46
00:02:17.900 --> 00:02:18.400
inch sway

47
00:02:18.400 --> 00:02:20.360
towards the target.

48
00:02:20.360 --> 00:02:25.310
So tilt it a little bit more away but then once I get to about here I'm going

49
00:02:25.310 --> 00:02:26.000
to angle

50
00:02:26.000 --> 00:02:29.280
this because I just can't quite see it okay good.

51
00:02:29.280 --> 00:02:32.820
So once I get to about here I'm going to make sure that my upper body stays

52
00:02:32.820 --> 00:02:33.600
more towards

53
00:02:33.600 --> 00:02:38.560
the trail side or more even over my right foot as I come through to about ways

54
00:02:38.560 --> 00:02:39.120
ight and

55
00:02:39.120 --> 00:02:43.610
then it's not until the momentum of the club pulled me forward that I really go

56
00:02:43.610 --> 00:02:44.280
forward.

57
00:02:44.280 --> 00:02:50.500
So pull noodle about four to six inches behind the golf ball and then I'm going

58
00:02:50.500 --> 00:02:51.080
to make sure

59
00:02:51.080 --> 00:02:56.200
that I brace and stay more behind it or go behind it actually like the phrasing

60
00:02:56.200 --> 00:02:56.760
of move

61
00:02:56.760 --> 00:03:06.040
behind it as opposed to stay there like we use in the irons.

62
00:03:06.040 --> 00:03:13.200
So a little bit more like that I'll try doing it maybe a little bit better

63
00:03:13.200 --> 00:03:14.200
where basically

64
00:03:14.200 --> 00:03:17.800
once I get into that transition I'm going to make sure that I stay a little bit

65
00:03:17.800 --> 00:03:18.160
more

66
00:03:18.160 --> 00:03:26.480
behind or sorry go a little bit more behind more like that.

67
00:03:26.480 --> 00:03:31.550
Now one point that I forgot to mention oftentimes when you stay behind it will

68
00:03:31.550 --> 00:03:32.280
give more of

69
00:03:32.280 --> 00:03:37.010
a leftward pass you may hit a little bit more you may have to feel like you

70
00:03:37.010 --> 00:03:37.840
have more of

71
00:03:37.840 --> 00:03:41.520
that Jackson five or more of that tilt and more of the arm shallowing in order

72
00:03:41.520 --> 00:03:42.040
to bring

73
00:03:42.040 --> 00:03:55.260
the club from the inside while you're moving behind it.

74
00:03:55.260 --> 00:03:56.000
Little bit more like that.

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