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Improve Your Transition with Zorro Loops Drill

After this video, you'll be able to:

  • Feel how to blend the transition into your release for smoother swings
  • Recognize the importance of arm positioning during your golf swing
  • Practice the Zorro movement to improve your club acceleration and consistency

Learn the Zorro Loops drill to enhance your transition and release in your golf swing. This technique focuses on arm movement and wrist positioning for better club acceleration and control.

Video Transcript
WEBVTT

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This drill video is called Zorro Loops and it's the help you feel this

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00:00:04.160 --> 00:00:08.830
transition move blending into the release at least from the arms perspective.

3
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So

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what's very common is it's it kind of feels natural letting my arms getting

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00:00:13.300 --> 00:00:18.520
close during transition kind of like so and it kind of feels normal or natural

6
00:00:18.520 --> 00:00:22.560
letting my arms extend but there's this kind of ambiguous zone of when I go

7
00:00:22.560 --> 00:00:26.340
from bringing in to going out where a lot of golfers tend to have a lot of

8
00:00:26.340 --> 00:00:31.200
struggles. So we're going to do Zorro swings which is basically learning how to

9
00:00:31.200 --> 00:00:36.280
swing just the arms like gravity accelerate the club as we square it and

10
00:00:36.280 --> 00:00:41.520
then let us accelerate with gravity almost like speeding through a turn. So

11
00:00:41.520 --> 00:00:44.040
here's how you're going to do it you're going to take your normal grip hold the

12
00:00:44.040 --> 00:00:47.360
club up in front of you and if you remember I talked about letting the

13
00:00:47.360 --> 00:00:51.720
forearms flatten so we're going to let the forearms flatten until the club is

14
00:00:51.720 --> 00:00:55.800
basically creating a stretch in kind of the lead part of my wrist or the trail

15
00:00:55.800 --> 00:01:01.700
part of my back wrist. So it'll be kind of like this guys this is stage one.

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Now

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stage two is once it gets to this position I'm now going to redirect that

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stretch to take me through to this release where my left wrist stays flat so

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in this drop you'll see I'm going into that good motorcycle position right

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there's my delivery position so it's kind of falling into this and then from

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here I'm gonna swing the club. So it has a little bit of a Zorro feel to me

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just

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like so and you'll finish with that left wrist kind of pointing flat or even

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down but Zorro swings kind of like this Zorro swings right when it drops we

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kind

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of redirect the force just like so. Now we'll do a few where we're hitting some

27
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some of the golf balls while doing the Zorro move. Okay so you're gonna bring

28
00:01:46.760 --> 00:01:50.640
your feet together you can start by standing up tall and just getting used

29
00:01:50.640 --> 00:01:54.000
to what it's gonna look like that's why I have a shaft on the ground so this

30
00:01:54.000 --> 00:01:57.500
Zorro move is gonna drop the club way behind me so it's pointed way out to

31
00:01:57.500 --> 00:02:01.960
right field and then it's going to rotate just like we've been practicing in

32
00:02:01.960 --> 00:02:02.060
the

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00:02:02.060 --> 00:02:09.060
release. Now I'm gonna be extremely likely to hit this fat because I'm not

34
00:02:09.060 --> 00:02:12.240
having the body movements that I would normally have so if you're a beginner I

35
00:02:12.240 --> 00:02:16.420
recommend team the ball up or if you're a high handicapper I recommend team the

36
00:02:16.420 --> 00:02:19.780
ball up when you're doing this isolation drill but if you're a low handicapper

37
00:02:19.780 --> 00:02:24.400
you can give it a go it's definitely tricky but it's doable. So you take it

38
00:02:24.400 --> 00:02:31.420
up just like so you're gonna then drop it into the Zorro move just like so and

39
00:02:31.420 --> 00:02:39.500
this is learning how to shallow the forearms a little fin it's learning how

40
00:02:39.500 --> 00:02:45.420
to shallow the forearms as well as how to get extension on the way through

41
00:02:45.420 --> 00:02:48.940
because those two are highly related if you go up to the top of the swing and

42
00:02:48.940 --> 00:02:51.980
you're an over-the-top swinger what you're probably gonna do is instead of

43
00:02:51.980 --> 00:02:56.340
dropping down like this you're gonna feel like the club just goes across like

44
00:02:56.340 --> 00:02:56.620
so

45
00:02:56.620 --> 00:03:01.380
it would be just going across straight from the top of the swing as opposed to

46
00:03:01.380 --> 00:03:07.020
having the little Zorro whip well that going across is gonna get the path

47
00:03:07.020 --> 00:03:10.900
coming outside to end which will then typically cause you to bend your arms

48
00:03:10.900 --> 00:03:16.220
coming through so you can practice this little Zorro move and then once you

49
00:03:16.220 --> 00:03:16.420
have

50
00:03:16.420 --> 00:03:22.540
a feel for it you can move it back into full swings feeling that Zorro move

51
00:03:22.540 --> 00:03:26.220
help that release as you come through so try that to work on how you blend the

52
00:03:26.220 --> 00:03:31.180
transition into the release. So I realized I forgot to film the down-the-line

53
00:03:31.180 --> 00:03:31.420
view

54
00:03:31.420 --> 00:03:36.580
so we'll take a look from here basically that Zorro loop again is going to be

55
00:03:36.580 --> 00:03:40.600
free-falling just kind of dropping the arms and then extending them out and

56
00:03:40.600 --> 00:03:44.260
dropping the arms and extending them out over the golf ball that would look

57
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like

58
00:03:44.500 --> 00:03:50.660
drop free-fall and then extend and you can actually hit balls your tendency

59
00:03:50.660 --> 00:03:54.900
doing this will be to hit it a little fat or a little thin you'll because you

60
00:03:54.900 --> 00:03:54.900
'll

61
00:03:54.900 --> 00:04:02.820
be more from the inside unless you add body rotation speed so trying it from

62
00:04:02.820 --> 00:04:10.060
down the line so we're just gonna drop it up kind of like so

63
00:04:12.220 --> 00:04:17.420
again it's a it's a tricky contact drill so be patient with yourself but then

64
00:04:17.420 --> 00:04:22.940
you can take it into the feeling of the full swing

65
00:04:22.940 --> 00:04:30.340
left the face a little bit there but pretty good Zorro so we'll try to get one

66
00:04:30.340 --> 00:04:36.500
a little bit more in front of the camera there we go I think that'll look

67
00:04:36.500 --> 00:04:41.660
pretty good so again it's kind of free-falling during that transition and then

68
00:04:41.660 --> 00:04:46.780
there when I'm vertical exaggerate it but because of the spine angle it barely

69
00:04:46.780 --> 00:04:50.420
look like looks like it's falling

70
00:04:50.420 --> 00:05:02.100
so Zorro loops from the down the line great tempo drill for bridging a delivery

71
00:05:02.100 --> 00:05:06.020
or transition into the release
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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 Your Transition with Zorro Loops Drill

After this video, you'll be able to:

  • Feel how to blend the transition into your release for smoother swings
  • Recognize the importance of arm positioning during your golf swing
  • Practice the Zorro movement to improve your club acceleration and consistency

Learn the Zorro Loops drill to enhance your transition and release in your golf swing. This technique focuses on arm movement and wrist positioning for better club acceleration and control.

Video Transcript
WEBVTT

1
00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:04.160
This drill video is called Zorro Loops and it's the help you feel this

2
00:00:04.160 --> 00:00:08.830
transition move blending into the release at least from the arms perspective.

3
00:00:08.830 --> 00:00:09.080
So

4
00:00:09.080 --> 00:00:13.300
what's very common is it's it kind of feels natural letting my arms getting

5
00:00:13.300 --> 00:00:18.520
close during transition kind of like so and it kind of feels normal or natural

6
00:00:18.520 --> 00:00:22.560
letting my arms extend but there's this kind of ambiguous zone of when I go

7
00:00:22.560 --> 00:00:26.340
from bringing in to going out where a lot of golfers tend to have a lot of

8
00:00:26.340 --> 00:00:31.200
struggles. So we're going to do Zorro swings which is basically learning how to

9
00:00:31.200 --> 00:00:36.280
swing just the arms like gravity accelerate the club as we square it and

10
00:00:36.280 --> 00:00:41.520
then let us accelerate with gravity almost like speeding through a turn. So

11
00:00:41.520 --> 00:00:44.040
here's how you're going to do it you're going to take your normal grip hold the

12
00:00:44.040 --> 00:00:47.360
club up in front of you and if you remember I talked about letting the

13
00:00:47.360 --> 00:00:51.720
forearms flatten so we're going to let the forearms flatten until the club is

14
00:00:51.720 --> 00:00:55.800
basically creating a stretch in kind of the lead part of my wrist or the trail

15
00:00:55.800 --> 00:01:01.700
part of my back wrist. So it'll be kind of like this guys this is stage one.

16
00:01:01.700 --> 00:01:02.100
Now

17
00:01:02.100 --> 00:01:07.740
stage two is once it gets to this position I'm now going to redirect that

18
00:01:07.740 --> 00:01:11.980
stretch to take me through to this release where my left wrist stays flat so

19
00:01:11.980 --> 00:01:16.020
in this drop you'll see I'm going into that good motorcycle position right

20
00:01:16.020 --> 00:01:19.340
there's my delivery position so it's kind of falling into this and then from

21
00:01:19.340 --> 00:01:24.620
here I'm gonna swing the club. So it has a little bit of a Zorro feel to me

22
00:01:24.620 --> 00:01:25.620
just

23
00:01:25.620 --> 00:01:30.440
like so and you'll finish with that left wrist kind of pointing flat or even

24
00:01:30.440 --> 00:01:37.720
down but Zorro swings kind of like this Zorro swings right when it drops we

25
00:01:37.720 --> 00:01:37.960
kind

26
00:01:37.960 --> 00:01:42.400
of redirect the force just like so. Now we'll do a few where we're hitting some

27
00:01:42.400 --> 00:01:46.760
some of the golf balls while doing the Zorro move. Okay so you're gonna bring

28
00:01:46.760 --> 00:01:50.640
your feet together you can start by standing up tall and just getting used

29
00:01:50.640 --> 00:01:54.000
to what it's gonna look like that's why I have a shaft on the ground so this

30
00:01:54.000 --> 00:01:57.500
Zorro move is gonna drop the club way behind me so it's pointed way out to

31
00:01:57.500 --> 00:02:01.960
right field and then it's going to rotate just like we've been practicing in

32
00:02:01.960 --> 00:02:02.060
the

33
00:02:02.060 --> 00:02:09.060
release. Now I'm gonna be extremely likely to hit this fat because I'm not

34
00:02:09.060 --> 00:02:12.240
having the body movements that I would normally have so if you're a beginner I

35
00:02:12.240 --> 00:02:16.420
recommend team the ball up or if you're a high handicapper I recommend team the

36
00:02:16.420 --> 00:02:19.780
ball up when you're doing this isolation drill but if you're a low handicapper

37
00:02:19.780 --> 00:02:24.400
you can give it a go it's definitely tricky but it's doable. So you take it

38
00:02:24.400 --> 00:02:31.420
up just like so you're gonna then drop it into the Zorro move just like so and

39
00:02:31.420 --> 00:02:39.500
this is learning how to shallow the forearms a little fin it's learning how

40
00:02:39.500 --> 00:02:45.420
to shallow the forearms as well as how to get extension on the way through

41
00:02:45.420 --> 00:02:48.940
because those two are highly related if you go up to the top of the swing and

42
00:02:48.940 --> 00:02:51.980
you're an over-the-top swinger what you're probably gonna do is instead of

43
00:02:51.980 --> 00:02:56.340
dropping down like this you're gonna feel like the club just goes across like

44
00:02:56.340 --> 00:02:56.620
so

45
00:02:56.620 --> 00:03:01.380
it would be just going across straight from the top of the swing as opposed to

46
00:03:01.380 --> 00:03:07.020
having the little Zorro whip well that going across is gonna get the path

47
00:03:07.020 --> 00:03:10.900
coming outside to end which will then typically cause you to bend your arms

48
00:03:10.900 --> 00:03:16.220
coming through so you can practice this little Zorro move and then once you

49
00:03:16.220 --> 00:03:16.420
have

50
00:03:16.420 --> 00:03:22.540
a feel for it you can move it back into full swings feeling that Zorro move

51
00:03:22.540 --> 00:03:26.220
help that release as you come through so try that to work on how you blend the

52
00:03:26.220 --> 00:03:31.180
transition into the release. So I realized I forgot to film the down-the-line

53
00:03:31.180 --> 00:03:31.420
view

54
00:03:31.420 --> 00:03:36.580
so we'll take a look from here basically that Zorro loop again is going to be

55
00:03:36.580 --> 00:03:40.600
free-falling just kind of dropping the arms and then extending them out and

56
00:03:40.600 --> 00:03:44.260
dropping the arms and extending them out over the golf ball that would look

57
00:03:44.260 --> 00:03:44.500
like

58
00:03:44.500 --> 00:03:50.660
drop free-fall and then extend and you can actually hit balls your tendency

59
00:03:50.660 --> 00:03:54.900
doing this will be to hit it a little fat or a little thin you'll because you

60
00:03:54.900 --> 00:03:54.900
'll

61
00:03:54.900 --> 00:04:02.820
be more from the inside unless you add body rotation speed so trying it from

62
00:04:02.820 --> 00:04:10.060
down the line so we're just gonna drop it up kind of like so

63
00:04:12.220 --> 00:04:17.420
again it's a it's a tricky contact drill so be patient with yourself but then

64
00:04:17.420 --> 00:04:22.940
you can take it into the feeling of the full swing

65
00:04:22.940 --> 00:04:30.340
left the face a little bit there but pretty good Zorro so we'll try to get one

66
00:04:30.340 --> 00:04:36.500
a little bit more in front of the camera there we go I think that'll look

67
00:04:36.500 --> 00:04:41.660
pretty good so again it's kind of free-falling during that transition and then

68
00:04:41.660 --> 00:04:46.780
there when I'm vertical exaggerate it but because of the spine angle it barely

69
00:04:46.780 --> 00:04:50.420
look like looks like it's falling

70
00:04:50.420 --> 00:05:02.100
so Zorro loops from the down the line great tempo drill for bridging a delivery

71
00:05:02.100 --> 00:05:06.020
or transition into the release
Related topics
This video hasn't been assigned to any topics yet. Browse all topics in the sidebar.
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