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How to Shallow Your Arms for Better Driver Swings
After this video, you'll be able to:
- Feel the difference between the shallow and steep positions in your swing
- Practice the drop-and-sling motion to enhance your driver contact
- Understand how to position the bottom of your swing for optimal impact with the driver
In this video, you'll learn the Zorro Loops drill designed to help you feel the crucial transition between shallowing your arms and the rotational release needed for a powerful driver swing. This understanding can significantly improve your ball striking consistency.
Video Transcript
WEBVTT
1
00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:03.460
This drill is Zorro Loops for the driver.
2
00:00:03.460 --> 00:00:08.100
So Zorro Loops for the driver is a great drill for feeling the blend between
3
00:00:08.100 --> 00:00:08.680
the shallowing
4
00:00:08.680 --> 00:00:14.510
during transition of the arms and then the steepening or the rotation during
5
00:00:14.510 --> 00:00:15.640
the release.
6
00:00:15.640 --> 00:00:19.310
So essentially what you're going to do, and I'll demonstrate from down the line
7
00:00:19.310 --> 00:00:19.740
first,
8
00:00:19.740 --> 00:00:22.900
is you're going to hold the club up just like it would be at the top of your
9
00:00:22.900 --> 00:00:23.320
swing,
10
00:00:23.320 --> 00:00:28.680
and then you're going to let it fall into this shallowing movement, right?
11
00:00:28.680 --> 00:00:32.120
So I'm just going to let it fall, and as it gets towards the bottom of the fall
12
00:00:32.120 --> 00:00:32.160
,
13
00:00:32.160 --> 00:00:36.300
I'm going to feel some tension in my arm, and once that tension gets close to
14
00:00:36.300 --> 00:00:36.680
the point
15
00:00:36.680 --> 00:00:41.240
where it would be too much to handle, I'm going to sling that tension kind of
16
00:00:41.240 --> 00:00:41.720
out towards
17
00:00:41.720 --> 00:00:42.720
the golf ball.
18
00:00:42.720 --> 00:00:47.920
So it's going to drop, and it's going to sling, drop, and then sling.
19
00:00:47.920 --> 00:00:53.350
So from the face on view, whoops, it's going to drop, and then it's going to
20
00:00:53.350 --> 00:00:54.060
sling.
21
00:00:54.060 --> 00:00:58.000
Drop, sling, drop, and sling.
22
00:00:58.000 --> 00:01:03.840
Now this is actually a much easier drill to do with the driver than it is to do
23
00:01:03.840 --> 00:01:04.320
with an
24
00:01:04.320 --> 00:01:10.460
iron, because this shallow move of just the arms is going to shallow the club
25
00:01:10.460 --> 00:01:11.240
and move
26
00:01:11.240 --> 00:01:13.160
the bottom of the swing behind the golf ball.
27
00:01:13.160 --> 00:01:17.780
Now in the normal full swing, that's going to be balanced by that body rotating
28
00:01:17.780 --> 00:01:18.560
and being
29
00:01:18.560 --> 00:01:20.840
pointed out in front of the golf ball.
30
00:01:20.840 --> 00:01:27.650
But with this drill, I'm not using a lot of the body rotation, so the bottom of
31
00:01:27.650 --> 00:01:28.400
the swing
32
00:01:28.400 --> 00:01:30.730
is actually going to be slightly behind the golf ball, which is what makes it
33
00:01:30.730 --> 00:01:31.240
challenging
34
00:01:31.240 --> 00:01:32.440
to do with an iron.
35
00:01:32.440 --> 00:01:38.560
With a driver, this should be relatively easy and straightforward.
36
00:01:38.560 --> 00:01:40.840
So there's a couple different ways that you can do it.
37
00:01:40.840 --> 00:01:45.740
You can either start from here, get into your golf posture, then just let this
38
00:01:45.740 --> 00:01:46.480
shallow,
39
00:01:46.480 --> 00:01:51.990
and then steepen through the release, or you can start in your normal setup
40
00:01:51.990 --> 00:01:53.120
position.
41
00:01:53.120 --> 00:01:54.120
I like doing both.
42
00:01:54.120 --> 00:02:01.530
They can help you discover and pay attention to different areas within this
43
00:02:01.530 --> 00:02:02.920
movement.
44
00:02:02.920 --> 00:02:08.200
So the other version would be normal driver setup, and then basically, I'm just
45
00:02:08.200 --> 00:02:08.720
going
46
00:02:08.720 --> 00:02:17.720
to let it shallow, normal driver setup, let it shallow before I then release.
47
00:02:17.720 --> 00:02:20.840
You can do it with or without the pumps.
48
00:02:20.840 --> 00:02:24.400
There's a lot of flexibility in all these drills really for what your brain
49
00:02:24.400 --> 00:02:24.920
wants to
50
00:02:24.920 --> 00:02:32.080
pay attention to, so then a good little Zorro loop looks something like that.
51
00:02:32.080 --> 00:02:35.920
It'll typically hook a little bit more than it would with the full swing, but
52
00:02:35.920 --> 00:02:36.360
once you
53
00:02:36.360 --> 00:02:41.620
have that good feeling, you can then move on to taking full swings and just
54
00:02:41.620 --> 00:02:42.320
feeling
55
00:02:42.320 --> 00:02:50.840
that Zorro loop transition kind of right in this space here, where you may be
56
00:02:50.840 --> 00:02:51.560
used to
57
00:02:51.560 --> 00:02:54.440
feeling everything kind of start at the ball straight from the top.
58
00:02:54.440 --> 00:02:58.330
So it really helps with that transition shallow move and the timing of these
59
00:02:58.330 --> 00:02:59.160
arm movements
60
00:02:59.160 --> 00:03:00.200
as they relate to the body.
1
00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:03.460
This drill is Zorro Loops for the driver.
2
00:00:03.460 --> 00:00:08.100
So Zorro Loops for the driver is a great drill for feeling the blend between
3
00:00:08.100 --> 00:00:08.680
the shallowing
4
00:00:08.680 --> 00:00:14.510
during transition of the arms and then the steepening or the rotation during
5
00:00:14.510 --> 00:00:15.640
the release.
6
00:00:15.640 --> 00:00:19.310
So essentially what you're going to do, and I'll demonstrate from down the line
7
00:00:19.310 --> 00:00:19.740
first,
8
00:00:19.740 --> 00:00:22.900
is you're going to hold the club up just like it would be at the top of your
9
00:00:22.900 --> 00:00:23.320
swing,
10
00:00:23.320 --> 00:00:28.680
and then you're going to let it fall into this shallowing movement, right?
11
00:00:28.680 --> 00:00:32.120
So I'm just going to let it fall, and as it gets towards the bottom of the fall
12
00:00:32.120 --> 00:00:32.160
,
13
00:00:32.160 --> 00:00:36.300
I'm going to feel some tension in my arm, and once that tension gets close to
14
00:00:36.300 --> 00:00:36.680
the point
15
00:00:36.680 --> 00:00:41.240
where it would be too much to handle, I'm going to sling that tension kind of
16
00:00:41.240 --> 00:00:41.720
out towards
17
00:00:41.720 --> 00:00:42.720
the golf ball.
18
00:00:42.720 --> 00:00:47.920
So it's going to drop, and it's going to sling, drop, and then sling.
19
00:00:47.920 --> 00:00:53.350
So from the face on view, whoops, it's going to drop, and then it's going to
20
00:00:53.350 --> 00:00:54.060
sling.
21
00:00:54.060 --> 00:00:58.000
Drop, sling, drop, and sling.
22
00:00:58.000 --> 00:01:03.840
Now this is actually a much easier drill to do with the driver than it is to do
23
00:01:03.840 --> 00:01:04.320
with an
24
00:01:04.320 --> 00:01:10.460
iron, because this shallow move of just the arms is going to shallow the club
25
00:01:10.460 --> 00:01:11.240
and move
26
00:01:11.240 --> 00:01:13.160
the bottom of the swing behind the golf ball.
27
00:01:13.160 --> 00:01:17.780
Now in the normal full swing, that's going to be balanced by that body rotating
28
00:01:17.780 --> 00:01:18.560
and being
29
00:01:18.560 --> 00:01:20.840
pointed out in front of the golf ball.
30
00:01:20.840 --> 00:01:27.650
But with this drill, I'm not using a lot of the body rotation, so the bottom of
31
00:01:27.650 --> 00:01:28.400
the swing
32
00:01:28.400 --> 00:01:30.730
is actually going to be slightly behind the golf ball, which is what makes it
33
00:01:30.730 --> 00:01:31.240
challenging
34
00:01:31.240 --> 00:01:32.440
to do with an iron.
35
00:01:32.440 --> 00:01:38.560
With a driver, this should be relatively easy and straightforward.
36
00:01:38.560 --> 00:01:40.840
So there's a couple different ways that you can do it.
37
00:01:40.840 --> 00:01:45.740
You can either start from here, get into your golf posture, then just let this
38
00:01:45.740 --> 00:01:46.480
shallow,
39
00:01:46.480 --> 00:01:51.990
and then steepen through the release, or you can start in your normal setup
40
00:01:51.990 --> 00:01:53.120
position.
41
00:01:53.120 --> 00:01:54.120
I like doing both.
42
00:01:54.120 --> 00:02:01.530
They can help you discover and pay attention to different areas within this
43
00:02:01.530 --> 00:02:02.920
movement.
44
00:02:02.920 --> 00:02:08.200
So the other version would be normal driver setup, and then basically, I'm just
45
00:02:08.200 --> 00:02:08.720
going
46
00:02:08.720 --> 00:02:17.720
to let it shallow, normal driver setup, let it shallow before I then release.
47
00:02:17.720 --> 00:02:20.840
You can do it with or without the pumps.
48
00:02:20.840 --> 00:02:24.400
There's a lot of flexibility in all these drills really for what your brain
49
00:02:24.400 --> 00:02:24.920
wants to
50
00:02:24.920 --> 00:02:32.080
pay attention to, so then a good little Zorro loop looks something like that.
51
00:02:32.080 --> 00:02:35.920
It'll typically hook a little bit more than it would with the full swing, but
52
00:02:35.920 --> 00:02:36.360
once you
53
00:02:36.360 --> 00:02:41.620
have that good feeling, you can then move on to taking full swings and just
54
00:02:41.620 --> 00:02:42.320
feeling
55
00:02:42.320 --> 00:02:50.840
that Zorro loop transition kind of right in this space here, where you may be
56
00:02:50.840 --> 00:02:51.560
used to
57
00:02:51.560 --> 00:02:54.440
feeling everything kind of start at the ball straight from the top.
58
00:02:54.440 --> 00:02:58.330
So it really helps with that transition shallow move and the timing of these
59
00:02:58.330 --> 00:02:59.160
arm movements
60
00:02:59.160 --> 00:03:00.200
as they relate to the body.
Have questions?
Ask Mulligan for help
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.
How to Shallow Your Arms for Better Driver Swings
After this video, you'll be able to:
- Feel the difference between the shallow and steep positions in your swing
- Practice the drop-and-sling motion to enhance your driver contact
- Understand how to position the bottom of your swing for optimal impact with the driver
In this video, you'll learn the Zorro Loops drill designed to help you feel the crucial transition between shallowing your arms and the rotational release needed for a powerful driver swing. This understanding can significantly improve your ball striking consistency.
Video Transcript
WEBVTT
1
00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:03.460
This drill is Zorro Loops for the driver.
2
00:00:03.460 --> 00:00:08.100
So Zorro Loops for the driver is a great drill for feeling the blend between
3
00:00:08.100 --> 00:00:08.680
the shallowing
4
00:00:08.680 --> 00:00:14.510
during transition of the arms and then the steepening or the rotation during
5
00:00:14.510 --> 00:00:15.640
the release.
6
00:00:15.640 --> 00:00:19.310
So essentially what you're going to do, and I'll demonstrate from down the line
7
00:00:19.310 --> 00:00:19.740
first,
8
00:00:19.740 --> 00:00:22.900
is you're going to hold the club up just like it would be at the top of your
9
00:00:22.900 --> 00:00:23.320
swing,
10
00:00:23.320 --> 00:00:28.680
and then you're going to let it fall into this shallowing movement, right?
11
00:00:28.680 --> 00:00:32.120
So I'm just going to let it fall, and as it gets towards the bottom of the fall
12
00:00:32.120 --> 00:00:32.160
,
13
00:00:32.160 --> 00:00:36.300
I'm going to feel some tension in my arm, and once that tension gets close to
14
00:00:36.300 --> 00:00:36.680
the point
15
00:00:36.680 --> 00:00:41.240
where it would be too much to handle, I'm going to sling that tension kind of
16
00:00:41.240 --> 00:00:41.720
out towards
17
00:00:41.720 --> 00:00:42.720
the golf ball.
18
00:00:42.720 --> 00:00:47.920
So it's going to drop, and it's going to sling, drop, and then sling.
19
00:00:47.920 --> 00:00:53.350
So from the face on view, whoops, it's going to drop, and then it's going to
20
00:00:53.350 --> 00:00:54.060
sling.
21
00:00:54.060 --> 00:00:58.000
Drop, sling, drop, and sling.
22
00:00:58.000 --> 00:01:03.840
Now this is actually a much easier drill to do with the driver than it is to do
23
00:01:03.840 --> 00:01:04.320
with an
24
00:01:04.320 --> 00:01:10.460
iron, because this shallow move of just the arms is going to shallow the club
25
00:01:10.460 --> 00:01:11.240
and move
26
00:01:11.240 --> 00:01:13.160
the bottom of the swing behind the golf ball.
27
00:01:13.160 --> 00:01:17.780
Now in the normal full swing, that's going to be balanced by that body rotating
28
00:01:17.780 --> 00:01:18.560
and being
29
00:01:18.560 --> 00:01:20.840
pointed out in front of the golf ball.
30
00:01:20.840 --> 00:01:27.650
But with this drill, I'm not using a lot of the body rotation, so the bottom of
31
00:01:27.650 --> 00:01:28.400
the swing
32
00:01:28.400 --> 00:01:30.730
is actually going to be slightly behind the golf ball, which is what makes it
33
00:01:30.730 --> 00:01:31.240
challenging
34
00:01:31.240 --> 00:01:32.440
to do with an iron.
35
00:01:32.440 --> 00:01:38.560
With a driver, this should be relatively easy and straightforward.
36
00:01:38.560 --> 00:01:40.840
So there's a couple different ways that you can do it.
37
00:01:40.840 --> 00:01:45.740
You can either start from here, get into your golf posture, then just let this
38
00:01:45.740 --> 00:01:46.480
shallow,
39
00:01:46.480 --> 00:01:51.990
and then steepen through the release, or you can start in your normal setup
40
00:01:51.990 --> 00:01:53.120
position.
41
00:01:53.120 --> 00:01:54.120
I like doing both.
42
00:01:54.120 --> 00:02:01.530
They can help you discover and pay attention to different areas within this
43
00:02:01.530 --> 00:02:02.920
movement.
44
00:02:02.920 --> 00:02:08.200
So the other version would be normal driver setup, and then basically, I'm just
45
00:02:08.200 --> 00:02:08.720
going
46
00:02:08.720 --> 00:02:17.720
to let it shallow, normal driver setup, let it shallow before I then release.
47
00:02:17.720 --> 00:02:20.840
You can do it with or without the pumps.
48
00:02:20.840 --> 00:02:24.400
There's a lot of flexibility in all these drills really for what your brain
49
00:02:24.400 --> 00:02:24.920
wants to
50
00:02:24.920 --> 00:02:32.080
pay attention to, so then a good little Zorro loop looks something like that.
51
00:02:32.080 --> 00:02:35.920
It'll typically hook a little bit more than it would with the full swing, but
52
00:02:35.920 --> 00:02:36.360
once you
53
00:02:36.360 --> 00:02:41.620
have that good feeling, you can then move on to taking full swings and just
54
00:02:41.620 --> 00:02:42.320
feeling
55
00:02:42.320 --> 00:02:50.840
that Zorro loop transition kind of right in this space here, where you may be
56
00:02:50.840 --> 00:02:51.560
used to
57
00:02:51.560 --> 00:02:54.440
feeling everything kind of start at the ball straight from the top.
58
00:02:54.440 --> 00:02:58.330
So it really helps with that transition shallow move and the timing of these
59
00:02:58.330 --> 00:02:59.160
arm movements
60
00:02:59.160 --> 00:03:00.200
as they relate to the body.
1
00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:03.460
This drill is Zorro Loops for the driver.
2
00:00:03.460 --> 00:00:08.100
So Zorro Loops for the driver is a great drill for feeling the blend between
3
00:00:08.100 --> 00:00:08.680
the shallowing
4
00:00:08.680 --> 00:00:14.510
during transition of the arms and then the steepening or the rotation during
5
00:00:14.510 --> 00:00:15.640
the release.
6
00:00:15.640 --> 00:00:19.310
So essentially what you're going to do, and I'll demonstrate from down the line
7
00:00:19.310 --> 00:00:19.740
first,
8
00:00:19.740 --> 00:00:22.900
is you're going to hold the club up just like it would be at the top of your
9
00:00:22.900 --> 00:00:23.320
swing,
10
00:00:23.320 --> 00:00:28.680
and then you're going to let it fall into this shallowing movement, right?
11
00:00:28.680 --> 00:00:32.120
So I'm just going to let it fall, and as it gets towards the bottom of the fall
12
00:00:32.120 --> 00:00:32.160
,
13
00:00:32.160 --> 00:00:36.300
I'm going to feel some tension in my arm, and once that tension gets close to
14
00:00:36.300 --> 00:00:36.680
the point
15
00:00:36.680 --> 00:00:41.240
where it would be too much to handle, I'm going to sling that tension kind of
16
00:00:41.240 --> 00:00:41.720
out towards
17
00:00:41.720 --> 00:00:42.720
the golf ball.
18
00:00:42.720 --> 00:00:47.920
So it's going to drop, and it's going to sling, drop, and then sling.
19
00:00:47.920 --> 00:00:53.350
So from the face on view, whoops, it's going to drop, and then it's going to
20
00:00:53.350 --> 00:00:54.060
sling.
21
00:00:54.060 --> 00:00:58.000
Drop, sling, drop, and sling.
22
00:00:58.000 --> 00:01:03.840
Now this is actually a much easier drill to do with the driver than it is to do
23
00:01:03.840 --> 00:01:04.320
with an
24
00:01:04.320 --> 00:01:10.460
iron, because this shallow move of just the arms is going to shallow the club
25
00:01:10.460 --> 00:01:11.240
and move
26
00:01:11.240 --> 00:01:13.160
the bottom of the swing behind the golf ball.
27
00:01:13.160 --> 00:01:17.780
Now in the normal full swing, that's going to be balanced by that body rotating
28
00:01:17.780 --> 00:01:18.560
and being
29
00:01:18.560 --> 00:01:20.840
pointed out in front of the golf ball.
30
00:01:20.840 --> 00:01:27.650
But with this drill, I'm not using a lot of the body rotation, so the bottom of
31
00:01:27.650 --> 00:01:28.400
the swing
32
00:01:28.400 --> 00:01:30.730
is actually going to be slightly behind the golf ball, which is what makes it
33
00:01:30.730 --> 00:01:31.240
challenging
34
00:01:31.240 --> 00:01:32.440
to do with an iron.
35
00:01:32.440 --> 00:01:38.560
With a driver, this should be relatively easy and straightforward.
36
00:01:38.560 --> 00:01:40.840
So there's a couple different ways that you can do it.
37
00:01:40.840 --> 00:01:45.740
You can either start from here, get into your golf posture, then just let this
38
00:01:45.740 --> 00:01:46.480
shallow,
39
00:01:46.480 --> 00:01:51.990
and then steepen through the release, or you can start in your normal setup
40
00:01:51.990 --> 00:01:53.120
position.
41
00:01:53.120 --> 00:01:54.120
I like doing both.
42
00:01:54.120 --> 00:02:01.530
They can help you discover and pay attention to different areas within this
43
00:02:01.530 --> 00:02:02.920
movement.
44
00:02:02.920 --> 00:02:08.200
So the other version would be normal driver setup, and then basically, I'm just
45
00:02:08.200 --> 00:02:08.720
going
46
00:02:08.720 --> 00:02:17.720
to let it shallow, normal driver setup, let it shallow before I then release.
47
00:02:17.720 --> 00:02:20.840
You can do it with or without the pumps.
48
00:02:20.840 --> 00:02:24.400
There's a lot of flexibility in all these drills really for what your brain
49
00:02:24.400 --> 00:02:24.920
wants to
50
00:02:24.920 --> 00:02:32.080
pay attention to, so then a good little Zorro loop looks something like that.
51
00:02:32.080 --> 00:02:35.920
It'll typically hook a little bit more than it would with the full swing, but
52
00:02:35.920 --> 00:02:36.360
once you
53
00:02:36.360 --> 00:02:41.620
have that good feeling, you can then move on to taking full swings and just
54
00:02:41.620 --> 00:02:42.320
feeling
55
00:02:42.320 --> 00:02:50.840
that Zorro loop transition kind of right in this space here, where you may be
56
00:02:50.840 --> 00:02:51.560
used to
57
00:02:51.560 --> 00:02:54.440
feeling everything kind of start at the ball straight from the top.
58
00:02:54.440 --> 00:02:58.330
So it really helps with that transition shallow move and the timing of these
59
00:02:58.330 --> 00:02:59.160
arm movements
60
00:02:59.160 --> 00:03:00.200
as they relate to the body.
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