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For many golfers, feeling the proper sequencing of body-to-arm movements is a real eye opener. A great way to feel it is with the assisted swing the handle drill. In this drill, you can experiment with different timings and rates of arm acceleration strategies. If you do it correctly, you should develop a feel of effortless power and smooth acceleration.
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Tags: Cast, Drill, Intermediate
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This drill is assisted swing the handle.
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So this is a tempo drill and kind of a sequencing drill
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to help you get the feeling of the timing of when your arm should get involved in the golf swing.
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So what you're going to do is you'll hold the club upside down almost like it's a cane.
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And I recommend using your lead hand.
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You'll see why here in a second.
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And we're just going to swing the handle the golf club,
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just like this, which we'll swing the club head.
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So we're going to use this as a representative of the golf swing.
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So right there is my transition from right about there to right about there.
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And then from here to there is the release or I guess from here to there is the release.
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Impact would be right around near the bottom.
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Oh, we're just slightly before the bottom.
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So we're going to get it swinging just like this.
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So I do this frequently with my students and it helps them get a sense of when I want your arms to get involved.
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So now what we're going to do is we'll use the free hand and we're going to increase the speed.
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And we're going to do it at a couple of different times.
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But the main one I want you to focus on is you'll see I'm pushing just after I've established momentum kind of towards the golf ball.
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So I don't want to push right from the top of the swing because what you'll feel if you do this and I can feel it even doing it myself is I will feel that it will accelerate.
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And then it will kind of slow down through here.
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That's more of a cast pattern which is really good for the half wedge shots.
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Really good for shots around the green but not very good for creating a flat spot with the full swing.
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So now let's get a few of the good ones going which is as it's starting down now I'm going to speed it up and you'll see that it actually propels this object or the propell as the club head.
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You know almost to my end range motion.
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Now the part that I normally add for my students that I can't do for you is I'll add the bracing component.
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So as I push this way down to the bottom I'll push this way with the opposite clip or with the handle.
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So what I will try to do is as I push I will kind of create this little force couple.
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Now it feels very weird doing this on my own.
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But it gives this sense of almost the club kind of whipping down at the bottom which is a way that golfers have described the feeling of a good tempo in the past.
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So that's that feeling of the club constantly accelerating.
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That's not going to happen if you get your arms too active too soon.
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You want to make sure to get into a good delivery position before those arms get involved.
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So the way that looks in the golf swing is if I go up to the top of this wing.
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If I was to push straight from the top that would look more like a cast pattern where I get my arms really active early in transition.
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Where that the good sequencing of letting it get started and then push it down would look something like a use my body to about here and then my arms.
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Take that momentum and propel it and speed the club up all the way through impact.
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So if you're struggling with some of the sequencing of this feeling the arms delayed but they're not quite feeling powerful or difficulty leading with the lower body.
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This is a great way especially for field golfers to experience the sensation of what that proper timing will feel like.
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And then you can translate that into the movements as you work on your golf swing.
