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This concept video is backside versus front side rotation.

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Um, so one of my, uh, kind of bigger understandings, uh,

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this in the last three, four months, um,

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has come from a few conversations that I've had with gee

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and, um, and some of the progress that I've had

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with my physical capabilities and my body

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and my thoracic spine.

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Um, and so that's led itself to, uh, this video

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and this understanding of

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what I'm calling backside rotation versus front side

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rotation, where basically looking at, uh,

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a muscle group called the transverse spins

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and the rotor is, these are some really small muscles

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that are, um, along the spine.

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I'll include a picture here, uh, so you can kind of see it.

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They're, they're at a slight angle, kind of like this,

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but they're very close to the spine.

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Um, if we are using those as, let's say the, the chief

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engine of the rotation, well, the exercise

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to reinforce it is a blend of an extension of the spine,

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kind of like this with a little bit of rotation

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and a little bit of, um, side bend.

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So it kind of looks like this.

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And if I did one side, then the other, it looks like this.

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And if you, if you see, um, when I do that, my head

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and everything stays a little bit more in line.

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Um, and I kind of get taller as I'm doing this, uh,

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movement that's called negative torsion.

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Now, if I was to do front side,

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so if I was gonna use the obliques, the oblique go from the,

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uh, kind of lower, uh, rib cage to the pelvis

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and into the, um, inner thigh of the opposite leg.

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And if I do an oblique crunch,

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you can see it looks like this and it kind

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of pulls my upper body down

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and it moves it a little bit forward.

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So if I did that kind of side to side,

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just focusing on the oblique, you'll see

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that my upper body has a little bit more translation.

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Um, so my big understanding as I've improved some of my

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personal ability to move my rib cage is

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that you want the dominant movement to be more of this, uh,

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negative torsion kind of going into this movement here.

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And you want the oblique to compliment the, uh,

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negative torsion where I think in the past, especially

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because of my posture and my ribcage, uh, creation or,

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or foundation, I would, I would emphasize more the feeling

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of the obliques.

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Um, the, the emphasis on the obliques came from, uh,

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I remember playing a 36 hole tournament back in college

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and, um, potentially is where I developed an, an injury,

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but the next day I was really sore in my right oblique

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and my right glute and I, that stuck with me as like, okay,

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this is one of the big engines of the golf swing.

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Um, also, you know, the obliques are very powerful.

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So for a lot of golfers feeling this front side rotation

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or feeling more, the oblique movement feels very powerful,

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where the back muscles are weaker,

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but they're so close to the spine, um, they,

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they can create a really kind of tight, um, quick

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movement rather than a big force wall movement.

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Where this tends to show up the most is either in the back

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swing when your upper body kind of sways off the ball,

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or more importantly is during the downswing.

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I see that at this as a release movement when golfers are

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trying to create a lot of force.

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If they do it more by kind of rotating the oblique,

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then you'll tend to see the head kind of drift forward

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and the body stay in a little bit more

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flexion on the way through.

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If you're doing it more with the, uh, back muscles there,

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kind of the upper, upper lumbar, lower thoracic kind

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of middle of the body here from about T six to L three,

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kind of middle of the body there.

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If I'm doing that movement as I'm coming through, then

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that tends to, uh, create this look of this full body finish

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and the, um, the upper body kind of chest up as opposed

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to down and forward.

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Um, so that down

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and forward, that kind of chase move on the way through, um,

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I think creates a lot

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of inconsistencies both in contact and direction.

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Typically causes poles can cause toe shots.

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Um, lots of, uh, direction issues

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where I think if you're getting more

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of this backside rotation

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or negative torsion, um, it tends to have more of a feeling

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of hitting it more with the body,

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less activity with the arms.

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And it helps support, um, a lot

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of the good arm movements that we like to do.

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Uh, and it helps control the low point depth,

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so it allows you to cover the ball better

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or have your upper body more over your front foot,

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especially for your kind of mid, mid

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and short irons and even into your wedges.

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So, um, there are definitely exercise

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or drills where I've focused on getting into this good

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bracing position, but maybe this is a little bit more

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of a technical understanding.

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Um, and if you're working with a trainer in the gym,

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you can try to incorporate a little bit more

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of these back muscles, the transverse of spins

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and the rot Torres, um, into your exercise program.

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So that makes it easier for you to feel some

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of this backside rotation

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through the ball rather than a dominant downward

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oblique action through the wall.

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Alright, so real quick demo.

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If I was gonna do an exaggerated oblique movement,

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it would kind of have more of a movement like that, um,

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where now if I was going to dominate with the back,

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but support it with the oblique.

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So, um, it's not like you're not using the obliques,

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they're just not dominant.

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Um, it will feel a lot easier to me in, in terms of effort.

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So it'll feel a little bit more, um, relaxed and big thing.

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It will feel a lot kind of taller,

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more like I'm stretching my abs, stretching my chest,

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stretching even my neck

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and getting into some of this good tall, full body finish.

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Um, I think that over the last few months has been one

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of the more profound, uh, movements

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that I've been teaching my students.

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It seems to clean up a lot

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of things in the finished position, learning how to rotate

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with your back muscles safely as opposed

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to dominating the movement with your obliques.