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This drill is looking at the cast pivot for wedges.

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Specifically, we're going to talk about distance wedges in this video.

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Now, the cast pivot does relate to the finesse wedge, but we're specifically going to talk about the pivot

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for distance wedges, which are typically between about 40 yards and 100 yards for most golfers.

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We know that we want to have more of a kind of co-sting kind of

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supported slower movement of the body when we get into the distance wedges.

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What I see on 3D is that typically good wedge players show more of a cast pattern.

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And I've talked a bit about the cast pattern being an early movement of the arms and more of

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a stabilizing unit of the body, but I want to get into a little bit more detail,

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because we've had a few questions recently about how do I control distance with my distance wedge,

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how do I control my low point basically? What's the difference between the distance wedge and the

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stock full swing? So with the distance wedge, we're going to talk about this cast pivot.

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The cast pivot involves a couple movements that you might not think would work well with a good pivot.

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But let's start by looking at what are the problematic moves, right?

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With a distance wedge, we're trying to get the bottom of the swing right at the golf ball,

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we're very close to the golf ball. With the full swing, we're trying to get the bottom of the swing

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well out in front of the golf ball. With the distance wedge, we're trying to launch it low with

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high amount of spin. With the full swing, we're trying to launch it higher with low spin.

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So we can see that we're starting to come up against some opposite objectives, even though we've

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got a similar looking golf club. The other thing is with the steeper line angle and shorter club,

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that naturally changes the steep shallow balance and makes it a little bit steeper.

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So with the pivot for the distance wedge to a company or to satisfy all these factors,

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the pivot is going to be a little bit more of the upper body going up and the upper body going

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forward, primarily during the early part of the downswing. So I feel like the trigger is a little

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bit more vertical, like I'm pushing against the ground, almost like I'm trying to stand up

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in turn, like so. And by doing that, when I start putting more of that vertical movement in,

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that's going to help my arms cast and get the club low to the ground, which will help create

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low point right at the golf ball, or just in front of the golf ball. Compare that to the full swing,

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where I'm going to have a little bit more of that drop so that my body can rotate,

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there I'm pushing a lot more laterally so that I can pull on the handle and create some good

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leg and shaft lean so that then when I extend my arms, the bottom of the swing is well out in front

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of the golf ball. So again, for distance wedge, I'm going to feel a little bit more of an up and

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forward pattern so that I finish in a good tall, everything facing the golf ball pattern,

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as opposed to a really good hip slightly ahead of my lower body or hip slightly ahead of my upper

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body in a good bra thing pattern. So we'll demonstrate just the pivot movement. I'm going to take

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my arms place them across my shoulders, I'm going to make a little backswing while shifting just

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slightly towards the target and then I'm going to focus on this upper body going up. I'm going

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to focus on my right shoulder kind of staying high. It's going through just like that. So in full speed,

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kind of like that where basically it's feeling like that right shoulder stays high as it rotates.

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Now you'll see from the down the line that that subtle but it subtle compared to the drop

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that you'll see a little bit more when I'm hitting shots with a seven iron or lower.

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So what we'll do is we'll then combine that cast release pattern. We're basically I'm just letting

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those arms extend and I'm going to use the body working a little bit more vertically to help

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trigger those arms extending to help control the bottom of the swing and I'll use the rate of

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my body rotating to help control the distance. So then from down the line, it will look very subtle

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but it shows up pretty clear on 3D that there's a good amount of lift and a good amount of moving

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slightly away from the golf ball during the downswing. So it's a little bit of a stand-up movement

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which I put more in the cast pattern. So if I did let's say the hip height position

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would look something like that and then if I went into my 3-quarter

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would look a little bit. Now I kind of ratcheted up my acceleration rate so that wasn't the

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greatest shot but you could see the overall pattern. That will help me with the solid contact and

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really that'll help a lot with the turf contact and by making solid contact both with the turf

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and the golf ball that'll allow my brain the ability to develop feel. Now from the face on,

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we'll have a little bit more or you'll be able to see a little bit of that upper body

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staying taller is what a lot of guys describe it as or the right shoulder staying high

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but what is really happening is the upper body is moving a little bit more forward and up

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to help trigger the arm extending.

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Kind of like that. If you compare that to a little bit more of the full swing pivot where I have a

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bunch of leg you'll see that that movement is a little bit more quiet passive but definitely more

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vertical as opposed to linear or horizontal.