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This concept video is connecting forward at the top

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to extension in the follow through.

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Um, so when we're looking at the pivot

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and looking at how the spine moves, um,

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there's some complicated components in order

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to keep a centered pivot.

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The spine blends a, um, negative torsion

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or what's a blend of extension and side bend and rotation.

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Um, and then on the way through it wants to do the same.

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So we're gonna do this blend

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of extension side bend rotation,

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and it just gives this look of making a swing

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where my head stays pretty still old, classic, you know,

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keep your head still, uh, keeps us in line with a golf ball

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and helps a lot with low point.

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Um, so consistency of contact.

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So a lot of golfers struggle with, uh, low point control

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and consistency, consistency of contact, um,

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from having not enough extension on the way through.

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We're basically staying flexed like this

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where their upper body is a little bit rounded,

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often accompanied more by, um,

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or almost always accompanied by more of a arm extension.

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Kind of like this. Like if I was to, uh,

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throw my arms out in front of me, I would tend to, uh,

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round my shoulders instead of getting that kind

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of awkward chest pass feel where I'm extending as I'm, uh,

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uh, straightening my arms.

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So if I was to get more of that extension

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while straightening my arms,

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it helps control the depth of the divot.

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Um, so the club doesn't get too deep.

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Um, and that allows me to be a little bit more on top of it.

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Classically, a golfer who tends

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to stay a little bit more bent over

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and release more from the arms will be a little bit more

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behind kind of like this.

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And what you'll see is during the release you'll tend

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to see this little chase move where the head, um,

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actually drifts towards the target.

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Um, early in the follow through.

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If you look at a lot of really good ball strikers

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from impact until uh, the arm is uh, passed parallel kind

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of up in here, uh,

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the head will basically stay more or less in line.

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That's a sign that they're going into more of this torsion

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or this extension move as they're rotating through.

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Now the, the purpose

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of this video is the connection side is it's really hard

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to do that move if you are too far behind.

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Um, so getting too far behind at the top of the swing

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or into transition is almost gonna guarantee that you need

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to have more of that throw move.

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Um, but it's, it's kind of, uh, like one of those um,

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systems where the more that you're behind

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and you throw, the more that you're gonna lunge forward.

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Um, and in order to break that pattern, you have to do both.

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You have to feel less of a throw

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and extension, which means I'm gonna have to feel more

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of almost like a reverse pivot

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or feeling like my upper body stays a little bit

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more in line with the golf ball.

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Now that's typically low point control

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with an iron, um, with the driver.

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I like to see the upper body a little bit more behind.

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Um, but going into that extension isn't a problem

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'cause we're trying to have the bottom of the swing

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before the golf ball instead of after it.

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So if you are struggling with one end of the spectrum,

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if you are either struggling with, uh,

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upper body staying flexed, either kind of a baseball pivot

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where it's kind of back here, um,

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or just a little bit more of kind of a buckle

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where this comes down, uh, then trying to get some extension

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of the legs and hips while being forward is a good goal.

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Uh, but you also need to monitor where you are at the top

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of the swing if you're, if you're coming out of more of

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that, I'll call it the baseball pattern,

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but where your upper body is way back

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and then it's moving way forward.

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So there's just a lot of upper body translation.

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It's gonna feel like you are in front of the golf ball

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by a lot and then it's gonna feel like you are pulling away

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from it, um, by a lot

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or standing up is probably, uh,

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what it's gonna feel like going into backend.

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Um, like I te teach in the, uh, extend turn tilt

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to help you feel this, uh, follow through finished position.

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So we'll take a look at how those two, uh,

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look here as we go through a demo.

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Um, but when, if you're working on area

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and it's just not quite clicking,

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there's usually a complimentary piece.

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That's what these connection drills are.

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Help or concept videos are

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hopefully designed to help you see.

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Okay, so the classic pattern would be a little bit more

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of a shift off the ball and then kind of a shift through.

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And you'll see I hit that ball pretty well,

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but it kind of felt very armsy.

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Um, it felt weak in terms of overall power, um,

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and it felt like it was on the verge of hooking,

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but it worked out.

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It was a pretty good shot. Okay,

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now we're gonna do the opposite pattern, um,

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where I'm gonna feel like I get a little bit more stacked

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and then I'm gonna feel like I go into more

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extension on the way through.

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Now I still had a little bit of that arm throw

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'cause I was coming out of that pattern.

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Um, so the ball went a tiny bit to the right.

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Um, but it felt more stable, it felt more, uh, centered.

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So let's try that again. So we're gonna feel like we get a

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little bit more centered in the backswing.

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So that strike was pretty nice there.

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Winds carrying it just a little bit to the right,

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but um, felt like I was well ahead

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of it felt like low point was nice

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and in front of the golf ball and I was shallow.

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Um, and it felt like

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by extending there was no way I was gonna get severely deep

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so I could encourage what I like to consider

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covering the ball or being a little bit more on top of it.

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I think those are a couple traits

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of really good consistent ball strikers.

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There we go. Good swing there.