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This concept video is decoding your scapular feel.

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Um, so I've, I've got a bunch of videos on the site

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that talk about how the spine rotation, um,

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and the scapular position at impact being more in this kind

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of closed off position.

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I've got drills, uh, where I help you feel, um,

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don't spin the shoulders

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or presetting the spine rotation make you emphasize kind

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of feeling your back staying to the target longer.

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That's a thought that's worked for some.

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Um, and I've got others where I talk about kind

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of leave your arms behind and really turn your core or,

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or turn your hips through the ball.

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Um, but up to this point, I've had a hard time decoding

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or figuring out which language to use with each student.

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Um, but I, I came up with this little test, um,

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that I think helps, uh, helps you figure out which

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of those you're gonna feel.

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Do you need to feel more your chest getting open,

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or do you need to feel more,

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your shoulders staying closed or back to the target?

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Um, so I use this mostly as a concept for kind

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of working on my terminology when working with the students,

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but I think it'll be helpful for you.

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So what I do is I, uh,

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hold the club up against the bottom of their chest

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or their, the bottom of their sternum.

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So I hold the club right here

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and I say, all right, you're gonna keep this part

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of your chest pointing, um, at me

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'cause I'm holding it right there.

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And then I will have them put their hands together out in

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front of, uh, or above the chest

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or above the club like this.

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And then I'll say, I'll bring my hand over here

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and I'll say, I want you to bring your hands so

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that they're pointing at my, my hand over there.

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So basically without moving this part of the chest,

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I'm gonna try and turn like that.

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So you'll see belly button, belt buckle doesn't move.

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I turn the chest and then I have 'em close their eyes

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and I ask the simple question,

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where do you feel like your chest is pointing?

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And some people will say, well,

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my chest is still pointing at you.

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And others will say, my chest is pointing back here.

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And it'll help me feel if they're feeling more the upper

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part of their chest and

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where their shoulders are pointing when I say the word chest

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or if they're feeling low down, kind

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of close to nipple level.

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When we say chest,

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if this feels like your chest is pointing back here, then

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at impact you are going

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to feel like your chest is pointing well

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behind the golf ball, 20, 30 degrees.

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I'll usually kind of put an object kind

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of in line somewhere over here like this.

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Um, so that position there, if I keep my shoulders there

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and then I try to turn my hips to get open

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and I continue to turn my hips,

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this still feels like my chest is pointing there,

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but you'll clearly see from the down the line video, um,

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that my shoulders are square or even open.

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So what's happening is

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these people are feeling the chest staying closed,

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which is really just not firing the shoulders early.

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If I get down, if I keep my, my shoulders closed

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or my chest closed in this first example, um,

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and then I get to this, uh, impact position

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where I feel like my hips

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and my belly button are pointing out in front

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of the golf ball and I've got my hands to impact.

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It feels like the arms are in front.

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So that's allowed me to do some of the wipe.

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It feels like my chest is pointing back there,

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even though I can check and I can see, no, it's not.

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That's just more of a feeling rather than a reel.

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And that feel is connected to the shoulder blades

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because then I'll say, okay, now point your chest out there

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and they'll go like this and I'll even hold the bottom

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of their chest so their spine doesn't really move.

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And you'll see that their feeling of the chest

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as associated a hundred percent with

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where the shoulders are pointing.

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If on the other hand, when you turn like this, you're like,

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no, my chest is pointing forward.

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It's just my, my shoulders are, are back here.

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Well then I'll say, okay, you need to leave the arms behind.

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You need to feel like your arms stay back in that position.

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And I want you to get your chest pointing 20,

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30 degrees out in front of the golf ball.

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Um, it really gets to the same look

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and it gets to the same position,

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but it's totally different language

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depending on what your feel is.

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So again, the the little test is if you, uh,

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pin this up against the sofa

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or a couch so that it doesn't move,

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and then you simply bring your arms back, you'll see

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that my shoulders have turned,

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my spine has turned with it a little bit.

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But it's really just trying to associate where is your feel.

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Once you figure out where your feel is, then it'll be easier

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for you to figure out and sift

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through which videos will be most helpful for you.

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If that feels like your chest is backward,

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then you're gonna do well with don't spin the shoulders,

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presetting spine rotation.

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Um, keep your back to the target, those type of ideas.

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Um, if you feel like it's the shoulders that are back there,

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then you're gonna feel like your, your hips

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and your um, your chest are pointing out in front

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of the golf ball and it's gonna feel more like the arms

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are being left behind.

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Um, so when we work through it, whatever feel we have

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for me, it's gonna be more of that chest,

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uh, staying backward.

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I'm gonna feel like my chest stays backward,

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my hips get open and my arms get to impact.

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But this feels like my chest is pointing way back there.

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Um, for some of you it might be the shoulders

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that is pointing back there,

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but something typically has a feeling like it's being

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behind the golf ball while your hips

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and your hands are getting down to impact.

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So you'll see if we kind of exaggerate it.

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Usually when I get into the kind of drill

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or working through it stage, I'll do a few

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where I'll feel like I stay chest pointing back there

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all the way past impact.

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It'll shorten my finish.

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Um, but it'll give a feeling of a little bit more

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of the hips turn and the wipe.

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So again, oh, my chest went a little bit on that one.

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Um, forgot to get warmed up today.

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So feeling a tiny bit stiff, so we'll bring it back chest.

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So that one to me felt really good as far

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as the chest staying back.

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Um, and when I check it on video,

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it'll probably have a really good look at impact.

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So if you're struggling with getting your shoulders to, uh,

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lead too much during the downswing, if you're struggling

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with getting your hips open

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because your shoulders are leading too much,

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this little test will help you figure out

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what feels might likely work for you.