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Keys To Transition
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During transition, the left side is going to continue to go into "left side bend". This can feel weird because of the rotation of the spine. If you go into left side bend, then your left shoulder will stay low until the release begins. If you do it correctly, and you are used to going into right side bend early in the downswing, this will feel as if your shoulders stay level longer.
Tags: Transition, Drill, Intermediate
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In this video, we're going to refine the left shoulder side bend through transition.
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Because I've had a couple of questions about how, basically, during the release, the right
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shoulder goes low, during transition, the left shoulder goes low, how does that actually happen?
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So I'm going to help clarify that.
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When you go to the top of the swing on 3D, what I'm going to see is here's at the top of
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the swing, and then I'm going to continue going down before it goes to the right.
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Or I'm going to continue going to the left before it goes to the right.
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The problem is I'm twisted like facing like so as that movement happens.
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So what'll end up feeling like is it'll feel like my shoulder stay a level longer.
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Because if I was to go instantly into right side bend, what'll happen is I get to the
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top of the swing and this right shoulder comes up.
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And now as I come down, I have too much of this right side bend.
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I'll do that facing the camera.
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So if I go up here and I don't side bend to the left, I get very level and now it's very
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hard for me to hit the ground.
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I'll tend to battle, fat shah, or thin shots, and I'll tend to battle big hooks, especially
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when my iron's as my miss.
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So the feeling of this left shoulder going down will be until my hands get into release
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position.
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If I had the club across my shoulders, you'll see that that left shoulder is still slightly
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lower than the right.
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So it'll feel like these stay level or that left shoulder stays lower, not necessarily
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that it's bent to the left.
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That's confused a few people in the past.
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So this is a little bit of a clarification on how you're going to feel that actual movement.
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So just feel that that stays level longer and the way that you'll know you're doing
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it right is you won't be able to do anything but hit the ground because the sternum and
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the upper body will be in a better position.
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And as long as the sternum and the upper body is in a good position, it'll give you the
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space to start working on and creating that really good release that we're hoping to build.
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So work on that left shoulder staying level longer and that'll help you build a much
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more solid transition position.
