00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:02,000
This drill is single arm rope training.

00:00:03,000 --> 00:00:05,000
So I've got two different examples here,

00:00:05,000 --> 00:00:10,000
but basically what you want to do is you're going to take your trusty rope that you use for some of your power training,

00:00:10,000 --> 00:00:14,000
and you're going to tie some soft object to it.

00:00:14,000 --> 00:00:16,000
So these are really flexible cones that I like.

00:00:16,000 --> 00:00:20,000
They actually seem to provide a good amount of resistance,

00:00:20,000 --> 00:00:22,000
where this is some athletic tape.

00:00:22,000 --> 00:00:27,000
So it's a little bit denser, more of a ball bearing at the end of the rope.

00:00:27,000 --> 00:00:29,000
I don't think you get quite as good of a feel.

00:00:30,000 --> 00:00:35,000
The purpose of this drill is to help you take some of those single arm release movements

00:00:35,000 --> 00:00:42,000
and learn how to let them happen as opposed to trying to consciously make them happen.

00:00:42,000 --> 00:00:47,000
Right? So a lot of times you're training whether it's the trail arm or the lead arm,

00:00:47,000 --> 00:00:52,000
and you'll get really tense and tight trying to supinate or trying to unhing.

00:00:52,000 --> 00:00:56,000
And the problem is when you create a lot of arm tension,

00:00:56,000 --> 00:01:00,000
your brain has to create more stability further up the chain.

00:01:00,000 --> 00:01:02,000
So if you create a lot of arm tension,

00:01:02,000 --> 00:01:06,000
your brain has to stabilize the shoulder in your ribcage.

00:01:06,000 --> 00:01:11,000
And when it stabilizes, it's going to tend to stall or stop some of your movement.

00:01:11,000 --> 00:01:14,000
So what'll happen is you're doing some of these arm training,

00:01:14,000 --> 00:01:17,000
and then you get over the golf ball and you've got too much tension,

00:01:17,000 --> 00:01:19,000
and you'll see the body kind of brace,

00:01:19,000 --> 00:01:20,000
and that'll mess up your contact,

00:01:20,000 --> 00:01:26,000
and it'll prevent you from really getting out of the drill,

00:01:27,000 --> 00:01:30,000
what you want, which is the ability to hit solid contact

00:01:30,000 --> 00:01:33,000
with good arm movements with very little effort.

00:01:33,000 --> 00:01:37,000
So the rope training can be a way to kind of feel

00:01:37,000 --> 00:01:41,000
guiding the movements as opposed to forcing them to happen.

00:01:41,000 --> 00:01:43,000
So I'll demonstrate most of it with the one that I like,

00:01:43,000 --> 00:01:46,000
which is the few alignment cones,

00:01:46,000 --> 00:01:48,000
but basically it took a rope,

00:01:48,000 --> 00:01:50,000
tied to some athletic tape at the end,

00:01:50,000 --> 00:01:54,000
and then you'll choke up a little bit,

00:01:54,000 --> 00:01:58,000
so that it's, you know, let's say a little bit wider than shoulders.

00:01:58,000 --> 00:02:01,000
All right, so I'm not trying to max that out as much as I can,

00:02:01,000 --> 00:02:03,000
a little bit wider than shoulders.

00:02:03,000 --> 00:02:06,000
Now what you're going to do is you're going to make a little body pivot,

00:02:06,000 --> 00:02:09,000
so that the club or the rope would be at about delivery position.

00:02:09,000 --> 00:02:12,000
So about 45 degree angle with the arm,

00:02:12,000 --> 00:02:15,000
uh, the rope pointed out at about the target line.

00:02:15,000 --> 00:02:19,000
Then from here, you're going to let go with your right hand,

00:02:19,000 --> 00:02:24,000
pivot with your body, and let your arm swing through,

00:02:24,000 --> 00:02:27,000
going through the good single arm release movement.

00:02:27,000 --> 00:02:32,000
So, um, going into unhinging and flexing,

00:02:32,000 --> 00:02:34,000
and then ending with supination.

00:02:34,000 --> 00:02:39,000
And so that movement pattern will look, grab the rope,

00:02:40,000 --> 00:02:41,000
kind of like that.

00:02:41,000 --> 00:02:45,000
Now what you'll see is when I grab the discs,

00:02:45,000 --> 00:02:47,000
they've got a little bit more resistance,

00:02:47,000 --> 00:02:50,000
and the weight is kind of distributed a little bit wider,

00:02:50,000 --> 00:02:53,000
so it'll, I'll get a stronger sensation,

00:02:53,000 --> 00:02:58,000
like it's actually floating through there, and I can really kind of guide that movement.

00:02:58,000 --> 00:03:02,000
And you'll see that the, the rope,

00:03:02,000 --> 00:03:04,000
or my shoulder stays connected,

00:03:05,000 --> 00:03:08,000
through to about here, and then when it swings through,

00:03:08,000 --> 00:03:10,000
that's when my arm disconnects.

00:03:10,000 --> 00:03:14,000
I'm not pulling it through with the arm straight from the get go.

00:03:15,000 --> 00:03:17,000
Now, you can do this with the trail arm.

00:03:17,000 --> 00:03:20,000
I have to admit, I mostly use this for the lead arm.

00:03:20,000 --> 00:03:24,000
I mostly use it for feeling that smooth supination on the way through,

00:03:25,000 --> 00:03:29,000
especially for golfers who tend to kind of get close to impact,

00:03:29,000 --> 00:03:33,000
and then start to re-hinge or chicken wing or bend and pull it up.

00:03:33,000 --> 00:03:39,000
And it won't feel really fluid if you do that movement with the release,

00:03:39,000 --> 00:03:45,000
but letting the arm extend, letting the weight of the club kind of help the supination

00:03:45,000 --> 00:03:48,000
and the owner deviation and that follow through,

00:03:48,000 --> 00:03:51,000
as it kind of extends out towards this argument,

00:03:51,000 --> 00:03:53,000
the rope gives you really strong feeling.

00:03:53,000 --> 00:03:55,000
Now, if you're going to do trail arm,

00:03:55,000 --> 00:03:58,000
so you're going to work a little bit on the wipe and getting the rope to swing

00:03:58,000 --> 00:04:00,000
on the other side of the golf ball,

00:04:00,000 --> 00:04:04,000
you got to be a little creative with how you grip it, I'll show you what I mean.

00:04:05,000 --> 00:04:08,000
Because I can't really, this is going to feel awkward,

00:04:08,000 --> 00:04:12,000
so what I found is the easiest way is to grip it behind the back,

00:04:12,000 --> 00:04:14,000
unless you have a really restricted shoulder.

00:04:14,000 --> 00:04:18,000
So now what I'm going to do is I'm going to initiate a little bit of the wipe movement,

00:04:19,000 --> 00:04:24,000
and I'm going to feel that arm extend after the golf ball.

00:04:25,000 --> 00:04:28,000
As opposed to what this can be helpful for feeling,

00:04:28,000 --> 00:04:31,000
is if you normally just swing right at the golf ball,

00:04:32,000 --> 00:04:37,000
you'll feel a little bit more of the internal rotation

00:04:38,000 --> 00:04:42,000
as opposed to kind of that form or the elbow pit staying up as the form

00:04:42,000 --> 00:04:44,000
rotates through and extends.

00:04:45,000 --> 00:04:49,000
So now we'll grip it back, we'll be right on our own link,

00:04:49,000 --> 00:04:54,000
grip it behind the back, and now I'm going to make my little body pivot with my white movement

00:04:55,000 --> 00:04:59,000
and swing it out in front. Then what you can do is you can grab your club and you can do the

00:04:59,000 --> 00:05:05,000
single arm release drills. They will feel a little bit weird if you've done a number of reps with the rope,

00:05:05,000 --> 00:05:09,000
but take enough practice swing so it starts to feel a little bit comfortable,

00:05:09,000 --> 00:05:13,000
and then try to integrate that fluid feeling into the release.

00:05:14,000 --> 00:05:21,000
If you're not making solid contact, use that as a diagnostic to figure out why aren't you making solid contact.

00:05:21,000 --> 00:05:27,000
What movement is out of position? Because basically what it's saying is that your tension is actually

00:05:27,000 --> 00:05:32,000
saving the fact that you're out of position, and the rope drill is a great way to reveal that.