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The drill is the single leg squat in jump for lower body power.

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So this is the help with your transition and kind of your overall picture of what the lower

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body is going to do in order to contribute power speed to the system.

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So I'm going to highlight what we're going to do from top of the swing down to impact

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and how we're going to use this lower body.

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You may have seen, you know, if you watch enough golf on TV, they will always talk about

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how especially Tiger would have this pronounced kind of squat move where it would look

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like he would basically be going into a squat position during his transition.

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I'm going to give you what gives that appearance, okay?

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And why it happens so frequently in how it contributes power.

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During this transition, the left leg is going to increase flex as I shift my weight.

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So as my pelvis moves, you know, five, six inches to get over this left heel, this left

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leg is increasing flex.

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This puts a lot of pressure through that left leg and provides a platform for you to

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then straighten that leg to help the bracing to help the release through impact.

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So what ends up happening is I'll do it in the swing.

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Basically you squat in and then as you push through impact, it's kind of the squat and

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then the jump.

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Now notice as I go into the jump, it pretty much gets absorbed up through my core.

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It doesn't cause my upper body to go up with it.

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So if you have a hard time putting this in play, it could be that you're doing more of

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a back jump or a stand-up style jump instead of actually pushing through the legs.

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So one of the ways that I like to get my golfers to feel this is by doing a single leg

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hop.

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Because if I was going to have you stand on your left leg and then jump off of it, you

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would basically squat down a little bit and then push up.

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All right?

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So you would squat down and then push up.

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Well, what happens during the golf swing is we're more or less centered with more of

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a pressure or a little bit of our weight on that trail foot and then we load into this

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front leg by bending that knee just like I was doing that single leg jump.

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So I load into that leg and then I extend that leg as the release happens until I get into

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the follow-through position.

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The appearance of the squat and there's knees separating is just because of this combined

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lateral movement with that left knee bend.

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That gives the appearance of the squat and loads that left leg to push through the release

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pattern.

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So if you're working on trying to get a little bit more speed in your swing, especially

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from your lower body, this is a great way to practice or a great kind of image to have

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in order to help you figure out what the lower body should feel like during this transition

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and then through the release.

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It can be a huge power source but let me give you a word of caution.

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If your sequence is normally I get most of my speed from chopping with my arms then you

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really have to work on the timing of the sequence, not the actual movements.

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Because what'll happen is if your arms have already fallen as you're into the squat, they'll

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be too close to the ball when you go into the jump and you'll hit the ground way behind

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the golf ball because your arms have already kind of dumped their energy.

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This squat or what I call the single leg squat and then the stand up.

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During that single leg squat, the arms should basically stay in context with your body

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or the left arm should stay in contact with your body, indicating that you haven't used

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a whole lot of shoulder power yet.

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That should happen during the release and much, much later in this swing.

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Keep in mind the movements that we're trying to do is very simple little press against

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the earth and then get off of it.

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It's almost if I had two scales under my feet.

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You're trying to get the one under your left foot to read as high as you can during transition.

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That's a common image that I've heard many people explain.

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That tends to be a really strong or positive image for the speed of the weight shift as

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well as the left leg increasing its flex during that transition.

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That is too load so that you can do the jump on the release.

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Hopefully that's somewhat clear idea and gives you a kind of a picture of what you can practice.

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It's very hard to do in slow motion, but after you've done a few of these single leg reps

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and you're kind of like, okay, I've got this.

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I've seen pretty dramatic speed gains from putting it into full swings.

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Again, it's hard to do in slow speed, so be patient when you're doing your learning process

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drills before you put it in the full speed.