00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:04,000
The drill is the torso burner for hip rotation.

00:00:04,000 --> 00:00:12,000
So I've used ropes in different fashion for the last ten years or so, but in the last six

00:00:12,000 --> 00:00:17,000
months I've come across the mock three system by Mike Rohehmathowski and I think it's got

00:00:17,000 --> 00:00:19,000
some really good carryover.

00:00:19,000 --> 00:00:24,000
So when I do some of the drills and use some of the tools, I get some really good

00:00:24,000 --> 00:00:28,000
feels that are very similar to what I experience when I hit golf balls and I've gotten

00:00:28,000 --> 00:00:34,000
my students to experience and and make changes on their own without having me to necessarily

00:00:34,000 --> 00:00:35,000
over coach.

00:00:35,000 --> 00:00:40,000
So one of the tools we're going to use here is a shortened version of the torso burner.

00:00:40,000 --> 00:00:46,000
So the torso burner ideally is about a six feet or a six foot long piece of PVC pipe.

00:00:46,000 --> 00:00:50,000
So this is only a three feet.

00:00:50,000 --> 00:00:57,000
So imagine twice this long, but you can still get the same benefit from a shorter stick.

00:00:57,000 --> 00:01:04,000
It's just not quite as precise or you can't narrow in the lower body quite as well.

00:01:04,000 --> 00:01:07,000
So what you're going to do here is you're going to take the pole and place it up against

00:01:07,000 --> 00:01:08,000
your hips.

00:01:08,000 --> 00:01:14,000
And now if I use hip rotation, then what you'll see is if I keep this up against my hips

00:01:14,000 --> 00:01:18,000
and I use hip rotation, I can create some ripples in the rope.

00:01:18,000 --> 00:01:21,000
I don't want to be doing this just with my arms.

00:01:21,000 --> 00:01:24,000
I want to be using my legs against the ground.

00:01:24,000 --> 00:01:31,000
Now if you were to slow this down, you'll see that as I go to push, my lower body is actually

00:01:31,000 --> 00:01:33,000
going to sink into the ground.

00:01:33,000 --> 00:01:39,000
A lot of golfers who see on their swings that they tend to kind of stand up, I'll

00:01:39,000 --> 00:01:43,000
usually comment in their video that part of the reason that they're standing up is they're

00:01:43,000 --> 00:01:45,000
not pushing against the ground.

00:01:45,000 --> 00:01:50,000
They're basically not using their lower body in a efficient way to create rotation.

00:01:51,000 --> 00:01:58,000
Well this tool here, if I'm holding it kind of wide just like this, you'll see that as

00:01:58,000 --> 00:02:02,000
I go back and forth and create some rotational speed from my lower body, there's kind of

00:02:02,000 --> 00:02:05,000
a rhythm to my upper body dropping down.

00:02:05,000 --> 00:02:11,000
And that dropping down is to allow me to create some more friction so I can twist my lower

00:02:11,000 --> 00:02:12,000
body even better.

00:02:12,000 --> 00:02:19,000
Now doing this, I get kind of a similar feel, especially if I emphasize it more in the direction

00:02:19,000 --> 00:02:20,000
of the target.

00:02:20,000 --> 00:02:25,000
I get a similar feel to what it feels like after I've done the Jackson 5 and as I go

00:02:25,000 --> 00:02:26,000
in through the release.

00:02:26,000 --> 00:02:32,000
For some of you who may slide a lot, this would help you feel more centered or a little

00:02:32,000 --> 00:02:34,000
bit more of that bracing.

00:02:34,000 --> 00:02:39,000
And for some of you who sway off the ball, if you did this more in the backswing direction,

00:02:39,000 --> 00:02:42,000
you might feel more lower body rotation.

00:02:42,000 --> 00:02:49,000
But you just take a long rope, so this is about 50 feet and I got a PVC pipe in the middle,

00:02:49,000 --> 00:02:56,000
and I'm just going to get that torso or hip burn going back and forth for about 10 seconds.

00:02:56,000 --> 00:03:00,000
Next I'm going to take and place it across the shoulders and I'm going to try to get my

00:03:00,000 --> 00:03:03,000
torso to move from my hips and my lower body.

00:03:03,000 --> 00:03:08,000
So I'm basically trying to do the exact same movement, but I'm changing the anchor point

00:03:08,000 --> 00:03:10,000
by moving it up.

00:03:10,000 --> 00:03:17,000
Only once I have a good feel of what I want my lower body to move like and my going to

00:03:17,000 --> 00:03:20,000
then transition into hitting some golf balls.

00:03:20,000 --> 00:03:26,000
So now I'm trying to kind of recall what it's like to turn that lower body.

00:03:26,000 --> 00:03:30,000
And one of the great things about the rope is by going back and forth, it's very hard to

00:03:30,000 --> 00:03:31,000
have a whole lot of early extension.

00:03:31,000 --> 00:03:36,000
If I do early extend, I'll tend to get some speed in one direction, but I won't be centered

00:03:36,000 --> 00:03:40,000
enough to be able to recover for the next rep.

00:03:40,000 --> 00:03:47,000
So now I've got the feeling of the lower body rotating, and I'm going to try to apply

00:03:47,000 --> 00:03:55,000
that feel midway in the down swing.

00:03:55,000 --> 00:03:59,000
So kind of like so, and I get a good sense of using the ground in the same way.

00:03:59,000 --> 00:04:04,000
If you struggle with a little bit more of an upper body swing, grab a PVC pipe in the rope,

00:04:04,000 --> 00:04:09,000
and that will help you learn how to activate, push, and use your lower body in the correct

00:04:09,000 --> 00:04:13,000
way to create some rotational speed for your stock swing.