Keys To Transition
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The transition in the distance wedge swing has similar movements to the stock swing, but on a smaller scale. The important thing is that the lower body has a little bump before it begins to rotate, and the rotation of the body happens while the arms are extending. The wedge swing will have a much less dramatic creation of lag, so the "delivery position" will not have as much side tilt and the arms will be further away from the body.
Tags: Pitch, Transition, Concept, Drill, Beginner
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In this drill video, we're going to look at the transition for the distance wedge.
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So transition is obviously a very important part of the golf swing and whether it's
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putting or full swing, I think it deserves special attention.
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So the transition for the distance wedge is going to be less powerful than your full swing,
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but a little bit more powerful than your finesse wedge swing.
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So it's basically going to have a subtle little weight shift and then letting your arms
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drop with your body turning with it.
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So it'll be the same timing as if I was throwing a little underhand toss in a real
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throw, right?
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If I was trying to strike someone out, I would step and shift and boom, there would be a
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clear distinction between when I stepped and then when my arm went forward.
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Well in a beanbag toss or in an underhand toss, you'll almost step as the arms are
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coming forward, but you'll step just slightly beforehand.
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It's exactly the same timing.
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So what you'll tend to see with very good distance wedge players is with that slightly
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narrow stance, that little weight shift is going to be very hard to see.
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It's going to look like they say almost very stacked.
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So you're going to have your slight tilt left in the back swing and then there's a slight
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little shift into that left heel before you let your arms and your body drop through.
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Whether you're doing the nine o'clock, the chest height, shoulder height, whatever you
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want to call them.
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The step is going to be a little bit more gradual.
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What I see on 3D is it kind of reaches its peak as it's approaching impacts, where the
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peak on 3D for your full swing will reach close to its maximum lateral movement when the hands
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are getting into the delivery position.
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Because then you'll push through the legs and post up.
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There's a lot less of that push through the legs and post up, which we'll get into in the
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release video.
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So I'll provide an example, which is basically here's my normal distance wedge set.
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We'll go chest height and we'll just kind of pump that little transition and then just let
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those arms and hands carry through to chest height just like so.
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So I love the pump drill for a transition, whether it's in your full swing or in your
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distance wedge, distance wedge just focus on those arms kind of getting more involved
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earlier as opposed to later.