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This concept video is unifying some transition thoughts. So,

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um, on Instagram and YouTube and things like that,

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you kind of hear two polar opposite descriptions of transition. Um,

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and this video is my way of trying to unify what I think that the two different

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sides are saying. Um, cuz you're probably confused. Uh,

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if you try one, it sounds like it's, uh, polar opposite to the other.

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I often think that golf instructors Dr uh,

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describing the golf swing are like the classic, um, uh,

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fable of the blind men and the elephant where, um,

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you have a handful,

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let's say six different blind men all touching different parts of the elephant.

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They're describing the elephant, um, based on what they're,

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what they're holding. So one says it's, it's like a velvet, um, curtain. Well,

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he's obviously holding onto the ear.

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One says it's like a tree trunk he's holding onto the leg. Um,

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one says it's like a rope he's holding onto the tail, um, et cetera, et cetera.

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So when I hear different golf instructors describe different parts of the swing,

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I'm trying to reconcile how it fits with the data, um,

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and how it might be describing it from one, uh, or,

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or one of multiple perspectives. So the two different transition, uh,

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thoughts that you'll often heal here are leave your arms

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up and turn your body kind of as hard as you can.

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Kind of has more of a look like this when it's being exaggerated.

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And the other one would be keep your back to the target and feel like you pull

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the arms straight down.

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Now on paper those seems like they could not be further away from each other.

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They seem like they're polar opposites. Um,

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but what I'm gonna show you is I think they're two different reference points of

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the same movement. Um, and it really ties to the shoulder blades.

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I think the shoulder blades are one of the big missing links in golf instruction

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and one of the, um, core differentiators between different skill levels.

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Um, and in general in transition,

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what I like to see is more of that trail shoulder blade retracting

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and that lead shoulder blade protracting and elevating. So you get,

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you get kind of this swim move like this that helps with shallow as well as

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connection. Um, lots of good things. So from the second perspective,

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this is an easy one where you've heard lots of people describe,

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keep your back to the target.

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If this shoulder stays more up and this one stays more back,

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as my hips are turning, it's gonna feel like my back stayed to the target.

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So if I bring this arm down,

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it doesn't lower as much as it could. If,

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if my goal was actually to bring the arm down,

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then I would bring it all the way to my side.

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If I'm just trying to bring it while it's across my body,

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I'm limited in the range of motion. Um,

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so that's about as far as I could pull down. And so while I'm doing that,

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I feel like a good connection, um, on my RAs and my pec,

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some of the inside shoulder muscles. Um, but it will have a feeling of,

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of pulling down with the arm cuz it's really hard to overdo if the shoulder stay

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in good alignment.

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If on the other hand I actually was trying to pull down my arm, um,

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eventually instead of staying this way,

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that shoulder would start pulling back and I would pull it down to my side or

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even behind it, kinda like this.

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So back to the target and pull down helps keep that left shoulder

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from pulling and, uh, helps get the arm connection really good.

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That is the opposite of that lead shoulder pulling down,

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um,

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or the shoulders kind of reversing that tension and leading the downswing.

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Now the second idea is spinning the lower body

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and keeping the arms up. So again,

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if I'm feeling this would be a reference of pulling the arms down.

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If I feel like I'm keeping my arms up,

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one of the ways to do that would be to increase that connection.

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And if I'm keeping this shoulder closed,

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I'm gonna feel like my hips and my my legs are leading the downswing,

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like they're turning pretty aggressively.

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So from the shoulder blade perspective, if I do the same movement,

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if I'm feeling more of the core and the hips,

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I could feel like I'm spinning while that arm stays up.

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If I'm feeling more of the arms and my,

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I'm not really aware of what my legs are doing,

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I might feel like the back stays to the target and the arm is pulling down.

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So I think that those two different descriptions based on the,

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like the actual data and my understanding of some of these, uh, fascial lines,

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um, I think that they're actually describing the same thing. Um,

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so if you're struggling with it, I think it can be helpful to know how to,

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um, look at yourself on video and decide which one might make more sense to you.

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If you are going into more of a early extension kind of slide movement like

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this,

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well you might do better trying to get your hips to rotate and feel like the

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arms stay a little bit more back. Um,

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if on the other hand you are seeing your shoulders kind of spin

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really aggressively, kind of like this and the club is getting thrown out there,

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then you might feel better feeling like your back stays to the target and the

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arms pull down,

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especially if you can build a little awareness in feeling it kind of in the

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shoulder blades more like that. So hopefully this helps you understand,

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um, how to navigate or interpret these different fields.

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It you want to start by understanding what the actual movement is and then

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depending on where you're coming from, you could have two polar opposite fields,

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but you're trying to do the same movement.

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Build a good efficient body powered golf swing. If you know how to feel both,

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then I can kind of, all right,

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I'm gonna encourage more of that lower body turn on this one.

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So I'm gonna feel like the core stays back.

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That felt pretty good today. Um, and now on this next one,

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now that I've kind of predisposed my hips to start this,

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I'm gonna feel more like the arms are pulling down here,

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but that's more of an emphasis and a feeling of this lead shoulder, um,

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getting connected. So we're gonna go up and we're gonna feel more.

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And that gives me a little bit more draw because for me it does feel like

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I don't get my lower body to lead quite as aggressively. Um,

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but overall it connects the dots, um, helps me with building my overall pattern.

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So don't search for feels. Understand what you need to do,

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look at the video to see where you're at and then experiment with feels that

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might likely move you closer to the model.

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That's the way to make real progress with your golf swing.