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Ryder Cup Showdown - Rory vs. Bubba
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Now that the stage is set...The best players in the world are about to take on golf's most exciting event, the 2014 Ryder Cup. In this video, I will show you how 2 very different golf swings have 2 areas in common that allow them to hit the ball a mile and maintain a lot of consistency. You will learn how important rotating properly throughout the entire golf swing can lead to more distance and more drives in play every time.
- Maintain your spine angle throughout the entire golf swing
- Keep the hips back to use the lower body properly
- Maintain the angle in the spine even after impact for consistency
Okay, so golf's most exciting event is finally upon us.
The 2014 Ryder Cup is here.
Hi guys, I'm Rotary Swing Instructor Chris Tyler and this week I'm going to be focusing in on the number one points leader from the European team, Rory McIlroy, against the number one points leader from the USA team, Bubba Watson.
I'm going to be showing you two common moves that they make in their golf swings.
That help them bomb the golf ball further than a lot of people out there and also help them maintain a lot of consistency.
Let's go ahead and get started.
Okay, So now that the stage is set for the best players in the world to go toe -to-toe in the 40th edition of the Ryder Cup, I want to spend some time this week not necessarily going over the differences between these golf swings, because it's no surprise that both of these swings are wildly different, But I want to talk to you about some of the common areas that are shared between some of the longer players and more consistent players in golf today.
Obviously, Bubba leading the PGA Tour in total driving distance and Rory is in a very close third place in total driving distance.
These are some great players to really kind of show you.
Those two areas that we should focus on in order to be able to maintain a lot of speed, number one, and also a lot of consistency.
Let's go ahead and get started here.
I've drawn a couple lines on the screen here.
You can see I've drawn what we call the tush line.
This is a line straight down from the back of the rear end down to the ground.
And I've also drawn a spine angle line on both players, so you can see I've got a line right down the spine and then a line right down the back of the tush.
And both of these are great to understand in your golf swing if you're going to be able to maintain posture through the hitting area because, number one, that's not also critical for power, but it's also critical for consistency.
So let's go ahead and take a look here.
You're going to see that as I get Bubba up to the top part of his golf swing, his hips have not come forward of this line.
You can see that he's maintained his spine angle beautifully and very common from Rory as well.
You're going to see as Rory starts to work up into the top part of his golf swing, you can see that he's maintained his spine angle beautifully.
His hips have not come forward.
So what we're doing here is we're looking to build power by rotating the big muscles in your body.
It's called the stretch shortening cycle.
So anything that's, any muscle group that's really wound up, those things can fire faster.
And those big muscles in your core, your obliques, your abs, those are big, big muscles that are going to help you generate a lot of power.
Now, A lot of times, what we'll see from students is that as they're moving the hands and arms into the vertical plane, we'll see their spine angle start to change.
We'll see that start to move a little bit more on the vertical side.
And then in turn, the player or the student doesn't necessarily feel the buildup of those big muscles.
And if you haven't in your golf swing, if you haven't really started to feel those muscles really contract or build up that power, then chances are your spine angle could be changing.
So it's one of those things you definitely want to be able to analyze.
Because you're going to need that to be able to build a lot of power and efficiency into your move.
So let's go ahead and start down here with Rory.
I'm going to get him down into the hitting area and you're going to see as he gets down into impact, you can see that he's kept his hips back beautifully and he's also maintained his spine angle.
So this is where he's actually able to unload the power, and because he's rotating around his axis without having the hips come forward, He's been able to hit a lot of consistent.
So he's basically taking that build of power and now he's unloading it and then he's keeping the hips back for maximum consistency.
You've got to think of the spine as kind of like the matriarch of the consistent world.
We want to just be rotating around that spine angle with very little change to it.
If you think of yourself, or if you think of the spine, or you allow it to straighten up as you go back, then in turn what that can do is create a lot of timing in your golf swing.
So when the spine is moving vertical, then guess what? It's got to go back down in the hitting area in order for you to put the bat on the ball.
So I always think of this as if you don't want the spine to be like a carousel.
You want it to be able to maintain and we want to rotate around the spine.
All right.
So the same thing here with Bubba, you're going to see exactly the same kind of thing as he starts down.
You're going to see as he gets into the hitting area, he's actually increased his spine angle just a fraction.
And then as he's at impact here, now he's got virtually the same spine angle that he had at address and his hips are back as well.
And they actually maintain this angle as long as possible through the hitting area and beyond.
So you can see that Bubba is still in that spine angle that he was at address.
And the same thing with Rory here as well.
You're going to see exactly that.
They maintain this angle very long throughout the finish and into the follow through.
And that's where the consistency comes in and that's where the power comes out of the body.
So what we want to do is we're looking to be able to maintain consistency number one by keeping the hips back.
We've got a great video on the site.
I'm sure a lot of you have seen it called the Tush Line.
That's a great video to give you some good understanding on how to keep the hips back.
We also want to make sure that we're rotating around the axis, okay? So, rotating properly around your axis without having any sort of drastic change to the shape of your spine is also going to help build power.
And then it's also going to allow you to be consistent.
All right.
So those are the two things I want you to focus on your golf swing.
These are some of the moves that you'll see that's very common.
I know that when we look at tour players, golf swings look drastically different.
One of the most common things you'll see is their impact, positions and their control of the club face.
But you'll also see a lot of the great players in golf today being able to keep the hips back and then maintaining spine angle as well.
And that's one of the most pivotal parts of golf is consistency and being able to use efficiency from the body.
So I encourage you guys to make sure that you take a good look at your golf swings.
Make sure that you're keeping those hips back.
Make sure that you're maintaining spine as long as you can throughout the golf swing.
We'll play some consistent golf and I know this year's Ryder Cup is going to be extremely exciting.
There's a lot of great players and I hope for a really exciting event across the board.
All right, guys.
So let's get out there and play some great golf, maintain a lot of consistency, build that power up in those big muscles, get out there and bomb it past your friends and let's play some great golf.
I hope you guys have a great day.
We'll talk to you soon.
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