Fix Your Setup For More Power
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Did you know that a simple setup change can increase your distance off the tee? In this video, you'll learn the biomechanical tricks to transfer the maximum energy from your trunk and core into your swing.
Have any of your friends or golf instructors in the past told you that your setup maybe looks like you're a puppy dog humping a fire hydrant?
Gosh, I hope not.
But if they have, then pay close attention to today's video because I'm going to show you how to make your setup look really cool.
But more importantly, I'm going to show you how to get set up so that you can start moving in the golf swing properly.
So that you can produce massive power and massive speed.
All right, so I know a lot of you are probably sitting at home right now really offended that I just called your setup a puppy dog humping a fire hydrant, but let's get past that.
Let's get it fixed.
Okay, one of the most common mistakes I see you guys make at home is that you set up with way too much knee flex and not enough hinge from your hips.
So you know, what's the problem with that?
Well, the problem with that is, is that it makes it really hard for your pelvis to actually rotate properly, makes it really hard for your body to turn.
But from a biomechanics standpoint, here's a little lesson for you.
It makes it almost impossible for you to be able to transfer energy from your trunk and your core, right?
The positions of your scapula being in a down and depressed position is very, very vital to your ability to be able to transfer that energy and speed.
Think about a boxer, right?
A boxer doesn't hold its shoulder up here and throw a punch, right?
No, a boxer holds its shoulder down and in.
So it uses his legs to help drive power out through the arms.
And the same thing applies for the golf swing.
Now, why do you set up with so much knee flex?
Well, Chris, I've got these really short clubs, I've got a seven iron, and I need to be able to get the club down by the ball, and I need to feel stable at the same time.
Well, I can't argue with either one of those points, right?
So if I told you at home that I was going to come knock you over, what would you do?
Well, you get really wide and really low to the ground, right?
Why?
Well, because that feels really stable.
And then I can't argue with the fact that getting further down into your knees feels like it's going to be easier for you to be able to hit down on the golf ball.
So those two points I can't argue.
But what I can tell you is, is that it will keep your body from wanting to move properly.
So what we have to do here is we have to kind of find the middle point.
We have to be able to get ourselves over the golf ball so that we have some freedom of movement.
And the way that I want you to do that is I want you to start hinging from your hips more.
So if you were to stand in an upright position here, okay, with your shoulders in a neutral position, okay, what I mean by neutral is not having them rounded, and you certainly don't need to wrench them back, okay, to where you feel a lot of discomfort in your upper back.
What I want you to do is I want you to hinge from your hips, but I want you to keep your legs locked out 100% straight.
You're going to hinge from your hips, like you're pushing a car door closed with your butt, and you're going to get your chest going over the golf ball.
Now, a simple little visual for you here is I want you to keep hinging.
If you had a pair of sunglasses on that you're going to look through the center of your sunglasses and see the golf ball, not through the bottom of it.
I don't want your chin to go down in your chest either.
To a lot of you at home, this is going to feel really bent over.
Why?
Because you're not used to it.
That's why.
So when you start hinging, you're going to keep hinging until you can see from the center of your sunglasses here.
And all you're going to do is just relax your knees to the back of the knee is over the center of the ankle.
That's it.
Okay.
Now, a couple things to watch out for.
When you start to hinge from your hips, your shoulders bear a lot of mass.
So your shoulders are going to try to round forward.
Keep them from doing that.
Also, another thing to watch out for is once you get yourself over the golf ball and you start to relax your knees, you're going to see a lot of players do this.
Okay.
That's tucking your butt up underneath you.
Okay.
You don't really move very well with a whole lot of posterior tilt to your pelvis.
Okay.
So you've got to be able to keep your head and your chest down once you've created that hinge.
Now, because we have different length clubs in our bag, you're going to be hinging sometimes more and sometimes less, just depending on how long the golf club is in your hands.
So if you notice here that I have a driver and I set the club down in behind the golf ball and I start hinging from my hips, well, my hands and arms can hang freely and the club is already down behind the ball.
I don't need to go any further.
So I'm going to have myself a little bit more upright here with my spine versus when I have a seven iron.
Okay.
You can see a little bit of a difference there.
Okay.
But again, the point is, is to get yourself hinging more from your hips and take out that knee flex.
So now, now you can actually start moving freely.
You can move your, you can rotate your hips, you can rotate your body and you can stop using your hands and your arms so much to produce your power and your speed.
So try it out.
Simple way to do it, cross your arms over your shoulders, stand up vertically, hinge from your hips.
So you can see the ball from the center of the glasses, relax your knees, bring the club back in the mix and don't move your arms out or pull your arms in away from your body.
Let your arms hang freely from that neutral shoulder position.
And now you're ready to start having a party.
Ooh, that was a good one there.
Jayden
Craig (Certified RST Instructor)