Rory Mcilroy Syncing Up For Consistency
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Rory Mcilroy has taken back over the world #1 ranking in golf. In this video, I'll show you how he keeps his hands and arms in sync with the rest of his body during the entire golf swing, for amazing consistency and awesome ball striking.
I think it's safe to say that we'd all like to become a little bit more consistent in the game of golf.
Hi guys, I'm Rotary Swing Instructor Chris Tyler, and Rory McIlroy has taken the word consistency into a whole nother dimension.
This week, I'm going to be focusing on how he keeps his golf swing so synced up with his hands and his arms.
And what they're doing throughout the entire golf swing.
So you can learn how to play more consistent golf.
Let's go ahead and get started.
Well, we are certainly going to spend a lot of time talking about Rory McIlroy's golf swing as of late.
It seems like, as I said in the opener, That we just got to talk about him winning the British Open.
And here he is two weeks later, winning the Firestone and putting himself back into the number one player in the world at 25 years old.
So congratulations to Rory on that.
Now I know a lot of the videos that we've talked about with Rory has always been built around power and speed.
And this week I want to talk to you about what he does in his golf swing.
That also leads him to a lot of consistency.
That's one of those things that people come to the website for is they want to become a little bit more of a consistent player.
When we have people that come in town for the clinics that Chuck conducts, The first and only thing that we hear that's common from all the people that are in the room is that they want to become more consistent.
I'm going to show you exactly what he does really, Really well, to keep things synced up and we're going to shift the focus off of power and speed at this point.
And we're going to really just kind of hone in on the idea that we're going to become consistent players.
And we're going to focus on the nine to three section.
So what I want you to do is I'm going to focus on the face on view first, and you're going to see here at the nine Okay, The hands and arms are basically just hanging onto the golf club, and they're helping establish width in the golf swing.
Alright, So here we are at the nine Now, that's absolutely pivotal for you.
People that are working on takeaway that have a problem with getting the club stuck inside, or you get the hands and arms to really start the golf club back.
One of the key checkpoints you want to look for is that the center of the chest is in line with the club head, alright, In line with the hands and then in line with the club head at the completed part of the takeaway.
So you can see he's done just that.
So what I try to get my students to do is feel like you're rotating the buttons on your golf shirt at the same rate as your club.
Head through the takeaway.
Keep both arms nice and straight.
They're not really doing anything just hanging onto the golf club.
So that's a good checkpoint for you guys when you're out there in the range.
Try to keep that club head rotating at the same rate as your buttons through the takeaway and keep both arms straight.
And you'll stay nice and wide, and you'll stay in sync.
Alright, so from there, from this point as he starts to work, this is where the hands and arms start to do a little bit, okay.
So his right arm is actually going to add a little bit of flexion and a little bit of elevation.
Which is helping give the golf club lift, which, in turn, he's going to be able to use for speed later on in the golf swing.
Okay, so his arms have really not done much up to this point throughout the takeaway.
All they did was help establish width, and all they've done is just add a little bit of right arm flexion to help move the golf club into the vertical plane.
Now, what do they do in the downswing?
Again, they're not going to do much, okay.
So you're going to notice over here on the down the line perspective that his hands and arms are just a fraction deep in relation to his right shoulder.
A lot of players get their hands above the right shoulder.
Alright, so we need to be able to get these hands and arms back out in front and how do we do that?
We are going to use the left side of the body.
When we create torso rotation, that is what's actually going to move the hands and arms back out in front.
We're also going to allow gravity to let the hands and arms to start to fall.
Back below the nine A lot of players are trying to figure out how to sequence golf swings.
And they're trying to use their arms to get back into the hitting area as much as they can.
And they're really just trying to struggle.
Or you're going to struggle with consistency because now you're developing a lot of timing in the move.
So what Rory's done is he's used more of his body to move the golf club to the top part of the golf swing and just a little arm movement.
So that's the whole mantra behind the rotary swing is big body turn, small arm movements.
Alright, so let's go ahead and start down here and you're going to see as he starts the golf club down, he's not really doing much of anything with the hands and the arms.
They're really just kind of falling and they're moving back out in front of the body by creating that rotation from the lead side.
So he's gotten seated into his left side and he's using those left obliques right in here to start to pull that hip away from the target.
Now as a chain reaction of events, What's happening is that's creating torso rotation, and that's moving the hands and arms back out in front.
And getting him set up for the release part of the golf swing.
So now as the hands and arms are back down into the nine o'clock region, he's been able to maintain his lag.
You can see both face on and down the line at this point and like I said, the hands and arms have not done much.
All they've done is just allowed gravity to pull them down to the ground, and rotation has moved them back out in front.
And now what he's doing, this is where the hands and arms become active through the release.
Okay, you're going to see the right arm really unfold and you're going to see rotation and extension.
Alright, so nine o'clock region, hands and arms are falling and then you're going to see the release of the right arm, that angle on the right arm and you're going to see the extension and the rotation of both forearms.
Alright, So this is what's going on.
And this is what really good, solid, fundamental players do is that they don't allow the hands and arms to do much.
You want the hands and arms to do very little until the release.
We have that great video that you're always going to hear me talk about is five minutes to a perfect release.
That's a video that teaches you how to release the golf clip through the hitting area.
There's another great video and a great drill on the website called the nine to three video.
And that's really where a lot of golf, or a lot of consistent golf, is made.
So, if you go and focus on that particular drill alone, the nine to three drill, You're going to be able to have a clear understanding of what the hands and arms are doing through the hitting area.
Then what I want you to do is kind of work backwards, alright.
Then go over to the takeaway and make sure that your hands and arms aren't doing much into the nine.
Then make sure you get your backswing.
Really kind of fine tuned.
That you move the club up into the vertical plane by just adding a little bit of right arm flexion.
Alright, then allow the hands and arms not to do much to get back down to the nine o'clock region.
Now, after you've trained the nine to three, You're back down into that area and you can go ahead and just release it through the hitting area properly.
And you're going to be on top of your golf shot and playing a lot of consistent golf.
So that's the name of the game is that if you want consistency, Focus in on the nine to three area because that's where the hands and arms are getting through the hitting area.
And that's where you're going to be able to lead to some great ball striking.
Alright guys, so that's the review for this week.
Get things synced up and get out there and play some great golf.
I look forward to working more with you guys in the future and I hope you have a great day.
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