Hello, Adam Bazalgette here,
founder of Scratch Golf Academy.
I'm at the beautiful club at Mediterra in Naples, Florida.
Today's subject, timing your golf swing.
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So we'll look at what timing is in the golf swing,
it's a very important thing.
I'll lay that out for you briefly,
then we'll give you a couple of drills
to help you put it together.
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So here's Rory McIlroy.
We're gonna check the top of the backswing,
and the finish position, and see how he times those up.
Now watch more his body than the club,
and peripherally you'll see the club,
but notice right as the upper back and hips are finishing,
that's when the club arrives, just beautiful.
Now, bear in mind, the golf club has a lot more distance
to travel than does the body,
with the hands being something in between.
And he accomplishes that by having some freedom
in his motion, and certainly cocking his wrists adds
some speed to the swing, but the fact is, he times it up.
Now let's check the finish.
Before we do that though, you'll notice,
not everything comes down together,
he leads with the body, he stores power,
then he lashes the power, but once that's happened again,
it all times up, and you'll just see how the body
and the club finish right together.
Beautifully done.
Okay, so our first checkpoint we just saw there
on the video is top of the backswing.
And again, we're trying to get the club,
say the hands, and the body all to arrive at the same time.
The challenge, of course,
is they're not doing the same jobs.
The club is in an enormous arc,
versus what the body's doing, hands somewhere in between.
So here's a little drill I think is a great way
to start to foster that feel.
Take a setup for a practice swing initially,
and as the club has further to travel,
what you've gotta do is just swing the club
forward a couple of feet.
Don't move your body a lot, don't move a lot when you do
that so that as you swing it back,
it's got some momentum at what would be the actual takeaway,
and almost feel like you're chasing the club
to the top there.
And just use your innate ability to stop at the top
and feel the arrival of all three components
at the same time.
Let's look from here.
Okay, now try to time this finish position.
Again, same idea, body, hands, club,
all arriving pretty much at the same moment.
This is somewhat more challenging, though.
And that is because we're not just moving
as in the backswing where three things are moving
and timing up together, here we actually have
to create storage of power.
You've seen me use these towels if you've watched my videos,
we have to load power, then we have to transfer energy
if we wanna hit the ball anywhere.
So, there's a real whip-like effect
and yet we still have to time it to the finish.
Before I give you a drill, let me just say this to you,
your conscious mind is not just designed
to be able to time complex things like that up,
you've just got to quiet your mind, have a clear intention,
and just sort of let it show up for you.
So here's the drill I would start with,
I would go back to about here.
Again, not a lot of detail on that in this video,
but feel the weight transfer, let the club load,
if you will, like the towel, and once you feel
the energy snap out to the golf club,
just notice the timing at the finish.
I promise you, if your mind's quiet,
if you do the drill a little bit,
you'll just start to time that up.
So let's try that once more.
Okay, here's my load, nice, soft wrists.
Swoosh to the golf club.
And literally in that last portion of the swing,
I almost feel like I'm chasing the club to the finish there.
That's the kind of energy you should've produced.
Once you've done the drill, get over a golf ball,
tee it up a little bit, make it easy,
and keep that mind quiet.
No other swing thoughts, no target.
And just see if it matches up for you at the end there.
Keep doing the drill, I promise you,
this'll help your golf swing.
Well hope that's helpful for you in timing your golf swing.
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