Jason Day vs. Gerina Piller
Jason Day vs. Gerina Piller
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Description
Jason Day is now the #1 player in the world. In this video, I'll show you how Jason Day and LPGA tour sensation Gerina Piller get into really great backswing positions.
Video Practice Points
- Imagine a thin plane of glass resting in front of your hands at address
- Shift your weight and rotate to get the club moving into the takeaway.
- Add a slight amount of elevation during the takeaway and backswing.
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Hey, what's up, everyone? This is Rotary
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Swing Instructor Chris Tyler, and we are
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back with this week's tour analysis on
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two very young, bright, shining stars
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from this past weekend. Jason Day picking
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up his next victory on the PGA Tour and
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now becoming the number one player in the
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world, so congratulations to Jason.
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And also over at the Solheim Cup this
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past weekend, we saw lots of drama, but
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we also saw some great play from Jarena
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Piller. So this week, we're going to be
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focusing in on backswing.
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Right foot and get into a really good,
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solid backswing position, just like the
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tour pros. Let's go ahead and get
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started.
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Okay, so we are going to be short, sweet,
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and to the point this week. We are going
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to be focusing in on one of the really
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common mistakes that we see from a lot of
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amateur golfers, either on the website or
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even in private instruction.
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And that's where we start to try to get
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elevation added into the swing too early.
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Now elevation, just simply put, is just a
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small upward movement of the arms. We've
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often described it as shoulder elevation,
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but we've also described it as arm
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elevation. But this would be just the
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slight about of upward movement of the
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hands and the arms. That happens
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gradually throughout the takeaway and
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gradually throughout the backswing. And
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one of the common mistakes that we see is
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that amateur golfers try as a band-aid
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approach in order to not have that inside
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takeaway. What they try to do is they try
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to push the hands away from their body at
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the starting point. What that does is it
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gets you disconnected.
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And when you're disconnected, then it's
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hard to keep things lined up. It's hard
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to keep things in sync. And now you're
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adding a timing variable to the golf
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swing. And we do not want to have a timed
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golf swing. We want to have a golf swing
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that works the same way every single day.
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So with that said, what we want to do, we
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want to have our focus be primarily on
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rotation first.
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Okay, so I'm going to mark the front of
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the hands here on both Jarena. I'm going
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to mark the front of the hands on Jason.
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And I'm just going to show you guys a
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couple of good checkpoints that you can
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use for your own swings when you're doing
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some self-analysis.
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All right, so now watch the position of
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the hands here as I work through the
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takeaway. Okay, let's do Jarena first
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here.
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So now we get to a completed part of the
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takeaway.
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And you can notice here that our hands
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never went out through that line. Okay,
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so think of that line as kind of like a
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thin plane of glass.
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Notice how they never went out through
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there. A very similar looking move here
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to Jason. So you can see how his hands
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never popped through that glass.
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Okay, so what has moved the golf club
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into this position? The primary movement
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is rotation. Always think of the primary
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movement of load and rotation to build a
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good backswing.
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Arm movements are just a very subtle
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upward movement of the arms. And you can
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notice here now that the completed part
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of the takeaway is that the hands are
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right around the base of the pocket.
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Okay, so very similar to Jason Day right
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at the base of the pocket here. All
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right, so you can see that they both have
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added this little bit of elevation here.
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And in turn, they're going to still
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continue to increase the elevation as
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they work to the top of the swing.
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So let's look at Jarena here as she
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starts to work into the vertical plane.
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You can see now she gets into a really
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good looking backswing position here.
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Okay, So what we look for from an RST
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standpoint is we want to have the base of
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the elbow here, right at the base of the
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chest. And she's gotten to a pretty high
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elevation point here, but it's a
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beautiful looking backswing position
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here.
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So you can see how the elevation itself
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didn't start the golf swing. It just
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gradually worked its way into the
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takeaway, and then gradually worked its
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way into the backswing. And that's the
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big mistake that we see from a lot of
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golfers is that they're so fixated on a
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hand and arm position at the top of their
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swing. And in turn, What that's doing is
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it's getting your brain off the focus or
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not focused on the more important things,
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which is load and rotation.
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All right, so let's look at Jason here
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and finish.
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Okay, right up to the top.
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So you can see his right elbow is right
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about the base of his chest here. Good
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elevation standpoint here. Really good
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looking body positions from both players.
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They've been able to keep their hips
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back. They've been able to rotate around
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their spine properly. And they never
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really started the golf swing off with
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their hands and arms, which in turn,
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again, is the big mistake from a lot of
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amateurs. Because when we start to use
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our arms very early on in the swing,
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we're starting to load those muscle
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groups up first. They're going to want to
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fire first on your downswing sequence.
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So what I want you guys to try out is
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just think of a small, thin plane of
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glass in front of your hands. You don't
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ever want to look at it, breathe on it,
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touch it, whatever it may be.
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And you want to focus on rotation.
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And that in turn is going to start
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getting your golf swing moving. It's
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going to help get a lot of width
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established. And then in turn, What
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you're going to be looking for is to add
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some subtle elevation to the later part
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of the takeaway. And then a subtle amount
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to the backswing. And you'll be in a
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perfect backswing position every single
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time you play golf.
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A couple of videos I want you guys to
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check out this week. Pool noodle shoulder
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elevation video.
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Five minutes to a perfect backswing.
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And checkpoints for five minutes to a
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perfect backswing. I want you guys to
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focus on those areas. That'll help you
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get in a good couple of checkpoints for
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elevation. And then use this little thin
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plane of glass tool. And you're going to
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be well on your way to building a tour
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-like backswing position every single
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time.
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All right, everyone. I hope everyone has
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a great week. Now let's make it a great
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day and play some great golf.
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