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