Bill Haas - Power from the ground up


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In this video, I'll show you what powering the golf swing from the ground up really means. I'll show you how Bill Haas uses his lower body perfectly to start his downswing sequence. The downswing sequence happens really fast and you must have a clear picture on how to get things started down properly, how to stabilize and how to stall the body properly for the proper timing of the release. If you have been searching for a solution to put more power in your game, then you must learn how to use your big and more powerful muscles first.


Video Practice Points
  • Shift your weight first to start the downswing
  • Stabilize the lower body by driving the lead heel into the ground
  • Use the core muscles to unwind the torso
  • Release when the lower body is stable and stalled
WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:02.120 Hey everyone, This is rotary swing 2 00:00:02.120 --> 00:00:04.040 instructor Chris Tyler. And if you have 3 00:00:04.040 --> 00:00:05.959 been searching for a solution on how to 4 00:00:05.959 --> 00:00:07.780 put more effortless power into your golf 5 00:00:07.780 --> 00:00:09.539 game, then I'm going to show you how. The 6 00:00:09.539 --> 00:00:12.320 2015 Humana Challenge champion Bill Haas 7 00:00:12.320 --> 00:00:14.480 powers his golf swing from the ground up. 8 00:00:14.720 --> 00:00:15.839 Now let's go ahead and get started. 9 00:00:23.519 --> 00:00:25.339 Okay guys, So I want to spend some time 10 00:00:25.339 --> 00:00:26.500 this week talking about 11 00:00:27.120 --> 00:00:28.739 downswing sequencing and what it actually 12 00:00:28.739 --> 00:00:30.399 means to power the golf swing from the 13 00:00:30.399 --> 00:00:32.119 ground up. I know a lot of us have 14 00:00:32.119 --> 00:00:34.179 probably heard that expression. And if 15 00:00:34.179 --> 00:00:35.520 you really, kind of grab a hold the idea 16 00:00:35.520 --> 00:00:37.600 of what that means. And hopefully this 17 00:00:37.600 --> 00:00:38.939 review will give you a clear indication 18 00:00:38.939 --> 00:00:39.619 of what it means, 19 00:00:40.159 --> 00:00:41.619 it'll certainly help you overcome a lot 20 00:00:41.619 --> 00:00:42.820 of those big faults that you have in your 21 00:00:42.820 --> 00:00:44.240 golf swing. If you notice that you have a 22 00:00:44.240 --> 00:00:46.060 loss of lag or if you have poor balance, 23 00:00:46.740 --> 00:00:48.299 if you notice that you come way over the 24 00:00:48.299 --> 00:00:50.799 top, If you get a good prioritized list 25 00:00:50.799 --> 00:00:52.659 of things that are of what are supposed 26 00:00:52.659 --> 00:00:55.240 to fire. When in the downward move, it'll 27 00:00:55.240 --> 00:00:57.679 be much easier to preserve lag, and it'll 28 00:00:57.679 --> 00:01:00.240 be much easier to take that stored power 29 00:01:00.240 --> 00:01:02.560 up and turn it into speed at impact. So I 30 00:01:02.560 --> 00:01:04.200 think it's best if we look at where we're 31 00:01:04.200 --> 00:01:06.900 trying to get to first before I talk 32 00:01:06.900 --> 00:01:08.879 about how to get there. If you look here 33 00:01:08.879 --> 00:01:10.939 at his impact position this is a driver 34 00:01:10.939 --> 00:01:12.400 swing, You can see that he's got a nice 35 00:01:12.400 --> 00:01:13.640 stacked up left side. 36 00:01:14.199 --> 00:01:16.239 Got a little bit of secondary axis tilt 37 00:01:16.239 --> 00:01:17.719 here, so you can see this is a driver 38 00:01:17.719 --> 00:01:19.739 swing now, so we normally would see a 39 00:01:19.739 --> 00:01:21.599 pretty drastic increase in secondary axis 40 00:01:21.599 --> 00:01:23.780 tilt. Because a lot of golf pros really 41 00:01:23.780 --> 00:01:25.239 try to launch the ball very high in the 42 00:01:25.239 --> 00:01:26.500 air, that's why we make some driver setup 43 00:01:26.500 --> 00:01:26.959 adjustments. 44 00:01:27.599 --> 00:01:29.640 But very good stacked up left side 45 00:01:29.640 --> 00:01:31.400 appearance here. Overall, a pretty 46 00:01:31.400 --> 00:01:33.439 textbook looking impact position. 47 00:01:34.339 --> 00:01:36.420 So how do we get to this position from 48 00:01:36.420 --> 00:01:37.939 the top of the golf swing down? That's 49 00:01:37.939 --> 00:01:40.180 our big question today. So if we go ahead 50 00:01:40.180 --> 00:01:41.340 and I'm going to load Bill right up to 51 00:01:41.340 --> 00:01:42.180 the top of his swing. 52 00:01:43.039 --> 00:01:44.760 Probably one of the better working 53 00:01:44.760 --> 00:01:47.040 transitions I see in modern golf today. 54 00:01:47.040 --> 00:01:48.680 I'm going to go ahead and mark the club 55 00:01:48.680 --> 00:01:50.959 position, The club head, I'm also going 56 00:01:50.959 --> 00:01:53.019 to mark the outside part of his lead 57 00:01:53.019 --> 00:01:54.780 thigh here, so you have a good, clear 58 00:01:54.780 --> 00:01:56.180 understanding of what's going to start. 59 00:01:56.180 --> 00:01:59.200 So when golfers load up to this position 60 00:01:59.200 --> 00:02:02.519 here, the tendency for amateur golfers is 61 00:02:02.519 --> 00:02:04.019 to start to use their shoulders and their 62 00:02:04.019 --> 00:02:06.760 arms way too early. Now I like to think 63 00:02:06.760 --> 00:02:09.900 of the lower body as the dump truck in 64 00:02:09.900 --> 00:02:12.159 our golf swing, it's big, it's powerful, 65 00:02:12.259 --> 00:02:13.580 But it's really slow. 66 00:02:14.300 --> 00:02:16.240 We need the dump truck to kind of pull 67 00:02:16.240 --> 00:02:18.219 things and get things moving in the golf 68 00:02:18.219 --> 00:02:20.539 swing. In order to get things stabilized 69 00:02:20.539 --> 00:02:22.139 and make sure that we're going to be able 70 00:02:22.139 --> 00:02:24.280 to utilize all the power. I think of the 71 00:02:24.280 --> 00:02:25.960 arms and the hands as kind of the Ferrari 72 00:02:25.960 --> 00:02:27.800 we don't want, If you get to the golf 73 00:02:27.800 --> 00:02:29.219 swing and you start to use your shoulders 74 00:02:29.219 --> 00:02:30.939 and your arms way too early, 75 00:02:31.899 --> 00:02:33.340 you're going to get in a race with those 76 00:02:33.340 --> 00:02:34.719 hands and arms and the lower body. And 77 00:02:34.719 --> 00:02:36.479 guess what, Those arms are going to be 78 00:02:36.479 --> 00:02:39.039 really fast and they can actually make 79 00:02:39.039 --> 00:02:40.919 your lower body not work at all. It can 80 00:02:40.919 --> 00:02:42.500 cause you to hang back, It It can cause 81 00:02:42.500 --> 00:02:43.800 you to throw the club very early, 82 00:02:44.560 --> 00:02:46.159 which in turn you're going to lose lag. 83 00:02:46.839 --> 00:02:49.000 So the idea is that we want to keep the 84 00:02:49.000 --> 00:02:50.659 Ferraris in the garage for a little bit. 85 00:02:50.659 --> 00:02:52.139 We want the dump truck, really, to kind 86 00:02:52.139 --> 00:02:53.280 of start our party out, 87 00:02:53.980 --> 00:02:55.919 so how do we do that? So when we get up 88 00:02:55.919 --> 00:02:57.039 to the top part of the golf swing, what 89 00:02:57.039 --> 00:02:58.180 do we need to do to get the lower body 90 00:02:58.180 --> 00:02:59.699 really working? You're going to see a 91 00:02:59.699 --> 00:03:02.400 very good sized shift of the hips here, 92 00:03:02.400 --> 00:03:04.599 so you can see a good shift of the weight 93 00:03:04.599 --> 00:03:06.780 over to that lead side. So now you can 94 00:03:06.780 --> 00:03:09.159 see that his outside part of his thigh 95 00:03:09.159 --> 00:03:13.400 has moved a good 6, 7, 8 inches or so and 96 00:03:13.400 --> 00:03:15.740 notice how the club has moved virtually 97 00:03:15.740 --> 00:03:16.879 the same amount of space. 98 00:03:17.580 --> 00:03:19.479 So the hands and the arms and the 99 00:03:19.479 --> 00:03:20.860 shoulders didn't do anything at this 100 00:03:20.860 --> 00:03:23.000 point. All we did from the top part of 101 00:03:23.000 --> 00:03:25.199 the golf swing to start the downward move 102 00:03:25.199 --> 00:03:27.400 was shift our weight. Now what do we do 103 00:03:27.400 --> 00:03:28.860 to get things further down into the 104 00:03:28.860 --> 00:03:30.479 hitting area? well the first and foremost 105 00:03:30.479 --> 00:03:32.039 thing that we want to look for in order 106 00:03:32.039 --> 00:03:34.719 to get that golf swing that's powered 107 00:03:34.719 --> 00:03:35.759 from the ground up is we want to 108 00:03:35.759 --> 00:03:36.180 stabilize 109 00:03:37.000 --> 00:03:38.840 so when you get your weight shifted over 110 00:03:38.840 --> 00:03:40.639 to that left side now we need to start to 111 00:03:40.639 --> 00:03:42.979 stabilize by pushing that left heel into 112 00:03:42.979 --> 00:03:45.099 the ground that pushing the left heel in 113 00:03:45.099 --> 00:03:46.259 the ground is going to get those glute 114 00:03:46.259 --> 00:03:48.400 muscles really contracted and it's also 115 00:03:48.400 --> 00:03:49.560 going to create some resistance from the 116 00:03:49.560 --> 00:03:51.240 ground it's going to act more like a 117 00:03:51.240 --> 00:03:52.819 piston so you push into the ground like 118 00:03:52.819 --> 00:03:54.139 that it's going to make the leg work more 119 00:03:54.139 --> 00:03:55.800 to a straight position so that's allowing 120 00:03:55.800 --> 00:03:56.979 you to leverage the ground 121 00:03:58.939 --> 00:04:00.840 once you shift then stabilize the left 122 00:04:00.840 --> 00:04:03.560 side it's very very critical for being 123 00:04:03.560 --> 00:04:05.680 able to move power up the kinetic chain 124 00:04:06.300 --> 00:04:08.340 but now to get the hands and the arms and 125 00:04:08.340 --> 00:04:09.639 the shoulders down in the hitting area we 126 00:04:09.639 --> 00:04:12.259 need to use the core muscles our abs or 127 00:04:12.259 --> 00:04:14.240 obliques we need to use those to start to 128 00:04:14.240 --> 00:04:15.620 unwind the torso 129 00:04:16.459 --> 00:04:18.160 and right here we're going to start to 130 00:04:18.160 --> 00:04:20.540 use those to unwind we're still not using 131 00:04:20.540 --> 00:04:22.259 the hands and the arms as much as you 132 00:04:22.259 --> 00:04:23.779 would think at this point the hands the 133 00:04:23.779 --> 00:04:25.160 arms and the shoulders are not really 134 00:04:25.160 --> 00:04:27.480 doing much of anything all we've done now 135 00:04:27.480 --> 00:04:29.040 is we're stabilizing the left side 136 00:04:29.700 --> 00:04:31.879 we're using those big muscles those those 137 00:04:31.879 --> 00:04:32.720 oblique muscles 138 00:04:33.580 --> 00:04:35.959 that's allowing us to pull the shoulders 139 00:04:35.959 --> 00:04:37.740 and the arms down into the hitting area a 140 00:04:37.740 --> 00:04:38.920 little bit of gravity is moving them down 141 00:04:38.920 --> 00:04:40.939 there as well but this is the point of 142 00:04:40.939 --> 00:04:42.240 the golf swing where we're really 143 00:04:42.240 --> 00:04:43.800 starting to post up and we're going to 144 00:04:43.800 --> 00:04:45.779 start to stall the body out as much as 145 00:04:45.779 --> 00:04:48.259 possible because when you start to stall 146 00:04:48.259 --> 00:04:50.060 the body now the hands and arms can act 147 00:04:50.060 --> 00:04:51.639 independently from the body and they can 148 00:04:51.639 --> 00:04:52.339 release on through 149 00:04:52.879 --> 00:04:54.220 so you notice here I'm going to go ahead 150 00:04:54.220 --> 00:04:56.240 and mark the outside or mark where the 151 00:04:56.240 --> 00:04:57.019 club head is now 152 00:04:57.699 --> 00:04:59.300 I'm also going to mark the buttons on his 153 00:04:59.300 --> 00:04:59.600 shirt 154 00:05:00.279 --> 00:05:01.879 and I'll mark the pocket just for good 155 00:05:01.879 --> 00:05:02.519 sake here 156 00:05:03.979 --> 00:05:05.800 alright so you can see now this is where 157 00:05:05.800 --> 00:05:07.439 he's going to start to really release the 158 00:05:07.439 --> 00:05:09.379 golf club okay so things are really 159 00:05:09.379 --> 00:05:10.819 starting to release hard notice that the 160 00:05:10.819 --> 00:05:12.459 buttons on the shirt are not moving at 161 00:05:12.459 --> 00:05:12.680 all 162 00:05:13.240 --> 00:05:15.459 and the pocket is not moving at all and 163 00:05:15.459 --> 00:05:16.980 see how far this club has traveled from 164 00:05:16.980 --> 00:05:18.220 this position there might be a little 165 00:05:18.220 --> 00:05:20.579 movement of the buttons but not a ton 166 00:05:21.460 --> 00:05:23.540 and then right on through the hitting 167 00:05:23.540 --> 00:05:25.759 area okay so you can see that this golf 168 00:05:25.759 --> 00:05:27.680 club has traveled a good eight feet the 169 00:05:27.680 --> 00:05:31.459 left hip is not moved and the buttons on 170 00:05:31.459 --> 00:05:33.079 his shirt have not moved so this is a 171 00:05:33.079 --> 00:05:35.920 very very textbook way to stall the body 172 00:05:35.920 --> 00:05:37.759 and release the club with max speed down 173 00:05:37.759 --> 00:05:39.500 in the hitting area now you'll see the 174 00:05:39.500 --> 00:05:41.000 buttons move a little bit more as they 175 00:05:41.000 --> 00:05:42.339 move through some more frames here and 176 00:05:42.339 --> 00:05:43.939 that's just because the hands and the 177 00:05:43.939 --> 00:05:45.420 arms are hanging onto the club the club's 178 00:05:45.420 --> 00:05:47.819 got a lot of momentum and it's pulling us 179 00:05:47.819 --> 00:05:49.259 up into our finished position 180 00:05:50.500 --> 00:05:53.259 so the idea with a properly sequenced 181 00:05:53.259 --> 00:05:55.180 golf swing that can help you overcome a 182 00:05:55.180 --> 00:05:56.680 lot of those faults with being over the 183 00:05:56.680 --> 00:05:59.500 top loss of lag loss of balance the idea 184 00:05:59.500 --> 00:06:01.980 is is to get things motoring with the 185 00:06:01.980 --> 00:06:03.800 dump truck get your lower body moving 186 00:06:03.800 --> 00:06:06.899 first once it's shifted over to your lead 187 00:06:06.899 --> 00:06:09.120 side stabilize it make sure that it's 188 00:06:09.120 --> 00:06:10.379 going to be able to handle that load it's 189 00:06:10.379 --> 00:06:11.800 going to make you want to be able to 190 00:06:11.800 --> 00:06:13.000 handle all that momentum as you're 191 00:06:13.000 --> 00:06:14.939 releasing the club so stabilize it by 192 00:06:14.939 --> 00:06:17.000 driving the left heel into the ground and 193 00:06:17.000 --> 00:06:19.019 then use those core muscles those engaged 194 00:06:19.019 --> 00:06:20.879 core muscles those abs those obliques to 195 00:06:20.879 --> 00:06:23.139 start to pull all right you're going to 196 00:06:23.139 --> 00:06:24.639 create some torso rotation which is going 197 00:06:24.639 --> 00:06:25.860 to now pull the shoulders down in the 198 00:06:25.860 --> 00:06:27.579 hitting area which has now got the hands 199 00:06:27.579 --> 00:06:28.959 and arms more out in front of the body to 200 00:06:28.959 --> 00:06:30.339 where you can start to release it on 201 00:06:30.339 --> 00:06:32.620 through and you will have way more speed 202 00:06:32.620 --> 00:06:35.019 than you ever have all right so use this 203 00:06:35.019 --> 00:06:37.779 sequencing use the lower body first 204 00:06:37.779 --> 00:06:39.839 always in your downward move that'll help 205 00:06:39.839 --> 00:06:42.279 get things really rocking and rolling I 206 00:06:42.279 --> 00:06:43.480 got a couple of great videos I want you 207 00:06:43.480 --> 00:06:44.779 guys to check out we got an awesome video 208 00:06:44.779 --> 00:06:46.160 coming out later in the week that Chuck 209 00:06:46.160 --> 00:06:48.279 just put together it's actually kind of 210 00:06:48.279 --> 00:06:50.199 coincides with what I talked about today 211 00:06:50.939 --> 00:06:51.879 that's going to be coming out as a 212 00:06:51.879 --> 00:06:52.959 premium video later in the week 213 00:06:53.639 --> 00:06:55.480 I also have three sources to increase 214 00:06:55.480 --> 00:06:56.560 power that's going to be over on the 215 00:06:56.560 --> 00:06:57.680 right hand side of the video player 216 00:06:58.439 --> 00:07:00.019 that's a great video transition drill 217 00:07:00.019 --> 00:07:01.439 that's another good video for you guys to 218 00:07:01.439 --> 00:07:02.699 understand how the lower body is going to 219 00:07:02.699 --> 00:07:04.180 work and then the straight left legged 220 00:07:04.180 --> 00:07:06.199 impact video that's a video that I did 221 00:07:06.199 --> 00:07:07.899 that talked about the proper muscle 222 00:07:07.899 --> 00:07:10.199 engagement shows you a good way to find 223 00:07:10.199 --> 00:07:12.040 how to get some awareness of those glute 224 00:07:12.040 --> 00:07:13.720 muscles because you really need the dump 225 00:07:13.720 --> 00:07:14.959 truck kind of getting things started 226 00:07:14.959 --> 00:07:17.019 before you can turn those Ferraris on let 227 00:07:17.019 --> 00:07:19.839 them loose and have a good old time so 228 00:07:19.839 --> 00:07:22.220 all right guys so that's how to properly 229 00:07:22.220 --> 00:07:24.600 power a golf swing from the ground up I 230 00:07:24.600 --> 00:07:26.920 wish you all the best and let's get out 231 00:07:26.920 --> 00:07:27.899 there and play some great golf
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