The Body-Lead Golf Swing - Do This!

[Applause] what's going on guys fresh orphan am fasted workout I want to talk to you about using your body and not being overly technical in your golf swing okay we've all been there trying hit positions figure the swing out do this do that and when you get that many swing thoughts it gets very difficult to play your best golf certainly when you want to the most okay so what I have seen working with countless golfers both at the academy and online is that understanding your body the mechanics of your body and how to move in the most natural and efficient way is also going to lead you to the most powerful and consistent golf swing okay so we're talking about the act of loading joints using the ground and stretching muscles to get that stretch reflex where we can just turn back onto the ball guys okay and the cool thing is as long as your fundamentals are solid like grip your posture you set up if you then turn around the body in the correct way load the correct joints musculature at the right time the club's going to get into a pretty good position all told anyway okay so we're talking about matchups we're talking about how to turn the body and how to deliver the club back to where you need it to be okay so again if you get your fundamentals right all we're really looking to do is load that hip hips going to go roughly 45 degrees in terms of your trail hip rotation into the back swing and we want all of your pressure pushing down into that trail foot okay that's how we load the hip joint that's how we load all the big muscles in the right leg and then we stretch the left side of the body around that hip okay so then you get structure you get your loading and you get your stretch reflex the club is naturally then going to incline it's going to work up around the body because once it's posted on that right hip the club has to go up it can't really keep going around and then we get a fully loaded rotational backswing that's going to deliver awesome results guys okay and then the kill the best thing is once you get natural the body's going to transition itself it's going to pull the club back into an awesome position and then all of the work that you've been doing on your swing and in the gym can be unloaded into the ball okay so one of the key ways to practice this is one work on the golf swing which is something we're going to look at now as well but two free weights obviously we do not really use any machines whatsoever in our programs you can use them as accessory work however it's essentially the same thing okay once a machine starts to support your movements and take away some of the spine work some of the core activation you are losing the overall proprioception and quality of movement that you would get from free weights okay so we're gonna check out a few moments now we're gonna change your game guys all right so number one very simple you don't need any equipment you are gonna do the step to swing okay very dynamic is something you probably do in some ways anyway but this allows you to take out any technical thought from the golf swing and just move as fast as you can okay you're gonna start with your feet together you're gonna load up into that backswing position once the club gets up to the top you are then going to take a step into pretty much your golf posture don't go too wide you're going to as you step into the ground push away the ground and accelerate with everything you have okay you're not gonna be hitting the ground you can hit like this if you want to but right now we're just going pure speed okay so plant that lead side rotate the hip and flash through as fast as possible again this is over speed training this is getting your body into a reactive dynamic and athletic position where you're just going to create some awesome club head speed okay next up similar pattern so this is a great way to develop on is going to be the swingman okay so this is an exaggerated version of our step to rotational press and you're gonna fully load up that hip turn guys all right so you're gonna get almost that baseball style big lead leg turn into that big lead leg plant okay same as a step to swing load that front side and once you feel your lead foot connect with the ground push and rotate and then fire the upper body okay these are incredible kinematic patterns this is the sequence you need to play your best golf and put some serious heat on it guys okay so those two are really cool rotational patterns they are going to help your swing directly they're going to be more natural and they're going to create some awesome power okay the next movement we're gonna get into some equipment okay we've got dumbbells we've got kettlebells number one with the dumbbell is going to be the shoulder to overhead single arm is a very important aspect okay that creates a symmetry that makes a unilateral movement meaning that your spine has to organize and deliver positioning whilst resisting different forces okay for a golfer this is huge okay it's car activation is stability and then you have the full body speed and sequence of driving with the legs first locking out overhead and completing a powerful single dumbbell movement okay obviously this is the shoulder to overhead you can do the snatch the clean the split jerk you have lots of options okay working a way around one dumbbell allows you to create amazing awareness balance speed coordination all of the things you need for better golf okay final movement is super simple but this is another thing we need to talk about we're going to look at the russian kettlebell swing okay we don't need machines to take us into a hinge pattern we don't need to be seated to do a leg press let's get the body working okay so the russian kettlebell swing is a staple in everything that we do we're engaging the ground the core is working hard and the posterior chain is lit up guys okay so create the natural awareness of pushing away the ground engage in the big musculature and then extending to the extremities okay because essentially that's what a golf swing comes down to and the better you can execute it with simple movements that are gonna drastically improve your body the better you're gonna then take it to the course play more natural golf hit it further and improve your consistency okay so this is how we catch the game I work with players all around the world and we'll continue to put more and more work out in terms of the golf swing itself but I'm always trying to create the most natural structure work the club around the body to create an amazing match-up and then deliver athletic natural power all right so try out some of these movements check out some of our other videos in terms of drills golf coaching I get the app guys all right you know it's all in there and we got a new one coming alright if you haven't already hit subscribe and join the strongest movement in golf