Transcript
Hi, Robin here. Okay, here’s a drill to help anybody who is struggling using their lower body correctly in the downswing using the groin, getting that little bit of hip rotation, getting that little bit of thrust, that little bit of force from the groin to create some speed. What I want you to do is pick one of these Thera-Bands. They’re very useful. You probably see me use them in other drills. You can get them in supermarkets, online very easily. They’re different colors for different strength levels so you can match it to your own strength level. But what I want you to do is fix it to something as I said before: golf cart, a post in the wall or even a alignment stick here stuck in the ground in an angle.
What I want you to do, ideally for this drill, you can actually tie it up, make a loop, but I’m not gonna do that because I use this for other purposes with this band. What I’m gonna do is I’m gonna bring it around my waist, so that could be tied off but for this purpose I’ll just hold it. And all I want you to do really is then make some rotations and thrusts to the left with that resistance. Now, just in doing that, you’ll start to sense how you’re using the groin, how you’re pushing off your back foot. Perhaps the correct footwork ,you’ll start to feeling maybe the weight going back towards your left heel.
You start to feel the weight going towards the front of your right foot as you’re pushing off it. You start to feel your pelvis having that little bit of a thrust upwards from using the groin, and the rotation, getting your pelvis looking more at the target. Hopefully, that’s looking like the movement you want to create in your golf swing. Anybody struggling with hanging back, not using the groin, not getting enough speed from your lower body, number of different faults. I think you get the idea. This could be a great drill for you to give you the sense of under-load of how you need to use your lower body correctly.
So once you’ve repeated that a lot, in that sense that will take away the load, you should feel a little lot easier to gain a sense of that movement during your swing.
Let’s say, a good drill, to gain a sense of using the groin correctly, getting your hips rotating, getting that little bit of a thrust to create some speed. Get a Thera-Band, create some load. I think once you’ve done it a few times, you’ll start to gain the sense of the benefits of the drill, and hopefully that can get you on track to using your lower body better in a golf swing. It’s really a key move in a good golf swing.
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