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Fly Catcher Drill

Bryan Pate

Just released a new video on YouTube which my mentor Martin Chuck calls the Fly Catcher.  The goal of this drill is to learn how to pace the club and not use the arms to fling the club.

Arriving to the finish you have a position in mind you are moving towards.  When starting you can go from a setup position and with no backswing learn how to turn the body, stand on the left leg, face the target, and arrive at the below image.  The arms were moved into this position and not independently moving.    Once you can find this spot move the club back to hip high and turn to the finish.  Finally once you can make the motion put a ball in the way of the motion.  Let the body motion move the club, the club will collide with the ball, and the ball will respond.

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From down the line you can see that the club has not smashed through the noodle.  The hips and chest are facing the target, the knees are closer to gather, pressure on the left heel, chest and eyes are up to the sky (or top of the hill in this photo).  Nothing stayed down trying to hit the ball.Screen Shot 2019-05-26 at 2.48.26 PM.png

Give this a try.  It will help in your wedge game and all the way up to the driver.  Click here for the YouTube Video link.

Backswing Drill: Medicine Ball

Bryan Pate

Would like to share with you a good drill for the backswing.  This uses a medicine ball or weighted object to give you the feeling of what the body should be doing to move the weight or club back and through in a golf swing.  For the YouTube video link Click Here.

Step 1:  Put the weighted object in front of you with bent arms.  4-8 pounds is all you need.  The weight is there to give you a sensation not a workout.

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Step 2:  Turn the weight into your backswing.  As you can see I kept the weight in front of the chest and kept the arms in very similar positions as they were at setup.  It was moved back with the body.

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We do not want to see the hips sliding over the rail foot like below.  As you can see that just moves the weight side to side instead of in a circle.  Could do this with the body and pull my right elbow back but remember arms are trying to stay in the same position as setup.

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Step 3: From the backswing position rotate onto the lead foot and support the weight out in front of the body.  You will learn how to push the hips forward and keep the chest back to counter balance the weight as it is out in front of the lead foot.  Also notice the trail toe is in the ground and you can see the bottom of the shoe from down the line.

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This can also be done with a club out in front of you but will not give the weighted feel but can give you the rotation feel.  Also notice that I kept my right and left hands the same distance away from my shoulders.  In the backswing the shaft is tilted with the shoulders and the grip is pointing down to the ground.

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