How to Create Easy Power Without Swinging Harder

Hi Performance Golfers, I'm Coach Carolyn, and today we're going to talk about something that's going to help you convert those par 5 layups to actual birdies. Those short par 4s, really good drives off the tee, to birdies, or even eagles, right? And that happens with half 3 quarter swings, but this is also applicable to your actual full swings, so hang in there with me, we're going to talk about width, we're going to talk about radius, and how that's going to get you many, many more birdies onto your scorecard. Alright, so, we got our two alignment sticks right here, those are going to be our visual cues, they're super important, you can put anything there really, you can put two buckets, whatever you have, you can put two head covers, guys, let's keep it simple, but I do like a good visual cue, okay? And just put it far enough behind you and far enough in front of you that you will not hit it when you're swinging, alright? Because we don't want any injuries, we don't want to be hitting anything that is not the golf ball. Alright, so, let's talk about width in the golf swing, guys. And this is something that makes a swing look effortless. Width is something that makes a swing look smooth, it makes us look like the pros. And when you look at these really top, top players on tour, you will see a ton of width in their swing. And I call this pushing versus pulling, and we want to learn how to push like the pros do. And the easiest way to start with this drill and to start with this visual and with this feel is with a wedge, I have a pitching wedge in my hands right now and I encourage you guys to do the same. So at the core of this, we want to make sure that we understand what the radius and the pattern of the radius is in a golf swing. At its core, we want to make sure that halfway back in the backswing, so lead arm parallel, this is a good position to kind of reference and I'll keep referencing this throughout this video, lead arm parallel going back and then trail arm kind of parallel going through. Those are the two positions that I want you to focus the most on pushing. So if you're in the range right now or if you're at home, grab a golf club and just kind of go to that lead arm parallel to the ground going back. Don't worry too much about your plane, this is not important right now, what's important is just you feeling that push. And I feel that push going back with my right hand, I'm kind of like pushing away with my right palm, so I really want to feel like this elbow, it does flex a little bit guys, so don't feel like super stiff, this is not it because then you're actually kind of having to go down into the ground, but still feel that dynamic push that straightens that left arm, right? And you want to just kind of really feel like a strong pushing position right here, right about until that left arm is straight. So if your left arm is like this, then you want to make sure you keep pushing. And then as you rotate through, you kind of do the same thing going through and that left arm will start to fold a little bit in your finish, but you want to keep pushing out so your trail arm now, the opposite arm, is actually straight. So let's take a couple of practice swings like this, just go back and push, through and push, back and push, through and push. And it's really important guys that you don't finish your golf swing. I see this a lot with this drill, people be like, Oh yeah, I got it. And then they go halfway back and then they're kind of like this, or they go halfway back and do it good. And then they're like, I don't want any finishes guys. I want you to stop right there with your trail arm parallel to the ground and have that push feeling. Okay. So those are the two biggest things that core pieces that I want you to know about this. The other thing I want to point out that there is a slight radius change because you guys are going to be thinking, Hey Carolyn, there isn't the whole golf swing can't be the exact same radius. And it is not. You guys are correct. And here's where the radius changes. The radius does change in your downswing. So right now we've covered the backswing and we've covered the finish, the through swing, right? Past impact with width. And I quickly want to jump into what happens here. And there's a big, big piece to this. And you see this on all the top players. A lot of amateurs that struggle, they actually will go back. And when they start collapsing right here, which is why we're doing our push feeling, right? If they collapse a little bit right here, their angle right here between their trail arm and shaft gets really narrow. So this, if this was like, you know, 90 degrees, it's less. So that's in the backswing with a lot of amateurs. If you see the pros, you will see this angle be 90 degree when that lead arm is parallel to the ground. And that is super important, right? This is the key angle. Then they'll finish their backswing. And then as they come back down, this is where the downswing is important in the radius and downswing as they're coming down again, same position, lead arm parallel to the ground in the downswing, this angle will increase. So amateurs and people that struggle with their contact, they go from narrow angle to wide from collapse, no push feel to push feel. So they kind of do pull and push versus tour players and really good ball strikers. They go push to pull, see that push to pull. So then the radius of the arms will just get a little narrow, but not because you're actually pulling the hands in, but because you're shifting your center of gravity. So obviously my hands are going to come in. So if I drew a circle back and you had kind of a point right here, and then I'm shifting my center of gravity, I'm not actually pulling my arms in, but I'm still shifting over to the target and then I'm pulling down and then I can extend again. So that is the actual width and radius pattern of really good players. And you guys are going to see this next time you watch a tournament, tune in, make sure you watch this, especially look at their iron play, especially look at their pitching. So let's hit a couple pitches with that first kind of step that we talked about, which is not worrying too much about anything, but halfway back, halfway through. So three o'clock to nine o'clock, nine o'clock, three o'clock, whichever way you're looking at the clock, whichever country you're from and however your clocks are working. This is, this is girl math right here. So let's hit a little half shot. You can narrow your stance a little bit because we're just pitching. We're not going for actual distance here. We're going for contact guys, right? So we're going to push and we're going to push. I'm going to actually make that even a little bit shorter of a swing because that was a little bit, a little bit more than half, even for my liking, same, same thought applies though. Still very, very applicable. Push, push. Oh, it was so solid. This guys is going to be the easiest drill for you guys. It's very simple. You will just really feel like you're reaching for these two alignment sticks with your wedges and you can do this with all of your wedges. It's going to help with all of them and your irons, right? Narrow stance, not going for distance, going for contact, push and push. Such a good feeling guys. This is how you're going to start pitching like the pros. And if you feel up to it, if you're a fancy golfer, if you want to improve really, really fast, then I would recommend you can also start thinking a little bit about that downswing piece where you feel like you go push to narrow, push to narrow because that's going to give you a little bit more lag, a little bit more oomph behind the ball, a little bit more hit. So if you're ready for this, if you're not, that's okay. But if you are, then do it with me and you can immediately see that ball just kind of shot off the face a little bit harder and just comes out a little bit more. But start with the simple one, start with push to push and then you can go push to pull to push. Okay, guys. So two levels right here. I would suggest you spend about 20 balls on push to push before you graduate on the second piece here. Okay. All right, everybody. So I hope you guys enjoyed this video. I love this tip. It's really going to help you from about 60 yards and in, this is where you're going to see the biggest and fastest improvement, the most immediate change in your game. And if so, please leave us a comment below. If you learned something like this video and also just tune in the next time, there's more stuff where that came from. Thank you so much for watching.