00:03Hi, my name is Katie Dawkins. I'm here today at West Hill Golf Club to explain to you the
00:09downswing sequence. The downswing in the golf swing is something that people get very screwed
00:14up in the head with. There's too many thoughts going on in a movement that takes very little
00:19time to actually do. So it's really important that we don't clutter our minds with lots and
00:24lots of different thoughts. It's important as well to remember that the downswing sequence
00:28really is just us trying to propel an object towards the target. That's no different to me
00:33getting a ball in my hand and chucking it for the dog. Everything happens in the same way. So if
00:39I
00:39want to get optimum power and send that ball or whatever I'm chucking straight down the middle,
00:44I've got to first of all be in an athletic position to do that. So I need good posture.
00:48So solid fundamentals are really key here. What I've then got to remember to do is actually use
00:55my body. And this is something that golfers don't do. They tend to just swing their arms up and down.
01:00So from the top of the backswing, what should happen is your body should start to uncoil from
01:07the ground up. And that's the kinematic sequence that we tend to talk about. It's that movement of
01:13power stored in that coil up in the golf swing and starting to unwind. So the first thing that goes
01:19is from the, from the ground up. So you're going from the hips and everything's rotating,
01:24your torso is turning towards the target. The last thing to crack through is that golf club.
01:28So actually when players are standing there and swinging from the top of the swing,
01:32the first thing they tend to do is get this sequence in the wrong order. So they will throw
01:36that club from the top, throw all that power away, cast it away if you like, and end up with
01:42no power
01:42when they get to the ball. A lot of their clubs will go the same distance and it'll all feel
01:46like hard
01:47work. So how can we stop this from happening? One of the best things that you can possibly do is
01:53actually practice without a golf ball. So take the golf ball out of the equation totally and just
01:59practice that winding up and that unwinding, feel it from the ground up, unwind the body and really
02:06turn to the target. So the golf swing becomes turn and turn. That's going to be quite a simple movement
02:14that you can think about while you're out on the golf course. If you can get through to a lovely
02:18photo
02:19finish at the end of your swing, you've probably done the right stuff to get there in the first place.
02:24Golfers who aren't doing this sequence in the right order tend to jump off the ball and end up on
02:29their back foot, almost walking backwards off it and wondering why it hasn't gone where they wanted it to go.
02:36So the players that turn up for golf lessons, lacking power, lacking distance,
02:41it's usually down to them getting this kinematic sequence in the wrong order. The reason that they
02:46do that is because they haven't got the postures to begin with. So there's not that athletic ready
02:52to run somewhere feeling that we need and you see all the best players in the world have. Their weight
02:57is on the balls of the feet. We're ready to run somewhere. That's how it should be. What I tend
03:01to
03:01see is no angles, everything sort of sat back almost like you're leaning on a bar stool and weight on
03:07the
03:07heels. There's no balance there and with no balance you're not going to get the control. So all that's
03:12going to happen is you will swing the arms up and down and so you're powering your golf swing with
03:17the
03:18arms only. If you were to try and get involved with this lovely wind up of the body and turn,
03:23you're going
03:23to rock all over the place. So our bodies are very clever. They tend to protect us from falling over,
03:28which is handy. So if that position at address is athletic, I can support a lovely coil up and a
03:36lovely uncoil. Therefore, the kinematic sequence is working in the right order. If it's not in the
03:43right place to begin with my body, I've got no balance. It's not going to happen.
03:50So what if you've got a poorly back? If you've got immobility in the hips, there are some physical
03:55limitations that might be the reason that you're not getting into this position and not getting the
03:59sequence correct on the downswing. If you're not in a decent position at setup, sometimes those
04:06physical limitations can cause you to not be able to hold that good posture, for example. So bear that
04:11in mind that actually maybe a Pilates class or a bit of yoga might just help you to achieve a
04:16better
04:16impact position. So if you're not getting this downswing sequence correct, chances are there's
04:22faults in the setup and perhaps you're not winding that club up on the way back. So if you get
04:28those
04:29things right, the downswing is a reaction to that. Go and have a lesson, go and get your fundamentals
04:35checked. And with that, you'll start to see a much more tight movement all the way down through the ball
04:41until that photo finish.
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