Brychanus
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Awesome - you nailed it again, in that last video I felt more like I was sliding/falling more than walking into the last step. I've been doing the Elephant and Swivel drills and some dry runs of the one step and X-step this morning at home.
Swivel stairs in particular is really helping get the feeling of internal rotation in the rear leg before shifting all the weight more fluidly and completely to the plant foot in one motion. When I've tried the drill before I'd been cheating & kind of shuffling to the side without getting good rear hip internal rotation. I think that explains why I was having trouble making it feel like a "walk".
Now, when I try to apply the feeling to the X-step, I can still keep my momentum moving forward fluidly. In the X/second to last step, the rear hip cocks back a bit with internal rotation as my body move forward. Then, the front foot receives the weight as the heel of the back foot comes up. At the same time, I can feel my rear arm helps "collect"/accelerate the momentum, and it feels like my forearm gets heavy as it enters the pocket - just about the time that I'd "pull the trigger" with my new grip.
The transition from the rear foot all the way through the throw feels like one movement and I end up balanced completely upright. I've had this feeling before, but hadn't figured out how to replicate it until now!
Hopefully this is on the right track. I get to play a round tomorrow AM at a course with a few long holes, so I'll see if I can drill a bit more and then apply this lesson & report back!
Swivel stairs in particular is really helping get the feeling of internal rotation in the rear leg before shifting all the weight more fluidly and completely to the plant foot in one motion. When I've tried the drill before I'd been cheating & kind of shuffling to the side without getting good rear hip internal rotation. I think that explains why I was having trouble making it feel like a "walk".
Now, when I try to apply the feeling to the X-step, I can still keep my momentum moving forward fluidly. In the X/second to last step, the rear hip cocks back a bit with internal rotation as my body move forward. Then, the front foot receives the weight as the heel of the back foot comes up. At the same time, I can feel my rear arm helps "collect"/accelerate the momentum, and it feels like my forearm gets heavy as it enters the pocket - just about the time that I'd "pull the trigger" with my new grip.
The transition from the rear foot all the way through the throw feels like one movement and I end up balanced completely upright. I've had this feeling before, but hadn't figured out how to replicate it until now!
Hopefully this is on the right track. I get to play a round tomorrow AM at a course with a few long holes, so I'll see if I can drill a bit more and then apply this lesson & report back!