Analyzing Rory McIlroy’s Swing | Brandel’s Breakdowns | Golf Channel

Ever wondered how Rory McIlroy generates so much power? Brandel Chamblee breaks down how the shoulders, hips and feet work together when McIlroy lets loose on the golf ball. #GolfChannel #BrandelChamblee #rorymcilroy

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One of the most powerful swings in the game belongs to a man that’s about my size and he hits it about 80 yards past me hits about 80 yards past everybody the longest on the PGA tour one of the things I want you to notice in his first

Move away from the golf ball beautiful setup but you see that shift is shifted to the right ever so slightly you know you hear all the time about don’t sway don’t sway every single player in the game sways especially the longest hitter so that little bump to the right that

Gets pressure right here okay he’s moved pressure in right here but you just walk watch as he works his way through how he then builds power I want you to watch in particular how this left shoulder moves over his sort of right leg all right as he gets a beautiful width right there

But as he gets to the top it’s one of the most gorgeous things you’ll see go all the way to the top got a couple more frames till we get to the top and stop right there you see this move right here see it right there teachers call that

Thoracic extension I call it a massive turn uh but you’re just generally looking at these shoulders right how big these shoulders turn massive turn head’s turned behind the golf ball he’s got you know you hear all the time about trying to keep pressure on the inside part of

Your right foot Jack Nicholas talked about that and and certainly it worked for them but in this era of massive power okay massive power you don’t get any sense that the power is on the or the pressure is on the inside part of the right heel as a

Matter of fact you you if you could even look you can see that the the ankle there is it’s actually buckled a little bit to the outside this is again teachers call this inner ankle high and if you get that right hip deep behind you as great powerful players do

Get it right behind you that inner ankle is going to get high your pressure is going to go all the way into the heel and it’s going to cause it to almost Buckle a little bit that way and they’re going to use that pressure to push off

In transition and move weight so one of the things he’s doing is now then this lower body has already started moving towards the target he’s not through winding up yet this is Barry Bonds kind of stuff you know you ever watch Barry Bonds gets in there slow mode on YouTube

It’s really cool to see but as he’s moving forward his lower body his arms are still going back that’s what you got here so you got this increased stretch and in transition now he’s going to move pressure down right towards his right foot or towards his Left Foot Right In

Transition he’s going to move all this pressure down okay and he’s going to get these legs they’re going to go into flexion he’s going to use all of that power through impact but we’ll take a look at it in transition and you’re going to see his legs will will will go

Into flexion right you see it right there yeah and now he’s moving pressure here but as soon as the pressure goes there he’s now going to begin to turn and pressure is going to go right back here okay to his right foot that’s how quickly uh the pressure pattern the

Kinetic sequent looks you know you’re you’re built up here you transition you got pressure here but then you start to rotate and put pressure here you see how his shoulders are still closed right there so he can come that to the inside now as we watch and this is one of the

Most beautiful elegant things powerful things in all the sport that left hip’s moving up you see he’s putting pressure right there and that’s about as good as it gets I mean this guy is efficient and really by somebody uh who’s not not that big 5′ 8 5′ n uh longest hitter on the

PGA Tours because he just moves so well this is a home run sort of golf swing it is it reminds me of the kinetic sequence of a Barry Bonds are some of the big home run hitters in in the world today uh he’s good at every other aspect of

The game who that’s why he’s uh consistently amongst the best in the world in the major championships mindboggling good stuff right here to watch for more content like this subscribe to our Golf Channel YouTube page below and don’t forget you can catch all of our podcasts on Apple

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