Iron Killers

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In this concept video, we're going to look at the Iron Killers.

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So the Iron Killers are basically the things that really upset or disrupt your

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iron play.

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In the Benchmarks program, we talk about how iron play is about 40% of your

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game.

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So if you're struggling with one of these, this can have a massive impact on

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your score.

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So when it comes to Iron Killers, I like to break it down into two big

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categories.

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One is solidness of contact, and then two is more direction and height.

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So when it comes to solidness of contact, we're really looking at low point

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control

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and looking at the shape of the swing.

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So how good of a flat spot, how well can I get the low point in front?

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So you can break that down into more of an arm issue or more of a body issue.

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So with the arm issue, it's any of those big components that relate to the

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stock tour release,

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whether it's the unhinging, more of the wipe, more of this kind of shaft lean

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idea, as opposed

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to more of that early arms or rehinging or arm rotation.

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So the good release will tend to create the width very late, where the bad

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release will

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create the width early and tend to have the club narrowing on the way through.

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That tends to cause some consistency of low point issues.

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The second one is looking at your body position.

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So a little bit too much early extension or standing up, that can cause it to

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be difficult

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to get the low point forward, too much tilt or not enough body turns.

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So basically, the good news is we've got some drills that kind of combo this

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all into a

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few feels, but you want to identify which of these big pieces you're working on

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Now the other piece that I see can really be an iron killer for some golfers is

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relating

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more to the direction or the height issue.

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What can often happen is golfers who have either too strong of a grip or too

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weak of

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a grip tended to sacrifice their low point control in order to try to hit it

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straight.

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So if I have too strong of a grip, what I'll typically see is on video, the

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club face would

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be pointing almost down towards the ground through here.

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And now what you'll see is if I was to do a good release from there, the club

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would

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be pointing more to the left.

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So what'll happen is I'll do more of a slide and scoop style release like this,

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but you

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can see that causes me to hit up into the ball, that hitting up into the ball

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moves

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the low point backward, causes a big, big problem.

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When I do hit the ball solidly with that pattern, what can often happen is it's

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very

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low spin and very low, so I have a hard time with the longer irons, they'll

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tend to run

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over the green.

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The second option, which I would say is a little less kind of problematic than

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that

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first option of the club face is really close.

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The second option would be the club face is really open because of a weaker

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grip.

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If the club face is really open, then oftentimes what I'll do is I will move

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the whole swing

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backward so that I have more time to close the face.

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So I'm going to have more of this scoop style release, again, the only danger

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in that one

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is it tends to have more loft impact, so I tend to hit a higher ball with a

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bunch of

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spin.

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It can be tough to play in the wind and it can be tough with the longer clubs.

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So working on my checkpoints here of getting the club face in a more reasonable

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position

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so that I can do a good merry-go-round and get good arm extension is one of the

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ways

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to kind of pull all the iron play issues into one bucket.

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But when you're dealing with yourself and looking at it on video, I do want you

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to try

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to identify, well, why am I struggling with low point control?

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Is it purely the path or is it a response to where the club face is?

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And that'll help you solve the problem a little bit quicker.

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So if you're struggling with contact, always start at that impact line, start

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at impact,

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and then work your way back to delivery position to see what might be going on

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that would relate

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to the impact line.

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That'll help you solve your problems the fastest, then you can try certain

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drills to

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help predictably improve your pattern and get a better low point line so you

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can get

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more solid iron contact.

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So here we'll just do decent swing, kind of like that.