Unhinge to shallow

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This drill is pre-setting the unhinge. Now the unhinge is one of the main arm

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shallowing movements. So this can be very helpful for golfers who struggle with

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low point control. This can be very golfer or important for golfers who

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struggle with getting really steep especially if they tend to get steep

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more down in this zone. Without having a major lunge it's the lack of unhinge

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movement that tends to cause the club to get steep as it enters the release. So

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in

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this drill we're basically going to almost lock that wrist and do as much

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unhinge as we can. Keep it there and perform a 9 to 3 or maybe even a 10 to 2

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style shot where we're just focusing on seeing if we can coordinate going

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through the ball while keeping that unhinge. So you're gonna get set up. You're

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going to preset that unhinge. Now you'll see from this down the line I'm not

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going straight down the target line. I'm going more almost back on a 30 degree

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angle or the wrist is working more straight down vertically. So I'm going to

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preset that unhinge from here and then from here I'm just going to rotate my

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body into that good follow-through position. So for some golfers who tend

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to get steep because they maintain too much of that vertical lag kind of like

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this, feeling that that get it gets the club wider or that the unhinge has

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already happened here is going to feel very different but that can be a

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critical component for shallowing out the swing or forgetting the path to be a

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little bit more into out because that unhinge widens the arc and creates a

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much better flat bottom of the swing. So one more time so we're gonna bring it

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back preset that unhinge so now it's close to a 9 to 3 style swing and then

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from here I'm just going to try and pivot my body all the way into that

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follow-through position. Once I've done that from a dead stop then I can try

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doing it in more of a continuous motion. So from a continuous motion I can

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bring

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it back, bring it back, unhinge first, come through second. So it's a little

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bit

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out of time just because it's this shortened version of the swing but

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continuous motion I'm gonna bring it back, unhinge get to that same follow-

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through

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position. So I'm feeling that that unhinge is happening as I'm creating

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this lag as my lower body has already left my arms behind. Then the last

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version would be trying to take this more into a full swing. The key here is

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is feeling that that unhinge doesn't release my lag because I'm still

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keeping the the rotational angle. I'm still keeping this lag back here by

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keeping the extension of the wrist. I'm just bringing while keeping that

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extension of the wrist I'm pointing the club more down instead of pointing the

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club shaft more up vertically. So now throwing that feeling into more of a

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full swing. Slipped a little bit so it went right but hopefully you could see

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the timing. The feeling of the timing is very similar to just doing this little

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preset 9 to 3. I find that that works really well if you tend to get steep in

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this middle third and this is one of the easiest ways to practice getting used

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to

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what it'll be like to hit from this more unhinged position.