Backswing: Too Extended at the Top Overview

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Hey golfers, in this video we're going to take a look at being too extended in

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the wrist

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at the top of the swing.

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So you've been working with the hack motion and you've identified that your

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wrist is

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too extended at the top of the swing.

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That is often associated with more of a arm driven swing, an open club face and

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more of

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kind of a stall flip at the bottom.

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That can cause a lot of inconsistency.

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It makes it really hard to get into that good flexed impact position that we're

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trying

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to get to.

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Now, in this video, I'm going to try to connect some of the complimentary

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pieces.

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So at first, just try to keep the wrist flat.

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Just basically try and keep the wrist flat.

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A really handy drill is if you just hold onto an object like a cell phone is a

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good size

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and just keep that wrist flat and you were to make a backswing position where

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it stayed

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up against your forearm, that would help you feel a very different load at the

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top of

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the swing.

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But sometimes just trying to keep your wrist flat doesn't do it.

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In that case, you have to look at the complimentary pieces.

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So the complimentary pieces are basically making a better body pivot where your

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body

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is pointing more up instead of pointing more down or even not rotating at all.

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If your body doesn't really rotate and your chest is pointing more down, then

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the only

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way you're going to get the club up is by making an arm lift.

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It's very hard to do that without breaking the arms and over hinging the wrist,

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which

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tends to create that cupped extended position.

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The other component is width, especially of this trail side.

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So basically keeping that right arm a little bit wider or straighter more like

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this makes

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it easier for that left wrist to stay in the flexed position or flat position.

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And this arm starts to get behind you.

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You can see the only way I would keep this flex would be to let go of the club

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with the

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right hand.

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So if I keep my left hand on the club and I get my arm very narrow or behind me

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kind

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of like this, then this lead wrist is going to get in more of a cupped position

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.

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So the two big complimentary backswing pieces to keep in that wrist more flat

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so that it's

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not too extended at the top or making sure we get a full turn as well as

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creating more

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width.

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Now, one of the other components that we'll talk about in another section is

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basically

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pulling down as my main power source.

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So if I get up to the top of the swing and I really pull my arms down towards

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the ground,

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that tends to cause the wrist to want to be more in a cupped position compared

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to if

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I was to turn my body more towards the target, almost like throwing a frisbee,

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then my wrist

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would want to be more in an extended position.

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So we've got some other videos in more of the transition section where we'll

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walk through

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the downswing power, but oftentimes you can look at it from two sides of the

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equation.

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Either A, I need to get into a position at the top of the swing where I put my

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arms in

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a position where they're not going to want to pull down.

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So I'm going to depower my arms or I want to coil up.

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I want to make a full turn.

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I want to make a backswing where my body is now in a loaded position and ready

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to dominate

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the early part of the downswing, especially transition.

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So if you're struggling with getting too extended at the top of the swing, look

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at those two

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keys, making a full body turn and keeping the arms more extended, those will

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help compliment

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getting the wrist to be more flat at the top of the swing.

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So quick demo, typically when it gets too extended, it will be more like this

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where my

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body kind of stopped, kind of more of an arm lift and pull.

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And if I did the opposite, if I get more of the body extension, more of the

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arms staying

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straight, I'll be able to get more of the speed by using my core and my legs.

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And that's going to allow my wrist to get into this nice toward impact position

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