Impact Line for Distance Wedge

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This is the impact line for distance wedges.

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So the impact line for distance wedges is hopefully going to help you with your

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stacked

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centers.

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So this is using a pool noodle or I have an alignment stick.

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I just use the pool noodle A, it's softer and safer and B, it shows up a little

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bit better

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on video.

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So what I'm going to do is I'm going to position this so you can see from the

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down

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line, it's not vertical, it's on an angle so that it's closer to me.

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And what I want to do is I want to make sure that the two places where I feel

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like I'm

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really stacked and in line are at the top of the swing, so I haven't shifted

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too much

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off the ball, that's the bigger problem.

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It is possible that you could go too much this way, but that's rarely a major

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problem

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for distance wedges, that becomes a bigger problem for your long irons and

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driver.

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And for your distance wedges, the bigger problem would be shifting too much off

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the ball or

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going into your downswing, falling backward creating the tilt, or getting too

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much slide

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of the lower body.

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So this is going to help us with our stack centers where our upper body and

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lower body

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are going to stay more in line with the golf ball because we have the visual to

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help us.

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So what I'm probably going to feel is during the backswing, I'm going to feel

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like I shift

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a little bit towards the pool noodle.

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And then during the downswing, I'm going to feel like I turn while staying more

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in line.

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So I'm not going to feel quite as big of a lower body shift.

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I still want my lower body to lead.

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But in order to stay more stacked, what can often happen is if I have a big

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shift, that

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upper body needs to go with it for the distance wedge.

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And if it goes backward, what will usually happen is that hip drops, my low

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point moves

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backward, and I'll have contact problems.

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At the best case scenario, I don't have contact problems, I have a really good

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timing.

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But because I'm behind it, I might have trouble getting the ball to spin.

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So I'll tend to hit more higher, floatier wedge shots that have a little bit

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more release

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or run when I hit.

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So I'm going to have the pool noodle kind of just off of my ear or closer to my

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shoulder

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kind of like this.

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And then I'm going to feel like I stack and stay there.

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And then I'm going to feel like I simply turn while staying on top of it and

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getting my

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body, my shoulders to rotate down kind of the shoulder plane and rotate all the

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way through

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without creating a whole bunch of tilt.

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For visual golfers, golfers who have more of a visual spatial awareness, this

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can be

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really powerful and really helpful.

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And ultimately what you can do is once you've done this for a practice session

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or two, what

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I recommend is you can take your golf bag and just simply pull a club so it's

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sitting

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up there.

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And then let's say I had my golf bag back here, I might walk back to where that

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was,

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get it kind of dialed in and then walk back to my station.

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And now just try to remember it because I've trained it enough that I can kind

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of recreate

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that feel pretty quickly.

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So initially while you're building the feel, maybe one practice or two or three

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practices,

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you're going to use the full alignment stick or pool noodle, but then you can

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have more

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of just a reminder station to help you dial that in.

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This is incredibly helpful if you have trouble with your stack centers,

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especially in the

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downswing or at the top of the swing, those are the two most common places, but

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it can

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happen elsewhere.

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It could happen at setup or it could happen in the takeaway.

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So use a visual feedback device like a pool noodle to help you dial in your

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impact line

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for your distance wedges.

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That impact line is going to be more your shoulder, hip, knee, ankle, all of

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this in line,

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and slightly ahead and in line with your lead foot from the down the line,

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having your

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shoulders pointing kind of more down at the golf ball as you come through

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instead of turning

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a bit more level or the arms pulling across.

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Those are kind of some good checkpoints you could go for.

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And this really helps with that first most important key for these wedges of

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the impact

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line of ankle, knee, hip, and shoulder and arm all in line as you're making

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contact.

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Do that and you will get a nice brushing of the ground with the low point

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slightly ahead

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of the golf ball.

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That's critical for getting the lower launch higher spin distance webshop.