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The troubleshooting video is looking at three wood off the deck, so some golf

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ers have more

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difficulty with specific shots compared to other shots, and it usually relates

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their overall

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swing pattern.

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So if you're a golfer who struggles with three wood off the deck, this video is

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designed

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for you.

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There are really three keys that I'm looking for when I see a golfer who's

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struggling

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specifically with the three wood, and they may be able to hit it off the tee

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where you've

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got it pegged up, but once you get it on the ground and you need the

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characteristics that

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work with a three wood, it kind of falls apart.

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So those three issues that they're typically going to have trouble with are

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either getting

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steep arms in transition, having a narrowing arc width, or having an upper body

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lunge.

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Those three things produce angle of attack and flat spot or bottomless wing

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issues that

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tend to not work very well with the three wood.

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So to help you figure out which one of those you may be struggling with, I'd

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suggest

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using some video and looking at your overall feedback.

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If you're using video, which you'll look for when you're looking for steep arms

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is

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in transition, you'll tend to see the shaft get a little bit more vertical, or

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you'll

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tend to see the shaft get vertical compared to the torso.

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So I could have steep arms and be shallow like this, and I'll still tend to

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struggle

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with the three wood, or I could be steep arms and steep body, and I'll really

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struggle

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with the three wood because it'll build into that second key.

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And that second key is the narrowing arc width.

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So the arc width is looking at the distance between the grip or the handle and

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my upper

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body.

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And the guys who are really good at hitting these full swings with the three

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wood or potentially

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even the driver, they tend to have that increasing on the way through.

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So you'll tend to see this full unhinged, you'll tend to see that full arm

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extension,

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and you'll tend to see the grip furthest away from them after impact, or kind

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of in this

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zone here.

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Golfers who tend to struggle with more of the thin or even top shots will tend

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to have

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that arc width get wide before the golf ball, and then possibly be narrowing it

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on the way

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through.

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So that would be kind of check number two, make sure I'm not really bending the

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arms,

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and what will relate to that, or make sure I'm not narrowing the arc width.

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And what will relate to that is probably the most common second to the steep

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arms.

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But the most common is going to be this forward lunge.

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So the forward lunge would be the upper body getting a little bit more nose on

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top of the

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golf ball.

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And so if I continued to have my arms really extend with my upper body on top

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of the golf

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ball like that, I would tend to have a really steep angle of attack, which for

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a club that

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has so little loft as the three wood, it's going to be an issue.

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And for a club where I have to control the bottom of the swing with a more

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shallow path,

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like the three wood, that's going to be an issue.

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So you can use an alignment stick to help you with the upper body staying

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behind the golf

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ball.

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So essentially putting it in the ground just as a little bit of a spatial

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awareness tool,

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making sure that the upper body stays well behind, especially during the

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release, not

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getting forward or on top of it.

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As far as the shallow arms, we've got a number of drills to help you work on

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practicing the

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shallow arm movement as well as the arm extension.

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When it all comes together, it will allow you to do something simple, such as

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just brushing

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the ground while the upper body stays behind.

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If you have a hard time brushing the ground right where the golf ball is going

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to be,

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when your upper body stays behind, you're probably suffering from one of these

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three

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and it's going to show up with your contact with the three wood.

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So if I did kind of a slow motion demonstration, and then I'll hit one at full

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speed, but if

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I'm doing a slow motion demonstration, try to get a little more square to the

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camera.

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You'll tend to see there's that shallowing of the arms, that upper body staying

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behind

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and actually working a little bit behind.

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And then as I extend those arms on the way through, you'll see the club just

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bottom out

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and brush the ground.

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So you can always use your finding and brushing the ground as home base and

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just work on getting

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the club to brush the ground, which will work with all the clubs with the three

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wood.

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You just have to make sure that it's brushing kind of very gently and well

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forward of where

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the upper body is.

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So demonstrating, making sure that my upper body works behind.

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And you'll see the evidence kind of of that scuff turf right around there to

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make sure

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that I know that I got the club to brush the ground.

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That means I probably had my arc width under control and I know that my upper

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body stayed

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behind because I've used the shaft as a reference and so I know what it feels

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like to keep that

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upper body behind.

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So now we'll take a look at it in slow motion.

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