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This video is discussing across the line or laid off at the top of the swing.

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So I had a member question basically asking if being laid off at the top of the

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swing

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is okay.

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And I thought that that would be a good opportunity to just discuss what's

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important with the

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top of the swing.

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Why is it, why would it be bad to be possibly really across the line like this?

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Or why would it be bad to be really laid off like that?

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So in this video we're gonna relate what's going on at the top of the swing to

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what we

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need to do in the downswing.

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One simple way that I try to work in the top of the swing is by going through

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rewind from

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delivery.

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So basically this is roughly where we're trying to get to in the downswing

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where the shaft

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is close to parallel to my body instead of, or perpendicular to my spine

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instead of parallel

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to my spine, or it's basically parallel to the target kind of like this.

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Well if I am across the line at the top of the swing, and if I brought myself

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back to

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basically a setup position with my body, you can see that the shaft is very

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vertical.

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If I was to go to the top of the swing and get really laid off, and I brought

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it back

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to where the top of the swing or the setup would be, you can see that it's very

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horizontal.

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So one way to think about the top of the backswing is more laid off is pre-sh

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allowed.

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And a more across the line position requires more shallowing.

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So if I'm going to be steeping across the line, so if my arms are very vertical

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, then

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I really have to have the kind of the temperament that I'm gonna have a lot of

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weighting and

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a lot of patience as the club shallows during this phase here before applying

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speed down

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at the bottom, where if it's already pre-shallowed, I may be okay going at it a

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little bit harder

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earlier.

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So matching where I am at the top of the swing with the timing of how I'm going

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to create

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speed is not a bad way to look at it.

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The other way to look at it is if I tend to struggle with more of a steepened

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transition

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kind of either face control or driver issues, then I may be better working on

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trying to

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get a little bit pre-shallowed because I'm having a hard time balancing the

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amount of

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shallows at the top.

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Conversely, if I'm more laid off at the top and I may be looking to get a

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little bit more

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distance, I may be looking to possibly improve some wedge play.

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There are other reasons why I might want to get steeper, but what I want you to

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start

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thinking of is there's no arbitrary just perfect top of the backswing position.

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It really relates to what's going on in the downswing.

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So if you think backward based on where you are in the downswing and how it

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relates to

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the top, it'll give you a better idea as far as what to change.

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One other quick point is where the club is at the top also depends on how much

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my body

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has turned.

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So if I have the club in this position here and I stop it like a 3/4 look, this

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might

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appear like it's laid off.

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If I kept pivoting inside bending and went to the top of the swing from here,

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well there

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you might see that it's closer to on plane.

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So that's another reason why you might want to not just arbitrarily chase some

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perfect

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top of the backswing position because of the length of the swing, how you're

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creating

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speed all play a role.

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But if I could simplify it into one classic rule, if it's across the line you

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have to

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shallow it a lot more, if it's laid off you have to shallow it less and you can

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use that

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to your advantage if you're trying to control certain contact misses, like if

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you're struggling

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with lots of fat and thin shots, toe and heel or if you're struggling with path

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control

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on the downswing.

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So if you tend to get the path going really shallow or rightward late, kind of

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more like

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this, you might do better getting a little bit more laid off at the top.

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If you tend to get really steep in a cross, you may actually do better having a

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little

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bit more shallow during the downswing so you could vary the top of the back

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swing position

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to help make shallowing a little bit easier for you.

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But be sure to relate the top of the swing to transition and where you are in

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the downswing.

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Don't just chase an arbitrary perfect top of the backswing feel.

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Okay, so now I'm going to try and demonstrate a few of these.

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The easier one for me, if I exaggerate this shallowness or laid off position at

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the top

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of the swing, then I can just swing a little bit harder with my arms straight

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away.

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It's not the worst position for me to play from.

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For me, the cross the line is a little bit harder because I have a tendency to

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get too

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shallow late.

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So if I get really across the line kind of like that, let me just dial in a few

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of those

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feels.

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So if I get really across the line, like I said, it's harder for me to make

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contact from

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there.

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So if I can wait a little bit longer on this next one, I was a little bit early

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.

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I could feel myself resisting and pulling a bit too much on that.

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So let me get across the line again, there we go.

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So you can see if you have the tempo and the timing to wait for it across the

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line is not

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bad because it can give you a little extra speed.

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If you are airing more on, I'm going to pull on it quicker, then you might do

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better trying

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to get a little bit flatter, but always relate what you're doing at the top of

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the swing to

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delivery position.