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Tyler Ferrell is the only person in the world named to Golf Digest's list of Best
Young Teachers in
America AND its list of Best Golf Fitness Professionals in America.
Improve Your Alignment for Better Shot Direction
After this video, you'll be able to:
- Identify the key checkpoints for proper shoulder and forearm alignment
- Practice using a mirror or camera to verify your setup position
- Understand how alignment impacts the starting direction of your shots
In this video, you'll learn a simple drill to check your alignment and ensure a solid setup for your golf shots. Proper alignment is crucial for starting the ball on your desired path and achieving more consistent results.
Video Transcript
WEBVTT
1
00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:05.160
This drill is to help you with your alignment, which is part of the
2
00:00:05.160 --> 00:00:10.560
fundamental about setup posture or the layer about setup posture. So, in
3
00:00:10.560 --> 00:00:11.160
addition
4
00:00:11.160 --> 00:00:14.160
to learning how to hinge from the hips and kind of have the arms hanging and
5
00:00:14.160 --> 00:00:17.960
grip the club from the right way, you can use this as a check with your
6
00:00:17.960 --> 00:00:21.960
alignment to make sure that you're in a good setup position for starting the
7
00:00:21.960 --> 00:00:25.800
ball for whatever direction you want. With the GolfSmart Academy swing, we're
8
00:00:25.800 --> 00:00:30.720
tending towards a bias of either a draw or a straight shot or a slight fade. We
9
00:00:30.720 --> 00:00:30.720
're
10
00:00:30.720 --> 00:00:35.590
not going to, we teach you how to adjust that to hit big hooks and big slices,
11
00:00:35.590 --> 00:00:36.120
but
12
00:00:36.120 --> 00:00:41.480
for the most part it's going to be a very neutral controllable shot. In order
13
00:00:41.480 --> 00:00:41.520
to
14
00:00:41.520 --> 00:00:45.480
setup for that, you're going to take your normal hip hinge posture with your
15
00:00:45.480 --> 00:00:45.720
arm
16
00:00:45.720 --> 00:00:52.030
hang and you just want to use a mirror or a camera and you can check a few
17
00:00:52.030 --> 00:00:52.280
things.
18
00:00:52.280 --> 00:00:57.760
The closer the alignment is to the club head and your hands, the more impactful
19
00:00:57.760 --> 00:01:02.880
it's going to be on the starting direction or the path. So, if your feet
20
00:01:02.880 --> 00:01:08.200
are a little bit off like so, but your shoulders are aligned pretty close to
21
00:01:08.200 --> 00:01:14.280
this yellow line on the ground and your forearms, which is virtually impossible
22
00:01:14.280 --> 00:01:14.280
,
23
00:01:14.280 --> 00:01:19.880
but you can see right so that if you had a line through my forearms, they'd be
24
00:01:19.880 --> 00:01:26.190
pointing just right. This would be a fine setup for hitting and draw, as so
25
00:01:26.190 --> 00:01:26.320
with
26
00:01:26.320 --> 00:01:31.640
this. So, I don't want you to get too picky about your toe lines and exactly
27
00:01:31.640 --> 00:01:37.200
how square they are, but you do want to make sure that your forearms are
28
00:01:37.200 --> 00:01:41.240
relatively square and that your shoulders are relatively square. Those are
29
00:01:41.240 --> 00:01:47.480
the big two that I look at when I'm double checking alignment. As we get
30
00:01:47.480 --> 00:01:50.720
better and more advanced, you can start looking at the pelvis and possibly the
31
00:01:50.720 --> 00:01:54.600
feet, but the feet are the last thing to look at for alignment. So, don't even
32
00:01:54.600 --> 00:01:59.480
worry about putting the club along your heels or anything like that. Just make
33
00:01:59.480 --> 00:02:03.440
sure your forearms and your shoulders are aligned and you'll be set up for
34
00:02:03.440 --> 00:02:09.040
having the proper path on the downswing. Because the problem is, if you were to
35
00:02:09.040 --> 00:02:13.360
set up where you see how this position makes my shoulders point to the left and
36
00:02:13.360 --> 00:02:18.720
my forearms point to the left. Now, when they come into their natural position
37
00:02:18.720 --> 00:02:22.980
based on this setup, the club is going to be wanting to come steep and across
38
00:02:22.980 --> 00:02:23.160
the
39
00:02:23.160 --> 00:02:28.680
line. Same thing, if I set up kind of like so, the club is going to have the
40
00:02:28.680 --> 00:02:32.560
tendency to want to swing very, very much from the inside, which is going to
41
00:02:32.560 --> 00:02:32.680
make
42
00:02:32.680 --> 00:02:40.840
me prone to blocks and snap hooks. So, very quickly, you can check your
43
00:02:40.840 --> 00:02:44.280
forearms and if you're looking from the down the line, you should see a very
44
00:02:44.280 --> 00:02:51.280
slight amount of the left forearm above the right forearm, as opposed to this.
45
00:02:51.280 --> 00:02:55.120
You see the difference between the two, but your shoulders will be relatively
46
00:02:55.120 --> 00:03:00.680
square to this yellow stick on the ground. The way that you'll accomplish
47
00:03:00.680 --> 00:03:04.680
having the forearms in that position is essentially when you take your grip,
48
00:03:04.680 --> 00:03:09.840
what the 3D shows us is that this arm is going to be relatively close to
49
00:03:09.840 --> 00:03:14.100
straight or let's say only, you know, 10 degrees bent, where this arm is going
50
00:03:14.100 --> 00:03:14.120
to
51
00:03:14.120 --> 00:03:18.360
have about 15, 20 degrees bent. What that's going to do is put this right
52
00:03:18.360 --> 00:03:24.720
shoulder slightly lower, but I, the bend, make sure that even though this
53
00:03:24.720 --> 00:03:28.290
shoulder goes lower, it doesn't point in the wrong direction. I'll show you
54
00:03:28.290 --> 00:03:28.360
what
55
00:03:28.360 --> 00:03:34.040
I mean. So, if I were to bend this right arm slightly, see how that gets my
56
00:03:34.040 --> 00:03:39.120
shoulders pretty square. If I had them both straight, now in the exact same
57
00:03:39.120 --> 00:03:39.560
spine
58
00:03:39.560 --> 00:03:45.080
position, my shoulder blades are going to be out of alignment. So, by having a
59
00:03:45.080 --> 00:03:49.480
little bit more bend in that right arm, it gets your right arm closer to where
60
00:03:49.480 --> 00:03:54.160
it's going to be going in delivery position, which will help make transition
61
00:03:54.160 --> 00:03:58.000
and release, which are going to learn down the road much, much easier to
62
00:03:58.000 --> 00:03:58.440
execute.
63
00:03:58.440 --> 00:04:03.080
So, double check your alignment of the forearms and the shoulders when you are
64
00:04:03.080 --> 00:04:06.520
working on this hip hinge and getting in good setup posture, and that will help
65
00:04:06.520 --> 00:04:10.000
you control the path when we get into the downswing.
1
00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:05.160
This drill is to help you with your alignment, which is part of the
2
00:00:05.160 --> 00:00:10.560
fundamental about setup posture or the layer about setup posture. So, in
3
00:00:10.560 --> 00:00:11.160
addition
4
00:00:11.160 --> 00:00:14.160
to learning how to hinge from the hips and kind of have the arms hanging and
5
00:00:14.160 --> 00:00:17.960
grip the club from the right way, you can use this as a check with your
6
00:00:17.960 --> 00:00:21.960
alignment to make sure that you're in a good setup position for starting the
7
00:00:21.960 --> 00:00:25.800
ball for whatever direction you want. With the GolfSmart Academy swing, we're
8
00:00:25.800 --> 00:00:30.720
tending towards a bias of either a draw or a straight shot or a slight fade. We
9
00:00:30.720 --> 00:00:30.720
're
10
00:00:30.720 --> 00:00:35.590
not going to, we teach you how to adjust that to hit big hooks and big slices,
11
00:00:35.590 --> 00:00:36.120
but
12
00:00:36.120 --> 00:00:41.480
for the most part it's going to be a very neutral controllable shot. In order
13
00:00:41.480 --> 00:00:41.520
to
14
00:00:41.520 --> 00:00:45.480
setup for that, you're going to take your normal hip hinge posture with your
15
00:00:45.480 --> 00:00:45.720
arm
16
00:00:45.720 --> 00:00:52.030
hang and you just want to use a mirror or a camera and you can check a few
17
00:00:52.030 --> 00:00:52.280
things.
18
00:00:52.280 --> 00:00:57.760
The closer the alignment is to the club head and your hands, the more impactful
19
00:00:57.760 --> 00:01:02.880
it's going to be on the starting direction or the path. So, if your feet
20
00:01:02.880 --> 00:01:08.200
are a little bit off like so, but your shoulders are aligned pretty close to
21
00:01:08.200 --> 00:01:14.280
this yellow line on the ground and your forearms, which is virtually impossible
22
00:01:14.280 --> 00:01:14.280
,
23
00:01:14.280 --> 00:01:19.880
but you can see right so that if you had a line through my forearms, they'd be
24
00:01:19.880 --> 00:01:26.190
pointing just right. This would be a fine setup for hitting and draw, as so
25
00:01:26.190 --> 00:01:26.320
with
26
00:01:26.320 --> 00:01:31.640
this. So, I don't want you to get too picky about your toe lines and exactly
27
00:01:31.640 --> 00:01:37.200
how square they are, but you do want to make sure that your forearms are
28
00:01:37.200 --> 00:01:41.240
relatively square and that your shoulders are relatively square. Those are
29
00:01:41.240 --> 00:01:47.480
the big two that I look at when I'm double checking alignment. As we get
30
00:01:47.480 --> 00:01:50.720
better and more advanced, you can start looking at the pelvis and possibly the
31
00:01:50.720 --> 00:01:54.600
feet, but the feet are the last thing to look at for alignment. So, don't even
32
00:01:54.600 --> 00:01:59.480
worry about putting the club along your heels or anything like that. Just make
33
00:01:59.480 --> 00:02:03.440
sure your forearms and your shoulders are aligned and you'll be set up for
34
00:02:03.440 --> 00:02:09.040
having the proper path on the downswing. Because the problem is, if you were to
35
00:02:09.040 --> 00:02:13.360
set up where you see how this position makes my shoulders point to the left and
36
00:02:13.360 --> 00:02:18.720
my forearms point to the left. Now, when they come into their natural position
37
00:02:18.720 --> 00:02:22.980
based on this setup, the club is going to be wanting to come steep and across
38
00:02:22.980 --> 00:02:23.160
the
39
00:02:23.160 --> 00:02:28.680
line. Same thing, if I set up kind of like so, the club is going to have the
40
00:02:28.680 --> 00:02:32.560
tendency to want to swing very, very much from the inside, which is going to
41
00:02:32.560 --> 00:02:32.680
make
42
00:02:32.680 --> 00:02:40.840
me prone to blocks and snap hooks. So, very quickly, you can check your
43
00:02:40.840 --> 00:02:44.280
forearms and if you're looking from the down the line, you should see a very
44
00:02:44.280 --> 00:02:51.280
slight amount of the left forearm above the right forearm, as opposed to this.
45
00:02:51.280 --> 00:02:55.120
You see the difference between the two, but your shoulders will be relatively
46
00:02:55.120 --> 00:03:00.680
square to this yellow stick on the ground. The way that you'll accomplish
47
00:03:00.680 --> 00:03:04.680
having the forearms in that position is essentially when you take your grip,
48
00:03:04.680 --> 00:03:09.840
what the 3D shows us is that this arm is going to be relatively close to
49
00:03:09.840 --> 00:03:14.100
straight or let's say only, you know, 10 degrees bent, where this arm is going
50
00:03:14.100 --> 00:03:14.120
to
51
00:03:14.120 --> 00:03:18.360
have about 15, 20 degrees bent. What that's going to do is put this right
52
00:03:18.360 --> 00:03:24.720
shoulder slightly lower, but I, the bend, make sure that even though this
53
00:03:24.720 --> 00:03:28.290
shoulder goes lower, it doesn't point in the wrong direction. I'll show you
54
00:03:28.290 --> 00:03:28.360
what
55
00:03:28.360 --> 00:03:34.040
I mean. So, if I were to bend this right arm slightly, see how that gets my
56
00:03:34.040 --> 00:03:39.120
shoulders pretty square. If I had them both straight, now in the exact same
57
00:03:39.120 --> 00:03:39.560
spine
58
00:03:39.560 --> 00:03:45.080
position, my shoulder blades are going to be out of alignment. So, by having a
59
00:03:45.080 --> 00:03:49.480
little bit more bend in that right arm, it gets your right arm closer to where
60
00:03:49.480 --> 00:03:54.160
it's going to be going in delivery position, which will help make transition
61
00:03:54.160 --> 00:03:58.000
and release, which are going to learn down the road much, much easier to
62
00:03:58.000 --> 00:03:58.440
execute.
63
00:03:58.440 --> 00:04:03.080
So, double check your alignment of the forearms and the shoulders when you are
64
00:04:03.080 --> 00:04:06.520
working on this hip hinge and getting in good setup posture, and that will help
65
00:04:06.520 --> 00:04:10.000
you control the path when we get into the downswing.
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Tyler Ferrell is the only person in the world named to Golf Digest's list of
Best Young Teachers in America AND its list of Best Golf Fitness Professionals in America.
Improve Your Alignment for Better Shot Direction
After this video, you'll be able to:
- Identify the key checkpoints for proper shoulder and forearm alignment
- Practice using a mirror or camera to verify your setup position
- Understand how alignment impacts the starting direction of your shots
In this video, you'll learn a simple drill to check your alignment and ensure a solid setup for your golf shots. Proper alignment is crucial for starting the ball on your desired path and achieving more consistent results.
Video Transcript
WEBVTT
1
00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:05.160
This drill is to help you with your alignment, which is part of the
2
00:00:05.160 --> 00:00:10.560
fundamental about setup posture or the layer about setup posture. So, in
3
00:00:10.560 --> 00:00:11.160
addition
4
00:00:11.160 --> 00:00:14.160
to learning how to hinge from the hips and kind of have the arms hanging and
5
00:00:14.160 --> 00:00:17.960
grip the club from the right way, you can use this as a check with your
6
00:00:17.960 --> 00:00:21.960
alignment to make sure that you're in a good setup position for starting the
7
00:00:21.960 --> 00:00:25.800
ball for whatever direction you want. With the GolfSmart Academy swing, we're
8
00:00:25.800 --> 00:00:30.720
tending towards a bias of either a draw or a straight shot or a slight fade. We
9
00:00:30.720 --> 00:00:30.720
're
10
00:00:30.720 --> 00:00:35.590
not going to, we teach you how to adjust that to hit big hooks and big slices,
11
00:00:35.590 --> 00:00:36.120
but
12
00:00:36.120 --> 00:00:41.480
for the most part it's going to be a very neutral controllable shot. In order
13
00:00:41.480 --> 00:00:41.520
to
14
00:00:41.520 --> 00:00:45.480
setup for that, you're going to take your normal hip hinge posture with your
15
00:00:45.480 --> 00:00:45.720
arm
16
00:00:45.720 --> 00:00:52.030
hang and you just want to use a mirror or a camera and you can check a few
17
00:00:52.030 --> 00:00:52.280
things.
18
00:00:52.280 --> 00:00:57.760
The closer the alignment is to the club head and your hands, the more impactful
19
00:00:57.760 --> 00:01:02.880
it's going to be on the starting direction or the path. So, if your feet
20
00:01:02.880 --> 00:01:08.200
are a little bit off like so, but your shoulders are aligned pretty close to
21
00:01:08.200 --> 00:01:14.280
this yellow line on the ground and your forearms, which is virtually impossible
22
00:01:14.280 --> 00:01:14.280
,
23
00:01:14.280 --> 00:01:19.880
but you can see right so that if you had a line through my forearms, they'd be
24
00:01:19.880 --> 00:01:26.190
pointing just right. This would be a fine setup for hitting and draw, as so
25
00:01:26.190 --> 00:01:26.320
with
26
00:01:26.320 --> 00:01:31.640
this. So, I don't want you to get too picky about your toe lines and exactly
27
00:01:31.640 --> 00:01:37.200
how square they are, but you do want to make sure that your forearms are
28
00:01:37.200 --> 00:01:41.240
relatively square and that your shoulders are relatively square. Those are
29
00:01:41.240 --> 00:01:47.480
the big two that I look at when I'm double checking alignment. As we get
30
00:01:47.480 --> 00:01:50.720
better and more advanced, you can start looking at the pelvis and possibly the
31
00:01:50.720 --> 00:01:54.600
feet, but the feet are the last thing to look at for alignment. So, don't even
32
00:01:54.600 --> 00:01:59.480
worry about putting the club along your heels or anything like that. Just make
33
00:01:59.480 --> 00:02:03.440
sure your forearms and your shoulders are aligned and you'll be set up for
34
00:02:03.440 --> 00:02:09.040
having the proper path on the downswing. Because the problem is, if you were to
35
00:02:09.040 --> 00:02:13.360
set up where you see how this position makes my shoulders point to the left and
36
00:02:13.360 --> 00:02:18.720
my forearms point to the left. Now, when they come into their natural position
37
00:02:18.720 --> 00:02:22.980
based on this setup, the club is going to be wanting to come steep and across
38
00:02:22.980 --> 00:02:23.160
the
39
00:02:23.160 --> 00:02:28.680
line. Same thing, if I set up kind of like so, the club is going to have the
40
00:02:28.680 --> 00:02:32.560
tendency to want to swing very, very much from the inside, which is going to
41
00:02:32.560 --> 00:02:32.680
make
42
00:02:32.680 --> 00:02:40.840
me prone to blocks and snap hooks. So, very quickly, you can check your
43
00:02:40.840 --> 00:02:44.280
forearms and if you're looking from the down the line, you should see a very
44
00:02:44.280 --> 00:02:51.280
slight amount of the left forearm above the right forearm, as opposed to this.
45
00:02:51.280 --> 00:02:55.120
You see the difference between the two, but your shoulders will be relatively
46
00:02:55.120 --> 00:03:00.680
square to this yellow stick on the ground. The way that you'll accomplish
47
00:03:00.680 --> 00:03:04.680
having the forearms in that position is essentially when you take your grip,
48
00:03:04.680 --> 00:03:09.840
what the 3D shows us is that this arm is going to be relatively close to
49
00:03:09.840 --> 00:03:14.100
straight or let's say only, you know, 10 degrees bent, where this arm is going
50
00:03:14.100 --> 00:03:14.120
to
51
00:03:14.120 --> 00:03:18.360
have about 15, 20 degrees bent. What that's going to do is put this right
52
00:03:18.360 --> 00:03:24.720
shoulder slightly lower, but I, the bend, make sure that even though this
53
00:03:24.720 --> 00:03:28.290
shoulder goes lower, it doesn't point in the wrong direction. I'll show you
54
00:03:28.290 --> 00:03:28.360
what
55
00:03:28.360 --> 00:03:34.040
I mean. So, if I were to bend this right arm slightly, see how that gets my
56
00:03:34.040 --> 00:03:39.120
shoulders pretty square. If I had them both straight, now in the exact same
57
00:03:39.120 --> 00:03:39.560
spine
58
00:03:39.560 --> 00:03:45.080
position, my shoulder blades are going to be out of alignment. So, by having a
59
00:03:45.080 --> 00:03:49.480
little bit more bend in that right arm, it gets your right arm closer to where
60
00:03:49.480 --> 00:03:54.160
it's going to be going in delivery position, which will help make transition
61
00:03:54.160 --> 00:03:58.000
and release, which are going to learn down the road much, much easier to
62
00:03:58.000 --> 00:03:58.440
execute.
63
00:03:58.440 --> 00:04:03.080
So, double check your alignment of the forearms and the shoulders when you are
64
00:04:03.080 --> 00:04:06.520
working on this hip hinge and getting in good setup posture, and that will help
65
00:04:06.520 --> 00:04:10.000
you control the path when we get into the downswing.
1
00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:05.160
This drill is to help you with your alignment, which is part of the
2
00:00:05.160 --> 00:00:10.560
fundamental about setup posture or the layer about setup posture. So, in
3
00:00:10.560 --> 00:00:11.160
addition
4
00:00:11.160 --> 00:00:14.160
to learning how to hinge from the hips and kind of have the arms hanging and
5
00:00:14.160 --> 00:00:17.960
grip the club from the right way, you can use this as a check with your
6
00:00:17.960 --> 00:00:21.960
alignment to make sure that you're in a good setup position for starting the
7
00:00:21.960 --> 00:00:25.800
ball for whatever direction you want. With the GolfSmart Academy swing, we're
8
00:00:25.800 --> 00:00:30.720
tending towards a bias of either a draw or a straight shot or a slight fade. We
9
00:00:30.720 --> 00:00:30.720
're
10
00:00:30.720 --> 00:00:35.590
not going to, we teach you how to adjust that to hit big hooks and big slices,
11
00:00:35.590 --> 00:00:36.120
but
12
00:00:36.120 --> 00:00:41.480
for the most part it's going to be a very neutral controllable shot. In order
13
00:00:41.480 --> 00:00:41.520
to
14
00:00:41.520 --> 00:00:45.480
setup for that, you're going to take your normal hip hinge posture with your
15
00:00:45.480 --> 00:00:45.720
arm
16
00:00:45.720 --> 00:00:52.030
hang and you just want to use a mirror or a camera and you can check a few
17
00:00:52.030 --> 00:00:52.280
things.
18
00:00:52.280 --> 00:00:57.760
The closer the alignment is to the club head and your hands, the more impactful
19
00:00:57.760 --> 00:01:02.880
it's going to be on the starting direction or the path. So, if your feet
20
00:01:02.880 --> 00:01:08.200
are a little bit off like so, but your shoulders are aligned pretty close to
21
00:01:08.200 --> 00:01:14.280
this yellow line on the ground and your forearms, which is virtually impossible
22
00:01:14.280 --> 00:01:14.280
,
23
00:01:14.280 --> 00:01:19.880
but you can see right so that if you had a line through my forearms, they'd be
24
00:01:19.880 --> 00:01:26.190
pointing just right. This would be a fine setup for hitting and draw, as so
25
00:01:26.190 --> 00:01:26.320
with
26
00:01:26.320 --> 00:01:31.640
this. So, I don't want you to get too picky about your toe lines and exactly
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how square they are, but you do want to make sure that your forearms are
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relatively square and that your shoulders are relatively square. Those are
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the big two that I look at when I'm double checking alignment. As we get
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better and more advanced, you can start looking at the pelvis and possibly the
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feet, but the feet are the last thing to look at for alignment. So, don't even
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worry about putting the club along your heels or anything like that. Just make
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sure your forearms and your shoulders are aligned and you'll be set up for
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having the proper path on the downswing. Because the problem is, if you were to
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set up where you see how this position makes my shoulders point to the left and
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my forearms point to the left. Now, when they come into their natural position
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based on this setup, the club is going to be wanting to come steep and across
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the
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line. Same thing, if I set up kind of like so, the club is going to have the
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tendency to want to swing very, very much from the inside, which is going to
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make
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me prone to blocks and snap hooks. So, very quickly, you can check your
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forearms and if you're looking from the down the line, you should see a very
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slight amount of the left forearm above the right forearm, as opposed to this.
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You see the difference between the two, but your shoulders will be relatively
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square to this yellow stick on the ground. The way that you'll accomplish
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having the forearms in that position is essentially when you take your grip,
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what the 3D shows us is that this arm is going to be relatively close to
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straight or let's say only, you know, 10 degrees bent, where this arm is going
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to
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have about 15, 20 degrees bent. What that's going to do is put this right
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shoulder slightly lower, but I, the bend, make sure that even though this
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shoulder goes lower, it doesn't point in the wrong direction. I'll show you
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what
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I mean. So, if I were to bend this right arm slightly, see how that gets my
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shoulders pretty square. If I had them both straight, now in the exact same
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spine
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position, my shoulder blades are going to be out of alignment. So, by having a
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little bit more bend in that right arm, it gets your right arm closer to where
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it's going to be going in delivery position, which will help make transition
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and release, which are going to learn down the road much, much easier to
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execute.
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So, double check your alignment of the forearms and the shoulders when you are
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working on this hip hinge and getting in good setup posture, and that will help
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you control the path when we get into the downswing.
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