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In this analysis video, we're going to answer the question,

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"Did the hands stay the same through the entire swing?"

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So if you search on the internet for close-up of hands, there's a number of

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really good

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high-def videos that we can look at.

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And we're going to take a look at a number of different players,

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and we're going to compare their setup with

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impact, because that's pretty much all we can see with this

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close-up frame. But in general,

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most players are going to have their hands change somewhat during the golf

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swing.

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So we're going to see how they change and kind of the common patterns

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and what we might be able to learn from them.

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Now, commonly, there are two major pressure points discussed when you look at

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the trailhand.

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One is the connection between the thumb and/or the underside of the right thumb

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or trail thumb, and the top side of the lead thumb.

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So kind of pushing down through there.

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People also talk about the pressure of the last three fingers gripping the club

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.

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That one we won't really be able to evaluate too well in this video.

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And then the third key one would be the pressure point from the index finger

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right in there, kind of applying a force in a diagonal direction across the

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shaft.

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And I'm going to point out that that may be the most important one

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when looking at the movement of the trailhand.

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So here we have Greg Norman.

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We can take a quick look at what it looks like at setup.

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And then as we get towards impact,

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we can see that the thumb has shifted position.

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He's maintained, for the most part, that pressure of the index finger,

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but we can see that the pressure of the hand on top of the thumb has shifted a

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bit.

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We also see that the one common trend is for the right hand to slide further

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away from the left hand.

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Now, whether that's because the left hand is pulling up,

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where the right hand is kind of pushing down, it's probably a combination of

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both.

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But the important thing is training each arm individually

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is a, I think, a key method for really dialing in your release,

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because what we're seeing from these HOSO videos

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is that the hands don't just mirror each other.

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They actually perform different functions.

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Now, here we have Brent Snedeker.

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The one on the right is looking at setup,

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and the one on the left is looking at just before impact.

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And now, I've commonly used this clip when I'm talking to golfers

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who tend to have a really strong pressure of the trail thumb.

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A lot of amateurs have a stronger grip where the thumb is pushing in this

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direction

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instead of that trail hand trigger point.

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And I'll use this clip because you'll see that Brent Snedeker actually lifts

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his thumb off the club

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before going into takeaway.

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Now, you can see from this point of view, here's in his takeaway.

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Here he is just before impact.

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You can see that here's the top of the knuckle there.

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Here's the top of the knuckle there.

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His hand has slid down just slightly.

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And you'll see that the thumb has changed position a little bit

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from where it was just prior setup.

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But he's really kind of maintained that connection between the trail trigger

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finger

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and the club shaft.

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We're going to see that as a common trend.

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Right hand, maintaining this pressure and sliding down,

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thumb doing very little and losing that pressure point there.

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Now, here's a great close-up of Jack Nicholas.

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In this one, over here, I've got setup on the left, and over on the right, I've

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got impact.

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And you can see that there's more of that left thumb revealed.

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The hands have actually rotated a little bit away from each other.

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At least the left hand is rotated to get to this more bowed position

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while the right hand more or less maintained in its same alignment.

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So don't be surprised or don't be alarmed if your hands end up looking

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a little more like a Onika Sorenstam style grip when you reach impact

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compared to where you started, because the lead wrist is going to be

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responsible

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for twisting the shaft or contributing with that.

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And the right hand is going to be helping control more of the--

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and if the right arm is working correctly, then oftentimes that twist of the

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lead wrist

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will create some separation between the two hands.

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But you'll see that maintain in pressure point, at least the index finger one,

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not so much the thumb pushing on top of the other thumb.

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This is also a great clip because it shows very clearly the difference

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in where the club is at setup, and then when you're making contact,

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how the grip has traveled forward about four inches or so.

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That's part of the reason why you're going to have these different hand

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actions, because even though this is where we set up where these yellow lines

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are,

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that's not really where we're going to make contact,

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and the hands have to adjust for that difference.

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If you did come back into the same position, you'd probably do so in a way

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that would sacrifice a whole lot of speed.

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All right, we've got two more that we're going to look at.

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Here's a good one of Stacey Lewis, and you can see over here on the right is

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setup,

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and then over here on the left is impact.

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Here we can see how the right hand has slid further down.

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Again, how it's maintained that pressure point,

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we can see that compared to setup, the wrist has increased the amount of

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extension,

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and the lead wrist has increased the amount of flexion.

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Those both allow for the grip being further ahead,

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like we just saw in that Jack Nicholas video.

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These videos should also help you see that the trail thumb

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will not be pushing straight down and onto the shaft the way that the lead

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thumb might be.

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If you feel a lot of activity with that right hand or that trail hand thumb,

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you're probably missing out on an opportunity for a little bit better club face

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and path control.

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And finally, we've got Michelle Weigh.

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You'll see that by the time the hands make it to impact, they've changed.

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They're working on the club differently.

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Again, we're seeing this right hand consistently,

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applying that pressure point there, losing that one there.

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The wrist have changed orientation, the grip is further ahead.

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There's a whole common pattern of changes that we're seeing between setup and

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impact.

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And you can see more changes as you go into the follow through position,

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but really finding high quality close up videos of the hands as they go through

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impact

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into the follow through is really hard to find.

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But hopefully this at least piques your curiosity as far as how to train each

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individual arm,

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because training each individual arm and hand can be really beneficial for kind

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of dialing in

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and building a really strong repeatable release pattern.