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In this video, we're going to look at assessing low point in a fairway bunker.

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So fairway bunkers can be a great, both diagnostic tool as well as training

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environment, especially

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if you're working on low point control.

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So what we can do here is similar to when we do the line drill, I'm just going

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to lightly

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draw a line perpendicular to my target line.

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Now I'm going to position that line in my ball position.

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So with most irons, it's going to be somewhere around my cheek.

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Probably wouldn't do this with a fairway wood, but you could do it with a

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hybrid where it

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would be maybe a touch further forward.

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But what we're going to do is we will be able to see exactly where the club

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made contact

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with the sand and make adjustments.

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So it's good to have an idea as far as the factors of low point of basically

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where is

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my chest in space, and where are my arms.

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But this can be a really good diagnostic tool for assessing the degree of how

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far you're

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hitting behind or forward.

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For the most part, you're going to struggle with hitting too far behind,

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especially out

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of the fairway bunker.

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So I can take some practice wings to try to get the low point to start right at

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the front

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of the line, kind of like this.

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So that would look something like that where the low point is starting pretty

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close to

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the front of the line.

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Then I can do a test where I'm going to hit five balls or so and look at

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exactly where

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the club is making contact.

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If I tend to have more of excessive upper body movement or scoopy movement, we

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can see compared

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to the line, that actually made contact about three or four inches behind the

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ball.

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And that's not going to be uncommon when you're doing this for the first time.

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So we're going to try to do a little bit better than that.

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We're going to put the ball at the front of the line.

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And we're going to dig in our left foot just a little bit.

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You could dig in both feet for stability if you're trying to truly assess your

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low point.

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But if we're just trying to get used to this feeling of the hands leading the

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club head

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long enough and the bottom of the swing far enough out in front, then I would

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recommend

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just digging in the left foot just slightly.

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So now we're going to do a few where we use this low point line as our main

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focus.

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The ball is just going to get in the way.

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So if we look, that struck the ground just to the back half of the line.

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That was very good.

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I'd be happy with that result.

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But if I'm getting really picky about where that contacted, my goal is to

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contact the

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front of the line.

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The width of my golf club creates a little bit more of a channel.

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And I'm trying to have the first movement of sand there so that I can still see

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the line.

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That one I got just the touch behind it.

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But we don't want to overreact to one particular swing.

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So that's why I like to do this as more of like a five or even ten ball set if

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I'm doing

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an assessment here.

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So let's do another one focus on that ground contact and that line position.

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So that was a little bit better ground contact, sand contact.

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But my release wasn't quite as solid so I didn't get the same depth.

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I can use this to assess all different aspects of my low point, not just where

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exactly did

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the club hit the sand.

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So I didn't get as much depth because my wrist wasn't, I didn't do quite as

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much of the motor

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cycle.

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That's why I had a little bit of a low fade to it.

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All right, so we've got that line.

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Now let's see if we can get one good one.

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So that was laser straight.

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If we look down that first piece of grass or first piece of sand is right at

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the line,

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I'd be really happy with that one that felt like a really good swing.

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Pretty pleased with this low point.

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But I'll do this periodically with students who aren't quite feeling where they

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're hitting

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the grass.

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This will usually make a bigger impact and kind of leave evidence that's easier

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to tell

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for where you're making contact.

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So if you're not quite sure about your low point, hit some shots out of the

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bunker to

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find out for sure.

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Full bonus, you can also do this on 9 to 3s, 10 to 2s.

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That was a little bit bigger than my 9 to 3.

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That was pretty good sand contact though.

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So let's try to do it on even a little shorter, kind of like that.

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And now I can see some really solid ground contact or sand contact.

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That felt pretty solid.

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This is a great way to get instant feedback for your low point.