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- This drill is band presses.

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Now I just got back from the World Golf Fitness Summit.

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As you know, I like to stay current.

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So I try to go to a lot of these things that I can.

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Martin, Martin Hall, the School of Golf Instructor,

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gave a great presentation about how he trains the release.

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And there's some similarities to what I think

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builds a good release.

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There's some differences, absolutely.

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But more importantly in the similarities,

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one of the things that we both focus on

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is letting these arms extend through the shot.

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Now, we know from looking at the physics

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that you are imparting a pulling force.

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But if you think about it, the only way

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I could not be imparting a pulling force during this release

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is if the club never changed directions.

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So if the club, if the handle, continue to go down.

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The second the handle is going to start coming up,

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I'm going to be imparting a pulling force of some kind.

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But that doesn't mean that I can't be imparting a pulling

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force while letting my arms extend.

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And what he's seen is, and similar to what I've seen,

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that using how much arm extension is a great indicator

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for handicap level, and usually highly correlated

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with consistency, in my opinion.

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So he also mentioned that Pete Cowan uses this drill

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that I don't know if he came up with,

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but I'm going to give him credit.

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It was a brilliant little piece.

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So I've always done it with just kind of throwing balls

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and feeling that arm extension.

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But this adds a little resistance so

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that I can feel it a little bit better in the muscles

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that create that extension.

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So I'm just going to take a band,

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and I'm going to put it around my back

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so that my thumbs are through the loops.

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You can use any type of TheraBand.

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This is just some physical therapy

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tubing that I tied two little loops in.

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Basically, if I stand here and I was to extend my arms out,

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I can feel good shoulder kind of depression,

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and I can feel good arm extension just like so.

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Now, this doesn't take care of what the arms and hands

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are doing as far as rotation goes,

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but if you remember, a lot of that is going to happen

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because I'm coming from a rotated position like so,

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and I extend, and if I extend quickly,

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that'll cause my arms to rotate.

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So what I can do is I can add little pivots to this

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so I can make backswing.

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I can go merry around with my body

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and then really let those arms

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and feel that tension through the ball just like so.

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Now, it's a little tricky.

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I was trying this earlier,

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and because of where it connects,

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if I'm gripping all my thumbs,

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it feels a little bit weird to get this extension,

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but you can actually hit balls this way.

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I recommend it more for just getting a feeling

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and then trying to apply that feeling

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with either your nine to three

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or any of your other release drills,

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but you can actually get a semi-solid strike.

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It feels really weird in the backswing,

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but through the ball, it actually feels pretty normal.

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So you can use a band to exaggerate the feeling

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of letting those arms fully extend through the shot,

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and then when you take off the band,

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it's kind of like when you put your arms in the door

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and you'll feel a little weird, but it'll fade

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and it just gives you a good feeling,

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muscle activation of what you want those arms to do,

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which is extend through the shot.