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In this analysis video, we're going to take a look at the swing of Colin Morek

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awa one more time.

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So in the first video, we took a look at his sequencing and his arm-shallowing

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and how those

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are two aspects of his swing that helps him be such a consistent ball striker

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with the longer clubs.

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In this video, we're going to talk about how he controls the face-to-path

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relationship to match

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those two characteristics. From a high level, if you're looking to be a

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consistent

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ball striker, then there's two things you have to monitor. One is getting

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consistent control

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of the path of the club, and then two is getting consistent control of the face

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-to-path relationship.

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Consistent control of the path helps you get solid contact, and then consistent

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control of

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the face-to-path helps you control the curve. So with the two, you'll get solid

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and straight or

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slight draw, slight fade, but you'll get a repeatable contact and a repeatable

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ball flight. One of

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the big takeaways from this video should be that if you create lag, if you

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create an impact

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position with your body, where you have a lot of rotation and side bend,

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similar to what we're

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seeing Colin demonstrate over here, then the face is going to be, if you

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compared where it was

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at setup, the face is going to be more open or pointing more to the right. I'll

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talk about that

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a little bit more later in this video. But for right now, just know that if you

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're going to have a

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body position that looks more like this, then the face has to be rotated more

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closed at impact.

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For a lot of golfers, it's easier to do that earlier in the swing, rather than

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trying to

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wait until the very last second to try to time that up. When it comes to

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managing the face-to-path

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relationship, there are two major influences. One is your grip at setup. So how

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are you holding

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the club? And then two is the movement of your wrist during the swing. How are

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you adjusting

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your wrist in that face-to-path relationship? So what did you do at setup? And

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what did you do

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during the swing? Those are the two influences on the face-to-path relationship

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. If we look over

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here on the right, this is as close as I could find to a face-on camera, which

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is one of the

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easiest ways to look at the grip. But I'm going to show you another way on how

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you can use the

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down the line to look at the grip. So if we look at the grip here, we typically

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are looking at

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where the hands are positioned on the club. So where are the V's on the hands

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pointed? So when

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I'm talking about grip strength, here's what I mean. So if I turn my hands more

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underneath or

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to the right side of the grip for a right hand golfer, this will be considered

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more of a strong

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position. And if I put my hands more on top or more on the left side, this

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would be considered a

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weak position. Neutral or average would basically be when the V's are pointing

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somewhere around

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here, or my hands are just off to the right side of the grip. So if we look at

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Collin over here,

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you can see that the right hand is potentially slightly strong, but close to

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neutral, and the

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left hand is in a weaker position or more on top. But I promised I'd show you

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how to look at it

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from the down the line. This position here in both the downswing and the back

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swing is a good way

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to check the orientation of the club. If I get him into this position at the

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takeaway, now we can

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look at where these V's are pointing compared to the clubface angle. The more

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that they are pointing,

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so if here's the clubface angle, the more that the V's are pointing over here,

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the stronger the

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grip would be, and the more that the V's are pointing over here, the weaker

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that the grip would be.

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So if I demonstrate that, if I put my hands in a very weak position up on top,

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then when I get

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this club into this position here, you can see that the V's on the hand would

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be pointing

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way out that way. If I put my hands in a stronger position, so kind of like

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this,

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and then I bring the club back to that same position, you can see that the V's

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are pointing

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way over there. So this is a good reference or checkpoint where you'll usually

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have a pretty clear

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camera angle to be able to see the grip orientation. Now I mentioned in the

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intro that if you are

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going to create that rotation and side bend, here's where the chest is pointing

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, right? So when he

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was at setup, his hands were basically out in front of his chest. You can see

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that right now,

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the hands or the club is behind his chest. When if I have a face angle tool on

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the club,

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and if I bring the club back along the arc, even you'll see even if I keep it

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in kind of a delofted

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position, you'll see that the club is pointing more out to the right. So if I'm

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hitting it when

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the club is behind me, basically, if I'm set up, but then I'm making contact

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with the club back

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here compared to my body, then the club is going to be pointing way out there.

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So I'm going to have

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to twist that club closed the more that I'm creating lag or the more that I'm

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hitting the

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ball with the club behind my body. So if we come back over to this down the

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line, we can see that

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that left wrist is bowed, that right wrist extended, both of those close the

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face to path, and then

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that allows for him to have the shallower movement and more lag, the shallow

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movements and lag both

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open the face to path. But by closing the face with the hands, opening the face

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with the body,

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when he gets it back to this position, it's quite similar to where it was in

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the takeaway,

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or it's in a very good position where all he's going to have to do is control

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low point and

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allow the club to continue closing from there. Because of the weaker grip, you

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will tend to see

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him actually keep that left wrist bowed all the way through impact, which more

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golfers tend to

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lose a little bit of that bowing and actually move more towards extension, but

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because of his

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weaker grip and the tremendous lag and body position at impact, he has to

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maintain that

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longer into the follow through. That does seem to, for golfers who grip with

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more of a weak left hand,

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Will McKenzie or Jodar Ant or a couple guys who come to mind who are really

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good long iron players,

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they will also keep that left wrist more bowed longer into the follow through.

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In fact, from this

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kind of goofy camera angle over here on the right, you'll see if we get into

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this frame here, you can see that that left wrist still has a fair amount of

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bow and the right wrist

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is pretty flat. But even though the left wrist is bowed and the right wrist is

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flat, you can see

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that the club face is pretty much matching the swing plane. It isn't kind of

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overly closed. So

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these are some indicators for how you can figure out how a golfer is

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controlling that face to

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path relationship and ultimately that will help you understand how to manage

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the curve and hit the

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ball flight you want to match your swing. So the moral of the story of these

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two analysis videos

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is that it's kind of dangerous to just pick one piece. It's more important to

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understand how the

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pieces fit together. You need to create a grip and a club face control system

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that matches your body

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pivot and there are certain body pivots and therefore club face conditions that

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match better

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the longer clubs and there are others that match the wedge play or the short ir

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ons a little bit

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better. But the better you understand these pieces, the better your roadmap

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will be for working on

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your swing. You'll understand why making a certain change might require another

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change for its work

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or why you might just be one quick little adjustment away from striking the

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ball really well.