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This content video is decoding your scapular feel so I've got a bunch of

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videos on the site that talk about how the spine rotation and the scapular

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position that impact being more in this kind of closed-off position. I've got

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drills where I help you feel don't spin the shoulders or pre-setting the spine

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rotation making it emphasize kind of feeling your back staying to the target

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longer that's a thought that's worked for some and I've got others where I talk

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about kind of leave your arms behind and really turn your core or turn your

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hips through the ball but up to this point I've had a hard time decoding or

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figuring out which language to use with each student but I came up with this

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little test that I think helps helps you figure out which of those you're

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going to feel. Do you need to feel more your chest getting open or do you need

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to

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feel more your shoulders staying closed or back to the target. So I use this

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mostly as a concept for kind of working on my terminology when working with the

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students but I think it'll be helpful for you. So what I do is I hold the club

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up

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against the bottom of their chest or their the bottom of their sternum so I

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hold the club right here and I say all right you're going to keep this part of

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your chest pointing at me because I'm holding it right there and then I will

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have them put their hands together out in front of or above the chest or above

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the club like this and then I'll say I'll bring my hand over here and I'll say

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want you to bring your hands so that they're pointing at my my hand over

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there. So basically without moving this part of the chest I'm going to try and

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turn like that so you'll see belly button belt buckle doesn't move I turn the

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chest and then I have them close their eyes and I ask the simple question where

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do you feel like your chest is pointing and some people will say well my chest

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is still pointing at you and others will say my chest is pointing back here and

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I'll help me feel if they're feeling more the upper part of their chest and

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where their shoulders are pointing when I say the word chest or if they're

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feeling low down kind of close to nipple level when we say chest. If this feels

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like your chest is pointing back here then at impact you are going to feel like

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your chest is pointing well behind the golf ball 20 30 degrees I'll usually

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kind of put an object kind of in line somewhere over here like this. So that

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position there if I keep my shoulders there and then I try to turn my hips to

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get open and I continue to turn my hips this still feels like my chest is

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pointing there but you'll clearly see from the down the line video that my

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shoulders are square or even open so what's happening is these people are

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feeling the chest staying closed which is really just not firing the shoulders

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early if I get down if I keep my my shoulders closed or my chest closed in

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this first example and then I get to this impact position where I feel like my

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hips and my belly button are pointing out in front of the golf ball and I've

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got my hands to impact it feels like the arms are front so that's allowed me to

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do some of the wipe it feels like my chest is pointing back there even though

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I can check and I can see no it's not that's just more of a feeling rather than

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a reel and that feel is connected to the shoulder blades because then I'll say

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okay now point your chest out there and they'll go like this and I'll even hold

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the bottom of their chest so their spine doesn't really move and you'll see

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that their feeling of the chest is associated 100% with where the shoulders

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are pointing if on the other hand when you turn like this you're like no my

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chest is pointing forward it's just my my shoulders are are back here well then

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I'll say okay you need to leave the arms behind you need to feel like your

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arms stay back in that position and I want you to get your chest pointing 20

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30 degrees out in front of the golf ball it really gets to the same look and it

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gets to the same position but it's totally different language depending on

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what your feel is so again the little test is if you pin this up against the

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sofa or a couch so that it doesn't move and then you simply bring your arms

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back you'll see that my shoulders have turned my spine has turned with it a

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little bit but it's really just trying to associate where is your feel once you

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figure out where your feel is then it'll be easier for you to figure out and

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sift through which videos will be most helpful for you if that feels like your

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chest is backward then you're gonna do well with don't spin the shoulders

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pre-setting spine rotation keep your back to the target those type of ideas if

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you feel like it's the shoulders that are back there then you're gonna feel

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like your your hips and your your chest are pointing out in front of the golf

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ball and it's gonna feel more like the arms are being left behind so when we

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work through it whatever feel we have for me it's gonna be more of that chest

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staying backward I'm gonna feel like my chest stays backward my hips get open

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and my arms get to impact but this feels like my chest is pointing way back

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there for some of you it might be the shoulders that is pointing back there

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but something typically has a feeling like it's being behind the golf ball

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while

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your hips in your hands are getting down to impact so you'll see if we kind of

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exaggerate it usually when I get into the kind of drill or working through it

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stage I'll do a few where I'll feel like I stay chest pointing back there all

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the

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way past impact it'll shorten my finish but it'll give a feeling of a little

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bit

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more of the hips turn and the wipe so again my chest went a little bit on that

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one forgot to get warmed up today so feeling a tiny bit stiff so we'll bring

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it back chest so that one to me felt really good as far as the chest staying

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back and when I check it on video it'll probably have a really good look at

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impact so if you're struggling with getting your shoulders to lead to much

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during the downswing if you're struggling with getting your hips open

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because your shoulders are leading too much this little test will help you

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figure

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out what feels might likely work for you