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In this video we're going to highlight the differences between the driver and

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the irons

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as far as the backswing's concerned.

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Now I'm a big believer that you want to build a downswing first before all the

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backswing

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stuff really matters, but there are things that can happen in the backswing

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that make

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what you're trying to do in the downswing more problematic, and so it is useful

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to train.

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When it comes to the driver, we want to remember that we are trying to have

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this kind of good

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tilt, good access tilt, shallow angle of attack, and overly closed club face in

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order to hit

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really good shots with the driver.

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Well the things that will affect us in the backswing are things that are going

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to make

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that harder.

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So in the stock section we talk about that left tilt.

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Well the important thing to understand is yes I'm still going to have about the

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same amount

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of left tilt to the spine, but the difference is because with the driver I'm

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going to start

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from a little bit more tilted away from the target like this, and my stance is

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a little

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bit wider and I'm going to have more of a lateral shift.

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It's not going to look quite as dramatic as it would with an iron.

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So if I take an iron from the down the line and I make that good kind of back

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swing position

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where everything is kind of pointed down there, and now I adjusted this just by

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taking slightly

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wider stance, I'm keeping the same amount of left tilt believe it or not, but

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because

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I'm changing the orientation of my pelvis slightly, I'm moving my pelvis

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slightly more

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forward instead of letting it load, it's going to change the way the tilt

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actually looks.

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So it's less of a priority with the driver to have that left tilt.

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It's okay to have those shoulders get a little bit more flat, and the other,

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there are three

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major differences when we're talking specifically about the driver.

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The first one is that amount of left tilt.

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It doesn't have to be as much as we have with the driver mostly because of what

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's happening

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in number two, which is in number two I want to make sure that I get a very

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good load and

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pressure shift to the right.

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With the iron it's okay to be a little bit more centered, a little bit more

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stacked if

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you will, in order to control where that low point is, but with the driver,

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because I'm

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trying to have the low point slightly behind the ball, trying to have this flat

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angle of

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attack, and I'm trying to power it with my lower body and get in that good axis

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tilt,

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it's more important to have a little bit more of that pressure shift.

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So a lot of good drivers of the golf ball actually have a little bit of that

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torso way

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where that lower body tends to shift a little bit more off the golf ball.

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If you tend to get really steep and stay on top of it, you're going to have to

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drift so

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far back with your upper body during the release that it can cause sequencing

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issues and contact

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issues.

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So having that load can be extremely useful.

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And then the third thing is this kind of wrist hinge, wrist set.

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With the iron swing, because I'm going to be a little bit more centered, I'm

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going to

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tend to set the wrist a little bit sooner.

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With the driver in this wide position, I'm going to tend to have a little bit

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more of

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that float load or almost that later wrist set.

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You can get away with the earlyness, but I always like to err on the side of

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which extreme

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could I go to.

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You could have extreme float load with the driver, and it wouldn't cause as

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many contact

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issues as if you did it with the irons, and it would help provide some shallown

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ess to

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the path as well as power.

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So in recapping the three major differences, we're going to have a little bit

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less left

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tilt.

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We're going to have a little bit bigger pressure shift or a little bit more

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sway off the ball.

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And it's more of a body driven pivot.

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So you're going to have a little bit later wrist set because the body is

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controlling even

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a little bit longer in order to create that kind of full turn behind the golf

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ball.

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If you do those three things, then you're at least set up to do the differences

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that

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we talk about in the downswing for adjusting for what's going on with the

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driver.

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And if you're normally a good driver of the golf ball, you probably do all

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these things

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naturally, and you have to do the opposite if you're trying to get good with

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wedges.

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So know your game, know your situation, and that way you'll be able to figure

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out and

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prioritize what's the most important things for you to work on and how to

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adjust it for

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the swing, such as the driver or the wedges, if your swing is not already

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geared specifically

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for those issues.