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This drill is extreme constant radius.

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So as you know, I'm big on these three pillars of good wedge play and one of

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the pillars

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that a lot of golfers struggle with is the constant radius aspect especially

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golfers

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tend to have contact issues maybe you can get a little yippy and kind of throwy

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down

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at the bottom.

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The problem with the throw pattern down at the bottom especially where the

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shoulder blades

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are kind of lengthening as the radius changes dramatically.

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So I do a little awareness drill where I'm going to play with both sides of the

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extreme

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version.

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So first version we're going to do is as long as possible.

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So if I take my normal setup and then I was to reach as far as possible as high

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as possible

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and kind of maintain that feeling of the arms being as wide as possible and I

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figured out

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how to brush the ground while doing so.

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So I'm going to keep that really wide and I'm just going to turn until stay

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centered.

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We don't want to break that down but I'm trying to get this feeling of like the

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radius staying

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really constant and me hitting it more with my pivot.

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In this version try to not use your hands and wrist as much as you can.

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So try to almost feel like Bryce and DeShambo where it's kind of really wide

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like that.

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And I'm maintaining that width all the way through.

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This is going to give you a sense of hitting it more with your body and the

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arms staying

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out of it.

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So that's the opposite of golfers who tend to have a little bit more of that

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kind of

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dive and throw.

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Now the opposite extreme would be holding the club in as short a position as

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possible.

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So now what I'm going to do is I'm going to bring those shoulder blades back

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and I'm

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going to get closer to the ball and now I'm going to try and feel the radius

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staying really

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close just like this.

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Now for me this one is a little bit more to the extreme or a little bit awkward

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but for

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a lot of golfers holding that in as close as possible.

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That actually feels more stable, more secure because you'll feel more

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connection between

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your triceps and your body.

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So I'm really squeezing those shoulder blades back during the entire stroke

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there.

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Now it's feeling a little bit more comfortable.

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So now when I go to my normal position it's going to be a little bit more

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towards the

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pulled back zone but nowhere near as extreme.

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Now my goal is to feel that no change in the shoulder blade action I'm going to

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feel like

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the radius and the distance between my hands and the club stays about the same

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during

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the entire stroke.

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So I call this a playing with kind of drill because this isn't about doing it

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the perfect

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amount each time, it's about varying it.

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So I could do one where I go really short, I could do one where I go really

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wide and then

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I could do one where I kind of hold it more in the middle getting the bounce

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contact.

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So try that if you're struggling with having too much arm action or too much of

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an arm

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throw or a lengthening radius causing you some big contact problems.

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So quick demo, let's go wide, then narrow.

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And then Goldilock zone right in the middle.

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And more of those Goldilock, that was better.