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This drill is extreme, constant radius.

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Uh, so as you know, I'm,

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I'm big on these three pillars of good wedge play.

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Um, and one of the pillars that a lot of golfers struggle

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with is the constant radius aspect.

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Um, especially, uh, golfers tend to have contact issues,

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maybe even get a little yippy

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and kind of throwy down at the bottom.

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Um, the, the problem

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with the throw pattern down at the bottom, especially

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where the shoulder blades are kind of lengthening

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as the radius changes, uh, dramatically.

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So I do a little awareness drill.

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We're gonna play with both sides of the extreme version.

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

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So if I take my normal setup

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and then I was to reach as far as possible, as high

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as possible and kind of maintain that feeling

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of the arms being as wide as possible

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and I figured out how to brush the ground while doing so.

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So I'm gonna keep that really wide

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and I'm just going to turn until,

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you know, stay centered.

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We don't wanna break that down,

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but I'm trying to get this feeling of like the,

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the radius staying really constant

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and me hitting it more with my pivot.

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Um, in this version, try to not use your hands

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and wrist as much as you can.

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Um, so try to almost feel like Bryce

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and de Sambo where it's kind of really wide like that

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

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Um, this is gonna give you a sense of hitting it more

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with your body and the arms staying out of it.

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Um, so that's the opposite of golfers who tend

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to have a little bit more of that kind of dive and throw.

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Now the opposite extreme would be holding the club in

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as short a position as possible.

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So now what I'm gonna do is I'm going to

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bring those shoulder blades back

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and I'm going to get closer to the ball.

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And now I'm gonna try

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and feel the,

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the radius thing really close just like this.

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

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or a little bit awkward,

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but for a lot of golfers holding that in as close

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as possible, that actually feels more stable,

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more secure 'cause you'll feel, um, more connection between

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your triceps and um, your body.

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So I'm really squeezing those shoulders blades back

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during the entire stroke.

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There. Now it's feeling a little bit more comfortable.

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So now when I go to my normal position,

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it's gonna be a little bit more towards the pulled back

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zone, um, but nowhere near as extreme.

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Now my goal is to feel that

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no change in the shoulder blade action.

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I'm gonna feel like the radius

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and the distance between my hands in the club stays about

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the same during the entire stroke.

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So I call this a playing with kind of drill

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because this isn't about doing it the perfect amount.

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Um, each time it's about varying it.

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So I could do one where I go really short.

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I could do one where I go really wide

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and then I could do one where I kind

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of hold it more in the middle, um,

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getting the bounce contact.

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So try that if you're struggling

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with having too much arm action or too much of an arm throw

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or a lengthening radius causing you

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some big contact problems.

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So quick demo. Let's go wide,

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then narrow,

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and then goldilock zone right in the middle.

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One more of those Goldilocks.

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That was better.