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Tyler Ferrell is the only person in the world named to Golf Digest's list of Best
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America AND its list of Best Golf Fitness Professionals in America.
Fix Your Scoop Flip by Timing Your Wrist Action
After this video, you'll be able to:
- Understand how to flip your wrists effectively at the end of your swing
- Identify the differences between a good flip and an early scoop
- Learn how to maintain arm width to control your low point at impact
Learn how to manage your wrist flip at the end of your swing to improve shot consistency and control. This video explains the key timing adjustments that can help you maximize your performance, especially with longer clubs.
Video Transcript
WEBVTT
1
00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:05.240
This concept video is if you're gonna flip, do it at the end of your rope.
2
00:00:05.240 --> 00:00:11.000
So many golfers come onto the site battling a scoop flip of some kind where
3
00:00:11.000 --> 00:00:11.460
basically
4
00:00:11.460 --> 00:00:16.800
the wrist is working a little bit more through going into flexion, not really
5
00:00:16.800 --> 00:00:17.400
maintaining
6
00:00:17.400 --> 00:00:18.960
that extension.
7
00:00:18.960 --> 00:00:23.760
Arm gets stuck behind, goes into trail internal rotation, any of that stuff.
8
00:00:23.760 --> 00:00:28.940
So it ends up looking kind of more like this and you can hit some reasonable
9
00:00:28.940 --> 00:00:29.640
shots that
10
00:00:29.640 --> 00:00:34.760
way, but it does seem to be a problem when you get to the longer clubs.
11
00:00:34.760 --> 00:00:39.530
So some golfers work on their release and just have a hard time really getting
12
00:00:39.530 --> 00:00:40.000
it.
13
00:00:40.000 --> 00:00:44.670
So I give a piece of advice to the golfers I'm working it with if you flip and
14
00:00:44.670 --> 00:00:45.280
you've
15
00:00:45.280 --> 00:00:49.710
got a tournament that you're getting ready for and you know that you won't be
16
00:00:49.710 --> 00:00:50.240
able to
17
00:00:50.240 --> 00:00:54.760
fix the flip in time, then how do you maximize what you're doing with the flip?
18
00:00:54.760 --> 00:00:58.310
And what I'll say is you want to make sure that you flip at the end of the
19
00:00:58.310 --> 00:00:59.000
movement or
20
00:00:59.000 --> 00:01:01.440
what I'll say is flip it at the end of the rope.
21
00:01:01.440 --> 00:01:06.620
So basically the guys on tour who tend to have more of this flip pattern, they
22
00:01:06.620 --> 00:01:07.120
'll get
23
00:01:07.120 --> 00:01:12.100
down where the arms are pretty straight after impact and you'll see the flip
24
00:01:12.100 --> 00:01:12.720
just at the
25
00:01:12.720 --> 00:01:18.220
wrist kind of at the end of the rope kind of like this, as opposed to flipping
26
00:01:18.220 --> 00:01:18.880
when they're
27
00:01:18.880 --> 00:01:23.000
still slack in the rope and keeping those arms bent.
28
00:01:23.000 --> 00:01:26.530
At least that will create some width down at the bottom, which will help
29
00:01:26.530 --> 00:01:26.840
control the
30
00:01:26.840 --> 00:01:29.520
low point being in front of the golf ball.
31
00:01:29.520 --> 00:01:32.320
Now if you find that you do that and you're botting them out behind the ball
32
00:01:32.320 --> 00:01:32.880
and hitting
33
00:01:32.880 --> 00:01:36.600
them fat, then it means that it's probably more of a sequencing issue or an
34
00:01:36.600 --> 00:01:37.160
upper body
35
00:01:37.160 --> 00:01:39.080
position issue.
36
00:01:39.080 --> 00:01:43.080
But if you're going to work on just short-term maximizing your flip, getting
37
00:01:43.080 --> 00:01:43.920
into an impact
38
00:01:43.920 --> 00:01:48.020
position where your arms are fairly straight while they're flipping will tend
39
00:01:48.020 --> 00:01:48.720
to maximize
40
00:01:48.720 --> 00:01:50.440
your short-term results.
41
00:01:50.440 --> 00:01:53.480
So that ends up looking a little bit like this.
42
00:01:53.480 --> 00:01:56.990
I'm going to, in order to demonstrate this, I'm just going to shift my upper
43
00:01:56.990 --> 00:01:57.400
body a little
44
00:01:57.400 --> 00:02:01.850
bit more than I would normally do and really just let the wrist pass kind of
45
00:02:01.850 --> 00:02:02.520
like so to
46
00:02:02.520 --> 00:02:08.200
close the face.
47
00:02:08.200 --> 00:02:14.070
Now I hit a little pole, which is a normal pattern for a flipper, so I might,
48
00:02:14.070 --> 00:02:14.920
if I might
49
00:02:14.920 --> 00:02:19.720
try and just aim a little bit more right and play the pole, or I will try to
50
00:02:19.720 --> 00:02:20.480
flip even a
51
00:02:20.480 --> 00:02:25.280
little bit more on the left side of my body to delay it.
52
00:02:25.280 --> 00:02:32.800
Or I could potentially hold the face open just a little bit more.
53
00:02:32.800 --> 00:02:36.600
Now you'll see that I hit that one thin.
54
00:02:36.600 --> 00:02:40.800
When you're flipping, low point control tends to be an issue.
55
00:02:40.800 --> 00:02:44.700
So we'll see, we'll try one more, see if I can keep my chest down as I lunge in
56
00:02:44.700 --> 00:02:45.120
front
57
00:02:45.120 --> 00:02:50.440
to balance out the flip pattern.
58
00:02:50.440 --> 00:02:55.450
So that was a little bit better, you know, pretty solid contact, a little spin
59
00:02:55.450 --> 00:02:56.080
ny, but
60
00:02:56.080 --> 00:02:59.160
overall straight, that would definitely be something that I could play.
61
00:02:59.160 --> 00:03:02.750
So if you're working on getting ready for a short-term event and you flip, just
62
00:03:02.750 --> 00:03:03.080
make
63
00:03:03.080 --> 00:03:06.930
sure that it happens through and after the ball and at the end of the rope,
64
00:03:06.930 --> 00:03:07.720
that'll help
65
00:03:07.720 --> 00:03:11.760
with your low point control and maximizing a slightly inconsistent pattern.
1
00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:05.240
This concept video is if you're gonna flip, do it at the end of your rope.
2
00:00:05.240 --> 00:00:11.000
So many golfers come onto the site battling a scoop flip of some kind where
3
00:00:11.000 --> 00:00:11.460
basically
4
00:00:11.460 --> 00:00:16.800
the wrist is working a little bit more through going into flexion, not really
5
00:00:16.800 --> 00:00:17.400
maintaining
6
00:00:17.400 --> 00:00:18.960
that extension.
7
00:00:18.960 --> 00:00:23.760
Arm gets stuck behind, goes into trail internal rotation, any of that stuff.
8
00:00:23.760 --> 00:00:28.940
So it ends up looking kind of more like this and you can hit some reasonable
9
00:00:28.940 --> 00:00:29.640
shots that
10
00:00:29.640 --> 00:00:34.760
way, but it does seem to be a problem when you get to the longer clubs.
11
00:00:34.760 --> 00:00:39.530
So some golfers work on their release and just have a hard time really getting
12
00:00:39.530 --> 00:00:40.000
it.
13
00:00:40.000 --> 00:00:44.670
So I give a piece of advice to the golfers I'm working it with if you flip and
14
00:00:44.670 --> 00:00:45.280
you've
15
00:00:45.280 --> 00:00:49.710
got a tournament that you're getting ready for and you know that you won't be
16
00:00:49.710 --> 00:00:50.240
able to
17
00:00:50.240 --> 00:00:54.760
fix the flip in time, then how do you maximize what you're doing with the flip?
18
00:00:54.760 --> 00:00:58.310
And what I'll say is you want to make sure that you flip at the end of the
19
00:00:58.310 --> 00:00:59.000
movement or
20
00:00:59.000 --> 00:01:01.440
what I'll say is flip it at the end of the rope.
21
00:01:01.440 --> 00:01:06.620
So basically the guys on tour who tend to have more of this flip pattern, they
22
00:01:06.620 --> 00:01:07.120
'll get
23
00:01:07.120 --> 00:01:12.100
down where the arms are pretty straight after impact and you'll see the flip
24
00:01:12.100 --> 00:01:12.720
just at the
25
00:01:12.720 --> 00:01:18.220
wrist kind of at the end of the rope kind of like this, as opposed to flipping
26
00:01:18.220 --> 00:01:18.880
when they're
27
00:01:18.880 --> 00:01:23.000
still slack in the rope and keeping those arms bent.
28
00:01:23.000 --> 00:01:26.530
At least that will create some width down at the bottom, which will help
29
00:01:26.530 --> 00:01:26.840
control the
30
00:01:26.840 --> 00:01:29.520
low point being in front of the golf ball.
31
00:01:29.520 --> 00:01:32.320
Now if you find that you do that and you're botting them out behind the ball
32
00:01:32.320 --> 00:01:32.880
and hitting
33
00:01:32.880 --> 00:01:36.600
them fat, then it means that it's probably more of a sequencing issue or an
34
00:01:36.600 --> 00:01:37.160
upper body
35
00:01:37.160 --> 00:01:39.080
position issue.
36
00:01:39.080 --> 00:01:43.080
But if you're going to work on just short-term maximizing your flip, getting
37
00:01:43.080 --> 00:01:43.920
into an impact
38
00:01:43.920 --> 00:01:48.020
position where your arms are fairly straight while they're flipping will tend
39
00:01:48.020 --> 00:01:48.720
to maximize
40
00:01:48.720 --> 00:01:50.440
your short-term results.
41
00:01:50.440 --> 00:01:53.480
So that ends up looking a little bit like this.
42
00:01:53.480 --> 00:01:56.990
I'm going to, in order to demonstrate this, I'm just going to shift my upper
43
00:01:56.990 --> 00:01:57.400
body a little
44
00:01:57.400 --> 00:02:01.850
bit more than I would normally do and really just let the wrist pass kind of
45
00:02:01.850 --> 00:02:02.520
like so to
46
00:02:02.520 --> 00:02:08.200
close the face.
47
00:02:08.200 --> 00:02:14.070
Now I hit a little pole, which is a normal pattern for a flipper, so I might,
48
00:02:14.070 --> 00:02:14.920
if I might
49
00:02:14.920 --> 00:02:19.720
try and just aim a little bit more right and play the pole, or I will try to
50
00:02:19.720 --> 00:02:20.480
flip even a
51
00:02:20.480 --> 00:02:25.280
little bit more on the left side of my body to delay it.
52
00:02:25.280 --> 00:02:32.800
Or I could potentially hold the face open just a little bit more.
53
00:02:32.800 --> 00:02:36.600
Now you'll see that I hit that one thin.
54
00:02:36.600 --> 00:02:40.800
When you're flipping, low point control tends to be an issue.
55
00:02:40.800 --> 00:02:44.700
So we'll see, we'll try one more, see if I can keep my chest down as I lunge in
56
00:02:44.700 --> 00:02:45.120
front
57
00:02:45.120 --> 00:02:50.440
to balance out the flip pattern.
58
00:02:50.440 --> 00:02:55.450
So that was a little bit better, you know, pretty solid contact, a little spin
59
00:02:55.450 --> 00:02:56.080
ny, but
60
00:02:56.080 --> 00:02:59.160
overall straight, that would definitely be something that I could play.
61
00:02:59.160 --> 00:03:02.750
So if you're working on getting ready for a short-term event and you flip, just
62
00:03:02.750 --> 00:03:03.080
make
63
00:03:03.080 --> 00:03:06.930
sure that it happens through and after the ball and at the end of the rope,
64
00:03:06.930 --> 00:03:07.720
that'll help
65
00:03:07.720 --> 00:03:11.760
with your low point control and maximizing a slightly inconsistent pattern.
Have questions?
Ask Mulligan for help
Tyler Ferrell is the only person in the world named to Golf Digest's list of
Best Young Teachers in America AND its list of Best Golf Fitness Professionals in America.
Fix Your Scoop Flip by Timing Your Wrist Action
After this video, you'll be able to:
- Understand how to flip your wrists effectively at the end of your swing
- Identify the differences between a good flip and an early scoop
- Learn how to maintain arm width to control your low point at impact
Learn how to manage your wrist flip at the end of your swing to improve shot consistency and control. This video explains the key timing adjustments that can help you maximize your performance, especially with longer clubs.
Video Transcript
WEBVTT
1
00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:05.240
This concept video is if you're gonna flip, do it at the end of your rope.
2
00:00:05.240 --> 00:00:11.000
So many golfers come onto the site battling a scoop flip of some kind where
3
00:00:11.000 --> 00:00:11.460
basically
4
00:00:11.460 --> 00:00:16.800
the wrist is working a little bit more through going into flexion, not really
5
00:00:16.800 --> 00:00:17.400
maintaining
6
00:00:17.400 --> 00:00:18.960
that extension.
7
00:00:18.960 --> 00:00:23.760
Arm gets stuck behind, goes into trail internal rotation, any of that stuff.
8
00:00:23.760 --> 00:00:28.940
So it ends up looking kind of more like this and you can hit some reasonable
9
00:00:28.940 --> 00:00:29.640
shots that
10
00:00:29.640 --> 00:00:34.760
way, but it does seem to be a problem when you get to the longer clubs.
11
00:00:34.760 --> 00:00:39.530
So some golfers work on their release and just have a hard time really getting
12
00:00:39.530 --> 00:00:40.000
it.
13
00:00:40.000 --> 00:00:44.670
So I give a piece of advice to the golfers I'm working it with if you flip and
14
00:00:44.670 --> 00:00:45.280
you've
15
00:00:45.280 --> 00:00:49.710
got a tournament that you're getting ready for and you know that you won't be
16
00:00:49.710 --> 00:00:50.240
able to
17
00:00:50.240 --> 00:00:54.760
fix the flip in time, then how do you maximize what you're doing with the flip?
18
00:00:54.760 --> 00:00:58.310
And what I'll say is you want to make sure that you flip at the end of the
19
00:00:58.310 --> 00:00:59.000
movement or
20
00:00:59.000 --> 00:01:01.440
what I'll say is flip it at the end of the rope.
21
00:01:01.440 --> 00:01:06.620
So basically the guys on tour who tend to have more of this flip pattern, they
22
00:01:06.620 --> 00:01:07.120
'll get
23
00:01:07.120 --> 00:01:12.100
down where the arms are pretty straight after impact and you'll see the flip
24
00:01:12.100 --> 00:01:12.720
just at the
25
00:01:12.720 --> 00:01:18.220
wrist kind of at the end of the rope kind of like this, as opposed to flipping
26
00:01:18.220 --> 00:01:18.880
when they're
27
00:01:18.880 --> 00:01:23.000
still slack in the rope and keeping those arms bent.
28
00:01:23.000 --> 00:01:26.530
At least that will create some width down at the bottom, which will help
29
00:01:26.530 --> 00:01:26.840
control the
30
00:01:26.840 --> 00:01:29.520
low point being in front of the golf ball.
31
00:01:29.520 --> 00:01:32.320
Now if you find that you do that and you're botting them out behind the ball
32
00:01:32.320 --> 00:01:32.880
and hitting
33
00:01:32.880 --> 00:01:36.600
them fat, then it means that it's probably more of a sequencing issue or an
34
00:01:36.600 --> 00:01:37.160
upper body
35
00:01:37.160 --> 00:01:39.080
position issue.
36
00:01:39.080 --> 00:01:43.080
But if you're going to work on just short-term maximizing your flip, getting
37
00:01:43.080 --> 00:01:43.920
into an impact
38
00:01:43.920 --> 00:01:48.020
position where your arms are fairly straight while they're flipping will tend
39
00:01:48.020 --> 00:01:48.720
to maximize
40
00:01:48.720 --> 00:01:50.440
your short-term results.
41
00:01:50.440 --> 00:01:53.480
So that ends up looking a little bit like this.
42
00:01:53.480 --> 00:01:56.990
I'm going to, in order to demonstrate this, I'm just going to shift my upper
43
00:01:56.990 --> 00:01:57.400
body a little
44
00:01:57.400 --> 00:02:01.850
bit more than I would normally do and really just let the wrist pass kind of
45
00:02:01.850 --> 00:02:02.520
like so to
46
00:02:02.520 --> 00:02:08.200
close the face.
47
00:02:08.200 --> 00:02:14.070
Now I hit a little pole, which is a normal pattern for a flipper, so I might,
48
00:02:14.070 --> 00:02:14.920
if I might
49
00:02:14.920 --> 00:02:19.720
try and just aim a little bit more right and play the pole, or I will try to
50
00:02:19.720 --> 00:02:20.480
flip even a
51
00:02:20.480 --> 00:02:25.280
little bit more on the left side of my body to delay it.
52
00:02:25.280 --> 00:02:32.800
Or I could potentially hold the face open just a little bit more.
53
00:02:32.800 --> 00:02:36.600
Now you'll see that I hit that one thin.
54
00:02:36.600 --> 00:02:40.800
When you're flipping, low point control tends to be an issue.
55
00:02:40.800 --> 00:02:44.700
So we'll see, we'll try one more, see if I can keep my chest down as I lunge in
56
00:02:44.700 --> 00:02:45.120
front
57
00:02:45.120 --> 00:02:50.440
to balance out the flip pattern.
58
00:02:50.440 --> 00:02:55.450
So that was a little bit better, you know, pretty solid contact, a little spin
59
00:02:55.450 --> 00:02:56.080
ny, but
60
00:02:56.080 --> 00:02:59.160
overall straight, that would definitely be something that I could play.
61
00:02:59.160 --> 00:03:02.750
So if you're working on getting ready for a short-term event and you flip, just
62
00:03:02.750 --> 00:03:03.080
make
63
00:03:03.080 --> 00:03:06.930
sure that it happens through and after the ball and at the end of the rope,
64
00:03:06.930 --> 00:03:07.720
that'll help
65
00:03:07.720 --> 00:03:11.760
with your low point control and maximizing a slightly inconsistent pattern.
1
00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:05.240
This concept video is if you're gonna flip, do it at the end of your rope.
2
00:00:05.240 --> 00:00:11.000
So many golfers come onto the site battling a scoop flip of some kind where
3
00:00:11.000 --> 00:00:11.460
basically
4
00:00:11.460 --> 00:00:16.800
the wrist is working a little bit more through going into flexion, not really
5
00:00:16.800 --> 00:00:17.400
maintaining
6
00:00:17.400 --> 00:00:18.960
that extension.
7
00:00:18.960 --> 00:00:23.760
Arm gets stuck behind, goes into trail internal rotation, any of that stuff.
8
00:00:23.760 --> 00:00:28.940
So it ends up looking kind of more like this and you can hit some reasonable
9
00:00:28.940 --> 00:00:29.640
shots that
10
00:00:29.640 --> 00:00:34.760
way, but it does seem to be a problem when you get to the longer clubs.
11
00:00:34.760 --> 00:00:39.530
So some golfers work on their release and just have a hard time really getting
12
00:00:39.530 --> 00:00:40.000
it.
13
00:00:40.000 --> 00:00:44.670
So I give a piece of advice to the golfers I'm working it with if you flip and
14
00:00:44.670 --> 00:00:45.280
you've
15
00:00:45.280 --> 00:00:49.710
got a tournament that you're getting ready for and you know that you won't be
16
00:00:49.710 --> 00:00:50.240
able to
17
00:00:50.240 --> 00:00:54.760
fix the flip in time, then how do you maximize what you're doing with the flip?
18
00:00:54.760 --> 00:00:58.310
And what I'll say is you want to make sure that you flip at the end of the
19
00:00:58.310 --> 00:00:59.000
movement or
20
00:00:59.000 --> 00:01:01.440
what I'll say is flip it at the end of the rope.
21
00:01:01.440 --> 00:01:06.620
So basically the guys on tour who tend to have more of this flip pattern, they
22
00:01:06.620 --> 00:01:07.120
'll get
23
00:01:07.120 --> 00:01:12.100
down where the arms are pretty straight after impact and you'll see the flip
24
00:01:12.100 --> 00:01:12.720
just at the
25
00:01:12.720 --> 00:01:18.220
wrist kind of at the end of the rope kind of like this, as opposed to flipping
26
00:01:18.220 --> 00:01:18.880
when they're
27
00:01:18.880 --> 00:01:23.000
still slack in the rope and keeping those arms bent.
28
00:01:23.000 --> 00:01:26.530
At least that will create some width down at the bottom, which will help
29
00:01:26.530 --> 00:01:26.840
control the
30
00:01:26.840 --> 00:01:29.520
low point being in front of the golf ball.
31
00:01:29.520 --> 00:01:32.320
Now if you find that you do that and you're botting them out behind the ball
32
00:01:32.320 --> 00:01:32.880
and hitting
33
00:01:32.880 --> 00:01:36.600
them fat, then it means that it's probably more of a sequencing issue or an
34
00:01:36.600 --> 00:01:37.160
upper body
35
00:01:37.160 --> 00:01:39.080
position issue.
36
00:01:39.080 --> 00:01:43.080
But if you're going to work on just short-term maximizing your flip, getting
37
00:01:43.080 --> 00:01:43.920
into an impact
38
00:01:43.920 --> 00:01:48.020
position where your arms are fairly straight while they're flipping will tend
39
00:01:48.020 --> 00:01:48.720
to maximize
40
00:01:48.720 --> 00:01:50.440
your short-term results.
41
00:01:50.440 --> 00:01:53.480
So that ends up looking a little bit like this.
42
00:01:53.480 --> 00:01:56.990
I'm going to, in order to demonstrate this, I'm just going to shift my upper
43
00:01:56.990 --> 00:01:57.400
body a little
44
00:01:57.400 --> 00:02:01.850
bit more than I would normally do and really just let the wrist pass kind of
45
00:02:01.850 --> 00:02:02.520
like so to
46
00:02:02.520 --> 00:02:08.200
close the face.
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Now I hit a little pole, which is a normal pattern for a flipper, so I might,
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if I might
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try and just aim a little bit more right and play the pole, or I will try to
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flip even a
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little bit more on the left side of my body to delay it.
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Or I could potentially hold the face open just a little bit more.
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Now you'll see that I hit that one thin.
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When you're flipping, low point control tends to be an issue.
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So we'll see, we'll try one more, see if I can keep my chest down as I lunge in
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front
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to balance out the flip pattern.
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So that was a little bit better, you know, pretty solid contact, a little spin
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ny, but
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overall straight, that would definitely be something that I could play.
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So if you're working on getting ready for a short-term event and you flip, just
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make
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sure that it happens through and after the ball and at the end of the rope,
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that'll help
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with your low point control and maximizing a slightly inconsistent pattern.
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