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(air whooshing)

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concept video is handle forward is handle lower.

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So a lot of golfers struggle with getting shaft lean

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with the irons and one kind of aha moment

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that some golfers can have is when the club moves forward,

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if I was to have the club kind of straight up

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and down like this, and then instead of having it

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straight up and down, now I was gonna get the sole flat,

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you could see that when I shift it forward,

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not only moves forward, here it is right at the height there,

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you'll see that as it goes forward, it's also going lower,

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maybe an inch or so when you go from setup to impact.

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Now, that can be very difficult to do

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if your body is early extending, pulling away

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the trail shoulders high, so you don't have a lot of side bend.

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If you haven't created the capacity to get the handle lower,

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then you're gonna have a hard time getting shaft lean.

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So you're gonna have a hard time hitting

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your irons really solidly.

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So if that's you and you're struggling

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with getting into this, one of the things that I like to do

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when I do the impact fix is I like to feel

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like my upper body is actually getting closer to the ground.

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Now, even though it's forward and lower,

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we know that it's gonna be coming slightly up

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because of that rotation and side bend

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and that left shoulder kind of working away like that,

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but it is physically going to be lower.

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One phrase that I'll use for people

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who are really struggling with this is,

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if you get lower, one of the reasons you might struggle

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with it is if you get lower and you still extend

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the arm at the same timing, the club is gonna hit

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the ground too soon, you're gonna hit it fat.

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But in order to get shaft lean, you have to run the risk

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of having your body in a position where if you're early

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with your arms, you are going to hit it fat

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or if your arms are more behind and kind of bent

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like this at impact, you are going to hit it fat

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compared to if you're more forward and then turning through,

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now you can get the bottom of swing closer

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to that left foot, that lead foot low point idea.

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So when I was one other little concept

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that I usually have to clarify, I have another video

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where I talk about hands up.

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This is, hands up is talking mostly about

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ulnar deviation, which makes it look like

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the handle gets forward but because it's higher

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but because it's lower, even though I'm getting

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the hands up there, it's lower than it would be

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if it was straight up and down.

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So the handle is lower but the wrist feel like they're higher.

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It's this kind of weird dichotomy of feels

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but that hands high while having the hands ahead

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creates a lot of club face stability and control

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down to the bottom of swing.

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It widens things, so it helps us with our flat spot.

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Ultimately, two of the traits we're looking for

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when we're building our tour release.

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So if you're struggling with getting shaft lean at impact,

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one of the ideas you can do when you're working

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on your release drills and your nine threes and things

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is to try to get the club, the handle as low to the ground

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while taking as shallow a divot ahead of the golf ball

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as you can.

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If you're able to do that, you probably have some shaft lean

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and you're probably on your way to becoming

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a much more consistent iron player.

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So then as you go into a longer swing,

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the trick is getting it into that low position

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before you release it.

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If you're straightening your arms and you can kind of do it

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on nine threes but the bigger the swing,

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the more it breaks down, that usually means

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that you're casting and you're extending the arms too soon.