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this is a hit from the top progression so this is we're gonna use the hit from

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the top drill which is one of my favorite backswing sequencing drills but then

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we're going to add a progression to it where we start with almost more of a

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pump or start from a mid backswing to feel the blend and the rhythm and the

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sequencing a little bit more in transition so the classic hit from the top I

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I've said this in another video on the hit from the top I have heard three

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golfers mention it in interviews over my years Tiger Woods Fred couple Zander

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Shofflay they both they all three have just really good rhythm smooth looking

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swings I think part of that comes from using this drill hit from the top so

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we're gonna go up to the top of the swing and stop and then from here we're

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gonna try and make a golf swing and what we'll feel is that if we're used to

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pulling down with the arms this is a really hard drill so this will force you

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to be a little bit softer or more patient with the arms while leading that

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initial downswing with your lower body so it's going to look I'm going up here

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and then starting with that lower body building that tension in your core and

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then releasing it into the golf ball so we'll do one more of those that's the

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first step is to get kind of good with this the tendencies you have to watch

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out for are starting with your upper body or not starting with rotation and

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kind of going into more of a side bend move but it it usually revolves around

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the arms kind of doing too much here in transition versus if I just let my

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body bring the arms into delivery position then I can let the arms jump

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into it at the right time so lower body you feel a lot going on in the core

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okay so what often happens is golfers do that and they get it pretty good and

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then they go to the full swing and it breaks down so the progression is now

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instead of just doing what I normally do which is gradually

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decreasing the pause until it becomes almost a continuous motion we're gonna

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make it a continuous motion so we're gonna bring it back only about halfway

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and now we're gonna try and start the lower body as we're actually finishing

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the backswing with the arms so we're gonna get into our setup position bring

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it back halfway and it's gonna feel exaggerated almost like a float load

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where you're gonna feel like in order for your arms to be going backward while

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your lower body is moving forward you have to have a certain level of

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relaxation a lot of golfers who get a lot of tension they kind of move

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everything as a block because that tension prevents some of this snakey

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movement or sequenced movement and unfortunately that robs you of some of

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your speed as well as the shape of the bottom of swing makes it inconsistent

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both with contact as well as direction all right so let's do that again we're

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gonna bring it back halfway and then as we're finishing the swing we're going

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to

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be starting with the lower body and then we can try to do it where we start

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from

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our normal setup and then we feel that drill swing we were just doing but

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starting from a moving position at about half height waist height so now from

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here we're gonna feel like we really exaggerate that sequencing and all of

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this started from the hit from the top drill being able to allow us to feel

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that sequencing from the full stretch and then we're just trying to learn how

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to start that sequencing a little bit earlier so we get more of this nice

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rhythm and blend in transition just like Tiger Phil and Sandra Schofle so

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hopefully helps you with your tempo and sequencing