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Young Teachers in
America AND its list of Best Golf Fitness Professionals in America.
Improve Your Backswing with Horizontal Movement and Bend
After this video, you'll be able to:
- Understand how to initiate your backswing with proper hip rotation
- Feel the difference in distance and control when using your core
- Identify and eliminate reliance on small muscles in your arms during the swing
Learn how to enhance your backswing by incorporating a horizontal movement followed by a bend. This drill helps you engage your core and larger muscles for a more effective swing.
Video Transcript
WEBVTT
1
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This drill is horizontal backswing and then bend.
2
00:00:04.300 --> 00:00:08.640
So what can happen a lot is because we're bent over, our arms are right
3
00:00:08.640 --> 00:00:09.120
underneath our
4
00:00:09.120 --> 00:00:13.350
shoulders, we can dominate a lot of the movements of the backswing with some of
5
00:00:13.350 --> 00:00:14.000
the small muscles
6
00:00:14.000 --> 00:00:15.760
in our arms and neck.
7
00:00:15.760 --> 00:00:21.510
Well one of the great easy ways to learn the proper movements and the proper
8
00:00:21.510 --> 00:00:22.440
feelings in
9
00:00:22.440 --> 00:00:26.590
your body is to bring the club up to waist height as opposed to swinging with
10
00:00:26.590 --> 00:00:26.920
it down
11
00:00:26.920 --> 00:00:27.920
on the ground.
12
00:00:27.920 --> 00:00:31.650
So horizontal backswing is basically you're going to hold the club straight up
13
00:00:31.650 --> 00:00:32.120
in front
14
00:00:32.120 --> 00:00:36.360
of you and then you're going to turn around as if you were almost playing
15
00:00:36.360 --> 00:00:36.940
baseball or
16
00:00:36.940 --> 00:00:38.200
loading up.
17
00:00:38.200 --> 00:00:44.290
Then from here from this turn position you're then going to bend so that your
18
00:00:44.290 --> 00:00:45.120
shoulders
19
00:00:45.120 --> 00:00:50.040
are pointing roughly in the direction of the golf ball and let the shaft kind
20
00:00:50.040 --> 00:00:50.800
of stay in
21
00:00:50.800 --> 00:00:55.280
the similar orientation so that's pointing roughly in the direction of the golf
22
00:00:55.280 --> 00:00:55.720
ball.
23
00:00:55.720 --> 00:00:59.970
So it would look kind of like that so you're up, you're going to turn and then
24
00:00:59.970 --> 00:01:00.440
you're
25
00:01:00.440 --> 00:01:01.440
going to bend.
26
00:01:01.440 --> 00:01:07.840
And what you may find if you do this again, so turn and then bend.
27
00:01:07.840 --> 00:01:12.370
What you may find is that your hands are much further away from you and that
28
00:01:12.370 --> 00:01:13.360
you've turned
29
00:01:13.360 --> 00:01:17.750
more in your core in your hips and your shoulders to create this backswing
30
00:01:17.750 --> 00:01:18.400
pivot.
31
00:01:18.400 --> 00:01:23.320
This is very helpful for golfers who kind of dominate the swing or the back
32
00:01:23.320 --> 00:01:23.720
swing with
33
00:01:23.720 --> 00:01:27.540
more of the arms and don't use a lot of the big muscles.
34
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What you can do is once you feel comfortable doing this little backswing and
35
00:01:34.280 --> 00:01:35.440
bend, then
36
00:01:35.440 --> 00:01:38.860
you can do it facing or after you've kind of measured the right distance from
37
00:01:38.860 --> 00:01:39.320
the golf
38
00:01:39.320 --> 00:01:40.400
ball.
39
00:01:40.400 --> 00:01:45.830
So it would be turn and then bend and you can start to look at the spatial
40
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awareness
41
00:01:46.760 --> 00:01:50.760
or the spatial differences that you may see.
42
00:01:50.760 --> 00:01:55.680
Like you may find that most of the time, okay, that club is pointing way over
43
00:01:55.680 --> 00:01:56.040
there.
44
00:01:56.040 --> 00:01:59.760
My right arm is kind of pointing way back there.
45
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But if I do this backswing and bend, my elbow is kind of more out in front of
46
00:02:04.590 --> 00:02:05.280
my body.
47
00:02:05.280 --> 00:02:08.960
It's these important differences between your normal swing and what you're
48
00:02:08.960 --> 00:02:09.560
doing in this
49
00:02:09.560 --> 00:02:13.950
drill that's going to help you build the swing that you want so that it holds
50
00:02:13.950 --> 00:02:14.600
up when you're
51
00:02:14.600 --> 00:02:15.600
on the golf course.
52
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I'll demonstrate it once or twice this way so you can see that little
53
00:02:19.830 --> 00:02:20.400
difference that
54
00:02:20.400 --> 00:02:21.400
I'm talking about.
55
00:02:21.400 --> 00:02:25.480
So if I make that backswing, right, this is in a good loaded position.
56
00:02:25.480 --> 00:02:28.890
And then I bend and I just kind of let my arms do a little bit of that flatt
57
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ening Jackson
58
00:02:30.000 --> 00:02:32.160
five type movement.
59
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So one more time set up to the golf ball, that wasn't very good.
60
00:02:38.080 --> 00:02:42.160
Set up to the golf ball, there's a backswing and then there's a bend.
61
00:02:42.160 --> 00:02:46.400
And it just gives me an appearance of where this arm is going to be in this
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space at the
63
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top of the swing because oftentimes we lose track and it may end up feeling
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more like
65
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this.
66
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And this can help you get a visualization of where your arm should be in space
67
00:02:58.040 --> 00:02:58.560
and how
68
00:02:58.560 --> 00:03:00.960
you're going to get there by making a proper pivot.
1
00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:04.300
This drill is horizontal backswing and then bend.
2
00:00:04.300 --> 00:00:08.640
So what can happen a lot is because we're bent over, our arms are right
3
00:00:08.640 --> 00:00:09.120
underneath our
4
00:00:09.120 --> 00:00:13.350
shoulders, we can dominate a lot of the movements of the backswing with some of
5
00:00:13.350 --> 00:00:14.000
the small muscles
6
00:00:14.000 --> 00:00:15.760
in our arms and neck.
7
00:00:15.760 --> 00:00:21.510
Well one of the great easy ways to learn the proper movements and the proper
8
00:00:21.510 --> 00:00:22.440
feelings in
9
00:00:22.440 --> 00:00:26.590
your body is to bring the club up to waist height as opposed to swinging with
10
00:00:26.590 --> 00:00:26.920
it down
11
00:00:26.920 --> 00:00:27.920
on the ground.
12
00:00:27.920 --> 00:00:31.650
So horizontal backswing is basically you're going to hold the club straight up
13
00:00:31.650 --> 00:00:32.120
in front
14
00:00:32.120 --> 00:00:36.360
of you and then you're going to turn around as if you were almost playing
15
00:00:36.360 --> 00:00:36.940
baseball or
16
00:00:36.940 --> 00:00:38.200
loading up.
17
00:00:38.200 --> 00:00:44.290
Then from here from this turn position you're then going to bend so that your
18
00:00:44.290 --> 00:00:45.120
shoulders
19
00:00:45.120 --> 00:00:50.040
are pointing roughly in the direction of the golf ball and let the shaft kind
20
00:00:50.040 --> 00:00:50.800
of stay in
21
00:00:50.800 --> 00:00:55.280
the similar orientation so that's pointing roughly in the direction of the golf
22
00:00:55.280 --> 00:00:55.720
ball.
23
00:00:55.720 --> 00:00:59.970
So it would look kind of like that so you're up, you're going to turn and then
24
00:00:59.970 --> 00:01:00.440
you're
25
00:01:00.440 --> 00:01:01.440
going to bend.
26
00:01:01.440 --> 00:01:07.840
And what you may find if you do this again, so turn and then bend.
27
00:01:07.840 --> 00:01:12.370
What you may find is that your hands are much further away from you and that
28
00:01:12.370 --> 00:01:13.360
you've turned
29
00:01:13.360 --> 00:01:17.750
more in your core in your hips and your shoulders to create this backswing
30
00:01:17.750 --> 00:01:18.400
pivot.
31
00:01:18.400 --> 00:01:23.320
This is very helpful for golfers who kind of dominate the swing or the back
32
00:01:23.320 --> 00:01:23.720
swing with
33
00:01:23.720 --> 00:01:27.540
more of the arms and don't use a lot of the big muscles.
34
00:01:27.540 --> 00:01:34.280
What you can do is once you feel comfortable doing this little backswing and
35
00:01:34.280 --> 00:01:35.440
bend, then
36
00:01:35.440 --> 00:01:38.860
you can do it facing or after you've kind of measured the right distance from
37
00:01:38.860 --> 00:01:39.320
the golf
38
00:01:39.320 --> 00:01:40.400
ball.
39
00:01:40.400 --> 00:01:45.830
So it would be turn and then bend and you can start to look at the spatial
40
00:01:45.830 --> 00:01:46.760
awareness
41
00:01:46.760 --> 00:01:50.760
or the spatial differences that you may see.
42
00:01:50.760 --> 00:01:55.680
Like you may find that most of the time, okay, that club is pointing way over
43
00:01:55.680 --> 00:01:56.040
there.
44
00:01:56.040 --> 00:01:59.760
My right arm is kind of pointing way back there.
45
00:01:59.760 --> 00:02:04.590
But if I do this backswing and bend, my elbow is kind of more out in front of
46
00:02:04.590 --> 00:02:05.280
my body.
47
00:02:05.280 --> 00:02:08.960
It's these important differences between your normal swing and what you're
48
00:02:08.960 --> 00:02:09.560
doing in this
49
00:02:09.560 --> 00:02:13.950
drill that's going to help you build the swing that you want so that it holds
50
00:02:13.950 --> 00:02:14.600
up when you're
51
00:02:14.600 --> 00:02:15.600
on the golf course.
52
00:02:15.600 --> 00:02:19.830
I'll demonstrate it once or twice this way so you can see that little
53
00:02:19.830 --> 00:02:20.400
difference that
54
00:02:20.400 --> 00:02:21.400
I'm talking about.
55
00:02:21.400 --> 00:02:25.480
So if I make that backswing, right, this is in a good loaded position.
56
00:02:25.480 --> 00:02:28.890
And then I bend and I just kind of let my arms do a little bit of that flatt
57
00:02:28.890 --> 00:02:30.000
ening Jackson
58
00:02:30.000 --> 00:02:32.160
five type movement.
59
00:02:32.160 --> 00:02:38.080
So one more time set up to the golf ball, that wasn't very good.
60
00:02:38.080 --> 00:02:42.160
Set up to the golf ball, there's a backswing and then there's a bend.
61
00:02:42.160 --> 00:02:46.400
And it just gives me an appearance of where this arm is going to be in this
62
00:02:46.400 --> 00:02:47.000
space at the
63
00:02:47.000 --> 00:02:51.240
top of the swing because oftentimes we lose track and it may end up feeling
64
00:02:51.240 --> 00:02:51.800
more like
65
00:02:51.800 --> 00:02:53.000
this.
66
00:02:53.000 --> 00:02:58.040
And this can help you get a visualization of where your arm should be in space
67
00:02:58.040 --> 00:02:58.560
and how
68
00:02:58.560 --> 00:03:00.960
you're going to get there by making a proper pivot.
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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.
Improve Your Backswing with Horizontal Movement and Bend
After this video, you'll be able to:
- Understand how to initiate your backswing with proper hip rotation
- Feel the difference in distance and control when using your core
- Identify and eliminate reliance on small muscles in your arms during the swing
Learn how to enhance your backswing by incorporating a horizontal movement followed by a bend. This drill helps you engage your core and larger muscles for a more effective swing.
Video Transcript
WEBVTT
1
00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:04.300
This drill is horizontal backswing and then bend.
2
00:00:04.300 --> 00:00:08.640
So what can happen a lot is because we're bent over, our arms are right
3
00:00:08.640 --> 00:00:09.120
underneath our
4
00:00:09.120 --> 00:00:13.350
shoulders, we can dominate a lot of the movements of the backswing with some of
5
00:00:13.350 --> 00:00:14.000
the small muscles
6
00:00:14.000 --> 00:00:15.760
in our arms and neck.
7
00:00:15.760 --> 00:00:21.510
Well one of the great easy ways to learn the proper movements and the proper
8
00:00:21.510 --> 00:00:22.440
feelings in
9
00:00:22.440 --> 00:00:26.590
your body is to bring the club up to waist height as opposed to swinging with
10
00:00:26.590 --> 00:00:26.920
it down
11
00:00:26.920 --> 00:00:27.920
on the ground.
12
00:00:27.920 --> 00:00:31.650
So horizontal backswing is basically you're going to hold the club straight up
13
00:00:31.650 --> 00:00:32.120
in front
14
00:00:32.120 --> 00:00:36.360
of you and then you're going to turn around as if you were almost playing
15
00:00:36.360 --> 00:00:36.940
baseball or
16
00:00:36.940 --> 00:00:38.200
loading up.
17
00:00:38.200 --> 00:00:44.290
Then from here from this turn position you're then going to bend so that your
18
00:00:44.290 --> 00:00:45.120
shoulders
19
00:00:45.120 --> 00:00:50.040
are pointing roughly in the direction of the golf ball and let the shaft kind
20
00:00:50.040 --> 00:00:50.800
of stay in
21
00:00:50.800 --> 00:00:55.280
the similar orientation so that's pointing roughly in the direction of the golf
22
00:00:55.280 --> 00:00:55.720
ball.
23
00:00:55.720 --> 00:00:59.970
So it would look kind of like that so you're up, you're going to turn and then
24
00:00:59.970 --> 00:01:00.440
you're
25
00:01:00.440 --> 00:01:01.440
going to bend.
26
00:01:01.440 --> 00:01:07.840
And what you may find if you do this again, so turn and then bend.
27
00:01:07.840 --> 00:01:12.370
What you may find is that your hands are much further away from you and that
28
00:01:12.370 --> 00:01:13.360
you've turned
29
00:01:13.360 --> 00:01:17.750
more in your core in your hips and your shoulders to create this backswing
30
00:01:17.750 --> 00:01:18.400
pivot.
31
00:01:18.400 --> 00:01:23.320
This is very helpful for golfers who kind of dominate the swing or the back
32
00:01:23.320 --> 00:01:23.720
swing with
33
00:01:23.720 --> 00:01:27.540
more of the arms and don't use a lot of the big muscles.
34
00:01:27.540 --> 00:01:34.280
What you can do is once you feel comfortable doing this little backswing and
35
00:01:34.280 --> 00:01:35.440
bend, then
36
00:01:35.440 --> 00:01:38.860
you can do it facing or after you've kind of measured the right distance from
37
00:01:38.860 --> 00:01:39.320
the golf
38
00:01:39.320 --> 00:01:40.400
ball.
39
00:01:40.400 --> 00:01:45.830
So it would be turn and then bend and you can start to look at the spatial
40
00:01:45.830 --> 00:01:46.760
awareness
41
00:01:46.760 --> 00:01:50.760
or the spatial differences that you may see.
42
00:01:50.760 --> 00:01:55.680
Like you may find that most of the time, okay, that club is pointing way over
43
00:01:55.680 --> 00:01:56.040
there.
44
00:01:56.040 --> 00:01:59.760
My right arm is kind of pointing way back there.
45
00:01:59.760 --> 00:02:04.590
But if I do this backswing and bend, my elbow is kind of more out in front of
46
00:02:04.590 --> 00:02:05.280
my body.
47
00:02:05.280 --> 00:02:08.960
It's these important differences between your normal swing and what you're
48
00:02:08.960 --> 00:02:09.560
doing in this
49
00:02:09.560 --> 00:02:13.950
drill that's going to help you build the swing that you want so that it holds
50
00:02:13.950 --> 00:02:14.600
up when you're
51
00:02:14.600 --> 00:02:15.600
on the golf course.
52
00:02:15.600 --> 00:02:19.830
I'll demonstrate it once or twice this way so you can see that little
53
00:02:19.830 --> 00:02:20.400
difference that
54
00:02:20.400 --> 00:02:21.400
I'm talking about.
55
00:02:21.400 --> 00:02:25.480
So if I make that backswing, right, this is in a good loaded position.
56
00:02:25.480 --> 00:02:28.890
And then I bend and I just kind of let my arms do a little bit of that flatt
57
00:02:28.890 --> 00:02:30.000
ening Jackson
58
00:02:30.000 --> 00:02:32.160
five type movement.
59
00:02:32.160 --> 00:02:38.080
So one more time set up to the golf ball, that wasn't very good.
60
00:02:38.080 --> 00:02:42.160
Set up to the golf ball, there's a backswing and then there's a bend.
61
00:02:42.160 --> 00:02:46.400
And it just gives me an appearance of where this arm is going to be in this
62
00:02:46.400 --> 00:02:47.000
space at the
63
00:02:47.000 --> 00:02:51.240
top of the swing because oftentimes we lose track and it may end up feeling
64
00:02:51.240 --> 00:02:51.800
more like
65
00:02:51.800 --> 00:02:53.000
this.
66
00:02:53.000 --> 00:02:58.040
And this can help you get a visualization of where your arm should be in space
67
00:02:58.040 --> 00:02:58.560
and how
68
00:02:58.560 --> 00:03:00.960
you're going to get there by making a proper pivot.
1
00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:04.300
This drill is horizontal backswing and then bend.
2
00:00:04.300 --> 00:00:08.640
So what can happen a lot is because we're bent over, our arms are right
3
00:00:08.640 --> 00:00:09.120
underneath our
4
00:00:09.120 --> 00:00:13.350
shoulders, we can dominate a lot of the movements of the backswing with some of
5
00:00:13.350 --> 00:00:14.000
the small muscles
6
00:00:14.000 --> 00:00:15.760
in our arms and neck.
7
00:00:15.760 --> 00:00:21.510
Well one of the great easy ways to learn the proper movements and the proper
8
00:00:21.510 --> 00:00:22.440
feelings in
9
00:00:22.440 --> 00:00:26.590
your body is to bring the club up to waist height as opposed to swinging with
10
00:00:26.590 --> 00:00:26.920
it down
11
00:00:26.920 --> 00:00:27.920
on the ground.
12
00:00:27.920 --> 00:00:31.650
So horizontal backswing is basically you're going to hold the club straight up
13
00:00:31.650 --> 00:00:32.120
in front
14
00:00:32.120 --> 00:00:36.360
of you and then you're going to turn around as if you were almost playing
15
00:00:36.360 --> 00:00:36.940
baseball or
16
00:00:36.940 --> 00:00:38.200
loading up.
17
00:00:38.200 --> 00:00:44.290
Then from here from this turn position you're then going to bend so that your
18
00:00:44.290 --> 00:00:45.120
shoulders
19
00:00:45.120 --> 00:00:50.040
are pointing roughly in the direction of the golf ball and let the shaft kind
20
00:00:50.040 --> 00:00:50.800
of stay in
21
00:00:50.800 --> 00:00:55.280
the similar orientation so that's pointing roughly in the direction of the golf
22
00:00:55.280 --> 00:00:55.720
ball.
23
00:00:55.720 --> 00:00:59.970
So it would look kind of like that so you're up, you're going to turn and then
24
00:00:59.970 --> 00:01:00.440
you're
25
00:01:00.440 --> 00:01:01.440
going to bend.
26
00:01:01.440 --> 00:01:07.840
And what you may find if you do this again, so turn and then bend.
27
00:01:07.840 --> 00:01:12.370
What you may find is that your hands are much further away from you and that
28
00:01:12.370 --> 00:01:13.360
you've turned
29
00:01:13.360 --> 00:01:17.750
more in your core in your hips and your shoulders to create this backswing
30
00:01:17.750 --> 00:01:18.400
pivot.
31
00:01:18.400 --> 00:01:23.320
This is very helpful for golfers who kind of dominate the swing or the back
32
00:01:23.320 --> 00:01:23.720
swing with
33
00:01:23.720 --> 00:01:27.540
more of the arms and don't use a lot of the big muscles.
34
00:01:27.540 --> 00:01:34.280
What you can do is once you feel comfortable doing this little backswing and
35
00:01:34.280 --> 00:01:35.440
bend, then
36
00:01:35.440 --> 00:01:38.860
you can do it facing or after you've kind of measured the right distance from
37
00:01:38.860 --> 00:01:39.320
the golf
38
00:01:39.320 --> 00:01:40.400
ball.
39
00:01:40.400 --> 00:01:45.830
So it would be turn and then bend and you can start to look at the spatial
40
00:01:45.830 --> 00:01:46.760
awareness
41
00:01:46.760 --> 00:01:50.760
or the spatial differences that you may see.
42
00:01:50.760 --> 00:01:55.680
Like you may find that most of the time, okay, that club is pointing way over
43
00:01:55.680 --> 00:01:56.040
there.
44
00:01:56.040 --> 00:01:59.760
My right arm is kind of pointing way back there.
45
00:01:59.760 --> 00:02:04.590
But if I do this backswing and bend, my elbow is kind of more out in front of
46
00:02:04.590 --> 00:02:05.280
my body.
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It's these important differences between your normal swing and what you're
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doing in this
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drill that's going to help you build the swing that you want so that it holds
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up when you're
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on the golf course.
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I'll demonstrate it once or twice this way so you can see that little
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difference that
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I'm talking about.
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So if I make that backswing, right, this is in a good loaded position.
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And then I bend and I just kind of let my arms do a little bit of that flatt
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ening Jackson
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five type movement.
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So one more time set up to the golf ball, that wasn't very good.
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Set up to the golf ball, there's a backswing and then there's a bend.
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And it just gives me an appearance of where this arm is going to be in this
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space at the
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top of the swing because oftentimes we lose track and it may end up feeling
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more like
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this.
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And this can help you get a visualization of where your arm should be in space
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and how
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you're going to get there by making a proper pivot.
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