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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 Body Pivot with Hula Hoop Training Drill
After this video, you'll be able to:
- Understand the correct shoulder and hip alignment during your swing
- Identify and correct common backswing faults like swaying or flatness
- Develop a natural pivot motion that enhances your overall swing mechanics
In this drill, you'll learn how to use a hula hoop to enhance your body pivot during the golf swing. This exercise helps create a better swing plane, leading to more consistent shots.
Video Transcript
WEBVTT
1
00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:03.600
This trail is hula hoop pivot training.
2
00:00:03.600 --> 00:00:08.060
So what we're going to do is we're going to use a hula hoop to work on our body
3
00:00:08.060 --> 00:00:09.240
pivot.
4
00:00:09.240 --> 00:00:16.200
So I'm going to roughly hold the hula hoop out in front of me on about the
5
00:00:16.200 --> 00:00:18.040
angle of the
6
00:00:18.040 --> 00:00:19.040
whatever club I'm training.
7
00:00:19.040 --> 00:00:23.440
So a little bit flatter for the woods, a little bit more upright for the irons.
8
00:00:23.440 --> 00:00:27.000
And I'm going to hold it so that it's basically up against the just above my
9
00:00:27.000 --> 00:00:27.520
belly button
10
00:00:27.520 --> 00:00:30.160
or below my sternum, right about there.
11
00:00:30.160 --> 00:00:34.240
And now this gives me a rough representation of the swing plane.
12
00:00:34.240 --> 00:00:39.440
So you can see from down the line that if I made a backswing and basically kept
13
00:00:39.440 --> 00:00:40.040
this at
14
00:00:40.040 --> 00:00:44.500
about the same angle to the ground, that would basically be my shoulders and my
15
00:00:44.500 --> 00:00:45.400
hips tilting
16
00:00:45.400 --> 00:00:47.400
more down at the ground.
17
00:00:47.400 --> 00:00:51.810
If you tend to have more of a loss of posture or a flat shoulder plane, then if
18
00:00:51.810 --> 00:00:52.360
you keep
19
00:00:52.360 --> 00:00:56.780
this in front of you like this, then the hula hoop would get more horizontal
20
00:00:56.780 --> 00:00:57.520
just like
21
00:00:57.520 --> 00:00:58.520
that.
22
00:00:58.520 --> 00:01:03.000
The two main issues that you'll see on the backswing, actually we'll do the
23
00:01:03.000 --> 00:01:03.760
backswing
24
00:01:03.760 --> 00:01:07.720
first, the two main backswing ones will either getting too flat.
25
00:01:07.720 --> 00:01:11.960
You can see because my shoulders are now parallel to the ground and this is now
26
00:01:11.960 --> 00:01:12.680
horizontal
27
00:01:12.680 --> 00:01:18.790
or having a sway in this getting or kind of almost a reverse tilt leaning
28
00:01:18.790 --> 00:01:19.800
towards the
29
00:01:19.800 --> 00:01:22.200
target this way.
30
00:01:22.200 --> 00:01:26.340
But if I have my shoulders working down in kind of that shoulder plane or the
31
00:01:26.340 --> 00:01:26.960
windmill
32
00:01:26.960 --> 00:01:33.860
drill and the pressure shifting into my trail foot, this will start to follow a
33
00:01:33.860 --> 00:01:34.680
natural
34
00:01:34.680 --> 00:01:35.680
pivot.
35
00:01:35.680 --> 00:01:40.540
And that's about as far as my body would go, then the rest of the swing would
36
00:01:40.540 --> 00:01:41.120
be more
37
00:01:41.120 --> 00:01:42.560
my arms.
38
00:01:42.560 --> 00:01:47.510
Now on the way through, the two common ones would be more of an early extension
39
00:01:47.510 --> 00:01:48.280
pattern.
40
00:01:48.280 --> 00:01:53.910
So again, getting it more horizontal from this down the line, you kind of like
41
00:01:53.910 --> 00:01:54.600
this,
42
00:01:54.600 --> 00:02:02.810
or I would tend to get more of a slide hangback buckle kind of like this and it
43
00:02:02.810 --> 00:02:04.840
would be tilted
44
00:02:04.840 --> 00:02:06.680
way out to the right.
45
00:02:06.680 --> 00:02:14.020
Also in transition, I want to get this, if I'm just following my body, I want
46
00:02:14.020 --> 00:02:14.680
to get
47
00:02:14.680 --> 00:02:21.220
this to shallow just slightly because my body is tilting this way, as opposed
48
00:02:21.220 --> 00:02:22.360
to if I spun
49
00:02:22.360 --> 00:02:27.600
my upper body on top of my lower body, you can start to see it going that way.
50
00:02:27.600 --> 00:02:30.930
So those are some details, but when you start to put it in practice, all you do
51
00:02:30.930 --> 00:02:31.560
is you lock
52
00:02:31.560 --> 00:02:35.980
it up against your sternum and then you make some swings, basically checking it
53
00:02:35.980 --> 00:02:36.400
at the
54
00:02:36.400 --> 00:02:40.680
top of the backswing, it's still pointed down roughly at the club.
55
00:02:40.680 --> 00:02:44.160
And then right here, it's roughly at the club.
56
00:02:44.160 --> 00:02:46.760
So roughly at the club, roughly at the club.
57
00:02:46.760 --> 00:02:51.500
If I work on that and I can start adding a little bit of speed to it, this will
58
00:02:51.500 --> 00:02:51.920
help
59
00:02:51.920 --> 00:02:54.760
me with the overall orientation of my body.
60
00:02:54.760 --> 00:02:58.890
And then if I find that I can do that when I'm holding a whole loop, but I have
61
00:02:58.890 --> 00:02:59.600
a problem
62
00:02:59.600 --> 00:03:04.010
when the ball's in the ground or on in front of me, then that usually means
63
00:03:04.010 --> 00:03:05.120
that I'm struggling
64
00:03:05.120 --> 00:03:07.240
with some of my arm motions.
65
00:03:07.240 --> 00:03:10.590
Maybe I'm struggling with low point, maybe I'm struggling with club face, but
66
00:03:10.590 --> 00:03:10.960
at least
67
00:03:10.960 --> 00:03:14.080
my brain knows what I'm supposed to be doing as far as the pivot and as far as
68
00:03:14.080 --> 00:03:14.880
the sequencing.
1
00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:03.600
This trail is hula hoop pivot training.
2
00:00:03.600 --> 00:00:08.060
So what we're going to do is we're going to use a hula hoop to work on our body
3
00:00:08.060 --> 00:00:09.240
pivot.
4
00:00:09.240 --> 00:00:16.200
So I'm going to roughly hold the hula hoop out in front of me on about the
5
00:00:16.200 --> 00:00:18.040
angle of the
6
00:00:18.040 --> 00:00:19.040
whatever club I'm training.
7
00:00:19.040 --> 00:00:23.440
So a little bit flatter for the woods, a little bit more upright for the irons.
8
00:00:23.440 --> 00:00:27.000
And I'm going to hold it so that it's basically up against the just above my
9
00:00:27.000 --> 00:00:27.520
belly button
10
00:00:27.520 --> 00:00:30.160
or below my sternum, right about there.
11
00:00:30.160 --> 00:00:34.240
And now this gives me a rough representation of the swing plane.
12
00:00:34.240 --> 00:00:39.440
So you can see from down the line that if I made a backswing and basically kept
13
00:00:39.440 --> 00:00:40.040
this at
14
00:00:40.040 --> 00:00:44.500
about the same angle to the ground, that would basically be my shoulders and my
15
00:00:44.500 --> 00:00:45.400
hips tilting
16
00:00:45.400 --> 00:00:47.400
more down at the ground.
17
00:00:47.400 --> 00:00:51.810
If you tend to have more of a loss of posture or a flat shoulder plane, then if
18
00:00:51.810 --> 00:00:52.360
you keep
19
00:00:52.360 --> 00:00:56.780
this in front of you like this, then the hula hoop would get more horizontal
20
00:00:56.780 --> 00:00:57.520
just like
21
00:00:57.520 --> 00:00:58.520
that.
22
00:00:58.520 --> 00:01:03.000
The two main issues that you'll see on the backswing, actually we'll do the
23
00:01:03.000 --> 00:01:03.760
backswing
24
00:01:03.760 --> 00:01:07.720
first, the two main backswing ones will either getting too flat.
25
00:01:07.720 --> 00:01:11.960
You can see because my shoulders are now parallel to the ground and this is now
26
00:01:11.960 --> 00:01:12.680
horizontal
27
00:01:12.680 --> 00:01:18.790
or having a sway in this getting or kind of almost a reverse tilt leaning
28
00:01:18.790 --> 00:01:19.800
towards the
29
00:01:19.800 --> 00:01:22.200
target this way.
30
00:01:22.200 --> 00:01:26.340
But if I have my shoulders working down in kind of that shoulder plane or the
31
00:01:26.340 --> 00:01:26.960
windmill
32
00:01:26.960 --> 00:01:33.860
drill and the pressure shifting into my trail foot, this will start to follow a
33
00:01:33.860 --> 00:01:34.680
natural
34
00:01:34.680 --> 00:01:35.680
pivot.
35
00:01:35.680 --> 00:01:40.540
And that's about as far as my body would go, then the rest of the swing would
36
00:01:40.540 --> 00:01:41.120
be more
37
00:01:41.120 --> 00:01:42.560
my arms.
38
00:01:42.560 --> 00:01:47.510
Now on the way through, the two common ones would be more of an early extension
39
00:01:47.510 --> 00:01:48.280
pattern.
40
00:01:48.280 --> 00:01:53.910
So again, getting it more horizontal from this down the line, you kind of like
41
00:01:53.910 --> 00:01:54.600
this,
42
00:01:54.600 --> 00:02:02.810
or I would tend to get more of a slide hangback buckle kind of like this and it
43
00:02:02.810 --> 00:02:04.840
would be tilted
44
00:02:04.840 --> 00:02:06.680
way out to the right.
45
00:02:06.680 --> 00:02:14.020
Also in transition, I want to get this, if I'm just following my body, I want
46
00:02:14.020 --> 00:02:14.680
to get
47
00:02:14.680 --> 00:02:21.220
this to shallow just slightly because my body is tilting this way, as opposed
48
00:02:21.220 --> 00:02:22.360
to if I spun
49
00:02:22.360 --> 00:02:27.600
my upper body on top of my lower body, you can start to see it going that way.
50
00:02:27.600 --> 00:02:30.930
So those are some details, but when you start to put it in practice, all you do
51
00:02:30.930 --> 00:02:31.560
is you lock
52
00:02:31.560 --> 00:02:35.980
it up against your sternum and then you make some swings, basically checking it
53
00:02:35.980 --> 00:02:36.400
at the
54
00:02:36.400 --> 00:02:40.680
top of the backswing, it's still pointed down roughly at the club.
55
00:02:40.680 --> 00:02:44.160
And then right here, it's roughly at the club.
56
00:02:44.160 --> 00:02:46.760
So roughly at the club, roughly at the club.
57
00:02:46.760 --> 00:02:51.500
If I work on that and I can start adding a little bit of speed to it, this will
58
00:02:51.500 --> 00:02:51.920
help
59
00:02:51.920 --> 00:02:54.760
me with the overall orientation of my body.
60
00:02:54.760 --> 00:02:58.890
And then if I find that I can do that when I'm holding a whole loop, but I have
61
00:02:58.890 --> 00:02:59.600
a problem
62
00:02:59.600 --> 00:03:04.010
when the ball's in the ground or on in front of me, then that usually means
63
00:03:04.010 --> 00:03:05.120
that I'm struggling
64
00:03:05.120 --> 00:03:07.240
with some of my arm motions.
65
00:03:07.240 --> 00:03:10.590
Maybe I'm struggling with low point, maybe I'm struggling with club face, but
66
00:03:10.590 --> 00:03:10.960
at least
67
00:03:10.960 --> 00:03:14.080
my brain knows what I'm supposed to be doing as far as the pivot and as far as
68
00:03:14.080 --> 00:03:14.880
the sequencing.
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.
Improve Your Body Pivot with Hula Hoop Training Drill
After this video, you'll be able to:
- Understand the correct shoulder and hip alignment during your swing
- Identify and correct common backswing faults like swaying or flatness
- Develop a natural pivot motion that enhances your overall swing mechanics
In this drill, you'll learn how to use a hula hoop to enhance your body pivot during the golf swing. This exercise helps create a better swing plane, leading to more consistent shots.
Video Transcript
WEBVTT
1
00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:03.600
This trail is hula hoop pivot training.
2
00:00:03.600 --> 00:00:08.060
So what we're going to do is we're going to use a hula hoop to work on our body
3
00:00:08.060 --> 00:00:09.240
pivot.
4
00:00:09.240 --> 00:00:16.200
So I'm going to roughly hold the hula hoop out in front of me on about the
5
00:00:16.200 --> 00:00:18.040
angle of the
6
00:00:18.040 --> 00:00:19.040
whatever club I'm training.
7
00:00:19.040 --> 00:00:23.440
So a little bit flatter for the woods, a little bit more upright for the irons.
8
00:00:23.440 --> 00:00:27.000
And I'm going to hold it so that it's basically up against the just above my
9
00:00:27.000 --> 00:00:27.520
belly button
10
00:00:27.520 --> 00:00:30.160
or below my sternum, right about there.
11
00:00:30.160 --> 00:00:34.240
And now this gives me a rough representation of the swing plane.
12
00:00:34.240 --> 00:00:39.440
So you can see from down the line that if I made a backswing and basically kept
13
00:00:39.440 --> 00:00:40.040
this at
14
00:00:40.040 --> 00:00:44.500
about the same angle to the ground, that would basically be my shoulders and my
15
00:00:44.500 --> 00:00:45.400
hips tilting
16
00:00:45.400 --> 00:00:47.400
more down at the ground.
17
00:00:47.400 --> 00:00:51.810
If you tend to have more of a loss of posture or a flat shoulder plane, then if
18
00:00:51.810 --> 00:00:52.360
you keep
19
00:00:52.360 --> 00:00:56.780
this in front of you like this, then the hula hoop would get more horizontal
20
00:00:56.780 --> 00:00:57.520
just like
21
00:00:57.520 --> 00:00:58.520
that.
22
00:00:58.520 --> 00:01:03.000
The two main issues that you'll see on the backswing, actually we'll do the
23
00:01:03.000 --> 00:01:03.760
backswing
24
00:01:03.760 --> 00:01:07.720
first, the two main backswing ones will either getting too flat.
25
00:01:07.720 --> 00:01:11.960
You can see because my shoulders are now parallel to the ground and this is now
26
00:01:11.960 --> 00:01:12.680
horizontal
27
00:01:12.680 --> 00:01:18.790
or having a sway in this getting or kind of almost a reverse tilt leaning
28
00:01:18.790 --> 00:01:19.800
towards the
29
00:01:19.800 --> 00:01:22.200
target this way.
30
00:01:22.200 --> 00:01:26.340
But if I have my shoulders working down in kind of that shoulder plane or the
31
00:01:26.340 --> 00:01:26.960
windmill
32
00:01:26.960 --> 00:01:33.860
drill and the pressure shifting into my trail foot, this will start to follow a
33
00:01:33.860 --> 00:01:34.680
natural
34
00:01:34.680 --> 00:01:35.680
pivot.
35
00:01:35.680 --> 00:01:40.540
And that's about as far as my body would go, then the rest of the swing would
36
00:01:40.540 --> 00:01:41.120
be more
37
00:01:41.120 --> 00:01:42.560
my arms.
38
00:01:42.560 --> 00:01:47.510
Now on the way through, the two common ones would be more of an early extension
39
00:01:47.510 --> 00:01:48.280
pattern.
40
00:01:48.280 --> 00:01:53.910
So again, getting it more horizontal from this down the line, you kind of like
41
00:01:53.910 --> 00:01:54.600
this,
42
00:01:54.600 --> 00:02:02.810
or I would tend to get more of a slide hangback buckle kind of like this and it
43
00:02:02.810 --> 00:02:04.840
would be tilted
44
00:02:04.840 --> 00:02:06.680
way out to the right.
45
00:02:06.680 --> 00:02:14.020
Also in transition, I want to get this, if I'm just following my body, I want
46
00:02:14.020 --> 00:02:14.680
to get
47
00:02:14.680 --> 00:02:21.220
this to shallow just slightly because my body is tilting this way, as opposed
48
00:02:21.220 --> 00:02:22.360
to if I spun
49
00:02:22.360 --> 00:02:27.600
my upper body on top of my lower body, you can start to see it going that way.
50
00:02:27.600 --> 00:02:30.930
So those are some details, but when you start to put it in practice, all you do
51
00:02:30.930 --> 00:02:31.560
is you lock
52
00:02:31.560 --> 00:02:35.980
it up against your sternum and then you make some swings, basically checking it
53
00:02:35.980 --> 00:02:36.400
at the
54
00:02:36.400 --> 00:02:40.680
top of the backswing, it's still pointed down roughly at the club.
55
00:02:40.680 --> 00:02:44.160
And then right here, it's roughly at the club.
56
00:02:44.160 --> 00:02:46.760
So roughly at the club, roughly at the club.
57
00:02:46.760 --> 00:02:51.500
If I work on that and I can start adding a little bit of speed to it, this will
58
00:02:51.500 --> 00:02:51.920
help
59
00:02:51.920 --> 00:02:54.760
me with the overall orientation of my body.
60
00:02:54.760 --> 00:02:58.890
And then if I find that I can do that when I'm holding a whole loop, but I have
61
00:02:58.890 --> 00:02:59.600
a problem
62
00:02:59.600 --> 00:03:04.010
when the ball's in the ground or on in front of me, then that usually means
63
00:03:04.010 --> 00:03:05.120
that I'm struggling
64
00:03:05.120 --> 00:03:07.240
with some of my arm motions.
65
00:03:07.240 --> 00:03:10.590
Maybe I'm struggling with low point, maybe I'm struggling with club face, but
66
00:03:10.590 --> 00:03:10.960
at least
67
00:03:10.960 --> 00:03:14.080
my brain knows what I'm supposed to be doing as far as the pivot and as far as
68
00:03:14.080 --> 00:03:14.880
the sequencing.
1
00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:03.600
This trail is hula hoop pivot training.
2
00:00:03.600 --> 00:00:08.060
So what we're going to do is we're going to use a hula hoop to work on our body
3
00:00:08.060 --> 00:00:09.240
pivot.
4
00:00:09.240 --> 00:00:16.200
So I'm going to roughly hold the hula hoop out in front of me on about the
5
00:00:16.200 --> 00:00:18.040
angle of the
6
00:00:18.040 --> 00:00:19.040
whatever club I'm training.
7
00:00:19.040 --> 00:00:23.440
So a little bit flatter for the woods, a little bit more upright for the irons.
8
00:00:23.440 --> 00:00:27.000
And I'm going to hold it so that it's basically up against the just above my
9
00:00:27.000 --> 00:00:27.520
belly button
10
00:00:27.520 --> 00:00:30.160
or below my sternum, right about there.
11
00:00:30.160 --> 00:00:34.240
And now this gives me a rough representation of the swing plane.
12
00:00:34.240 --> 00:00:39.440
So you can see from down the line that if I made a backswing and basically kept
13
00:00:39.440 --> 00:00:40.040
this at
14
00:00:40.040 --> 00:00:44.500
about the same angle to the ground, that would basically be my shoulders and my
15
00:00:44.500 --> 00:00:45.400
hips tilting
16
00:00:45.400 --> 00:00:47.400
more down at the ground.
17
00:00:47.400 --> 00:00:51.810
If you tend to have more of a loss of posture or a flat shoulder plane, then if
18
00:00:51.810 --> 00:00:52.360
you keep
19
00:00:52.360 --> 00:00:56.780
this in front of you like this, then the hula hoop would get more horizontal
20
00:00:56.780 --> 00:00:57.520
just like
21
00:00:57.520 --> 00:00:58.520
that.
22
00:00:58.520 --> 00:01:03.000
The two main issues that you'll see on the backswing, actually we'll do the
23
00:01:03.000 --> 00:01:03.760
backswing
24
00:01:03.760 --> 00:01:07.720
first, the two main backswing ones will either getting too flat.
25
00:01:07.720 --> 00:01:11.960
You can see because my shoulders are now parallel to the ground and this is now
26
00:01:11.960 --> 00:01:12.680
horizontal
27
00:01:12.680 --> 00:01:18.790
or having a sway in this getting or kind of almost a reverse tilt leaning
28
00:01:18.790 --> 00:01:19.800
towards the
29
00:01:19.800 --> 00:01:22.200
target this way.
30
00:01:22.200 --> 00:01:26.340
But if I have my shoulders working down in kind of that shoulder plane or the
31
00:01:26.340 --> 00:01:26.960
windmill
32
00:01:26.960 --> 00:01:33.860
drill and the pressure shifting into my trail foot, this will start to follow a
33
00:01:33.860 --> 00:01:34.680
natural
34
00:01:34.680 --> 00:01:35.680
pivot.
35
00:01:35.680 --> 00:01:40.540
And that's about as far as my body would go, then the rest of the swing would
36
00:01:40.540 --> 00:01:41.120
be more
37
00:01:41.120 --> 00:01:42.560
my arms.
38
00:01:42.560 --> 00:01:47.510
Now on the way through, the two common ones would be more of an early extension
39
00:01:47.510 --> 00:01:48.280
pattern.
40
00:01:48.280 --> 00:01:53.910
So again, getting it more horizontal from this down the line, you kind of like
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this,
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or I would tend to get more of a slide hangback buckle kind of like this and it
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would be tilted
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way out to the right.
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Also in transition, I want to get this, if I'm just following my body, I want
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to get
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this to shallow just slightly because my body is tilting this way, as opposed
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to if I spun
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my upper body on top of my lower body, you can start to see it going that way.
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So those are some details, but when you start to put it in practice, all you do
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is you lock
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it up against your sternum and then you make some swings, basically checking it
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at the
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top of the backswing, it's still pointed down roughly at the club.
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And then right here, it's roughly at the club.
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So roughly at the club, roughly at the club.
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If I work on that and I can start adding a little bit of speed to it, this will
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help
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me with the overall orientation of my body.
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And then if I find that I can do that when I'm holding a whole loop, but I have
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a problem
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when the ball's in the ground or on in front of me, then that usually means
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that I'm struggling
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with some of my arm motions.
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Maybe I'm struggling with low point, maybe I'm struggling with club face, but
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at least
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my brain knows what I'm supposed to be doing as far as the pivot and as far as
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the sequencing.
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