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in this Gotham our insight we're going

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to look at using a foam ball to help

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with connection between the forearms so

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I actually had a recent question about

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this and I figured a video be the

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easiest way to kind of demonstrate I've

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got two different examples of foam balls

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that you can put between your forearms

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to help with the two common places where

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golfers tend to have poor arm mechanics

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so I've got the impact ball which we'll

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look at in a second I just got this

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cheapo foam ball from Target or the

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dollar store but this one is is squishy

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to the point where you can basically

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compress it to almost nothing and I

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think that's important if you're doing

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these drills and I'll show you why so

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either of these drills will help with

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the two major times where you're going

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to lose your your form movement or your

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body pivot one would be during the

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takeaway so a lot of golfers will do

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more of a take away with their shoulders

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kind of like that and then the ball

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would fall out so this encourages a

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little bit more of that one-piece

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takeaway and then as I start down in

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transition one of the common tendencies

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is to have that trail elbow kind of work

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into internal rotation just like that

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neither of these balls will help keep

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that connection there now the place

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where these two have a drastically

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different effect is if I'm actually

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trying to hit golf balls with it so with

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this one when I get down into the

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release so from about here through that

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follow-through my elbow should actually

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squeeze closer together so you can see

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from that down the line that I can

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squeeze this golf ball or this foam ball

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very very good so if I was to actually

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hold a club put it in place I could

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actually do little or full swings

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because it wouldn't necessarily impact

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my ability to get those elbows to

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squeeze I think it might still just a

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little bit but for training purposes

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it's not too bad the problem with the

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impact ball is it's so firm that I

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physically you can see I cannot get that

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same impact position what ends up

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happening is my elbows end up working in

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staying the same distance apart and so

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what ends up happening is I compensate

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through my shoulder so I tell people if

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you actually hit balls

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the impact ball in between your forearms

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the ball should actually flare off to

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the right if you're able to hit it

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straight it usually means that you're

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happy you have poor shoulder mechanics

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and this ball is just allowing that

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compensation to work so if you're using

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impact ball I like it for back swing

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endure transition I just don't like

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hitting balls with it because it really

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interferes with the release so if you

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like the way we break down how to use

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training aids you'll love the way we

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break down the swing into concepts and

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drills here at golf smart academy.com if

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you are lost with your swing feel free

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to submit a video and we'll tell you

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what area of your body or what part of

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the swing you need to focus with on to

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ultimately reach your potential