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Stop Hitting Thin Shots with the Jazzy Jeff Follow-Through Drill

After this video, you'll be able to:

  • Identify and correct arm dominance that leads to inconsistent contact
  • Feel the proper external rotation in your follow-through for better balance
  • Reduce common issues like top shots and thin hits by adjusting your follow-through

Learn the Jazzy Jeff follow-through drill to improve your follow-through position and prevent common swing faults like thin shots and pulls. This drill will help you maintain proper arm positioning for a more consistent swing.

Video Transcript
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This drill is the jazzy Jeff follow-through so the jazzy Jeff move is one of

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the descriptions

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I used for or I still use for going into external rotation.

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I primarily use it for the backswing because a lot of golfers tend to get more

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of this

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elbow going into internal rotation stuck behind pointing perpendicular to the

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spine up at

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the top of the swing kind of has a look more like this and that can encourage

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some steep

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and some arm dominant patterns that tend to cause a lot of contact and

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consistency problem.

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So the jazzy Jeff movement pays homage to the fresh Prince Bel Air where he and

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his buddy

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would have the jazzy Jeff kind of handshake where they go and then and that

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movement there

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of that external rotation where the trail arm stays in front of the chest and

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all the movement

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is happening by going into this external rotation is similar to what we're

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trying to do in the

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backswing well for some golfers it can be helpful to mirror that in the finish

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so a number

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of golfers who have more of a chicken wing pattern will tend to pull this arm

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behind and

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the elbow will be pointing way up just like this so as they come through it's

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often accompanied

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with a little bit of arms behind and steep and so then they pull those arms

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around their

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body and that causes the club to be coming up on the golf ball you can struggle

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with

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top shots you can struggle with thin shots you can struggle with pulls you can

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struggle

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with toe shots that's a common pattern of having too much of this arm pull in

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the follow

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through and so what we're going to do in the jazzy Jeff follow through is

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basically we're

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going to get our arm into this follow through position and then from here we're

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going to

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try to keep the elbow in front of our body and we're going to do that jazzy

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Jeff movement

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now you'll see that naturally I do more in my trail arm than my lead so it's

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not going

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to look quite as dramatic but I'm trying to feel a little bit of this movement

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here where

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the arm is actually rotating past my body kind of like this the key place to

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see this

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is from the down the line view what you'll see is as I do that jazzy Jeff move

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the arm

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will tend to stay straight and up as opposed to being bent or coming way down

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so if you

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are looking from that down the line view and you see either this narrow here or

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this kind

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of coming behind and pointing way down then you might be a candidate for

53
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working on this

54
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follow through position it really helps create more of a body driven finish

55
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because the arms

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aren't pulling around you're going to have to use turn your hips in your chest

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to bring

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the club all the way around okay so let's jump into the demo one of the big

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keys here

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is the timing of the movement so we know that we want that kind of monorman

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position on

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the way through where we want the the elbow into a little bit more of internal

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rotation

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as we're coming through that helps create create some of this width but now as

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the club

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passes there I'm going to try and reverse it and go more into that jazzy Jeff

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movement

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the thing that they both have in common is that the arm is going to stay more

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in front

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of the body so first we're going to do a 9 to 3 just to kind of get comfortable

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with

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a good with our low point and our follow through and where we're going to be

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now we're going

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to try and not stop at the three position we're going to do nine to follow

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through so we're

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going to go from this nine o'clock here jazzy Jeff so I'm slowly going past

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into this follow

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through position or at least sorry past the follow through position up towards

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the finish

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I want to at least get the club to vertical instead of stopping when the club

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is parallel

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now we're going to add a little bit of speed so we're going to do more of a 10

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to 2 focusing

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on the timing of this movement right there and you can see elbows are still in

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front

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of my chest back is almost facing the target as opposed to a lot of people who

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struggle

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with this movement will kind of be more like this where the chest has the the

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hips are

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actually closed the chest is still closed but the arms have gone past the body

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into that

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follow through okay let's get that out of the system let's do one more 10 to 2

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where

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we feel a little bit more so that one was pretty good right there and now as we

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add

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speed as you go closer and closer to your full finish that arm is going to bend

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so we're

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going to still feel like we keep that elbow more in front of the chest on the

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way through

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so up towards a full swing elbow is still in front of the chest and it has a

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feeling

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of the arms being a little bit more this way so it has a feeling of jazzy jeff

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movement

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kind of more like this as opposed to arms pull around more like that use that

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if you

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start with some contact patterns or some pull patterns and you see a narrowness

107
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in the follow

108
00:05:21.240 --> 00:05:25.240
through from those arms breaking down too soon getting the lead shoulder going

109
00:05:25.240 --> 00:05:26.080
to more external

110
00:05:26.080 --> 00:05:29.970
rotation is one of the keys for getting that look of keeping a straight left

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00:05:29.970 --> 00:05:30.880
arm long into

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00:05:30.880 --> 00:05:31.440
the follow through.
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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.

Stop Hitting Thin Shots with the Jazzy Jeff Follow-Through Drill

After this video, you'll be able to:

  • Identify and correct arm dominance that leads to inconsistent contact
  • Feel the proper external rotation in your follow-through for better balance
  • Reduce common issues like top shots and thin hits by adjusting your follow-through

Learn the Jazzy Jeff follow-through drill to improve your follow-through position and prevent common swing faults like thin shots and pulls. This drill will help you maintain proper arm positioning for a more consistent swing.

Video Transcript
WEBVTT

1
00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:11.220
This drill is the jazzy Jeff follow-through so the jazzy Jeff move is one of

2
00:00:11.220 --> 00:00:12.280
the descriptions

3
00:00:12.280 --> 00:00:17.120
I used for or I still use for going into external rotation.

4
00:00:17.120 --> 00:00:21.630
I primarily use it for the backswing because a lot of golfers tend to get more

5
00:00:21.630 --> 00:00:21.840
of this

6
00:00:21.840 --> 00:00:27.420
elbow going into internal rotation stuck behind pointing perpendicular to the

7
00:00:27.420 --> 00:00:28.000
spine up at

8
00:00:28.000 --> 00:00:32.280
the top of the swing kind of has a look more like this and that can encourage

9
00:00:32.280 --> 00:00:32.940
some steep

10
00:00:32.940 --> 00:00:36.500
and some arm dominant patterns that tend to cause a lot of contact and

11
00:00:36.500 --> 00:00:38.160
consistency problem.

12
00:00:38.160 --> 00:00:42.630
So the jazzy Jeff movement pays homage to the fresh Prince Bel Air where he and

13
00:00:42.630 --> 00:00:43.280
his buddy

14
00:00:43.280 --> 00:00:49.200
would have the jazzy Jeff kind of handshake where they go and then and that

15
00:00:49.200 --> 00:00:50.320
movement there

16
00:00:50.320 --> 00:00:55.770
of that external rotation where the trail arm stays in front of the chest and

17
00:00:55.770 --> 00:00:56.320
all the movement

18
00:00:56.320 --> 00:01:00.180
is happening by going into this external rotation is similar to what we're

19
00:01:00.180 --> 00:01:01.320
trying to do in the

20
00:01:01.320 --> 00:01:07.360
backswing well for some golfers it can be helpful to mirror that in the finish

21
00:01:07.360 --> 00:01:09.080
so a number

22
00:01:09.080 --> 00:01:15.090
of golfers who have more of a chicken wing pattern will tend to pull this arm

23
00:01:15.090 --> 00:01:15.880
behind and

24
00:01:15.880 --> 00:01:21.330
the elbow will be pointing way up just like this so as they come through it's

25
00:01:21.330 --> 00:01:22.040
often accompanied

26
00:01:22.040 --> 00:01:27.470
with a little bit of arms behind and steep and so then they pull those arms

27
00:01:27.470 --> 00:01:27.680
around their

28
00:01:27.680 --> 00:01:31.750
body and that causes the club to be coming up on the golf ball you can struggle

29
00:01:31.750 --> 00:01:32.080
with

30
00:01:32.080 --> 00:01:35.470
top shots you can struggle with thin shots you can struggle with pulls you can

31
00:01:35.470 --> 00:01:35.960
struggle

32
00:01:35.960 --> 00:01:40.700
with toe shots that's a common pattern of having too much of this arm pull in

33
00:01:40.700 --> 00:01:41.320
the follow

34
00:01:41.320 --> 00:01:46.770
through and so what we're going to do in the jazzy Jeff follow through is

35
00:01:46.770 --> 00:01:47.640
basically we're

36
00:01:47.640 --> 00:01:53.090
going to get our arm into this follow through position and then from here we're

37
00:01:53.090 --> 00:01:53.280
going to

38
00:01:53.280 --> 00:01:57.150
try to keep the elbow in front of our body and we're going to do that jazzy

39
00:01:57.150 --> 00:01:58.040
Jeff movement

40
00:01:58.040 --> 00:02:02.240
now you'll see that naturally I do more in my trail arm than my lead so it's

41
00:02:02.240 --> 00:02:02.640
not going

42
00:02:02.640 --> 00:02:08.480
to look quite as dramatic but I'm trying to feel a little bit of this movement

43
00:02:08.480 --> 00:02:10.120
here where

44
00:02:10.120 --> 00:02:14.910
the arm is actually rotating past my body kind of like this the key place to

45
00:02:14.910 --> 00:02:15.560
see this

46
00:02:15.560 --> 00:02:21.010
is from the down the line view what you'll see is as I do that jazzy Jeff move

47
00:02:21.010 --> 00:02:21.360
the arm

48
00:02:21.360 --> 00:02:26.960
will tend to stay straight and up as opposed to being bent or coming way down

49
00:02:26.960 --> 00:02:28.280
so if you

50
00:02:28.280 --> 00:02:33.730
are looking from that down the line view and you see either this narrow here or

51
00:02:33.730 --> 00:02:34.160
this kind

52
00:02:34.160 --> 00:02:37.750
of coming behind and pointing way down then you might be a candidate for

53
00:02:37.750 --> 00:02:38.640
working on this

54
00:02:38.640 --> 00:02:44.090
follow through position it really helps create more of a body driven finish

55
00:02:44.090 --> 00:02:44.960
because the arms

56
00:02:44.960 --> 00:02:48.180
aren't pulling around you're going to have to use turn your hips in your chest

57
00:02:48.180 --> 00:02:48.640
to bring

58
00:02:48.640 --> 00:02:52.720
the club all the way around okay so let's jump into the demo one of the big

59
00:02:52.720 --> 00:02:53.400
keys here

60
00:02:53.400 --> 00:02:58.850
is the timing of the movement so we know that we want that kind of monorman

61
00:02:58.850 --> 00:02:59.840
position on

62
00:02:59.840 --> 00:03:05.290
the way through where we want the the elbow into a little bit more of internal

63
00:03:05.290 --> 00:03:05.960
rotation

64
00:03:05.960 --> 00:03:10.430
as we're coming through that helps create create some of this width but now as

65
00:03:10.430 --> 00:03:11.080
the club

66
00:03:11.080 --> 00:03:17.140
passes there I'm going to try and reverse it and go more into that jazzy Jeff

67
00:03:17.140 --> 00:03:18.120
movement

68
00:03:18.120 --> 00:03:22.390
the thing that they both have in common is that the arm is going to stay more

69
00:03:22.390 --> 00:03:22.920
in front

70
00:03:22.920 --> 00:03:30.240
of the body so first we're going to do a 9 to 3 just to kind of get comfortable

71
00:03:30.240 --> 00:03:30.240
with

72
00:03:30.240 --> 00:03:35.680
a good with our low point and our follow through and where we're going to be

73
00:03:35.680 --> 00:03:35.880
now we're going

74
00:03:35.880 --> 00:03:39.760
to try and not stop at the three position we're going to do nine to follow

75
00:03:39.760 --> 00:03:40.520
through so we're

76
00:03:40.520 --> 00:03:47.620
going to go from this nine o'clock here jazzy Jeff so I'm slowly going past

77
00:03:47.620 --> 00:03:48.760
into this follow

78
00:03:48.760 --> 00:03:54.370
through position or at least sorry past the follow through position up towards

79
00:03:54.370 --> 00:03:55.200
the finish

80
00:03:55.200 --> 00:03:59.670
I want to at least get the club to vertical instead of stopping when the club

81
00:03:59.670 --> 00:04:00.480
is parallel

82
00:04:00.480 --> 00:04:04.320
now we're going to add a little bit of speed so we're going to do more of a 10

83
00:04:04.320 --> 00:04:05.120
to 2 focusing

84
00:04:05.120 --> 00:04:11.260
on the timing of this movement right there and you can see elbows are still in

85
00:04:11.260 --> 00:04:11.900
front

86
00:04:11.900 --> 00:04:17.860
of my chest back is almost facing the target as opposed to a lot of people who

87
00:04:17.860 --> 00:04:18.720
struggle

88
00:04:18.720 --> 00:04:24.600
with this movement will kind of be more like this where the chest has the the

89
00:04:24.600 --> 00:04:25.360
hips are

90
00:04:25.360 --> 00:04:29.490
actually closed the chest is still closed but the arms have gone past the body

91
00:04:29.490 --> 00:04:30.040
into that

92
00:04:30.040 --> 00:04:36.250
follow through okay let's get that out of the system let's do one more 10 to 2

93
00:04:36.250 --> 00:04:36.840
where

94
00:04:36.840 --> 00:04:43.930
we feel a little bit more so that one was pretty good right there and now as we

95
00:04:43.930 --> 00:04:44.080
add

96
00:04:44.080 --> 00:04:48.580
speed as you go closer and closer to your full finish that arm is going to bend

97
00:04:48.580 --> 00:04:48.960
so we're

98
00:04:48.960 --> 00:04:53.660
going to still feel like we keep that elbow more in front of the chest on the

99
00:04:53.660 --> 00:04:54.520
way through

100
00:04:54.520 --> 00:05:02.580
so up towards a full swing elbow is still in front of the chest and it has a

101
00:05:02.580 --> 00:05:03.280
feeling

102
00:05:03.280 --> 00:05:09.030
of the arms being a little bit more this way so it has a feeling of jazzy jeff

103
00:05:09.030 --> 00:05:09.800
movement

104
00:05:09.800 --> 00:05:15.250
kind of more like this as opposed to arms pull around more like that use that

105
00:05:15.250 --> 00:05:15.720
if you

106
00:05:15.720 --> 00:05:20.850
start with some contact patterns or some pull patterns and you see a narrowness

107
00:05:20.850 --> 00:05:21.240
in the follow

108
00:05:21.240 --> 00:05:25.240
through from those arms breaking down too soon getting the lead shoulder going

109
00:05:25.240 --> 00:05:26.080
to more external

110
00:05:26.080 --> 00:05:29.970
rotation is one of the keys for getting that look of keeping a straight left

111
00:05:29.970 --> 00:05:30.880
arm long into

112
00:05:30.880 --> 00:05:31.440
the follow through.
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