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In this analysis video, we're going to take a look at the left tilt in

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transition.

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Now, there are two major body movements to transition, one being the Jackson 5

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or kind

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of the lateral shift, and two being this left tilt or staying in your posture.

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So we're going to take a look at a couple different angles so that we can

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really visualize

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this transition movement of the body, and specifically the left tilt and how it

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helps

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kind of load what we want to do during the release.

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So over here on the right, we have Rory McRoy, and I'm going to show you a

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couple different

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camera angles where it's possible to view this, but it's a subtle movement.

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So typically 3D is going to be the easiest place where you can observe it.

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What you'll see in 3D is that the left tilt will continue to increase until

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just after

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the top of the swing, and then the flexion or going into the flexion pattern is

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going

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to increase even a little bit longer.

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So there's a combination of this left tilt and flexion that's kind of happening

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during

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transition.

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So you can kind of see it from the down the line view.

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If we take a look at Rory there, I've got two different lines.

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You can see that he's not only lowering, you can see that the angle or the left

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side of

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his shoulder is kind of breaking through this line more so than his middle or

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kind of his

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belly button area.

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So that's the indication that he's kind of creating a little bit more of this

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left tilt

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with the left side of his ribcage during that first phase of transition.

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Now if we take a look at an amateur who I have his 3D graph and is not left til

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ting in transition,

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what you'll see is as he starts down, everything kind of starts working away

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from that line

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almost instantly and the posture is actually increasing in angle.

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So if we were to take a look, you can see that he's moving away from those

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lines where

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Rory's upper body is basically breaking through them.

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Now if I was to just look at head height, that would obviously depend on camera

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angle, but

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you can see that this golfer is dropping his head.

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Now part of that is because of the lateral movement of the pelvis, part of it

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is the

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movement that's happening at the lower body.

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So using the head is not a very good way to visualize or to monitor whether or

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not you're

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having this left tilt or keeping your spine angle in transition.

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But I'm going to show you a view where I think it's almost as easy to view it

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in 3D, but

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unfortunately it's kind of a risky view.

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Over on the right we have Rory McElroy, who, this is part of the reason why I

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used him

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for the down the line is because A, I've seen his 3D file, I know he does this

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very well,

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B, he was one of the golfers that I was able to find a very good target line

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view on.

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So here what we'll see is as he starts his downswing, you can see that increase

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in the

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left tilt of the upper part of the spine. So you can see that upper body is

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kind of getting

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closer and he's also tilting a little bit left.

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Now the reason that you want to do that is because getting that upper body to

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tilt slightly

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to the left is going to cause the way that he is pushing against the ground to

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be more

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away from the target and less straight down.

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Imagine a running back or a soccer player that's going to change directions

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very quickly.

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They're going to get their upper body close to the ground and away from their

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foot so

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that they'll have basically a bigger moment arm or a better leverage to push

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against the

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ground from.

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It's part of the reason why the golfers are doing this is to change the

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direction that

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they're able to push against the ground with.

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So over on the left we have a teaching pro in Maryland who's a very good ball

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striker

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that I used to work with and he was brave enough to take one of these down or

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from the

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target line camera views and you can see that left tilt kind of right in there

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of the upper

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body turning into flexion and then it's not until right about here that you

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start to see

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it going into that right side bend.

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So again we'll just kind of toggle back and forth a few and you can kind of

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visualize

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what's happening with that upper body getting slightly steeper and that's part

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of the reason

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why the arms have to shallow a bit because if we go back over here to Rory McR

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oy if those

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arms were to rotate to the left you would tend to see the shaft get very very

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vertical

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because of what's going on with the upper body.

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So building off of the left tilt and transition then what will happen is during

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the release

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it will go into right side bend as that leg is pushing through and that

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rotation and upper

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body bend will help create the platform for those arms to extend through the

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shot.

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This is also a great camera view for being able to see the impact alignments.

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So this camera is well down on the target line and when he's making contact you

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can

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see that his belt buckle and even his chest are kind of pointed out at this

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camera.

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That allows for his arms to extend.

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So while this video is hopefully to show you about this left tilt and

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transition we might

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as well take advantage of the camera angles and look at where these golfers are

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typically

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pointed at impact and how that enables their arms to extend.

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Most amateur golfers which unfortunately we don't have I was unable to find a

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very good

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camera view like this because you'd be putting your camera at risk.

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Most amateur golfers would be facing much more at the golf ball and so as a

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result you

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would tend to see their arms bend on the way through in a little bit more of a

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chicken

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wing pattern.

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And now we have two more golfers we can take a look at.

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We've got Ricky Fowler on the right Dustin Johnson on the left.

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The both camera views were intended to highlight the lower body but they

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actually do a pretty

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good job of showing what we're trying to look at at the rib cage.

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So when he's up at the top of the swing right about here you can see that his

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shoulder is

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all the way up at the top of the screen and then as he starts working down it's

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that

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early first part of transition as he's shifting his pressure onto the left foot

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he's increasing

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just slightly the amount of left side bend over here on the left we'll be able

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to see

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even more exaggerated version from Dustin Johnson so you can see that as he's

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changing

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direction during that early part of transition you can think of it a lot of

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golfers feel

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it as more of a flexion pattern but you can clearly see that it's actually

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going 90 degrees

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to where his chest is facing so it's technically more of a left side bend.

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But it's that movement that allows that as his upper body or his lower body

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shifts over

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here and his upper body is going down that's going to cause the direction that

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he's pushing

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with his foot to go from pushing kind of like this to more like that it's not

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so much that

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he's able to push harder but it changes the direction which is one of the hall

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marks of

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very good drivers of the golf ball especially.

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So if you're struggling with early extension if you're struggling with getting

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your arms

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to shallow perhaps you're not doing enough of this left side bend in transition

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.

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Now if you start to implement this left side bend in transition or the

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increased flexion

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in transition and you start to hit toe contact or you start to hit really kind

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of clunky

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steep contact then it's a very good indication that you're not shallowing out

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the club.

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This down the target line view is also great for seeing how they're able to

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rotate their

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arms and get into that shallow arm position and ultimately that combination

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allows them

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to get great extension on the way through which is one of those big keys to

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consistency.

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If you're having trouble implementing this in your own game feel free to submit

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a video

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or send us an email and we can help you figure out what's holding you back.