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In this concept video, we're going to explore the loss of posture swing pattern

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So the loss of posture swing pattern is a very common amateur swing pattern,

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and it's

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essentially a lift of the thorax during the backswing.

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So when we look on video, we'll look from the down the line, and typically a

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loss of

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posture will look like this.

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It will look as if my body is kind of standing up as I'm making this backswing.

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But it's important to understand what this loss of posture actually is so that

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you can

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find the easiest way to correct it, because it tends to limit both power

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production as

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well as consistency.

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And since it's a backswing issue, it tends to be easier to work on and have

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faster improvements

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than, say, an early extension or a cast swing pattern, which is more of a down

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swing and

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power-driven movement.

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So with this loss of posture, basically, I'm bent a certain amount at a set-up

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position,

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and a lot of amateurs and beginners tend to think that I'm going to stay in the

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same

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flex and I'm going to rotate.

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And if I did, you could see it would end up looking like this, and my shoulders

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would

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be more or less level to the ground.

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But if I did that facing you, you can see that my upper body shifted a whole

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lot in

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order to do that.

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So in order for my upper body to rotate, I actually have to stand up a little

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bit during

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the backswing.

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Now while I'm doing this little stand-up move, I'm replacing it with left side

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bend, because

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this loss of posture is really just a lack of left side bend for a right-handed

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golfer.

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So when I make my backswing, you'll see that you are now facing my chest.

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So if I was to lift up, it would essentially be bringing this left shoulder up

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or going

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like this.

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So during the backswing, what you'll tend to see is there's a blend of rotation

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and side

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bend and extension in order to stay in more or less a centered pivot position.

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A lot of amateurs struggle with this side bend movement, partly because of what

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muscles

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this side bend movement would load.

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The side bend movement would load more of my rotational muscles in my core and

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my hips,

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where this stand-up move tends to load my flexing muscles.

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So if I feel like I want to create most of my power from a chop or most of my

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power

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from kind of a crunch, almost like I'm using an axe, those two movements would

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actually

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be encouraged for me to have this loss of posture.

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So because it's a backswing issue, it tends to have less of an influence on the

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face and

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path, at least neurologically, but it can reveal what you're trying to do

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during the

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downswing as far as power production.

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So loss of posture is typically going to be, I'm not going to create a lot of

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speed rotating

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my body.

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Instead, I'm going to create speed with more of this upper body crunch movement

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Now from a technical standpoint, there are three major reasons why I tend to

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see this

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loss of posture during the backswing.

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The first one is going to be one of the more common, which is a lack of forearm

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rotation

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during the backswing.

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When I'm set up to the golf ball, and I'll actually do this facing you, when I

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'm set

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up to the golf ball, you can see that the club, if I was to just hinge my arms

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like

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so, would work very vertically, right?

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In order for it to more or less match my spine angle, my left arm is going to

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have to rotate

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kind of like this, and my right shoulder is going to rotate slightly like that.

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So typically what will happen is amateurs will get in their set up posture, and

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if I

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was to keep my arms in the same orientation compared to the club, and I made a

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backswing,

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it would look something like this.

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Well, if I don't know or if I'm not comfortable rotating this because it tends

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to open the

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face and can cause me to hit the ball off to the right, unless I know what to

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do during

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transition, well then another way that I could correct it is by standing up,

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that now gets

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the club underneath my hand so I can support the weight of a club, and it's

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given me this

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look of a kind of an on-plane backswing.

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Unfortunately it made it very difficult for me to make my lower body lead the

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downswing,

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shallow it out with my arms, and all the other good transition pieces that we

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talk about

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in the transition section.

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So number one for working on this loss of posture is letting your arms rotate

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some, whether

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it's 40 degrees, 60 degrees, letting your arms rotate some during the backswing

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will

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create a really flat shoulder or a really flat swing path unless you were to

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balance

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it with having a little bit more of that left side bend.

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The second most common reason that I'll see this loss of posture pattern is

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going to

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be gripping it in the palm.

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So we have a few videos to help you understand how to grip the club in the

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setup section,

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but if you're gripped in the palm essentially what will happen is that will

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limit how much

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you can use your wrist.

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So when I limit how much I can use my wrist, I'm not going to be able to create

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that lever

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and create a ton of speed from my wrist so I'm going to use more of my elbows,

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more of

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my shoulders, and more of my back.

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So it ends up looking, I get to a point where I should bend my wrist, but I can

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't because

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of how I'm gripping the club, so then I end up lifting up like so in order to

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finish the

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swing.

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And that's somewhat similar connected to the third piece which is more of a

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physical issue,

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which is a lot of people who struggle with this loss of posture tend to

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struggle from

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weakness in their mid back.

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Now obviously I put the technique first because I think that a lot of it is

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this concept

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and what you're supposed to do and not really understanding that.

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But if you know what you're supposed to do and you still have trouble, it's

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either going

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to be I'm not creating speed in the downswing the right way or I have a

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weakness in my mid

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back and this loss of posture is actually taking some of the stress off of my

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left shoulder

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blade and redistributing it more into my lower back.

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So that would kind of look like this where if my arms are somewhat wide and out

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in front

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of me kind of like so, my mid back muscles are actually holding a weight that's

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quite

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far away from me.

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So it takes a little bit of strength for them to do so.

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Often times if I was to raise this left shoulder and bend these arms, it brings

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everything

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closer to me and now my back doesn't have to support the weight nearly as

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dramatically

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as if I was in my good posture.

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So those are the three main causes for this loss of posture.

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As you'll see in the analysis video, there is one great model you can look at

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who's Kenny

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Perry who is a great ball striker who has this issue but you'll see that what

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he does

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is very different from what amateurs do.

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So go through the drills and the analysis video in this section and hopefully

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that will help

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you understand what I think is one of the big fundamentals which is how to

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control this

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steady pivot because there are very few elite golfers who don't have a very

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steady pivot

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and there are many, many amateurs who don't.

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And because this is a backswing issue, you should be able to make relatively

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fast improvements

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and will have big effects once you figure out what your barrier is to staying

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in your

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posture.