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- This kind of video is answering Greg's question

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about transferring linear speed to angular speed.

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So basically looking at the idea that at some point

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I want this club to go kind of whipping through impact

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and create a lot of speed.

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So there's two different ideas here.

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There's how I'm applying force or creating speed

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in the grip and then how I'm gonna transfer that speed

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to the club head.

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Now this question actually has a pretty simple answer.

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The simple answer is that I want to use my body

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to pull on the club in a specific direction

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that causes the club to kick out

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as opposed to using my hands to just throw the club out.

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So essentially, if I was in this position right here

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and I anchored the club with my right hand,

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if I pull like this, that's gonna cause the club

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to go throwing out towards the golf ball.

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That's more of what I want to get as opposed to

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if I anchor here with my left hand

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and I was to then throw the club by kind of pushing

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on the club with my hands.

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So what many amateurs do is they get to a certain point

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somewhere around here and then they start using the wrist

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and kind of twisting the grip and throwing the club

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down to the golf ball.

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Ideally, what you're gonna do is you are going to apply force

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in the direction of the grip during the whole swing.

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So when I'm up here, I'm going to apply force

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at this camera.

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Boom, now when I'm here, I'm gonna use body rotation

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to apply force briefly down at the ground.

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But now that I'm here, I'm going to apply force

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out in front of the golf ball.

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That's kind of the white movement right there.

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And that brought the club head below parallel.

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Now as I start applying force this way,

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that's going to then take that linear speed

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and convert it to angular and get it to pull out

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or get the club to kick out and go down towards the ground

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and into the golf ball.

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This concept of basically using my body rotation

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and the direction that I'm pulling in order to create

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the angular speed tends to create more of this flat spot

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at the bottom that gives us a little bit more consistency.

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So if you struggle with either getting this too soon,

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so if I use just my hands to create that angular speed,

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then what'll happen is it's pretty slow.

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And I just kind of like sweep the whole thing.

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So I go angular first and then I go linear second.

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Ideally, because of creating some lag

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and using my body sequence, I'm gonna tend to go linear

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a lot longer into the downswing and that linear speed

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is eventually going to create the angular speed.

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So if you pay attention to some of the subtleties

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in the release videos and the transition videos,

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you'll figure out how to connect this kind of angular speed

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but some are linear speed to angular speed.

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But sometimes for golfers like Greg

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who wanna be able to visualize it a little bit better,

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hopefully the idea of applying force along the grip,

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the entire swing helps clarify things.

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So now just demonstrating those two different ways.

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So that one there, I'm basically feeling like I'm pulling

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along the club and the club just goes down to the ball

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because of my bracing and the counter movement

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down during the release versus if I bring it up

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and I start kind of throwing it at the ball,

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I was able to create some good contact there

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and I hit a reasonable shot for this particular case,

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but it feels like it's a lot more timing dependent

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because I'm using my hands and not creating as good

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a flat spot.

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So get that body leading the swing,

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learn how to use the arms to support them

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and that'll help you solve the puzzle of transferring

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that linear speed into angular in the most efficient way.

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