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This video is path checkpoints, so I'm going to show you a way you can use

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video and the

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position when the club is shaft parallel to the ground either on the downswing

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or in the

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follow through to help you figure out just the general tendencies of what your

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path would

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be.

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So, from the face on camera view, we're talking about roughly there where the

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shaft is parallel

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to the ground and roughly there when the shaft is almost parallel to the ground

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.

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So what I've done is I've put an alignment rod on the ground that I'm going to

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try to

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set up with my hands above and then I've got an alignment stick in a range

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basket.

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If you're out on the driving range, of course, you can stick them in the ground

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, but I've

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got it far enough away that I'm not going to hit it, so I've got an alignment

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stick there

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and I've got an alignment stick here.

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So, now, if I was to set up to a golf ball with my hands more or less on top of

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this

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stick right here, then this is going to be, as long as I have my camera pointed

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roughly

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through my hands, there's going to be a pretty good assessment for where the

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club head is

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compared to my hands at this waist height position.

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So, in general, this is not completely absolute and we'll talk about a couple

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exceptions, but

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in general, the more that my hands are inside of this line or the, sorry, the

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more that

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the club head is inside of this line when my hands are parallel, the more that

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I'm going

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to be a rightward path or a draw or hook bias or potentially block if I don't

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square the

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face, and the more on the follow-through side that the club is on the right

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side or outside

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or above the impact plane, I'm also going to be rightward path dominant or hook

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or block

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bias.

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The opposite would be more of a fade bias, so if I was to take this checkpoint

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right

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here, I'm pretty much in line with the club.

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If I was to be out like so, this would be more or less a leftward path bias,

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which would

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be more of slices, fades, and pulls.

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On the follow-through side, if it's blocked by my body or it's left of where

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this would

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be in line, that's also going to be a leftward path bias with, which typically

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will result

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in pulls, slices, and fades.

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If it's pretty much straight here and straight here, I'm going to have very

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little curve,

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depending on solidness of contact and little things with my release, I'll have

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slight amount

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of curve.

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But if I'm trying to hit a big hook, I'm typically going to try to get the club

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well

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inside here, to potentially well above and outside there.

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If I'm trying to hit a big slice, typically going to get the club well outside

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here and

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well inside there.

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Now some good players will tend to do one of each.

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They will tend to get slightly on the inside here, and then because of their

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body pivot

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and the way that their upper body rotates through their shot, they'll tend to

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get slightly

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inside there.

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I think it's virtually impossible in any type of full swing, possibly in a

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wedge shot,

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when any type of full swing to be outside here and then outside there.

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So that covers the different possibilities, and if you're working on your shot

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shaping,

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so if you slice the ball and you're trying to hit a draw, or if you hook the

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ball and

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you're trying to hit a little bit of a fade, these can be really good

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checkpoints when you

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are checking your own video, or just to help you with the spatial relationship.

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So when I set up the golf ball, I now have a visual, like even if I feel like I

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'm coming

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inside, but if I get here, I know that I'm not.

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So it gives you a good little spatial relationship, and then you can hit full

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shots, as long as

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you put these far enough away that you're in safety, potentially you don't even

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need

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that one on the follow through side, but this can be very helpful for when you

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're working

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on your shot shaping.