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This content video is if it's not alignment, check tempo and tension.

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So oftentimes golfers will get into a pattern where they're hitting it just

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great on the

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range, especially out of my studio.

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And then I'll take them on the course and instantly stuff will break down.

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The most common thing I see breakdown is alignment.

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On the range we often have lines and things that help with our alignment.

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I may even practice a lot with an alignment stick, which I highly recommend.

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But it also, I need to practice being able to duplicate that alignment without

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the stick.

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And sometimes when I'm practicing with the range, my alignment is good and then

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I get

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out on the course and one part of my alignment starts to get way off and that

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just throws

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off all the relationships that I've been practicing on the range.

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But some golfers, you know what?

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We put the camera, I show them their alignment looks good.

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If your alignment looks good, then I want you to check in mentally with tempo

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and tension.

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In general, if the golf swing feels faster, it's typically going to be earlier

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or more

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aggressive arm activity.

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Typically when the body feels or when the swing is dominated more from the legs

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and

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the hips, the swing will feel slower.

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Your club head speed may actually go up or it may feel be the same, but it will

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feel slower

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compared to if I get my arms involved early.

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Typically when you get your arms involved early, it will feel quick.

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It might feel jerky down at the bottom, but it'll feel quick in transition.

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So I like to have golfers when they're practicing on the range, working on at

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least two preferably

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three different tempos.

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So let's say that my normal tempo is about 80%.

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I might have been 75, that was really good.

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I want to see if I can practice a tempo at least a couple notches lower.

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So let's see if I can do a tempo that's more like 50%.

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And it's not so much about the distance that I hit it.

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It's about can I hit it solid with multiple tempos?

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If I struggle to hit it solid with multiple tempos, then usually what happens

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is when

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my sequencing or my excitement level gets a little bit off on the course, when

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I get

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a little amped up, my swing is going to break down.

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So that was the softer tempo.

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Now I also want to be able to hit it solid with a stronger tempo.

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So if I have a hard time swinging above 90%, I feel like I'm less susceptible

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or I feel

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like I'm more likely to have things break down on the course.

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So tempo is one of those big things that can change from the range to the

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course.

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If you're not practicing it or if you're not being aware of it.

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So challenge yourself.

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If you find you're hitting great on the range, you drive over to the T and

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things break down,

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take a little mental inventory and check in to see if you changed your tempo.

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The cousin of tempo is tension.

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So what can happen is golfers either start gripping it tighter with their fore

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arms, they

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tense up their shoulders and their neck, or sometimes you'll see it kind of

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anchored in

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the feet and the knees, but they'll create a little bit more tension.

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And that tension is going to challenge the geometry of the shot, you know,

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instead of

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things swinging smoothly, now there's a little like straight line in the middle

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of what should

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be swinging and all my alignments get off.

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So that one's, you need to practice being aware of where you naturally keep

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your tension

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and about what level and then feel the next time you go on the course, try to

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pay attention.

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Do I store the tension in my jaw, my arms, my hands, my fingers, my hips, my

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back, my

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feet, it can be anywhere or everywhere.

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So just take inventory and then you can do a little relaxation and kind of

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stress relief

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trying to take the tension out next time you're on the range.

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Basically train yourself to be ready for where you're going to store tension.

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So if you breaks down on the course, first, check alignment.

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If that's not it, check tempo.

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If that's not it, check tension.

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When you get those three pretty well corralled, you're much more likely to have

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your range

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game transfer with you to the course.