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The concept video is discussing release training aids.

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So oftentimes golfers struggle with feeling the arms and the hand motion during

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the release.

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And I have a couple different videos that highlight some different training

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aids and

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I just wanted to kind of like tie them together into some like comparing

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contrast.

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You can see the advantages of each of them.

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So we're going to talk about the educator, the hanger, and just using an

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alignment

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stick or a swing extender.

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I've got videos on all of these.

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So the educator is a kind of like half a hanger.

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It just attaches to the end of the grip there.

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This is their newer version, which is a little bit more sturdy than their old

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version.

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But it still tends to move a good bit.

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If you're on the shorter side, it can be a little bit too long.

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But if you're ever sized or above, it's got a simple utility, which is the main

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mechanism

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is I'm now going to be able to feel the motorcycle movement based on where the

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butt

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end of the club is rather than just where the club head is.

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So the goal here is once you've set the club, if you do the motorcycle move,

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now when you

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bring it back, it will be on the outside of the arm as opposed to on the inside

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So this can be really helpful for golfers who tend to kind of pull down this

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way and

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then use more of a flip to square the club face.

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They'll get that early awareness there that it's not hitting the outside of the

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arm.

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The other thing that I like is most of these training aids when you're working

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on the release,

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you want to emphasize kind of holding that follow through position.

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And then you can check it and see where it is there.

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With the educator, it's really easy to see as the educator on the outside of

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the arm

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or the inside of the arm.

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And you can also look at it at impact trying to create a little extra space.

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Not a bad little training aid, I have a few students that love it.

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The next one is the swing extender.

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Now the downside to the swing extender, the upside is a cheat.

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Most people have an alignment stick.

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The downside to the swing extender is classically, I've done it with just

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holding the swing extender

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at the bottom of the club, in which case it can be a little bit, you know, mess

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es up

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your feel because it changes your grip.

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So this one, I have the alignment stick stuck into the club.

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Now it changes the weight just a little bit where the other aids are a little

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bit more

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light.

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So if you're really sensitive, that could be something to watch out for.

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The other thing it does is it forces your setup to be a little bit exaggerated

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across

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your body because in order to, you can see, I keep trying to put this in front

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of me,

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but I can't because of the sticks there.

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The other downside is with the educator, I can do bigger swings and just go

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through

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the position.

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It might move and I have to adjust it, but I can at least go there where this

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one, I'm

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really limited in the length of the follow through, potentially if you do some

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excessive

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movements with your arms, you might be able to release it.

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But I typically use this for nine to three training only, maybe the occasional

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10 to

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three or swing hard stop short.

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But this is one of the best for helping you get aware of where your hands are

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at impact.

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And it provides really clear feedback.

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I have a lot of students who initially benefit from feeling the, if the stick

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whacks your

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ribs, then you know that you extended the wrist or flexed that trail wrist.

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So you had a little bit more of a scoop style release compared to that one,

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which didn't

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hit me.

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So for some people who really struggle with getting shaft lean, like the club

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is pointing

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more at the right thigh kind of back like this.

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This can be really powerful for getting used to, especially like feeling

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extension in the

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wrist and feeling the hands a little bit more ahead kind of like this instead

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of in a stronger

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position for a wrist but a weaker position for the club face.

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So that one, the swing extender potentially provides more feedback for the

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trail wrist

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in order to get into that lead position compared to the hanger and the educator

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So like I said, the hanger is just a bigger version of the educator, right?

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Like instead of it just sticking out some, it goes all the way around.

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So because it goes all the way around, you can't get it to the other side.

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But the advantage to that is you can apply a little bit of resistance and

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pressure.

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And it, because it has two attachments, it stays in place a little bit better.

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So you can actually do a little bit of a kind of a muscle activation where you

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bring the

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club back and then bow the wrist and try to kind of maintain that pressure.

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The other thing that this can do is I find it's really helpful for working on

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ulnar deviation.

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So I've got this flex position to maintain the pressure of the hanger.

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That's going to get me back to here.

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And then I can use where is the swing extender or the stick part of it to see

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if I've ulnar

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deviated.

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People will have more of a rotation and they'll finish down here where if I'm

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getting better

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ulnar deviation, it's going to finish closer to in line with the forearm.

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So again, I'd primarily use it on nine to threes.

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But you can with this and the educator do bigger swings and try to kind of feel

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like you can

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go past it where with the swing extender, you can really only do nine to threes

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So their advantages, disadvantages, I use all of them in my teaching.

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Some people like some more than others.

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If my demonstration in the videos help you, maybe you'll figure out, you'll

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pick one that

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you feel like you're going to use and you would benefit from.

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It's going to provide the feedback that just makes the most sense to you

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intuitively.

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I don't think you can go wrong.

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But if you're struggling with your release and it's really breaking down,

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sometimes having

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this external feedback gives you the extra information that your brain needs to

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solve

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the issue, figure out where your hands need to be, how to release them, and

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ultimately

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how to build a more consistent impact position.

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