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Tyler Ferrell is the only person in the world named to Golf Digest's list of Best
Young Teachers in
America AND its list of Best Golf Fitness Professionals in America.
Improve Weight Transfer with the Reverse Walking Drill
After this video, you'll be able to:
- Feel how to engage your lead leg more effectively during the swing
- Understand the importance of maintaining weight distribution throughout your shot
- Practice the four ball rhythm drill while improving your body mechanics
Learn how to enhance your weight transfer and body movement in the golf swing with the Reverse Walking Drill. This unique approach helps you develop better balance and control while striking the ball.
Video Transcript
WEBVTT
1
00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:08.040
This is the reverse walking drill.
2
00:00:08.040 --> 00:00:11.600
So first I want to give credit to Andreas Cali.
3
00:00:11.600 --> 00:00:15.280
I think that I was listening to a presentation that he was talking about.
4
00:00:15.280 --> 00:00:19.240
I don't know if he came up with it, but it makes a lot of sense.
5
00:00:19.240 --> 00:00:25.780
So as you know, I love the four ball rhythm drill for getting the core to feel
6
00:00:25.780 --> 00:00:26.440
like it's
7
00:00:26.440 --> 00:00:27.440
moving.
8
00:00:27.440 --> 00:00:33.100
I've got a video below of Lee Trevino demonstrating this drill.
9
00:00:33.100 --> 00:00:36.050
He describes it as a way to kind of hit it with your chest turn and not with
10
00:00:36.050 --> 00:00:36.640
your arms,
11
00:00:36.640 --> 00:00:41.040
because it doesn't require, if you hit with your arms, it's going to require a
12
00:00:41.040 --> 00:00:41.680
reset.
13
00:00:41.680 --> 00:00:45.880
But if you hit with your body, it won't require a reset, you can stay in
14
00:00:45.880 --> 00:00:47.240
constant motion.
15
00:00:47.240 --> 00:00:52.160
Now I've traditionally done this drill walking forward.
16
00:00:52.160 --> 00:00:58.980
So basically getting the club swinging like this and then walking forward into
17
00:00:58.980 --> 00:01:00.480
each shot,
18
00:01:00.480 --> 00:01:01.800
kind of like that.
19
00:01:01.800 --> 00:01:07.700
Now the advantage of walking backwards is I think you train the lead leg
20
00:01:07.700 --> 00:01:08.760
working against
21
00:01:08.760 --> 00:01:13.560
the ground more accurately for how it's going to work in the golf swing.
22
00:01:13.560 --> 00:01:18.080
So I'm just going to push that a little bit out of the way.
23
00:01:18.080 --> 00:01:21.430
And the only difference here is I'm still going to do the four ball rhythm
24
00:01:21.430 --> 00:01:22.080
drill, but
25
00:01:22.080 --> 00:01:23.760
I'm going to walk backwards.
26
00:01:23.760 --> 00:01:29.270
And so in walking backwards, what I feel personally is you're going to have to
27
00:01:29.270 --> 00:01:29.840
post up
28
00:01:29.840 --> 00:01:32.720
a little bit better in this lead leg.
29
00:01:32.720 --> 00:01:36.300
And you're going to feel like your weight is moving more towards the back half
30
00:01:36.300 --> 00:01:36.680
of the
31
00:01:36.680 --> 00:01:41.270
foot where when you're walking forward, it's very easy to move into the toes
32
00:01:41.270 --> 00:01:41.960
and kind of
33
00:01:41.960 --> 00:01:47.580
slide forward and kind of cut the follow through or cut the bracing movement in
34
00:01:47.580 --> 00:01:48.000
that
35
00:01:48.000 --> 00:01:49.880
lead hip a little bit short.
36
00:01:49.880 --> 00:01:55.390
So we're just going to get that same now it might take a little bit of getting
37
00:01:55.390 --> 00:01:55.640
used
38
00:01:55.640 --> 00:02:02.180
to where you need to look in order to strike the golf ball because we're used
39
00:02:02.180 --> 00:02:03.040
to moving
40
00:02:03.040 --> 00:02:08.220
that way or kind of focusing that further away from us, but starting further
41
00:02:08.220 --> 00:02:08.560
away, get
42
00:02:08.560 --> 00:02:14.920
it swinging back and forth, got the rhythm and now kind of honing in on the
43
00:02:14.920 --> 00:02:15.960
golf balls
44
00:02:15.960 --> 00:02:17.640
each time.
45
00:02:17.640 --> 00:02:24.360
And as I go through there, I'm going to feel a little bit more bracing or
46
00:02:24.360 --> 00:02:25.700
posting up or
47
00:02:25.700 --> 00:02:29.480
kind of a more stable lead foot, more stable lead side.
48
00:02:29.480 --> 00:02:34.990
And I usually do four, but you can vary it depending on if you're practicing
49
00:02:34.990 --> 00:02:35.640
off mats,
50
00:02:35.640 --> 00:02:40.060
if you're paying for your range balls, you can take more practice swings in
51
00:02:40.060 --> 00:02:41.320
between.
52
00:02:41.320 --> 00:02:50.130
I'm a fan of kind of four, I think it challenges you to kind of keep the focus
53
00:02:50.130 --> 00:02:51.680
long enough
54
00:02:51.680 --> 00:02:52.680
just like that.
55
00:02:52.680 --> 00:02:55.240
Those were getting pretty good.
56
00:02:55.240 --> 00:02:58.980
And in doing so, again, I feel a little bit more of this turtle shell or br
57
00:02:58.980 --> 00:02:59.880
acing or moving
58
00:02:59.880 --> 00:03:03.750
away from the golf ball, some of this anti early extension things that
59
00:03:03.750 --> 00:03:04.760
ultimately lead
60
00:03:04.760 --> 00:03:07.520
to a little bit better core action during your release.
61
00:03:07.520 --> 00:03:13.030
So if you've tried the other one, give this reverse walking a go, and if you've
62
00:03:13.030 --> 00:03:13.480
never
63
00:03:13.480 --> 00:03:17.320
tried one of these drills where you're forced to maintain constant motion, it's
64
00:03:17.320 --> 00:03:17.800
a really
65
00:03:17.800 --> 00:03:22.000
good way for waking up the core and swinging a little bit more body.
66
00:03:22.000 --> 00:03:26.820
So I highly recommend it for getting out of an arm-throat pattern during the
67
00:03:26.820 --> 00:03:27.600
release.
1
00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:08.040
This is the reverse walking drill.
2
00:00:08.040 --> 00:00:11.600
So first I want to give credit to Andreas Cali.
3
00:00:11.600 --> 00:00:15.280
I think that I was listening to a presentation that he was talking about.
4
00:00:15.280 --> 00:00:19.240
I don't know if he came up with it, but it makes a lot of sense.
5
00:00:19.240 --> 00:00:25.780
So as you know, I love the four ball rhythm drill for getting the core to feel
6
00:00:25.780 --> 00:00:26.440
like it's
7
00:00:26.440 --> 00:00:27.440
moving.
8
00:00:27.440 --> 00:00:33.100
I've got a video below of Lee Trevino demonstrating this drill.
9
00:00:33.100 --> 00:00:36.050
He describes it as a way to kind of hit it with your chest turn and not with
10
00:00:36.050 --> 00:00:36.640
your arms,
11
00:00:36.640 --> 00:00:41.040
because it doesn't require, if you hit with your arms, it's going to require a
12
00:00:41.040 --> 00:00:41.680
reset.
13
00:00:41.680 --> 00:00:45.880
But if you hit with your body, it won't require a reset, you can stay in
14
00:00:45.880 --> 00:00:47.240
constant motion.
15
00:00:47.240 --> 00:00:52.160
Now I've traditionally done this drill walking forward.
16
00:00:52.160 --> 00:00:58.980
So basically getting the club swinging like this and then walking forward into
17
00:00:58.980 --> 00:01:00.480
each shot,
18
00:01:00.480 --> 00:01:01.800
kind of like that.
19
00:01:01.800 --> 00:01:07.700
Now the advantage of walking backwards is I think you train the lead leg
20
00:01:07.700 --> 00:01:08.760
working against
21
00:01:08.760 --> 00:01:13.560
the ground more accurately for how it's going to work in the golf swing.
22
00:01:13.560 --> 00:01:18.080
So I'm just going to push that a little bit out of the way.
23
00:01:18.080 --> 00:01:21.430
And the only difference here is I'm still going to do the four ball rhythm
24
00:01:21.430 --> 00:01:22.080
drill, but
25
00:01:22.080 --> 00:01:23.760
I'm going to walk backwards.
26
00:01:23.760 --> 00:01:29.270
And so in walking backwards, what I feel personally is you're going to have to
27
00:01:29.270 --> 00:01:29.840
post up
28
00:01:29.840 --> 00:01:32.720
a little bit better in this lead leg.
29
00:01:32.720 --> 00:01:36.300
And you're going to feel like your weight is moving more towards the back half
30
00:01:36.300 --> 00:01:36.680
of the
31
00:01:36.680 --> 00:01:41.270
foot where when you're walking forward, it's very easy to move into the toes
32
00:01:41.270 --> 00:01:41.960
and kind of
33
00:01:41.960 --> 00:01:47.580
slide forward and kind of cut the follow through or cut the bracing movement in
34
00:01:47.580 --> 00:01:48.000
that
35
00:01:48.000 --> 00:01:49.880
lead hip a little bit short.
36
00:01:49.880 --> 00:01:55.390
So we're just going to get that same now it might take a little bit of getting
37
00:01:55.390 --> 00:01:55.640
used
38
00:01:55.640 --> 00:02:02.180
to where you need to look in order to strike the golf ball because we're used
39
00:02:02.180 --> 00:02:03.040
to moving
40
00:02:03.040 --> 00:02:08.220
that way or kind of focusing that further away from us, but starting further
41
00:02:08.220 --> 00:02:08.560
away, get
42
00:02:08.560 --> 00:02:14.920
it swinging back and forth, got the rhythm and now kind of honing in on the
43
00:02:14.920 --> 00:02:15.960
golf balls
44
00:02:15.960 --> 00:02:17.640
each time.
45
00:02:17.640 --> 00:02:24.360
And as I go through there, I'm going to feel a little bit more bracing or
46
00:02:24.360 --> 00:02:25.700
posting up or
47
00:02:25.700 --> 00:02:29.480
kind of a more stable lead foot, more stable lead side.
48
00:02:29.480 --> 00:02:34.990
And I usually do four, but you can vary it depending on if you're practicing
49
00:02:34.990 --> 00:02:35.640
off mats,
50
00:02:35.640 --> 00:02:40.060
if you're paying for your range balls, you can take more practice swings in
51
00:02:40.060 --> 00:02:41.320
between.
52
00:02:41.320 --> 00:02:50.130
I'm a fan of kind of four, I think it challenges you to kind of keep the focus
53
00:02:50.130 --> 00:02:51.680
long enough
54
00:02:51.680 --> 00:02:52.680
just like that.
55
00:02:52.680 --> 00:02:55.240
Those were getting pretty good.
56
00:02:55.240 --> 00:02:58.980
And in doing so, again, I feel a little bit more of this turtle shell or br
57
00:02:58.980 --> 00:02:59.880
acing or moving
58
00:02:59.880 --> 00:03:03.750
away from the golf ball, some of this anti early extension things that
59
00:03:03.750 --> 00:03:04.760
ultimately lead
60
00:03:04.760 --> 00:03:07.520
to a little bit better core action during your release.
61
00:03:07.520 --> 00:03:13.030
So if you've tried the other one, give this reverse walking a go, and if you've
62
00:03:13.030 --> 00:03:13.480
never
63
00:03:13.480 --> 00:03:17.320
tried one of these drills where you're forced to maintain constant motion, it's
64
00:03:17.320 --> 00:03:17.800
a really
65
00:03:17.800 --> 00:03:22.000
good way for waking up the core and swinging a little bit more body.
66
00:03:22.000 --> 00:03:26.820
So I highly recommend it for getting out of an arm-throat pattern during the
67
00:03:26.820 --> 00:03:27.600
release.
Have questions?
Ask Mulligan for help
Tyler Ferrell is the only person in the world named to Golf Digest's list of
Best Young Teachers in America AND its list of Best Golf Fitness Professionals in America.
Improve Weight Transfer with the Reverse Walking Drill
After this video, you'll be able to:
- Feel how to engage your lead leg more effectively during the swing
- Understand the importance of maintaining weight distribution throughout your shot
- Practice the four ball rhythm drill while improving your body mechanics
Learn how to enhance your weight transfer and body movement in the golf swing with the Reverse Walking Drill. This unique approach helps you develop better balance and control while striking the ball.
Video Transcript
WEBVTT
1
00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:08.040
This is the reverse walking drill.
2
00:00:08.040 --> 00:00:11.600
So first I want to give credit to Andreas Cali.
3
00:00:11.600 --> 00:00:15.280
I think that I was listening to a presentation that he was talking about.
4
00:00:15.280 --> 00:00:19.240
I don't know if he came up with it, but it makes a lot of sense.
5
00:00:19.240 --> 00:00:25.780
So as you know, I love the four ball rhythm drill for getting the core to feel
6
00:00:25.780 --> 00:00:26.440
like it's
7
00:00:26.440 --> 00:00:27.440
moving.
8
00:00:27.440 --> 00:00:33.100
I've got a video below of Lee Trevino demonstrating this drill.
9
00:00:33.100 --> 00:00:36.050
He describes it as a way to kind of hit it with your chest turn and not with
10
00:00:36.050 --> 00:00:36.640
your arms,
11
00:00:36.640 --> 00:00:41.040
because it doesn't require, if you hit with your arms, it's going to require a
12
00:00:41.040 --> 00:00:41.680
reset.
13
00:00:41.680 --> 00:00:45.880
But if you hit with your body, it won't require a reset, you can stay in
14
00:00:45.880 --> 00:00:47.240
constant motion.
15
00:00:47.240 --> 00:00:52.160
Now I've traditionally done this drill walking forward.
16
00:00:52.160 --> 00:00:58.980
So basically getting the club swinging like this and then walking forward into
17
00:00:58.980 --> 00:01:00.480
each shot,
18
00:01:00.480 --> 00:01:01.800
kind of like that.
19
00:01:01.800 --> 00:01:07.700
Now the advantage of walking backwards is I think you train the lead leg
20
00:01:07.700 --> 00:01:08.760
working against
21
00:01:08.760 --> 00:01:13.560
the ground more accurately for how it's going to work in the golf swing.
22
00:01:13.560 --> 00:01:18.080
So I'm just going to push that a little bit out of the way.
23
00:01:18.080 --> 00:01:21.430
And the only difference here is I'm still going to do the four ball rhythm
24
00:01:21.430 --> 00:01:22.080
drill, but
25
00:01:22.080 --> 00:01:23.760
I'm going to walk backwards.
26
00:01:23.760 --> 00:01:29.270
And so in walking backwards, what I feel personally is you're going to have to
27
00:01:29.270 --> 00:01:29.840
post up
28
00:01:29.840 --> 00:01:32.720
a little bit better in this lead leg.
29
00:01:32.720 --> 00:01:36.300
And you're going to feel like your weight is moving more towards the back half
30
00:01:36.300 --> 00:01:36.680
of the
31
00:01:36.680 --> 00:01:41.270
foot where when you're walking forward, it's very easy to move into the toes
32
00:01:41.270 --> 00:01:41.960
and kind of
33
00:01:41.960 --> 00:01:47.580
slide forward and kind of cut the follow through or cut the bracing movement in
34
00:01:47.580 --> 00:01:48.000
that
35
00:01:48.000 --> 00:01:49.880
lead hip a little bit short.
36
00:01:49.880 --> 00:01:55.390
So we're just going to get that same now it might take a little bit of getting
37
00:01:55.390 --> 00:01:55.640
used
38
00:01:55.640 --> 00:02:02.180
to where you need to look in order to strike the golf ball because we're used
39
00:02:02.180 --> 00:02:03.040
to moving
40
00:02:03.040 --> 00:02:08.220
that way or kind of focusing that further away from us, but starting further
41
00:02:08.220 --> 00:02:08.560
away, get
42
00:02:08.560 --> 00:02:14.920
it swinging back and forth, got the rhythm and now kind of honing in on the
43
00:02:14.920 --> 00:02:15.960
golf balls
44
00:02:15.960 --> 00:02:17.640
each time.
45
00:02:17.640 --> 00:02:24.360
And as I go through there, I'm going to feel a little bit more bracing or
46
00:02:24.360 --> 00:02:25.700
posting up or
47
00:02:25.700 --> 00:02:29.480
kind of a more stable lead foot, more stable lead side.
48
00:02:29.480 --> 00:02:34.990
And I usually do four, but you can vary it depending on if you're practicing
49
00:02:34.990 --> 00:02:35.640
off mats,
50
00:02:35.640 --> 00:02:40.060
if you're paying for your range balls, you can take more practice swings in
51
00:02:40.060 --> 00:02:41.320
between.
52
00:02:41.320 --> 00:02:50.130
I'm a fan of kind of four, I think it challenges you to kind of keep the focus
53
00:02:50.130 --> 00:02:51.680
long enough
54
00:02:51.680 --> 00:02:52.680
just like that.
55
00:02:52.680 --> 00:02:55.240
Those were getting pretty good.
56
00:02:55.240 --> 00:02:58.980
And in doing so, again, I feel a little bit more of this turtle shell or br
57
00:02:58.980 --> 00:02:59.880
acing or moving
58
00:02:59.880 --> 00:03:03.750
away from the golf ball, some of this anti early extension things that
59
00:03:03.750 --> 00:03:04.760
ultimately lead
60
00:03:04.760 --> 00:03:07.520
to a little bit better core action during your release.
61
00:03:07.520 --> 00:03:13.030
So if you've tried the other one, give this reverse walking a go, and if you've
62
00:03:13.030 --> 00:03:13.480
never
63
00:03:13.480 --> 00:03:17.320
tried one of these drills where you're forced to maintain constant motion, it's
64
00:03:17.320 --> 00:03:17.800
a really
65
00:03:17.800 --> 00:03:22.000
good way for waking up the core and swinging a little bit more body.
66
00:03:22.000 --> 00:03:26.820
So I highly recommend it for getting out of an arm-throat pattern during the
67
00:03:26.820 --> 00:03:27.600
release.
1
00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:08.040
This is the reverse walking drill.
2
00:00:08.040 --> 00:00:11.600
So first I want to give credit to Andreas Cali.
3
00:00:11.600 --> 00:00:15.280
I think that I was listening to a presentation that he was talking about.
4
00:00:15.280 --> 00:00:19.240
I don't know if he came up with it, but it makes a lot of sense.
5
00:00:19.240 --> 00:00:25.780
So as you know, I love the four ball rhythm drill for getting the core to feel
6
00:00:25.780 --> 00:00:26.440
like it's
7
00:00:26.440 --> 00:00:27.440
moving.
8
00:00:27.440 --> 00:00:33.100
I've got a video below of Lee Trevino demonstrating this drill.
9
00:00:33.100 --> 00:00:36.050
He describes it as a way to kind of hit it with your chest turn and not with
10
00:00:36.050 --> 00:00:36.640
your arms,
11
00:00:36.640 --> 00:00:41.040
because it doesn't require, if you hit with your arms, it's going to require a
12
00:00:41.040 --> 00:00:41.680
reset.
13
00:00:41.680 --> 00:00:45.880
But if you hit with your body, it won't require a reset, you can stay in
14
00:00:45.880 --> 00:00:47.240
constant motion.
15
00:00:47.240 --> 00:00:52.160
Now I've traditionally done this drill walking forward.
16
00:00:52.160 --> 00:00:58.980
So basically getting the club swinging like this and then walking forward into
17
00:00:58.980 --> 00:01:00.480
each shot,
18
00:01:00.480 --> 00:01:01.800
kind of like that.
19
00:01:01.800 --> 00:01:07.700
Now the advantage of walking backwards is I think you train the lead leg
20
00:01:07.700 --> 00:01:08.760
working against
21
00:01:08.760 --> 00:01:13.560
the ground more accurately for how it's going to work in the golf swing.
22
00:01:13.560 --> 00:01:18.080
So I'm just going to push that a little bit out of the way.
23
00:01:18.080 --> 00:01:21.430
And the only difference here is I'm still going to do the four ball rhythm
24
00:01:21.430 --> 00:01:22.080
drill, but
25
00:01:22.080 --> 00:01:23.760
I'm going to walk backwards.
26
00:01:23.760 --> 00:01:29.270
And so in walking backwards, what I feel personally is you're going to have to
27
00:01:29.270 --> 00:01:29.840
post up
28
00:01:29.840 --> 00:01:32.720
a little bit better in this lead leg.
29
00:01:32.720 --> 00:01:36.300
And you're going to feel like your weight is moving more towards the back half
30
00:01:36.300 --> 00:01:36.680
of the
31
00:01:36.680 --> 00:01:41.270
foot where when you're walking forward, it's very easy to move into the toes
32
00:01:41.270 --> 00:01:41.960
and kind of
33
00:01:41.960 --> 00:01:47.580
slide forward and kind of cut the follow through or cut the bracing movement in
34
00:01:47.580 --> 00:01:48.000
that
35
00:01:48.000 --> 00:01:49.880
lead hip a little bit short.
36
00:01:49.880 --> 00:01:55.390
So we're just going to get that same now it might take a little bit of getting
37
00:01:55.390 --> 00:01:55.640
used
38
00:01:55.640 --> 00:02:02.180
to where you need to look in order to strike the golf ball because we're used
39
00:02:02.180 --> 00:02:03.040
to moving
40
00:02:03.040 --> 00:02:08.220
that way or kind of focusing that further away from us, but starting further
41
00:02:08.220 --> 00:02:08.560
away, get
42
00:02:08.560 --> 00:02:14.920
it swinging back and forth, got the rhythm and now kind of honing in on the
43
00:02:14.920 --> 00:02:15.960
golf balls
44
00:02:15.960 --> 00:02:17.640
each time.
45
00:02:17.640 --> 00:02:24.360
And as I go through there, I'm going to feel a little bit more bracing or
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posting up or
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kind of a more stable lead foot, more stable lead side.
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And I usually do four, but you can vary it depending on if you're practicing
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off mats,
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if you're paying for your range balls, you can take more practice swings in
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between.
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I'm a fan of kind of four, I think it challenges you to kind of keep the focus
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long enough
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just like that.
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Those were getting pretty good.
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And in doing so, again, I feel a little bit more of this turtle shell or br
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acing or moving
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away from the golf ball, some of this anti early extension things that
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ultimately lead
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to a little bit better core action during your release.
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So if you've tried the other one, give this reverse walking a go, and if you've
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never
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tried one of these drills where you're forced to maintain constant motion, it's
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a really
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good way for waking up the core and swinging a little bit more body.
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So I highly recommend it for getting out of an arm-throat pattern during the
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release.
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