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This drill is the side saddle 9-3.

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So the side saddle 9-3 is kind of an extreme version of the Trevino drill.

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But what I think it does that is a little bit more specific than the Trevino

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drill is

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it really emphasizes the side bend and spine rotation at impact.

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So the side saddle 9-3 is going to be really easy.

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We're just going to stand side saddles, so we're going to stand so my back is

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to the

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camera.

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I'm facing the target.

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And now my goal is to get my body, my upper body into impact position.

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So to do that, first I'm going to side bend, not quite to max, but pretty close

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so that

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my shoulders are pointing down towards the golf ball, and then I'm going to

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rotate backward

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so that my shoulders are pretty close to parallel to the alignment stick on the

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ground.

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So step 1, side bend.

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Step 2, rotate.

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And now if I put my hand so that they're ahead, kind of like this, I get a

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sense of this right

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side really being crunched, this left side really being stretched.

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This is pretty much an exaggerated version, but on the right track, a similar

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feeling

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that you will get to a good impact position, where oftentimes the Trevino drill

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, you'll

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just kind of start really kind of overdoing things with your arms, at least

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until you

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figure out.

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This can be a good starting point, and then the Trevino drill, where you're

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only open

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about 40 degrees, can be a good bridge to working back this feeling towards

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your full

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swing.

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Okay, so this is a 9 to 3 drill, so we're going to do this right here.

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And part of the reason it's a 9 to 3 is that's about as far as I can bring it

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back without

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letting my, changing my lower body orientation.

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So I'm pre-setting this impact feel, hands are a little bit ahead, and then I'm

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just

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going to do kind of a 9 to 3, and you'll hear really good solid crisp contact.

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You'll see a very low flight because I have a bunch of shaft lean, but because

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my body,

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because my upper body is in this kind of twisted position, it actually feels

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shallow at the

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same time.

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So we'll do one more like that because I didn't really like that last one.

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So preset all this, good crunch, that one's pretty good.

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Now the big key is to take that feeling and apply it to your regular 9 to 3.

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So now I'm going to take my normal setup, I see a lot of people start kind of

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cheating

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it and pre-setting it some more.

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And now I'm going to try to get back to that same exaggerated feel where my

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hips are facing

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the target.

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My shoulders are tilted down, but also square to the target, kind of like that.

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So now we're going to have to be patient with our arms to give our hips enough

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time

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to get all the way open so that I can get into that impact position.

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If I get there to the top and then I fire with my arms, firing with your arms

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because

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where the arms attach onto the pelvis will almost always limit your body

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getting open.

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So this kind of side saddle 9 to 3 gives you more of a sense of the body

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getting open.

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And you can add a little bit of kind of pop to this, similar to like the pelvic

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punch drill.

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So you can add a little bit of pop to this and try to hit these quite far from

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this shorter

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backswing 9 to 3 position to really help the sequencing.

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And even with the pop, it should still be smooth.

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So we'll do one more, so we're going to bring it back.

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Really pop.

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And that one's going pretty good distance, 8 iron, maybe 140, 150 yards, as

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opposed to

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my normal kind of 165.

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So it's a good percentage for how short of a swing I'm taking that kind of

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shows you

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some of the power of using your core in proper sequence.

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So if you look it down the line and you're losing, you're not getting enough

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side bend

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on the way through, or you're not getting your hips open, the exaggerated drill

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, like

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the side saddle drill, the Trevino drill, they can help you get that sense of

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this twisted

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spine.

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And then once you have that feeling of the twisted spine, you can apply that to

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your

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regular 9 to 3s, 10 to 2s, and up to your full swing.

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All right, so let's apply that to a full swing kind of like that.