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- This drill is to stab the wall.

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This drill is to help with golfers

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who tend to lose delivery position,

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either from getting too steep from down the line

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or too outside this way,

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or more commonly I'll use this for golfers

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who are on plane, but the club is just way behind them.

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So it's behind that kind of lag checkpoint at thyparallel.

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So this usually is helpful for golfers

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who tend to get really active

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with their shoulders early in transition

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instead of using their hips and their core.

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So we're gonna pretend that this is a wall instead of a chair

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and I'm going to hold the club in a split grip

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kind of like this and I'm going to slide up.

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So I've got at least a few inches

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sticking out from my left hand.

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And now I'm gonna get into a position

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where basically the club would hit the wall

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but my body wouldn't hit it at the same time.

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So it's sticking out with just a little bit further like this.

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So now I'm gonna go up to the top

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and as I come down, I'm just gonna get my arm

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into a good delivery position kind of like this.

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And then I'm going to turn my body

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until the butt end of the club would hit the wall like this.

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And I wanna feel like I'm kind of building up speed

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gradually into hitting the wall.

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So I'm not applying a lot of speed really quickly.

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I'm kind of building it and getting most of the speed

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right here at this kind of checkpoint.

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So if I'm contacting the wall like this,

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then what's happening is I'm using more of my hips

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and my core to bring my arms into position.

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If I got outside with it, you would see that I would hit

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the wall and more of an oblique angle like this.

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So I would kind of have a feel like that.

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Or if I was to throw it behind,

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it would never hit the wall.

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It would stay behind me.

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What I would normally do in this wing

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is if it was way behind me like this,

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I'd lunge into the wall instead of getting the arms in front

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in order to get the grip to touch the wall.

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So this will help you feel that combination

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of staying centered with the upper body

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and a little bit more of this white movement

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with your arms and shoulders.

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Okay, so once I have this feeling,

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I'm going to try and take that feeling to a golf shot.

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So now I'm gonna try to feel like I get into this position

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during the downswing.

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And then from here, I'm just going to extend those arms.

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So I like doing this as a pump drill

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after I've gotten this feeling of doing the wall work

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a few times.

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So I'm pumping it into that position.

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And then it basically becomes more of a delivery

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and go type movement where I'm in that position

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and I just let the arms release.

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This may take a feeling of softness in your shoulders,

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especially if I'm used to really creating a lot of tension,

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which often gets the club a little bit more behind you like this.

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So this is a really good kind of overall drill

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for working on sequencing and delivery position.

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Then once you have a feeling of a good speed,

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you can take it into a little bit more

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of a normal length swing.

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Feeling like I stabbed the wall and then released.

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So if you get a little early in transition,

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stabbing the wall can help you delay the arm action

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and lead your transition a little bit more with your core.

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