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America AND its list of Best Golf Fitness Professionals in America.
Improve Your Arm Movement with the Step and Throw Drill
After this video, you'll be able to:
- Understand how stepping towards the target influences arm movement
- Differentiate between arm positioning for wedges and drivers
- Develop a feel for upper body bracing and axis tilt during your swing
In this video, you'll learn the Step and Throw drill to enhance your arm movement and body alignment in your swing. This practice will help you develop better timing and direction for your arms as you prepare for your shots.
Video Transcript
WEBVTT
1
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This drill is step and throw the arms forward so this is a great drill that you
2
00:00:05.040 --> 00:00:06.240
can use practicing
3
00:00:06.240 --> 00:00:11.120
at home to work on some of the bracing concepts, some of the axis tilt concepts
4
00:00:11.120 --> 00:00:13.200
or the upper body
5
00:00:13.200 --> 00:00:17.480
awareness as it relates to the timing and the direction of the arms. So I'm
6
00:00:17.480 --> 00:00:18.400
actually going to
7
00:00:18.400 --> 00:00:22.420
put down the club and I'm going to show you two different versions of this. One
8
00:00:22.420 --> 00:00:23.280
would be more of
9
00:00:23.280 --> 00:00:27.600
an iron version and one would be more of a driver version. The general drill is
10
00:00:27.600 --> 00:00:28.880
pretty simple.
11
00:00:28.880 --> 00:00:32.990
I'm going to start with my feet together and I'm going to take a step towards
12
00:00:32.990 --> 00:00:33.840
the target kind
13
00:00:33.840 --> 00:00:38.880
of like so and then what I'm going to do is I'm going to throw my arms away
14
00:00:38.880 --> 00:00:40.000
from my body.
15
00:00:40.000 --> 00:00:47.200
So I'm going to use that body momentum or use kind of the the stepping as the
16
00:00:47.200 --> 00:00:50.560
initiator of the sequence and then when I get into that left leg I'm going to
17
00:00:50.560 --> 00:00:51.280
throw my arms
18
00:00:51.280 --> 00:00:55.370
towards the target so it'll look something like this. Now the two different
19
00:00:55.370 --> 00:00:56.320
versions depend on
20
00:00:56.320 --> 00:01:00.880
what you're working on. If you're working on more of your wedge swing, your
21
00:01:00.880 --> 00:01:01.840
scoring clubs,
22
00:01:01.840 --> 00:01:07.120
what will happen it'll be a little shorter step. I'm going to throw more down
23
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and my upper body is
24
00:01:08.000 --> 00:01:14.910
going to drift slightly forward so it'll go kind of like that where it'll brace
25
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up or it'll post up
26
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and even let my upper body continue. Now if I'm doing this with with the
27
00:01:22.210 --> 00:01:23.520
intention of more the
28
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driver swing or the three wood swing then what should happen is once I step
29
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into this front leg
30
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that's it for my upper body going towards the target. I'm going to then start
31
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my upper body
32
00:01:34.800 --> 00:01:40.060
working away from my target even though my arms are going to extend towards the
33
00:01:40.060 --> 00:01:41.440
target and that'll
34
00:01:41.440 --> 00:01:44.510
create this interesting look with the leg but it's not something that I'm
35
00:01:44.510 --> 00:01:46.160
necessarily trying to do.
36
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What you'll see is that this leg is typically going to kind of slide behind
37
00:01:51.040 --> 00:01:52.880
similar to the old
38
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Greg Norman slide the trail foot towards the lead foot so you'll get that a
39
00:02:00.800 --> 00:02:01.200
little bit more
40
00:02:01.200 --> 00:02:05.760
reflexively just by trying to have your upper body fall. So I'm trying to get
41
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some real kind
42
00:02:06.800 --> 00:02:12.880
of arm speed but I'm trying to make sure that when I'm done once I've thrown my
43
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arms I fall
44
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away from the target. That's what'll help create that really good axis tilt
45
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between the delivery
46
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position and the follow through position. If you struggle more with the three
47
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wood you struggle
48
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more with the driver typically what'll happen is when you go into your release
49
00:02:31.440 --> 00:02:32.320
your upper body will
50
00:02:32.320 --> 00:02:37.230
be more forward and it'll continue going forward which is more what we want to
51
00:02:37.230 --> 00:02:38.400
see with the iron.
52
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So once you have a general feel once you have a feeling of that arm timing and
53
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direction
54
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once I get into that left side then you can take some swings doing the same
55
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thing and you'll feel
56
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a little bit different relationship with what's going on with the club. This is
57
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a seven iron so it
58
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actually be closer to that one there as opposed to the one where I'd really
59
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fall back which would be
60
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for the longer club like again the three wood or the driver. So if you're
61
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struggling with the
62
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connection between your upper body or your arm extension and the axis tilt or
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your body pivot
64
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this is a great little homework drill or body awareness drill to feel how those
65
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timings relate
66
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to each other.
1
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This drill is step and throw the arms forward so this is a great drill that you
2
00:00:05.040 --> 00:00:06.240
can use practicing
3
00:00:06.240 --> 00:00:11.120
at home to work on some of the bracing concepts, some of the axis tilt concepts
4
00:00:11.120 --> 00:00:13.200
or the upper body
5
00:00:13.200 --> 00:00:17.480
awareness as it relates to the timing and the direction of the arms. So I'm
6
00:00:17.480 --> 00:00:18.400
actually going to
7
00:00:18.400 --> 00:00:22.420
put down the club and I'm going to show you two different versions of this. One
8
00:00:22.420 --> 00:00:23.280
would be more of
9
00:00:23.280 --> 00:00:27.600
an iron version and one would be more of a driver version. The general drill is
10
00:00:27.600 --> 00:00:28.880
pretty simple.
11
00:00:28.880 --> 00:00:32.990
I'm going to start with my feet together and I'm going to take a step towards
12
00:00:32.990 --> 00:00:33.840
the target kind
13
00:00:33.840 --> 00:00:38.880
of like so and then what I'm going to do is I'm going to throw my arms away
14
00:00:38.880 --> 00:00:40.000
from my body.
15
00:00:40.000 --> 00:00:47.200
So I'm going to use that body momentum or use kind of the the stepping as the
16
00:00:47.200 --> 00:00:50.560
initiator of the sequence and then when I get into that left leg I'm going to
17
00:00:50.560 --> 00:00:51.280
throw my arms
18
00:00:51.280 --> 00:00:55.370
towards the target so it'll look something like this. Now the two different
19
00:00:55.370 --> 00:00:56.320
versions depend on
20
00:00:56.320 --> 00:01:00.880
what you're working on. If you're working on more of your wedge swing, your
21
00:01:00.880 --> 00:01:01.840
scoring clubs,
22
00:01:01.840 --> 00:01:07.120
what will happen it'll be a little shorter step. I'm going to throw more down
23
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and my upper body is
24
00:01:08.000 --> 00:01:14.910
going to drift slightly forward so it'll go kind of like that where it'll brace
25
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up or it'll post up
26
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and even let my upper body continue. Now if I'm doing this with with the
27
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intention of more the
28
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driver swing or the three wood swing then what should happen is once I step
29
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into this front leg
30
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that's it for my upper body going towards the target. I'm going to then start
31
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my upper body
32
00:01:34.800 --> 00:01:40.060
working away from my target even though my arms are going to extend towards the
33
00:01:40.060 --> 00:01:41.440
target and that'll
34
00:01:41.440 --> 00:01:44.510
create this interesting look with the leg but it's not something that I'm
35
00:01:44.510 --> 00:01:46.160
necessarily trying to do.
36
00:01:46.160 --> 00:01:51.040
What you'll see is that this leg is typically going to kind of slide behind
37
00:01:51.040 --> 00:01:52.880
similar to the old
38
00:01:52.880 --> 00:02:00.800
Greg Norman slide the trail foot towards the lead foot so you'll get that a
39
00:02:00.800 --> 00:02:01.200
little bit more
40
00:02:01.200 --> 00:02:05.760
reflexively just by trying to have your upper body fall. So I'm trying to get
41
00:02:05.760 --> 00:02:06.800
some real kind
42
00:02:06.800 --> 00:02:12.880
of arm speed but I'm trying to make sure that when I'm done once I've thrown my
43
00:02:12.880 --> 00:02:13.920
arms I fall
44
00:02:13.920 --> 00:02:20.130
away from the target. That's what'll help create that really good axis tilt
45
00:02:20.130 --> 00:02:22.240
between the delivery
46
00:02:22.240 --> 00:02:26.260
position and the follow through position. If you struggle more with the three
47
00:02:26.260 --> 00:02:26.880
wood you struggle
48
00:02:26.880 --> 00:02:31.440
more with the driver typically what'll happen is when you go into your release
49
00:02:31.440 --> 00:02:32.320
your upper body will
50
00:02:32.320 --> 00:02:37.230
be more forward and it'll continue going forward which is more what we want to
51
00:02:37.230 --> 00:02:38.400
see with the iron.
52
00:02:38.400 --> 00:02:45.230
So once you have a general feel once you have a feeling of that arm timing and
53
00:02:45.230 --> 00:02:46.160
direction
54
00:02:47.280 --> 00:02:51.520
once I get into that left side then you can take some swings doing the same
55
00:02:51.520 --> 00:02:53.760
thing and you'll feel
56
00:02:53.760 --> 00:02:58.810
a little bit different relationship with what's going on with the club. This is
57
00:02:58.810 --> 00:02:59.840
a seven iron so it
58
00:02:59.840 --> 00:03:05.780
actually be closer to that one there as opposed to the one where I'd really
59
00:03:05.780 --> 00:03:07.760
fall back which would be
60
00:03:07.760 --> 00:03:11.490
for the longer club like again the three wood or the driver. So if you're
61
00:03:11.490 --> 00:03:13.440
struggling with the
62
00:03:13.440 --> 00:03:19.230
connection between your upper body or your arm extension and the axis tilt or
63
00:03:19.230 --> 00:03:21.200
your body pivot
64
00:03:21.200 --> 00:03:25.220
this is a great little homework drill or body awareness drill to feel how those
65
00:03:25.220 --> 00:03:25.920
timings relate
66
00:03:25.920 --> 00:03:26.880
to each other.
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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 Your Arm Movement with the Step and Throw Drill
After this video, you'll be able to:
- Understand how stepping towards the target influences arm movement
- Differentiate between arm positioning for wedges and drivers
- Develop a feel for upper body bracing and axis tilt during your swing
In this video, you'll learn the Step and Throw drill to enhance your arm movement and body alignment in your swing. This practice will help you develop better timing and direction for your arms as you prepare for your shots.
Video Transcript
WEBVTT
1
00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:05.040
This drill is step and throw the arms forward so this is a great drill that you
2
00:00:05.040 --> 00:00:06.240
can use practicing
3
00:00:06.240 --> 00:00:11.120
at home to work on some of the bracing concepts, some of the axis tilt concepts
4
00:00:11.120 --> 00:00:13.200
or the upper body
5
00:00:13.200 --> 00:00:17.480
awareness as it relates to the timing and the direction of the arms. So I'm
6
00:00:17.480 --> 00:00:18.400
actually going to
7
00:00:18.400 --> 00:00:22.420
put down the club and I'm going to show you two different versions of this. One
8
00:00:22.420 --> 00:00:23.280
would be more of
9
00:00:23.280 --> 00:00:27.600
an iron version and one would be more of a driver version. The general drill is
10
00:00:27.600 --> 00:00:28.880
pretty simple.
11
00:00:28.880 --> 00:00:32.990
I'm going to start with my feet together and I'm going to take a step towards
12
00:00:32.990 --> 00:00:33.840
the target kind
13
00:00:33.840 --> 00:00:38.880
of like so and then what I'm going to do is I'm going to throw my arms away
14
00:00:38.880 --> 00:00:40.000
from my body.
15
00:00:40.000 --> 00:00:47.200
So I'm going to use that body momentum or use kind of the the stepping as the
16
00:00:47.200 --> 00:00:50.560
initiator of the sequence and then when I get into that left leg I'm going to
17
00:00:50.560 --> 00:00:51.280
throw my arms
18
00:00:51.280 --> 00:00:55.370
towards the target so it'll look something like this. Now the two different
19
00:00:55.370 --> 00:00:56.320
versions depend on
20
00:00:56.320 --> 00:01:00.880
what you're working on. If you're working on more of your wedge swing, your
21
00:01:00.880 --> 00:01:01.840
scoring clubs,
22
00:01:01.840 --> 00:01:07.120
what will happen it'll be a little shorter step. I'm going to throw more down
23
00:01:07.120 --> 00:01:08.000
and my upper body is
24
00:01:08.000 --> 00:01:14.910
going to drift slightly forward so it'll go kind of like that where it'll brace
25
00:01:14.910 --> 00:01:17.280
up or it'll post up
26
00:01:17.280 --> 00:01:22.210
and even let my upper body continue. Now if I'm doing this with with the
27
00:01:22.210 --> 00:01:23.520
intention of more the
28
00:01:23.520 --> 00:01:28.190
driver swing or the three wood swing then what should happen is once I step
29
00:01:28.190 --> 00:01:29.520
into this front leg
30
00:01:29.520 --> 00:01:34.180
that's it for my upper body going towards the target. I'm going to then start
31
00:01:34.180 --> 00:01:34.800
my upper body
32
00:01:34.800 --> 00:01:40.060
working away from my target even though my arms are going to extend towards the
33
00:01:40.060 --> 00:01:41.440
target and that'll
34
00:01:41.440 --> 00:01:44.510
create this interesting look with the leg but it's not something that I'm
35
00:01:44.510 --> 00:01:46.160
necessarily trying to do.
36
00:01:46.160 --> 00:01:51.040
What you'll see is that this leg is typically going to kind of slide behind
37
00:01:51.040 --> 00:01:52.880
similar to the old
38
00:01:52.880 --> 00:02:00.800
Greg Norman slide the trail foot towards the lead foot so you'll get that a
39
00:02:00.800 --> 00:02:01.200
little bit more
40
00:02:01.200 --> 00:02:05.760
reflexively just by trying to have your upper body fall. So I'm trying to get
41
00:02:05.760 --> 00:02:06.800
some real kind
42
00:02:06.800 --> 00:02:12.880
of arm speed but I'm trying to make sure that when I'm done once I've thrown my
43
00:02:12.880 --> 00:02:13.920
arms I fall
44
00:02:13.920 --> 00:02:20.130
away from the target. That's what'll help create that really good axis tilt
45
00:02:20.130 --> 00:02:22.240
between the delivery
46
00:02:22.240 --> 00:02:26.260
position and the follow through position. If you struggle more with the three
47
00:02:26.260 --> 00:02:26.880
wood you struggle
48
00:02:26.880 --> 00:02:31.440
more with the driver typically what'll happen is when you go into your release
49
00:02:31.440 --> 00:02:32.320
your upper body will
50
00:02:32.320 --> 00:02:37.230
be more forward and it'll continue going forward which is more what we want to
51
00:02:37.230 --> 00:02:38.400
see with the iron.
52
00:02:38.400 --> 00:02:45.230
So once you have a general feel once you have a feeling of that arm timing and
53
00:02:45.230 --> 00:02:46.160
direction
54
00:02:47.280 --> 00:02:51.520
once I get into that left side then you can take some swings doing the same
55
00:02:51.520 --> 00:02:53.760
thing and you'll feel
56
00:02:53.760 --> 00:02:58.810
a little bit different relationship with what's going on with the club. This is
57
00:02:58.810 --> 00:02:59.840
a seven iron so it
58
00:02:59.840 --> 00:03:05.780
actually be closer to that one there as opposed to the one where I'd really
59
00:03:05.780 --> 00:03:07.760
fall back which would be
60
00:03:07.760 --> 00:03:11.490
for the longer club like again the three wood or the driver. So if you're
61
00:03:11.490 --> 00:03:13.440
struggling with the
62
00:03:13.440 --> 00:03:19.230
connection between your upper body or your arm extension and the axis tilt or
63
00:03:19.230 --> 00:03:21.200
your body pivot
64
00:03:21.200 --> 00:03:25.220
this is a great little homework drill or body awareness drill to feel how those
65
00:03:25.220 --> 00:03:25.920
timings relate
66
00:03:25.920 --> 00:03:26.880
to each other.
1
00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:05.040
This drill is step and throw the arms forward so this is a great drill that you
2
00:00:05.040 --> 00:00:06.240
can use practicing
3
00:00:06.240 --> 00:00:11.120
at home to work on some of the bracing concepts, some of the axis tilt concepts
4
00:00:11.120 --> 00:00:13.200
or the upper body
5
00:00:13.200 --> 00:00:17.480
awareness as it relates to the timing and the direction of the arms. So I'm
6
00:00:17.480 --> 00:00:18.400
actually going to
7
00:00:18.400 --> 00:00:22.420
put down the club and I'm going to show you two different versions of this. One
8
00:00:22.420 --> 00:00:23.280
would be more of
9
00:00:23.280 --> 00:00:27.600
an iron version and one would be more of a driver version. The general drill is
10
00:00:27.600 --> 00:00:28.880
pretty simple.
11
00:00:28.880 --> 00:00:32.990
I'm going to start with my feet together and I'm going to take a step towards
12
00:00:32.990 --> 00:00:33.840
the target kind
13
00:00:33.840 --> 00:00:38.880
of like so and then what I'm going to do is I'm going to throw my arms away
14
00:00:38.880 --> 00:00:40.000
from my body.
15
00:00:40.000 --> 00:00:47.200
So I'm going to use that body momentum or use kind of the the stepping as the
16
00:00:47.200 --> 00:00:50.560
initiator of the sequence and then when I get into that left leg I'm going to
17
00:00:50.560 --> 00:00:51.280
throw my arms
18
00:00:51.280 --> 00:00:55.370
towards the target so it'll look something like this. Now the two different
19
00:00:55.370 --> 00:00:56.320
versions depend on
20
00:00:56.320 --> 00:01:00.880
what you're working on. If you're working on more of your wedge swing, your
21
00:01:00.880 --> 00:01:01.840
scoring clubs,
22
00:01:01.840 --> 00:01:07.120
what will happen it'll be a little shorter step. I'm going to throw more down
23
00:01:07.120 --> 00:01:08.000
and my upper body is
24
00:01:08.000 --> 00:01:14.910
going to drift slightly forward so it'll go kind of like that where it'll brace
25
00:01:14.910 --> 00:01:17.280
up or it'll post up
26
00:01:17.280 --> 00:01:22.210
and even let my upper body continue. Now if I'm doing this with with the
27
00:01:22.210 --> 00:01:23.520
intention of more the
28
00:01:23.520 --> 00:01:28.190
driver swing or the three wood swing then what should happen is once I step
29
00:01:28.190 --> 00:01:29.520
into this front leg
30
00:01:29.520 --> 00:01:34.180
that's it for my upper body going towards the target. I'm going to then start
31
00:01:34.180 --> 00:01:34.800
my upper body
32
00:01:34.800 --> 00:01:40.060
working away from my target even though my arms are going to extend towards the
33
00:01:40.060 --> 00:01:41.440
target and that'll
34
00:01:41.440 --> 00:01:44.510
create this interesting look with the leg but it's not something that I'm
35
00:01:44.510 --> 00:01:46.160
necessarily trying to do.
36
00:01:46.160 --> 00:01:51.040
What you'll see is that this leg is typically going to kind of slide behind
37
00:01:51.040 --> 00:01:52.880
similar to the old
38
00:01:52.880 --> 00:02:00.800
Greg Norman slide the trail foot towards the lead foot so you'll get that a
39
00:02:00.800 --> 00:02:01.200
little bit more
40
00:02:01.200 --> 00:02:05.760
reflexively just by trying to have your upper body fall. So I'm trying to get
41
00:02:05.760 --> 00:02:06.800
some real kind
42
00:02:06.800 --> 00:02:12.880
of arm speed but I'm trying to make sure that when I'm done once I've thrown my
43
00:02:12.880 --> 00:02:13.920
arms I fall
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away from the target. That's what'll help create that really good axis tilt
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between the delivery
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position and the follow through position. If you struggle more with the three
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wood you struggle
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more with the driver typically what'll happen is when you go into your release
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your upper body will
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be more forward and it'll continue going forward which is more what we want to
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see with the iron.
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So once you have a general feel once you have a feeling of that arm timing and
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direction
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once I get into that left side then you can take some swings doing the same
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thing and you'll feel
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a little bit different relationship with what's going on with the club. This is
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a seven iron so it
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actually be closer to that one there as opposed to the one where I'd really
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fall back which would be
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for the longer club like again the three wood or the driver. So if you're
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struggling with the
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connection between your upper body or your arm extension and the axis tilt or
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your body pivot
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this is a great little homework drill or body awareness drill to feel how those
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timings relate
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to each other.
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