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Swing Analysis - Tommy Fleetwood
Tommy Fleetwood demonstrates all the key components to a Stock Tour Swing. He especially succeeds at demonstrating the key components to a solid release. He has also mastered the 3/4 finish for the scoring clubs. He developed this latter skill by practicing less than full shots.
Tommy Fleetwood demonstrates all the key components to a Stock Tour Swing. He especially succeeds at demonstrating the key components to a solid release. He has also mastered the 3/4 finish for the scoring clubs. He developed this latter skill by practicing less than full shots.
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In this analysis video, we're going to take a look at the swing of Tommy Fleet
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wood.
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Now, Tommy Fleetwood just shot 63 in the final round of the US Open, another
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great major performance.
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This young golfer is one of the elite ball strikers on both the PGA as well as
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the European Tour,
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at least over the last couple of years.
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He is near the top of the stats as far as strokes gained for off the tee, as
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well as approach shots into the green.
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In this video, we're going to talk about two things you can learn from his game
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and his approach
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that help him become such an elite ball striker and what you can apply to your
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own game in order to improve your ball striking.
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Tommy does a number of things really well in his swing, and so when analyzing
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it, it's hard to focus on just one.
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But we're going to focus mostly on the release pattern, the consistent release
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pattern between his driver and his iron,
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and what he does differently with his pivot in order to adjust for the
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different shots.
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So if I fast forward down to the release, in our system, we define the release
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from delivery position.
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So somewhere right around Chef 45, we're kind of right about here, all the way
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through until the arms parallel in the follow through,
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or until the club is parallel in the follow through.
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So roughly that movement through there.
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Now, what we'll see that Tommy does so well is he's going to delay the straight
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ening in their arms,
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even though the wrists have started a little bit earlier.
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So the wrists have started unhinging through here, and then they're going to
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start rotating.
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But we'll see most of the rotation of the forearms happening as the trail arm
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extends.
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So basically he gets into this position, and then you'll see that through the
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ball,
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the majority of the movement is more that right arm extending while the lead
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forearm is rotating over or supinating.
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That combination tends to produce very consistent club face control, as well as
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a widening art.
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So now if we say that, okay, the good release pattern comes from delaying the
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straightening of the trail arm,
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and having more rotation of the forearms instead of having a flipping of the
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wrists,
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well, what changes between these two shots?
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So over on the right, we have an short iron, and over on the left, we have the
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driver.
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If we look at the timing of the arm extension, when we look at the driver,
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we'll see that he's going to reach pretty much that maximum straightness right
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around there,
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or it's going to be extending more towards the target.
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And we can see that in this position, which we refer to as follow-through
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position,
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you've got great alignment between the hip socket and the heel,
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and then you've got a great alignment between the upper body and the lower body
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.
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And the ribcage, his shoulders, are well behind where his upper body is.
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From the face-on view with the iron, you'll see that the timing of that trail
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arm straightening
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is reaching its maximum somewhere right around here.
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So a little bit earlier compared to the driver.
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That's because it's a little bit more of an arm extension down into the ball
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instead of an arm extension towards the target or through the ball.
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What we'll see if we get him to about that same position is that his upper body
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is a lot more on top of his lower body.
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The ability to maintain a similar release pattern with these different pivots
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is one of the traits that I saw among the elite ball strikers who were able to
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lead statistically,
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both driver as well as iron statistics.
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Now if we look at the impact location, you'll see that even though he's doing a
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very similar release,
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you can see that pretty much the entirety of his upper body is behind the golf
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ball,
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where here you can see that the pretty much, I'd say half of his upper body is
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in front of the golf ball
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or maybe even a little bit more.
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That creates some of the different angle of attack as well as power sources
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that tend to work better with the iron compared to the driver.
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Now quickly from the down the line, you'll see that in order to have such a
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good release,
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he's going to have to do some things pretty well in transition.
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So you'll see a very good shallowing of the shaft,
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and you'll see a very good sequencing where the lower body and the core are
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rotating
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well before his upper body starts rotating towards the target more down here.
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You'll see that as we get to that start of the release, there's a good
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relationship
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where the club shaft is almost at a 90 degree angle to where his pelvis is
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pointing.
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So his pelvis is pointing, let's say, 30, 40 degrees over that,
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and then the club is pointing more out in that direction.
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So you can see that by having the club more in this shallow position,
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it allows him to execute the better release pattern that we saw from the face
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on view.
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As he approaches that follow-through position that we like,
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you can see that the club is slightly outside of the hands.
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The hands are pointing relatively out at the belly button.
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And through the ball, even though his lower body has lifted from the way he's
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creating power,
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you'll see that his chest pretty much maintains about the same height as it rot
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ates through
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to the follow-through. It's not until it goes past follow-through position and
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into the finish,
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that the chest or his upper body starts raising up away from the ground.
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I found this great clip of Tommy explaining one of the big pieces of advice he
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would give
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to most amateurs when it comes to practicing on the range.
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Instead of just going there and beating balls as hard as you can, half shots.
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So half shots is chest pretty much through to chest.
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And the reason we do this is basically because you have less room for error
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and it just syncs things up a little bit more.
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You can feel a bit more connection and you can learn a bit more from it.
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The key thing is practicing the 9-3 or 10-2 or waist-height shots
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is a really good way of refining your release pattern.
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If you have trouble making solid contact or hitting the ball well
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from these little 9-3 shots, then it's a good sign that you need to work on
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your release pattern
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more so than you need to work on your backswing or transition.
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Here are two shots from the Masters early in 2018.
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What you'll see is he's going to pretty much execute the same release pattern,
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but you'll see that with the long iron on the par-5, he's going to have a full
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release
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similar to what he was doing with the driver.
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That's great for the longer clubs where you want a little bit more shallower
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path
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and you're going to have a little bit more body-powered control of the swing.
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But what we find with Tommy that I think he does exceptionally well
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is he has pretty much mastered the art of a near full distance 3/4 shot
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that he hits inside of about 180 yards more times than not.
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I find that this is one of the traits that really elite iron players on tour
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tend to do.
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They tend to be able to shift from making this full cut with the driver in long
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clubs
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to a little bit more of the 10 to 2 or 3/4 punch shot with the shorter irons.
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So if you want to master your ball striking just like Tommy,
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you need to build a really solid release pattern to use throughout the bag
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and be able to adjust your body position and pivot depending on the club that
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you're swinging.
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If you do that, you'll hit longer and straighter drives as well as hit more
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close shots
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with your approach shots into the green.
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So here's one last great view of a slow motion swing with the driver
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where you can really see through the ball the wrists are having more of a
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rotation
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or the forearms are having more of a rotation movement
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as that right arm is extending more at the target.
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If you master that combination through there,
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it's very easy to have consistent club face control and a long flat spot down
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at the bottom of the swing
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that tends to result in better consistency.
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If you like the detailed way that we break down the golf swing,
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then you'll love the drills and concept videos over at golfsmanacademy.com.
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Below I've included a link to a list of videos relating to the release
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so that you can start training your pattern just like Tommy.
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In this analysis video, we're going to take a look at the swing of Tommy Fleet
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wood.
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Now, Tommy Fleetwood just shot 63 in the final round of the US Open, another
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great major performance.
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This young golfer is one of the elite ball strikers on both the PGA as well as
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the European Tour,
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at least over the last couple of years.
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He is near the top of the stats as far as strokes gained for off the tee, as
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well as approach shots into the green.
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In this video, we're going to talk about two things you can learn from his game
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and his approach
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that help him become such an elite ball striker and what you can apply to your
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own game in order to improve your ball striking.
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Tommy does a number of things really well in his swing, and so when analyzing
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it, it's hard to focus on just one.
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But we're going to focus mostly on the release pattern, the consistent release
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pattern between his driver and his iron,
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and what he does differently with his pivot in order to adjust for the
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different shots.
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So if I fast forward down to the release, in our system, we define the release
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from delivery position.
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So somewhere right around Chef 45, we're kind of right about here, all the way
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through until the arms parallel in the follow through,
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or until the club is parallel in the follow through.
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So roughly that movement through there.
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Now, what we'll see that Tommy does so well is he's going to delay the straight
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ening in their arms,
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even though the wrists have started a little bit earlier.
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So the wrists have started unhinging through here, and then they're going to
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start rotating.
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But we'll see most of the rotation of the forearms happening as the trail arm
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extends.
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So basically he gets into this position, and then you'll see that through the
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ball,
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the majority of the movement is more that right arm extending while the lead
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forearm is rotating over or supinating.
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That combination tends to produce very consistent club face control, as well as
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a widening art.
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So now if we say that, okay, the good release pattern comes from delaying the
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straightening of the trail arm,
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and having more rotation of the forearms instead of having a flipping of the
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wrists,
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well, what changes between these two shots?
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So over on the right, we have an short iron, and over on the left, we have the
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driver.
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If we look at the timing of the arm extension, when we look at the driver,
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we'll see that he's going to reach pretty much that maximum straightness right
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around there,
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or it's going to be extending more towards the target.
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And we can see that in this position, which we refer to as follow-through
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position,
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you've got great alignment between the hip socket and the heel,
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and then you've got a great alignment between the upper body and the lower body
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.
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And the ribcage, his shoulders, are well behind where his upper body is.
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From the face-on view with the iron, you'll see that the timing of that trail
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arm straightening
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is reaching its maximum somewhere right around here.
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So a little bit earlier compared to the driver.
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That's because it's a little bit more of an arm extension down into the ball
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instead of an arm extension towards the target or through the ball.
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What we'll see if we get him to about that same position is that his upper body
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is a lot more on top of his lower body.
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The ability to maintain a similar release pattern with these different pivots
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is one of the traits that I saw among the elite ball strikers who were able to
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lead statistically,
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both driver as well as iron statistics.
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Now if we look at the impact location, you'll see that even though he's doing a
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very similar release,
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you can see that pretty much the entirety of his upper body is behind the golf
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ball,
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where here you can see that the pretty much, I'd say half of his upper body is
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in front of the golf ball
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or maybe even a little bit more.
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That creates some of the different angle of attack as well as power sources
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that tend to work better with the iron compared to the driver.
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Now quickly from the down the line, you'll see that in order to have such a
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good release,
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he's going to have to do some things pretty well in transition.
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So you'll see a very good shallowing of the shaft,
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and you'll see a very good sequencing where the lower body and the core are
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rotating
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well before his upper body starts rotating towards the target more down here.
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You'll see that as we get to that start of the release, there's a good
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relationship
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where the club shaft is almost at a 90 degree angle to where his pelvis is
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pointing.
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So his pelvis is pointing, let's say, 30, 40 degrees over that,
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and then the club is pointing more out in that direction.
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So you can see that by having the club more in this shallow position,
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it allows him to execute the better release pattern that we saw from the face
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on view.
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As he approaches that follow-through position that we like,
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you can see that the club is slightly outside of the hands.
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The hands are pointing relatively out at the belly button.
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And through the ball, even though his lower body has lifted from the way he's
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creating power,
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you'll see that his chest pretty much maintains about the same height as it rot
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ates through
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to the follow-through. It's not until it goes past follow-through position and
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into the finish,
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that the chest or his upper body starts raising up away from the ground.
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I found this great clip of Tommy explaining one of the big pieces of advice he
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would give
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to most amateurs when it comes to practicing on the range.
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Instead of just going there and beating balls as hard as you can, half shots.
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So half shots is chest pretty much through to chest.
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And the reason we do this is basically because you have less room for error
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and it just syncs things up a little bit more.
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You can feel a bit more connection and you can learn a bit more from it.
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The key thing is practicing the 9-3 or 10-2 or waist-height shots
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is a really good way of refining your release pattern.
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If you have trouble making solid contact or hitting the ball well
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from these little 9-3 shots, then it's a good sign that you need to work on
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your release pattern
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more so than you need to work on your backswing or transition.
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Here are two shots from the Masters early in 2018.
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What you'll see is he's going to pretty much execute the same release pattern,
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but you'll see that with the long iron on the par-5, he's going to have a full
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release
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similar to what he was doing with the driver.
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That's great for the longer clubs where you want a little bit more shallower
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path
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and you're going to have a little bit more body-powered control of the swing.
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But what we find with Tommy that I think he does exceptionally well
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is he has pretty much mastered the art of a near full distance 3/4 shot
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that he hits inside of about 180 yards more times than not.
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I find that this is one of the traits that really elite iron players on tour
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tend to do.
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They tend to be able to shift from making this full cut with the driver in long
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clubs
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to a little bit more of the 10 to 2 or 3/4 punch shot with the shorter irons.
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So if you want to master your ball striking just like Tommy,
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you need to build a really solid release pattern to use throughout the bag
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and be able to adjust your body position and pivot depending on the club that
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you're swinging.
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If you do that, you'll hit longer and straighter drives as well as hit more
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close shots
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with your approach shots into the green.
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So here's one last great view of a slow motion swing with the driver
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where you can really see through the ball the wrists are having more of a
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rotation
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or the forearms are having more of a rotation movement
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as that right arm is extending more at the target.
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If you master that combination through there,
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it's very easy to have consistent club face control and a long flat spot down
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at the bottom of the swing
148
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that tends to result in better consistency.
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If you like the detailed way that we break down the golf swing,
150
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then you'll love the drills and concept videos over at golfsmanacademy.com.
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Below I've included a link to a list of videos relating to the release
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so that you can start training your pattern just like Tommy.
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Swing Analysis - Tommy Fleetwood
Tommy Fleetwood demonstrates all the key components to a Stock Tour Swing. He especially succeeds at demonstrating the key components to a solid release. He has also mastered the 3/4 finish for the scoring clubs. He developed this latter skill by practicing less than full shots.
Tommy Fleetwood demonstrates all the key components to a Stock Tour Swing. He especially succeeds at demonstrating the key components to a solid release. He has also mastered the 3/4 finish for the scoring clubs. He developed this latter skill by practicing less than full shots.
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In this analysis video, we're going to take a look at the swing of Tommy Fleet
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wood.
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Now, Tommy Fleetwood just shot 63 in the final round of the US Open, another
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great major performance.
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This young golfer is one of the elite ball strikers on both the PGA as well as
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the European Tour,
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at least over the last couple of years.
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He is near the top of the stats as far as strokes gained for off the tee, as
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well as approach shots into the green.
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In this video, we're going to talk about two things you can learn from his game
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and his approach
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that help him become such an elite ball striker and what you can apply to your
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own game in order to improve your ball striking.
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Tommy does a number of things really well in his swing, and so when analyzing
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it, it's hard to focus on just one.
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But we're going to focus mostly on the release pattern, the consistent release
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pattern between his driver and his iron,
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and what he does differently with his pivot in order to adjust for the
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different shots.
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So if I fast forward down to the release, in our system, we define the release
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from delivery position.
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So somewhere right around Chef 45, we're kind of right about here, all the way
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through until the arms parallel in the follow through,
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or until the club is parallel in the follow through.
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So roughly that movement through there.
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Now, what we'll see that Tommy does so well is he's going to delay the straight
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ening in their arms,
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even though the wrists have started a little bit earlier.
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So the wrists have started unhinging through here, and then they're going to
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start rotating.
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But we'll see most of the rotation of the forearms happening as the trail arm
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extends.
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So basically he gets into this position, and then you'll see that through the
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ball,
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the majority of the movement is more that right arm extending while the lead
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forearm is rotating over or supinating.
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That combination tends to produce very consistent club face control, as well as
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a widening art.
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So now if we say that, okay, the good release pattern comes from delaying the
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straightening of the trail arm,
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and having more rotation of the forearms instead of having a flipping of the
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wrists,
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well, what changes between these two shots?
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So over on the right, we have an short iron, and over on the left, we have the
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driver.
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If we look at the timing of the arm extension, when we look at the driver,
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we'll see that he's going to reach pretty much that maximum straightness right
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around there,
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or it's going to be extending more towards the target.
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And we can see that in this position, which we refer to as follow-through
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position,
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you've got great alignment between the hip socket and the heel,
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and then you've got a great alignment between the upper body and the lower body
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.
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And the ribcage, his shoulders, are well behind where his upper body is.
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From the face-on view with the iron, you'll see that the timing of that trail
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arm straightening
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is reaching its maximum somewhere right around here.
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So a little bit earlier compared to the driver.
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That's because it's a little bit more of an arm extension down into the ball
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instead of an arm extension towards the target or through the ball.
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What we'll see if we get him to about that same position is that his upper body
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is a lot more on top of his lower body.
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The ability to maintain a similar release pattern with these different pivots
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is one of the traits that I saw among the elite ball strikers who were able to
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lead statistically,
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both driver as well as iron statistics.
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Now if we look at the impact location, you'll see that even though he's doing a
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very similar release,
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you can see that pretty much the entirety of his upper body is behind the golf
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ball,
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where here you can see that the pretty much, I'd say half of his upper body is
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in front of the golf ball
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or maybe even a little bit more.
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That creates some of the different angle of attack as well as power sources
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that tend to work better with the iron compared to the driver.
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Now quickly from the down the line, you'll see that in order to have such a
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good release,
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he's going to have to do some things pretty well in transition.
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So you'll see a very good shallowing of the shaft,
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and you'll see a very good sequencing where the lower body and the core are
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rotating
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well before his upper body starts rotating towards the target more down here.
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You'll see that as we get to that start of the release, there's a good
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relationship
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where the club shaft is almost at a 90 degree angle to where his pelvis is
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pointing.
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So his pelvis is pointing, let's say, 30, 40 degrees over that,
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and then the club is pointing more out in that direction.
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So you can see that by having the club more in this shallow position,
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it allows him to execute the better release pattern that we saw from the face
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on view.
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As he approaches that follow-through position that we like,
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you can see that the club is slightly outside of the hands.
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The hands are pointing relatively out at the belly button.
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And through the ball, even though his lower body has lifted from the way he's
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creating power,
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you'll see that his chest pretty much maintains about the same height as it rot
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ates through
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to the follow-through. It's not until it goes past follow-through position and
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into the finish,
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that the chest or his upper body starts raising up away from the ground.
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I found this great clip of Tommy explaining one of the big pieces of advice he
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would give
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to most amateurs when it comes to practicing on the range.
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Instead of just going there and beating balls as hard as you can, half shots.
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So half shots is chest pretty much through to chest.
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And the reason we do this is basically because you have less room for error
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and it just syncs things up a little bit more.
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You can feel a bit more connection and you can learn a bit more from it.
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The key thing is practicing the 9-3 or 10-2 or waist-height shots
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00:06:33.000 --> 00:06:37.000
is a really good way of refining your release pattern.
113
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If you have trouble making solid contact or hitting the ball well
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from these little 9-3 shots, then it's a good sign that you need to work on
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your release pattern
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more so than you need to work on your backswing or transition.
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Here are two shots from the Masters early in 2018.
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What you'll see is he's going to pretty much execute the same release pattern,
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but you'll see that with the long iron on the par-5, he's going to have a full
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release
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similar to what he was doing with the driver.
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That's great for the longer clubs where you want a little bit more shallower
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path
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and you're going to have a little bit more body-powered control of the swing.
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But what we find with Tommy that I think he does exceptionally well
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is he has pretty much mastered the art of a near full distance 3/4 shot
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that he hits inside of about 180 yards more times than not.
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I find that this is one of the traits that really elite iron players on tour
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tend to do.
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They tend to be able to shift from making this full cut with the driver in long
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clubs
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to a little bit more of the 10 to 2 or 3/4 punch shot with the shorter irons.
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So if you want to master your ball striking just like Tommy,
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you need to build a really solid release pattern to use throughout the bag
135
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and be able to adjust your body position and pivot depending on the club that
136
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you're swinging.
137
00:08:11.000 --> 00:08:16.000
If you do that, you'll hit longer and straighter drives as well as hit more
138
00:08:16.000 --> 00:08:17.000
close shots
139
00:08:17.000 --> 00:08:20.000
with your approach shots into the green.
140
00:08:20.000 --> 00:08:25.000
So here's one last great view of a slow motion swing with the driver
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where you can really see through the ball the wrists are having more of a
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rotation
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or the forearms are having more of a rotation movement
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as that right arm is extending more at the target.
145
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If you master that combination through there,
146
00:08:42.000 --> 00:08:47.150
it's very easy to have consistent club face control and a long flat spot down
147
00:08:47.150 --> 00:08:48.000
at the bottom of the swing
148
00:08:48.000 --> 00:08:51.000
that tends to result in better consistency.
149
00:08:51.000 --> 00:08:54.000
If you like the detailed way that we break down the golf swing,
150
00:08:54.000 --> 00:08:59.000
then you'll love the drills and concept videos over at golfsmanacademy.com.
151
00:08:59.000 --> 00:09:04.000
Below I've included a link to a list of videos relating to the release
152
00:09:04.000 --> 00:09:07.000
so that you can start training your pattern just like Tommy.
153
00:09:07.000 --> 00:09:10.000
If you're not quite ready to sign up for a free membership,
154
00:09:10.000 --> 00:09:13.000
then please like this video and subscribe to our YouTube channel.
155
00:09:13.000 --> 00:09:16.690
That way you'll be the first to know about it whenever we create new YouTube
156
00:09:16.690 --> 00:09:18.000
content like this.
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In this analysis video, we're going to take a look at the swing of Tommy Fleet
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wood.
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Now, Tommy Fleetwood just shot 63 in the final round of the US Open, another
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great major performance.
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This young golfer is one of the elite ball strikers on both the PGA as well as
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the European Tour,
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at least over the last couple of years.
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He is near the top of the stats as far as strokes gained for off the tee, as
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well as approach shots into the green.
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In this video, we're going to talk about two things you can learn from his game
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and his approach
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that help him become such an elite ball striker and what you can apply to your
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own game in order to improve your ball striking.
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Tommy does a number of things really well in his swing, and so when analyzing
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it, it's hard to focus on just one.
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But we're going to focus mostly on the release pattern, the consistent release
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pattern between his driver and his iron,
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and what he does differently with his pivot in order to adjust for the
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different shots.
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So if I fast forward down to the release, in our system, we define the release
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from delivery position.
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So somewhere right around Chef 45, we're kind of right about here, all the way
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through until the arms parallel in the follow through,
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or until the club is parallel in the follow through.
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So roughly that movement through there.
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Now, what we'll see that Tommy does so well is he's going to delay the straight
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ening in their arms,
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even though the wrists have started a little bit earlier.
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So the wrists have started unhinging through here, and then they're going to
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start rotating.
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But we'll see most of the rotation of the forearms happening as the trail arm
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extends.
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So basically he gets into this position, and then you'll see that through the
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ball,
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the majority of the movement is more that right arm extending while the lead
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forearm is rotating over or supinating.
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That combination tends to produce very consistent club face control, as well as
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a widening art.
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So now if we say that, okay, the good release pattern comes from delaying the
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straightening of the trail arm,
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and having more rotation of the forearms instead of having a flipping of the
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wrists,
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well, what changes between these two shots?
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So over on the right, we have an short iron, and over on the left, we have the
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driver.
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If we look at the timing of the arm extension, when we look at the driver,
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we'll see that he's going to reach pretty much that maximum straightness right
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around there,
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or it's going to be extending more towards the target.
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And we can see that in this position, which we refer to as follow-through
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position,
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you've got great alignment between the hip socket and the heel,
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and then you've got a great alignment between the upper body and the lower body
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.
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And the ribcage, his shoulders, are well behind where his upper body is.
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From the face-on view with the iron, you'll see that the timing of that trail
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arm straightening
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is reaching its maximum somewhere right around here.
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So a little bit earlier compared to the driver.
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That's because it's a little bit more of an arm extension down into the ball
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instead of an arm extension towards the target or through the ball.
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What we'll see if we get him to about that same position is that his upper body
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is a lot more on top of his lower body.
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The ability to maintain a similar release pattern with these different pivots
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is one of the traits that I saw among the elite ball strikers who were able to
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lead statistically,
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both driver as well as iron statistics.
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Now if we look at the impact location, you'll see that even though he's doing a
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very similar release,
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you can see that pretty much the entirety of his upper body is behind the golf
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ball,
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where here you can see that the pretty much, I'd say half of his upper body is
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in front of the golf ball
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or maybe even a little bit more.
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That creates some of the different angle of attack as well as power sources
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that tend to work better with the iron compared to the driver.
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Now quickly from the down the line, you'll see that in order to have such a
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good release,
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he's going to have to do some things pretty well in transition.
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So you'll see a very good shallowing of the shaft,
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and you'll see a very good sequencing where the lower body and the core are
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rotating
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well before his upper body starts rotating towards the target more down here.
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You'll see that as we get to that start of the release, there's a good
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relationship
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where the club shaft is almost at a 90 degree angle to where his pelvis is
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pointing.
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So his pelvis is pointing, let's say, 30, 40 degrees over that,
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and then the club is pointing more out in that direction.
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So you can see that by having the club more in this shallow position,
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it allows him to execute the better release pattern that we saw from the face
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on view.
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As he approaches that follow-through position that we like,
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you can see that the club is slightly outside of the hands.
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The hands are pointing relatively out at the belly button.
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And through the ball, even though his lower body has lifted from the way he's
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creating power,
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you'll see that his chest pretty much maintains about the same height as it rot
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ates through
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to the follow-through. It's not until it goes past follow-through position and
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into the finish,
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that the chest or his upper body starts raising up away from the ground.
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I found this great clip of Tommy explaining one of the big pieces of advice he
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would give
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to most amateurs when it comes to practicing on the range.
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Instead of just going there and beating balls as hard as you can, half shots.
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So half shots is chest pretty much through to chest.
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And the reason we do this is basically because you have less room for error
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and it just syncs things up a little bit more.
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You can feel a bit more connection and you can learn a bit more from it.
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The key thing is practicing the 9-3 or 10-2 or waist-height shots
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is a really good way of refining your release pattern.
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If you have trouble making solid contact or hitting the ball well
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from these little 9-3 shots, then it's a good sign that you need to work on
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your release pattern
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more so than you need to work on your backswing or transition.
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Here are two shots from the Masters early in 2018.
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What you'll see is he's going to pretty much execute the same release pattern,
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but you'll see that with the long iron on the par-5, he's going to have a full
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release
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similar to what he was doing with the driver.
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That's great for the longer clubs where you want a little bit more shallower
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path
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and you're going to have a little bit more body-powered control of the swing.
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But what we find with Tommy that I think he does exceptionally well
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is he has pretty much mastered the art of a near full distance 3/4 shot
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that he hits inside of about 180 yards more times than not.
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I find that this is one of the traits that really elite iron players on tour
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tend to do.
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They tend to be able to shift from making this full cut with the driver in long
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clubs
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to a little bit more of the 10 to 2 or 3/4 punch shot with the shorter irons.
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So if you want to master your ball striking just like Tommy,
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you need to build a really solid release pattern to use throughout the bag
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and be able to adjust your body position and pivot depending on the club that
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you're swinging.
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If you do that, you'll hit longer and straighter drives as well as hit more
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close shots
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with your approach shots into the green.
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So here's one last great view of a slow motion swing with the driver
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where you can really see through the ball the wrists are having more of a
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rotation
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or the forearms are having more of a rotation movement
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as that right arm is extending more at the target.
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If you master that combination through there,
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it's very easy to have consistent club face control and a long flat spot down
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at the bottom of the swing
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that tends to result in better consistency.
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If you like the detailed way that we break down the golf swing,
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then you'll love the drills and concept videos over at golfsmanacademy.com.
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