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In this analysis video, we're going to look at the first movement in the

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takeaway.

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So I had a member question about the first movement in the takeaway and did a

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quick little video

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helping to understand the pressure into the lead side.

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So basically, in order to have the body start moving or rotating that way,

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it has to push against the ground this way.

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So to create some sort of anchor, most golfers are going to use their lead foot

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.

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It is possible to use the inside of the right foot,

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but primarily most golfers are going to push through the lead leg.

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Now, here are a couple of classic examples where you'll see maybe a little bit

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of a forward press

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and you'll see that weight shift to anchor that lead side

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to then provide the platform that the leg and the core can start to take away

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with.

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That anchor of the foot and that leg and core movement produces the one-piece

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takeaway.

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Even in golfers who have a little bit quicker wrist set like Danny Willett here

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Now, here's probably one of the easiest examples.

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This would be Gary Player.

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So you'll see he had that famous knee kick in and you'll see that left quad and

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that left knee

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kind of push into the foot to create the anchor that he can then rotate around.

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So if you struggle with what takes the club back,

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there's a good chance you're kind of floating in between your feet

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and trying to initiate the takeaway more with the hands and the shoulders

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and connecting it all the way to the body can usually help.

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Let's look at a couple more subtle examples and one example that may not

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technically be the left foot,

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but will help you understand this concept even better.

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So now we have two different examples that are going to demonstrate

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one of the common ways that some golfers do it.

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We have Tiger Woods from 2000 over the right and Jordan Spieth.

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Now, if you're ever looking for these triggers, you have to find things from

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practice sessions

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where you can see them before they hit the ball for a little bit of time.

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Here, what we'll see with Jordan is we'll see before he takes the club back,

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he actually has a little bit of a rotation towards the target to apply some

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pressure into that lead foot.

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Now, that's accompanied by the slight forward press of his hands following his

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belly button rotating.

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So if you're just looking at it from a distance, you may think that it's the

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hands starting the takeaway.

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But now that you know what to look for, you can see that his hips rotating to

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the left

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help apply pressure to provide an anchor that then he can start the takeaway

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from.

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To create movement, you need a fixed point.

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Now, Tiger demonstrates a similar pattern.

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You'll see before he starts to take the club away, you'll see a slight rotation

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there

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where he's shifting and slightly rotating his pelvis towards the target before

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it starts to rotate away from the target.

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And that rotation towards the target will shift some pressure into that lead

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leg to create the anchor.

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Now, for the final example, we have the mini-tor player Manuel de los Santos

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who lost his lead leg.

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So you would logically think that he's not going to shift into that lead leg.

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But what we'll be able to see is right here before he starts his takeaway, you

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'll see that left or the right knee kind of bend in towards the left.

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He's anchoring on the inside.

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So he's pushing slightly against the ground this way in order to create the

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anchor for his body to rotate around.

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The force pressure stuff that I've seen all indicates that there's a slight

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pressure shift into that front leg which helps with creating the fixed point

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for your body to rotate around.