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This concept video is the overview of the transition.

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So the transition is going to be blending the backswing

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into the downswing, and that's why we call it the transition.

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Now, we describe it as the transition,

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but really there is a transition for my feet,

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for my hips, for my trunk, for my core, for my arms,

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for the club, and these are all slightly different times.

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So that's why we don't like to describe

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just a top of backswing position.

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We'll train that occasionally,

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but the movement should be more of a blend

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from a backswing to a downswing.

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Similar to if I was throwing a ball,

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there's no real finite end and start on the down.

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It's kind of this blend from back to through.

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So to execute a proper transition,

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there's a few key movements

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that we want to pay attention to.

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The first one is going to be getting my weight

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into my left side.

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Similar to when I'm throwing a baseball

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or hitting a baseball or hitting a tennis shot,

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or basically any rotational sport,

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I'm going to shift my weight onto that

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or my pressure onto that front foot

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before I then rotate around it.

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It's very hard to throw before you step.

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Golf is no different.

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So one of the first things we're going to try to do

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is we're going to try to get our weight

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over this left leg or into this left side,

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pretty much before those arms reach parallel

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to the ground, kind of like so.

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So it's a very kind of quick and subtle movement

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to get that weight into that left side.

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Now during that same movement

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in order to maximize that pressure,

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my left shoulder is actually going to continue to work down.

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Now, this is actually a side bend movement,

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but most of you will feel

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just like your chest stays closer to the ground,

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kind of like so, where if I face this way,

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you can see that movement right there.

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That movement like this helps prepare my legs

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for what I want to do during the release

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to kind of maximize my body's capabilities.

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So while my lower body is leading this transition

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and while my body is kind of preparing,

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my arms have two key roles.

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The first one is they're going to flatten slightly

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and the second one is they're going to try

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and start squaring the club face.

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So essentially what's going to happen

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is from the top of the swing,

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as I'm shifting and getting into that position,

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my arms are going to apply a slight flattening move

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towards the club.

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Now what happens is then when I go during the release,

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if I've applied this flattening move,

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it actually helps square the club face,

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where if I pulled it straight down on plane,

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now when I pull in, it's not going to close the club face

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nearly as effectively.

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So the second piece that we're trying to do,

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one is the flatten and two is squaring the club face,

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which is the movement that I refer to

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as the motorcycle move.

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So the TPI is probably the biggest proponents

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or they did the initial research on this 3D stuff.

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And one of the things that we saw was that

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that left wrist is going to go like this

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or almost like it's giving a motorcycle gas in reverse.

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What that does is that essentially helps

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close the club face so that now that club face

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is in a closed position and I can have shaft lean

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and the club face is still pointed at the target.

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If I don't do that movement,

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then typically during the release,

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I'm going to make some major adjustments

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in order to try to account for that

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and in order to square the club face.

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So the quick recap,

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during transition, we're going to get into that left side.

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We're going to compress against the ground

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or use that left shoulder to kind of help

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get my core involved.

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We're going to flatten the arms

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and we're going to start squaring the club face.

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All of that is going to get us ready

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for what our body is going to do during the release.

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But for details on each piece,

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check out all the drills here in this section.