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Troubleshoot Your Follow-Through Position for Better Shots
After this video, you'll be able to:
- Identify how improper side bend affects your follow-through
- Adjust your foot flare to relieve hip pressure during the swing
- Recognize the impact of hand height on shot direction and consistency
In this video, we’ll diagnose common issues with the follow-through position, helping you understand why your shots may not be consistent. Learn how to adjust your body alignment and arm positioning to improve your swing's effectiveness.
Video Transcript
WEBVTT
1
00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:04.480
In this concept video, we're going to go over troubleshooting the follow-
2
00:00:04.480 --> 00:00:05.640
through position.
3
00:00:05.640 --> 00:00:10.730
So if you remember the follow-through position is this waist height or this
4
00:00:10.730 --> 00:00:11.800
last parallel
5
00:00:11.800 --> 00:00:15.420
in the follow-through, and there's a variety of things that we like to look for
6
00:00:15.420 --> 00:00:16.120
, but there's
7
00:00:16.120 --> 00:00:19.400
some common things that we tend to not see.
8
00:00:19.400 --> 00:00:24.510
First one would be if you remember that we're trying to continue this side bend
9
00:00:24.510 --> 00:00:25.240
and kind
10
00:00:25.240 --> 00:00:29.240
of stay back behind the ball with this right shoulder continuing to go down,
11
00:00:29.240 --> 00:00:29.840
what we'll
12
00:00:29.840 --> 00:00:34.250
tend to happen is this shoulder will come more up, the hips will go more back
13
00:00:34.250 --> 00:00:35.680
like so.
14
00:00:35.680 --> 00:00:40.880
This is often a hip related issue, and you can easily take some of the pressure
15
00:00:40.880 --> 00:00:41.360
off of
16
00:00:41.360 --> 00:00:46.060
your hip and make it less demanding if you review the foot flare and how much
17
00:00:46.060 --> 00:00:46.660
you have
18
00:00:46.660 --> 00:00:50.870
that left foot turn towards the target because that will make it so that you
19
00:00:50.870 --> 00:00:51.640
don't have to
20
00:00:51.640 --> 00:00:56.520
kind of go to end range of motion and be strong in that position.
21
00:00:56.520 --> 00:01:03.970
The next one that I tend to see would be the hands being too high or going up
22
00:01:03.970 --> 00:01:05.920
like so
23
00:01:05.920 --> 00:01:09.440
as opposed to working a little bit more around you on that functional swing
24
00:01:09.440 --> 00:01:10.000
plane.
25
00:01:10.000 --> 00:01:14.100
So if I draw that impact line and it looks like your club is going way inside
26
00:01:14.100 --> 00:01:15.080
out, there's
27
00:01:15.080 --> 00:01:18.420
a good chance you're hitting blocks, you're hitting big hooks, and what that
28
00:01:18.420 --> 00:01:18.920
one comes
29
00:01:18.920 --> 00:01:25.320
from is a little bit more of the body standing straight up like so.
30
00:01:25.320 --> 00:01:30.930
So this posture gets very vertical and then when I side bend, I've now added a
31
00:01:30.930 --> 00:01:31.320
couple
32
00:01:31.320 --> 00:01:35.700
shallows and so that gets the club swinging way out around me as opposed to a
33
00:01:35.700 --> 00:01:36.240
little
34
00:01:36.240 --> 00:01:38.720
bit more down the target line.
35
00:01:38.720 --> 00:01:42.600
The opposite to that would be the hands going too low.
36
00:01:42.600 --> 00:01:48.800
So the hands going more down around and across like so.
37
00:01:48.800 --> 00:01:53.280
Now if you naturally swing way up high, it'll feel good to go low and vice
38
00:01:53.280 --> 00:01:54.040
versa, if you
39
00:01:54.040 --> 00:01:57.000
swing low, it'll feel pretty good to go high.
40
00:01:57.000 --> 00:02:01.440
But if you're overdoing one of them too much, then it can cause problems.
41
00:02:01.440 --> 00:02:07.050
If you're overdoing the hands coming too low, it's usually a result of the
42
00:02:07.050 --> 00:02:07.680
hands kind of
43
00:02:07.680 --> 00:02:12.180
flipping around and releasing more like this as opposed to releasing out or it
44
00:02:12.180 --> 00:02:12.720
could be
45
00:02:12.720 --> 00:02:19.120
that that right shoulder has gotten very high on top of the golf ball like so.
46
00:02:19.120 --> 00:02:23.410
That's a little bit more of the rare one, but it tends to happen with this last
47
00:02:23.410 --> 00:02:24.080
piece,
48
00:02:24.080 --> 00:02:27.710
which is one of the biggest ones that I see, which is the elbows not closing or
49
00:02:27.710 --> 00:02:28.400
not getting
50
00:02:28.400 --> 00:02:29.400
closer.
51
00:02:29.400 --> 00:02:34.240
If you remember from impact to follow through, those elbows should kind of be
52
00:02:34.240 --> 00:02:35.320
squeezing together
53
00:02:35.320 --> 00:02:38.880
or getting closer during that period.
54
00:02:38.880 --> 00:02:42.610
Some tour pros get anywhere down around seven inches between the center of
55
00:02:42.610 --> 00:02:43.440
their elbows,
56
00:02:43.440 --> 00:02:45.540
which is not very much at all.
57
00:02:45.540 --> 00:02:49.620
Many amateurs, those elbows are going wider and they'll be a foot, a foot and a
58
00:02:49.620 --> 00:02:49.960
half
59
00:02:49.960 --> 00:02:54.700
apart like so.
60
00:02:54.700 --> 00:02:59.180
That one is usually a result of either a transition air, not having the club
61
00:02:59.180 --> 00:03:00.220
come from the proper
62
00:03:00.220 --> 00:03:07.220
path or release air, not having the club square the club face with the arms
63
00:03:07.220 --> 00:03:07.940
kind of
64
00:03:07.940 --> 00:03:09.740
extending away from you.
65
00:03:09.740 --> 00:03:13.850
So pulling it across actually gets the face pointed in the direction of the
66
00:03:13.850 --> 00:03:14.660
target, but
67
00:03:14.660 --> 00:03:18.960
makes you susceptible to hitting it weak, low compression and tending to hit it
68
00:03:18.960 --> 00:03:19.480
a little
69
00:03:19.480 --> 00:03:21.740
bit more of a flare off to the right.
70
00:03:21.740 --> 00:03:26.430
So those are the major issues that we see with the follow through position,
71
00:03:26.430 --> 00:03:27.380
that position
72
00:03:27.380 --> 00:03:36.520
right there, either going high, going low, getting narrow, getting forward, any
73
00:03:36.520 --> 00:03:37.480
of those
74
00:03:37.480 --> 00:03:43.090
problems will cause you a little bit more of contact issues, but it's really a
75
00:03:43.090 --> 00:03:43.720
symptom
76
00:03:43.720 --> 00:03:46.740
of some of the other things that should have already happened.
77
00:03:46.740 --> 00:03:50.820
So I'll usually direct you in the direction of not just focusing on that, but
78
00:03:50.820 --> 00:03:51.500
also looking
79
00:03:51.500 --> 00:03:53.260
at either the release or transition.
1
00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:04.480
In this concept video, we're going to go over troubleshooting the follow-
2
00:00:04.480 --> 00:00:05.640
through position.
3
00:00:05.640 --> 00:00:10.730
So if you remember the follow-through position is this waist height or this
4
00:00:10.730 --> 00:00:11.800
last parallel
5
00:00:11.800 --> 00:00:15.420
in the follow-through, and there's a variety of things that we like to look for
6
00:00:15.420 --> 00:00:16.120
, but there's
7
00:00:16.120 --> 00:00:19.400
some common things that we tend to not see.
8
00:00:19.400 --> 00:00:24.510
First one would be if you remember that we're trying to continue this side bend
9
00:00:24.510 --> 00:00:25.240
and kind
10
00:00:25.240 --> 00:00:29.240
of stay back behind the ball with this right shoulder continuing to go down,
11
00:00:29.240 --> 00:00:29.840
what we'll
12
00:00:29.840 --> 00:00:34.250
tend to happen is this shoulder will come more up, the hips will go more back
13
00:00:34.250 --> 00:00:35.680
like so.
14
00:00:35.680 --> 00:00:40.880
This is often a hip related issue, and you can easily take some of the pressure
15
00:00:40.880 --> 00:00:41.360
off of
16
00:00:41.360 --> 00:00:46.060
your hip and make it less demanding if you review the foot flare and how much
17
00:00:46.060 --> 00:00:46.660
you have
18
00:00:46.660 --> 00:00:50.870
that left foot turn towards the target because that will make it so that you
19
00:00:50.870 --> 00:00:51.640
don't have to
20
00:00:51.640 --> 00:00:56.520
kind of go to end range of motion and be strong in that position.
21
00:00:56.520 --> 00:01:03.970
The next one that I tend to see would be the hands being too high or going up
22
00:01:03.970 --> 00:01:05.920
like so
23
00:01:05.920 --> 00:01:09.440
as opposed to working a little bit more around you on that functional swing
24
00:01:09.440 --> 00:01:10.000
plane.
25
00:01:10.000 --> 00:01:14.100
So if I draw that impact line and it looks like your club is going way inside
26
00:01:14.100 --> 00:01:15.080
out, there's
27
00:01:15.080 --> 00:01:18.420
a good chance you're hitting blocks, you're hitting big hooks, and what that
28
00:01:18.420 --> 00:01:18.920
one comes
29
00:01:18.920 --> 00:01:25.320
from is a little bit more of the body standing straight up like so.
30
00:01:25.320 --> 00:01:30.930
So this posture gets very vertical and then when I side bend, I've now added a
31
00:01:30.930 --> 00:01:31.320
couple
32
00:01:31.320 --> 00:01:35.700
shallows and so that gets the club swinging way out around me as opposed to a
33
00:01:35.700 --> 00:01:36.240
little
34
00:01:36.240 --> 00:01:38.720
bit more down the target line.
35
00:01:38.720 --> 00:01:42.600
The opposite to that would be the hands going too low.
36
00:01:42.600 --> 00:01:48.800
So the hands going more down around and across like so.
37
00:01:48.800 --> 00:01:53.280
Now if you naturally swing way up high, it'll feel good to go low and vice
38
00:01:53.280 --> 00:01:54.040
versa, if you
39
00:01:54.040 --> 00:01:57.000
swing low, it'll feel pretty good to go high.
40
00:01:57.000 --> 00:02:01.440
But if you're overdoing one of them too much, then it can cause problems.
41
00:02:01.440 --> 00:02:07.050
If you're overdoing the hands coming too low, it's usually a result of the
42
00:02:07.050 --> 00:02:07.680
hands kind of
43
00:02:07.680 --> 00:02:12.180
flipping around and releasing more like this as opposed to releasing out or it
44
00:02:12.180 --> 00:02:12.720
could be
45
00:02:12.720 --> 00:02:19.120
that that right shoulder has gotten very high on top of the golf ball like so.
46
00:02:19.120 --> 00:02:23.410
That's a little bit more of the rare one, but it tends to happen with this last
47
00:02:23.410 --> 00:02:24.080
piece,
48
00:02:24.080 --> 00:02:27.710
which is one of the biggest ones that I see, which is the elbows not closing or
49
00:02:27.710 --> 00:02:28.400
not getting
50
00:02:28.400 --> 00:02:29.400
closer.
51
00:02:29.400 --> 00:02:34.240
If you remember from impact to follow through, those elbows should kind of be
52
00:02:34.240 --> 00:02:35.320
squeezing together
53
00:02:35.320 --> 00:02:38.880
or getting closer during that period.
54
00:02:38.880 --> 00:02:42.610
Some tour pros get anywhere down around seven inches between the center of
55
00:02:42.610 --> 00:02:43.440
their elbows,
56
00:02:43.440 --> 00:02:45.540
which is not very much at all.
57
00:02:45.540 --> 00:02:49.620
Many amateurs, those elbows are going wider and they'll be a foot, a foot and a
58
00:02:49.620 --> 00:02:49.960
half
59
00:02:49.960 --> 00:02:54.700
apart like so.
60
00:02:54.700 --> 00:02:59.180
That one is usually a result of either a transition air, not having the club
61
00:02:59.180 --> 00:03:00.220
come from the proper
62
00:03:00.220 --> 00:03:07.220
path or release air, not having the club square the club face with the arms
63
00:03:07.220 --> 00:03:07.940
kind of
64
00:03:07.940 --> 00:03:09.740
extending away from you.
65
00:03:09.740 --> 00:03:13.850
So pulling it across actually gets the face pointed in the direction of the
66
00:03:13.850 --> 00:03:14.660
target, but
67
00:03:14.660 --> 00:03:18.960
makes you susceptible to hitting it weak, low compression and tending to hit it
68
00:03:18.960 --> 00:03:19.480
a little
69
00:03:19.480 --> 00:03:21.740
bit more of a flare off to the right.
70
00:03:21.740 --> 00:03:26.430
So those are the major issues that we see with the follow through position,
71
00:03:26.430 --> 00:03:27.380
that position
72
00:03:27.380 --> 00:03:36.520
right there, either going high, going low, getting narrow, getting forward, any
73
00:03:36.520 --> 00:03:37.480
of those
74
00:03:37.480 --> 00:03:43.090
problems will cause you a little bit more of contact issues, but it's really a
75
00:03:43.090 --> 00:03:43.720
symptom
76
00:03:43.720 --> 00:03:46.740
of some of the other things that should have already happened.
77
00:03:46.740 --> 00:03:50.820
So I'll usually direct you in the direction of not just focusing on that, but
78
00:03:50.820 --> 00:03:51.500
also looking
79
00:03:51.500 --> 00:03:53.260
at either the release or transition.
Have questions?
Ask Mulligan for help
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.
Troubleshoot Your Follow-Through Position for Better Shots
After this video, you'll be able to:
- Identify how improper side bend affects your follow-through
- Adjust your foot flare to relieve hip pressure during the swing
- Recognize the impact of hand height on shot direction and consistency
In this video, we’ll diagnose common issues with the follow-through position, helping you understand why your shots may not be consistent. Learn how to adjust your body alignment and arm positioning to improve your swing's effectiveness.
Video Transcript
WEBVTT
1
00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:04.480
In this concept video, we're going to go over troubleshooting the follow-
2
00:00:04.480 --> 00:00:05.640
through position.
3
00:00:05.640 --> 00:00:10.730
So if you remember the follow-through position is this waist height or this
4
00:00:10.730 --> 00:00:11.800
last parallel
5
00:00:11.800 --> 00:00:15.420
in the follow-through, and there's a variety of things that we like to look for
6
00:00:15.420 --> 00:00:16.120
, but there's
7
00:00:16.120 --> 00:00:19.400
some common things that we tend to not see.
8
00:00:19.400 --> 00:00:24.510
First one would be if you remember that we're trying to continue this side bend
9
00:00:24.510 --> 00:00:25.240
and kind
10
00:00:25.240 --> 00:00:29.240
of stay back behind the ball with this right shoulder continuing to go down,
11
00:00:29.240 --> 00:00:29.840
what we'll
12
00:00:29.840 --> 00:00:34.250
tend to happen is this shoulder will come more up, the hips will go more back
13
00:00:34.250 --> 00:00:35.680
like so.
14
00:00:35.680 --> 00:00:40.880
This is often a hip related issue, and you can easily take some of the pressure
15
00:00:40.880 --> 00:00:41.360
off of
16
00:00:41.360 --> 00:00:46.060
your hip and make it less demanding if you review the foot flare and how much
17
00:00:46.060 --> 00:00:46.660
you have
18
00:00:46.660 --> 00:00:50.870
that left foot turn towards the target because that will make it so that you
19
00:00:50.870 --> 00:00:51.640
don't have to
20
00:00:51.640 --> 00:00:56.520
kind of go to end range of motion and be strong in that position.
21
00:00:56.520 --> 00:01:03.970
The next one that I tend to see would be the hands being too high or going up
22
00:01:03.970 --> 00:01:05.920
like so
23
00:01:05.920 --> 00:01:09.440
as opposed to working a little bit more around you on that functional swing
24
00:01:09.440 --> 00:01:10.000
plane.
25
00:01:10.000 --> 00:01:14.100
So if I draw that impact line and it looks like your club is going way inside
26
00:01:14.100 --> 00:01:15.080
out, there's
27
00:01:15.080 --> 00:01:18.420
a good chance you're hitting blocks, you're hitting big hooks, and what that
28
00:01:18.420 --> 00:01:18.920
one comes
29
00:01:18.920 --> 00:01:25.320
from is a little bit more of the body standing straight up like so.
30
00:01:25.320 --> 00:01:30.930
So this posture gets very vertical and then when I side bend, I've now added a
31
00:01:30.930 --> 00:01:31.320
couple
32
00:01:31.320 --> 00:01:35.700
shallows and so that gets the club swinging way out around me as opposed to a
33
00:01:35.700 --> 00:01:36.240
little
34
00:01:36.240 --> 00:01:38.720
bit more down the target line.
35
00:01:38.720 --> 00:01:42.600
The opposite to that would be the hands going too low.
36
00:01:42.600 --> 00:01:48.800
So the hands going more down around and across like so.
37
00:01:48.800 --> 00:01:53.280
Now if you naturally swing way up high, it'll feel good to go low and vice
38
00:01:53.280 --> 00:01:54.040
versa, if you
39
00:01:54.040 --> 00:01:57.000
swing low, it'll feel pretty good to go high.
40
00:01:57.000 --> 00:02:01.440
But if you're overdoing one of them too much, then it can cause problems.
41
00:02:01.440 --> 00:02:07.050
If you're overdoing the hands coming too low, it's usually a result of the
42
00:02:07.050 --> 00:02:07.680
hands kind of
43
00:02:07.680 --> 00:02:12.180
flipping around and releasing more like this as opposed to releasing out or it
44
00:02:12.180 --> 00:02:12.720
could be
45
00:02:12.720 --> 00:02:19.120
that that right shoulder has gotten very high on top of the golf ball like so.
46
00:02:19.120 --> 00:02:23.410
That's a little bit more of the rare one, but it tends to happen with this last
47
00:02:23.410 --> 00:02:24.080
piece,
48
00:02:24.080 --> 00:02:27.710
which is one of the biggest ones that I see, which is the elbows not closing or
49
00:02:27.710 --> 00:02:28.400
not getting
50
00:02:28.400 --> 00:02:29.400
closer.
51
00:02:29.400 --> 00:02:34.240
If you remember from impact to follow through, those elbows should kind of be
52
00:02:34.240 --> 00:02:35.320
squeezing together
53
00:02:35.320 --> 00:02:38.880
or getting closer during that period.
54
00:02:38.880 --> 00:02:42.610
Some tour pros get anywhere down around seven inches between the center of
55
00:02:42.610 --> 00:02:43.440
their elbows,
56
00:02:43.440 --> 00:02:45.540
which is not very much at all.
57
00:02:45.540 --> 00:02:49.620
Many amateurs, those elbows are going wider and they'll be a foot, a foot and a
58
00:02:49.620 --> 00:02:49.960
half
59
00:02:49.960 --> 00:02:54.700
apart like so.
60
00:02:54.700 --> 00:02:59.180
That one is usually a result of either a transition air, not having the club
61
00:02:59.180 --> 00:03:00.220
come from the proper
62
00:03:00.220 --> 00:03:07.220
path or release air, not having the club square the club face with the arms
63
00:03:07.220 --> 00:03:07.940
kind of
64
00:03:07.940 --> 00:03:09.740
extending away from you.
65
00:03:09.740 --> 00:03:13.850
So pulling it across actually gets the face pointed in the direction of the
66
00:03:13.850 --> 00:03:14.660
target, but
67
00:03:14.660 --> 00:03:18.960
makes you susceptible to hitting it weak, low compression and tending to hit it
68
00:03:18.960 --> 00:03:19.480
a little
69
00:03:19.480 --> 00:03:21.740
bit more of a flare off to the right.
70
00:03:21.740 --> 00:03:26.430
So those are the major issues that we see with the follow through position,
71
00:03:26.430 --> 00:03:27.380
that position
72
00:03:27.380 --> 00:03:36.520
right there, either going high, going low, getting narrow, getting forward, any
73
00:03:36.520 --> 00:03:37.480
of those
74
00:03:37.480 --> 00:03:43.090
problems will cause you a little bit more of contact issues, but it's really a
75
00:03:43.090 --> 00:03:43.720
symptom
76
00:03:43.720 --> 00:03:46.740
of some of the other things that should have already happened.
77
00:03:46.740 --> 00:03:50.820
So I'll usually direct you in the direction of not just focusing on that, but
78
00:03:50.820 --> 00:03:51.500
also looking
79
00:03:51.500 --> 00:03:53.260
at either the release or transition.
1
00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:04.480
In this concept video, we're going to go over troubleshooting the follow-
2
00:00:04.480 --> 00:00:05.640
through position.
3
00:00:05.640 --> 00:00:10.730
So if you remember the follow-through position is this waist height or this
4
00:00:10.730 --> 00:00:11.800
last parallel
5
00:00:11.800 --> 00:00:15.420
in the follow-through, and there's a variety of things that we like to look for
6
00:00:15.420 --> 00:00:16.120
, but there's
7
00:00:16.120 --> 00:00:19.400
some common things that we tend to not see.
8
00:00:19.400 --> 00:00:24.510
First one would be if you remember that we're trying to continue this side bend
9
00:00:24.510 --> 00:00:25.240
and kind
10
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of stay back behind the ball with this right shoulder continuing to go down,
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what we'll
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tend to happen is this shoulder will come more up, the hips will go more back
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like so.
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This is often a hip related issue, and you can easily take some of the pressure
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off of
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your hip and make it less demanding if you review the foot flare and how much
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you have
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that left foot turn towards the target because that will make it so that you
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don't have to
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kind of go to end range of motion and be strong in that position.
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The next one that I tend to see would be the hands being too high or going up
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like so
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as opposed to working a little bit more around you on that functional swing
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plane.
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So if I draw that impact line and it looks like your club is going way inside
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out, there's
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a good chance you're hitting blocks, you're hitting big hooks, and what that
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one comes
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from is a little bit more of the body standing straight up like so.
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So this posture gets very vertical and then when I side bend, I've now added a
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couple
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shallows and so that gets the club swinging way out around me as opposed to a
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little
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bit more down the target line.
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The opposite to that would be the hands going too low.
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So the hands going more down around and across like so.
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Now if you naturally swing way up high, it'll feel good to go low and vice
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versa, if you
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swing low, it'll feel pretty good to go high.
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But if you're overdoing one of them too much, then it can cause problems.
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If you're overdoing the hands coming too low, it's usually a result of the
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hands kind of
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flipping around and releasing more like this as opposed to releasing out or it
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could be
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that that right shoulder has gotten very high on top of the golf ball like so.
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That's a little bit more of the rare one, but it tends to happen with this last
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piece,
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which is one of the biggest ones that I see, which is the elbows not closing or
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not getting
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closer.
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If you remember from impact to follow through, those elbows should kind of be
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squeezing together
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or getting closer during that period.
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Some tour pros get anywhere down around seven inches between the center of
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their elbows,
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which is not very much at all.
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Many amateurs, those elbows are going wider and they'll be a foot, a foot and a
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half
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apart like so.
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That one is usually a result of either a transition air, not having the club
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come from the proper
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path or release air, not having the club square the club face with the arms
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kind of
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extending away from you.
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So pulling it across actually gets the face pointed in the direction of the
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target, but
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makes you susceptible to hitting it weak, low compression and tending to hit it
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a little
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bit more of a flare off to the right.
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So those are the major issues that we see with the follow through position,
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that position
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right there, either going high, going low, getting narrow, getting forward, any
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of those
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problems will cause you a little bit more of contact issues, but it's really a
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symptom
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of some of the other things that should have already happened.
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So I'll usually direct you in the direction of not just focusing on that, but
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also looking
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at either the release or transition.
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