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In this concept video, we're going to go over troubleshooting the takeaway.

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Now, as we discussed, it's a very simple movement of just turning the spine,

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but there

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are a number of common ways that people get into trouble during the takeaway

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that kind

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of mess you up for the rest of the swing.

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The first one would be an all-arms type movement, which would basically be

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going like this where

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my shoulders move, my arms move, but my rib cage and my chest stayed pointing

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at the camera.

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It would end up looking like so.

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This looks like the club is in position, but the problem is I haven't really

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started

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building any torque in my body.

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I've pretty much just loaded my shoulder, and it's going to mess up the

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sequencing when

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I get into transition, and it's also typically going to mess up my plane in the

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backswing.

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Not that the plane in the backswing is the most critical factor, but if it gets

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too vertical,

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it's going to require too much of an adjustment on the way down.

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The second common error that we see would be a sway.

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So as you go into that takeaway movement, some players will have their lower

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body shift

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off to the right and get their weight onto the outside of that foot.

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When you get onto the outside of the foot, then it's going to take kind of a

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major movement

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to get back onto the inside of the foot.

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Imagine trying to throw a ball from the outside of the ankle.

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You wouldn't be able to get very much power from your legs, so you would end up

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doing

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it all with your arms.

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Same kind of pattern can happen in golf.

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Now the problem as a power source, if you tend to use your shoulder a lot,

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which we talk

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about in the power section, then a sway actually helps make that easier.

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So pay attention to that.

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If you're having trouble getting rid of your sway, it may be a power source

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thing.

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But that's error number two would be a sway in transition.

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Number three would be standing up, which would be basically as I take it back,

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it ends up

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looking like this.

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Now we already talked about in the takeaway movement that to rotate around your

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posture

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is actually a three dimensional movement.

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So what standing up means is not that you're going like this.

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It means that you don't have enough side bend.

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It means that that left shoulder isn't working down towards the golf ball.

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So it gives the appearance that I have stood up.

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You can see the difference in my head height of side bend as it relates to that

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takeaway

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movement.

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And then the last piece that I sometimes see is manipulating the face, either

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taking it

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away and letting the wrist kind of collapse and get shut very, very early or

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the opposite,

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rolling those forearms and getting the face very, very vertical.

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Remember, the majority of the backswing should be a spine-based movement.

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It's not going to be a ton of forearm and face rotation because if you do so,

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it's going

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to tend to mess up your sequencing during transition because you won't be able

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to dynamically

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move your body and still get the face to square.

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You'll typically have to make a major adjustment with your body by slowing it

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down to compromise

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for getting the face to square a little bit better.

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So try those, check the drill section for the drills that I've sent you, and it

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should

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help you clear up this takeaway.