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This drill is the Yo-Yo release.

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So the Yo-Yo release fits in the Trailarm release pattern.

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So the Yo-Yo release is trying to emphasize more the orientation of where the

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palm is

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facing an impact.

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A lot of golfers who have poor release patterns go into more of excessive

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internal rotation

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of the trail arm kind of like this.

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So the elbow gets behind and the palm starts facing down and in.

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If I was to exaggerate that pattern, even if I tried to kind of force it or

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fight it,

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it will have more of this feeling of the palm facing in.

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So the Yo-Yo release is basically with your arm in front kind of in delivery

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position

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or in that break-dancer shot put position, I'm going to...

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Now, it feels a little bit like unwinding just like you were doing a Yo-Yo

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movement, right?

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But in the real swing, it wouldn't just be straight out like this.

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It would kind of be going across your body kind of like this and it wouldn't

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truly finish

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straight out.

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It would have just a little bit of this unhinge or supination.

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So it would go kind of out like this.

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So now, if you're doing this as a part of a kind of a pattern, I would work

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specifically

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in the nine to threes.

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This is a harder one to do in full swings.

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You can get there, but when you're initially trying it, we're going to do

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single arm and

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we're going to bring it out.

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And basically, I'm going to feel like it stays pointing, my palm stays pointing

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away from

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my belly button or facing the camera.

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And I'm going to try to use the body rotation to bring this through and

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basically stop in

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that position there.

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So as a single arm, it's going to feel like a very kind of passive arm or it's

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going

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to feel like this forearm kind of stays pointing more up or the shoulder stays

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more pointing

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up.

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It could also feel like the elbow stays more in.

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So we'll do that again.

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So from here, it's going to basically rotate like that.

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Now, if I add rotation, now that creates a bunch of shaft lean as well as

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keeping the

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palm facing away from me instead of it facing towards.

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So when you do this normally, you do more of that pattern, yes, I can create

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more speed

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with my arm that way and I can hit it farther.

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But you'll notice from the video, if we compare those two, you will see that I

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had a lot less

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shaft lean and it would be much tougher for me to control the club face.

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I hit that 30 degrees or 20 degrees to the left or so.

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So let's do one more good one with just the trail arm where I'm going to bring

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it back

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and then I'm going to feel like the palm is facing away from me kind of like

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this as

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I turn through, just like I was using a yoyo.

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So I'm getting some arm extension as the palm is facing away kind of like that.

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Now it'll be a lot easier when I add the trail arm for support.

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So now if I do that same movement, it's going to point away kind of like this

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and then when

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I rotate, I'll be able to get my hands well ahead of the golf ball as I make in

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contact.

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And because I haven't really hit this hard, I'm able to stop in that kind of

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hinge and

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hold type position or I'm able to stop before the club would release past the

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follow through.

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And that's because I'm trying to stop before the club gets past the follow

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through, that's

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why it's harder to do on a full swing.

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You can potentially do it on kind of more of a almost decelerating 10 to 2

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where it's

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more of kind of a hit and stop.

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I see the most benefit in doing this in more of a release drill or more of a 9

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to 3.

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So if you struggle with the arm getting more back like this channel, your inner

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Dennis the

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menace and get a little yoyo action where the palm is facing more out and then

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figure

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out how to time that with body rotation to get the shaft lean in solid contact.

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That can really help clean up if you have more of a trail arm throw that causes

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a lot

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of toe shots, a lot of poles and a lot of pull hooks off the tee.