Shane Lowry - 2 Keys to lag
Shane Lowry - 2 Keys to lag
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Shane Lowry wins the 2015 WGC Bridgestone Invitational. In this analysis, I'll show you the keys in Shane's swing to building lag and clubhead speed. I'll show you some key checkpoints and relate a great drill that will get you well on your way to building more clubhead speed.
Video Practice Points
- At the completion of the takeaway, make sure that club shaft is parallel to the ground.
- When your lead arm is parallel to the ground, make sure your club is at a 90 degree angle, and no more than that, in relationship to the lead forearm.
- Keep the wrists supple and allow the shift of your weight back to the lead side to increas the angle for lag in transition.
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Hey everyone, This is RST instructor
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Chris Tyler, and we are back with this
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week's tour analysis on the 2015 WGC
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Bridgestone Invitational Champion,
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Irishman Shane Lowry. So congratulations
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to Shane for picking up a big win this
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past weekend. This week we are going to
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be focusing in on lag. I'm going to be
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showing you guys a checkpoint that you're
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going to be looking for in your
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backswing. That, in turn, is going to
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lead to another checkpoint in your
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downswing. That's going to help you get a
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lot more lag and a lot more speed down in
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the hitting area.
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Okay guys, so as I said in the opener,
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We're going to be focusing in on a couple
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of checkpoints this week. In the
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backswing and in the downswing that are
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going to help you understand if you're
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doing things properly in your downswing
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sequence. To, in turn, help you build
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more lag in your swing, which you can
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then eventually turn into more speed down
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at the bottom.
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So what we're going to be looking for
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here and this is a good tool to use on
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the site, guys, is the self-analysis tab.
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You can load in swings face on and down
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the line. You can load as many swings as
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you want. You can compare them to some of
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our model swings, or you can just do some
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simple analysis, like I'm doing here
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today.
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This is a really valuable tool for those
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of you guys that are getting to work on
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your swing here. So what I'm going to do
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here, I'm going to draw a few lines here.
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These lines will make a little bit more
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sense as I go further into the review.
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And this is just one of these angle tools
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that we have on the site. So you can see
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the number changing. Now I've got it
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zeroed out. So you can see that his foot
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line here, the camera is actually pretty
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level to the ground.
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And when we start to look at this first
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number, what we're going to be looking
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for,
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okay, so now his lead arm is now parallel
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to the ground. So you can see how these
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numbers start to change.
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Now, the first checkpoint that we're
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going to be looking for in your golf
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swing here is this one right here. It's
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the position of the club shaft as we get
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the lead arm parallel to the ground. So
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you can see that we're almost at a 90
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degree angle here.
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Almost a perfect 90 degree angle. The
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club shaft, we don't have an excessive
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amount of wrist set. We don't have the
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club facing out in this direction. So we
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want to look at when the lead arm is
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about parallel to the ground, we want to
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have roughly a 90 degree angle between
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the club shaft and the forearm. All
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right, so I can move back down here into
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a takeaway position.
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And you can see when the club shaft is
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parallel to the ground, there's just
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enough wrist set just to support it.
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Okay, so that's a very, very good point
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here is that you don't want to have a ton
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of set here. You don't want to see 90
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degrees of angle when your hands are just
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outside your trail thigh.
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Okay, So that's one of the big misnomers
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of the golf swing is that a lot of
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instructors tell you to set your wrist
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very early. But that's getting the golf
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club to move a good amount of distance.
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And it's getting your wrist and your arms
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to be the first thing that are loaded up.
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And your goal is that you want to load
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your body up first. You want to get
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things moving in the right direction. You
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want to start to build up some power. And
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then eventually you're going to transfer
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that into some speed. So at the completed
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checkpoint, what you're going to be
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looking for, or completed part of the
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takeaway, I'm sorry, is you're going to
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be looking for the club shaft to remain
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parallel to the ground. So that's just
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enough wrist set here just to support the
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club. So if we didn't have any wrist set
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here, the club would be kind of lagging
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down in here. And it would feel a little
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bit uncomfortable. So this wrist set,
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it's sort of a natural kind of an
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occurrence. But again, if you've noticed
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on camera that you've had too much,
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all right, or you have too little, then
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try your best to use this as a checkpoint
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to get it pretty parallel to the ground.
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Then, as you're working up into the top
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part of your golf swing by rotating more
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and adding a little bit of flexion, now
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as you start to get your lead arm here
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parallel to the ground,
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you want to have about 90 degrees of set
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here. Okay, so you want the club shaft to
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be more vertical.
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Again, you don't want to see much more
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than this. If you see that yourself, that
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you have a ton of wrist set here to where
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you've got. This angle is now down to 45
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degrees, then you're going to run the
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risk of starting to throw the club very
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early. And what I mean there is, is that
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going back to loading up muscle groups,
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if you load up a muscle group to its
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fullest range of motion, it's going to
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want to try and fire very early.
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All right, so plus, the big thing is, Is
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that if we save ourselves some room in
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our wrists and we don't get them fully
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set or fully cocked, you're going to have
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some space to create some down cock when
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you start to shift your weight. Now
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that's providing that you keep your
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wrists very supple and very relaxed. And
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that's what he does very well here. So
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you're going to see this move now as he
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starts to finish his golf swing. You're
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going to see his wrists continue to set
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just a little bit more.
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Okay, he's going to get him pretty,
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almost fully maxed out here, but you can
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see his weight is starting to shift over
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to his lead side here.
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Okay, you can see the weight starting to
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shift over to the lead side. Now, As he's
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going to start to sit left
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and he's going to get his lead arm back
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to parallel to the ground, you're going
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to see a big increase in angle here.
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So between the club shaft,
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and let's actually measure it so you guys
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can see the difference now. Let me get
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that off the screen for us. We'll measure
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it.
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So this is now the new angle.
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You can see now we're down to about 43
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degrees, so less than half of where we
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were when we were going in the backswing.
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So this is now we've increased the angle.
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The hands and arms are starting to be
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pulled down into the hitting area by the
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lower body. And this is a great way to
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start to build lag into your golf swing.
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Is that understanding where you need to
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have the positions of the golf club early
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on in the swing? And not have things
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overdone. And allow yourself to be able
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to increase the amount of angle on the
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way down with weight shift and supple
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wrists. We've got a great video on the
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website that can help you out with that,
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guys. It's actually called the down cock
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and pump drill. I know a lot of you have
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probably heard me talk about that. And
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it's not a drill that I want you guys to
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overcook. You still need to have a lot of
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those things in place. If you haven't
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seen the using the wrists effectively and
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efficiently video, That's another good
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video that can give you some of the
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terminology that I talk about in some of
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these analysis.
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And these videos are going to be over
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here to the right-hand side of the video
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player on the website. Just go ahead and
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click the recommended videos tab. Those
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will all populate. And then move three,
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the downswing. Those three videos
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together are going to give you a very
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good understanding on how you're going to
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build a very sharp-looking angle right
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here.
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And in turn, he bombs the golf ball. He
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was averaging well over 300 yards this
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past weekend at Firestone.
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So congratulations to him again for a big
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victory. Also, I wanted to point out one
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thing I found funny when I was loading
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this video. I know that a lot of us have
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been to golf events in the past and they
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always tell us to put the cameras away.
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But this guy back here got my attention.
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You can see that he was told to put his
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cameras away and sit down, and he waits,
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and then he takes a picture.
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It's funny to see some of these people,
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how excited they are to see some of these
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professionals. So anyways, guys, That's
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our game plan this week is we're going to
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be focusing in on lag. And now you've got
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a couple of good checkpoints that you can
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use.
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You're going to focus on making sure that
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you've got enough set at the takeaway
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just to keep it supported to where it's
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parallel to the ground. You are going to,
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when you see your lead arm getting to
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about parallel to the ground, You're
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going to make sure that you've got about
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90 degrees of angle there between the
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club shaft and the forearm.
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And then you're going to allow for a
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little bit more set as you start to work
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and complete your backswing, and allow
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your transition to create more angle to
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start your downswing. And you'll be well
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on your way to having more lag and more
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speed than you ever have before. All
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right, guys, get out there, put it to use
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and make it a great day.
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