Jordan Spieth vs. Rory Mcilroy
Jordan Spieth vs. Rory Mcilroy
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Description
Jordan Spieth and Rory Mcilroy show you how to get more consistent and also a great way to control the bottom of the swing arc.
Video Practice Points
- Focus on load and rotation for a good backswing.
- Keep your hips back.
- Stack up your lead side for control of the bottom of the swing arc.
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Hey, hey, what's up everyone? This is RST
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instructor Chris Tyler, and we are back
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with this week's tour analysis. We've got
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Jordan Spieth back in the winner's circle
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again, who just wanted to play off the
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John Deere, so congratulations to Jordan,
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who's in domination mode this season.
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Also, Ricky Fowler picked up a big win
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over the Scottish Open, so we're going to
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be doing both players here at the same
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time this week. We're going to show you
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guys some of the goods and the bads of
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these particular moves, And also give you
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some related videos that are going to
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help you not only become really efficient
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with your golf
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swing. All right, guys, so here we are
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with this week's tour analysis. We're
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going to be talking about a couple of
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face-on driver swings from both Jordan
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and Ricky. I know that Ricky's gone
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through a pretty good-sized swing change
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over the last couple seasons, and he's
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done a really good job with being able to
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protect his back, And that was one of the
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things that he was getting a little bit
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concerned about was how he didn't load
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into his right side properly, which
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allowed his spine to lean more towards
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the target at the top of the swing.
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You're going to see a much different look
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now from Ricky here. I'm going to get
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both players loaded up to the top, So you
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can see
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that both players have been able to
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maintain axis tilt here really well at
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the top of the swing. If you're
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unfamiliar with what axis tilt really is,
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we have got several videos on axis tilt
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on the website. It's very, very
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important. If you've noticed that your
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spine at the top of your golf swing is
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leaning more towards the target, that can
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actually compress your lower vertebrae
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and can start to put a lot of tension
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down there, and that's not what we want
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to do. We want to be able to be able to
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protect the body ultimately.
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Axis tilt is a big area of the golf swing
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that a lot of people try to overlook, And
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it starts right from a good setup
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position and then being able to rotate
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around your axis properly.
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You need to also be able to make sure
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that you're shifting your weight into
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your trail side.
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Now, this is where the big difference in
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both of these golf swings kind of come
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in, and I actually tend to like Ricky's
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downward move here a little bit better
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than I do Jordan. Even though Jordan's
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got the lowest scoring average on tour,
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he's the number one putter on the planet
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right now, I just like Ricky's impact
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position because he's a little bit more
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safe with his lead side here. I'm going
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to go ahead and explain that to you.
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As we start to work in transition here,
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I'm going to go ahead and draw some lines
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up from the center of the lead ankle here
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on both players.
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This is where they're getting ready to
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start their downward move here. They're
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going to make a big shift into their lead
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side.
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Now, if you watch Ricky here in his
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downward move, he makes a much bigger
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shift of his hips over to the lead side
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here.
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He tends to stand a little bit bow-legged
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at the address position, where his knees
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kind of flare out, and he stands with his
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feet kind of bowed outward as well.
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From this appearance right here, it's
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going to maybe look like he's a little
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bit out past neutral here, but he's made
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a pretty good-sized shift into that lead
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side. You can actually see the weight
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starting to come off the right foot here.
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Now, with Jordan, it's a much different
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move. You're going to see him start to
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get unwinding over here.
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You can see that his shift was much less
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than what Ricky's was. Because you can
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see the center of his hip sockets quite a
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bit further back, where their arms are in
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virtually the same position here. They're
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both almost parallel to the ground and
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actually back Jordan up just a fraction
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here.
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What the big difference here is, is that
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aside from the weight shift over to the
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lead side, You can see that there's quite
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a bit more weight down here in Jordan's
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right foot that he can use to push up off
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of.
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That's one of his signature style moves
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in his golf swing is that he pushes
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really hard from his right leg. You're
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going to see that pretty closely here
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through these next few frames is that
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he's going to push really hard. Now,
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watch his lead ankle as he's starting to
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drive.
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See how he's starting to roll to the
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outside part of that lead ankle. Now,
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think about this. We're swinging the golf
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club effectively over 115 miles an hour.
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That golf club becomes very heavy. This
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can actually start to put a lot of stress
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on those outer portion of those ligaments
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out there, on the outer portion of the
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ankle. And also can cause your spine to
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lean back away from the target even more
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through the hitting area, which in turn
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would create a lot of secondary axis
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tilt. That can also start to compress the
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lower vertebrae.
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This is more of what I would consider a
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dangerous impact position. Even though
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his ball striking is coming around, he's
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a fantastic driver of the golf ball, hits
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a ton of fairways.
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You got to remember, tour players, 81% of
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tour players will sustain a golf related
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injury that keeps them out of golf for
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eight weeks or more throughout their
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career. We want to be able to do our best
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to be able to protect and preserve the
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body.
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All right, so now here with Ricky, if you
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watch through these next couple frames,
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okay, you're going to see that his left
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leg moves to a pretty straight position
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here.
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Okay, you can see a much more stacked up
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lead side appearance here.
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This is where you can see this nice
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stable left foot. This is a much better
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impact position for being able to protect
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the body. And ultimately, Ricky's, you
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know, he hits it a little bit further
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than Jordan. He's got a little bit higher
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club head speed here. He's been able to
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use the kinematic sequence and also be
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able to protect his lead side now, Which
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is going to be critical for him as he
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starts to move forward and play this game
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for several years to come. All right,
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guys, so if you've been struggling, If
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you noticed that you've been working to
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roll to the outside part of your lead
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foot too early in your golf swing, then
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chances are you're not getting enough
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weight over to the lead side early
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enough. So you need to work on your
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weight shift quite a bit. So that's a
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big, big thing for you guys all at home.
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If you've noticed yourself on camera,
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Either kind of hanging back in the
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hitting area or you're rolled to the
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outside part of that lead foot, then we
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need to work on getting more weight shift
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into your lead side much sooner. And
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we've got several videos on the website
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that are going to help you out with this
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stuff. And these videos, as I do every
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single week, They're going to be over in
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the recommended Videos tab to the right
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hand side of the video player here.
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Just hit that recommended tab. They'll
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all populate. So what we're going to be
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looking at first, we're going to be
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looking at impact alignments face on.
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That's a great video for you guys to get
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a good understanding what you're going to
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be trying to do in impact. To make sure
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that you're looking for a good, solid
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impact position that's going to be safe
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and efficient.
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You're also going to check out the
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straight left legged impact video.
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You're also going to check out the
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perfecting lower body stability. All
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right, I'll put in a couple of access
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tilt videos over here as well, just in
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case you guys are unclear as to what that
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means. Make sure you have access tilt at
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your address position and make sure that
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you're rotating to the top of your swing
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properly. So you're setting yourself up
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to work in transition properly. All
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right, guys, so that's our review this
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week. Again, congratulations to both
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players. Jordan is in domination mode.
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Ricky, it's good to see him win over
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there. And I'm looking for an exciting
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British Open. I hope you guys are as
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well. Now let's make it a great day.
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