Anna Nordqvist - Weight shift and rotation
Anna Nordqvist - Weight shift and rotation
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One very common issue for amateur golfers is being fixated on swing plane as well as the hand and arm positions in the backswing. Well, hand and arm positions and swing plane are certainly important however, your focus on these areas could be costing you tons of speed and consistency. In this video, I will show you how important it is to prioritize your backswing around weight shift and rotation. I'll also show you what to look for in your own swing so that you know exactly which area of the swing you need to work on first.
Video Practice Points
- Make sure you have proper axis tilt at address. Spine just inside your lead knee.
- Shift your weight to help start the swing.
- Focus on rotation before you work on hand and arm positions at the top of the swing.
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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 are
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actually going to be shifting our focus
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over to the LPGA Tour this week, where
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Anna Nordquist was able to pick up her
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first victory at the ShopRite this past
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weekend. So, congratulations to her.
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Obviously, no offense to Steven Bowditch
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and the PGA Tour player, the winner of
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this past weekend. I just wanted to be
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able to kind of focus in on two really
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critical areas
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of the golf swing that I think need to be
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prioritized. Long before, a lot of the
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other things that you're starting to try
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to work on in your golf swing. I think a
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lot of the times we see as a big mistake
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is that people really get fixated on a
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hand and arm position at the top of their
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swing. They want to have this beautiful
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on-plane looking swing and they want to
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just focus right on that. And when they
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do this, We find that they shut down two
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really important factors of the golf
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swing. That are going to help us get good
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width and good rotation and good power
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built up so that we can, in turn, use
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that for club head speed. Yeah, hand and
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arm positions are really important at the
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top of the swing, of course. We're not
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going to argue that. We understand how
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the cause and effect of some of the
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positions if your hands and arms are a
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little bit deep, or if they're a little
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bit too vertical. We understand those
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things, but if we can still shift our
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priorities over to these two really key
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areas, In turn, you're going to be able
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to become a lot more consistent. And
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you're also going to be able to set
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yourself up so you can build a lot more
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leverage in your golf swing. Alright, so
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let's go ahead and take a look here from
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a face-on perspective.
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Let me get in a pause here for us. Hold
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on one sec.
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Okay, so from a face-on perspective, if
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you're not seeing that you have axis tilt
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at your address position, then you need
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to make sure that you have that in place.
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Axis tilt is really critical because it
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allows you to put the head in behind the
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golf ball.
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It allows you to be able to put the right
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side or your trail side in a less
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dominating position. It also allows you
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to be able to rotate around your axis
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properly without causing yourself to
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possibly over-rotate and have your spine
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leaning more towards the target. That can
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actually be very detrimental. That can
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hurt the body. That can put a lot of
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pressure on the lower part of your back.
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Alright, so you want to make sure that
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you have axis tilt. I'm going to do some
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recommended videos during this process.
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And our recommended videos are to the
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right-hand side of the video player,
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where it says Recommended video. Just
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click on that tab. All these videos that
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I discuss during these analysis will be
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in there. So just click that. You'll see
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all the videos.
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You'll see hip bump axis tilt in there.
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It's a really good video that talks about
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how to get proper axis tilt at your
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address position. And I think this is one
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of the biggest overlooked features of the
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setup position. And it's really, really
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important. So the next two things that I
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want you to be able to understand, or I
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want you to be able to see in your golf
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swing, before you start thinking about a
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hand and arm position.
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Because yes,
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you know, Anna's right elbow is a little
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bit on the deep side. Her hands are a
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little bit deep in relationship to the
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center of her chest. That's where we
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would be, you know, from a rotary swing
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standpoint, we would still want to
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correct that. But what she does do well
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in her golf swing is she does the two big
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things. And if you look at the whole
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mantra behind the rotary swing is that we
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want to think of it as a big, big body
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turn and a teeny tiny little arm
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movement.
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All right. So here are the moves that we
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want to focus on. If you don't see your
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golf swing having weight shift in it. So
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watch your right side here.
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She's going to shift into that right
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side.
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Really important. One of the more things
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that we would consider the crux of the
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golf swing in a sense is weight shift. So
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you've got to be able to shift your
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weight. That's the first and foremost.
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And then you've got to be able to make
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sure that you're making a big wide turn,
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a big body turn. So you can see that
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she's made a good full turn and she's
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shifted her weight into that trail side.
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So she's loading things up here. Now, if
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we focus on rotation and we focus on
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weight shift, then takeaway positions
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become a lot easier. And I know that's
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one of the things where people are like,
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how do I fix my takeaway? Like my right
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arm breaks really early. My club gets
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inside.
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But again, if we're hanging onto the golf
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club at the address position here. Okay,
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our arms are attached to our shoulders.
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And if we just shifted our weight and we
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just rotated our shoulders by pulling our
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shoulder blade or scapula, feeling like
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we're pulling it in towards our spine. In
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turn, that's going to rotate your
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shoulders and move your hands and arms.
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And that's what Anna does so, so well. So
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watch here as she works into a takeaway
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position. Pretty much textbook here. You
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can see the club shaft is parallel to the
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ground.
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You can see that both arms are really
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straight and really relaxed. She's just
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turned her body nice 45 degrees. Really,
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probably one of the better takeaways I've
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seen out there. She's got a very, very
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good move, very fundamental. If you look
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at it from a down the line perspective,
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for all those people that are
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planologists or really fixated on swing
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plane, let me show you this.
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So this is an elbow plane line up from
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the hosel of the club to the base of the
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elbow. So you can see that she gets this
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club on the plane line.
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And all that club movement right there
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was facilitated by body rotation.
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So if you understand how to move your
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body and you understand where your
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priorities need to be, then golf becomes
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a lot easier. Don't try to focus on
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getting your hands and arms into certain
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positions. Focus on moving from the right
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parts. That's what we do at Rotary Swing.
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That's what we want you to be able to
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focus on. Alright, so I'm not saying that
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you don't have to work on a hand and arm
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position at the top of the swing. I want
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you to make sure that you have the two
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really big variables in place first
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before you start trying to correct those
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things. Don't put the cart before the
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horse I guess is the best expression
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here. So a couple videos I want to help
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you out with guys this week is going to
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be obviously hip bump, axis tilt. And
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then there's also going to be the right
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hip line. That's weight shift number two
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video, right hip line.
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I'll do a keep the right arm straight to
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turn and we will do five minutes to
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master rotation.
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I think that will probably keep us pretty
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busy. Those videos will really kind of
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stay in line with how to prioritize and
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make sure that you're getting a full
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turn. And always guys, if you're not
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seeing these things on camera or in a
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mirror, then make sure that you have the
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important things down. Axis tilt, weight
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shift, and rotation. And you will be well
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on your way to playing some of the best
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golf of your life. Alright guys, so let's
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get out there, let's work on it, and
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let's make it a great day.
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