Bubba Watson Wide Narrow Wide Shape
Bubba Watson Wide Narrow Wide Shape
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Description
Bubba Watson has a very unique looking golf swing that often appears to be long and out of control. In this video, I'll show you how he uses the common swing shape of wide-narrow-wide found among all great players. I'll also show you how he stabilizes the lower body before he explodes upwards at impact giving viewers at home the appearance that he is swinging out of his shoes.
Video Practice Points
- Keep both arms straight and relaxed as you big to rotate the shoulders.
- Make sure you load the trail glute for stability in the back swing.
- Keeping the trail arm straight for as long as possible will help you rotation and width at the same time.
- Motor the downswing with the lower body and stabilize by stomping the left heel into the ground
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Hey guys, This is Rotary Swing Instructor
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Chris Tyler and Bubba Watson gets his
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next big victory at the HSBC World Golf
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Championship this past weekend. I'm going
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to show you how he uses the wide, narrow,
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wide swing shape and a ton of lower body
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stability to build a lot of club head
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speed. Let's go ahead and get started.
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Okay, So the tour is wild man, and always
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fun to watch. Bubba Watson gets his next
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victory at the HSBC Championship this
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past weekend. So, congratulations to
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Bubba.
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And this week, I want to talk to you
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about some of the critical areas of his
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golf swing that help him maintain a lot
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of width and also build a swing shape.
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That's very common amongst all some of
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the best players in the world. And I also
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want to kind of get over a little bit of
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the myth about his lower body and how
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unstable it is. And actually show you
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what he does in his golf swing. To
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stabilize and use it for a lot of
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effective and efficient power. And I'm
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going to give you guys a list of
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checkpoints that are going to help you
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build a better swing shape. That, in
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turn, is going to help you get over a lot
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of the mountains that you've been trying
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to progress through.
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And a lot of times in amateur golf we see
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a different swing shape where we see a
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narrow, wide, narrow shape. And if we
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work on trying to establish this wide,
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narrow, wide, you're going to be able to
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maintain more lag. You're going to be
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able to make a lot more speed in the
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hitting area where it counts. And then in
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turn you're going to be able to play a
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lot better golf.
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So taking a look at Bubba, I flipped him
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around this week. We're going to look at
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him from a right-handed perspective. And
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this is no knock or no offense to you
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left-handed players. We just have more
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right-handed golfers on the website. So
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we're going to look at the takeaway
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position here.
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And Bubba has a very textbook-like
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takeaway where he keeps both arms very,
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very straight into his turn. And he's got
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a very loaded upright side. So his first
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move off the golf ball is to make a small
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shift to the hips to feel that weight hit
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that right heel, right ankle.
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You'll actually hear Bubba talk quite a
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bit about that, making sure that he keeps
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his weight locked underneath the ankle
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area, And making sure that he can feel
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the weight shift and push down into those
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heel areas so he can stabilize his hips.
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So he's done that very well at this
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point, and he's established a lot of
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width.
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And for those golfers that have struggled
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for this particular area of the golf
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swing, you always want to make sure that
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we keep that right arm very straight into
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your turn. If you see your right arm
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breaking, chances are your lead side or
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your left arm is starting to push across
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your center. And when you push, the right
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arm will eventually break, And then, in
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turn, you've now narrowed the
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that risk of throwing the club from the
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top part of the golf swing down, or get
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the hands and arms into a deeper
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position.
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Now from here, he actually maintains a
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ton of width, and you're going to see he
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still continues to rotate, and his hands
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are right at about sternum height here,
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and he's kept both arms very, very
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straight at this particular point. So if
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you've noticed in your golf swing, when
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you're doing some self-analysis, that you
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see your right arm breaking, or you see
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that you've shut down rotation at the top
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of your swing, we have a fantastic video
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on the website called the Keep the Right
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Arm Straight to Turn video. That's a
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video that Chuck did that shows, number
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one, not only how to establish a lot of
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width in your golf swing, But also make
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sure that you're using the right arm to
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focus back on making a big rotation or a
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big wide turn with the shoulders. Those
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two areas are going to be critical for us
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to have this wide narrow wide swing
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shape. So definitely check that video
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out. I'm going to attach that video here
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into the recommended videos to the right
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of the video player,
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And that's one of those that will help
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you overcome two really big parts in the
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golf swing. If you've been struggling
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with collapsing the right arm and then
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not rotating.
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So as we start to work further into this
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golf swing, you're going to notice he
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gets the hands at about shoulder height.
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You're going to see this right arm start
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to flex, and you're going to see that he
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gets fully loaded up. You're going to see
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his lead knee here actually starting to
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kiss over into the trail knee.
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Okay, you can see how that lead knee is
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kissed over in there. Big wide turn,
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probably about 95, almost 100 degrees of
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shoulder turn. But notice how he's kept
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this lead arm very, very straight and
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only has roughly about 90 degrees or so
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of trail arm flexion. If you've noticed
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in your golf swing that your lead arm is
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starting to break at all, Then that's
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generally a sign that you've got too much
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right arm flexion or too much trail side
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flexion. So if you've seen that your left
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arm is starting to break,
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then check to make sure that you don't
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have too much flexion in there, And that
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will help you maintain a lot of that
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straightness in that lead arm, because
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that's absolutely pivotal for
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consistency's sake.
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So at this particular junction of the
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golf swing, this is where he does a lot
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of great things to motor his golf swing
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with the lower part of the body. Now a
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lot of misconceptions out there is that
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when we get to this top part of the golf
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swing, we want to start to pull our arms
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down really, really quickly, and that's
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just not correct. We want to get things
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moving with the lower half, and if we
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sequence up our downswing by trying to
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work on getting the lower half to shift
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first,
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Then the hands and arms will start to
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move into a good area. To where you can
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start to release it and start to widen
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that arc back up and get a lot of max
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speed at impact. So what I want you to
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take notice of here is he's externally
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rotating his lead hip quite a bit.
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He's getting his hips to unwind, And he's
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also moved his lead knee back into a
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neutral position, So he's got that left
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knee stacked right over top of the left
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ankle, and you're going to see that the
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hands and arms look like they're moving
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quite a bit, but they're not because he's
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actually allowing gravity to pull them
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down, and he's still maintaining that
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narrow width by keeping that right arm
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flexed. So you're going to see right at
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this particular point, so he's actually
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got his belt unwound here. He's almost
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back to a square position with the hips.
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Now, look at this lead side foot here,
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how stable it is on the ground. It's not
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rolled to the outer portion of the foot.
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He's very, very stable at this junction
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of the golf swing, and what you'll notice
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here is that now that he's gotten fully
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seated over there,
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he's going to start to push that left
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heel into the ground, and he's going to
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start to pull that left hip away from the
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target. Just as outlined in the straight
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left-legged impact video, that's another
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good video for you guys to check out.
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If you're wanting to really kind of learn
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how the lower body works in the downswing
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sequence, or what you're supposed to be
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doing with that lead side. So you start
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to push that left heel on the ground,
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you'll see that belt start to come back
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up, and as the belt starts to come back
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up, the hands are going down. So it's
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almost like a lever here, and as you see
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the hands are starting to approach in
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front of the right thigh, you can see
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that the hands are about pocket height at
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this particular point. That left leg is
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nearing a straighter position.
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So let me show you from the next few
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angles here,
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you're going to get the hands back down
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to about pocket height. This is right at
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the junction where he's going to start to
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push that left heel into the ground. He's
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got kind of a signature move. If you
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watch his golf swing at all from face on
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or down the line, you'll see him slam his
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left heel on the ground to start his
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downswing transition. We have a good
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video on the website on how the lower
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body works where we talk about a stomp
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drill, And we actually have you pick the
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left foot up and slam it down on the
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ground to make sure that the weight's
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fully over there, and then also that you
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have the correct muscles activated to
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help stabilize.
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So again, if you watch his hips at this
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particular junction of the golf swing,
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They're not going to do very much at all
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because he's controlled them by getting
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the glute muscles to activate. And then
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also notice that he's still got about 90
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degrees of flexion in that right arm.
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Because he's allowed gravity and the
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rotation to pull them down into this
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particular area of the swing. And then
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from this point, You're going to see him
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stall the hips and then release the
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angles and then go back to that wide
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swing shape and maximize speed right at
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impact. It's awesome, awesome stuff. Very
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textbook as far as a wide narrow wide
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swing shape is concerned.
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All right, so if you're looking to build
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a better swing shape that's going to be
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more effective and efficient, obviously
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check out the wide narrow wide video.
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That's a great video.
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Also if you've had problems with closing
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up your width and not rotating properly,
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then check out the keep the right arm
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straight to turn video. And then also
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work on not doing much with your hands
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and your arms and your downswing
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sequence. Let the lower body really drive
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the move, get fully seated left, use
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those left glutes to help stabilize,
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stall the hips, and then go ahead and
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release that thing for max speed. All
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right, guys, so let's get out there and
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play some great golf. I look forward to
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working more with you guys in the future.
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Now let's make it a go.
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