Rory Mcilroy - Setup Adjustments
Rory Mcilroy - Setup Adjustments
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Description
Congrats to Rory Mcilroy on his 7 shot blowout victory at the 2015 Wells Fargo Championships. It's pretty incredible to think that this modest-sized player averaged more than 320 yards off the tee this past weekend. If you've ever wondered how McIlroy, Mickelson, or other bombers hit their clubs such amazing distances, this new analysis video is just for you. You'll see how to make some easy setup adjustments that will get you smashing your driver further than ever.
Video Practice Points
- Widen your base for more stability.
- Move the ball position forward slightly
- Make sure you shift all of your weight to the lead side.
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Hey, hey guys. This is RST instructor
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Chris Tyler back again with this week's
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tour analysis. And the world number one
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player is back at it again. Rory McIlroy
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gets a seven shot victory at this week's
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Wells Fargo Championship, so
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congratulations to Rory. We're going to
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be going through some setup adjustments
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between the driver and iron play. I'm
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going to show you some of the distinct
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differences. I'm also going to show you a
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really cool close up of Rory's hips and
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how he's able to stall them and actually
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make them go backwards in the hitting
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area. So let's go ahead and get started.
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All right, guys. So as I said in the
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opener, We're going to be focusing in on
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a couple of the setup adjustments that we
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would make, from a stock iron shot format
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over to a driver's swing. I'm going to
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show you some of those things that from
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an address position all the way down into
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the impact zone, some of the differences
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that these positions will cause. So let's
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go ahead and take a look here.
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Over on the left-hand side, obviously,
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we've got a driver's swing. You're going
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to see a much wider base here,
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a much wider base.
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You're also going to see a little change
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in ball positions. So I'm going to draw
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lines up from the center of the ankles on
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both sides. You're going to see that he
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is roughly 2 inches outside of neutral
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joint alignment on both sides. Ball
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position is pretty much perfect as far as
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where the bottom of the swing arc is
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going to be. You can see it's off of his
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left ear.
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And he's made a slight adjustment with a
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driver's swing here. So you can see the
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ball position is just a slight amount
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forward, where he would be playing an
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iron swing. Now, this is, you know,
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contrary to what you've probably heard on
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a lot of golf instruction in the past
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saying, always off the left heel.
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He's just made a small adjustment here.
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He's just moved maybe a ball, ball in
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half forward.
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And again, modern day equipment is set up
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for very high launch conditions with very
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low spin.
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So with these setup changes, I want you
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to pay really close attention to one
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critical area of the golf swing here.
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All right. And then we're going to get to
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the fun stuff. I'm going to show you guys
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his hips, how they work.
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All right. So check out axis tilt. This
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is going to be one of the big differences
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with going to a wider base here. So let's
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take a look from an iron swing
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perspective.
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Up to the top, maintains axis tilt
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beautifully, then gets fully seated into
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the lead side.
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And then at impact, you're going to see a
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very stacked up left side here. See how
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all of the shoulder, the hip, the knee,
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and the ankle are right on top of each
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other. And that axis tilt is now just
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barely outside of his lead knee.
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So you can see the spine just facing just
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outside of his lead knee. Now because
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he's got such a long ways to shift his
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weight and we're setting up to create
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more of an ascending blow on the golf
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ball, you're going to see a lot more axis
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tilt here down in the hitting area.
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So up to the top, you're going to see him
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shift and load up. And then there's a big
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gigantic push to get everything back over
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to the lead side. A lot of external
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rotation from his lead leg as well.
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And then this is where he starts to
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unload it. And now you can see that this
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impact position doesn't have his lead
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shoulder stacked up like it would in the
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hitting area. And now take a look at the
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big difference here, you're going to see
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a lot more secondary axis tilt. Now, the
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one thing I want you to know is that if
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you're looking to create more launch or
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higher drive or ball flight, it's easier
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to do or to get more secondary axis tilt
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by going to a wider base. But that
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doesn't mean I want you to get away from
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shifting your weight completely over to
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the lead side.
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You really, A lot of the tendency is to
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create this secondary axis tilt is that
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we want to hang back and that can create
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the club coming in very, very shallow to
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make the club bounce off the ground. I
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know we've all done that in the past.
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So you want to always work on
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transferring your weight.
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So before I get into showing you guys
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this awesome look at his hips, a couple
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of videos that I want you guys to check
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out is this driver setup adjustments
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video. These videos are going to be to
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the right hand side of the video player.
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There's a tab that says recommended
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videos. Just go ahead and click on that.
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You'll see all the videos populate.
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There's a hip spinners belt buckle drill.
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That's a really good video for those
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players that keep the hips really
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spinning hard through the hitting area,
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or even from the top of the swing down.
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Very good drill in there. I think that's
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a drill that's often overlooked by a lot
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of the players, But make sure that you
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are a hip spinner before you address
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that. Because you still want to be able
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to use those for a lot of power and a lot
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of speed in your downward move.
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And then there's a video that's actually
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called squeeze the cheeks and it kind of
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sounds funny, But it is based around the
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glutes and how to use your glutes down in
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the impact zone for a lot of stability
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and a lot of power. All right, guys, So
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let's take a look at this hip action, and
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you're going to be pretty blown away with
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how his hips work.
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Okay, guys. So as I said, I was going to
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show you a pretty unique view of Rory's
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hips here, and there's a lot of talk
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about how he uses his lower body in the
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golf swing.
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And I know that you probably have heard a
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lot of people talk about his hips
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actually moving backwards. And this
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camera angle is actually able to capture
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that very well. And I'm going to show you
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that right here pretty quick. So he loads
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up to the top. So we're going to pay
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close attention to his belt buckle here
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in the downward move.
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Rotate hard.
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So it's rotating. It goes, it drops down
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as he squats. That's going to help
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leverage the ground. Now it's going to
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start to move up as he's straightening
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the lead leg. And then as the club is
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starting to go down and through the
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release, he's extending the radius,
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extending the arc there. That's in turn
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going to speed the club up.
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And this is where they stall.
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And now you're going to see them move
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backwards. So I'm going to mark the hips
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here so we can see it. I'm going to mark
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this belt buckle.
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So as his hands are passing in front of
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him here through full extension, you're
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going to notice that his hips move back.
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See that move there?
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That's pretty crazy. That is definitely
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lower body stability and definitely
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stalling the hips to a maximum. So I know
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a lot of you guys have asked what we mean
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by his hips actually going the other way.
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Now you can see it here. His hips work
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back in the other direction as he's at
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full extension. And that's how he was
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able to generate a lot of club head
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speed. He's using the kinetic chain
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really, really well in his favor. So,
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all right guys, again, so just check out
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driver setup adjustments. There's also
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the Bomb Your Driver series that's in the
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video section. Check those out. Lots of
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great information in there, Lots of great
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data that's going to help you boost up
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that club head speed and be on your way
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to playing some awesome golf. Let's get
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out there and make it a great day.
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