Jordan Spieth - How to Hit the High Draw
Jordan Spieth - How to Hit the High Draw
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Description
Jordan Spieth wins the 2015 Tour Championship and the FedEx Cup at the age of 22. In this video, I'll show you his key moves to hitting a high draw off the tee.
Video Practice Points
- Shift your weight to the trail side to start the swing and load up.
- Transfer your weight to the lead side to start your downswing.
- Allow for the shift and rotation of the hips to create secondary axis tilt to help shallow the swing.
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Hey, what's up, everyone? This is Rotary
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Swing Instructor Chris Tyler. We are back
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again with this week's tour analysis with
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the $10 million man,
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22-year-old Jordan Spieth. So
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congratulations to Jordan Spieth, who
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just picked up his fifth victory of the
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year on the PGA Tour at the Tour
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Championship.
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And this week, we are going to be
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focusing in on how to hit a high draw. I
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found a couple of good golf swings at
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Jordan's, where I can actually highlight
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some of the key areas in his golf swing.
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That allow him to drive the ball up in
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the air and get it turning from right to
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left, which can help you out a little bit
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more distance and also help you overcome
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that nagging slice. So if you wanted to
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pick up more speed or you want to get
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more control, let's go ahead and get
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started now.
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Okay, so as I said in the opener, We're
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going to be focusing in on a couple of
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the key points in Jordan's golf swing
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that allow him to hit a high draw.
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And I know a lot of us probably want us
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to talk more and more about all of the
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attributes in Jordan's golf swing, but
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we've actually done a ton of analysis on
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him in the past. And over to the right
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-hand side of the video player here on the
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website, you'll be able to see all those
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videos that we've done.
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Lots of good content, but again, we're
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just going to be focusing on the key
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areas here that allow him to hit a high
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draw.
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So those of you at home that have wanted
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to hit this shot? Or if you've been
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looking for a better way to help overcome
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your slice. Or even just trying to get
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the ball moving a little bit further down
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the fairway, then this is a video that's
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perfect for you.
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So a couple of key areas that we're going
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to be focusing on this review, We're
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going to be talking a little bit about
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axis tilt and how it can affect the swing
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plane and the downswing. So I'm going to
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mark a line down the front of his spine.
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Go ahead and also mark an elbow plane
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line here so we can use this from a down
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-the-line perspective.
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To the axis tilt that you see from a face
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-on perspective.
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Also, I'm going to mark the position of
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the club here and where he's actually
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aiming. You can see that he's aiming
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probably at the right center of this
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fairway.
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But take a look over here. This is a very
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commonly taught thing for a lot of
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golfers. So those of you that are trying
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to hit draws, you'll hear, okay, set up
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with your stance a little bit closed.
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This is going to help promote more of an
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in-to-out path. So just be careful with
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that kind of setup change, because that
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can really kind of overcook it. Depending
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on how much secondary axis tilt you have
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down in the hitting area. And that will
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make a little bit more sense to you guys
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as we go further into this.
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My big point here, though, is if you look
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at his hips and his knees,
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you can see they're pretty much in line
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with where he has the club head lining up
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here. Again, right down the right center.
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Foot line would probably be a little bit
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more out to the right.
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So what we want to focus on here, let's
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go ahead and get him loaded up to the
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top. Now, really important, if you're
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wanting to hit a high draw, you need to
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make sure that you shift and you load
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your trail leg up. And Jordan does that
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beautifully.
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All right, so you're going to see him
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shift, load the trail leg up, and now you
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can see that he's maintained his axis
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tilt here at the top of the swing.
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Okay?
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Maintained the axis tilt.
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He's restricted his hips, so he's got a
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good load into that right leg. Now, The
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first key move to making sure that you
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can hit a high draw is we've got to be
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able to transfer a weight into our lead
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side. So let's go ahead and take a look
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at what that looks like from a face-on
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perspective.
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You're going to see as he starts to shift
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and unload, now he's got a good probably
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65% to 70% of his weight into his lead
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leg here.
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So let's get him into the same spot here
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from a down-the-line perspective.
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Okay, so you can see that pretty much
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back to square position with the hips and
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knees.
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And now this is where we're going to
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start to work on creating a lot of
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rotation from the body here. So the hips
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are not just doing one thing. They're not
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just shifting to the lead side, but
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they're also unwinding. It's a very
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dynamic move. Now, both of those moves
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can create secondary axis tilt. They can
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create an environment to where your spine
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leans away quite a bit from the target.
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So if you were just to get to the top of
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your swing and push your pelvis forward,
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then in turn, your spine would start to
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lean. Or vice versa, rotating your hips
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really hard would also start to create a
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lot of that secondary tilt.
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So my point here is that when you start
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to see Jordan really clear his hips from
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this perspective, here, so you can see
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he's shifted. Now, watch when he starts
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to get the spine tilting, increasing this
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tilt. Watch what happens to the plane up
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here. Watch this golf club. So let's go
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back down to the bottom. I'll show you
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how it works up through the takeaway. It
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works on the plane line, gets up into a
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good position at the top. And then
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downward move. You're going to see that
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this club comes underneath the plane
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line. So virtually the hands are in the
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same position.
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And you can see how this club head is
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starting to droop underneath it. Now,
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this is a derivative of secondary axis
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tilt.
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This is what starts to shallow the golf
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swing out. This is what changes the angle
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of attack. This is what gets the path to
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become more from the inside out. But in
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order to do that properly, You need to
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make sure that you're shifting your
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weight back into your lead side and
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you're controlling the rotation from the
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lead side.
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So let's get him back down here into the
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hitting area. You're going to see, so it
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still stays underneath the plane line. So
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this is an in-to-out draw here.
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And then you're going to see the ball
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start out to the right, just a little bit
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of where we had it originally aimed. So
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we would call that just a mini push draw.
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And very good control, though, down in
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the hitting area. He's got a great
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release. Got very good hands down at the
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bottom of the arc.
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Okay, so you can see now down at the
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release point of the swing.
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Okay, let's look at how much the tilt has
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increased. Actually, let me back up a
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frame here.
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Maybe even one more frame. There we go.
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So here we are right at the impact zone.
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So you can see now how much the tilt has
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increased in the golf swing, which now in
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turn, because it's shifted to a little
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bit flatter, now he's going to be able to
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really hard release it. And in turn, he's
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going to have a little bit more speed in
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it. And that's really kind of the big
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points of his swing. So if you're wanting
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to learn how to hit a high draw, the
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biggest thing that you can do for
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yourself is make sure that you're going
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to be transferring, shifting, and loading
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up your weight into your trail side. And
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make sure that you feel like you're
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unloading into your lead side with your
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lower half first.
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Try to feel like you're keeping your back
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to the target and your arms up. And all
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that movement from the lower half is
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going to start to pull the arms and the
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shoulders down for you.
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And then when you get down to the hitting
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area, make sure you feel like you're
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controlling the body from the left side.
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Make sure you're using those left
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obliques to pull the hip away from the
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target. And make sure you refine your
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release and you'll be well on your way to
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hitting that high draw. I know it sounds
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like a lot, but just really the kind of
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the big points are getting into a good
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setup position with axis tilt, getting
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good weight transfer into the trail side,
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and then unloading it into the lead side,
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and then just releasing the golf club.
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And you'll be well on your way to doing
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it just like Jordan.
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Okay, guys. So just a couple of videos I
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want you to check out this week. The golf
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downswing. That's a great video that
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shows you the proper mechanics, proper
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movements on how to start your downswing.
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Also, if you haven't seen the VJ release
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drill, That's a good video that'll start
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to help you really feel like you can get
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this club letting go in the hitting area,
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which will help you obviously get more
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control as well.
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It's a fantastic video. So check those
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videos out. Also, if you're unclear of
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what axis tilt is, I'll put another video
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over here. It'll be called The Importance
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of Axis Tilt.
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So definitely check that out, and that'll
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give you a good clear explanation as to
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what's going on here. All right, guys. I
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wish you all the best. Let's make it a
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great day, and we'll play some great
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golf.
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