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This drill is the arm height crutch.

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Um, so we're going to, uh,

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work on our impact positions explicitly looking

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at the left arm.

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A lot of people who struggle with contact issues as well

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as poles tend to from the down the line camera angle,

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if you're looking at it, have a very low, uh,

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left arm compared to the shaft.

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This is the opposite of some of the Mo Norman

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or impact window or, um, ideas where we're trying

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to create more width control

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by having this arm a little bit higher.

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Now this can be because it's down through impact

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and it's associated with this kind of pulling motion.

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Um, it's often tricky for golfers to feel.

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Um, so this little, uh, at home drill I do,

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I I call it the lead arm crutch.

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Um, so when you have a, you know, if you break your leg

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and you have a crutch, you're gonna put it in the

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armpit, kind of like this.

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Well, this will allow us to feel

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that the left arm is gonna stay at a specific height.

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Um, now I usually just do it with the, uh, grip end

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and I've basically got it here.

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So now if I was to, if I was to try to pull with the arm,

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it actually stabs me a little

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bit so it doesn't feel very good.

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Or if I pulled the entire arm would move over there.

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That would feel very awkward.

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Um, so I can practice getting into an impact position

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and then I can practice coming through, uh, into follow

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through where basically the arm

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height stays at about the same.

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I can then put my right arm on.

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And this is slightly exaggerated, but not by a lot.

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Um, so the next step would be, uh,

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working into a more dynamic movement where I'm trying

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to recreate that same feel.

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So let's do it one more time.

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I'm gonna feel like I get into a impact position there

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where it's pretty close to pointing, uh, at

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or around the golf ball.

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Um, if, if in general, if I was

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to pull it down just like this, if I put that in there,

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you could see that the, the club would be pointing more at

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my foot and it's just using the wrist to get the club, um,

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out towards the golf ball.

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Ideally, I'm gonna have more of the arm kind

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of pointing in the general direction of the golf ball.

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So I can go down, play around with that spacing there.

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Now, as I keep turning through, this is often the part

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that feels a little bit weird

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'cause this is gonna feel like your arm stayed at a more

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consistent height compared to your chest as you're coming

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through, kind of like this.

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So working on that lead arm height, um, either

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with the club acting as a brace

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or like a reverse sharks fin, um, where I'm feeling

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that left arm kind of, uh, staying above my right arm

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and my right hand here at uh, uh, chest level

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that can help me use my body

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and my forearm to bring the club

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through rather than pulling in with the shoulder.

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That pull in with the shoulder has many different varieties.

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Um, but oftentimes you'll see,

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see either a low handle from the down the line, um,

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or you will see a chicken wing

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where this arm is pulling down.

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Or you might see just, uh, more of a kind of a, a high

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club face closing in the follow through.

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Um, where essentially this is coming

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through, kind of like that.

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As you straighten that arm, it tends to make it harder

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to get the club face to rotate, um, quite as much.

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So let's get that feel, it'll feel a lot more body

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centric kinda like that.

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And then we're going to do a little nine to three first

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and we're just gonna see if we can check that follow through

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and see if we got into a similar place.

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If we're getting into a similar place there,

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then we can add more speed

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and work on longer, uh, longer and longer swings.

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Okay, so let's do a quick demo where we walk through it.

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Um, so I'll start by using this as more of a kind

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of a dynamic version.

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Then I'm gonna take the arm

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and I'm gonna try to feel like it stays more at

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that same height, either with

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or without the support of the trail arm.

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Now I could do an open hand version.

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I could do kind of a shadow version.

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Um, this kind of works in left, this falls in line

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with left arm training.

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Um, and my key is to get into this good, uh, impact position

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where it probably feels a little bit higher,

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but it's more in line with the golf ball.

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And then follow through where it feels like it stayed

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around the same height as opposed to it pulling down

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and in getting behind you into that follow through.

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Once I've done that, now I can do a nine to three

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and check it in the finish.

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So essentially, let's say working

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through the space, look back at the ball.

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This is where I'm trying to get to.

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So now if I do a nine to three, I can basically compare

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that, bring it in, okay.

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Pretty much hit the spot.

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As I'm, as I'm getting more comfortable with that,

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I can add more and more speed

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and work through my general nine to three, 10

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to two full swing, uh, slow, medium hard

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progressions that'll make it show up more

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consistently in my full swing.

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This can help you get more of a feeling of hitting the ball

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with your body, um, as well

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as getting a little bit better arm structure to hallmarks

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for, um, consistent ground as well as ball flight part

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of the stock tour swing.