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In this concept video, we're gonna discuss

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the arm lock putter.

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Um, so I had a member question about what, uh, adaptations

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or what are the considerations if you're switching

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to an arm lock putter or considering it?

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Um, so in general, we have the same few goals for putting,

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we're trying to start the ball online at a specific speed.

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Um, the major influence for the start line is going

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to be the putter face control.

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So one of the advantages to the arm lock putter is

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that it helps take the wrist out of, or,

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or it helps stabilize the wrist, I should say.

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Um, so, uh, most of the way

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that the arm lock putters are gonna, uh,

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be built these days, you're gonna have the flat grip kind

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of facing the target, some have round.

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Um, this is going to basically sit up against the forearm.

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Now, um, in researching this, one rule that you have

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to be careful about is, uh, you have to get fit

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for your arm lock putter based on your posture

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because, um, I borrowed this from a student

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and it's actually illegal if I was to put with it,

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because if I get bent over the arm lock touches above,

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it touches my tricep above the elbow.

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Um, so anything touching above the elbow, uh,

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is deemed an illegal, um, anchoring.

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So if I was gonna use this, I would have

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to stand up kind of artificially tall.

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Now, uh, the, the grip

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or the, um, wrist position is going, we still want

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to have a little bit of ulnar deviation,

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and we still want to have, um, a little bit of te tension

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and flexion in that wrist can help.

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Um, so if I create a little bit of a pressure movement

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by kind of holding it like this, kind of like the, um, one

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of the cell phone wrist drills, uh, that we use

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for the full swing, um, that's going

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to essentially keep the, the wrist

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and the, um, putter face under more control.

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Now, one of the challenges here is the other element

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that really influences your putter face

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is going to be the shoulder.

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And when you have your arm straight like this, um,

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it can induce

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or it can make it easier to rotate the shoulder compared

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to if the arm is bent.

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Um, so compared to the conventional setup

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or conventional putting approach,

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this can really help you stabilize your wrist,

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but you have to manually stabilize the shoulder.

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The other, uh, consideration for, uh, putter face control is

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that as you move your, your shoulders,

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if you move them in a more rotational fashion, um,

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it's almost gonna be worse for the, um, arm lock.

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So if you have rotational shoulders,

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this can be a great training aid, um,

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for helping you feel like your shoulders work in more

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of a tilting fashion because it will be, um, less forgiving,

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uh, to rotational shoulders when you have less of an ability

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to make a compensation with your wrist.

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The other last consideration for start line is vision, um,

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which is in order for my eyes to kind

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of track the start line, I want my, my eyes

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and my head to basically follow the, uh,

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path similar to my start line.

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And when I'm standing up taller, as I turn my head,

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that tends to make it look like I'm

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aimed a little bit more left.

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So you really have to, uh, do your homework and,

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and do some start line practice to get used to

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what it will look like from a little bit different posture.

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But the, the overall, um, kind

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of mechanics are gonna be fairly similar.

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We're gonna have kind of that pizza wedge shape,

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but instead of it being just ahead of belly button,

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now it's kind of closer to the left shoulder there.

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Um, I'm gonna still try to kind of, um,

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create some stability in my arms by, uh,

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kinda locking in this trail arm and shoulder

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and locking in that lead forearm and wrist.

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And then my, uh, stroke is going

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to be driven more from this, uh, core

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or shoulder rotation, kinda like this.

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Some people feel it really helps takes the take the

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wrist out of play.

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Um, ball position is going to tend

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to be slightly more forward.

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Um, that will also encourage, uh, the more shoulder tilt

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or the more exaggerated shoulder tilt

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and kind of staying behind.

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So if you're looking from a face on camera, um,

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don't be surprised if you see your upper body moving a

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little bit, uh, more backward than with a conventional, uh,

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putting grip and, and putter.

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Um, but overall, if you are really struggling

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with being risky with your putting, um, I think

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that this would be, uh, a nice thing to, uh, to try.

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You could head over to one of the big golf stores

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and, and try it out.

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And if you feel like it helps you really take the wrist

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outta play, um, then it, it will encourage more of

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that upper body dominant

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or that shoulder, uh, driven motion.

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The last piece, this can also be helpful, um, similar

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to a cross handed style.

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It can be helpful for people who have a little bit more

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of a drag of the shoulders on the way through.

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Um, it's a little bit more forgiving than if you did that

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with a, uh, conventional putter

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because the anchor is a little bit higher up towards the

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shoulder instead of lower down towards the spine.

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So there's a, there's a number of advantages.

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The one major disadvantage I've seen from playing around

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with it is for some people it's,

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it's tougher on speed control.

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Um, so you definitely, uh,

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gotta do some speed control drills.

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Um, it can be harder to take a longer swing.

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I really have to, um, rotate my body.

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Um, so when you start getting into those 50, 60, 70 footers,

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um, it's tougher to get like a little, um,

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it's tougher to make a big enough swing.

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So then if you start trying to get a little extra speed,

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you can change your tempo, you can change your hip rotation,

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you can start trying to add wrist.

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Um, some of those can, uh, make it a little bit harder

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to control it on those really long putts.

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So that's the one downside I've seeing.

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But if you're trying to take your wrist out

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and you're curious about it,

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hopefully this gives you a few things to kind of, um,

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investigate getting the arms fairly stable with a little bit

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of kind of fascial tension.

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Um, and then controlling the stroke

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with a little bit more vertical motion where the putter, um,

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is going to feel like it's traveling a little bit

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more up and straight.

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Um, I think those are a couple keys

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for helping you with your start line.

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And then you just gotta do the work in order to

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dial in your speed control.