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In this concept video, we're

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gonna break down thin contact.

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So oftentimes when you're building your swing, you'll get

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to a point where you have a predominant miss.

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It could be a direction miss, like right, left,

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or a contact miss, um, like fat thin.

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In this video, we're gonna discuss what you should look

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for on your own video or with your feedback.

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Um, if you're primarily struggling with thin shots.

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Um, so a thin shot is when the club

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or when the ball is hit more towards the bottom of the club.

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Oftentimes, this is either with no divot

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or a divot that could be a little bit behind the ball,

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but potentially it can, it can happen with a divot

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that is slightly ahead of the golf ball.

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So we're gonna talk about the most common reasons.

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This probably won't cover absolutely every scenario,

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but it'll cover, uh, the big buckets

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and the, the most common ones that you'll struggle with.

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In general, when you're looking at a contact miss,

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you wanna start with impact and work backwards.

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So if our goal impact wise is

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to have the hands somewhat forward like this, uh,

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thin contact is typically gonna happen from a result

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of a couple different things or a few things.

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Two, from the body, um, one from the arms,

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and one from your general sequencing.

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So the, the two body causes are probably the most common,

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which would either be something in your body

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or something with your upper body is

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moving away from the golf ball.

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So more of an early extension pattern.

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So now I can't physically reach underneath the golf ball.

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Um, something is causing my upper body to be back.

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This could be tilted more back, which is more common,

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or everything more back, kind of like a hang back.

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Um, more like that. So my body could be too far up,

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my body could be too far back, um,

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or my arms could be shortening,

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so my arms could be coming in.

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This could either be done from the arms bending

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and pulling in, causing the club not to be able

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to reach far enough down.

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Um, or this could be done more at the risk level where, uh,

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the club head is passing the hands too quickly like this,

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and therefore, um, the club is coming up as opposed

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to continuing to go down.

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Now the last piece is more of a sequencing issue.

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So if you look at your video and you're down

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and you're forward, um, and your arms are pretty straight

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and you're still hitting it thin, usually

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what you'll see is the club is passing, um,

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a little too soon because I haven't rotated my body

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and got the bottom of the swing out, um, far enough forward.

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If you have your body turned, you're,

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you're maintaining your posture

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or your upper body distance from the golf ball,

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your hands are in front, um, instead of, uh, too far back,

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and those arms are straightening.

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If you get into that position, it becomes really difficult

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to hit the ball thin.

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So I would start there, look at your impact, um,

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and look if it's more of a body problem

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or more of an arm problem

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or more of a sequencing problem, um,

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the sequencing problem usually gets cleaned up

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with the body problems.

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Uh, but sometimes it's the kind

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of the last remaining thing that you have to work on.

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Um, this becomes, uh,

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it hitting thin shots becomes more common on golfers

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who used to be over the top

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and are working on getting more, more shallow.

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Oftentimes they'll do it by having their body back

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and closed, um, or as a result

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of getting the arms a little bit more shallow,

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the the club is passing too soon.

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Um, and they, they fail to get the bottom swing forward.

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But if you're struggling with a lot of thin contact, um,

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you'll, you'll be able to associate the drills

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that will help you either get your body into a better

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position or your arms into a better position, um,

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or work on your sequencing.

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So again, real quick summary.

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The two main causes from the body

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for thin contact are either the body is up

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or the body is back, the arms are pulling in instead

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of lengthening either at the wrist

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or at the elbow shoulder, um,

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or I don't have enough sequencing.

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Um, so everything's bottoming out kind

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of right at the golf ball instead of ahead of it.

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If you use that hierarchy, you'll quickly be able

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to identify why you're struggling with thin contact.

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So if we get into a little preset impact there, kind

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of today, it feels like I have to have, um,

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my upper body a little bit more down.

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Do that and you won't have too many thin shots.