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In this concept video, we're gonna discuss the primary

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causes of toe contact.

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Um, so in this contact, uh, contact series, we're gonna go

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through the major contact patterns and,

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and the big influences for toe contact.

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Uh, what's primarily happening is I'm,

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something is pulling in something is moving the club closer

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to me than where it started.

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So if I start with the club in line with the golf ball

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and then I'm hitting it on the toe,

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something moved it in this way.

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Um, now this could be I was set up in a,

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like an artificially too far away position, kinda like this.

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And then I came back to a more appropriate position and

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therefore I was hitting it on the toe.

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Um, so that's the quick one to look

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for is basically am I reaching too much?

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Um, and am I potentially like so much on my heels

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that when I swing, I'm moving into a more balanced position

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and my arms are getting closer?

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Um, but that one's rare. Typically toe contact comes from

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one of three primary causes.

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Either the body is moving away from the golf ball

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or the arms are pulling in.

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There's two causes

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of the body moving away from the golf ball.

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That would either be more of a standing up,

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so it's moving away backward,

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kinda like this early extension pattern.

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Um, or it could be moving too far backward.

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That's also increasing the distance

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between me and the golf ball.

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Um, but that one doesn't always result in toe contact, uh,

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depending on what the arms are doing.

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The third one would be the arms tending to pull more in.

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Uh, this could either be the wrist kind

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of releasing the club, uh, back here, or the arms

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and the shoulders kind of pulling in.

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Both of those tend

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to make the golf club move towards me in instead

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of away from me and can cause uh, coed, uh, toe contact.

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So I would primarily look at toe contact by looking at

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impact position and looking at is my body moving up?

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Is my body moving back?

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And then looking at impact in the follow through.

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Are my arms narrowing or the club, uh, passing?

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Like if I have no shaft lean?

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So oftentimes I make golfers hit it on the heel

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because a lot of the common kind of, uh,

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higher handicap over the top early extension chicken wing

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pattern causes a lot of toe contact.

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And so as we work on better arm extension,

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we work on staying in our posture

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and turning all those things move the low point forward

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and tend to cause more heel contact than toe contact.

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Um, but if you're struggling with toe contact,

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you're moving too far up, are you moving too far back?

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Are your arms pulling in?

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Start with impact and,

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and the release zone to see what's happening

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and then look at, uh, backswing and, and take away

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and transition to see when all that is lining up.

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Um, if you use that pattern, you'll be able

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to identify what's the principle cause of your toe contact.

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Oftentimes when golfers are solving their toe contact,

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they will end up hitting the ball more to the right.

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Typically one of the cousins of the toe contact is the pole.

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And so as you get more down, as you get more shaft lean

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and the hands get more ahead, you tend

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to hit the ball more right

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until you work on getting the club face

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to close a little bit earlier

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or with more with shaft rotation using the motorcycle.

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Um, so if you're struggling with toe contact,

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look at impact body causes up

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or back arm causes in, figure out which

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of those is your primary lesion that you need to work on,

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and that will ultimately fix your toe contact.

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So I'd usually recommend fixing toe contact with some kind

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of half shots first, um,

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just feeling like my upper body is in a good location,

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maintaining its distance, not, uh, going down or back,

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and then getting my arms

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and hands into a good impact position

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where they're slightly ahead.

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Um, if I can do that, then it'll make it more likely

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that I'll hit it solid or even towards the heel.

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It'll dramatically improve my, uh,

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contact pattern if toe is my main miss.