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Okay, this is the pump drill.
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This is a drill that's been around for a while.
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The first person I remember using it was David Ledbetter.
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Basically what we're going to do is we're going to practice
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that transition sequence with a club.
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And we're going to do it a couple times.
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And on the third time, we're going to go through
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and try to get to impact position.
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Now, we're not going to try to manipulate it.
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We're just going to let it go and hope that we kind of have
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trained that enough.
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Because remember, it's not about what you know about the
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golf swing is what you've trained.
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So, the pump drill you're going to take your normal set up with
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a good hip hinge.
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We're going to go to the top of the backswing,
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which at this point you're just going to do whatever
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feels somewhat comfortable.
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So you're going to go to the top of the backswing.
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You're going to do that transition movement.
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Just like so.
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A few times.
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And then on the third time, you're going to let go
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and let everything, whatever happens happen.
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You're going to basically swing towards the wall.
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So this is practicing that transition sequence
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in movement.
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But we do it as a pump to help you with kind of the rhythm
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of the timing of it so that you can get used to how this
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full swing is going to feel differently than what you're currently doing.
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So, I'll demonstrate it a couple times again, just for
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visual purposes, not saying that it's the perfect model.
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Just saying this is my representation of it.
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Your job is to practice it at home or at the range
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and apply it into your swing.
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This will help you with the timing and the tempo of transition.
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Now, one last little piece.
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What I typically see when I do this in clinics is when you do this pump
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drill, you notice how my right elbow stays in towards my side
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for the majority of the downswing.
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Or until I get all the way down to this release position
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that we'll talk about in the next section.
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What I typically see in the clinics is even if you're trying to,
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I will warn you, and at least half the clinic participants
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will still extend that right arm straight from the top of the swing.
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If you remember, the right arm is actually going to be coming in.
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This is one of the big things that we talked about in the tempo
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section that gives the appearance of smooth tempo is having
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this proper timing of when the arms extend.
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So, keep that in mind, work on the few pieces,
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so what the arms do, the little body bump, and the spine
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and chunk those together into one movement.
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And you're going to rehearse that movement a few times before you actually let it go.
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So, I'll hit a couple and you'll be able to use it as a reference.
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Again, not a model of perfection, just my representation of the drill.
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Thank you.