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Discussing Keys to Hit Hard Stop Short Drill

In this video, I break down the swing characteristics that allow golfers to hit aggressively while maintaining a short follow-through. Key body pivots and arm actions are discussed, including the importance of proper body bracing and arm mechanics. Learn how to achieve a powerful swing with controlled follow-through, and discover how this drill can help improve your contact consistency and overall swing stability. Perfect for those seeking to refine their swing and address timing issues at the bottom of the swing.

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This concept video is discussing the keys

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to the hit hard stop short drill.

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Um, so for whatever reason in the, in the last couple weeks,

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I've had a handful of questions about the hit hard stop,

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short drill, um, kind of the Tommy Fleetwood drill.

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So who are the players who are really able

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to make these swings where they can hit, uh, aggressively

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through the ball, but still have a short follow through.

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Um, there are some swing characteristics that makes

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that really hard, um,

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and the ones that make that really hard tend

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to have more kind of timing issues

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down at the bottom of the swing.

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Um, so we'll talk through the keys.

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There's keys from both the body pivot as well

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as the arm actions that allow for that hit hard stop, uh,

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short drill, um, to be successful.

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So we'll see if we can nail it in one

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take, one delivery here.

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Um, so almost a full backswing,

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but more of a short kind of abbreviated follow through.

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Um, and that's gonna be, uh, just looking at where

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that carried, that's probably 90%

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of my full swing distance there.

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It's kind of a really aggressive, um, aggressive swing

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with a more of a punch or shortened follow through feel.

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In order to do that, I need to have really good, um,

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essentially I need

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to have my body going into a really good bracing position

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from the body's perspective.

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That means I need to be going into more of this, uh,

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negative torsion or extension

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of the body blended with rotation.

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Um, so making sure that I'm getting into a good rotation,

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extension side bend, um,

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or getting that, uh,

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rotation happening more from the backside of the body.

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If when I get down into the release, if I kind of

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give the club a lot of momentum, either with my body

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or with my arms, becomes very hard,

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almost impossible to stop short.

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So if I get down here and I was to kind of spin my shoulders

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or spin my hips, then what would happen is

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the club would have too much momentum

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and continue past that, stop short.

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So from the body's perspective, it's getting more of this

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straightening of the legs going into slight extension,

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the shoulder, feeling like it's going a li staying a little

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bit more back instead of, uh, getting on top of it.

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That combination from the body allows me to get into kind

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of this position here.

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And if my arms are extending out, you'll see

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that I can easily stop short

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and I could handle a fair amount of weight.

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Um, again, if on the other hand I was just spinning my body,

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um, on the way through, really aggressively going through,

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you can see how I'm gonna fly through

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that stop short position.

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So that's more of the body's characteristics.

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Now, from the arms, they're con uh,

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contributing factors from both sides.

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So from the left arm, if I'm doing more of a pull

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or a chop down, if I'm doing more of a motion

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where this is coming back here, then I'm gonna be bringing,

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um, the, I'm gonna be transferring some

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of the weight from my, or some of the energy from my arm

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and, uh, flying through that stop short checkpoint in order

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for the arm to get into more of that stop short checkpoint.

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Um, my release has to be going more out this way,

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accompanied with what my bo my body bracing, um, as opposed

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to the arm coming in this way.

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So if I focus mostly on this left arm,

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just gonna have the right hand

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doing a little bit of support.

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If I get into that position, you can see it's

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possible This left arm is almost acting as a little bit

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of a break, where if I was to pull this arm on the way

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through, then you could see it would be impossible

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unless I really truncated my body, um, for me to stop short.

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But if I have my body go

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and the arm goes, I'm gonna fly through that position.

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So I have to feel like this left arm is a little bit more

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kind of up and in front

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and kind of pointing out, getting full, um, ulnar deviation

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and extension, kind of more like this from the trail arm.

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The two big keys I see are more the wipe

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and feeling like the shoulder is kind of staying down,

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or this arm is feeling more connected

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and the wrist getting more into that shot put, um,

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or stop sign, uh, position.

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Kinda more of that flying wedge kinda like this.

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So if I have that motion happening, then it's,

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it's getting great shaft lean

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and it's delaying the,

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the club passing the hand.

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If the shoulder

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or the wrist tend to give a big kind of push at the bottom,

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then even if I was trying to stop short, um, again, I've,

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I've put momentum in the system kind of too late for me

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to be able, uh, to absorb it or stop it there.

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Um, so if I'm focusing more on

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that good trail arm mechanics, then it has more of this

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kind of shot put, uh, palm strike feel like that.

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So if I put it together, if I get more

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of my body going into its good pivot.

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So, um, more of this extension with the core

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and the legs going into more of this combination

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of rotation side bend,

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extension term we call negative torsion.

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Um, if I'm doing that while my arms are extending out,

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then what's gonna happen is I'm going to be able

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to get into a position

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where there might be just a little give

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of the club depending on how hard I'm hitting it,

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but there won't be a big collapse

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of either my body or my arms.

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That means I'm getting into a really consistent

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or stable position through impact.

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I can add a bunch of speed

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and still have a lot of contact click control as well as,

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uh, cub face consistency.

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So if you're struggling with a little bit more

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of a flip buckle, you know, just some

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what I call chaos at the bottom,

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the hit hard stop short can be a really good catchall drill.

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But there are a few keys you gotta monitor.

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I recommend using face on video doing that drill.

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It'll be the best way to, uh, get a snapshot as far as which

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of the pieces you might need to prioritize.

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