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This concept video is feeling the weight of the clubbed.

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So while it's true that the putter doesn't actually swing like a true pendulum, it does

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share some properties similar to a pendulum.

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So one way that I'll help golfers feel a little bit more consistent rhythm is if

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or consistent acceleration, I should say, is if you take your putter and you grip it out

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in front of you like this and then you just bring it back and just kind of let it go

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back and forth and you try to just kind of let it swing from about the same height and

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the backstroke to the through stroke.

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And then you close your eyes and I'll just ask, okay, now how does that compare to your normal

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putting stroke?

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And most golfers will say that that feels either slow or long or it's like it's decelerating,

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like it doesn't feel anything like the putting stroke.

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So then what I'll do is all apply force to the pendulum.

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So I'll either apply force right at the beginning, kind of like this, you see with my as closed

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or I'll apply right at the bottom kind of like that.

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And oftentimes golfers who have distance control problems will feel the putting stroke

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very similar to that second one where they bring it back and then right when they get

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to impact they're trying to apply a force.

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And that's basically like speeding the putter up just like that and you'll see that when

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I do that I have a much longer follow through than I do backswing.

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And that's one of the other traits that typically you'll see with poor lag putters is that

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they're typically more mismatched where it's a shorter backstroke and then a really long

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follow through due to over acceleration.

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So then once I have this feeling of kind of letting the putter drop and letting it just

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kind of swing itself then I point out that the center of the where the putter is swinging

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around is not what I'm holding.

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So I'm not doing this pendulum with my hands but the center of the pendulum is actually

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the front of my spine.

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So if I had it here now I'm feeling like my my whole shoulders, arms and club will feel

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like the weight of the club not just what I felt in my hands.

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So now I'm trying to get that feeling of just the putter swinging about the same distance

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back and through with its fastest speed right at the bottom not accelerating harshly through

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the ball.

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I think that a lot of golfers who have poor touch tend to over accelerate the putter through

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the ball.

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So then once I have this feeling I'm going to try and apply it with the golf ball and just

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kind of pay attention to the feel of matching the stroke or matching the length of

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follow through to the backswing.

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One other way that all for some golfers this works really well for others it doesn't

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quite translate.

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So then I have a couple other ways that I'll help them feel kind of hitting it more with

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the the wrecking ball of the putter as I like to call it versus really accelerating it.

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So one other way is if you bring your arm up to your side and then you just relax your

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muscles it will accelerate into your side and I'll compare that to a guiding stroke where

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I'm kind of bringing it in like this or I'll compare that to an acceleration stroke where

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you can see a lot of tension and it almost like stays up against my side instead of just

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bouncing off of it.

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So if I'm truly just letting it drop then there's this feeling of it hitting with dead weight

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and it's accelerating right into it but then right when it hits it there's a little bit

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of a stop.

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So I'll use that feeling as well but again that feeling is not just arms and hands that's

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happening more from my spine and up in my upper body.

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So now if I want to get that feeling of dropping I bring it back and I just let the putter

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kind of drop and it's reach its maximum acceleration at the ball.

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Here's the stick is aimed just at touch to the left and finally we get one online.

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So this feeling of dropping the putter into the wall will help you be able to control

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your speed control which is one of the more important skills for really elevating your

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putting game.

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So if you're struggling with your tempo or your distance control you can use either

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this feeling of swinging the putter or dropping the arm into the side and then you can

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measure progress either by the meter stick drill or by the three balls the same drill.

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But either way that should help with your acceleration rate and controlling your distance

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control.