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Shaft lean at impact is helpful for making contact in the middle of the face as well as moving ground contact further forward. The wrists anatomically move in more of a diagonal pattern. So to move the wrists forward, they also will move into more of an unhinged position. A phrase I use is "forward, up, and out". In this video, I'll explain how to practice shaft lean by focusing on the wrists.
Tags: Poor Contact, Iron, Impact, Release, Concept, Intermediate
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This content video is hands forward hands up and out. So
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this is connecting shaft lean and
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ulnar deviation. A lot of golfers who struggle with
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getting shaft lean also struggle with getting older deviation and it's
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kind of working on your balance of Steeps and
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shallows as it relates to the moment of impact. So it
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kind of ties together a few different kind of subcategories for
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us. So if you're working on getting shaft
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lean one thing that I emphasize a lot
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is if you
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From the down the line camera if I just move the grip across
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the shaft. So if I just move it
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straight forward like this, it feels like it gets really low
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and I feel like I'm gonna get Diggy there. What would
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actually feel more comfortable is if as it
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goes across it also goes up and
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a little bit more out.
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So the the trajectory is kind
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of creating more space like this as it's getting ahead.
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from the Steep shallow standpoint
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When the hands go down that creates more of a
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steep and when the hands go backward
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that creates more of a shallow the opposite would be as the
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hands go forward that creates more of
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a steep and then as the hands go up that creates more of a shallow. So
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if I just get my hands Way Forward
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the club would have a tendency to really dig into the
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ground. But as my hands get more up
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and out as they get forward. I get
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shaft lean without getting really Diggy contact. So
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I'm able to still get a shallow bottom of the swing just
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with the low point being a little bit more forward.
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Another way to think of this is as we're relating
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this the low Point low Point can be thinking thought
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of as width as well. In order to have the club head
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traveling downward through impact. I want
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to have the club working away from me as
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the club is working back up towards me. It's going
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to have a tendency to come away from the ground.
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So in order to have the club continually working away from
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me. I'm going to have the club reaching its widest
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point well.
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When this is hinged down like this that is nowhere near
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as wide as if I have the club further
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away from me like this. So if
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I think of let's say
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if I just think of this kind of ulnar deviation timing perhaps
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this is impact and as it's going through
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it's continuing to work away. If I was to bring my hands
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just straight across then what would happen is I'm not actually
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increasing that the club's not working away. It's just
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working across more like that.
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so I tie this together a lot with kind of an impact
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fixed type feel so more of a
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at-home visual where
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Getting into this kind of impact position where the
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hands have gone forward and that left arm is kind of
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gone more up that helps with getting the alignment of the the
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forearms to be a little bit more shallow. If it just goes
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across oftentimes this right arm gets really
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on top and I start getting into an impact position there.
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So that impact position is going
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to be more Diggy more more pull bias more tow bias.
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And actually what happens is when you're in that position
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and the club passes you'll look at
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video and you'll say wow. I don't really have any more shaft lean where
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if you're trying to get it up but staying down
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in your posture that kind of creates some
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of the slack to be able to get
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that shaft lean on impact, so
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Two-bit two major causes of creating Chef lien
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one is proper release hand motion and then
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two is kind of having your body in more of its
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impact line or or covering the ball.
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So if you're struggling with shaft lean, but your body is on top
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perhaps this will give you some ideas. You can work it into
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any of your nine to three or any of your follow-through drills.
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We're basically you're working on that
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feeling of up out and forward
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and that will help keep the arm extension longer
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into the follow through where this is going down. You
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will tend to pass the club a little bit quicker
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and you'll tend to have more of this narrow finish not ideal
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for controlling low point with your full swing.
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All right. So quick little demo. We'll do this as more of an impact fixed style.
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So I'm going to go impact or set up and then
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I'm going to go impact and now I'm going to freeze my
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body and impact and I'm going to try to make a swing
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getting back into that position. Now don't be discouraged. If
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you have trouble making contact from that preset. I
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actually usually have a lot of trouble getting back
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to that position if I start there so oftentimes
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what I'll do is here set up. This is
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where I want to get to an impact back to set up and then try to
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get back to their and that felt a little bit more
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kind of natural. So if you're really
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struggling with shaft lean more of
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a scoop style release don't just think hands forward
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think a little bit more hands up and
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out. That'll get the shaft feeling like it's more vertical but
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that more vertical shaft is really just widening the radius which
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helps you move the low point forward.