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This concept video is answering the member question about

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discussing width at the bottom of the swing.

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Um, so I had a member question come in about the kind

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of the plane and the look of width

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that the bottom of the swing.

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Um, specifically talking about ulnar deviation.

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I think ulnar deviation is one of those, um, kind

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of really misunderstood concepts in the golf swing.

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Um, the movement of ulnar deviation tends to create some,

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uh, stability or tension in the wrist.

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It also, uh, is on the same line as the tricep, so it helps

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to straighten the arm.

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Um, and if I maintain this ulnar deviation, then

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that creates this really good posi, uh, kind of

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width in the follow through.

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Um, and it also, um, helps stabilize the wrist

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or prevent the club face from doing some crazy things.

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If I was to do the opposite, if I was to hinge

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and bend, then

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what can happen is not only does the club face

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turn over very quickly on the way

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through the radius changes, so my contact gets way off the,

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the club passes my hand.

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So the loft changes a lot.

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Um, and, uh, I'm gonna usually have some type

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of compensation movement from my body.

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Um, so that second version where I don't have a lot

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of nar deviation tends to create more, uh,

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chaos down at the bottom of the swing.

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So how does this show up on video and,

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and where can we monitor

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or look to see how we are doing with our ulnar deviation?

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A lot of people think that if I get ulnar deviation then I'm

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gonna get the toe digging into the ground

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and the heel off the ground there.

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But really

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what I'm doing when I do older deviation is I'm creating

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kind of maximum width.

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I already talked about how I'm creating some forearm

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stability, but I'm also creating some maximum width.

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If I was vertical like this, that will create a look

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of the heel being off the ground.

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But if I was to rotate

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and create some side bend, now you can see

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that even though the wrist is in this ulnar deviated

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position because of the position of this trail shoulder

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and trail arm, um,

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and lead shoulder,

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the club head is actually flat along the ground.

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So it doesn't necessarily mean that I have

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to raise the club up to raise the club up.

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Oftentimes what would happen is I'm going to, um,

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early extend or move my body in towards the golf ball

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and create a very vertical, um, kind of lumbar spine

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or lower thoracic kind of like this.

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And often what'll happen is when I've, uh,

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stood up like this, often what'll happen is I'll go into,

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um, internal rotation of the shoulder.

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And when I do that movement, if I was to,

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I'd usually have kind of a weaker grip

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and scoop kind of like this.

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Now this is close to toe down with not a lot

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with negative shafting.

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And if I was to hold the club up,

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you can see I actually don't have a lot

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of ulnar deviation if I was to ulnar deviate

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and do that, you can see as I ulnar deviate,

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it becomes really hard to move the club backward compared

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to if I, uh, radial deviate.

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So this ulnar deviation not only helps create the,

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the swing plane from the down the line camera,

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it also creates shaft lean from the face on camera

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and it gets the club working towards its maximum width

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after impact rather than

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already reaching its maximum width prior to impact

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and then bending on the way through.

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Um, so I'm a, I'm a big fan of getting that

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ulnar deviation and maintaining it while I get some of that,

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um, supination and,

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and good shoulder mechanics as I'm going into my, my follow

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through embracing, um, this will

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help me with, um, avoiding some of the,

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uh, worst problems, um, that are associated

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with not enough nar deviation.

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Typically swings that don't have a lot of

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ulnar deviation can get a lot of thin shots

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and can get a lot of poles.

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If I get a fair amount of ulnar deviation, it will tend

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to create more of a right start line, um,

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and it will widen the swing.

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So it will tend to give me more, um, solid contact

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or tend to give me a little bit better low point, uh,

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depth, uh, depth control.

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So it, uh, we covered a few things in this video.

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Um, but the big point is that, that that ulnar deviation

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helps shallow out the club

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and create that swing plane while my body is steepening

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and rotating and it maintains the width

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and gets me into this good follow through position, um,

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rather than the old idea of trying to get those hands as low

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as you can, um,

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and then kind of swinging weight to the left, I tend to find

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that creates a lot more problems than getting, um,

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good ulnar deviation.

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The trick to getting good ulnar deviation is being able

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to maintain some of the extension in that trail wrist

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and being able to get your body to sequence.

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So getting your, your shoulders

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and your, your spine in a really good position

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to compliment the maximum width created from

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that ulnar deviation.