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This is the pool noodle takeaway. Um,

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so a lot of students complain about having a inside takeaway,

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and there's a couple common causes and, uh, there are times where, um,

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it can be a, a really big problem. Um, the,

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the main causes for a really big inside takeaway would be a flat

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shoulder plane where the lead shoulder comes up and the arms, uh,

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work more behind your body. So the arms are pulling this way,

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the shoulders are rotating this way. Um,

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and sometimes the wrists are kind of, uh, a little too active,

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too early in a one piece takeaway.

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The trail arm is gonna stay a little bit more straight and we're gonna have more

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if we start by, um, kind of using the legs better.

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And we have a combination of tilt width turn,

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a lot of people feel more of the side bend first,

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but if I have a combination of more tilt versus turn while that trail arm stays

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straight,

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then that's gonna tend to bring your hands a little bit more straight in the

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backway.

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The danger with getting too far back here is your shoulder is in a compromised

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position and it's in a leverage position where it can really easily turn into a

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steep shoulder dominant, um, pull down. Um,

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or if you don't have a big pull of the shoulder,

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because the weight is so far back here,

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oftentimes you will then go into some early extension to start pulling the

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weight back forward because just trying to pull with your core from that

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position would feel really weak. So, um,

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there are times where we want to reinforce a little bit more of a straight back,

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uh, takeaway. Um,

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so if the feelings aren't working for you, then I recommend using a visual,

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and we're gonna use this in two different ways. So I got a,

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a pool noodle here that's, um, at about a little below hand height, um,

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in parallel to the target line.

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So I'm gonna get set up so that my hands are just outside of

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this pool noodle, but I'm gonna get close enough so that my hands are, uh,

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pretty close to in line with it. And now when I make my takeaway,

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I'm just going to feel like this side bend move. And the,

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the arms tend to bring the, uh,

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club outside and parallel to the pool noodle like this.

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Now if you're used to kind of wrapping it inside,

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you can see how quickly you hit it.

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If you hit it kind of as it's approaching parallel.

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I don't think that's too big a problem.

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You can be a little bit inside and still have a really good swing. Um,

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but if it's coming straight back and hitting this thing right away, um,

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then you want to investigate why that might be happening. Now, it is possible,

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um, but it can be a challenge to hit some golf balls, especially full swings.

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Um,

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so we'll set this up in kind of a tough position where I might feel like

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the bag is gonna get in the way or it's gonna be a little bit more exaggerated,

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so I'm gonna feel like a little bit more straight back. Um,

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both with the right arm,

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staying straight and with the left side kind of coming more down. Um,

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and then what I might have to feel is I might have to feel a little bit more

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shallowness on the way down because if I'm used to getting really on top of it,

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which is ultimately the, the main problem that we'd wanna fix,

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if I'm used to getting on top of it,

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then if I start further out and get on top of it, I'm gonna be quite steep.

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In fact, um, if I did that again,

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let's move this bag outta the way just slightly.

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So if I, normally,

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if I bring it inside and then kind of come over the top, well,

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if I took it straight back and this is a little close,

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but if I took it straight back and then went over the top,

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you could see how steep that that would be.

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So I would have to feel like if I bring it more straight back,

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there's gonna be a little bit more shallowness there, um,

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in transition. Now, um, if you do want to hit with it,

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I recommend putting it, um, as more of a visual than actual physical barrier.

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So I do the drill there just to kinda get a sense of it. Um,

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but then when I'm actually hitting golf balls,

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I'll have it so it's closer to in line with the actual target line.

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And now my goal is to kind of match it or feel like I get closer to

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it there in the takeaway.

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So the benefit here is now it prevents me from getting too steep.

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It gives me a visual of staying a little bit more out and then feeling like I

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have to do some arm shadowing,

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some shoulder blade shallowing in order to bring it a little bit more from the

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inside. Um, so that's gonna look a little bit more like this.

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I'll try to adjust, I'll try to get as close as I can to kind of nicking it

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and then feel like it drops a little bit from the inside. Um,

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you'll see as you get more comfortable with it,

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you'll be able to take fuller and fuller swings,

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but I would always start with nine to three, 10 to two,

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and then work up to your full swing, um,

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feeling either the left shoulder down or that right arm staying a little bit

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more wide, um, in order to control the path of the club in the takeaway.