Hit the Ball Farther With This Posture Change | Shoulder Bend Explained

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We're going to talk about a shot around

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the green that absolutely is a score

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killer. This is one that I see people

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add a ton of shots to their score with.

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So, for this one, grab your highest

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lofted wedge and let's get started.

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So, when we're looking at a common fault

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on the greens that I see for a lot of

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high handicap players, they try to use

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one of two things. They're either trying

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to use a club that doesn't have enough

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loft. So, they're trying to hit this

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shot with like a pitching wedge or a 9

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iron. That's a huge recipe for disaster.

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Or they're trying to use a bunch of

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different clubs to hit different shots.

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So, at this stage in your golfing

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career, you need to get good with one

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club. So, grab your highest lofted

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wedge. For me, in this example, it's a

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58°. You might have a 56. It might even

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be a pitching wedge. If that's the case,

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you probably need to go get fit. Make

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sure we find you a higher lofted wedge.

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But, grab your highest lofted wedge. I

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want you to get really good at this one

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first. Okay? [music] When we're talking

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about how to hit this shot, this is just

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a basic pitch shot. The the setup is

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really key. So, I see a lot of golfers

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put this ball way too far back in their

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stance. They lean the handle extremely

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far towards the target. That leads to a

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bunch of shots where you'll hit the

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ground first, the club gets stuck, or

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you'll start to flex your elbows. You'll

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hit the middle of the golf ball goes

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flying over the green. This is how you

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add a ton of shots to your score. So,

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what you need to do in your setup, super

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super easy. You need this ball position

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to basically be right in the middle. So,

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as centered as you can get it. You'll

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have your hands slightly towards the

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target, not up here by your left leg,

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like ever so slightly angled towards the

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target. You want to set a little bit

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more of your weight on your lead foot.

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So, push your hips towards the target.

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Then, you're just going to keep them

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there during the swing. Once you've got

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this setup piece, then you're just going

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to rock your shoulders back and forth.

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You can see this is a really simple

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motion. Not moving a ton of my body. I'm

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not using my wrists [music] or my arms

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to do anything crazy. Literally just

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rocking back and forth here. Once you've

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mastered that, rehearsed that a few

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times, understand where the club hits

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the ground, then you're ready to hit

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this shot. So, it should look something

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like this. This is just a 23 yard shot

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here. So, ball centered in my stance,

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hand slightly forward, just going to

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rock back and forth.

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You hear that contact was super crisp.

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That's going to go a long way to helping

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you succeed with these shots. Make it

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much easier for you around the greens.

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[music] If this is something that you're

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struggling with or any other part of

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your game that you need help with, come

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see us at Golf Tech. We solve these

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types of problems all the time. We'll

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help you get your scores where you want.

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