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Video 2 - Jon Rahm The clockwise motion of Jon Rahm's arms and feet pressure is.

Video 2 - Jon Rahm The clockwise motion of Jon Rahm's arms and feet pressure is very easy to see in this video. Let me know if this is helpful.
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Great insight and explanation Chuck. Seeing this on a tour player is a big help. I’m excited to work on this as I haven’t seen or heard of such a simple focus in the swing that can have such a big impact in all my years in the business. FYI I consider myself very athletic and coordinated but haven’t felt so un-coordinated and athletic as I did doing the initial circle drill. I know that will change with practice, but it was a real eye opener for someone who was so upper body dominant with my swing. Thanks again.
Am I doing this right coach? Feels like I’m trying to rub my belly and tap my head at the same time.... Assuming I’m in the ballpark, it seems to help me to think less about the foot and more about the hips like I’m doing a hula hoop.... Once I grab a club though I immediately try to throw it from the top...
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For what it’s worth this occurred to me...you specifically point out Rahm’s clockwise arm movement. And, as I tried to move my arms clockwise I found myself with an extremely shut club face. This might become important because I thought about how far I had to rotate my club face, by way of externally rotating my right forearm, to shallow my swing. That is. The shut position meant I would have to rotate much further and faster than a club face that rotates slightly open through the backswing. Mind you, I’m not talking overdone but I saw some of my videos where the club face was parallel shut to the ground. Then, when I rotated my arms clockwise but added a conscious opening rotation of the club face (enough to be parallel with my spin at the end of the takeaway) all the sudden the hand path seemed to shallow, too. Is there a connected relationship between rotation of the arms, and therefore club face, and the ease with which one can shallow the club face? I know we’re not supposed to be focusing on anything but the foot right now but it was something I noticed in my practice today and I wondered if it could be a substantial stumbling block.
I just watched the two videos back to back, with watching the Korda video first. I found the explanation about the footwork in that video really helpful. When you were describing her hand movements and how the view is somewhat distorted because of rotation, I kind of understood what you were talking about, but after watching the Rahm video it is now much more clear. I picked up a club after the second video and could immediately feel what you are talking about with the clockwise rotation continuing, even though it looks like the hands are coming straight down.
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