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Craig, This morning in my 10 series for phase 3 a question came to my mind.

Hi Craig, This morning in my 10 series for phase 3 a question came to my mind that I hope you can help me to understand. Here is what happened: I know that on some shots, for whatever reason, I do not complete my shoulder turn in the backswing ( 45 degree shoulders/45 degree hips) and this leads to some pull effect. A few years ago I had the opportunity to work a while with the My Swing Pro system. In this system you wear sensors on your body so you can analyse the movement of students as an avatar. From that time I remember that good players had often a very stable relation between the amount of degrees hips and shoulders turn in the downswing. If you make a 90 degree shoulder turn and from there let the hips bring the shoulders back to square at impact all is perfect. Now if you do not finish your shoulder turn and get to about 75 degree and then your hips start downswing and bring shoulders back to impact they are probably 15 degree open at impact because hips and shoulders move the same amount as what they are used to. Could you agree with this and how would you approach this to improve? Thanks for helping! Marcel

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Hello M. Bal. If you cut the shoulder turn short and use the hips in the downswing like a full swing you will more than likely be open. It's understanding the ratio's though. If I only turn 75 (shoulders) my hips usually won't have a full turn going back and my transition will be a little softer. As I sit it will follow more the Dump Truck vs Drag Racer feeling. You have to find balance when transitioning back that you aren't racing open for the sake of getting the hips cleared quickly.
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