Monthly Archives: October 2016

Lesson of the Week: Ethan Chelf Working the Split Hand Punch Shot

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Ethan has come along at warp speed this summer, but we still have great difficulty getting his hips to open and his right side to fire into impact. I have tried to do a lot of hands on work getting him to feel where he needs to be and what he needs to aim for as far as pivot motion and position in the downswing, but it seemed like his hips were too weak and just did not want to be stressed by staying deep while opening and getting his pressure shifted over toward the outside of his left foot.

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Swing Analysis: Patrick Reed 2016

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Here is a video that is proof that if you are gifted enough you can hit the golf ball exceptionally well while doing a bunch of things that most teachers would regard as poor technique. At full speed Reed’s swing looks perfectly normal, and since he routinely hits great shots and wins lots of money you might figure that it would be something to emulate. When we slow it down, however, we see that a lot of what he does any decent teaching pro would never think of teaching.

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Online Students: John Lamendola Part 5

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John has made great strides with his swing and it is showing in his scores. The one item that has proven the most stubborn is the dropping back of the hands and right arm in transition. His backswing is now wider and more on plane, but after dealing with a motion pattern where his pivot essentially caused the hands to want to deepen at the top of the swing, they have a mind of their own and have grooved this unwanted movement.

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Online Students: Austin Kendziorski

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Austin’s already had a very nice motion when he came to me for help but since then he has improved his mechanics substantially. His main issue has always been an overuse of the right upper arm in transition, driving the elbow in too aggressively and flattening the club for too long a period, causing the shaft to get stuck behind his hands on the approach.

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Swing Analysis: Rafael Cabrera Bello

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So right off I have to admit I was wrong in the video when I said Cabrera Bello was not a big guy. At 6’2” and 180 lbs. he definitely qualifies as “pretty big” in my book, and when you look at the definition in his arms and overall look of fitness you would have to surmise that he is quite strong as well. He would rank around 90th on the PGA Tour in driving distance (he is not ranked as he is not a Tour member) and his GIR percentage of just under 70% would place him at 8th.

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