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Online Lesson Follow-Up: John Krystynak- Progress With Stubborn Takeaway that Causes Right Arm Problems

John has made nice improvements in his swing during the time we have worked together, but he has struggled with the takeaway. In this follow up video to his most recent lesson we finally see a better (not perfect) takeaway. John previously had not been able to keep his right arm from straightening when he triggers his takeaway, which caused the left arm to roll over it and the hands to move well out away from the body while the clubhead dragged low to the ground. Here John keeps the “home plate” look at address as he starts the club…

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Follow-Up: Improving Ground Force Reaction: Online Lesson Justin Baker

By Wayne | Videos: Online Students

Justin’s follow-up swings show that amazingly enough he has been able to execute most of the suggestions I made a couple of weeks ago. Justin’s side by side shows him adding width to the takeaway with his right arm gaining space and height as he stretches his upper trunk in the takeaway while he gets to P3 with his wrist cock more at 90 degrees, quite a bit less than before. At the top his right arm is less bent and further from his body, which eventually will give him an opportunity to flatten the shaft in transition, which doesn’t…

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Playing for Money: Austin Kendziorski- Tightening Up a Powerful Swing

By Wayne | Videos: Playing For Money

I’ve been working off and on for 4 years with Austin, who first came to see me as a freshman in college and has now graduated and turned professional. He was 175 pounds when I first met him, hard to believe when you see him now at 220 pounds of muscle added through diligent gym work. His power is amazing: I can’t imagine that there are more than a few players (Cameron Champ perhaps) who can hit the ball as far as Austin, and Austin himself, a guy who would never brag, has told me that no one in college…

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Online Lesson: Nicholas Gobel

By Wayne | Videos: Online Students

Comment to Wayne: Sometimes I hit the ball with a low-ball flight. It feels if my hands have come to far inside after the follow though. Would please explain the best swing path and how close to being on plane is my swing. Thanks The thing that jumped out at me after watching Nicholas’ swings was his grip and his release. The grip seemed overly loose (especially the right hand), and Nicholas could make a nice overall improvement simply by keeping the connection between the right thumb and forefinger and by focusing on the point at which the right palm…

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Online Lesson Follow-Up: Thomas Petric

By Wayne | Videos: Online Students

As you will see in his follow-up swings, Thomas has made some nice progress with the things I suggested in our online lesson by centering his setup, moving the ball a bit more forward, and controlling his backswing from P3 to P4, which in turn helps to improve his sequence by eliminating some of the right arm and shoulder pull back that lean the upper body forward before the pelvis can get the forward motion started. Next for Thomas is going to have to be learning to sustain the angle between the left forearm and the shaft and release the…

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Swing Analysis: Shane Lowry- Old School Open Face and Cupped Left Wrist at the Top

By Wayne | Videos: Swing Analysis

With the recent ascendency of shut face, bowed left wrist top of the swing positions among the highest ranking players (DJ, Koepka, Schauffle, etc.) it was refreshing to see Lowry rotate his forearms and let the left wrist remain extended (cupped) to the top of the swing and well into the forward swing. From watching his right arm action, it would not be a stretch to think that he has limited external rotation ability in his right shoulder, or it may be that he has just always swung that way. His backswing is almost a carbon copy of Angel Cabrera’s,…

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Improving Ground Force Reaction: Online Lesson Justin Baker

By Wayne | Videos: Online Students

As you will see young Justin has a nice swing but is concerned about his down the line release and an inability to fire his glutes into impact and get his left leg to straighten at the proper time. From a fairly upright posture Justin sets the wrists early and keeps the right arm close to the body, allowing it to bend quite a bit at the top of the swing. In the forward swing Justin’s lower body action is weak, both in terms of rotation and lateral movement. He is justified in his feeling that he is not using…

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Online Lesson: John Krystynak- Still Trying to Fix Stubborn Takeaway that Causes Right Arm Problems

By Wayne | Videos: Online Students

I’ve been playing a lot, playing pretty well, shooting mid-70s. I don’t think my long game is currently the limiting factor. It’s wedges and pitches. However, I do want to get my full swing as good as possible. I think I’ve improved my takeaway, and mostly stopped tensing up my right arm. I’m trying for more depth, so I don’t have to over-retract my right shoulder. One thing that mystifies me is why I cannot get the club to shallow much from the top. I hope that if I could get more of a kick, I’d get a bit more…

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Swing Analysis: Gary Woodland Demonstrating the Fade Pattern

By Wayne | Videos: Swing Analysis

In this video we see U.S. Open Champ Gary Woodland keeping his arms and club in front of him in order to facilitate a left to right ball flight. He uses a right forearm takeaway (as the right wrist extends and rotates it slightly flattens the left wrist and turns the shaft onto the left forearm flying wedge {LFFW}) and moves everything out away from his body to achieve all of his upward progression by the time he gets to P3, something that DJ, Koepka and old Tiger swings also show. Woodland differs from the others when he down-cocks and…

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S.H. Park and Nelly Korda: Swing Analysis- 2 Excellent Swings Produce 150+ MPH Ball Speed

By Wayne | Videos: Swing Analysis

The women’s game is undergoing a welcome evolution as stylish swings like SH Park’s and Nelly Korda’s are producing greater distance (Park averaged 269 in 2018, Korda 263) as well as accuracy (both hit over 70% of fairways). Both Park and Korda are thin and wiry strong, and both look great standing over a shot. The swings you see here are textbook from the on-plane takeaways to nice positions at the top, excellent hand path in transition and nice lower body work with the hips staying deep and clearing hard. Park tends to drive her right leg a bit more…

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