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Here we see a great example of just how difficult it is to change a swing pattern from the beginning. John has made nice strides with his lower body movement, and that is a difficult thing to accomplish. His main issue here is still the way his right arm and shoulder works right from the start of the swing.
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Just about all of the elite juniors that I teach now hit the ball quite far, often carrying their drives 280-300 yards. Distance will never really be the big problem for these players; rather, it will be their ability to control distance, direction and trajectory that will determine their ability to raise the level of their play. Connor came to me for the first time from Richmond just over a year ago after having some success as a 15- year old but needing help to make his swing and his ball striking more consistent.
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Every now and then I like to post a video of a young student who has taken lessons over a number of years. Ethan started with me when he was 11, and although he was a good athlete and liked the game he could barely hit the ball. I could see that he had the coordination and sequential movement necessary to develop a good swing, and over the 2 + years he has come for lessons (not that often as he is a stud basketball player) you can see not only substantial physical growth (he must be 10 inches taller now) but a swing technique that has progressed to the point where he is ready to really start hitting the ball well and playing competitively.
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At 18 Brooke Henderson has risen to #2 in the world rankings behind 19 year- old Lydia Ko. The differences in their swings couldn’t be more distinct. Ko is measured and precise (even though her new “A” swing technique has her making an unconventional backswing), and plots her way around the course keeping the ball in play off the tee, hitting greens and putting the eyes out of it. Henderson, on the other hand, has a swing reminiscent of John Daly and Carlos Franco, with a dash of old Hogan thrown in for good measure.
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I’m always encouraging my students to tee it up in competition I also like them to report how they are doing.
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Tyler is a 16- year old high schooler from Dallas, Texas who has recently gone from being a serious baseball player to a serious golfer. His father, Larry, is a website follower and knew that Tyler’s lower body movement was suspect, but couldn’t find a teacher around who emphasized the pivot like he saw me doing in the lessons and swing analysis’ on the site. Thus, he flew all the way to Maryland with Tyler and spent 5 hours with me, and as you will see we got some great results.
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Ah, golf. What it does to us all, at least those of us who have this insane desire to control the ball and to beat everyone we are playing with. It is my firm opinion that all mental issues with the game start with technique that doesn’t work. Notice I didn’t say “bad” technique, because lots of stuff that you would think would be bad functions marvelously, but technique that doesn’t work. Some players can seemingly make anything work.
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Peter has good athletic motion and here we’re starting right off with the takeaway and the difference in right load from the rehearsal to the real swing. Peter’s rehearsal is good and stable with nice hand and arm width while his regular swing starts with a slide off the ball and much less width. Now I do like to see some right load but I want to see it as a result of the width and not in an effort to create the width.
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Here is another great example of a funky looking, unconventional backswing that winds up producing a brilliant approach to impact. It is reminiscent of Sergio’s swing in that the shaft stays extremely flat for an extended period of time in the forward swing, saved by the quick rotation of the left forearm to close the face and to arc the shaft onto to the plane by the time it is parallel to the ground. The other benefit of this technique is to bring the hands quite close to the body in the impact area with the right forearm looking directly at the ball and the shaft returning to the address shaft plane at impact.
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These are a few swings I shot while I was at the PNC. The driver swings are before the tournament started, while the iron swings with the yellow shirt are the morning of the 2nd round. You will see all my old flaws, but I feel like I’m making progress in that my body held up pretty well and I managed to hit 12 fairways and 14 greens in the second round on a 7350-yard golf course. I know what I’m looking for and if I can keep practicing without hurting myself I think I can get back to being competitive, at least in my own section and hopefully on the national stage.
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