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Josh shows great progress here in his follow-up lesson. The main idea in his first lesson was to lessen his movement off the ball with his driver and then to lessen the amount of forward movement with his upper body in transition with both the driver and the iron. Looking at the driver swing, Josh cuts down his right movement to just enough, then does a much better job of keeping his head and upper trunk from drifting forward in transition. It is easy to tell that Josh is a talented player as he overdoes the same idea with the iron swing, staying so much on the ball (zero movement to the right) that a normal amount of forward movement caused by the pelvic slide and twist has him still too far forward heading into impact. I suggest that he let himself move a bit more right with the iron, which should allow his head to come back to its original position early in the downswing, then stay put through impact. As we move forward, I’d like to see Josh get the handle moving more toward the ball in transition and less downward, which might be helped by slightly shortening and firming up the backswing at the top. I’d also like to see Josh work on trying to create more posture in the forward swing by adding hip flexion and forward bend with a side arm throwing action.
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