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Chris came in from Indiana to spend a few hours with me after having done an online lesson about a month before. Chris is a good player but has trouble with ball control, especially under pressure, and his scores tend to skyrocket when he tries to play in tournaments. This is a classic case of a nice motion hampered by less than effective pivot movement, as Chris loses quite a bit of posture in his downswing, and the general effect is to make the release action too complicated for Chris to manage. As you have seen in any number of my videos (including those of my own swing) the addition of height in the backswing or early in the downswing is a hallmark of non-tour players, while almost all of the best players add posture during both sides of the swing. We start here at address, and I suggest that Chris get his weight more out onto the balls of his feet, hoping to make it more likely that he will work back into his heels during the backswing and forward swing, along with the hugely important idea of keeping his head out over the ball (up against the vertical line I draw on his forehead) until after impact. I think you will like the impact drill we spend lots of time on here, as it puts Chris into positions he hasn’t been in before and allows him to get the feel for hitting shots from an entirely different place, both way more bent over and with his right arm (and both hands) way more forward of the ball. Every time I work with a player like Chris who demonstrates these swing characteristics I get happier about my choice of “Pivot Compression Golf” as the moniker for my website and general swing method. It is becoming more and more obvious to me that one of the greatest dividers of elite players and just pretty good players is the ability to add posture during the swing and to approach impact from a more bent over position with the hips deep and the head still out over the ball.
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