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Jack is a young junior who has been coming about once a week for about 2 months. He is a great example of how complicated swing issues can infect even talented young players, and our quest to clean up his swing and make it more functional and easier to manage is a lesson for all players who wish to change an odd pattern. You will see right away how Jack’s swing pulls behind him, then lifts abruptly and wheels out over the top. Of course, Jack cannot feel that he is doing this, which is obvious since he knows what a good swing looks like and would never want his swing to look like it does now. Thus, the use of video here is an absolute must, as is the addressing of the root causes of his problems.
What you will see is that Jack has more things to work on than he could possibly think about in any one swing. In order to work on multiple items at the same time (which is what is necessary when it comes time to hit real shots) I have created a “station” for Jack to work in which can address any of 4 different problem areas, or all 4 at once. All you need to produce the station are headless shafts, and when properly placed they occupy space that the player does not want his swing to wander into. The work is done inside the station, then immediately out of the station, then back into it. The goal is not to have the station cause a perfect swing, but rather to get the player to “feel” what the station is causing him to change, and then to duplicate the feeling (and the technique) without the station present.
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