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Hey Wayne,
Thanks for your last video. At risk of sounding corny, I cannot understate how grateful I am for your insights, and really enjoy working on the changes.
I’ve worked hard on your last suggestions (getting right arm higher and deeper on backswing). This was a big change, and took some very tedious slow motion, eyes closed, the whole nine yards of drilling to really allow the change to happen. But it has seeped into my full swing and really allows me to utilize my rotational flexibility and get some significant speed.
In the previous videos I sent you, I was limiting my torso turn because I couldn’t stop lifting my arms, and I wanted to get your outward hands transition move correct (and I couldn’t do both).
I know I have a lot more to work on but, I will say my iron ballstriking has been incredible. Everything up to my 2 iron is very accurate and long. My scores in the trackman test center have never been so high. My path and face have never been so close to zero (they used to both be very +) and my VSP is so much lower. However, although my driver is certainly better, it is not nearly as much relative to my irons. I find I have a tough time compressing the body on the downswing and finishing well.
I look forward to you analysis.
Best,
Parker
Once again Parker has taken the most recent video lesson and applied it fully. You will see here how he has gone from pinching his right elbow way in front of him going back to getting it deeper, higher, and wider, which in turn has alleviated the problem of lifting his left arm as he gets to the top. As you read above, his driver has not shown the same amount of improvement as his irons, and in this video I address that issue, comparing his swing side by side with Rory McIlroy. What is apparent in the comparison is that McIlroy uses pivot much more effectively than Parker, as indicated by the lack of lowering in Parker’s transition and the lack of delay in the sequence of the downswing. In other words, Parker tends not to use the muscles in his lower back, but instead skips them and lets the lower body drive work immediately up into his upper trunk. Parker is winding up much better in the backswing, but he is missing the secondary stretch that McIlroy gets by digging into the ground and driving off his right foot as his upper trunk is still going back. It is obvious that there is a definite sequence to the engagement of Rory’s lower back muscles, and the video I show of his swing shows this clearly. If Parker can incorporate this into his swing it will be a nice progression and will create much more power and consistency.
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