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This is a powerful individual with a nice flowing swing and plenty of trunk mobility who could greatly benefit from better use of the pivot and better right arm technique. Tim doesn’t gain much depth in the backswing, preferring to maintain his height and keep his right leg pretty much in the same place at the top as it was at address, and the lack of the use of the ground shows up in the transition and forward swing as he separates his knees in the start down and narrows his arms with the shaft moving steeper in the initial movement. The right arm falls behind the body as legs come out from under him and his head backs up, all of which is a familiar pattern for good players who struggle to get to the next level with their ball striking. My suggestions here would start with the attempt to deepen the right hip by loading more into the ground toward the right heel in the backswing, then “stopping” the right elbow sooner as the arms reach the top, preparing it to drive more inward in front of the chest instead of dropping to the side of the trunk. The downswing needs to be initiated by a more aggressive move off the right instep, with the right leg moving immediately instead of staying stationary momentarily as the left leg moves. The sliding action of the lower body catches the upper and stretches the upper left side, which in turn pulls the left arm straight and widens the start down, which makes it possible to move the right arm the way we want to. Pivot depth is everything when trying to reverse this pattern and it is not easy to feel since it is so radically different. This is one particular area where I can really help someone with this problem by putting my hands on them and moving them around. The change is with both big muscles and small ones, so everything is involved. Luckily the general positioning of Tim’s swing is very good, and it is likely that he will be able to incorporate the changes and see improvement right away.
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