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Robert took an online lesson about a month ago and decided that since he lived in New Jersey he would make the 4 hour drive and come down to see me. He booked 3 hours, which as you will see in the video gave us an opportunity to address most of the big items that I saw needed attention at the beginning of the lesson.
Robert is a strong man and has a very fluid swing, but having a stocky, muscular upper body he had built his swing around things that made it easier for him to swing the club back to a point where it was parallel to the ground at the top. By under-turning his trunk and allowing his right arm to over-bend he achieved the backswing length but crossed the line at the top and made his right arm fall well behind his body in the downswing. Another thing that made it easier for him to get it back was the immediate lifting of his body going back, which you can readily see when I put the line on top of his head. Almost no good players lift going back, and we addressed that issue right away.
To combat the right arm over-bend I put a small but effective swing gizmo on Robert’s right arm, the Swing Extender. It limits right arm bending to 90 degrees, and as soon as he swung with it on it made a huge difference, as you can see. We left it on for a while then took it off, since a swing aid only helps if you can replicate what it does for you when it is not there.
The last thing we took on was his held off, down the line finish, and we were able to get the club and hands and arms to release left once the right arm was in a better position on the approach. Robert was enthused about the massive differences in the problem areas of his swing, and our feeling was that the lesson was a huge success, although he realizes that there is much work to do to get these changes incorporated into his swing.