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John has made nice improvements in his swing during the time we have worked together, but he has struggled with the takeaway. In this follow up video to his most recent lesson we finally see a better (not perfect) takeaway. John previously had not been able to keep his right arm from straightening when he […]
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I’ve been playing a lot, playing pretty well, shooting mid-70s. I don’t think my long game is currently the limiting factor. It’s wedges and pitches. However, I do want to get my full swing as good as possible. I think I’ve improved my takeaway, and mostly stopped tensing up my right arm. I’m trying for […]
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My two most common misses for full swing are 1) pull / hook and 2) push slice, in that order. Push slices occur much less often when using the shorter backswing that you see here. It’s short compared to my previous overswing, but probably still long enough. So, shortening the swing has been a […]
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Working on takeaway of course and trying not to pull back with right shoulder. As that improves, I get a decent number of swings where the club isn’t heavily crossed over. Coming down, I have a hard time getting club to shallow and these swings are pretty realistic as to what happens on course. Slightly […]
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Here we have a nice, stable down the line view of JB Holmes hitting what appears (by the ball speed) to be a 7 iron, although the announcers don’t say definitively what club it is. Holmes starts with a standard athletic set up, then starts the swing by whipping the club under his hands in […]
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Shaun is competitive club professional from Connecticut who would like to improve his swing and his ball striking. He is just about to turn 50, which gives him opportunities in tournament play that he hasn’t had in the past. He is already competitive against the younger guys so if he can improve a bit, he […]
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This video should help anyone who struggles with an inability to get the hands more forward at impact with an iron. The culprit is right arm and shoulder pull back (right shoulder retraction), which in transition causes all sorts of issues. Jamie’s overuse of his right shoulder to increase his turn causes his upper body […]
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In this lesson I am going to try to answer Terry’s specific questions that you see in his email: “I feel like my backswing is on a pretty good plane, but I have two specific questions having to do with 1) my hip turn and whether they turn too much at the start of the […]
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One of the things I find regularly with good players who don’t quite hit the ball as well as they would like is an overactive trigger. Erik is a good example of this and I spend a good bit of this lesson discussing in detail what he is doing to get his swing underway and how that affects everything else. One of the reasons why these online lessons aren’t shorter in length is the degree to which things that happen early in the swing complicate what comes directly after, and as the swing unfolds each complication makes it less likely that a consistently strong impact position can be achieved.
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As I get older and gain more experience teaching and trying to play I have come to focus more on the right arm and how it functions during the swing. From watching hundreds of Tour caliber swings in slow motion and teaching players with a full range of abilities from hack to tour winner I have developed a preference for what I would call a “flared” upper right arm at left arm parallel (P-3) in the backswing as opposed to a “pinched” position, but in this survey you will see that excellent players utilize every conceivable right arm motion, from Miller Barber, whose upper right arm was parallel to the ground at P-3 (or completely horizontal), to Fred Couples, whose upper arm was still facing straight back at the camera at the same position (or completely vertical).
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