The Golf Lesson That Will Finally Make You Consistent

So, what we're talking about today really is the arm travel. So, in the back swing, making sure the arm doesn't go too, what I call deep. And then in transition from that position, making sure the arm doesn't move out in the way too much. So, feeling that the arm stays out in front of our body, changes direction ever so slightly and shallows and works down into a very strong delivery position. That is what we're looking for today. So in essence, making sure the arm, lead arm in particular, stays out in front of us in the back swing as we turn. Let it compress into our chest as we change direction. We call it kind of like a stretch shorten cycle where the arm just kind of compresses into our pec as we start down to give us that beautiful shape and transition. My swing naturally doesn't do this, so it's something I have to work on. So I will try and demonstrate this to my best of ability. But we're going to share with you in one second a little training aid device you can make to help give you the sensations and feel and the feedback when you're practicing more importantly. Initially, let's just take two rods. Very simple visuals. We'll place one at a pretty straight direction away from the golf ball. And we'll place one at an angle more from the inside. And let's say it's about 20 30° angle somewhere along that line. So the idea now would be these rods in the back swing. We're going to try and feel like our arm matches up with the outer rod, the one obviously on the ball to target line and then down. And we're trying to create that slight shift. So the plane has a slight shift to it as we start down. And just gently make some swings away initially where we feel we do that. Don't worry too much about contact. Just try and feel you get that shift. And you'll see there with the ball flight, there's a little bit of draw spin on that ball just by me concentrating that little shift. Again, not doing this as a full power, just really focusing on positions and change and movement as opposed to full golf shots. But I would want you to build that up. Maybe five or 10 that speed and then go to full speed after that and then maybe five or 10 slower and full speed again after that. So a percentage of shots in slow speed, really focusing on the movement and then go to full speed. So most golfers will kind of do the opposite pin back swing over down swing. And when they do that, they very much get then that slice shape, pull shape to the shots and glancing blows through impact. So, we very much don't want to see that. So, what we're going to use to give some feedback is a ball. You can use a smart ball, whatever ball you want to use, and we're going to strap it to our arm just here. So, very, very simply, ball strapped to the arm. And we're going to use this for feedback. So, what we're going to do now is in the back swing, just position this alongside our chest in the back swing. We want very little contact between our chest and the ball. If I crush this into my chest, we'll start to see that pressure change on the ball between that and my body. So, it stays away from my chest. Then in down swing, feel that pressure. Feel like it pushes into my chest into the pecs as we start down. So, initially practice swings doing this is ground kind of freedom pressure. Also, obviously for the length of back swing, we can see where it gets to in relation to my chin. If I had a really long back swing, it would crash into my chin. So, keep the swing nicely to the side, change direction. So, practice swings initially, then go to shots where we feel we do exactly the same thing. And again, it gives us that swing shape we're looking for. All great players, the hand path moves like this during the down swing. It moves from that slightly more upright position to a lower position on the way down. So this gives me that feedback and it gives me that taskled exercise to challenge me to do the right moves to make my swing very dynamic. As soon as that club starts working behind me more, the more the forces and torque work in the shaft and the club head to generate more speed and a more natural release. So therefore, more natural golf swings and better golf. So I love things that give us some feedback and the feel. Obviously if I'm with you as a coach one-on-one, I can give you that feedback per swing. This is your coach. This is your AI coach to help you play better