The Downswing Fix for Better Contact & Distance — Swing Autopsy | GOLFTEC

00:00:00.000 So, I've stumbled across another student
00:00:02.520 that is hitting the ball too short, too
00:00:04.520 far to the right, and just struggling
00:00:06.120 with overall consistency. Let's check
00:00:08.360 out what we found.
00:00:20.305 >> [music]
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00:00:37.840 >> So, my student Beth here is a former
00:00:41.920 college golfer and came to me with
00:00:44.280 struggles of inconsistency, hitting the
00:00:47.200 ball a little too short, trying to dial
00:00:49.760 in distances with the new clubs, and not
00:00:51.800 really sure how far the club's actually
00:00:53.680 going to go. So, we took a look at her
00:00:56.000 swing, and she has a fantastic backswing
00:00:58.920 through some of the stuff we've worked
00:01:00.000 on. Um,
00:01:00.915 >> [music]
00:01:00.920 >> but now it's time for us to work on her
00:01:02.280 transition. So, really talking about how
00:01:04.360 she moves from
00:01:05.500 >> [music]
00:01:05.680 >> P4 to P5, or when that lead arm is
00:01:08.720 parallel to the ground. Um, she tends to
00:01:11.200 get a little too steep [music] and get
00:01:12.840 that hand path more outward than toward
00:01:14.640 average. So, when that happens, a steep
00:01:17.040 attack angle paired with not enough
00:01:19.040 lateral movement or hip sway towards the
00:01:20.800 target is going to be really hard for
00:01:22.680 her to group together the same kind of
00:01:24.360 shot [music] time and time again.
00:01:27.000 Now, looking at this swing with just the
00:01:29.120 naked eye, we can make [music] a lot of
00:01:30.840 assumptions and connect some dots, but
00:01:33.440 to really, really help this golfer out,
00:01:35.400 I think we're going to have to check out
00:01:36.560 OptiMotion, dive into some of these
00:01:38.720 nitty-gritty details, and figure out how
00:01:40.280 we can best help [music] Beth.
00:01:46.766 >> [music]
00:01:50.400 >> So, figured out a few things looking at
00:01:52.760 Beth's swing, but we're going to take a
00:01:54.000 deeper dive and do what we do well, and
00:01:56.240 figure out how we can help Beth play her
00:01:57.840 best golf. So, [music]
00:01:59.120 over here on the left I have Anne Van
00:02:00.720 Dam, one of our tour pros. She's going
00:02:02.720 to start with her shoulder sway and her
00:02:05.080 hip [music] sway pretty close to zero.
00:02:07.080 So, you'll notice her shoulder sway is
00:02:08.360 at 2 in towards target. Her hip sway is
00:02:10.280 pretty close to zero, but we're going to
00:02:11.720 call it one. Now, the pattern we're
00:02:13.720 going to talk about is very important
00:02:15.040 for what we're going to talk about with
00:02:16.200 Beth. So, when we look at Anne, you'll
00:02:18.600 see from four
00:02:20.400 to P5 or where this lead arm is parallel
00:02:22.760 to the ground, she's moved her hips and
00:02:25.320 her shoulders about 2 in closer to that
00:02:27.959 target. So, [music] in that tiny span of
00:02:30.280 four to five, she's moved a good amount
00:02:32.440 towards that target. [music] Now, from
00:02:34.080 this point forward is where you're going
00:02:35.640 to see a big difference between Anne and
00:02:37.800 Beth and how they go about their sway
00:02:39.440 pattern. [music] So, if I come over here
00:02:40.880 to Beth, we'll take her down to P5. And
00:02:43.320 I told you Beth's been doing awesome
00:02:44.640 with her lessons that we've had. She
00:02:46.240 used [music] to play college golf, so no
00:02:47.520 surprise that her hip sway is very good
00:02:49.440 at the top of her swing. Again, she's
00:02:51.360 pretty close to zero. Shoulders are
00:02:53.160 about 2 in towards target. Now, at the
00:02:55.440 start of this downswing, [music]
00:02:57.120 you'll see Beth will move
00:03:01.959 roughly 2 in with the hips and roughly 2
00:03:04.880 in with the shoulder. Again, you'll see
00:03:06.760 on both tracers on both Anne and Beth
00:03:09.160 that that line or that circle on their
00:03:11.120 hips and shoulders, [music] that pink
00:03:12.760 line moves towards our target. Now, from
00:03:15.360 this point forward is where we start to
00:03:16.920 see a little bit of difference. Now, if
00:03:18.519 I come back over here on to Anne,
00:03:20.432 >> [music]
00:03:20.800 >> you'll see from position five here that
00:03:23.400 her hip sway keeps increasing or moving
00:03:25.800 towards that target in a pretty quick
00:03:27.360 manner. Her shoulder sway, however,
00:03:30.200 actually starts to go backwards or move
00:03:32.200 away from target. Now, as we start to do
00:03:34.720 that, you'll start to see a change in
00:03:36.519 her spine angle and how her shoulders
00:03:38.360 are further away from target than her
00:03:39.880 hips. This is going to be really
00:03:41.360 important for Anne controlling her low
00:03:42.880 point hitting in front of the ball, but
00:03:44.480 also creating a ton of power. Now, when
00:03:47.280 we come over here to Beth, you'll see,
00:03:49.252 [music] again, nothing wrong inherently
00:03:51.280 with what we see here, but as we start
00:03:53.440 to move down into the swing,
00:03:55.520 you'll see that her hip sway doesn't
00:03:57.680 quite move as quick [music]
00:03:59.760 as say her shoulder sway does. And now
00:04:02.960 we're starting to see that these are
00:04:04.120 starting to become pretty level.
00:04:06.360 Again, big [music] difference between
00:04:07.880 the amount of shoulder sway and hip sway
00:04:09.400 on Anne,
00:04:10.520 not so much on Beth over here.
00:04:12.720 So now that we've kind of discovered
00:04:14.360 what's happening in Beth's swing, now we
00:04:16.238 can start to try and help her and get
00:04:17.720 this thing [music] fixed. So again, what
00:04:19.279 we're going to try and accomplish with
00:04:20.519 Beth not so much of a bending pattern or
00:04:22.919 anything in her follow-through, but just
00:04:24.560 how much she's swinging with her hips
00:04:26.320 versus how [music] much she's swinging
00:04:27.240 with her shoulders. So my goal is to try
00:04:29.400 and create a bigger difference between
00:04:31.120 her hips and [music] shoulders. Again,
00:04:33.120 you'll see she's almost the exact same
00:04:34.720 spot resulting in a very upright spine
00:04:36.960 angle
00:04:37.919 versus Anne having more of a spine angle
00:04:40.160 that's away from [music] target.
00:04:45.583 >> [music]
00:04:47.960 >> All right, Beth. So we're going to
00:04:49.360 continue walk uh walking you through
00:04:51.080 your hip sway pattern.
00:04:52.280 >> Okay.
00:04:52.640 >> Today, it's not just moving towards
00:04:54.960 target though. We got to start learning
00:04:56.520 how to separate your shoulder sway from
00:04:58.280 your hip sway.
00:04:58.960 >> Okay.
00:04:59.360 >> So what I mean by that is if this pool
00:05:01.200 noodle was like my spine,
00:05:03.360 as you make a golf swing, I can't have
00:05:05.600 you at impact with your spine towards
00:05:07.840 target or even like straight up and
00:05:09.360 down.
00:05:09.818 >> [music]
00:05:10.000 >> It's going to be really hard for you to
00:05:11.080 use your arms how you want to, hit the
00:05:13.080 ground in a consistent spot, and then
00:05:14.760 distance is going to be hard.
00:05:15.880 >> Okay.
00:05:16.240 >> So when I talk about having a difference
00:05:18.280 between shoulder sway and hip sway,
00:05:19.643 >> [music]
00:05:19.919 >> I'm really talking about having my hip
00:05:21.440 sway be more towards target than what my
00:05:23.680 shoulder sway is.
00:05:24.760 >> Okay. [music]
00:05:25.160 >> When I do that, my head and chest are
00:05:26.840 behind my shoulders if you will, and
00:05:28.960 then my spine has more of this angle.
00:05:30.778 >> [music]
00:05:30.880 >> Okay.
00:05:31.280 >> So what we're going to do is just a
00:05:32.680 continuation of what we've been working
00:05:34.080 on. I'm going to hold this noodle by
00:05:35.680 your lead ear.
00:05:36.680 >> Okay.
00:05:37.200 >> Now when you take a downswing, your goal
00:05:39.680 is to move your hips as far towards my
00:05:42.560 projector screen as you can without
00:05:44.533 [music] touching the noodle with your
00:05:45.760 hip.
00:05:46.160 >> Okay.
00:05:46.600 >> So that's going to be from the very top
00:05:48.000 of the swing. And what we're going to do
00:05:49.680 is we'll just start with no ball.
00:05:51.240 >> Okay.
00:05:51.920 >> I'm going to have you set up in your
00:05:52.800 normal golf swing.
00:05:54.880 I want you to take a slow backswing,
00:05:57.720 pause at the top, and then you're going
00:05:59.200 to make a really slow downswing doing
00:06:01.200 exactly what we just talked about.
00:06:02.960 >> Okay.
00:06:08.080 >> Good.
00:06:08.280 >> Ooh, okay.
00:06:09.560 Okay, I definitely hit it.
00:06:10.734 >> [laughter]
00:06:11.000 >> And you should notice, and if you hit it
00:06:12.720 at the very end, totally cool. I'm just
00:06:14.280 concerned at the top of your swing as
00:06:15.960 you go down and at impact, we should be
00:06:18.200 well away from that.
00:06:19.120 >> Okay.
00:06:19.800 >> Now, with this, just remember
00:06:22.040 I don't want you cheating by moving your
00:06:23.600 hips away from target
00:06:25.200 >> Okay.
00:06:25.520 >> and leave your head away.
00:06:26.480 >> Yeah.
00:06:26.919 >> I still want like if you were in a belt
00:06:28.560 buckle like I am, I still want you
00:06:30.360 getting that in front of the noodle or
00:06:32.400 over your left foot.
00:06:33.760 >> Okay.
00:06:34.240 >> The head is just what I want to avoid
00:06:35.800 the noodle.
00:06:36.280 >> Got it.
00:06:36.720 >> So, again, just like you did, nice and
00:06:38.480 slow on the downswing so you can get a
00:06:40.120 feel for it.
00:06:46.040 Good.
00:06:46.720 >> Nice.
00:06:47.800 >> I want you to roll a ball out there.
00:06:51.000 You can do the same thing, so we're
00:06:51.960 going to do a full swing, but I want you
00:06:53.560 to imagine hitting this full swing
00:06:55.200 7-iron like 30 yards at most. So,
00:06:58.560 your goal
00:06:59.720 move your hips as far towards the target
00:07:01.640 as you can at the start of your
00:07:02.680 downswing, and just try and avoid the
00:07:04.760 noodle with your head.
00:07:05.640 >> Okay.
00:07:05.960 >> Okay.
00:07:15.080 Beth, how did that first one feel?
00:07:16.600 >> A lot better.
00:07:17.544 >> [laughter]
00:07:17.880 >> Yeah.
00:07:19.040 >> Now, there's a few things that we'll
00:07:20.480 kind of pick apart on that one that you
00:07:22.000 just hit.
00:07:26.720 Now, first and foremost is like your
00:07:28.520 smash factor.
00:07:29.760 So, normally your smash factor was like
00:07:31.440 1.08.
00:07:32.960 >> Mhm.
00:07:33.360 >> That first swing, you're already at
00:07:34.520 1.13. So, all that's saying is you're
00:07:36.600 getting more ball speed out of the club
00:07:38.360 head speed that you're delivering. So,
00:07:40.080 more efficiency, right? A little less
00:07:41.680 effort for a little bit more pop.
00:07:43.720 So, I don't know if in like your college
00:07:45.240 days or working on your swing before
00:07:46.480 you've ever heard someone say something
00:07:47.675 [music] like the backwards K or or C,
00:07:51.000 but a lot of people will just use that
00:07:52.720 slang to refer to the shape or just the
00:07:54.680 posture of a player in their
00:07:55.640 follow-through.
00:07:56.240 >> Yeah.
00:07:56.640 >> So, again, you'll notice this like nice
00:07:58.400 kind of U shape, if you will. But,
00:08:00.440 again, all that's happening is her
00:08:01.800 shoulders and head are further away from
00:08:04.000 target than her hips are.
00:08:05.320 >> Got it.
00:08:05.600 >> So, over here, you'll see on a lot of
00:08:07.800 the swings that you'll take prior to
00:08:09.360 this lesson,
00:08:10.080 >> Mhm.
00:08:10.400 >> your back and everything is kind of just
00:08:12.240 straight up and down, all in a straight
00:08:14.040 vertical line. So, you're starting to
00:08:15.919 see how your shoulders are starting to
00:08:17.480 hang back a little further than those
00:08:18.880 hips.
00:08:19.240 >> Yeah.
00:08:19.600 >> And that was just on the first swing
00:08:20.520 now. So, [music] really good first rep.
00:08:22.640 We're just going to keep taking swings
00:08:23.720 like that, and then we'll keep moving
00:08:25.280 forward.
00:08:25.680 >> Love it.
00:08:27.919 >> Now, same thing, Beth.
00:08:29.320 >> Okay.
00:08:30.000 >> Really focus on moving those hips
00:08:32.000 towards the target, but not your head
00:08:34.360 into my head.
00:08:35.280 >> Okay.
00:08:42.679 >> Probably didn't feel great.
00:08:44.760 But, that was looking pretty good on the
00:08:46.320 camera side.
00:08:49.120 >> And for you,
00:08:50.880 what do you know, I'm going to quiz you
00:08:52.600 and put you on the spot. Do you know
00:08:53.600 what your path normally is when you take
00:08:55.680 swings? [music]
00:08:56.640 >> Out to in.
00:08:57.600 >> Yes. Do you know like the number, like
00:08:59.480 ballpark?
00:09:01.080 >> No.
00:09:01.800 >> It's usually like eight to nine.
00:09:04.400 >> Okay. Yeah.
00:09:05.040 >> Every once in a while, you can throw a
00:09:06.360 double digit one out, especially in our
00:09:07.680 first couple lessons.
00:09:09.520 What is different about that last path,
00:09:11.040 though?
00:09:11.400 >> It was inside.
00:09:12.560 >> Yes.
00:09:13.080 >> So, we like to see that.
00:09:14.040 >> That's why you hit it really junky and
00:09:15.480 why it kind of flew a little different
00:09:16.640 than the other ones, but you're actually
00:09:18.080 starting to swing from the inside, which
00:09:19.760 is a huge indicator that you're doing
00:09:21.520 exactly what I want you to do with your
00:09:22.960 swing, Beth.
00:09:23.520 >> Cool.
00:09:24.160 >> Good swing on that one. That was
00:09:25.080 awesome.
00:09:29.856 >> [music]
00:09:33.680 >> All righty, Beth. So, took a couple rips
00:09:35.760 out there. Got some good changes to
00:09:37.560 happen really early on. We're going to
00:09:39.400 just talk about and make sure you
00:09:40.360 understand exactly what you're doing
00:09:41.720 good. So, over here before, again, I was
00:09:44.680 talking about how your shoulder sway and
00:09:46.120 hip sway are very similar to each other.
00:09:48.400 So, when you have those the same amount
00:09:50.080 towards target, you don't have a
00:09:51.880 difference in your spine angle, which
00:09:53.160 means [music] arms are hard to use, low
00:09:55.040 point's hard to use, your distance is
00:09:57.440 going to suffer. Now, over here on the
00:09:59.320 right, not only did you sway more, which
00:10:01.560 is something that you and I have been
00:10:02.480 actively working on, but you'll notice a
00:10:04.320 big difference in your shoulder sway not
00:10:06.320 even being 2 in towards target. This
00:10:08.640 one's over 2 in target.
00:10:10.080 >> Yeah.
00:10:10.440 >> So, now we have a definite difference
00:10:12.480 between our hip sway and our shoulder
00:10:13.960 sway, whereas these ones are very
00:10:15.680 similar.
00:10:16.200 >> Mhm.
00:10:16.800 >> Again, you look at your spine and you'll
00:10:18.240 see how now it's starting to tilt
00:10:19.760 backwards or away from target, but
00:10:22.000 you'll see that line, [music] that pink
00:10:23.640 line on your hips, how before you'd
00:10:25.280 start your swing and it would move
00:10:26.440 towards target and then go straight up.
00:10:28.200 >> Up. Yeah.
00:10:28.840 >> For you, that's not very powerful. It's
00:10:30.200 very hard to control your low.
00:10:31.600 >> Mhm.
00:10:32.080 >> Over here, you'll see a much more kind
00:10:33.840 of linear pattern. That line is now just
00:10:36.120 moving towards target. [music] Make no
00:10:37.920 mistake, it does need to get further
00:10:39.720 away from the ground at a certain point,
00:10:41.360 but for you, that's much later.
00:10:43.080 >> Later in the swing. Got it.
00:10:44.360 >> So, very, very good change there on
00:10:46.000 that, Beth.
00:10:47.200 Um, we're just going to keep cooking
00:10:48.320 along on that.
00:10:49.000 >> Love it.
00:10:51.839 >> Fat shots, top shots, getting out drove
00:10:54.720 by your buddies, or just not enjoying
00:10:56.240 the game anymore. Whatever it may be, go
00:10:58.520 get your swing an autopsy and schedule a
00:11:00.920 game evaluation with a GolfTec coach
00:11:02.560 near you.

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