1 00:00:06,360 --> 00:00:08,479 Speaker 1: It's the Son of a Butcher podcast. We come to 2 00:00:08,480 --> 00:00:13,720 Speaker 1: you every Wednesday. I'm your host, Claude Harmon this week, Yeah, 3 00:00:13,760 --> 00:00:15,640 Speaker 1: the weather's starting to change, and I think there are 4 00:00:15,640 --> 00:00:18,599 Speaker 1: a lot of people that are going into a time 5 00:00:18,640 --> 00:00:20,520 Speaker 1: period to where they're not going to be able to 6 00:00:21,040 --> 00:00:24,720 Speaker 1: play as much golf as they would want to weather wise, 7 00:00:25,160 --> 00:00:27,720 Speaker 1: getting out on the golf course. And I think these 8 00:00:27,800 --> 00:00:31,680 Speaker 1: kind of winter months, if you are kind of not 9 00:00:31,840 --> 00:00:33,519 Speaker 1: able to get out and play as much as you 10 00:00:33,560 --> 00:00:36,240 Speaker 1: want because of the weather, I think the winter months 11 00:00:36,240 --> 00:00:38,640 Speaker 1: are a good time for you to do some real, 12 00:00:38,760 --> 00:00:41,360 Speaker 1: real work on your golf swing. So if you could 13 00:00:41,400 --> 00:00:44,600 Speaker 1: think of, you know, when the weather starts to get bad, 14 00:00:44,640 --> 00:00:47,080 Speaker 1: it's it's if you live in a place where the 15 00:00:47,120 --> 00:00:49,920 Speaker 1: climate is you know, warm in the summer and not 16 00:00:50,000 --> 00:00:52,959 Speaker 1: so great during you know, the next four or five 17 00:00:53,040 --> 00:00:55,880 Speaker 1: six months, you can use that as kind of a 18 00:00:56,200 --> 00:00:59,480 Speaker 1: off season, right, you can use that as an off season, 19 00:01:00,480 --> 00:01:03,360 Speaker 1: similar to what a tour player would do to say, Okay, listen, 20 00:01:03,640 --> 00:01:05,680 Speaker 1: I have my season where I play and then I 21 00:01:05,800 --> 00:01:08,720 Speaker 1: use this time. I think a lot of people think, Okay, 22 00:01:09,080 --> 00:01:11,360 Speaker 1: the weather's getting bad now I can't go out the 23 00:01:11,360 --> 00:01:15,120 Speaker 1: way I used to and it's somewhat of a negative 24 00:01:15,160 --> 00:01:16,840 Speaker 1: because you can't get out on the golf course, but 25 00:01:17,200 --> 00:01:19,640 Speaker 1: you could kind of flip the switch and say, let 26 00:01:19,720 --> 00:01:22,319 Speaker 1: me see this as a positive. Let me find a 27 00:01:22,360 --> 00:01:26,399 Speaker 1: way to take what is going on in my golf game, 28 00:01:27,000 --> 00:01:30,120 Speaker 1: the stuff that I've seen, you know, when I've been playing, 29 00:01:30,240 --> 00:01:34,360 Speaker 1: and then really break down the areas where I can improve. 30 00:01:34,400 --> 00:01:36,720 Speaker 1: And if you're a regular listening to the pod, you 31 00:01:36,760 --> 00:01:39,399 Speaker 1: always hear me talk about the difference between technique and execution, 32 00:01:39,840 --> 00:01:41,920 Speaker 1: and I spend an enormous amount of time talking to 33 00:01:41,959 --> 00:01:47,280 Speaker 1: players about executing. That technique is important, but you need 34 00:01:47,319 --> 00:01:50,240 Speaker 1: to learn how to execute. And I think if you 35 00:01:50,320 --> 00:01:53,560 Speaker 1: are in a climate to where you're not going to 36 00:01:53,560 --> 00:01:56,200 Speaker 1: be able to get out as regularly and play the game, 37 00:01:57,200 --> 00:01:59,920 Speaker 1: you could use this time as Okay, this is my 38 00:02:00,240 --> 00:02:03,360 Speaker 1: technique time. This is the time where I'm going to 39 00:02:03,400 --> 00:02:07,160 Speaker 1: go ahead and whatever I'm working on in my golf swing, 40 00:02:07,760 --> 00:02:09,600 Speaker 1: this is the time where I'm going to say, okay, listen, 41 00:02:09,600 --> 00:02:13,080 Speaker 1: I'm not going to be so much outcome oriented here. 42 00:02:13,120 --> 00:02:16,480 Speaker 1: I'm going to be very much concerned on fixing whatever 43 00:02:16,520 --> 00:02:19,400 Speaker 1: these problems are. And I think there's a number of 44 00:02:19,400 --> 00:02:22,240 Speaker 1: different ways. I also think this is a time where 45 00:02:22,240 --> 00:02:25,440 Speaker 1: a lot of people are hitting golf balls. We're going 46 00:02:25,440 --> 00:02:27,200 Speaker 1: into a time period to where maybe you're hitting a 47 00:02:27,240 --> 00:02:30,440 Speaker 1: lot of golf balls into a net. So and I 48 00:02:30,480 --> 00:02:32,840 Speaker 1: think there are ways when you're hitting into nets to 49 00:02:33,440 --> 00:02:38,120 Speaker 1: try and work on a number of different things. But 50 00:02:39,160 --> 00:02:41,760 Speaker 1: if you are going to be working a lot inside, 51 00:02:41,760 --> 00:02:44,280 Speaker 1: and you are going to be working a lot just 52 00:02:44,360 --> 00:02:47,160 Speaker 1: hitting balls into a net, it's tough to see where 53 00:02:47,200 --> 00:02:49,079 Speaker 1: the golf ball's going. If you're on a simulator, you 54 00:02:49,120 --> 00:02:51,040 Speaker 1: can kind of see it, but that's all kind of 55 00:02:51,120 --> 00:02:54,519 Speaker 1: based off of you know, algorithms and simulations and stuff 56 00:02:54,560 --> 00:02:57,320 Speaker 1: like that. But what I think is really important in 57 00:02:57,360 --> 00:03:01,480 Speaker 1: this offseason is, first of all, do a yardage check, 58 00:03:01,800 --> 00:03:06,920 Speaker 1: right and find if you don't have one, find and 59 00:03:06,960 --> 00:03:10,600 Speaker 1: get access to a launch monitor and say, okay, I'm 60 00:03:10,639 --> 00:03:12,880 Speaker 1: going to go through and do a yardage check because 61 00:03:12,919 --> 00:03:15,640 Speaker 1: I think over the course of a year, your yardage 62 00:03:15,680 --> 00:03:18,680 Speaker 1: is changed. They kind of go up and down. There's 63 00:03:18,760 --> 00:03:21,639 Speaker 1: times where you're swinging really really well and you'll be 64 00:03:21,720 --> 00:03:24,320 Speaker 1: hitting the golf ball really really good, really really solid, 65 00:03:24,600 --> 00:03:27,200 Speaker 1: and then there's times where you're not. So I think 66 00:03:27,240 --> 00:03:30,080 Speaker 1: golf season and during these winter months it's a time 67 00:03:30,440 --> 00:03:33,320 Speaker 1: to really dial in the yardages. Now if you do, 68 00:03:33,440 --> 00:03:35,720 Speaker 1: if you've ever been on a launch monitor before, you've 69 00:03:35,760 --> 00:03:38,040 Speaker 1: got access to a launch monitor, I think what you 70 00:03:38,160 --> 00:03:42,800 Speaker 1: want to do is do it in reverse. So pick out. 71 00:03:42,960 --> 00:03:45,680 Speaker 1: I mean, ideally you would want to go through this 72 00:03:45,760 --> 00:03:49,120 Speaker 1: with your entire golf back right, every club in your bag. 73 00:03:49,160 --> 00:03:51,680 Speaker 1: Get an idea of how far it goes. But if 74 00:03:51,680 --> 00:03:53,400 Speaker 1: you don't have the time to do that, look at 75 00:03:53,440 --> 00:03:56,520 Speaker 1: what your scoring clubs are, look at the clubs that 76 00:03:56,600 --> 00:04:01,080 Speaker 1: you tend to use the most in when you're on 77 00:04:01,120 --> 00:04:04,280 Speaker 1: the golf course, whatever, But get the clubs that you're 78 00:04:04,360 --> 00:04:07,760 Speaker 1: using at your home course on a regular basis. Most 79 00:04:07,800 --> 00:04:10,920 Speaker 1: golfers are not traveling golfers, right, they kind of play. 80 00:04:11,280 --> 00:04:13,280 Speaker 1: They're not like tour players to where they're playing a 81 00:04:13,280 --> 00:04:16,760 Speaker 1: different course every week, and the test that that course 82 00:04:16,839 --> 00:04:19,839 Speaker 1: demands is going to be different from week to week. 83 00:04:19,920 --> 00:04:27,120 Speaker 1: So it's going to not be super long. Maybe the 84 00:04:27,200 --> 00:04:30,679 Speaker 1: rough isn't super super thick, maybe the fairways are wide. 85 00:04:31,080 --> 00:04:33,720 Speaker 1: Maybe either it's a wide open golf course, maybe it's 86 00:04:33,720 --> 00:04:36,160 Speaker 1: a treeline golf course. Whatever that golf course is. I 87 00:04:36,200 --> 00:04:38,200 Speaker 1: think that's one of the things that you want to 88 00:04:38,240 --> 00:04:40,159 Speaker 1: try and figure out, Okay, where do I play most 89 00:04:40,200 --> 00:04:42,560 Speaker 1: of my golf and what type of shots and what 90 00:04:42,640 --> 00:04:47,000 Speaker 1: type of game does that course demand. First of all, 91 00:04:47,040 --> 00:04:49,599 Speaker 1: if you can get on a launch monitor, you want 92 00:04:49,640 --> 00:04:51,600 Speaker 1: to make sure that you know how far you hit 93 00:04:51,640 --> 00:04:53,839 Speaker 1: your wedges. Those are the scoring clubs. You're going to 94 00:04:53,880 --> 00:04:56,679 Speaker 1: hit a lot of those. I see big, big gaps 95 00:04:56,720 --> 00:04:59,679 Speaker 1: in how far people think they hit their wedges versus 96 00:04:59,720 --> 00:05:04,080 Speaker 1: how they actually do hit their wedges. And again, work 97 00:05:04,200 --> 00:05:06,719 Speaker 1: if you are going to get access and work on 98 00:05:06,720 --> 00:05:09,000 Speaker 1: a launch monitor, work at it in reverse. I think 99 00:05:09,160 --> 00:05:12,800 Speaker 1: a lot of Listen. I think some of the combines 100 00:05:12,800 --> 00:05:15,120 Speaker 1: out there are really really good. You've heard me talk 101 00:05:15,160 --> 00:05:18,400 Speaker 1: about wraps out of the launch monitor that I use, 102 00:05:18,440 --> 00:05:20,960 Speaker 1: and they've got a combine. I think it's really really good. 103 00:05:21,240 --> 00:05:22,960 Speaker 1: But one of the things I think you can do 104 00:05:23,360 --> 00:05:27,279 Speaker 1: is do a combine, but do it in reverse. Okay, 105 00:05:27,640 --> 00:05:33,240 Speaker 1: So whatever club that you're using, blind test that club. 106 00:05:33,680 --> 00:05:36,760 Speaker 1: And what I mean by that is get a club 107 00:05:36,800 --> 00:05:40,120 Speaker 1: that you have an idea of whatever it is. Let's 108 00:05:40,120 --> 00:05:43,360 Speaker 1: say it's your fifty six degree wedge and you've got 109 00:05:43,360 --> 00:05:46,479 Speaker 1: an idea of how far you hit that. So let's 110 00:05:46,480 --> 00:05:51,160 Speaker 1: blind test that. Let's hit five, ten, maybe twenty balls, 111 00:05:51,600 --> 00:05:54,120 Speaker 1: and then go ahead and say, okay, let's say you 112 00:05:54,320 --> 00:05:59,640 Speaker 1: think you hit your sand wedge ninety five yards before 113 00:05:59,680 --> 00:06:02,839 Speaker 1: you out, actually look at how far your sand wedge 114 00:06:02,839 --> 00:06:05,440 Speaker 1: is going, blind test it and say okay, I'm going 115 00:06:05,520 --> 00:06:09,359 Speaker 1: to go through. You know, like I said, five ten, fifteen, 116 00:06:09,600 --> 00:06:13,200 Speaker 1: twenty ball challenge, you're hitting shots to a target and 117 00:06:13,480 --> 00:06:16,560 Speaker 1: you're just blind testing. You're just hitting these and try 118 00:06:16,600 --> 00:06:20,600 Speaker 1: and do this without any kind of mechanical feels not 119 00:06:20,720 --> 00:06:24,000 Speaker 1: really working on anything. From a technique standpoint, this is 120 00:06:24,200 --> 00:06:29,280 Speaker 1: just let me get my wedge, this fifty six degree wedge, 121 00:06:29,800 --> 00:06:31,800 Speaker 1: Let me get this nine iron, let me get this 122 00:06:31,880 --> 00:06:34,279 Speaker 1: eight iron, the seven iron, the six iron, whatever the 123 00:06:34,360 --> 00:06:37,160 Speaker 1: club is. Let me blind test it first from a 124 00:06:37,240 --> 00:06:41,400 Speaker 1: yardage to see if I have a really good understanding 125 00:06:41,400 --> 00:06:45,599 Speaker 1: as to how far I hit my club. And then 126 00:06:46,320 --> 00:06:49,239 Speaker 1: you could even do this yourself. So on every ball, 127 00:06:49,839 --> 00:06:53,960 Speaker 1: hit it, and on your phone or on a scorecard 128 00:06:54,040 --> 00:06:58,160 Speaker 1: or something, right down, how far you think that went? Okay, 129 00:06:58,400 --> 00:07:02,200 Speaker 1: So you're gauging how far the golf ball went off 130 00:07:02,240 --> 00:07:04,440 Speaker 1: of the swing that you put on it. So you're 131 00:07:04,480 --> 00:07:07,200 Speaker 1: gauging that off of how much the ball is curving, 132 00:07:07,279 --> 00:07:09,640 Speaker 1: how much the ball is spinning, whether you hit the 133 00:07:09,640 --> 00:07:11,840 Speaker 1: golf ball solid or not. But again, I think a 134 00:07:11,880 --> 00:07:14,640 Speaker 1: lot of players are very and I've said this before 135 00:07:14,680 --> 00:07:17,720 Speaker 1: on the Pod, I think a lot of golfers were 136 00:07:17,880 --> 00:07:21,120 Speaker 1: very influenced by what we see on television and we think, okay, well, 137 00:07:21,160 --> 00:07:23,520 Speaker 1: if Justin Thomas has got a wedge in his hand 138 00:07:23,600 --> 00:07:26,520 Speaker 1: and he's hitting it from you know, he's got pitching 139 00:07:26,560 --> 00:07:28,680 Speaker 1: wedge and he's hitting it from one fifty five to 140 00:07:28,720 --> 00:07:31,720 Speaker 1: one to sixty. And then you hear that enough times, 141 00:07:31,720 --> 00:07:33,800 Speaker 1: you hear Roy McElroy doing the same thing. You hear 142 00:07:34,200 --> 00:07:37,520 Speaker 1: any of the players that you watch, You hear the 143 00:07:37,520 --> 00:07:40,400 Speaker 1: same numbers over and over again for specific clubs. I 144 00:07:40,440 --> 00:07:43,320 Speaker 1: think we get baited into that because if you watch 145 00:07:43,360 --> 00:07:45,640 Speaker 1: a lot of golf, you're watching players hit on a 146 00:07:45,680 --> 00:07:47,720 Speaker 1: lot of par threes, and there'll be a lot of 147 00:07:47,760 --> 00:07:50,440 Speaker 1: similar clubs on the par threes. You rarely do you 148 00:07:50,520 --> 00:07:53,880 Speaker 1: have a par three where there's three players in the 149 00:07:53,880 --> 00:07:56,960 Speaker 1: group and there's a twenty to thirty yard difference in 150 00:07:57,000 --> 00:07:59,600 Speaker 1: how far they hit the club into the par three. 151 00:07:59,720 --> 00:08:03,800 Speaker 1: Watch golf on television, whether it's Men's, Women's Champs Tour, 152 00:08:03,880 --> 00:08:07,960 Speaker 1: or wherever you're going to see a lot of players, 153 00:08:08,760 --> 00:08:12,920 Speaker 1: especially on par threes, hitting kind of the same yardage 154 00:08:12,960 --> 00:08:15,200 Speaker 1: and hitting the same type of clubs. So what you 155 00:08:15,240 --> 00:08:16,640 Speaker 1: want to try and do is you want to find 156 00:08:16,640 --> 00:08:19,760 Speaker 1: out how far you hit all of your clubs. And 157 00:08:19,800 --> 00:08:22,120 Speaker 1: that's why I think it's important to do this blind 158 00:08:22,280 --> 00:08:25,800 Speaker 1: and I think it would be really good for you know, 159 00:08:26,480 --> 00:08:29,680 Speaker 1: a ten, fifteen to twenty ball challenge, Get a scorecard, 160 00:08:29,720 --> 00:08:32,480 Speaker 1: get a piece of paper, whatever the clubs. Let's say 161 00:08:32,480 --> 00:08:34,520 Speaker 1: it's a nine iron. You have an idea in your 162 00:08:34,559 --> 00:08:37,200 Speaker 1: head of how far you hit the nine iron, So 163 00:08:37,280 --> 00:08:40,080 Speaker 1: write down on a piece of paper, nine iron, and 164 00:08:40,120 --> 00:08:44,560 Speaker 1: then how far you think you hit your nine iron right, 165 00:08:45,000 --> 00:08:47,600 Speaker 1: and then go ahead and hit a shot, write down 166 00:08:47,640 --> 00:08:50,400 Speaker 1: what you thought the yardage was. Then go through that. 167 00:08:50,720 --> 00:08:52,400 Speaker 1: If you can get ten, if you can get fifteen, 168 00:08:52,440 --> 00:08:55,080 Speaker 1: if you can get twenty, and then you've written down 169 00:08:55,520 --> 00:09:00,440 Speaker 1: how far you think it went, then go to launch 170 00:09:00,480 --> 00:09:05,720 Speaker 1: monitor and see what the difference is. What is the 171 00:09:05,760 --> 00:09:08,760 Speaker 1: gap between that? Because I think a lot of time 172 00:09:08,840 --> 00:09:11,960 Speaker 1: and ask yourself, did you hit this shot solid? So 173 00:09:12,000 --> 00:09:14,560 Speaker 1: that's the other thing you could do. You'd blind test it. 174 00:09:14,679 --> 00:09:16,880 Speaker 1: You grab your nine iron and you could hit the 175 00:09:16,920 --> 00:09:19,520 Speaker 1: shot and say okay, on a scale of one to ten, 176 00:09:19,720 --> 00:09:24,120 Speaker 1: one being the worst contact and ten being really really 177 00:09:24,240 --> 00:09:28,160 Speaker 1: good contact, and give yourself a score out of one 178 00:09:28,160 --> 00:09:31,160 Speaker 1: to ten. If it's really not good contact and stuff, 179 00:09:31,200 --> 00:09:35,640 Speaker 1: maybe that's a five. If it's almost dead straight out 180 00:09:35,640 --> 00:09:37,160 Speaker 1: of the middle, but you feel like it's a really 181 00:09:37,200 --> 00:09:40,000 Speaker 1: good shot, maybe that's an eight, and you're writing down 182 00:09:40,200 --> 00:09:43,679 Speaker 1: based off of the contact. Give yourself a score of 183 00:09:43,920 --> 00:09:46,640 Speaker 1: one to ten. Then when you go through and look 184 00:09:46,679 --> 00:09:50,560 Speaker 1: at the yardages you're hitting it, maybe okay, and I've 185 00:09:50,559 --> 00:09:53,720 Speaker 1: seen this happen. Maybe the yardage that you think you 186 00:09:53,840 --> 00:09:56,560 Speaker 1: hit it, the only way you're able to get that 187 00:09:56,720 --> 00:09:59,800 Speaker 1: yardage is if the contact is at a ten, so 188 00:10:00,400 --> 00:10:05,599 Speaker 1: it's perfect, perfect contact, which for the majority of golfers 189 00:10:06,200 --> 00:10:08,280 Speaker 1: that's very difficult to do. We don't hit the golf 190 00:10:08,320 --> 00:10:11,360 Speaker 1: ball solid all the time, and golf really is a 191 00:10:11,400 --> 00:10:14,720 Speaker 1: game of misses. So I think having a good idea 192 00:10:14,920 --> 00:10:19,240 Speaker 1: of how far you hit your clubs is vital. And 193 00:10:19,280 --> 00:10:21,760 Speaker 1: I think that if you're hitting into a simulator, it's 194 00:10:21,800 --> 00:10:23,960 Speaker 1: going to give you a number. If you're able to 195 00:10:24,080 --> 00:10:26,640 Speaker 1: use a launch monitor, I think that's a very good 196 00:10:26,679 --> 00:10:29,320 Speaker 1: way to do it. Or if you're on the driving range, 197 00:10:29,400 --> 00:10:33,600 Speaker 1: pick out some targets, get your range finder out, pick 198 00:10:33,640 --> 00:10:36,800 Speaker 1: a target out, and then figure out, Okay, that's my 199 00:10:37,280 --> 00:10:41,160 Speaker 1: one hundred and fifty target. Maybe that's my two hundred 200 00:10:41,240 --> 00:10:44,559 Speaker 1: yard target. Maybe that's my one seventy five target. Maybe 201 00:10:44,559 --> 00:10:47,800 Speaker 1: that's my one hundred yard target. Whatever the numbers are. 202 00:10:48,480 --> 00:10:53,720 Speaker 1: But what I do think is important is getting that feedback. 203 00:10:54,040 --> 00:10:57,400 Speaker 1: But the feedback based off of your fields. We always 204 00:10:57,480 --> 00:11:01,360 Speaker 1: get asked how we create feel? Right, how do I 205 00:11:01,480 --> 00:11:05,520 Speaker 1: create feel in my golf swing? And I think one 206 00:11:05,559 --> 00:11:08,600 Speaker 1: of the ways you do it is you figure out, okay, 207 00:11:09,000 --> 00:11:11,280 Speaker 1: what is your perception of how far you hit the 208 00:11:11,280 --> 00:11:14,600 Speaker 1: golf ball and how far do you really hit the 209 00:11:14,640 --> 00:11:18,719 Speaker 1: golf ball? And I think the difference between those can 210 00:11:18,800 --> 00:11:22,800 Speaker 1: sometimes be really really different. I would do this with 211 00:11:22,840 --> 00:11:26,880 Speaker 1: all of my scoring clubs, so my wedges. If you 212 00:11:26,920 --> 00:11:28,679 Speaker 1: want to baseline it, you can do this. I mean, 213 00:11:28,720 --> 00:11:31,600 Speaker 1: if you baseline your nine iron, if you baseline your 214 00:11:31,600 --> 00:11:34,280 Speaker 1: seven iron, if you baseline your five iron, you're going 215 00:11:34,320 --> 00:11:37,240 Speaker 1: to be able to fill in the gaps between the 216 00:11:37,280 --> 00:11:43,600 Speaker 1: other swings. But a yardage check really really important. If 217 00:11:43,640 --> 00:11:46,120 Speaker 1: you're a regular listener to the pod, you know that 218 00:11:46,160 --> 00:11:48,440 Speaker 1: I've been drinking ag one for about a year now. 219 00:11:48,600 --> 00:11:50,960 Speaker 1: Why did I start doing that? 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If you want to improve 247 00:13:40,200 --> 00:13:47,600 Speaker 1: your daily health and fitness regiment looking at how you 248 00:13:47,720 --> 00:13:51,480 Speaker 1: hit the golf ball? What is your shape? Look back 249 00:13:51,640 --> 00:13:54,680 Speaker 1: if you're someone that's kind of shutting things down and 250 00:13:54,720 --> 00:13:56,960 Speaker 1: aren't really going to be playing a lot of you know, 251 00:13:57,040 --> 00:13:59,280 Speaker 1: golf on the golf course, not really going to be 252 00:13:59,320 --> 00:14:03,160 Speaker 1: playing a lot of competitions, Say to yourself, Okay, over 253 00:14:03,200 --> 00:14:07,320 Speaker 1: the last season where I've been playing a lot of golf, 254 00:14:07,760 --> 00:14:11,520 Speaker 1: what does my golf look like? Am I consistently hitting 255 00:14:11,520 --> 00:14:16,079 Speaker 1: the golf ball from left to right? Am I consistently 256 00:14:16,160 --> 00:14:19,640 Speaker 1: hitting the golf ball from right to left? Am I 257 00:14:19,800 --> 00:14:22,520 Speaker 1: slicing the golf ball where it's overcurving to the right? 258 00:14:23,040 --> 00:14:26,680 Speaker 1: Am I hooking the golf ball? Is it overhooking to 259 00:14:26,720 --> 00:14:29,600 Speaker 1: the left, and the majority of the people I think 260 00:14:29,640 --> 00:14:32,080 Speaker 1: that are listening right now are probably going to raise 261 00:14:32,120 --> 00:14:35,040 Speaker 1: their hand and say, Okay, the predominant shot that I 262 00:14:35,160 --> 00:14:38,720 Speaker 1: hit is left to right. The predominant miss I have 263 00:14:39,160 --> 00:14:43,400 Speaker 1: is a slice right. So what that is is that's 264 00:14:43,440 --> 00:14:46,400 Speaker 1: when the path starts to get when you slice the 265 00:14:46,440 --> 00:14:48,640 Speaker 1: golf ball. If you're a right handed golfer, that's when 266 00:14:48,640 --> 00:14:51,600 Speaker 1: that path starts to get excessively to the left. That's 267 00:14:51,680 --> 00:14:54,120 Speaker 1: where the club face can start to come in very 268 00:14:54,240 --> 00:14:56,760 Speaker 1: very open. I think the reason why the club face 269 00:14:56,840 --> 00:15:00,000 Speaker 1: comes in in such an open position for most golfers 270 00:15:00,480 --> 00:15:02,560 Speaker 1: is because the path is so far to the left 271 00:15:02,560 --> 00:15:06,560 Speaker 1: that if you actually had the face square or released it, 272 00:15:06,600 --> 00:15:09,000 Speaker 1: because the path is so far left of where you're 273 00:15:09,040 --> 00:15:11,320 Speaker 1: trying to go, the golf ball would just go miles 274 00:15:11,360 --> 00:15:14,640 Speaker 1: to the left. So as the clubs get longer, after 275 00:15:14,640 --> 00:15:19,640 Speaker 1: we get after you know, wedge eight nine eight iron 276 00:15:19,800 --> 00:15:21,920 Speaker 1: seven iron, I think you can get away with it. 277 00:15:21,960 --> 00:15:23,560 Speaker 1: I think a lot of times people will say, listen, 278 00:15:23,640 --> 00:15:26,640 Speaker 1: I just kind of started a little bit left of 279 00:15:26,680 --> 00:15:28,640 Speaker 1: my target and then it kind of fades a little 280 00:15:28,640 --> 00:15:31,280 Speaker 1: bit to the right. But as those clubs get longer 281 00:15:31,400 --> 00:15:34,640 Speaker 1: six five four, your hybrid's, your three woods, your drivers. 282 00:15:34,840 --> 00:15:38,360 Speaker 1: I think for most people listening, the path is going 283 00:15:38,400 --> 00:15:40,120 Speaker 1: to be left, that face is going to be open, 284 00:15:40,960 --> 00:15:43,960 Speaker 1: and you're going to be hitting a shot that is 285 00:15:44,000 --> 00:15:47,840 Speaker 1: going to be going dramatically from left to right. If 286 00:15:47,880 --> 00:15:51,720 Speaker 1: that is your problem, I think that's during the season. 287 00:15:51,960 --> 00:15:53,920 Speaker 1: You've got to be able to execute and say, Okay, 288 00:15:54,200 --> 00:15:56,720 Speaker 1: even though I'm going to try and work on that shot, 289 00:15:57,120 --> 00:15:58,680 Speaker 1: it's probably going to be tough for me to work 290 00:15:58,680 --> 00:16:00,800 Speaker 1: on it and really get it out out of my game. 291 00:16:01,280 --> 00:16:04,480 Speaker 1: So what you're going to do is say, Okay, I 292 00:16:04,600 --> 00:16:07,960 Speaker 1: know that my path is excessively left to right. I 293 00:16:08,000 --> 00:16:12,080 Speaker 1: see my divots down to the left, feel everything kind 294 00:16:12,120 --> 00:16:14,960 Speaker 1: of steep. So what I'm going to do when I'm 295 00:16:14,960 --> 00:16:16,920 Speaker 1: just hitting golf balls, whether I'm just hitting golf balls 296 00:16:16,920 --> 00:16:19,320 Speaker 1: on the range, whether I'm hitting golf balls into a net, 297 00:16:19,320 --> 00:16:22,160 Speaker 1: whether I'm hitting golf balls into a similar but I'm 298 00:16:22,200 --> 00:16:27,640 Speaker 1: going to go work on my path. So again, if 299 00:16:27,640 --> 00:16:29,680 Speaker 1: you have access to a launch monitor that gives you 300 00:16:29,760 --> 00:16:31,680 Speaker 1: the path, you're going to be able to look at 301 00:16:31,720 --> 00:16:35,280 Speaker 1: that number and see what that path number is. But 302 00:16:36,400 --> 00:16:40,800 Speaker 1: what I do think is really really important is to say, Okay, 303 00:16:41,080 --> 00:16:44,200 Speaker 1: let's try and work. Just as a generalization, Let's see, 304 00:16:44,200 --> 00:16:46,360 Speaker 1: you're hitting golf balls into a net, you're hitting golf 305 00:16:46,360 --> 00:16:49,560 Speaker 1: balls into a simulator, and you're just basically you know 306 00:16:49,680 --> 00:16:52,480 Speaker 1: that that path is out to end. You know that 307 00:16:52,480 --> 00:16:55,360 Speaker 1: that path tends to get left to right, tend to 308 00:16:55,360 --> 00:16:57,920 Speaker 1: get those divots that tend to get steep. So there 309 00:16:57,920 --> 00:16:59,960 Speaker 1: are a lot of different drills that you can do, 310 00:17:00,160 --> 00:17:02,520 Speaker 1: but one of my favorites is, if you've got an 311 00:17:02,520 --> 00:17:04,520 Speaker 1: iron in your hand, go ahead and take your setup. 312 00:17:04,840 --> 00:17:08,880 Speaker 1: Take a headcover, take a floating noodle that you would 313 00:17:08,960 --> 00:17:12,159 Speaker 1: use in a pool, something that's soft, you could use 314 00:17:12,160 --> 00:17:15,719 Speaker 1: a club box, and then place that on the outside 315 00:17:15,720 --> 00:17:20,000 Speaker 1: of the ball parallel to your target line. So it's 316 00:17:20,000 --> 00:17:22,480 Speaker 1: going to give you a barrier if you come over 317 00:17:22,520 --> 00:17:25,760 Speaker 1: the top of the golf ball. And I think if 318 00:17:25,760 --> 00:17:28,720 Speaker 1: you are someone that excessively comes over the golf ball, 319 00:17:29,119 --> 00:17:33,080 Speaker 1: and you put that head cover basically just parallel to 320 00:17:33,160 --> 00:17:36,000 Speaker 1: your foot line on the other side of the ball, 321 00:17:36,080 --> 00:17:41,200 Speaker 1: so that the big part of the headcover is at 322 00:17:41,480 --> 00:17:44,800 Speaker 1: the back of your stance and the big part the 323 00:17:44,840 --> 00:17:47,959 Speaker 1: top of the head cover would be more facing the 324 00:17:48,000 --> 00:17:50,720 Speaker 1: front of your stands. Then I think if you give 325 00:17:50,760 --> 00:17:54,159 Speaker 1: yourself that physical barrier, if you do come over the 326 00:17:54,280 --> 00:17:56,480 Speaker 1: top of the golf ball, you are going to feel 327 00:17:56,480 --> 00:17:59,720 Speaker 1: it because you're going to hit the object a club 328 00:17:59,720 --> 00:18:03,160 Speaker 1: box to where if you're excessively coming over the top 329 00:18:03,200 --> 00:18:05,439 Speaker 1: of the golf ball, you're going to come crashing into 330 00:18:05,480 --> 00:18:08,960 Speaker 1: the club box. You could if you didn't want to 331 00:18:09,000 --> 00:18:10,960 Speaker 1: do that, you could go ahead and get a golf 332 00:18:10,960 --> 00:18:16,120 Speaker 1: ball and then take your set up and then put 333 00:18:16,400 --> 00:18:18,639 Speaker 1: two golf balls. Put one on the inside of your 334 00:18:18,640 --> 00:18:21,440 Speaker 1: golf ball and one on the outside of your golf ball, 335 00:18:21,480 --> 00:18:23,639 Speaker 1: and that's going to create kind of a gate for 336 00:18:23,760 --> 00:18:26,119 Speaker 1: you to swing through. Similar to if you were going 337 00:18:26,160 --> 00:18:28,120 Speaker 1: to put teas down and you were trying to work 338 00:18:28,160 --> 00:18:30,560 Speaker 1: on your putting and you were trying to put through 339 00:18:30,600 --> 00:18:32,880 Speaker 1: the gate. We've seen tiger woods do that to where 340 00:18:32,880 --> 00:18:34,400 Speaker 1: you're trying to put through a gate and you're trying 341 00:18:34,400 --> 00:18:37,280 Speaker 1: to not hit any of the teas. Give yourself some 342 00:18:37,400 --> 00:18:42,520 Speaker 1: room with your iron. You know, maybe you know a 343 00:18:42,600 --> 00:18:47,280 Speaker 1: club head length maybe two club head lengths from your 344 00:18:47,280 --> 00:18:50,080 Speaker 1: golf ball, So golf ball. Imagine you've addressed your golf 345 00:18:50,080 --> 00:18:53,360 Speaker 1: ball and then one club head on the inside, two 346 00:18:53,440 --> 00:18:55,879 Speaker 1: club heads on the inside one club head on the 347 00:18:55,920 --> 00:18:59,159 Speaker 1: outside one club. So give yourself that gate. Obviously, the 348 00:18:59,240 --> 00:19:04,280 Speaker 1: more tight and the more close you put that gate, 349 00:19:04,359 --> 00:19:06,919 Speaker 1: the harder it is. But you're going to get a 350 00:19:06,960 --> 00:19:09,640 Speaker 1: good idea of what you're doing on if you're hitting 351 00:19:09,680 --> 00:19:12,399 Speaker 1: the inside ball, if you're hitting the outside ball, and 352 00:19:12,440 --> 00:19:15,680 Speaker 1: then just working on that path. You could put two 353 00:19:15,840 --> 00:19:21,120 Speaker 1: clubs down parallel to your foot line, and you could 354 00:19:21,119 --> 00:19:23,959 Speaker 1: put them on either side of the golf ball and 355 00:19:24,040 --> 00:19:29,639 Speaker 1: make you know, a path, a road, something that you 356 00:19:29,680 --> 00:19:32,640 Speaker 1: could feel like the golf club would go down, a visual, 357 00:19:33,840 --> 00:19:38,520 Speaker 1: a runway, a road that you could swing down and through. Right, 358 00:19:38,600 --> 00:19:41,600 Speaker 1: so the clubs are pointing, you know, there's an inside 359 00:19:41,600 --> 00:19:43,920 Speaker 1: club which would be parallel to your foot line, there 360 00:19:43,920 --> 00:19:46,119 Speaker 1: would be an outside club which would be parallel to 361 00:19:46,160 --> 00:19:48,640 Speaker 1: the other one. And then that's giving you a gate 362 00:19:48,720 --> 00:19:50,880 Speaker 1: and a roadmap. If you make it wide enough, you're 363 00:19:50,920 --> 00:19:53,760 Speaker 1: going to be able to see, Okay, that's my target 364 00:19:53,800 --> 00:19:58,560 Speaker 1: line and all these divots are consistently left, and I 365 00:19:58,600 --> 00:20:01,040 Speaker 1: can see that because I've got to find area of 366 00:20:01,080 --> 00:20:03,440 Speaker 1: where I know my target line is. I've got two 367 00:20:03,520 --> 00:20:06,560 Speaker 1: clubs down, two alignment sticks down. We see tour players 368 00:20:06,600 --> 00:20:08,920 Speaker 1: do that all the time. But give yourself that road, 369 00:20:09,000 --> 00:20:11,359 Speaker 1: give yourself that gait, and then you're going to be 370 00:20:11,400 --> 00:20:13,840 Speaker 1: able to see how the club is working and then 371 00:20:14,400 --> 00:20:17,840 Speaker 1: work the opposite. So if these paths are way left, 372 00:20:17,880 --> 00:20:19,840 Speaker 1: if you can see that with the divot, if you 373 00:20:19,840 --> 00:20:22,920 Speaker 1: can see that with the path, if you could see 374 00:20:22,920 --> 00:20:25,800 Speaker 1: that with the number on a launch monitor, then try 375 00:20:25,800 --> 00:20:28,120 Speaker 1: and work the opposite. So if the path is you know, 376 00:20:28,480 --> 00:20:31,280 Speaker 1: six seven, eight degrees to the right, try and get 377 00:20:31,280 --> 00:20:34,920 Speaker 1: that path, cut it in half and say okay, instead 378 00:20:34,920 --> 00:20:38,359 Speaker 1: of being massively to the right and I'm overdrawing the 379 00:20:38,400 --> 00:20:40,280 Speaker 1: golf ball, I'm going to try and say, okay, I'm 380 00:20:40,280 --> 00:20:43,280 Speaker 1: gonna swing. What I feel like is more left. If 381 00:20:43,280 --> 00:20:45,840 Speaker 1: you're slicing the golf ball and you're massively out to 382 00:20:45,920 --> 00:20:47,840 Speaker 1: in and you're over the top of it, and you 383 00:20:47,960 --> 00:20:50,399 Speaker 1: know that path, as math will say, okay, I'm going 384 00:20:50,480 --> 00:20:52,399 Speaker 1: to try and feel like I swing more out to 385 00:20:52,440 --> 00:20:56,880 Speaker 1: the right. If you've ever played baseball, imagine that you're 386 00:20:56,920 --> 00:21:01,240 Speaker 1: standing at home plate. Second base would be where the 387 00:21:01,280 --> 00:21:05,200 Speaker 1: target is, and then if you're massively swinging over the top, 388 00:21:05,280 --> 00:21:09,160 Speaker 1: you would be swinging to third base. So try the opposite. 389 00:21:09,200 --> 00:21:11,280 Speaker 1: Try and feel like you're going to swing way out 390 00:21:11,480 --> 00:21:13,520 Speaker 1: to first base, try and feel like you're going to 391 00:21:13,560 --> 00:21:15,080 Speaker 1: swing out to the right, and I think having that 392 00:21:16,400 --> 00:21:20,520 Speaker 1: ability and then if you can do both, then do both. 393 00:21:20,560 --> 00:21:23,680 Speaker 1: Say listen, I'm going to swing left here and see 394 00:21:23,680 --> 00:21:26,359 Speaker 1: what happens with the golf ball flight. Okay, now I'm 395 00:21:26,359 --> 00:21:28,520 Speaker 1: going to feel like a swing to the right. Then 396 00:21:28,560 --> 00:21:30,440 Speaker 1: I'm going to see what happens to the ball flight. 397 00:21:30,840 --> 00:21:35,680 Speaker 1: But working that and working on it to where you're 398 00:21:35,720 --> 00:21:39,320 Speaker 1: giving yourself some drills, you're giving yourself some barriers. And 399 00:21:39,920 --> 00:21:42,159 Speaker 1: if you're on a range, there's not a lot of consequence. 400 00:21:42,160 --> 00:21:44,080 Speaker 1: You're picking out of targets. You're not doing this on 401 00:21:44,119 --> 00:21:47,120 Speaker 1: the golf course. And I think you know, these winter 402 00:21:47,200 --> 00:21:49,680 Speaker 1: months are a really good opportunity for you to work 403 00:21:49,720 --> 00:21:53,560 Speaker 1: on what your golf swing is doing, what that path 404 00:21:53,640 --> 00:21:55,800 Speaker 1: is doing. If the golf club's getting in too much 405 00:21:55,800 --> 00:21:58,520 Speaker 1: on the inside, trying to feel like that golf club's 406 00:21:58,560 --> 00:22:01,359 Speaker 1: going more on the outside, the golf club is doing 407 00:22:01,720 --> 00:22:04,040 Speaker 1: too much of the golf club going out, you can 408 00:22:04,160 --> 00:22:10,480 Speaker 1: work just mechanics and drills, and this is your technique work. Right, 409 00:22:10,520 --> 00:22:13,120 Speaker 1: there's your execution work when you play, and then there 410 00:22:13,200 --> 00:22:17,679 Speaker 1: is your technique work. I think the winter months are 411 00:22:17,720 --> 00:22:20,399 Speaker 1: a really good opportunity for you to work on your putting. 412 00:22:20,440 --> 00:22:22,280 Speaker 1: If you can do this indoors. There's a lot of 413 00:22:22,320 --> 00:22:29,359 Speaker 1: different putting products out there. Dustin Johnson has one the 414 00:22:30,000 --> 00:22:34,239 Speaker 1: perfect practice practice. That's it's a mat that you put on. 415 00:22:34,320 --> 00:22:36,119 Speaker 1: Phil Kenyon, who's been on the pod, he has his 416 00:22:36,240 --> 00:22:38,680 Speaker 1: Visio matt that you can get online, which can put 417 00:22:38,760 --> 00:22:42,359 Speaker 1: tea's in. You know, there's a there's a bunch of 418 00:22:42,359 --> 00:22:44,879 Speaker 1: them that you could you could buy. You could just 419 00:22:45,000 --> 00:22:48,040 Speaker 1: work on, you know, your start lines. You know, put 420 00:22:48,040 --> 00:22:50,400 Speaker 1: a ball down. If you don't have a mat, put 421 00:22:50,440 --> 00:22:54,120 Speaker 1: a ball down. Stick two balls about, you know, two 422 00:22:54,200 --> 00:22:57,680 Speaker 1: three inches in front of yours, give yourself that gate 423 00:22:57,880 --> 00:23:02,800 Speaker 1: and see if you can just consistently start the golf ball. Online. 424 00:23:03,400 --> 00:23:05,440 Speaker 1: If you're on a putting green and you want to 425 00:23:05,480 --> 00:23:08,160 Speaker 1: work on this, get a you know, three four five 426 00:23:08,200 --> 00:23:12,320 Speaker 1: foot putt, make sure it's relatively straight, and then you know, 427 00:23:13,240 --> 00:23:16,280 Speaker 1: do what we talked about the tiger woods drilled where 428 00:23:16,320 --> 00:23:20,439 Speaker 1: you're hitting your your putts and you're putting teas on 429 00:23:20,520 --> 00:23:23,160 Speaker 1: the other side of your on the heel of your 430 00:23:23,200 --> 00:23:25,160 Speaker 1: putter and on the toe of your putter, and you're 431 00:23:25,160 --> 00:23:27,879 Speaker 1: putting through a gate. You could do that, and then 432 00:23:28,440 --> 00:23:31,280 Speaker 1: a little bit bigger than a golf ball, the size 433 00:23:31,280 --> 00:23:32,840 Speaker 1: of a golf ball, the width of a golf ball, 434 00:23:32,880 --> 00:23:36,040 Speaker 1: you could put on your intended start line. You could 435 00:23:36,040 --> 00:23:37,960 Speaker 1: put another gate and all you're trying to do is 436 00:23:38,000 --> 00:23:40,560 Speaker 1: not hit the teas as you're coming through impact, and 437 00:23:40,600 --> 00:23:43,120 Speaker 1: then see if you can consistently start the golf ball 438 00:23:43,880 --> 00:23:47,159 Speaker 1: on your target line. So I do think that you 439 00:23:47,160 --> 00:23:49,919 Speaker 1: could if the length of your backswing with your putter 440 00:23:50,040 --> 00:23:53,840 Speaker 1: is too long, you could put barriers to say, Okay, 441 00:23:53,880 --> 00:23:57,119 Speaker 1: I'm going to try and shorten or tighten up the 442 00:23:57,200 --> 00:23:59,320 Speaker 1: length of my backstroke. I see a lot of putters 443 00:23:59,600 --> 00:24:03,160 Speaker 1: that have that excessively long putting stroke on the backstroke 444 00:24:03,520 --> 00:24:06,680 Speaker 1: and then they're decelerating through. So I think in the 445 00:24:06,720 --> 00:24:09,160 Speaker 1: winter months where you're not really worried about outcome, you're 446 00:24:09,200 --> 00:24:12,800 Speaker 1: just saying, okay, I'm just gonna work. Stroke mechanics is 447 00:24:12,840 --> 00:24:14,840 Speaker 1: my putting stop. You can film it. You can film 448 00:24:14,840 --> 00:24:17,480 Speaker 1: what your stroke looks like, you can film what your 449 00:24:17,480 --> 00:24:20,399 Speaker 1: body's doing. There's a lot of stuff that you can 450 00:24:20,440 --> 00:24:25,520 Speaker 1: do in this downtime where you're not playing constantly. So 451 00:24:25,560 --> 00:24:28,919 Speaker 1: that's yardage check that's some stuff you can do with 452 00:24:28,960 --> 00:24:31,359 Speaker 1: your full swing, and then that's some stuff that you 453 00:24:31,400 --> 00:24:34,000 Speaker 1: can do with your putting. But one of the things 454 00:24:34,040 --> 00:24:37,160 Speaker 1: that I think is probably one of the easiest low 455 00:24:37,200 --> 00:24:40,440 Speaker 1: hanging fruit to improve your golf swing and improve your 456 00:24:40,440 --> 00:24:42,880 Speaker 1: golf game as we're going into these winter months where 457 00:24:42,880 --> 00:24:44,880 Speaker 1: we're not going to be playing as much as possible, 458 00:24:45,920 --> 00:24:48,160 Speaker 1: is to work on your body, is to work on 459 00:24:48,280 --> 00:24:52,960 Speaker 1: what you're trying to do physically. We've had Dave Phillips 460 00:24:52,960 --> 00:24:55,199 Speaker 1: on the pod numerous times. He's one of the co 461 00:24:55,280 --> 00:24:58,800 Speaker 1: founders of the Titleist Performance Institute. They have a website 462 00:24:58,800 --> 00:25:02,280 Speaker 1: MYTPI dot com you can go on. They kind of 463 00:25:02,320 --> 00:25:06,720 Speaker 1: look at their Big twelve swing characteristics of their swing falls, faults, 464 00:25:06,760 --> 00:25:11,240 Speaker 1: and then they've got physical characteristics that kind of cause 465 00:25:11,840 --> 00:25:15,520 Speaker 1: all those. So I think the winter months are a 466 00:25:15,520 --> 00:25:19,879 Speaker 1: great opportunity if you haven't been physically screened. Your golf 467 00:25:19,960 --> 00:25:23,359 Speaker 1: is important to you. Whether you're a competitive golfer, a 468 00:25:23,400 --> 00:25:26,800 Speaker 1: single digit handicapper, someone just trying to break eighty or 469 00:25:26,840 --> 00:25:28,960 Speaker 1: trying to break ninety or one hundred for the first time. 470 00:25:29,520 --> 00:25:32,440 Speaker 1: Believe it or not, there are probably some things going 471 00:25:32,480 --> 00:25:35,360 Speaker 1: on in your body, some physical limitations that you have, 472 00:25:35,840 --> 00:25:38,000 Speaker 1: and then if you can work on those and clear 473 00:25:38,080 --> 00:25:41,560 Speaker 1: those and have an understanding as to how those affect 474 00:25:41,680 --> 00:25:46,000 Speaker 1: your golf swing. I think the biggest physical thing that 475 00:25:46,080 --> 00:25:48,959 Speaker 1: I see on a regular basis in all the lessons 476 00:25:49,000 --> 00:25:52,959 Speaker 1: I give, regardless of the handicap level, is what we 477 00:25:53,040 --> 00:25:56,800 Speaker 1: call early extension. So if you think about your lower body, 478 00:25:56,800 --> 00:25:59,840 Speaker 1: your pelvis, most golfers, as they're trying to hit the 479 00:25:59,840 --> 00:26:03,359 Speaker 1: golf golf ball on the downswing, the lower body, the 480 00:26:03,440 --> 00:26:08,040 Speaker 1: lower pelvis, the hips, they're getting closer to the golf 481 00:26:08,080 --> 00:26:10,760 Speaker 1: ball on the downswing, and as a result of that, 482 00:26:10,800 --> 00:26:14,480 Speaker 1: the upper body has to kind of back up, their 483 00:26:14,520 --> 00:26:17,639 Speaker 1: body stalls out. That's what we would call early extension. 484 00:26:17,960 --> 00:26:21,399 Speaker 1: That's what we would call thrust. That's when your pelvis 485 00:26:21,720 --> 00:26:27,720 Speaker 1: has an inability to rotate correctly around your lead hip. 486 00:26:28,119 --> 00:26:31,000 Speaker 1: So if you're a right handed golfer, that is your 487 00:26:31,160 --> 00:26:34,199 Speaker 1: left hip. So when we see that early extension and 488 00:26:34,240 --> 00:26:36,800 Speaker 1: we see that lower body get closer to the golf ball, 489 00:26:37,200 --> 00:26:39,600 Speaker 1: one of the characteristics that we see with the naked 490 00:26:39,600 --> 00:26:41,400 Speaker 1: eye when you're looking at your golf swing on video 491 00:26:41,480 --> 00:26:44,480 Speaker 1: or you're watching your golf swing would be balanced and 492 00:26:44,560 --> 00:26:47,280 Speaker 1: would be seeing how much your weight goes to your 493 00:26:47,440 --> 00:26:50,800 Speaker 1: toes as you start your downswing. As soon as your 494 00:26:50,800 --> 00:26:53,960 Speaker 1: weight is going up to your toes in your left 495 00:26:53,960 --> 00:26:57,240 Speaker 1: foot and your right foot, that means that lower body, 496 00:26:57,280 --> 00:27:00,159 Speaker 1: your pelvis, is getting closer to the golf ball, and 497 00:27:00,200 --> 00:27:02,760 Speaker 1: as a result, on the downswing, as that lower body 498 00:27:02,760 --> 00:27:06,120 Speaker 1: gets closer to the golf ball, your upper body kind 499 00:27:06,119 --> 00:27:10,840 Speaker 1: of goes backwards. So in reality, what's really happening is 500 00:27:10,880 --> 00:27:13,680 Speaker 1: you're losing a tremendous amount of rotation and not only 501 00:27:13,680 --> 00:27:16,400 Speaker 1: your lower body, but your upper body. And a lot 502 00:27:16,440 --> 00:27:19,440 Speaker 1: of times we'll see this in balance issues. We'll see 503 00:27:19,440 --> 00:27:22,359 Speaker 1: players that are way up on the toes. And again 504 00:27:22,680 --> 00:27:26,480 Speaker 1: if you're hitting golf balls into a net or driving 505 00:27:26,560 --> 00:27:29,560 Speaker 1: range or a simulator. One of the great things to 506 00:27:29,680 --> 00:27:33,800 Speaker 1: work on with your wedges to help get that lower 507 00:27:33,800 --> 00:27:35,960 Speaker 1: body to start to work better is just to hit 508 00:27:36,960 --> 00:27:38,840 Speaker 1: kind of a nine to three. If you're a right 509 00:27:38,840 --> 00:27:41,320 Speaker 1: handed golfer nine o'clock on the back swing with your 510 00:27:41,320 --> 00:27:44,160 Speaker 1: hand position three o'clock on the follow through, with your 511 00:27:44,160 --> 00:27:46,840 Speaker 1: hand position that nine to three, that kind of wiste 512 00:27:46,880 --> 00:27:49,800 Speaker 1: tie back waist tied through, get a sand wedge, get 513 00:27:49,800 --> 00:27:52,720 Speaker 1: a pitching wedge. Hit some of these and hit them 514 00:27:53,040 --> 00:27:56,359 Speaker 1: and try and feel like you're hitting these nine to three. 515 00:27:56,480 --> 00:27:58,960 Speaker 1: So nine o'clock on the back swing, follow through to 516 00:27:59,000 --> 00:28:02,440 Speaker 1: three o'clock. Keep your right heel on the ground through impact, 517 00:28:02,480 --> 00:28:04,800 Speaker 1: try and keep your left heel on the ground through impact. 518 00:28:05,040 --> 00:28:07,000 Speaker 1: I think that's a really good way to start to 519 00:28:07,080 --> 00:28:09,680 Speaker 1: hit the golf ball solid. I think it's a really 520 00:28:09,720 --> 00:28:12,080 Speaker 1: good way for you to start to say, oh wow, 521 00:28:12,560 --> 00:28:14,639 Speaker 1: when I do that, I hit the golf ball more solid. 522 00:28:14,680 --> 00:28:16,399 Speaker 1: And when I do that, I feel like my weight 523 00:28:17,040 --> 00:28:19,440 Speaker 1: is more on your toe, on your heels rather than 524 00:28:19,440 --> 00:28:23,800 Speaker 1: my toes. Most really good ball strikers, specifically with their irons, 525 00:28:24,160 --> 00:28:27,679 Speaker 1: are going to have more weight in their heels than 526 00:28:27,720 --> 00:28:31,239 Speaker 1: their toes. Most higher handicapped golfers tend to get a 527 00:28:31,280 --> 00:28:34,000 Speaker 1: lot of weight on that downswing. They kind of jump, 528 00:28:34,400 --> 00:28:36,440 Speaker 1: they get up on their toes, and they just don't 529 00:28:36,520 --> 00:28:38,800 Speaker 1: hit the golf ball solid. Now, that can be a 530 00:28:38,840 --> 00:28:41,400 Speaker 1: concept isssue to where you don't know you're supposed to 531 00:28:41,440 --> 00:28:44,680 Speaker 1: have more weight in your heels at impact. You don't 532 00:28:44,720 --> 00:28:47,240 Speaker 1: know you're supposed to have more weight on your lead 533 00:28:47,320 --> 00:28:50,520 Speaker 1: foot than your back footed impacts. If you're a left 534 00:28:50,600 --> 00:28:53,240 Speaker 1: or if you're a right handed golfer, you would want 535 00:28:53,280 --> 00:28:56,120 Speaker 1: to have more weight on your front foot at impact 536 00:28:56,160 --> 00:28:59,480 Speaker 1: than you would on your back foot. But one of 537 00:28:59,520 --> 00:29:03,640 Speaker 1: the things going through a TPI movement screen with a 538 00:29:03,720 --> 00:29:07,400 Speaker 1: TPI certified fitness trainer is you're going to have an 539 00:29:07,480 --> 00:29:11,479 Speaker 1: understanding as too. Is that a concept issue or is 540 00:29:11,760 --> 00:29:16,040 Speaker 1: that a physical issue? Do you have really really tight glutes? 541 00:29:16,080 --> 00:29:18,960 Speaker 1: Do you really have really really weak glutes. Do you 542 00:29:19,000 --> 00:29:21,120 Speaker 1: have the type of job where you sit all day 543 00:29:21,240 --> 00:29:24,840 Speaker 1: to where you're just in a sitting, sedentary position. Are 544 00:29:24,880 --> 00:29:27,760 Speaker 1: you in a car? Those type of jobs are not 545 00:29:27,920 --> 00:29:31,560 Speaker 1: really conducive to a tremendous amount of rotation because you're 546 00:29:31,600 --> 00:29:34,920 Speaker 1: not doing anything in your daily life that has any rotation. 547 00:29:35,120 --> 00:29:37,560 Speaker 1: Most golfers are going to the golf course. They're not 548 00:29:37,680 --> 00:29:40,200 Speaker 1: doing a warm up. They're not doing a dynamic warm up. 549 00:29:40,360 --> 00:29:42,360 Speaker 1: They've been in a car, they've been sitting all day. 550 00:29:42,600 --> 00:29:44,280 Speaker 1: They just go to the golf course. They do a 551 00:29:44,280 --> 00:29:47,080 Speaker 1: couple of bullshit stretches that may be seen on TV 552 00:29:47,120 --> 00:29:50,400 Speaker 1: that don't really have any real effect on anything. Their 553 00:29:50,400 --> 00:29:53,720 Speaker 1: bodies cold, their muscles aren't loose, their muscles aren't warm, 554 00:29:54,160 --> 00:29:57,000 Speaker 1: and then we get into a golf posture we bend over. 555 00:29:57,160 --> 00:29:59,240 Speaker 1: You've been sitting in a desk all day. That lower 556 00:29:59,280 --> 00:30:02,280 Speaker 1: back is tight, the glutes are switched off, they're weak, 557 00:30:02,360 --> 00:30:05,600 Speaker 1: your hamstrings are tight. You don't have a lot of rotation, 558 00:30:07,040 --> 00:30:11,320 Speaker 1: Your ability to squat to stay in that body position 559 00:30:12,400 --> 00:30:15,640 Speaker 1: is compromised. And then you do all these things that 560 00:30:15,680 --> 00:30:18,160 Speaker 1: we want you to do in the golf swing. And 561 00:30:18,240 --> 00:30:21,640 Speaker 1: if you look at three of the most common things 562 00:30:21,680 --> 00:30:26,120 Speaker 1: that I see from a swing characteristic standpoint, we see 563 00:30:26,120 --> 00:30:28,640 Speaker 1: players coming over the top. We see a lot of 564 00:30:28,720 --> 00:30:31,960 Speaker 1: players scooping at impact. We see a lot of players 565 00:30:32,000 --> 00:30:37,320 Speaker 1: with that chicken wing. So those three golf swing characteristics 566 00:30:37,320 --> 00:30:42,000 Speaker 1: that I'd say for the majority, I'd say, the average 567 00:30:42,000 --> 00:30:45,080 Speaker 1: golfers that are not trying to play competitively that I 568 00:30:45,360 --> 00:30:50,320 Speaker 1: teach the handicap golfers, I would say almost ninety percent 569 00:30:50,400 --> 00:30:54,320 Speaker 1: of them come over the top, are scooping the golf 570 00:30:54,360 --> 00:30:58,479 Speaker 1: ball at impact, have that chicken wing, and have that 571 00:30:58,640 --> 00:31:01,520 Speaker 1: early extension. The lower body doesn't work well. So if 572 00:31:01,560 --> 00:31:05,320 Speaker 1: you think about how your body and what we need 573 00:31:05,400 --> 00:31:09,520 Speaker 1: your lower body to do at impact, having your lower 574 00:31:09,560 --> 00:31:15,240 Speaker 1: body work correctly, having your lower body work efficiently, having 575 00:31:15,240 --> 00:31:18,680 Speaker 1: an understanding of how your lower body works, in the 576 00:31:18,680 --> 00:31:22,960 Speaker 1: golf swing, having an understanding that to start the downswing, 577 00:31:23,440 --> 00:31:26,320 Speaker 1: the downswing needs to start with your lower body. The 578 00:31:26,360 --> 00:31:30,520 Speaker 1: downswing doesn't need to start with the upper body. 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It's great if you're on 622 00:33:47,720 --> 00:33:50,160 Speaker 1: a simulator or you're on the driving range. Take a 623 00:33:50,240 --> 00:33:53,600 Speaker 1: nine iron, seven iron, an eight iron. You can do 624 00:33:53,680 --> 00:33:55,080 Speaker 1: this off the ground. You can put it on a 625 00:33:55,120 --> 00:33:57,120 Speaker 1: t and just say, okay, I'm going to go to 626 00:33:57,160 --> 00:33:59,640 Speaker 1: the top of my backswing and stop, and then I'm 627 00:33:59,680 --> 00:34:03,040 Speaker 1: going to count one to three and then I'm going 628 00:34:03,080 --> 00:34:05,800 Speaker 1: to start my downswing and say go Now. If you're 629 00:34:05,840 --> 00:34:10,200 Speaker 1: doing this drill in an ideal world, the downswing would 630 00:34:10,200 --> 00:34:13,200 Speaker 1: be started by the lower body. The lower body would 631 00:34:13,200 --> 00:34:16,080 Speaker 1: be the thing that starts the downswing. If you're coming 632 00:34:16,120 --> 00:34:19,880 Speaker 1: over the top of the golf ball, if you're chicken 633 00:34:19,920 --> 00:34:22,520 Speaker 1: winging the golf ball or the club through and back 634 00:34:22,560 --> 00:34:25,040 Speaker 1: with that lead elbow, and you've got that kind of 635 00:34:25,120 --> 00:34:28,120 Speaker 1: chicken wing elbow. A lot of times that's because that 636 00:34:28,200 --> 00:34:33,640 Speaker 1: path is working massively from out to in. So you 637 00:34:33,719 --> 00:34:37,440 Speaker 1: think that it's a path problem, it's an upper body problem. 638 00:34:37,640 --> 00:34:40,399 Speaker 1: But a lot of times, if we can clean up 639 00:34:40,440 --> 00:34:43,280 Speaker 1: how the lower body is working that drill to where 640 00:34:43,640 --> 00:34:45,600 Speaker 1: if you're coming over the top of it, the arms 641 00:34:45,600 --> 00:34:48,840 Speaker 1: are really getting steep and that path is getting to 642 00:34:48,880 --> 00:34:51,560 Speaker 1: the left the stop start drill to where you're going 643 00:34:51,640 --> 00:34:55,120 Speaker 1: to the top of her back swing, pausing for one, two, three, 644 00:34:55,800 --> 00:34:58,920 Speaker 1: and then starting the downswing with your lower body. Now, 645 00:34:59,000 --> 00:35:01,439 Speaker 1: when we have played players do this a lot of times. 646 00:35:01,520 --> 00:35:04,640 Speaker 1: We'll have players top the golf ball, hit behind the 647 00:35:04,680 --> 00:35:07,799 Speaker 1: golf ball, shank the golf ball because their arms are 648 00:35:07,840 --> 00:35:11,479 Speaker 1: working faster than their lower body. So if your arms 649 00:35:11,480 --> 00:35:14,439 Speaker 1: are working faster than your lower body, first of all 650 00:35:14,560 --> 00:35:18,120 Speaker 1: you want to know is does your lower body physically 651 00:35:18,320 --> 00:35:21,520 Speaker 1: have the ability to work in the way that you 652 00:35:21,640 --> 00:35:24,880 Speaker 1: need it to do. Is it a physical issue, is 653 00:35:24,920 --> 00:35:28,240 Speaker 1: it a concept issue? Is it a combo of both. 654 00:35:29,320 --> 00:35:33,000 Speaker 1: I see a lot of players have that lower body 655 00:35:33,040 --> 00:35:36,279 Speaker 1: combo to wear one. They didn't realize how much that 656 00:35:36,360 --> 00:35:39,040 Speaker 1: lower body was getting closer to the golf ball. They 657 00:35:39,040 --> 00:35:42,600 Speaker 1: didn't realize that that was causing the golf club to 658 00:35:43,400 --> 00:35:46,440 Speaker 1: land behind the golf ball. To get that path to 659 00:35:46,480 --> 00:35:50,360 Speaker 1: the left, so over the top that kind of scooping 660 00:35:50,400 --> 00:35:52,560 Speaker 1: at impact where that left wrist, if you're a right 661 00:35:52,600 --> 00:35:55,360 Speaker 1: handed golfer, to where that left wrist kind of breaks 662 00:35:55,400 --> 00:35:59,960 Speaker 1: down and isn't solid. That also causes that chicken wing. 663 00:36:00,000 --> 00:36:02,880 Speaker 1: And a lot of times we clean up what's happening 664 00:36:02,880 --> 00:36:06,640 Speaker 1: with the lower body and the domino effect of what 665 00:36:06,719 --> 00:36:08,960 Speaker 1: that does with the upper body, what that does with 666 00:36:09,040 --> 00:36:12,360 Speaker 1: the wrist angles, what that does with the downswing really 667 00:36:12,400 --> 00:36:16,000 Speaker 1: can be a game changer to where I'm a big 668 00:36:16,040 --> 00:36:18,480 Speaker 1: believer in that the golf swing is a series of 669 00:36:18,640 --> 00:36:21,520 Speaker 1: dominoes and there's a domino effect. And I think when 670 00:36:21,520 --> 00:36:24,160 Speaker 1: you're looking at your golf swing, yes, there are a 671 00:36:24,200 --> 00:36:27,360 Speaker 1: lot of different things going on. It's a dynamic movement pattern. 672 00:36:27,440 --> 00:36:30,799 Speaker 1: You're swinging the golf club. You know, a second to 673 00:36:30,960 --> 00:36:33,840 Speaker 1: second half to two seconds and the movement pattern is over. 674 00:36:34,239 --> 00:36:36,319 Speaker 1: And so there's all of these different things. Like if 675 00:36:36,320 --> 00:36:38,359 Speaker 1: you think about all of your body parts, you think 676 00:36:38,360 --> 00:36:41,000 Speaker 1: about all the things that are going on. But what 677 00:36:41,160 --> 00:36:45,279 Speaker 1: tends to happen is there is a flaw an issue 678 00:36:45,719 --> 00:36:48,279 Speaker 1: that is the domino that is causing all of the 679 00:36:48,320 --> 00:36:52,120 Speaker 1: other dominoes. So I think the off season is a 680 00:36:52,160 --> 00:36:55,000 Speaker 1: really good opportunity for you to look at your golf swing, 681 00:36:55,440 --> 00:36:58,080 Speaker 1: look at what's happening in your golf swing and saying, Okay, 682 00:36:58,640 --> 00:37:02,160 Speaker 1: what is the big domain that is causing all of 683 00:37:02,200 --> 00:37:05,719 Speaker 1: the things that are working in my golf swing. What 684 00:37:05,800 --> 00:37:08,560 Speaker 1: is the one thing that I am doing that is 685 00:37:08,640 --> 00:37:12,239 Speaker 1: causing everything else to fall in line? Because I hear 686 00:37:12,280 --> 00:37:15,120 Speaker 1: players all the time say, listen, I'm not trying to 687 00:37:15,160 --> 00:37:16,799 Speaker 1: come over the top of it. I'm trying to swing 688 00:37:16,840 --> 00:37:19,040 Speaker 1: more into out. I'm not trying to have the golf 689 00:37:19,040 --> 00:37:21,160 Speaker 1: club go so inside. I'm trying to have the golf 690 00:37:21,160 --> 00:37:24,480 Speaker 1: club work more outside. So you're never doing what you're 691 00:37:24,520 --> 00:37:26,520 Speaker 1: doing in your golf swing because you want to. You're 692 00:37:26,520 --> 00:37:29,319 Speaker 1: doing what you're doing in your golf swing because unfortunately 693 00:37:30,040 --> 00:37:33,680 Speaker 1: you have to. So I think if you can understand 694 00:37:33,880 --> 00:37:37,440 Speaker 1: how everything is interconnected, and that's why I think that 695 00:37:37,960 --> 00:37:40,719 Speaker 1: in the off season, if you can go and go 696 00:37:40,800 --> 00:37:45,160 Speaker 1: through a physical assessment screen to where you can say, okay, 697 00:37:45,360 --> 00:37:49,840 Speaker 1: is this me or is this my understanding of the 698 00:37:49,840 --> 00:37:52,840 Speaker 1: golf swing or my golf swing? So is it my 699 00:37:53,040 --> 00:37:55,439 Speaker 1: body that's not allowing me to do what I want 700 00:37:55,480 --> 00:37:57,719 Speaker 1: to do in the golf swing. Or do I just 701 00:37:58,320 --> 00:38:00,480 Speaker 1: not know what I'm supposed to be doing, or I 702 00:38:00,520 --> 00:38:03,880 Speaker 1: need a better concept. But I think a lot of 703 00:38:03,920 --> 00:38:08,080 Speaker 1: people listening right now, you have something going on in 704 00:38:08,120 --> 00:38:12,000 Speaker 1: your golf swing physically that isn't allowing you to do 705 00:38:12,080 --> 00:38:14,439 Speaker 1: some of the things that you're trying to do from 706 00:38:14,480 --> 00:38:18,040 Speaker 1: a technique or a technical standpoint. So that's why I 707 00:38:18,080 --> 00:38:21,320 Speaker 1: think having a physical screen and going and saying, okay, listen, 708 00:38:21,680 --> 00:38:24,840 Speaker 1: this is what my body can do. This is what 709 00:38:24,960 --> 00:38:29,160 Speaker 1: my body can't do. The things that my body does well, 710 00:38:30,040 --> 00:38:32,520 Speaker 1: these are the things that my body doesn't like to do. 711 00:38:32,640 --> 00:38:35,799 Speaker 1: And as a result, now it makes sense as to 712 00:38:35,960 --> 00:38:38,680 Speaker 1: why I would be swinging the golf club the way 713 00:38:38,680 --> 00:38:42,920 Speaker 1: that I am because there's an issue with my physical 714 00:38:44,000 --> 00:38:49,000 Speaker 1: that is causing an issue with my technique. The way 715 00:38:49,040 --> 00:38:51,200 Speaker 1: I look at golf swings now is when I look 716 00:38:51,239 --> 00:38:53,040 Speaker 1: at a player and I look at them swinging the 717 00:38:53,040 --> 00:38:55,880 Speaker 1: golf club, I know that if they're a higher handicapped 718 00:38:55,880 --> 00:38:58,359 Speaker 1: golf cert and they're swinging that golf club from out 719 00:38:58,360 --> 00:39:01,800 Speaker 1: to in, they're slicing the golf ball, they're not trying 720 00:39:01,840 --> 00:39:04,239 Speaker 1: to do that. They don't want to do that. They're 721 00:39:04,320 --> 00:39:08,520 Speaker 1: trying to do the complete opposite, But my brain says okay, 722 00:39:09,480 --> 00:39:14,560 Speaker 1: So I'll ask questions, do you know why you're slicing 723 00:39:14,600 --> 00:39:16,640 Speaker 1: the golf ball. Yes, the club is working very much 724 00:39:16,640 --> 00:39:19,239 Speaker 1: from out to in. It's cutting across the golf ball. 725 00:39:19,280 --> 00:39:21,799 Speaker 1: The face is very open. I'm trying to swing the 726 00:39:21,800 --> 00:39:24,800 Speaker 1: golf club more into out. Okay, that would be somebody 727 00:39:24,840 --> 00:39:28,719 Speaker 1: that understands the concept. And then you'll have players that say, listen, 728 00:39:28,760 --> 00:39:31,319 Speaker 1: I didn't realize I was swinging the golf club so 729 00:39:31,440 --> 00:39:33,840 Speaker 1: much from out to in. I didn't realize I was 730 00:39:33,880 --> 00:39:36,359 Speaker 1: so over the top of the golf club. So then 731 00:39:36,360 --> 00:39:38,839 Speaker 1: you could say okay. And then if we look at 732 00:39:38,840 --> 00:39:41,440 Speaker 1: their body and you could say, okay, well, your body 733 00:39:41,520 --> 00:39:44,800 Speaker 1: is fine. You just don't know that you're not supposed 734 00:39:44,840 --> 00:39:47,080 Speaker 1: to come over it. So then we can just change 735 00:39:47,080 --> 00:39:50,040 Speaker 1: what they're doing from a concept standpoint. So I do 736 00:39:50,120 --> 00:39:53,239 Speaker 1: think that most golfers will fall into that bucket of 737 00:39:54,000 --> 00:39:57,080 Speaker 1: there's an element of a concept problem, but there is 738 00:39:57,120 --> 00:40:01,279 Speaker 1: an element of a body position. And if you think 739 00:40:01,320 --> 00:40:04,160 Speaker 1: about it, right, what I just said, that early extension, 740 00:40:04,160 --> 00:40:06,400 Speaker 1: that lower body getting closer to the golf ball on 741 00:40:06,440 --> 00:40:10,680 Speaker 1: the downswing, the upper body goes back. That causes over 742 00:40:10,719 --> 00:40:15,160 Speaker 1: the top moves that causes hanging back, that causes weak scooping, 743 00:40:15,360 --> 00:40:19,319 Speaker 1: poor impact positions that causes chicken winging, that can cause 744 00:40:19,440 --> 00:40:23,320 Speaker 1: thin shots, that can cause fat shots that can cause 745 00:40:24,239 --> 00:40:28,719 Speaker 1: not center concept or contact. So if we can have 746 00:40:28,800 --> 00:40:32,719 Speaker 1: a better understanding as to how that pelvis works, get 747 00:40:32,760 --> 00:40:36,320 Speaker 1: the lower body to rotate, you can do some movement 748 00:40:36,400 --> 00:40:39,080 Speaker 1: preps and some body preps before you hit golf balls, 749 00:40:39,120 --> 00:40:41,399 Speaker 1: before you get out on the golf course. That will 750 00:40:41,440 --> 00:40:45,160 Speaker 1: start to wake up these muscles that will address what 751 00:40:45,200 --> 00:40:49,560 Speaker 1: these issues are. I think the offseason and where maybe 752 00:40:49,640 --> 00:40:52,240 Speaker 1: you're not hitting as many balls on the golf course 753 00:40:52,320 --> 00:40:55,719 Speaker 1: and scoring and not playing as many rounds as you 754 00:40:55,840 --> 00:40:59,080 Speaker 1: normally would, I think these are great times to work 755 00:40:59,120 --> 00:41:02,440 Speaker 1: on the physical So you can go on to the 756 00:41:02,520 --> 00:41:06,320 Speaker 1: MYTPI website, you can look at find a fitness professional, 757 00:41:06,360 --> 00:41:09,719 Speaker 1: look at people in your area and sign up and 758 00:41:09,760 --> 00:41:13,280 Speaker 1: instead of going taking a lesson, go get physically screened 759 00:41:13,600 --> 00:41:15,279 Speaker 1: and see if there's some things that you can do 760 00:41:15,320 --> 00:41:18,839 Speaker 1: from a movement standpoint. But I think this is a 761 00:41:18,880 --> 00:41:24,239 Speaker 1: really fundamentally important time for everybody listening, regardless of your 762 00:41:24,280 --> 00:41:27,799 Speaker 1: handicap level. If you don't live in an area to 763 00:41:27,800 --> 00:41:29,279 Speaker 1: where the weather's good and you can get out on 764 00:41:29,320 --> 00:41:31,840 Speaker 1: the golf course. I think a lot of people listening 765 00:41:31,840 --> 00:41:36,040 Speaker 1: are in that kind of time of their golf to 766 00:41:36,040 --> 00:41:39,399 Speaker 1: where Okay, I'm hitting a lot of golf balls, I'm 767 00:41:39,480 --> 00:41:42,120 Speaker 1: hitting balls in a net, I'm hitting balls in a simulator, 768 00:41:42,160 --> 00:41:45,960 Speaker 1: and I'm not getting out on the golf course and playing, 769 00:41:46,280 --> 00:41:50,400 Speaker 1: scoring and executing. So for me, this is the time 770 00:41:50,480 --> 00:41:53,760 Speaker 1: to where you really want to grind out that work 771 00:41:53,800 --> 00:41:56,960 Speaker 1: on the technique, on your full swing, on your putting, 772 00:41:57,440 --> 00:42:00,680 Speaker 1: and on your body. Those to me are three areas 773 00:42:01,200 --> 00:42:03,239 Speaker 1: that if you don't have the opportunity to get out 774 00:42:03,280 --> 00:42:05,760 Speaker 1: on a golf course, you can really do some things 775 00:42:05,760 --> 00:42:08,799 Speaker 1: in the offseason, work on those three things, and they 776 00:42:08,800 --> 00:42:13,160 Speaker 1: will really make a massive, massive improvement, so that when 777 00:42:13,200 --> 00:42:14,920 Speaker 1: you do get back out on the golf course when 778 00:42:14,960 --> 00:42:16,560 Speaker 1: the weather does start to get a little bit better, 779 00:42:16,960 --> 00:42:19,680 Speaker 1: you can go and feel like, Okay, I've done some 780 00:42:19,719 --> 00:42:21,680 Speaker 1: stuff in the off season. I've put the work in 781 00:42:22,360 --> 00:42:24,560 Speaker 1: not only with my golf swing, but also with my 782 00:42:24,640 --> 00:42:27,520 Speaker 1: body with my putting as well, and I'm ready to 783 00:42:27,600 --> 00:42:31,080 Speaker 1: go and I'm ready to compete. So those are just 784 00:42:31,120 --> 00:42:34,000 Speaker 1: a few things that I think are really easy to do. 785 00:42:34,560 --> 00:42:37,839 Speaker 1: That you can work on in this off season as 786 00:42:37,840 --> 00:42:40,080 Speaker 1: the weather starts to get a little bit cooler, and 787 00:42:40,120 --> 00:42:42,600 Speaker 1: I do think that will have a big effect on 788 00:42:42,640 --> 00:42:45,560 Speaker 1: your golf game once you get back out and playing 789 00:42:45,680 --> 00:42:49,120 Speaker 1: on a regular basis. Want to thank everybody for listening. 790 00:42:49,640 --> 00:42:53,480 Speaker 1: We've got a bunch of great podcasts in the bag. 791 00:42:53,719 --> 00:42:55,840 Speaker 1: If you haven't listened, if you're new, go back and 792 00:42:55,880 --> 00:42:58,319 Speaker 1: check them out. I think that if you want to 793 00:42:58,320 --> 00:43:01,000 Speaker 1: listen to players talk about their game, we've got that. 794 00:43:01,080 --> 00:43:03,680 Speaker 1: If you want to listen to instructors talk about their game, 795 00:43:04,120 --> 00:43:06,960 Speaker 1: we've got that. If you are a golf nerd and 796 00:43:07,120 --> 00:43:09,719 Speaker 1: just want to listen to people geek out, we've got 797 00:43:09,719 --> 00:43:12,840 Speaker 1: episodes where they're very very golf specific. And if you 798 00:43:12,880 --> 00:43:16,880 Speaker 1: want to hear about how golf impacts people's lives that 799 00:43:16,920 --> 00:43:22,600 Speaker 1: aren't in the golf space, celebrities, musicians, actors, athletes, we've 800 00:43:22,600 --> 00:43:24,600 Speaker 1: got that too. Son of a Butch comes to you 801 00:43:24,640 --> 00:43:27,080 Speaker 1: every Wednesday. We will see you next week.