1 00:00:06,080 --> 00:00:07,920 Speaker 1: It's the Son of a Butch podcast. We come to 2 00:00:07,960 --> 00:00:12,120 Speaker 1: you every Wednesday. I'm your host, Claude Harmon. So if 3 00:00:12,119 --> 00:00:14,240 Speaker 1: you were listening last week, we had Chad mom the 4 00:00:14,240 --> 00:00:18,280 Speaker 1: executive producer of the new Netflix Full Swing documentary, which 5 00:00:18,440 --> 00:00:20,919 Speaker 1: drops today. Up you have to have a chance to 6 00:00:20,920 --> 00:00:23,479 Speaker 1: go check out that interview, check it out. But the 7 00:00:23,480 --> 00:00:26,599 Speaker 1: show drops, I'm excited. I think everybody is excited to 8 00:00:26,600 --> 00:00:28,640 Speaker 1: see it, and I think it's going to give everybody 9 00:00:28,840 --> 00:00:32,160 Speaker 1: a little bit different kind of perspective on what it's 10 00:00:32,240 --> 00:00:34,680 Speaker 1: like to be a touring professional. Um, You've got some 11 00:00:34,720 --> 00:00:37,000 Speaker 1: of the biggest names in the game a part of 12 00:00:37,040 --> 00:00:41,000 Speaker 1: the show, So that drops today. I'm going to check 13 00:00:41,000 --> 00:00:43,720 Speaker 1: it out and I think everybody should check it out 14 00:00:43,760 --> 00:00:47,240 Speaker 1: as well. It's a solo episode of the podcast this week. 15 00:00:47,680 --> 00:00:49,559 Speaker 1: Hopefully you're going to talk about some stuff that can 16 00:00:49,560 --> 00:00:53,559 Speaker 1: help you and your game. But first I wanted to 17 00:00:53,560 --> 00:00:57,000 Speaker 1: talk about and thank our friends at Cobra Pooma Golf. 18 00:00:57,760 --> 00:01:00,319 Speaker 1: As you guys know, I'm a Cobra Pooma guy, been 19 00:01:00,320 --> 00:01:02,360 Speaker 1: with the brand for a long time and I'm just 20 00:01:02,400 --> 00:01:05,119 Speaker 1: a huge fan of their product. 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If you hadn't 40 00:02:07,600 --> 00:02:10,799 Speaker 1: had a chance to check it out, go check it out. 41 00:02:15,320 --> 00:02:17,040 Speaker 1: So I wanted to talk today about some of the 42 00:02:17,080 --> 00:02:20,760 Speaker 1: things that I see um constantly in lessons that I give, 43 00:02:20,880 --> 00:02:23,720 Speaker 1: and and it's something that I think is really really important. 44 00:02:23,800 --> 00:02:27,800 Speaker 1: I think most golfers are hyper focused and obsessed with 45 00:02:27,960 --> 00:02:32,639 Speaker 1: the direction the golf ball is curving right, how it's curving, 46 00:02:32,760 --> 00:02:35,480 Speaker 1: where it's going, and things like that. And so one 47 00:02:35,480 --> 00:02:38,120 Speaker 1: of the things I always ask all of the players 48 00:02:38,160 --> 00:02:40,240 Speaker 1: that come in and work with me is, listen, tell 49 00:02:40,240 --> 00:02:42,880 Speaker 1: me what shot you're trying to hit. So a lot 50 00:02:42,919 --> 00:02:44,679 Speaker 1: of players will come in and say, listen, I'm trying 51 00:02:44,720 --> 00:02:47,040 Speaker 1: to hit a draw and then or I'm trying to 52 00:02:47,120 --> 00:02:50,920 Speaker 1: hit a fade. And I think it's important whatever shape 53 00:02:50,919 --> 00:02:53,120 Speaker 1: you're trying to hit. I mean, I really don't care 54 00:02:53,160 --> 00:02:55,560 Speaker 1: what shape players that I work with players that draw it. 55 00:02:55,919 --> 00:02:59,760 Speaker 1: I work with players that faded. But it's important that 56 00:03:00,040 --> 00:03:01,720 Speaker 1: if you're trying to let's say you're trying to hit 57 00:03:01,720 --> 00:03:04,200 Speaker 1: a draw and you pick out what your target is, right, 58 00:03:04,240 --> 00:03:06,160 Speaker 1: So you set up with seven iron, you pick a 59 00:03:06,200 --> 00:03:08,160 Speaker 1: target out, and you say, okay, listen, I'm going to 60 00:03:08,240 --> 00:03:14,560 Speaker 1: try and hit draws. It's really hyper important. Like it's 61 00:03:14,560 --> 00:03:17,760 Speaker 1: it's it's almost a prerequisite that if you're going to 62 00:03:17,760 --> 00:03:19,840 Speaker 1: try and hit a draw, the ball needs to start 63 00:03:20,160 --> 00:03:22,720 Speaker 1: right of your target. The opposite, if you're going to 64 00:03:22,760 --> 00:03:25,560 Speaker 1: try and hit a fade, the ball needs to start 65 00:03:25,919 --> 00:03:28,560 Speaker 1: left of your target. And what I see is a 66 00:03:28,560 --> 00:03:32,239 Speaker 1: lot of players they're struggling um with their game. They're 67 00:03:32,240 --> 00:03:35,360 Speaker 1: struggling with their swing, and they're struggling to control what 68 00:03:35,440 --> 00:03:38,320 Speaker 1: the golf ball is doing. And so I'm not really 69 00:03:38,360 --> 00:03:42,320 Speaker 1: interested at the beginning of a lesson in where the 70 00:03:42,360 --> 00:03:46,040 Speaker 1: ball is going for a player. I'm more interested if 71 00:03:46,040 --> 00:03:48,560 Speaker 1: they can start the golf ball in the direction that 72 00:03:48,600 --> 00:03:51,040 Speaker 1: they need to start it for the shape that they 73 00:03:51,160 --> 00:03:54,440 Speaker 1: the player, say they're trying to hit. Um. I see 74 00:03:54,480 --> 00:03:56,720 Speaker 1: a lot of players that say they're trying to hit draws. 75 00:03:56,960 --> 00:04:00,160 Speaker 1: The ball kind of starts at the target and end 76 00:04:00,240 --> 00:04:03,120 Speaker 1: will curve left. You'll see players that say, listen, I 77 00:04:03,160 --> 00:04:05,600 Speaker 1: want to try and hit fades. The ball will start 78 00:04:05,880 --> 00:04:08,760 Speaker 1: at the target and then fade to the right. In 79 00:04:08,800 --> 00:04:12,400 Speaker 1: an ideal world, you would be able to curve the 80 00:04:12,440 --> 00:04:14,680 Speaker 1: golf ball if you're hitting a draw, if you're hitting 81 00:04:15,160 --> 00:04:17,880 Speaker 1: a right to left shot, the ideal thing to do 82 00:04:17,920 --> 00:04:20,520 Speaker 1: would be able to pick a target out right, whether 83 00:04:20,520 --> 00:04:22,880 Speaker 1: you're hitting a fade or draw, but pick a target 84 00:04:22,880 --> 00:04:25,799 Speaker 1: out on the driving range and then find a flag. 85 00:04:26,040 --> 00:04:27,719 Speaker 1: If you're let's say you're trying to hit draws. If 86 00:04:27,760 --> 00:04:30,320 Speaker 1: you're trying to hit a draw, find a flag. So 87 00:04:30,480 --> 00:04:32,279 Speaker 1: we've got our target flag, and then what we're going 88 00:04:32,320 --> 00:04:34,520 Speaker 1: to do is we're gonna pick a flag right of that. 89 00:04:35,480 --> 00:04:39,240 Speaker 1: I give players a pretty big what I call window 90 00:04:39,440 --> 00:04:42,320 Speaker 1: to to start the golf ball in right, so maybe 91 00:04:42,760 --> 00:04:45,960 Speaker 1: a five yard maybe sometimes even a ten yard window 92 00:04:46,000 --> 00:04:48,120 Speaker 1: to the right. And I'll have a player pick out 93 00:04:48,120 --> 00:04:52,360 Speaker 1: a barrier flag that's right of their their target. And 94 00:04:52,680 --> 00:04:55,119 Speaker 1: then what I ask is, okay, let's put ten golf 95 00:04:55,120 --> 00:04:56,720 Speaker 1: balls down. If you tell me you're trying to hit 96 00:04:56,760 --> 00:05:00,920 Speaker 1: a draw, can we start all ten golf balls right 97 00:05:00,960 --> 00:05:04,320 Speaker 1: of your target in a specific window. And again, you 98 00:05:04,360 --> 00:05:07,000 Speaker 1: can make the window right of your target as big 99 00:05:07,160 --> 00:05:10,440 Speaker 1: or as small as you want um. And that's, believe 100 00:05:10,480 --> 00:05:12,960 Speaker 1: it or not, that's really really hard to do for 101 00:05:13,000 --> 00:05:15,360 Speaker 1: a lot of players, and I think everyone listening would 102 00:05:15,400 --> 00:05:19,080 Speaker 1: be surprised that that's sometimes really hard to do for 103 00:05:19,120 --> 00:05:22,680 Speaker 1: players that are trying to compete. They're trying to get 104 00:05:22,800 --> 00:05:25,440 Speaker 1: on a tour somewhere. They're not at the level that 105 00:05:25,480 --> 00:05:27,760 Speaker 1: they want to get to, but they're trying to get 106 00:05:27,800 --> 00:05:30,960 Speaker 1: to that next level, and it's hard for them to 107 00:05:31,080 --> 00:05:34,680 Speaker 1: consistently start the golf ball where it needs to start 108 00:05:35,000 --> 00:05:37,160 Speaker 1: for the shape that they're trying to hit. It's hard 109 00:05:37,240 --> 00:05:41,680 Speaker 1: for them to have good solid contact in trying to 110 00:05:41,680 --> 00:05:43,640 Speaker 1: start the golf ball where it needs to for the 111 00:05:43,640 --> 00:05:45,760 Speaker 1: shape that they're trying to hit it. So I think 112 00:05:45,800 --> 00:05:51,479 Speaker 1: it's really really important that maybe switch your focus from Okay, 113 00:05:52,360 --> 00:05:55,920 Speaker 1: I'm trying to control where the ball is going, and 114 00:05:56,120 --> 00:05:58,080 Speaker 1: switch it to say, Okay, I'm going to try and 115 00:05:58,120 --> 00:06:03,160 Speaker 1: control where my golf is starting, and if you're gonna 116 00:06:03,240 --> 00:06:05,640 Speaker 1: draw it, we need the golf ball to start to 117 00:06:05,680 --> 00:06:09,600 Speaker 1: the right. I have a lot of players um obviously, UM. 118 00:06:09,640 --> 00:06:11,599 Speaker 1: I think back in the day everybody was trying to 119 00:06:11,640 --> 00:06:13,880 Speaker 1: draw the golf ball. UM. That was kind of the 120 00:06:13,920 --> 00:06:17,360 Speaker 1: holy grail. UM. I see a lot of players, UM 121 00:06:17,400 --> 00:06:20,719 Speaker 1: that are trying to compete UM in high school and 122 00:06:20,800 --> 00:06:24,400 Speaker 1: the college and the mini tour levels that are trying 123 00:06:24,440 --> 00:06:28,440 Speaker 1: now to hit fades. I think, UM, Dustin Johnson Brooks 124 00:06:28,520 --> 00:06:32,039 Speaker 1: kept guys like Colin Morikawa, some of the best ball strikers, 125 00:06:32,080 --> 00:06:34,719 Speaker 1: some of the best players in the world are fading 126 00:06:34,720 --> 00:06:37,159 Speaker 1: the golf ball now, and so I'll see a lot 127 00:06:37,200 --> 00:06:38,880 Speaker 1: of players saying, listen, I want to try and fade 128 00:06:38,880 --> 00:06:42,200 Speaker 1: the golf ball, but they struggled to do that because 129 00:06:42,480 --> 00:06:45,440 Speaker 1: the ball is starting kind of at the target and 130 00:06:45,480 --> 00:06:48,800 Speaker 1: then it's curving away from the target to the right. 131 00:06:49,320 --> 00:06:51,400 Speaker 1: So the same thing, if you're trying to fade the 132 00:06:51,400 --> 00:06:54,039 Speaker 1: golf ball, pick out a target flag, pick out a 133 00:06:54,080 --> 00:06:56,839 Speaker 1: place where you're trying to to have the golf ball 134 00:06:56,960 --> 00:06:59,760 Speaker 1: end up. Then pick that barrier flag left of the 135 00:06:59,800 --> 00:07:02,480 Speaker 1: tour again and again. You can make that as big 136 00:07:02,600 --> 00:07:05,159 Speaker 1: or as small a window as you want. But I 137 00:07:05,200 --> 00:07:08,039 Speaker 1: think it's a great way to practice on the driving range, 138 00:07:08,360 --> 00:07:10,360 Speaker 1: and I think it's a really good way to to 139 00:07:10,520 --> 00:07:14,200 Speaker 1: start to become really really focused and hone in on 140 00:07:14,720 --> 00:07:18,240 Speaker 1: where your ball is starting, not where your ball is 141 00:07:18,280 --> 00:07:20,760 Speaker 1: finishing up, because as I said earlier, I think everyone 142 00:07:20,920 --> 00:07:24,480 Speaker 1: is is just obsessed with where the golf ball is going, 143 00:07:24,520 --> 00:07:28,880 Speaker 1: and I think it's almost I think it's much easier 144 00:07:28,920 --> 00:07:31,840 Speaker 1: to try and and and focus on where you're trying 145 00:07:31,880 --> 00:07:34,640 Speaker 1: to start the golf ball. Now, that's going to encompass 146 00:07:34,680 --> 00:07:36,800 Speaker 1: a lot of things, right. The first thing it's going 147 00:07:36,840 --> 00:07:40,240 Speaker 1: to to to you have to get right. If you 148 00:07:40,240 --> 00:07:42,560 Speaker 1: have to figure out where you're aiming. I see a 149 00:07:42,600 --> 00:07:46,360 Speaker 1: lot of players that I think they aim too neutral, 150 00:07:46,480 --> 00:07:48,720 Speaker 1: meaning I think I see a lot of players aiming 151 00:07:48,840 --> 00:07:52,880 Speaker 1: directly at the target. Regardless of the shape that they're 152 00:07:52,920 --> 00:07:56,600 Speaker 1: trying to hit. They're going to aim directly at their 153 00:07:56,720 --> 00:07:59,040 Speaker 1: chosen target, and then they're going to try and hit 154 00:07:59,080 --> 00:08:01,080 Speaker 1: a draw from there. Then they're going to try and 155 00:08:01,160 --> 00:08:03,880 Speaker 1: hit a fade from there. And what I see, you know, 156 00:08:04,000 --> 00:08:06,320 Speaker 1: on a daily basis with players that are struggling, is 157 00:08:06,520 --> 00:08:09,520 Speaker 1: it's almost like they haven't built in any margin for error. 158 00:08:09,560 --> 00:08:13,520 Speaker 1: There's no kind of bail out, there's no ability to 159 00:08:13,640 --> 00:08:17,240 Speaker 1: not be perfect. And so if you're trying to hit 160 00:08:17,280 --> 00:08:21,320 Speaker 1: a fade and you're aiming directly at the target, it 161 00:08:21,400 --> 00:08:25,280 Speaker 1: can be difficult sometimes to shift that path left enough 162 00:08:26,080 --> 00:08:28,120 Speaker 1: so that you can start the golf ball left enough. 163 00:08:28,640 --> 00:08:30,680 Speaker 1: A lot of players, if they're trying to hit draws, 164 00:08:30,720 --> 00:08:32,679 Speaker 1: we'll say, listen, I'm gonna aim right at the target, 165 00:08:32,920 --> 00:08:34,640 Speaker 1: and then I'm going to try and start the golf 166 00:08:34,679 --> 00:08:36,920 Speaker 1: ball to the right and then curve it back to 167 00:08:37,480 --> 00:08:41,120 Speaker 1: my target. And again, there's no margin for error there, 168 00:08:41,160 --> 00:08:44,400 Speaker 1: so be careful that you're not aiming what I would 169 00:08:44,480 --> 00:08:46,920 Speaker 1: call to square. If you're trying to hit a fade, 170 00:08:47,200 --> 00:08:50,040 Speaker 1: go ahead and give yourself a little room to the left. 171 00:08:50,080 --> 00:08:52,080 Speaker 1: Go ahead and aim a little bit more to the left. 172 00:08:52,120 --> 00:08:54,760 Speaker 1: If you're trying to hit a draw, maybe go ahead 173 00:08:54,800 --> 00:08:57,319 Speaker 1: and close off for aim a little bit more to 174 00:08:57,880 --> 00:09:00,120 Speaker 1: the right, because I think it's going to help you 175 00:09:01,400 --> 00:09:05,800 Speaker 1: start the golf ball more right or left of your target, 176 00:09:05,840 --> 00:09:08,640 Speaker 1: depending on if you're hitting draws or if you're hitting fades. 177 00:09:08,640 --> 00:09:12,599 Speaker 1: And if you can do that consistently, um I, I 178 00:09:12,960 --> 00:09:15,480 Speaker 1: feel like that's a good place to start. The other 179 00:09:15,520 --> 00:09:18,199 Speaker 1: thing is if you're trying to draw the golf ball, 180 00:09:18,240 --> 00:09:20,960 Speaker 1: believe it or not, the ideal miss if you're trying 181 00:09:21,000 --> 00:09:22,760 Speaker 1: to draw the golf ball is a ball that's going 182 00:09:22,880 --> 00:09:26,120 Speaker 1: to start right of the target and kind of stay 183 00:09:26,240 --> 00:09:28,559 Speaker 1: right of the target. If you're trying to hit a fade, 184 00:09:28,920 --> 00:09:31,920 Speaker 1: the golf ball ideally would start left of the target, 185 00:09:32,280 --> 00:09:34,520 Speaker 1: and if you missed it, it would just start left 186 00:09:34,880 --> 00:09:37,400 Speaker 1: and stay left. Um I just see a lot of 187 00:09:37,440 --> 00:09:41,800 Speaker 1: players that their balls as they curve are curving away 188 00:09:41,920 --> 00:09:45,200 Speaker 1: from their chosen target. So if you if you're trying 189 00:09:45,240 --> 00:09:47,800 Speaker 1: to hit a draw, you aim straight at the target. 190 00:09:47,840 --> 00:09:50,360 Speaker 1: You're gonna try and get that down swing a little 191 00:09:50,400 --> 00:09:52,800 Speaker 1: bit from into out and swing out to the right 192 00:09:53,840 --> 00:09:58,559 Speaker 1: if you don't match the path in the face consistently, 193 00:09:59,720 --> 00:10:02,040 Speaker 1: but is going to get active because you're trying to 194 00:10:02,120 --> 00:10:03,960 Speaker 1: draw it, and then the ball is going to curve, 195 00:10:04,040 --> 00:10:07,800 Speaker 1: and as it curves, it's curving away from your target. 196 00:10:08,080 --> 00:10:10,360 Speaker 1: So imagine you're setting up to hit a draw. You 197 00:10:10,360 --> 00:10:12,319 Speaker 1: want to start the golf ball right at your target. 198 00:10:12,520 --> 00:10:15,160 Speaker 1: You've got a window of where you're trying to start 199 00:10:15,200 --> 00:10:18,200 Speaker 1: the golf ball to the right of the flag. You 200 00:10:18,240 --> 00:10:20,160 Speaker 1: want to be able to start the golf ball right 201 00:10:20,200 --> 00:10:23,600 Speaker 1: of the flag, curve the golf ball from right to left, 202 00:10:23,840 --> 00:10:26,600 Speaker 1: and really have the golf ball not get on the 203 00:10:26,640 --> 00:10:30,040 Speaker 1: other side of your target, get left. And so many 204 00:10:30,040 --> 00:10:32,520 Speaker 1: players I think that are trying to draw the golf 205 00:10:32,600 --> 00:10:36,520 Speaker 1: ball are struggling with hooks because they're not aiming the 206 00:10:36,640 --> 00:10:40,560 Speaker 1: right place and they don't have the club face control 207 00:10:41,120 --> 00:10:44,040 Speaker 1: because of where they're aim because of where they're starting 208 00:10:44,080 --> 00:10:46,240 Speaker 1: the golf ball. Um. The other thing I think it's 209 00:10:46,240 --> 00:10:50,120 Speaker 1: really important to remember is to hit draws or to 210 00:10:50,280 --> 00:10:53,720 Speaker 1: hit fades, we need the path and the face both 211 00:10:53,800 --> 00:10:56,480 Speaker 1: going in the same direction. So if you're going to 212 00:10:56,520 --> 00:10:58,920 Speaker 1: try and hit a draw, we need you to get 213 00:10:58,960 --> 00:11:00,880 Speaker 1: the path to the right, and believe it or not, 214 00:11:00,960 --> 00:11:02,840 Speaker 1: we need to get you to get the face to 215 00:11:02,920 --> 00:11:05,280 Speaker 1: the right. If you're going to try and hit a fade, 216 00:11:05,480 --> 00:11:07,520 Speaker 1: we need you to get a path to the left, 217 00:11:07,920 --> 00:11:10,000 Speaker 1: and then we need to get you a face to 218 00:11:10,040 --> 00:11:13,160 Speaker 1: the left. And in an ideal world, you would want 219 00:11:13,200 --> 00:11:16,600 Speaker 1: the path number to be greater than where the face 220 00:11:16,720 --> 00:11:19,280 Speaker 1: is pointing. So a good example of that is so 221 00:11:19,800 --> 00:11:23,560 Speaker 1: Dustin Johnson. Dustin Johnson hits fades right. He fades the 222 00:11:23,559 --> 00:11:26,160 Speaker 1: golf ball from left to right, and when we look 223 00:11:26,200 --> 00:11:28,920 Speaker 1: at his launch monitor numbers based off of where he's 224 00:11:28,920 --> 00:11:31,400 Speaker 1: trying to hit the golf ball from a target standpoint, 225 00:11:31,800 --> 00:11:34,800 Speaker 1: he kind of lives in the kind of path direction 226 00:11:35,040 --> 00:11:38,000 Speaker 1: of with his irons kind of in the three to 227 00:11:38,240 --> 00:11:43,440 Speaker 1: four degrees left range, and his face is then kind 228 00:11:43,480 --> 00:11:46,800 Speaker 1: of in the one to two degrees left phase. Right. 229 00:11:47,200 --> 00:11:51,040 Speaker 1: Anytime the path and the face are going to match, 230 00:11:51,520 --> 00:11:53,400 Speaker 1: the golf ball is going to go straight. So if 231 00:11:53,400 --> 00:11:55,280 Speaker 1: you zero out the path and you zero it out 232 00:11:55,280 --> 00:11:58,880 Speaker 1: the face right at your target. Sean Foley Um Justin 233 00:11:59,000 --> 00:12:01,839 Speaker 1: rose Um, you know, back you know, four or five 234 00:12:01,920 --> 00:12:03,679 Speaker 1: years ago, that was kind of what they were working 235 00:12:03,720 --> 00:12:05,800 Speaker 1: on you know, Sean talked a lot about trying to 236 00:12:05,920 --> 00:12:08,560 Speaker 1: zero everything out, zero out the path, zero out the 237 00:12:08,559 --> 00:12:11,080 Speaker 1: face so that the ball just isn't curving a lot. 238 00:12:11,360 --> 00:12:13,640 Speaker 1: I think that's really really hard for a lot of 239 00:12:13,679 --> 00:12:17,280 Speaker 1: players to do. UM. So I think if you can 240 00:12:17,360 --> 00:12:19,960 Speaker 1: kind of use the idea of Okay, I need to 241 00:12:19,960 --> 00:12:22,200 Speaker 1: get my path if I'm drawing it, I need to 242 00:12:22,200 --> 00:12:24,160 Speaker 1: get my path to the right of the target, and 243 00:12:24,200 --> 00:12:27,120 Speaker 1: then I need to get my face. The club face. 244 00:12:27,200 --> 00:12:31,240 Speaker 1: The face needs to point in between the path and 245 00:12:31,600 --> 00:12:34,440 Speaker 1: the target. If you're trying to fade it, you would 246 00:12:34,440 --> 00:12:37,120 Speaker 1: want to get that path left and then the club 247 00:12:37,160 --> 00:12:40,439 Speaker 1: face it impact needs to be pointing in between the 248 00:12:40,480 --> 00:12:43,160 Speaker 1: path and the target. Where I think a lot of 249 00:12:43,160 --> 00:12:45,600 Speaker 1: players struggle and where UM, I see a lot of 250 00:12:45,640 --> 00:12:49,800 Speaker 1: players having a lot of curvature, Um excessive curvature to 251 00:12:49,800 --> 00:12:52,640 Speaker 1: their golf ball. Is the path is going in one 252 00:12:52,679 --> 00:12:56,560 Speaker 1: direction and the face is going in the opposite direction. 253 00:12:56,840 --> 00:13:00,800 Speaker 1: We see that a lot with with really big slicers 254 00:13:00,840 --> 00:13:02,920 Speaker 1: of the golf ball. I was giving um a lesson 255 00:13:02,920 --> 00:13:06,280 Speaker 1: the other day to UM a player he was probably, 256 00:13:06,640 --> 00:13:10,320 Speaker 1: you know, in the mid twenty handicap range. Um, he 257 00:13:10,440 --> 00:13:13,960 Speaker 1: was really struggling with his ball flight, and when we 258 00:13:14,000 --> 00:13:16,360 Speaker 1: got him on a launch monitor, I mean the path 259 00:13:16,640 --> 00:13:21,960 Speaker 1: was almost ten twelve, thirteen degrees to the left, and 260 00:13:22,040 --> 00:13:25,719 Speaker 1: as a result of that, the face was pointing eleven 261 00:13:25,960 --> 00:13:29,719 Speaker 1: twelve degrees to the right of the target. So massively 262 00:13:29,880 --> 00:13:35,120 Speaker 1: left path, massively right face. And it's very difficult when 263 00:13:35,160 --> 00:13:39,520 Speaker 1: the path gets that extreme to control what the club 264 00:13:39,600 --> 00:13:42,400 Speaker 1: faces doing. And that's another thing that I think when 265 00:13:42,400 --> 00:13:46,080 Speaker 1: you're thinking about your golf swing, UM, you know, let's 266 00:13:46,160 --> 00:13:49,720 Speaker 1: let's use the excessive slicer as as a good example. Right. 267 00:13:50,000 --> 00:13:52,559 Speaker 1: So this gentleman that I was working with, UM, is 268 00:13:52,600 --> 00:13:55,800 Speaker 1: a big slicer the irons. He didn't slice, obviously nearly 269 00:13:55,840 --> 00:13:58,079 Speaker 1: as much as the longer clubs. Once he got to 270 00:13:58,120 --> 00:14:01,079 Speaker 1: the driver, it was very difficult for him to control 271 00:14:01,120 --> 00:14:02,880 Speaker 1: where the golf ball was going. There were a lot 272 00:14:02,920 --> 00:14:06,600 Speaker 1: of really high right shots, UM, and that was where 273 00:14:06,640 --> 00:14:11,040 Speaker 1: that path got really really excessive one direction. So in 274 00:14:11,040 --> 00:14:14,640 Speaker 1: this gentleman's case, big path to the left, face to 275 00:14:14,720 --> 00:14:17,800 Speaker 1: the right, and really struggling to control what the club 276 00:14:17,840 --> 00:14:22,160 Speaker 1: faces doing at impact because of the extreme path. Now, 277 00:14:22,400 --> 00:14:25,240 Speaker 1: obviously the holy grail for him would be to hit 278 00:14:25,280 --> 00:14:28,160 Speaker 1: a draw right. That's what he thinks he's going to 279 00:14:28,280 --> 00:14:30,640 Speaker 1: try and do to get out of the shape that 280 00:14:30,680 --> 00:14:34,040 Speaker 1: he's trying to hit. But rather than try and do that, 281 00:14:34,520 --> 00:14:36,520 Speaker 1: I just said to myself, okay, and I said to 282 00:14:36,560 --> 00:14:39,480 Speaker 1: this player, listen, right now, you're at thirteen, you're at 283 00:14:39,520 --> 00:14:42,880 Speaker 1: twelve left with the path. If we can just cut 284 00:14:42,920 --> 00:14:46,160 Speaker 1: that path number in half, right, get it down into 285 00:14:46,200 --> 00:14:50,800 Speaker 1: the single digits, get it down into somewhere around seven, 286 00:14:51,120 --> 00:14:55,320 Speaker 1: somewhere around six, somewhere around five, then you're going to 287 00:14:55,400 --> 00:14:58,440 Speaker 1: have a much better chance to control what the club 288 00:14:58,480 --> 00:15:03,040 Speaker 1: faces doing. Espe Actually, as the clubs get longer, when 289 00:15:03,040 --> 00:15:05,640 Speaker 1: we're getting into our longer irons, when we're getting into 290 00:15:05,680 --> 00:15:08,720 Speaker 1: the three wood, and then obviously when we're getting into 291 00:15:08,720 --> 00:15:10,880 Speaker 1: the driver, and I'll see that on the flip side 292 00:15:10,920 --> 00:15:13,280 Speaker 1: as well. You'll see a player that's fighting the hook, 293 00:15:13,840 --> 00:15:16,640 Speaker 1: fighting a golf ball that's going way way left of 294 00:15:16,640 --> 00:15:20,680 Speaker 1: their target. They're fighting that snap hook and the path 295 00:15:20,880 --> 00:15:25,520 Speaker 1: will be excessively to the right, and it's just very 296 00:15:25,640 --> 00:15:28,720 Speaker 1: hard for the for players like that to manage what 297 00:15:28,880 --> 00:15:31,640 Speaker 1: the club faces doing. I think it's really important to 298 00:15:31,680 --> 00:15:35,760 Speaker 1: remember that the biggest determining factor on where the golf 299 00:15:35,760 --> 00:15:37,560 Speaker 1: ball is going to end up is where the club 300 00:15:37,640 --> 00:15:41,280 Speaker 1: faces pointing at impact. Where you, as the player point 301 00:15:41,360 --> 00:15:43,800 Speaker 1: the club face at impact is going to have the 302 00:15:43,840 --> 00:15:47,440 Speaker 1: biggest determining factor on where the golf ball ends up. 303 00:15:47,760 --> 00:15:52,800 Speaker 1: Your start lines are largely going to be determined by 304 00:15:52,880 --> 00:15:55,120 Speaker 1: the path of the golf club. So that's why we 305 00:15:55,200 --> 00:15:57,520 Speaker 1: see that slicer of the golf ball. We see those 306 00:15:57,600 --> 00:16:00,800 Speaker 1: divots that get deep, We see those divots that get left, 307 00:16:01,160 --> 00:16:03,760 Speaker 1: and then what we see is the path is left. 308 00:16:04,040 --> 00:16:06,320 Speaker 1: But as a result of that, the face is pointing 309 00:16:06,320 --> 00:16:08,120 Speaker 1: to the right and the golf ball has a lot 310 00:16:08,160 --> 00:16:10,720 Speaker 1: of curve on it. 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Again, that's the 326 00:16:56,600 --> 00:17:01,200 Speaker 1: code c H three at for Wellness dot com slash Podcast. 327 00:17:03,520 --> 00:17:06,159 Speaker 1: So when I see players that have these kind of 328 00:17:06,240 --> 00:17:10,359 Speaker 1: extreme path numbers, um, I think it's really easy as 329 00:17:10,359 --> 00:17:12,879 Speaker 1: an instructor to say, Okay, what we've got to do 330 00:17:12,920 --> 00:17:16,680 Speaker 1: is we've got to address what the club face is doing, right, 331 00:17:16,720 --> 00:17:19,879 Speaker 1: because that has a huge determining factor on where the 332 00:17:19,880 --> 00:17:21,840 Speaker 1: golf ball is going to end up. But what I 333 00:17:21,920 --> 00:17:24,520 Speaker 1: always try and do is say, okay, well, right now, 334 00:17:24,560 --> 00:17:27,520 Speaker 1: the players struggling to control what the face is doing 335 00:17:27,520 --> 00:17:30,359 Speaker 1: it impact. But why are they struggling to control what 336 00:17:30,440 --> 00:17:32,560 Speaker 1: the face is doing it? Why are they feeling like 337 00:17:32,640 --> 00:17:35,320 Speaker 1: they have to hold on to the golf club through impact? 338 00:17:35,600 --> 00:17:38,639 Speaker 1: Why are they feeling like they have to release the 339 00:17:38,680 --> 00:17:41,600 Speaker 1: golf club a lot with their hands to control where 340 00:17:41,600 --> 00:17:43,919 Speaker 1: the golf ball is going. And I look at the 341 00:17:43,960 --> 00:17:46,480 Speaker 1: path number and if the path to me is over, 342 00:17:47,240 --> 00:17:50,119 Speaker 1: you know, if it's in that high kind of nine 343 00:17:50,520 --> 00:17:54,199 Speaker 1: eight range. If it's over ten, it's going to be 344 00:17:54,359 --> 00:17:56,600 Speaker 1: very difficult for you to manage that face. So I 345 00:17:56,600 --> 00:17:59,520 Speaker 1: always think in terms of the path numbers. If they 346 00:17:59,560 --> 00:18:02,199 Speaker 1: are dream regardless of there to the left, or if 347 00:18:02,320 --> 00:18:05,199 Speaker 1: regardless off there to the right, if we can just 348 00:18:05,240 --> 00:18:07,760 Speaker 1: cut that in half. So what I tried to do 349 00:18:07,800 --> 00:18:09,639 Speaker 1: with the player that I was talking about with the 350 00:18:09,680 --> 00:18:11,719 Speaker 1: big path to the left, as I said, listen, we 351 00:18:11,720 --> 00:18:13,320 Speaker 1: were on a launchmonitor, and I said, all right, you're 352 00:18:13,320 --> 00:18:15,639 Speaker 1: at thirteen right now. If we can get you down 353 00:18:15,640 --> 00:18:18,679 Speaker 1: into the six range, then you're going to be able 354 00:18:18,720 --> 00:18:22,719 Speaker 1: to somewhat get the path and the face going in 355 00:18:22,800 --> 00:18:25,120 Speaker 1: the same direction. And then if you can do that, 356 00:18:25,560 --> 00:18:28,600 Speaker 1: you can then start to control where the golf ball 357 00:18:28,800 --> 00:18:32,600 Speaker 1: is starting, not where not focusing on where the golf 358 00:18:32,600 --> 00:18:35,640 Speaker 1: ball is ending up, focusing on where that golf ball 359 00:18:35,720 --> 00:18:38,439 Speaker 1: is starting. So I do a drill with players and 360 00:18:38,680 --> 00:18:41,200 Speaker 1: whether they're hitting fades or they're hitting draws. And I 361 00:18:41,200 --> 00:18:43,920 Speaker 1: think it's a really good drill to try because it's 362 00:18:43,920 --> 00:18:46,520 Speaker 1: going to work on a number of things in your 363 00:18:46,520 --> 00:18:50,720 Speaker 1: golf swing. So take ten balls, take twenty balls, take 364 00:18:50,800 --> 00:18:53,919 Speaker 1: five balls, whatever the number is, but I always use 365 00:18:53,960 --> 00:18:56,280 Speaker 1: a ten ball, So it's a ten ball challenge, and 366 00:18:56,320 --> 00:18:59,360 Speaker 1: we're going to hit a shot, and we're going to 367 00:18:59,400 --> 00:19:02,000 Speaker 1: pick out a target. So if we're let's say we're 368 00:19:02,000 --> 00:19:03,679 Speaker 1: trying to fade the golf ball, We're gonna pick out 369 00:19:03,680 --> 00:19:05,520 Speaker 1: our target flag where we want the golf ball to 370 00:19:05,640 --> 00:19:08,840 Speaker 1: end up. And then I'm going to scan over from 371 00:19:08,920 --> 00:19:11,080 Speaker 1: the target and work my way left, and I'm going 372 00:19:11,119 --> 00:19:14,560 Speaker 1: to give the player um a window to try and 373 00:19:14,680 --> 00:19:16,800 Speaker 1: start the golf ball in okay, and then I'm going 374 00:19:16,840 --> 00:19:19,359 Speaker 1: to say okay. So we've got a barrier flag left 375 00:19:19,400 --> 00:19:21,520 Speaker 1: of our target, and then we've got our target line. 376 00:19:21,560 --> 00:19:24,520 Speaker 1: And that can be five yards, it could be ten yards. 377 00:19:24,680 --> 00:19:27,800 Speaker 1: Sometimes it can be even bigger fifteen yards. With a driver, 378 00:19:27,920 --> 00:19:29,880 Speaker 1: it could be even more. But let's say we're hitting 379 00:19:29,880 --> 00:19:32,040 Speaker 1: a seven iron, So I I tend to give players 380 00:19:32,119 --> 00:19:36,439 Speaker 1: kind of about a ten yard window fifteen yard window 381 00:19:36,840 --> 00:19:40,080 Speaker 1: left of the target. And so we've got ten balls, right, 382 00:19:40,320 --> 00:19:43,520 Speaker 1: and with each ball there are three points available, So 383 00:19:43,560 --> 00:19:46,680 Speaker 1: there's a total of thirty points for this test. Right, 384 00:19:47,040 --> 00:19:50,480 Speaker 1: each ball, you've got three points. You get a point 385 00:19:50,520 --> 00:19:52,560 Speaker 1: if you hit the golf ball solid. You get a 386 00:19:52,560 --> 00:19:55,680 Speaker 1: point if you start the golf ball in the window 387 00:19:55,760 --> 00:19:58,800 Speaker 1: that you've chosen, and then you get another point if 388 00:19:58,800 --> 00:20:03,840 Speaker 1: the golf ball days and curves and moves in that window. 389 00:20:04,359 --> 00:20:08,879 Speaker 1: So target, flag, barrier, flag to the left, kind of 390 00:20:08,880 --> 00:20:12,720 Speaker 1: a border, kind of a sideline or a boundary to 391 00:20:12,840 --> 00:20:16,879 Speaker 1: the left. If the ball starts in your target window 392 00:20:17,040 --> 00:20:19,760 Speaker 1: and finishes left of the flag, you don't get a 393 00:20:19,800 --> 00:20:22,880 Speaker 1: point for that. If the ball starts in your kind 394 00:20:22,880 --> 00:20:26,359 Speaker 1: of target window and then gets right of the flag, 395 00:20:26,920 --> 00:20:29,360 Speaker 1: you don't get a point for that. Um. From a 396 00:20:29,400 --> 00:20:32,480 Speaker 1: solid standpoint, I think everybody kind of has their own 397 00:20:32,640 --> 00:20:36,960 Speaker 1: version or idea of what their solid shots feel like. 398 00:20:37,280 --> 00:20:39,640 Speaker 1: So from that standpoint, I just say the players, listen, 399 00:20:39,680 --> 00:20:41,919 Speaker 1: be honest. Was that a solid shot? We'll give me. 400 00:20:42,119 --> 00:20:45,920 Speaker 1: Give me a number based out of one being awful 401 00:20:46,000 --> 00:20:49,160 Speaker 1: strike and tending a perfect strike. Is it a seven? 402 00:20:49,520 --> 00:20:51,800 Speaker 1: Is it an eight? Is it a four? Is it 403 00:20:51,880 --> 00:20:54,159 Speaker 1: a three? I kind of look at kind of the 404 00:20:54,960 --> 00:20:58,120 Speaker 1: five is kind of the middle middle ground, right, Um, 405 00:20:58,240 --> 00:21:02,199 Speaker 1: anything over a five kind of that five to seven, 406 00:21:02,240 --> 00:21:05,040 Speaker 1: it's probably not going to be It's not gonna be awful, 407 00:21:05,080 --> 00:21:07,760 Speaker 1: but it's not gonna be really really solid. And you 408 00:21:07,800 --> 00:21:10,840 Speaker 1: can you can test yourself and judge yourself on this 409 00:21:11,440 --> 00:21:14,040 Speaker 1: any way possible. You can make this really really hard, 410 00:21:14,400 --> 00:21:16,800 Speaker 1: you can give yourself a little bit more leeway. I 411 00:21:16,880 --> 00:21:18,679 Speaker 1: tend to give players a little bit of the benefit 412 00:21:18,720 --> 00:21:21,040 Speaker 1: of the doubt. I don't really have my own scoring system. 413 00:21:21,280 --> 00:21:24,200 Speaker 1: I'll ask the player listen, was that solid? I mean, 414 00:21:24,200 --> 00:21:26,479 Speaker 1: obviously I can tell if it was solid or not, 415 00:21:26,520 --> 00:21:29,040 Speaker 1: But I want to know what that player feels like 416 00:21:29,560 --> 00:21:32,800 Speaker 1: it's solid to them. And so let's say you hit one. 417 00:21:32,840 --> 00:21:35,399 Speaker 1: It's about a seven, right, Yeah, contact was good. You 418 00:21:35,400 --> 00:21:37,679 Speaker 1: took a divot about a seven, about an eight? Okay, 419 00:21:37,760 --> 00:21:39,679 Speaker 1: you get a point for that. Did it start in 420 00:21:39,720 --> 00:21:41,840 Speaker 1: that window left of the target if you're trying to 421 00:21:41,880 --> 00:21:44,040 Speaker 1: hit a fade, yep, that's where it started. And then 422 00:21:44,119 --> 00:21:47,119 Speaker 1: did it curve in that window? And what I'm looking 423 00:21:47,160 --> 00:21:51,200 Speaker 1: for is if the player can consistently start the golf 424 00:21:51,240 --> 00:21:53,480 Speaker 1: ball if they're trying to hit a fade left of 425 00:21:53,520 --> 00:21:56,879 Speaker 1: the target in a specific window, if they're trying to 426 00:21:56,960 --> 00:21:59,880 Speaker 1: hit a draw, can they specifically start that golf ball 427 00:22:00,280 --> 00:22:03,240 Speaker 1: right of the target in a specific window. And then 428 00:22:03,760 --> 00:22:07,040 Speaker 1: getting players I think once you almost kind of put 429 00:22:07,040 --> 00:22:11,040 Speaker 1: a boundary on on players on students, right, you say, Okay, 430 00:22:11,080 --> 00:22:13,639 Speaker 1: there's the target, and then you've got to find a 431 00:22:13,720 --> 00:22:17,000 Speaker 1: place either left of it or right of it, depending 432 00:22:17,000 --> 00:22:19,000 Speaker 1: on the shot that you're trying to hit. But if 433 00:22:19,000 --> 00:22:21,480 Speaker 1: you're trying to hit a fade, you've got to be 434 00:22:21,560 --> 00:22:24,440 Speaker 1: able to start the golf ball left of the target 435 00:22:25,040 --> 00:22:29,000 Speaker 1: and you have to have the ball curve from left 436 00:22:29,000 --> 00:22:33,159 Speaker 1: to right in that kind of launch window. And I 437 00:22:33,200 --> 00:22:35,440 Speaker 1: think if you can start to focus on that on 438 00:22:35,520 --> 00:22:38,719 Speaker 1: the driving range, one, I think it makes it a 439 00:22:38,720 --> 00:22:41,000 Speaker 1: hell of a lot easier when we actually get out 440 00:22:41,040 --> 00:22:43,639 Speaker 1: to the golf course, because once we get out to 441 00:22:43,720 --> 00:22:47,000 Speaker 1: the golf course, the biggest difference between the golf course 442 00:22:47,000 --> 00:22:50,200 Speaker 1: and the driving range is um, all of the stuff 443 00:22:51,040 --> 00:22:55,120 Speaker 1: that kind of happens that doesn't happen on a driving range. Right. One, 444 00:22:55,200 --> 00:22:56,960 Speaker 1: When you're on the driving range, you've got as many 445 00:22:56,960 --> 00:23:00,159 Speaker 1: balls as as as you want. Really, um, there's not 446 00:23:00,280 --> 00:23:03,600 Speaker 1: a lot of consequences. And what I think is important 447 00:23:04,000 --> 00:23:07,680 Speaker 1: for players at at all handicap levels is when they're 448 00:23:07,720 --> 00:23:12,160 Speaker 1: practicing to have consequences built into what the practice is. 449 00:23:12,440 --> 00:23:15,160 Speaker 1: If there's no kind of consequence, if there's no real 450 00:23:15,359 --> 00:23:19,119 Speaker 1: kind of task, um, I think it it's one of 451 00:23:19,160 --> 00:23:21,560 Speaker 1: the reasons why players will say, listen, I hit it really, 452 00:23:21,640 --> 00:23:23,600 Speaker 1: I hit it Okay, I hit it good on the range, 453 00:23:23,920 --> 00:23:25,760 Speaker 1: but when I get to the golf course, I really 454 00:23:25,760 --> 00:23:30,879 Speaker 1: really struggle. Um. I think most people see playing golf 455 00:23:31,160 --> 00:23:34,200 Speaker 1: as the test, right. I think they say, Okay, I'm 456 00:23:34,200 --> 00:23:36,400 Speaker 1: going to go to the driving range. I'm going to practice, 457 00:23:36,680 --> 00:23:38,440 Speaker 1: going to work on my technique and then work on 458 00:23:38,480 --> 00:23:42,160 Speaker 1: my swing. Whatever. The things that I'm working on, um, 459 00:23:42,440 --> 00:23:45,560 Speaker 1: are are are my technique, and then what I'm going 460 00:23:45,600 --> 00:23:47,879 Speaker 1: to go do is test them on the on the 461 00:23:47,960 --> 00:23:51,159 Speaker 1: on the golf course. I want players to be testing 462 00:23:51,200 --> 00:23:55,360 Speaker 1: their technique on the driving range to actually see if 463 00:23:55,400 --> 00:23:58,560 Speaker 1: anything that you're trying to work on technically in your 464 00:23:58,560 --> 00:24:02,000 Speaker 1: golf swing is going to work when you actually try 465 00:24:02,040 --> 00:24:05,480 Speaker 1: and hit golf shots. Um. There's two things. When we're 466 00:24:05,520 --> 00:24:08,359 Speaker 1: we're hitting golf balls, right, when we're on the driving range, 467 00:24:08,680 --> 00:24:11,480 Speaker 1: and we're working on your technique. If you're working on 468 00:24:11,520 --> 00:24:13,760 Speaker 1: your back swing, if you're working on your down swinging, 469 00:24:13,880 --> 00:24:17,440 Speaker 1: whatever it is that you're working on from a mechanic standpoint, 470 00:24:17,440 --> 00:24:20,520 Speaker 1: from a technique standpoint, UM, the way that you're going 471 00:24:20,560 --> 00:24:23,320 Speaker 1: to practice that is block practice. Right, You're going to 472 00:24:23,400 --> 00:24:27,119 Speaker 1: hit the same shot to the same target over and 473 00:24:27,200 --> 00:24:29,560 Speaker 1: over and over and over again. There's a lot of 474 00:24:29,600 --> 00:24:33,960 Speaker 1: repetition and and that is a massive, huge part of 475 00:24:34,440 --> 00:24:38,400 Speaker 1: improving your golf swing. So everybody is working on their technique, 476 00:24:38,440 --> 00:24:41,760 Speaker 1: regardless of your handicap level. Right, Um, if you're trying 477 00:24:41,760 --> 00:24:46,400 Speaker 1: to break hundreds for the first time eight seventy, how 478 00:24:46,600 --> 00:24:51,080 Speaker 1: working on your technique is hugely important. Rory McElroy, Scotty Scheffler, 479 00:24:51,280 --> 00:24:55,760 Speaker 1: John Rong, Dustin Johnson, cam Smith, Justin Thomas. They're all 480 00:24:55,760 --> 00:24:58,879 Speaker 1: trying Nelly quarter. It doesn't matter who the player is. 481 00:24:59,200 --> 00:25:02,600 Speaker 1: Everyone is trying to work and make their golf swing 482 00:25:02,680 --> 00:25:06,040 Speaker 1: better from a mechanic standpoint, from a technical standpoint, for 483 00:25:06,119 --> 00:25:07,840 Speaker 1: the things that they're trying to do when they swing 484 00:25:07,880 --> 00:25:11,480 Speaker 1: the golf club. So block practice is hugely important for that, 485 00:25:11,760 --> 00:25:15,359 Speaker 1: picking out a target, working on a shape, working on 486 00:25:15,400 --> 00:25:18,119 Speaker 1: whatever you're trying to work on, doing it over and 487 00:25:18,200 --> 00:25:20,679 Speaker 1: over and over again. But what I think is really 488 00:25:20,720 --> 00:25:24,080 Speaker 1: really important is saying, in practice, not on the golf course, 489 00:25:24,119 --> 00:25:27,600 Speaker 1: say okay, let me go and now get out of 490 00:25:27,720 --> 00:25:31,199 Speaker 1: technique more mode, get out of block practice mode. I'm 491 00:25:31,240 --> 00:25:33,520 Speaker 1: gonna go in and I'm actually going to see Okay, 492 00:25:33,960 --> 00:25:35,480 Speaker 1: let's say I've been working on trying to take the 493 00:25:35,480 --> 00:25:37,280 Speaker 1: golf club back a little bit more on the inside 494 00:25:37,320 --> 00:25:39,280 Speaker 1: because I want to hit a draw. The golf club 495 00:25:39,320 --> 00:25:41,680 Speaker 1: has been working a little bit outside. That's making my 496 00:25:41,720 --> 00:25:43,920 Speaker 1: path maybe get a little bit too much to the left. 497 00:25:44,119 --> 00:25:45,960 Speaker 1: So I'm gonna work on trying to hit the golf 498 00:25:45,960 --> 00:25:48,280 Speaker 1: ball more from left to right, excuse me, from right 499 00:25:48,320 --> 00:25:50,200 Speaker 1: to left. I'm gonna get that golf club to work 500 00:25:50,240 --> 00:25:52,639 Speaker 1: a little bit more on the inside. So that's what 501 00:25:52,720 --> 00:25:56,040 Speaker 1: I've been working on in my block practice, in my technique. 502 00:25:56,080 --> 00:25:59,280 Speaker 1: Those are the mechanical things, the things that I've been 503 00:25:59,320 --> 00:26:02,160 Speaker 1: doing with the golf club, all the drills, all the mimics, 504 00:26:02,200 --> 00:26:05,879 Speaker 1: all the fields. All of that massively important and a 505 00:26:05,960 --> 00:26:09,680 Speaker 1: vital part to improving your golf swing, lowering your handicap, 506 00:26:09,720 --> 00:26:13,000 Speaker 1: shooting better scores. But there's a second part to this. 507 00:26:13,080 --> 00:26:15,399 Speaker 1: You have to figure out if anything that you're doing 508 00:26:16,160 --> 00:26:19,080 Speaker 1: in your technical work is actually going to work when 509 00:26:19,160 --> 00:26:22,359 Speaker 1: you actually try and execute a shot that has a 510 00:26:22,440 --> 00:26:27,000 Speaker 1: specific target and has a specific shape and needs to 511 00:26:27,080 --> 00:26:32,119 Speaker 1: have a specific outcome. Right, So block practice great, but 512 00:26:32,240 --> 00:26:36,200 Speaker 1: then test your block practice, test your technique, and say, 513 00:26:36,240 --> 00:26:38,920 Speaker 1: all right, what shape am I trying to hit? Let 514 00:26:38,920 --> 00:26:41,800 Speaker 1: me get my target, let me get my barrier flag 515 00:26:42,119 --> 00:26:43,679 Speaker 1: to the right of it. I'm gonna give myself a 516 00:26:43,720 --> 00:26:46,119 Speaker 1: pretty good window. And now I'm going to see if 517 00:26:46,160 --> 00:26:49,280 Speaker 1: I can start all ten balls in this window, curve 518 00:26:49,320 --> 00:26:52,359 Speaker 1: all ten balls in this window, and make the golf 519 00:26:52,359 --> 00:26:54,160 Speaker 1: swing that I want to make, and hit the golf 520 00:26:54,200 --> 00:26:58,119 Speaker 1: ball solid and thirty points on all for for ten balls, 521 00:26:58,480 --> 00:27:01,200 Speaker 1: and at the end of it, say a let's say 522 00:27:01,200 --> 00:27:04,720 Speaker 1: I got fifteen points. It's half Okay. What wasn't good? 523 00:27:04,960 --> 00:27:07,520 Speaker 1: Was it? The quality of the strike? Was my contact bad? 524 00:27:07,600 --> 00:27:09,480 Speaker 1: Was I hitting it fat? Was I hitting it thin? 525 00:27:10,160 --> 00:27:12,560 Speaker 1: Was I not able to take that kind of ball? 526 00:27:12,680 --> 00:27:15,919 Speaker 1: Turf dibbott Um? Was I not able to start the 527 00:27:15,960 --> 00:27:19,199 Speaker 1: golf ball in the window that I'm trying to for 528 00:27:19,240 --> 00:27:21,600 Speaker 1: the shape that I'm trying to hit right? That's going 529 00:27:21,640 --> 00:27:23,760 Speaker 1: to that's going to show you what the path of 530 00:27:23,800 --> 00:27:25,919 Speaker 1: the golf club is doing. If you can't start the 531 00:27:25,960 --> 00:27:29,359 Speaker 1: golf ball consistently in the window, that's going to be 532 00:27:29,480 --> 00:27:32,320 Speaker 1: largely down to what the path is doing. And then okay, 533 00:27:32,359 --> 00:27:34,159 Speaker 1: where is the ball ending up? If I'm trying to 534 00:27:34,200 --> 00:27:36,520 Speaker 1: hit a draw, here is the ball am I hitting 535 00:27:36,640 --> 00:27:40,080 Speaker 1: kind of push blocks, or the ball starting right of 536 00:27:40,160 --> 00:27:42,960 Speaker 1: my target and then going further to the right, or 537 00:27:43,000 --> 00:27:46,000 Speaker 1: the ball starting right of my target but then going 538 00:27:46,160 --> 00:27:49,280 Speaker 1: massively to the left of my target. So in what 539 00:27:49,400 --> 00:27:52,359 Speaker 1: I was talking about earlier, to draw the golf ball 540 00:27:52,720 --> 00:27:54,840 Speaker 1: and or to fade the golf ball, we need the 541 00:27:54,920 --> 00:27:57,840 Speaker 1: path in the face both going in the same direction. 542 00:27:58,080 --> 00:28:00,200 Speaker 1: So if you're trying to hit a draw, and let's 543 00:28:00,200 --> 00:28:02,080 Speaker 1: say you get that path to the right, if you're 544 00:28:02,119 --> 00:28:03,719 Speaker 1: on a launch monitor and you're able to look at 545 00:28:03,760 --> 00:28:07,159 Speaker 1: that and say, okay, got the path around four to 546 00:28:07,280 --> 00:28:10,640 Speaker 1: the right. If the face is six degrees to the right, 547 00:28:11,160 --> 00:28:12,879 Speaker 1: where's the golf ball going to go. It's going to 548 00:28:12,920 --> 00:28:17,280 Speaker 1: go right of your path. If the path of your 549 00:28:17,320 --> 00:28:20,520 Speaker 1: golf club is let's say four degrees to the right 550 00:28:20,640 --> 00:28:24,320 Speaker 1: and the face is pointing to three degrees to the left, 551 00:28:24,840 --> 00:28:26,600 Speaker 1: the golf ball is going to go to the left, 552 00:28:26,680 --> 00:28:29,000 Speaker 1: because that's where you're pointing the club face. If the 553 00:28:29,000 --> 00:28:32,080 Speaker 1: club face is coming in open at impact, even if 554 00:28:32,160 --> 00:28:34,760 Speaker 1: the face, even if the path is to the right, 555 00:28:34,880 --> 00:28:36,600 Speaker 1: the golf ball is going to go to the right. 556 00:28:37,040 --> 00:28:39,880 Speaker 1: So I think that drill the ten ball drill thirty 557 00:28:39,920 --> 00:28:42,880 Speaker 1: points on offer. Get a point for hitting it solid. 558 00:28:43,160 --> 00:28:45,320 Speaker 1: You get a point for starting it in a specific 559 00:28:45,360 --> 00:28:47,600 Speaker 1: window either left or right or your target if you're 560 00:28:47,640 --> 00:28:49,920 Speaker 1: trying to hit a draw or if you're trying to 561 00:28:49,960 --> 00:28:53,240 Speaker 1: hit a fade, And then can you from there manage 562 00:28:53,280 --> 00:28:56,160 Speaker 1: what the club face is doing. Now, let's say, as 563 00:28:56,200 --> 00:28:58,440 Speaker 1: I said, let's say you've got thirty points on offer 564 00:28:58,480 --> 00:29:01,520 Speaker 1: and you only get fifteen. All right? Then you say, okay, 565 00:29:01,680 --> 00:29:04,280 Speaker 1: what wasn't good? There was it? The contact? Was it? 566 00:29:04,400 --> 00:29:07,440 Speaker 1: The start line was at the club face? Okay? Whatever 567 00:29:07,560 --> 00:29:11,440 Speaker 1: one it was, Go back into block practice and say, okay, 568 00:29:11,480 --> 00:29:14,520 Speaker 1: I need to work this part of it. If it's contact, Okay, 569 00:29:14,560 --> 00:29:16,600 Speaker 1: I need to make my contact better. What can I 570 00:29:16,640 --> 00:29:19,040 Speaker 1: do to make my contact better? Do I need to 571 00:29:19,080 --> 00:29:22,000 Speaker 1: get my weight more forward on my lead leg? Do 572 00:29:22,040 --> 00:29:24,320 Speaker 1: I need with an iron to hit more down on 573 00:29:24,360 --> 00:29:27,160 Speaker 1: the golf ball so I can get that good compression feeling. 574 00:29:27,200 --> 00:29:29,240 Speaker 1: Do I need to maybe get a little bit more 575 00:29:29,360 --> 00:29:32,720 Speaker 1: shaft clean? Um? If it's the path. If I'm trying 576 00:29:32,760 --> 00:29:36,200 Speaker 1: to hit a draw and my ball isn't starting in 577 00:29:36,200 --> 00:29:39,040 Speaker 1: the window that I wanted to, maybe my path isn't 578 00:29:39,080 --> 00:29:41,600 Speaker 1: to the right enough. Maybe I need to shallow out 579 00:29:41,680 --> 00:29:44,720 Speaker 1: the club a little bit more. Um, if I am 580 00:29:44,920 --> 00:29:48,320 Speaker 1: unable to if I've got the the start line good, 581 00:29:48,320 --> 00:29:50,400 Speaker 1: but I'm unable to get the golf ball to go 582 00:29:50,440 --> 00:29:52,520 Speaker 1: where I want to if it's curving too much, that's 583 00:29:52,560 --> 00:29:55,320 Speaker 1: me being needing to kind of control what the face 584 00:29:55,440 --> 00:29:57,400 Speaker 1: is doing. Maybe I need to feel like I'm using 585 00:29:57,960 --> 00:30:00,600 Speaker 1: less of my hands. A lot of time when people 586 00:30:00,600 --> 00:30:04,440 Speaker 1: are excessively hooking the golf ball, they're hitting a lot 587 00:30:04,440 --> 00:30:07,240 Speaker 1: of golf balls that are going left of their target. Um, 588 00:30:07,280 --> 00:30:09,880 Speaker 1: I'll have players say, Okay, first of all, just try 589 00:30:09,880 --> 00:30:13,360 Speaker 1: and feel like you're not doing anything with your hands. Right, 590 00:30:13,520 --> 00:30:15,840 Speaker 1: You're going to try through impact to feel like the 591 00:30:15,840 --> 00:30:19,760 Speaker 1: club faces coming in in a very very square, neutral position. 592 00:30:19,800 --> 00:30:22,440 Speaker 1: You're not going to feel a lot of excessive risk action. 593 00:30:23,040 --> 00:30:26,360 Speaker 1: And for hookers of the golf ball, believe it or not, 594 00:30:26,400 --> 00:30:28,160 Speaker 1: when we try and get them to feel like they're 595 00:30:28,200 --> 00:30:31,120 Speaker 1: not doing anything with their hands, that's when they're actually 596 00:30:31,160 --> 00:30:34,040 Speaker 1: able to hit more of a draw shape. And I 597 00:30:34,120 --> 00:30:37,840 Speaker 1: always find that really really kind of an epiphany moment 598 00:30:37,880 --> 00:30:40,360 Speaker 1: for a player. The player says, Okay, I want to 599 00:30:40,440 --> 00:30:43,760 Speaker 1: hit draws. I've been hitting a lot of hooks now, 600 00:30:43,840 --> 00:30:46,440 Speaker 1: you're telling me to not do anything with my hands, 601 00:30:47,120 --> 00:30:49,800 Speaker 1: and I'm able to get the shape, the little high 602 00:30:49,880 --> 00:30:52,479 Speaker 1: drawl that I want. Well, the reason that happens is 603 00:30:52,920 --> 00:30:54,920 Speaker 1: the path is to the right. All you're doing is 604 00:30:54,960 --> 00:31:02,360 Speaker 1: just controlling what the club faces doing if you're trying 605 00:31:02,440 --> 00:31:05,479 Speaker 1: to hit fades. I see a lot of players right 606 00:31:05,520 --> 00:31:08,520 Speaker 1: now trying to hit fades. From what I said earlier, 607 00:31:08,520 --> 00:31:11,480 Speaker 1: They're trying to hit a fade from a very neutral position. 608 00:31:11,800 --> 00:31:15,520 Speaker 1: They're aiming directly at the target and the path is 609 00:31:15,640 --> 00:31:18,280 Speaker 1: very neutral, and I think right now there's a big 610 00:31:18,400 --> 00:31:21,160 Speaker 1: rage where everybody is trying to feel like the golf 611 00:31:21,160 --> 00:31:26,480 Speaker 1: club is shallowing out. It's hard to hit fades if 612 00:31:26,520 --> 00:31:29,360 Speaker 1: the golf club is coming in in a really shallow position. 613 00:31:29,440 --> 00:31:33,240 Speaker 1: So if that angle of attack is getting very very shallow, 614 00:31:33,880 --> 00:31:39,400 Speaker 1: but that's not conducive to hitting fades. Um again, using 615 00:31:39,440 --> 00:31:42,600 Speaker 1: Dustin Johnson as an example. DJ, when he hits his fade, 616 00:31:42,800 --> 00:31:46,000 Speaker 1: let's say it's a six iron, he's normally kind of 617 00:31:46,000 --> 00:31:49,280 Speaker 1: in that three three and a half maybe four degrees 618 00:31:49,400 --> 00:31:52,040 Speaker 1: left with the path. The face is kind of right 619 00:31:52,080 --> 00:31:55,920 Speaker 1: around one one and a half maybe two degrees left, 620 00:31:56,240 --> 00:31:58,959 Speaker 1: and he's hitting down on it. He's hitting down on 621 00:31:59,200 --> 00:32:03,080 Speaker 1: his seven on a six iron in that five to 622 00:32:03,240 --> 00:32:07,000 Speaker 1: six down region. He's not trying to shallow it out 623 00:32:07,320 --> 00:32:11,040 Speaker 1: when in my opinion, the two faders that I work 624 00:32:11,120 --> 00:32:14,520 Speaker 1: with UM both Brooks Kepka and Dustin Johnson. When they're 625 00:32:14,560 --> 00:32:18,000 Speaker 1: struggling to fade the golf ball, when they're struggling with 626 00:32:18,040 --> 00:32:20,080 Speaker 1: the start line, when the ball is starting at the 627 00:32:20,160 --> 00:32:23,720 Speaker 1: target curving too much to the right, Normally it's because 628 00:32:23,920 --> 00:32:28,840 Speaker 1: the path, the downswing path has gotten too close to zero, 629 00:32:28,960 --> 00:32:33,360 Speaker 1: it's gotten too neutral, it's not left enough. So I 630 00:32:33,440 --> 00:32:36,200 Speaker 1: understand that there are exceptions to all of this, right, 631 00:32:36,400 --> 00:32:38,920 Speaker 1: But as a general rule, if you want to fade 632 00:32:38,920 --> 00:32:41,200 Speaker 1: the golf ball, you need to get the path to 633 00:32:41,240 --> 00:32:43,680 Speaker 1: the left. If you want to draw the golf ball, 634 00:32:43,800 --> 00:32:47,040 Speaker 1: you need to get the path to the right. UM. 635 00:32:47,080 --> 00:32:50,040 Speaker 1: I think that that's a good place to start. How 636 00:32:50,160 --> 00:32:56,040 Speaker 1: much you get the path those directions, that's dependent on 637 00:32:56,120 --> 00:32:58,600 Speaker 1: what you do, UM, But I do think if you 638 00:32:58,680 --> 00:33:01,120 Speaker 1: have the ability to get don't on a launch monitor. 639 00:33:01,440 --> 00:33:03,840 Speaker 1: I do think it's important to stand there with a 640 00:33:03,880 --> 00:33:08,080 Speaker 1: seven iron, get some baselines of hit ten twenty shots 641 00:33:08,080 --> 00:33:11,240 Speaker 1: and say, okay, what is my average here? What is 642 00:33:11,240 --> 00:33:14,280 Speaker 1: the average of where my path is, and if the 643 00:33:14,360 --> 00:33:18,640 Speaker 1: path is really really neutral and it's really close to 644 00:33:18,800 --> 00:33:21,840 Speaker 1: kind of the zero line, really close to your target line. 645 00:33:22,400 --> 00:33:27,040 Speaker 1: Unless you are a really really good player, right, a 646 00:33:27,240 --> 00:33:31,920 Speaker 1: low single digit scratch golfer, unless you've got a lot 647 00:33:31,960 --> 00:33:36,720 Speaker 1: of speed, the closer you get to zero, the closer 648 00:33:36,760 --> 00:33:42,120 Speaker 1: you're swinging towards your intended target, it becomes really really 649 00:33:42,200 --> 00:33:46,200 Speaker 1: difficult to manage what the club faces doing. So I 650 00:33:46,240 --> 00:33:49,600 Speaker 1: think it's important that you pick a start line that 651 00:33:49,680 --> 00:33:52,520 Speaker 1: allows you some room to be able to curve the 652 00:33:52,520 --> 00:33:55,520 Speaker 1: golf ball, and then in your practice sessions you can 653 00:33:55,800 --> 00:33:59,080 Speaker 1: that's a good way to teach yourself how to curve 654 00:33:59,120 --> 00:34:03,160 Speaker 1: the golf ball. Okay, I'm gonna imagine a lot of 655 00:34:03,200 --> 00:34:07,480 Speaker 1: times that you've got your target flag. Imagine that's a tree, 656 00:34:07,920 --> 00:34:10,919 Speaker 1: and you're gonna try and curve the golf ball around that. Well, 657 00:34:10,960 --> 00:34:13,400 Speaker 1: to do that, you would have to get the ball 658 00:34:13,440 --> 00:34:15,759 Speaker 1: to start to the right. If you're going to try 659 00:34:15,800 --> 00:34:18,719 Speaker 1: and hit a ball around a tree left to right, 660 00:34:19,880 --> 00:34:22,439 Speaker 1: it's important that you're able to start the golf ball 661 00:34:22,480 --> 00:34:25,440 Speaker 1: where it needs to on our driving range. Sometimes what 662 00:34:25,600 --> 00:34:27,319 Speaker 1: I'll do at a player the other day, it was 663 00:34:27,520 --> 00:34:31,080 Speaker 1: really struggling with with trying to draw the golf ball, 664 00:34:31,440 --> 00:34:33,960 Speaker 1: and the ball was tending to start left. Every time 665 00:34:33,960 --> 00:34:35,560 Speaker 1: he'd try and draw it, he'd come over it a 666 00:34:35,600 --> 00:34:38,319 Speaker 1: little bit. So what I did is I took him over. Um, 667 00:34:38,400 --> 00:34:40,960 Speaker 1: there's a little area to the far left of our 668 00:34:41,080 --> 00:34:44,480 Speaker 1: driving range and there are it's it's tree lined, and 669 00:34:44,480 --> 00:34:46,920 Speaker 1: there are some trees that kind of stick out. So 670 00:34:46,960 --> 00:34:48,960 Speaker 1: I put them over in a corner and I said, okay, 671 00:34:49,280 --> 00:34:51,959 Speaker 1: you now have to curve the golf ball from right 672 00:34:52,040 --> 00:34:55,520 Speaker 1: to left around the street. The tree was probably about 673 00:34:56,520 --> 00:34:58,680 Speaker 1: fifty sixty yards in front of him. I mean it 674 00:34:58,719 --> 00:35:00,600 Speaker 1: could be a hundred yards and front of you. But 675 00:35:00,760 --> 00:35:02,520 Speaker 1: you've got to get the golf ball to start and 676 00:35:02,600 --> 00:35:06,960 Speaker 1: curve around this object, this obstacle in front of you. 677 00:35:07,280 --> 00:35:10,360 Speaker 1: So when you actually put something in front of the 678 00:35:10,400 --> 00:35:13,719 Speaker 1: player that forces them to actually have to curve the 679 00:35:13,719 --> 00:35:18,239 Speaker 1: golf ball, then it becomes a big barrier. They it's 680 00:35:18,280 --> 00:35:20,880 Speaker 1: a big visual right, You've got to curve it and 681 00:35:20,920 --> 00:35:24,919 Speaker 1: hook it around a tree where this the path need 682 00:35:25,000 --> 00:35:29,040 Speaker 1: to be for that. But as I said earlier, I 683 00:35:29,080 --> 00:35:33,360 Speaker 1: think that where the ball is starting for me is 684 00:35:33,520 --> 00:35:37,360 Speaker 1: more important than where the golf ball is going. Where 685 00:35:37,360 --> 00:35:40,720 Speaker 1: the misses. And so that's where I think as players 686 00:35:41,360 --> 00:35:45,000 Speaker 1: having an idea and having good, real good control over 687 00:35:45,040 --> 00:35:47,640 Speaker 1: where the ball is going to start for the shape 688 00:35:47,680 --> 00:35:51,359 Speaker 1: that you're trying to hit, and then trying to keep 689 00:35:51,480 --> 00:35:53,400 Speaker 1: us So if you're a drawer of the golf ball, 690 00:35:53,680 --> 00:35:56,040 Speaker 1: you're trying to hit draws, you're trying to start the 691 00:35:56,080 --> 00:35:58,840 Speaker 1: golf ball right of your target. You're trying to have 692 00:35:58,920 --> 00:36:02,040 Speaker 1: it curve from right to left, and you don't really 693 00:36:02,120 --> 00:36:05,239 Speaker 1: want the golf ball curving on the other side of 694 00:36:05,280 --> 00:36:08,000 Speaker 1: your target to the left. Same thing if you're trying 695 00:36:08,000 --> 00:36:10,920 Speaker 1: to hit fade, you want that golf ball starting left 696 00:36:10,920 --> 00:36:14,440 Speaker 1: of your target. You want that golf ball starting left, 697 00:36:14,840 --> 00:36:18,200 Speaker 1: curving from left back to the right, but not getting 698 00:36:18,239 --> 00:36:22,680 Speaker 1: across the target, not getting across your target flag to 699 00:36:22,840 --> 00:36:27,600 Speaker 1: the right. And then if you can get those feelings 700 00:36:27,600 --> 00:36:30,000 Speaker 1: and if you can get that good understanding is what 701 00:36:30,160 --> 00:36:32,200 Speaker 1: the path is doing and what the face is doing, 702 00:36:32,600 --> 00:36:35,640 Speaker 1: I think it's a much easier way to be able 703 00:36:35,680 --> 00:36:37,879 Speaker 1: to go out and repeat it. If you and and 704 00:36:37,880 --> 00:36:42,600 Speaker 1: and the ten ball drill um where you've got the 705 00:36:42,640 --> 00:36:45,919 Speaker 1: ten balls, there's three points on all for for each ball, 706 00:36:45,960 --> 00:36:48,040 Speaker 1: so there's thirty points available, you get a point for 707 00:36:48,080 --> 00:36:50,319 Speaker 1: hit it's solid, you get a point for where the 708 00:36:50,320 --> 00:36:52,879 Speaker 1: ball is starting, and you get a point for how 709 00:36:52,920 --> 00:36:55,640 Speaker 1: the golf ball is curving. If you don't have access 710 00:36:55,680 --> 00:36:59,120 Speaker 1: to a launch monitor, that's a good way to say, Okay, 711 00:36:59,320 --> 00:37:02,279 Speaker 1: well what is my path and what is my face doing? 712 00:37:02,320 --> 00:37:04,840 Speaker 1: If I can consistently start the golf ball left of 713 00:37:04,880 --> 00:37:07,000 Speaker 1: my target, if I'm trying to hit a fade, my 714 00:37:07,080 --> 00:37:10,239 Speaker 1: path is probably going to be where it needs to be. 715 00:37:10,320 --> 00:37:12,440 Speaker 1: If I can start the golf ball consistently to the 716 00:37:12,560 --> 00:37:15,359 Speaker 1: right of my target based off of a little bit 717 00:37:15,400 --> 00:37:17,440 Speaker 1: of where I'm aiming, then that's going to show me 718 00:37:17,520 --> 00:37:20,040 Speaker 1: what the path is doing, and then whichever direction the 719 00:37:20,040 --> 00:37:23,160 Speaker 1: golf ball is going from there. The golf balls going 720 00:37:23,200 --> 00:37:25,480 Speaker 1: to the left, the face is closed, the golf ball 721 00:37:25,520 --> 00:37:28,800 Speaker 1: is going to the right, the face is open. And it, really, 722 00:37:29,200 --> 00:37:32,000 Speaker 1: believe it or not, can can sometimes be that simple. 723 00:37:32,400 --> 00:37:34,560 Speaker 1: And in a lot of lessons, I had a player 724 00:37:34,640 --> 00:37:36,600 Speaker 1: come in. He's trying to play, he's trying to play, 725 00:37:36,680 --> 00:37:39,279 Speaker 1: he played college golf, he's trying to play some mini 726 00:37:39,320 --> 00:37:43,120 Speaker 1: tour golf. Obviously, he wants to to get on PGA 727 00:37:43,200 --> 00:37:46,919 Speaker 1: Tour Latin America, get on PGA Tour Canada, get on 728 00:37:47,200 --> 00:37:50,560 Speaker 1: the Asian Tour, get on the European Tour, and he 729 00:37:50,640 --> 00:37:55,120 Speaker 1: was trying to hit draws, and the start line was 730 00:37:55,239 --> 00:37:58,200 Speaker 1: just all over the place. He just didn't have the 731 00:37:58,239 --> 00:38:01,680 Speaker 1: ability to consistently start the golf ball where he needed 732 00:38:01,680 --> 00:38:04,280 Speaker 1: to start it for the shape that he was trying 733 00:38:04,320 --> 00:38:06,480 Speaker 1: to hit it. And part of that was due to 734 00:38:06,560 --> 00:38:08,360 Speaker 1: the fact that it was a struggle with the path 735 00:38:08,719 --> 00:38:10,640 Speaker 1: and it was a struggle with the face. But once 736 00:38:10,800 --> 00:38:14,920 Speaker 1: I just basically because he was a he's an accomplished player. 737 00:38:14,920 --> 00:38:18,200 Speaker 1: He's trying to play professional competitive golf for a living. 738 00:38:18,560 --> 00:38:22,000 Speaker 1: So his golf swing wasn't really that bad, but he 739 00:38:22,080 --> 00:38:25,760 Speaker 1: was hyper obsessed with his golf swing. He was hyper 740 00:38:25,800 --> 00:38:29,920 Speaker 1: obsessed with all of these positions. And once we kind 741 00:38:29,920 --> 00:38:32,319 Speaker 1: of got him out of that mode right of just 742 00:38:32,440 --> 00:38:36,600 Speaker 1: being technique technique, technique technique, can you start the golf 743 00:38:36,600 --> 00:38:39,880 Speaker 1: ball right of your target to hit me some draws? 744 00:38:40,200 --> 00:38:42,640 Speaker 1: And once we got him focused on it, then all 745 00:38:42,640 --> 00:38:46,320 Speaker 1: of a sudden, his golf swing didn't really become the issue. 746 00:38:46,440 --> 00:38:49,600 Speaker 1: Then he was able to say, Okay, maybe it's not 747 00:38:49,680 --> 00:38:52,279 Speaker 1: my golf swing, maybe it's just I don't pick out 748 00:38:52,280 --> 00:38:55,600 Speaker 1: where I'm trying to start the golf ball, and I 749 00:38:55,600 --> 00:38:58,720 Speaker 1: don't really have good control over where the golf ball 750 00:38:58,920 --> 00:39:04,560 Speaker 1: is starting. I think that is massively, massively important where 751 00:39:04,640 --> 00:39:07,799 Speaker 1: your ball is starting, controlling the start line. I think 752 00:39:07,800 --> 00:39:11,879 Speaker 1: if if everybody listening improves their start line for three 753 00:39:11,920 --> 00:39:16,040 Speaker 1: and improves their control of their start line for the 754 00:39:16,080 --> 00:39:18,319 Speaker 1: shape of the shot they are trying to hit, I 755 00:39:18,320 --> 00:39:20,560 Speaker 1: think that is going to be a huge, huge win. 756 00:39:21,239 --> 00:39:23,760 Speaker 1: I think it can fix a lot of the contact issues, 757 00:39:24,120 --> 00:39:26,560 Speaker 1: but it can definitely fix some of the issues in 758 00:39:26,680 --> 00:39:29,759 Speaker 1: how much the golf ball is curving and your ability 759 00:39:30,080 --> 00:39:34,080 Speaker 1: to control the curve of the golf ball. Um As 760 00:39:34,120 --> 00:39:38,080 Speaker 1: I said, there's exceptions, but I think that's a good blueprint. 761 00:39:38,160 --> 00:39:39,960 Speaker 1: I think that's a good place to start, and I 762 00:39:39,960 --> 00:39:42,200 Speaker 1: think if you can start there, I think you can 763 00:39:42,200 --> 00:39:44,960 Speaker 1: start to hit the golf ball a lot more solid. 764 00:39:45,520 --> 00:39:48,320 Speaker 1: So thanks everyone for listening. If you're a new listener, 765 00:39:48,600 --> 00:39:50,600 Speaker 1: don't forget to go back and listen to all the 766 00:39:51,400 --> 00:39:54,120 Speaker 1: pods that we have. We've got some really good guests, 767 00:39:54,120 --> 00:39:56,800 Speaker 1: We've got some great topics. I want to thank everyone 768 00:39:56,960 --> 00:40:01,560 Speaker 1: for listening. Rate, review, subscribe where over you get your podcasts. 769 00:40:01,719 --> 00:40:04,640 Speaker 1: Son of which comes to you every Wednesday. 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