Lesson #1

Hey Chad! Here’s what we covered in our 1st lesson. Our main concerns after seeing your swing on video was the right arm not staying straight in your backswing and the lack of hip rotation at impact. We also talked a little about setup and how often many players shoulders and/or hips drift too far to the left which will cause slices, pulls, fat, thin shots.

From down the line we can see a very vertical swing plane that is too far on top of the ideal swing plane. The shaft is almost vertical, or steep, which makes it hard for us to rotate and still hit the ball, so the body has to stand up out of posture and manipulate the hands to be able to be successful from your position. Your tendency to keep your back foot down through impact will make it harder to have more open hips.

So we addressed the left arm position first because without that key fundamental we cannot have a consistent swing. We made some left arm only swings to help generate some new feels. This also makes it nearly impossible to flip your hands at it so you can learn how to rotate better.

At the end of our lesson it was looking much better and slowly coming together. Much better job of keeping the left arm straight and getting the weight to shift towards the target and hips more open. Practice this for at least 2 weeks and I’ll see you soon!