Lesson #1
March 7th 2021
So from down the line I noticed how far and hunched over the ball you were which can cause issues with balance, hand path, and overall back soreness. During your swing you were lacking depth in your hand path. We can see it stop roughly on your toes, which makes it hard to be able to rotate through the shot with little to no compensations. Because of this you’ve learned to keep the face open in the downswing to match your flip release.
Here’s some good visuals on posture. We got you closer, taller to the ball to promote easier range of motion and reduced back pain.
Before
After
We got you getting a bigger turn in the back swing by using some knee flex to get your hips opening more which results in a deeper hand path.
I gave you a drill to help feel how to use your legs better in the down swing. The idea is to get some load into the lead leg by getting some flex in the knee in the back swing. That way you can straighten the lead leg (push off the ground) to get the hips more open through impact.
From the face on view I noticed your hips and shoulders were not getting a lot of turn (rotation) which explains the narrow hand path. I also noticed your hips were not very open to the target at impact which will compromise your release and speed through the shot.
Here’s Langer from the champions tour. You can see his shoulder, hips, and legs turn nicely to the top and he has his hips roughly 45 degrees open to the target through impact.
Better leg structure here enabled you to get a bigger shoulder and hip turn in the back swing much like Bryson on the right. Notice how the lead leg is loaded with knee flex like yours here. This is important for the right downswing move to fire the hips more which we work on below.