7 Moves made by (almost) ALL the Greats

I had some free time this afternoon and was looking through a bunch of swings on my V1 software. One thing I realized is that I can NOT find any two pros' swings that are the same (or even close). I always find it funny when I hear people say things like "All swings look the same" or "Everyone's so robotic now."

After spending some time looking at different swings, I decided to make a video about what these great players actually do the SAME as one another. From the loopiest swings (Jim Furyk) to the most conventional (Adam Scott), I came up with 7 moves that all great players seem to make. Enjoy. 

 

Lower Body Movement with Driver

Here’s a video going over the 3 main lower body (pivot) actions of the Driver swing.

One thing all of these players have in common is that their swings are powered from the ground-up. Despite using their bodies in completely different manners (sliding, jumping, rotating, or all three), they all initiate their downswings with their lower body. This is an unavoidable fundamental of high-level golf.

As you’ll see, the best drivers seem to get less lateral motion and more of a sit>rotate>extend sequence. A great drill to feel this is to act like you’re upper-cutting somebody with your right fist. This requires a combination of early rotation and extension through impact.

As for your own games, you SHOULD know what lower body action style you employ. If you haven’t lately, I would recommend filming a swing or two to see what you’re actually up to. As golfers, we need awareness of how our swing works as well as a couple ideas of how to make it even better through time.

Early Extension: What is it? What causes it? How do we fix it?

Early extension (standing up too soon in the downswing) plagues a very large percentage of golfers I teach on a daily basis. Anyone from your basic beginner who claims they "didn't keep their head down" to a high level player who claims to have "come out of" the shot could be suffering from early extension. 

In this video, I do my best to go over the true causes of early extension and the proper way of going about fixing it. Most commonly, I've heard people telling their early extenders to "stay down" and "keep their butt back." In other words, treat the symptoms of early extension. In my opinion, this video should get more to the root cause of your issues. 

In this video I focused on the "steepening" action in transition. One thing I didn't quite hit on is that the shaft can be in the act of shallowing from an "across the line" position at the top but still be to steep in early transition. 

I apologize for the low volume. I'll work on that in my coming videos. As always, thanks for watching.