If you’re taking lessons, do not be afraid to exaggerate the heck out of a feel. “Better” is a change, so you can’t expect to make better swings while changing nothing.
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A couple of recent students. Because everything is measured in every swing, changes can happen FAST with those willing to exaggerate.
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One of the main reasons for trying to create a longer hand path is to create more “runway” to accelerate. You can actually accelerate a little slower, but with more runway, end up at a higher speed by impact. (Lots of details I can’t cover in 280 chars.) #golf #PlayBetter
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Thank you for the responses. I prefer the second. His balance is too far forward in the other. It’s tough to make a good stroke when you’re fighting to stay balanced!
Thanks for the alignment drill (w/yardstick) and thoughts here, too.
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Which putting setup for this player do you prefer? Why?
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Last week I had a great time working with a true student of the game on with . We did some general swing work and then spent time generating a bit more speed. #golf #PlayBetter #GetInGEARS
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Obviously—in a golf lesson—Club Path is by FAR the most important number. Club Head Speed #2
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There go your non-biased takes on non-dominant swings. 😉
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I am very excited to work more closely with @SashoMacKenzie & @jertybird to help improve golfers their swing speeds and lower their scores.
I wrote an article explaining why
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I have become an official ambassador for @TheStackSystem
I am very excited to work more closely with @SashoMacKenzie & @jertybird to help improve golfers their swing speeds and lower their scores.
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How about this one, Mike? One of my students, Breckin Taylor, committed to for this fall. This is from August 2022… he’s even faster now, and working hard (as always). #golf #PlayBetter #JuniorGolf
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Watching a 5’11 150lb 16 year old hitting 180mph ball speed on Instagram 
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Took delivery of two office chairs, two full Dimple chairs, and a table today. Just a small sneak peek…
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My issue with “swing your swing” or “self-directed problem solving” for most golfers is that they’ll solve it in a far less than “ideal” way, often creating more problems down the line.
They might figure out how to hit a draw… but in a “bad” way. Find someone who can guide you.
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When you practice if you're not going through that process of problem solving you're missing a big part of what golf is all about. #golfmindset #practicesmarter
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You can let me know what you see. I grabbed these quickly between sessions. And… I’m still not sure if it’s an explicit move or a “result” of some other moves being made.
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Two of the first three players I pulled up on *appear* to go slightly external in transition. GEARS does not measure this directly, and the Dr. Kwon graph shows about 4.5° of external rotation early in the downswing (which ends internally rotated).
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Two small points, for sure:
- Expecting to be < 20' from 150 yards and in would be world-class. Better than average on Tour.
- 150 yards and in is not a HUGE area of Separation Value®, unless a large majority of your approach shots are in that 100-150 yard range.
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The median PGA Tour player hits the ball to 20’ from 100-125 yds fairway. Spend more time practicing what matters most. If you’re weak with your short irons, work on those. Otherwise, general approach shots + driving account for a lot of Separation Value®. pgatour.com/stats/stat.074
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I agree, , this is some bad math. Even at 90° the error would be only 3°! 😀 I will refer others to the chart in this discussion. thesandtrap.com/forums/topic/6
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Working harder and smarter is best, but if you can only have the time for one, work smarter.
Thanks for the conversation, Mike.
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How to approach long term golf improvement
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topics discussed:
How to approach long term golf improvement
The importance of technique
45 mins for 35 balls on the range
Where can you improve the most? Are you sure?
Listen here: podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/epi
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Your golf swing already IS repeatable. That’s why — outside of really rare times + luck/randomness — your buddy always shoots about 83, or you always shoot about 75 (or whatever).
Don’t let tiny differences magnified over 165 yards make you think they’re not “repeatable.”
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Thanks to Mike for the conversation and for being a good sounding board. If you want to take your golf game to the highest levels get fit using Mike's programs AND do some of the things we discuss in this podcast. Just like building muscle, improving your technique takes time.
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•The importance of technique
•45 mins for 35 balls on the range
•Where can you improve the most? Are you sure?
Link: open.spotify.com/episode/066R0B
I am joined by great golf coach @iacas
•How to approach long term golf improvement
•The importance of technique
•45 mins for 35 balls on the range
•Where can you improve the most? Are you sure?
Link: open.spotify.com/episode/066R0B1
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Great to talk with you today Mike!
Love your work, too. Good to have people like you really helping out so many in the game (and in life). Thank you!
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I recorded a podcast with @iacas today.
It was mainly about practicing for maixmising golf improvement with a long term view.
I hope to release it tomorrow.
Erik is an excellent golf coach & co author of the great book
Lowest Score Wins.
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Here's the last one. And yes, I've been using foam golf balls (AlmostGolf) more and more lately. They let golfers make bigger changes without *immediately* worrying about the strike, while still swinging AT something golf-ball-like. This was toward the end of the session.
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Twitter won't let me put multiple videos in one post like Instagram. 😀
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Quick peek at some recent sessions with golfers from OH, NY, and PA (🇨🇦 originally!). GEARS allows players to make BIG changes quickly because everything is super accurately measured every time. Message me if you want to #GetInGEARS to #PlayBetter #golf .
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What’s your take? Is this (fairly small) ER something that “happens” or something you “do”? Is it even happening at all? Are we all just talking without first defining terms?
I’ll say more in the replies, and wrote up a bit more on TST (free to read): thesandtrap.com/forums/topic/1 3/3
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1. The systems are different. Safe to assume diff. in how they measure.
2. Define “in the downswing”? Is it from start to finish, or at any point along the way?
3. Is “externally rotate” the relative or absolute? In the graph the median goes from ~27° to ~23° of internal. 2/3
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In the recent video Mike says “none… externally rotate trail shoulder in downswing.”
Joe Mayo posted this graph to IG instagram.com/p/CnnVzQVvl_M/ showing some external rotation during the downswing.
A small 🧵, hopefully leading to some good discussion. 1/3
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Golfers in the U.S. can order directly from lowestscorewins.com and follow . Looking forward to it Mike!
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Recording a podcast with @iacas tomorrow.
Great golf coach, and author of Lowest Score Wins, a really really good book about improving at golf.
Not a "tips" book, but the whole process of how shooting lower scores.
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I read Catcher in the Rye when I was (too) young (to understand it) because I’d heard it had been banned for “reasons.” It felt rebellious, yet mature. And I still don’t get the fuss. Look at what kids can see in movies. Online. Etc. (Nowadays, not when that book was banned.)
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(* and these:) Lastly… there are exceptions all over the place. If your course is particularly penal off the tee, you might lose more strokes OTT. If your course has crazy greens, likewise. The list of exceptions is long. This is a very generalizedlook.
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Keep these kinds of things* in mind when you look at your Strokes Gained stats from your scoring/stats app. While it is important to look at the “next level” for comparison, don’t neglect to compare yourself to your current level to see if anything is out of whack.
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Player B, comparing himself to players of his own ability level, would have a chart like this. He’s gaining relative to his scoring peers on approach shots, and falling down around and on the greens.
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*Generally speaking,* a 10-shot gap between two groups of players should look a bit like this. 10-shot gaps are typically weighted toward the APP and OTT play, with APP losing about as many or slightly more shots than ATG and P combined.
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Player B player loses 2.5 strokes in each of the four main Strokes Gained categories. Is he well-balanced and typical, or does he excel in some categories and come up short in others? Should he prioritize working on anything in particular?
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Consider Player A, who when comparing himself to a better scoring player, loses 10 shots on average, all in his approach shots. Clearly A should work on his iron game! That’s obvious. But what about the not-so-obvious players?
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Getting here requires doing a lot of things right. Shifting, turning, moving the arms properly (up and down mostly), leveraging the ground. Your whole body is involved. Cameras are great; I use ‘em all the time. Just remember what you’re seeing, because 2D can fool you sometimes.
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When squared up to the chest or hips, the hands are clearly trailing behind both segments of the body. The hips are farthest “ahead” or “around” with the chest next, and the hands trailing behind them both.
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Even though every player’s hands appear to be forward (face-on view), it’s important to consider the golfer in three dimensions. Hands that are “forward” from “face-on” are actually *trailing* the chest and hips.
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