hello there Adam basil jet founder of
scratch Golf Academy today's subject how
to hit more consistent golf shots it's a
really important topic obviously we all
want that can I have an interesting look
here I think it interesting look if your
patterns in your swing aren't fairly
sound and if your swing isn't reasonably
simple it is gonna be difficult to
repeat when it's difficult to repeat
when it requires a lot of timing not
gonna likely hit very consistent golf
shot so we're gonna have a look at that
subject going to show you some different
swings how to look at them gonna show
you how to get coaching what to look for
in your coach because without a little
bit of coaching and feedback you're
probably not going to get a great swing
give you a big red flag towards the end
of the video as well something you don't
want from your coach there very briefly
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well as we just touched on consistency
is generally related to simplicity
anything that's simple less moving parts
is always easier to repeat now there
been a few great golfers for sure that
had some complex swings of the few funky
moves world-class talent a lifetime of
practice will help overcome that brief
brief look here at a typical top-notch
pro swing comparing it with an amateur
swing then we need to get out and show
you some interesting things as to the
order you need to try to get this
simplest here on the left is a student
that came here to Learning Center of
chosen him because a lot of movement but
he can hit the ball he gets into a good
position when the time comes so posture
not the greatest there than there's
suddenly a big change in body angles not
much risk hock a little bit of lift face
a bit shut coming down too steep at that
point because of the backswing now the
body angles rearrange a little bit more
but hey getting into a pretty good
impact position there Adam Scott simple
and Sounders could be then really when
you say you know the end of the day is
about a tenth of a second from hitting
the ball maybe less that is a pretty
similar delivery position this golfer on
the left here is strong to can move and
compress the ball as of course can Adam
but there's no way with all those
movements and unnecessary things going
on and compensations I should say that
that player on the left is going to be
out on the golf course with gaps routine
shows not going to be as consistent as
Adam is look how simple that is your
mind likes efficiency everyday movements
you do in life are efficient and simple
so you're working towards something
that's more natural and simple if you're
working on the right things
okay let's really start to flesh this
out whether your self coaching or you
have a coach or you're looking for a
coach there's certain sorts of things
there's certain systems of thought and
an order of things that you need to
follow if you're really going to see any
progress so let's get into it briefly
here I'm going to show you a student
I've been working with lately some of
the changes that you'll see in that golf
swing then we'll flesh this thing out of
it big red flag I'll show you what you
don't want from your coach towards the
end of the video here's a lady I've been
working with here in Naples this is the
original swing on the Left it's about a
month later on the right now what would
be obvious to note was that the swings
too long they're a very long let's say
and it's now become much much shorter
and one of the things we'll notice let's
change angles the old the new one I
should say is on the right the old ones
on the left when the swing gets
excessively long this isn't always the
case but it is often the case the
downswing will tend to be a bit steep
that is too steep with the club I mean
this club's by the top of the ponytail
there that one's way way on a better
position and for this lady like any
other golfer when the club's too steep
she's got to find some space so she
raises and now she's able to stay on the
shot a lot better well what was the what
was the order we went at it and we had
to have an order so here's what it was
I thought our old grip you couldn't see
it here on TV in detail but was too much
in the palm did not let the wrist
enough so as many people do the
subconscious remedy is just to kind of
keep swinging and swinging and over
swing and eventually momentum the
wrist but usually with it
the structure of the arms comes apart
the new grip allowed us to work on
creating a nice wrist and as the
wrists got more mobile let's go to the
down the line view we were then able to
work on the next thing which was once
the wrists immobile is keep the forearms
and elbows firmer they don't need to
tuck into the body but they have to be
more squeezed together there and that
really helps shorten that backswing once
the backswing was shorter then we were
able to pretty easily get on a good
plane and so forth the point being
there's a system and the thinking it's
working on things in order okay three
things you need if you're gonna really
see changes in your patterns lasting
improvement in your golf game you need
these from your coach and of course one
at the end we want to avoid even if your
self coaching look for these things you
have to have quality diagnosis you have
to know cause and effect so you know
what the cause is and what to start
working on if you're working on
something it's an effect of another
problem you're never going to see any
real progress so your coach needs to be
able to sell you on the fact they don't
worry about that and that this is where
the problem stems I work for David
Ledbetter for a long long time been
around them a great deal fantastic at it
he'd look at a complex wing and say
there's your root cause problem right
there because of that this happens etc
etc helps that student make progress
because they're working on the right
things that's number one number two and
this is a principal I suppose in a lot
of things never accept subjective
feedback when concrete feedback is
available I'm telling you when you're
trying to learn a motor program don't
just extent on it and whatever comes
into your mind because of that comment
you think is solid feedback one of video
cameras available and they readily are
launch monitors those sorts of things
get some feedback you don't need to be
crippled by video and video every shot
you have to see the reality of it though
I'm telling you it will help you so much
more than just someone standing there
saying stuff to you finally you need a
coach who will encourage you and keep
you on track one of the biggest
challenges to me in teaching I do this
every day have for decades is saying to
the person hey hang in there you haven't
gotten it quite yet give this thing a
chance to settle in give your
subconscious a chance to sort this out
hang in there encourage you and of
course when necessary that coach should
be able to say okay let's put that to
the side a bit we're ready to move on to
this this sort of a thing so so
important so what's the thing you want
to avoid well have you ever had a golf
lesson or had a friend watching you hit
balls and you start to notice after a
while hey every time I make really solid
contact that one out of five or six
shots that's just terrific
right away I'm getting affirmation there
it is that's it you're getting it
conversely every time I miss hit the
shot right in there there's a criticism
here's why that happened that's bad
coaching don't do that I've given plenty
of that kind of bad coaching and it
hasn't helped anybody I'm telling you
it's not the reality all it does is
disguise what's going on you could make
the same swing five times in Iran get
all kinds of different results you will
in fact do that
you want someone even if it's a great
shot says hey that's fine I think we
study nice shot we still need to get the
club more here or conversely I know that
wasn't a good result but check the video
you're more where we want you to get
hang in there with it if you go about
these things intelligently if you go
about your golf swing intelligent you
have fun doing it you are going to be a
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