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Hello, golfers! I'd like to give you a quick tour of some of the features of

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Golf Smart Academy,

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and what we feel is the best way to use this site. The site is designed to be

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as efficient

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and easy to use as our GSA system is for learning golf. The navigation bar

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divides the site into

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its major parts. Instruction videos is where you'll find a complete library of

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all the video lessons.

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Video coaching is where you'll go to upload videos of your swing and view our

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responses.

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If you'd like to interact with our coaches, ask a question gives you a form to

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submit questions,

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request videos, or inform us of your new personal accomplishments. We

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especially love those

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submissions. Then finally, to manage your GSA account, click on the dropdown to

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the far right.

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When you first log in, you'll be directed to the member homepage. This is

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basically a dashboard

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of what's going on in the site. Company announcements at the top inform you of

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any recent GSA news.

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Also, you can see how many submission credits you have left. Below that is our

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member notification

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section. This is where you'll receive personal messages, like if a swing

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analysis video response

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is ready for your review, or if you've received a free submission credit for

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referring a friend

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to the site. On the right of the dashboard are your lesson notes. Be sure to

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use the notes feature

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in each lesson. We'll get to how to do that in a moment. Now, let's move over

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to the instruction

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videos. This is where to find all the information you'll need for understanding

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how to play golf.

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But before jumping in, we recommend watching the videos in the fundamental

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information section,

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as this will give you an overview of the GSA system, as well as how to

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interpret feedback from

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a golf shot, and the basics of how to practice. After watching this section,

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you can either use

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the video library as a step-by-step guide by going through each section in

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order, or troubleshoot

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your current issues by doing a keyword search to take you to relevant lessons.

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For example,

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if you're interested in what the elbows do, do a quick search, and look through

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the descriptions

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of the results for a quick way to get what you want. Now, let's go over how the

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library is structured.

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The Stockfull Swing is the core foundation of the GSA system. In this section,

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you'll find positions,

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movements, and fine-tuning lesson groupings. Position lessons go over how you

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can isolate and

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train key positions in the swing, and movement lessons explain the movements

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that are required

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to bring your body through those key positions. By training both key movements

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and key positions

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together, you will create a reliable and consistent swing, instead of one that

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you fear might break

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down under pressure. Then, the fine-tuning lessons explain how to use it all to

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take your game to

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the next level, whether you want more distance, more accuracy, or just being

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able to take your

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skills from the range to the course. Fine-tuning lessons reveal how to navigate

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the pitfalls that

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cause many golfers not to live up to their full potential. In addition to the

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Stockfull Swing,

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in the next section, we cover the common swing patterns. These are mistakes

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that we've all seen

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before, like over the top, standing up in your backswing, swaying off the ball,

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or the dreaded

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early extension. All of these are analyzed and addressed, and once you

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understand these patterns,

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they are easy to spot, and will give you drills and exercises to fix them.

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Then, there's the Short Game section. Often less addressed, this is where many

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golfers can lower

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their handicap with just a little bit of effort and practice. Unfortunately,

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this is not just a

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shortened version of the full swing, but don't worry, just like the full swing,

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we'll get into

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the specific movements and positions as well. By understanding the goal of each

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shot, and the

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movements and positions your body must go through to make it happen, you'll see

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dramatic improvements.

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If you look through the drills and descriptions and don't see what you're

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looking for,

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this would be a really great time to ask us a question, and if it's a really

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good question,

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then we'll get a drill video filmed for it very quickly. Now that we've gone

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over how the lesson

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library is structured, let's take a quick look at a lesson. There are two types

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of lessons,

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drills and concepts. Concepts are designed to help you understand the what and

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the why of a certain

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movement in the golf swing. Of course, it's not enough just to understand a

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concept,

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so a drill gives you an exercise to train each key movement. Besides the video

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and content,

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each lesson also has a note section at the bottom. This is designed to be your

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bookmark.

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Take notes about a lesson to remind you what to practice. Your notes appear on

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the member

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homepage in chronological order, so when you're at the course, you can quickly

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access the lessons

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that you're looking for on your smartphone. Still not quite sure where to start

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? Send us a couple

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videos of your swing, and our experts will annotate them and send them back

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with a detailed video

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analysis and recommended lessons. Then you'll know exactly what videos will be

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the most beneficial

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for you to watch, and specifically what you should be training right now.

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Understand the concepts, practice the drills, submit videos, or ask questions

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anytime you feel

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the slightest bit lost, and together, we'll get you playing golf in a way you

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only imagined.

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That's the golf smart approach.