Low point - analyzing your video

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Low point part three, we're going to talk about analyzing your video.

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So how can you determine what might be your major low point issues?

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Well, when you're looking at video for low point, you're primarily going to

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look at face

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on what I refer to as FO, so face on video or the caddy view.

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So if I'm hitting a golf ball that way, face on is perpendicular to that target

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line just

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like this.

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You're going to start at impact, but then you're going to look at about what we

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call

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P6 when the club is parallel to the ground and about P8 when the club is

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parallel to

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the ground in the follow through.

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You're going to look for a few key factors.

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So looking at the low point line, what's behind is it?

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Is it more my body?

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Is it behind?

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Or is it more my hands are behind?

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If my body is in a good position and my hands are behind, then it's mostly an

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arm and

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release issue.

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If everything is behind, then it's more of a pivot issue, and I need to dig

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into some

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of the details of the merry-go-round a little bit better.

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One of the common issues will be shaft lean or no shaft lean.

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That can relate to how you're controlling the club face, but we'll talk about

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that in the

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next section when we go into how to hit the ball straight or control curve.

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So the big picture here is looking at width or which side of the impact

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position is wider.

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If you tend to really struggle with low point issues, you will most likely have

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the club

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wide before the ball and then narrow after the ball.

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To get a better flat spot and a better impact line, you want to have the club

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narrow or

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more in line with the golf ball coming in and then wider on the way through.

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That can relate to arm extension timing, but it can also relate to how you're

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controlling

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the club face, which we'll dig into in the next section.

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Quick summary here, tying it all together.

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If you're struggling with low point, you want to look at your basic swing shape

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.

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Where is the low point?

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So you can draw the lines and just work on figuring out your own way to get the

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bottom

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of the swing ahead of the golf ball that will help with solid contact.

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You also want to look at the width and the flat spot and the depth.

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Those will all relate to more the consistency and the repeatability of how well

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you can

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control that low point.

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The big factors in controlling your low point relate to where is the upper body

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in space

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and at what time are the arms straightening.

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Remember, I use the arms to represent what's happening at the shoulders, what's

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happening

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at the elbows, and what's happening at the wrist.

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In the next levels, we'll dig into more of the details of which part of your

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arm straightening

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might be affecting your low point if you have more of a release issue.

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But in the next class, we're going to go through the first round of talking

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about how

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to hit the ball straight, what controls curve.

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So you're going to learn not just to make solid contact, but you're going to

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learn how

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to control ball flight.

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You'll also discover a couple reasons why your brain might subconsciously

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struggle with

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this low point.

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So we'll see you in the next round where we cover hitting the ball straight or

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controlling

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your ball flight.