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Tyler Ferrell is the only person in the world named to Golf Digest's list of Best
Young Teachers in
America AND its list of Best Golf Fitness Professionals in America.
How to Monitor Your Golf Progress Effectively
After this video, you'll be able to:
- Identify the difference between improvement in technique and rhythm during practice sessions.
- Understand the importance of progression in swing changes, from understanding to performance.
- Recognize how to monitor your performance similarly to how you would assess recovery from an injury.
Learn two practical methods for monitoring your golf progress beyond just ball flight and contact. Understanding these concepts can help you stay on track as you make swing changes and improve your game.
Video Transcript
WEBVTT
1
00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:08.560
This concept video is two ways to monitor progress.
2
00:00:08.560 --> 00:00:14.190
So when it comes to monitoring progress, you can't just go off of contact and
3
00:00:14.190 --> 00:00:15.520
ball flight.
4
00:00:15.520 --> 00:00:20.360
Yes, that's a really critical one, but every swing makes good shots.
5
00:00:20.360 --> 00:00:24.160
And sometimes you're hitting good shots because you're in a good rhythm versus
6
00:00:24.160 --> 00:00:24.920
hitting good
7
00:00:24.920 --> 00:00:26.840
shots because you're improving your technique.
8
00:00:26.840 --> 00:00:32.600
I always fall back on two things, one, a Tiger Woods quote that I've seen
9
00:00:32.600 --> 00:00:34.240
recently, but I've
10
00:00:34.240 --> 00:00:37.560
kind of described in my own way, but he said it better.
11
00:00:37.560 --> 00:00:41.760
He said that when he's making a swing change, first he understands it.
12
00:00:41.760 --> 00:00:45.160
Then it looks better, then it feels better, then it performs on the range, then
13
00:00:45.160 --> 00:00:45.680
it performs
14
00:00:45.680 --> 00:00:48.120
on a course, and then it performs in a tournament.
15
00:00:48.120 --> 00:00:51.250
So there's this little baby step progression, but it starts with understanding
16
00:00:51.250 --> 00:00:51.800
and looking
17
00:00:51.800 --> 00:00:54.120
better before it feels better.
18
00:00:54.120 --> 00:00:58.430
Many amateur golfers, the second a swing feels uncomfortable, kind of freak out
19
00:00:58.430 --> 00:00:58.960
and want
20
00:00:58.960 --> 00:01:01.780
to revert back to what feels much more comfortable.
21
00:01:01.780 --> 00:01:05.440
But if you keep doing what you've always done, as Martin Hall says, you'll keep
22
00:01:05.440 --> 00:01:06.120
getting what
23
00:01:06.120 --> 00:01:09.300
you've always gotten or something like that.
24
00:01:09.300 --> 00:01:16.330
So the second piece is I use progress similar to how if you were rehabbing an
25
00:01:16.330 --> 00:01:17.720
injury, your
26
00:01:17.720 --> 00:01:21.520
physio would approach it, which is there's two ways that we could approach
27
00:01:21.520 --> 00:01:22.200
monitoring
28
00:01:22.200 --> 00:01:25.570
if you're making progress, let's say we have a shoulder injury and you're
29
00:01:25.570 --> 00:01:26.440
saying, man,
30
00:01:26.440 --> 00:01:30.750
it really hurts when I do this, when I pick things up or when I reach for
31
00:01:30.750 --> 00:01:31.840
things, well,
32
00:01:31.840 --> 00:01:35.040
we can monitor the pain, that would be similar to monitoring kind of contact
33
00:01:35.040 --> 00:01:35.960
and ball flight.
34
00:01:35.960 --> 00:01:39.910
And you'd be saying, yeah, we've been doing these exercises, this therapy, my
35
00:01:39.910 --> 00:01:40.560
shoulder
36
00:01:40.560 --> 00:01:42.200
doesn't hurt as much.
37
00:01:42.200 --> 00:01:47.520
But the other piece would be monitoring performance or monitoring range of
38
00:01:47.520 --> 00:01:49.280
motion, range of motion
39
00:01:49.280 --> 00:01:54.440
and kind of the functional movement, that would be closer to what we're seeing
40
00:01:54.440 --> 00:01:55.120
on video.
41
00:01:55.120 --> 00:02:00.320
So for example, it could still hurt, but if one week you're able to raise to
42
00:02:00.320 --> 00:02:00.840
here and
43
00:02:00.840 --> 00:02:04.370
then at the same amount of pain, you're able to raise to here, that is also
44
00:02:04.370 --> 00:02:05.120
progress.
45
00:02:05.120 --> 00:02:10.320
And that's more what we see on video when we see positive changes, when we see
46
00:02:10.320 --> 00:02:10.760
getting
47
00:02:10.760 --> 00:02:14.560
better sequencing, you know, body more open, when we see better shaft lean,
48
00:02:14.560 --> 00:02:15.160
when we see
49
00:02:15.160 --> 00:02:19.570
the arms more connected on the way through versus or if we see kind of getting
50
00:02:19.570 --> 00:02:20.160
a little
51
00:02:20.160 --> 00:02:24.370
bit more centered with our pivot, if we tend to see we're hitting the ball well
52
00:02:24.370 --> 00:02:24.920
, but we
53
00:02:24.920 --> 00:02:31.420
have some of the same amount of patterns, then oftentimes, at least when I see
54
00:02:31.420 --> 00:02:32.000
myself
55
00:02:32.000 --> 00:02:35.760
on video and I'm hitting it pretty well, I'll look at it and say, okay, yeah, I
56
00:02:35.760 --> 00:02:36.240
'm making
57
00:02:36.240 --> 00:02:40.830
really good progress because this is looking different or now I'm just in a
58
00:02:40.830 --> 00:02:41.800
good rhythm.
59
00:02:41.800 --> 00:02:45.520
It's just enjoy it and hopefully play well when we get out there tomorrow.
60
00:02:45.520 --> 00:02:50.720
So I challenge a lot of my students to use both forms of feedback, not just
61
00:02:50.720 --> 00:02:51.020
contact,
62
00:02:51.020 --> 00:02:53.730
how the club's hitting the ground, how the club's hitting the ball and ball
63
00:02:53.730 --> 00:02:54.200
flight,
64
00:02:54.200 --> 00:02:56.120
but also how it looks.
65
00:02:56.120 --> 00:02:59.500
The cautionary tale of how it looks is you have to know how to use video, which
66
00:02:59.500 --> 00:02:59.880
is why
67
00:02:59.880 --> 00:03:06.910
I have these analysis videos in each one of the courses to help you learn how
68
00:03:06.910 --> 00:03:08.000
to analyze
69
00:03:08.000 --> 00:03:10.880
your full swing, your short game, et cetera.
70
00:03:10.880 --> 00:03:14.520
But if you feel like you're plateauing, go more off of how it looks than how it
71
00:03:14.520 --> 00:03:16.280
's performing.
72
00:03:16.280 --> 00:03:19.680
If it's looking good and it's not performing well, then you can do some little
73
00:03:19.680 --> 00:03:20.360
fine-tuning
74
00:03:20.360 --> 00:03:25.580
based on balancing your steeps and shallows or clubface or arkite or any of
75
00:03:25.580 --> 00:03:26.920
those factors.
76
00:03:26.920 --> 00:03:32.410
But hopefully this helps you reinforce if you're not looking at it on video, at
77
00:03:32.410 --> 00:03:32.920
least
78
00:03:32.920 --> 00:03:37.320
do that periodically because that's going to ultimately help make sure that you
79
00:03:37.320 --> 00:03:38.080
're trending
80
00:03:38.080 --> 00:03:42.520
in the right direction, not just getting into a good groove and hitting a bunch
81
00:03:42.520 --> 00:03:43.040
of good
82
00:03:43.040 --> 00:03:44.040
shots.
83
00:03:44.040 --> 00:03:47.970
All right, so all that talking, let's see if we can hit one good with my
84
00:03:47.970 --> 00:03:49.040
current thought
85
00:03:49.040 --> 00:03:53.400
and you'll be able to see on video if it looks any better.
86
00:03:53.400 --> 00:04:01.520
It felt good going at the flag, we'll take it, we better check it on video.
1
00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:08.560
This concept video is two ways to monitor progress.
2
00:00:08.560 --> 00:00:14.190
So when it comes to monitoring progress, you can't just go off of contact and
3
00:00:14.190 --> 00:00:15.520
ball flight.
4
00:00:15.520 --> 00:00:20.360
Yes, that's a really critical one, but every swing makes good shots.
5
00:00:20.360 --> 00:00:24.160
And sometimes you're hitting good shots because you're in a good rhythm versus
6
00:00:24.160 --> 00:00:24.920
hitting good
7
00:00:24.920 --> 00:00:26.840
shots because you're improving your technique.
8
00:00:26.840 --> 00:00:32.600
I always fall back on two things, one, a Tiger Woods quote that I've seen
9
00:00:32.600 --> 00:00:34.240
recently, but I've
10
00:00:34.240 --> 00:00:37.560
kind of described in my own way, but he said it better.
11
00:00:37.560 --> 00:00:41.760
He said that when he's making a swing change, first he understands it.
12
00:00:41.760 --> 00:00:45.160
Then it looks better, then it feels better, then it performs on the range, then
13
00:00:45.160 --> 00:00:45.680
it performs
14
00:00:45.680 --> 00:00:48.120
on a course, and then it performs in a tournament.
15
00:00:48.120 --> 00:00:51.250
So there's this little baby step progression, but it starts with understanding
16
00:00:51.250 --> 00:00:51.800
and looking
17
00:00:51.800 --> 00:00:54.120
better before it feels better.
18
00:00:54.120 --> 00:00:58.430
Many amateur golfers, the second a swing feels uncomfortable, kind of freak out
19
00:00:58.430 --> 00:00:58.960
and want
20
00:00:58.960 --> 00:01:01.780
to revert back to what feels much more comfortable.
21
00:01:01.780 --> 00:01:05.440
But if you keep doing what you've always done, as Martin Hall says, you'll keep
22
00:01:05.440 --> 00:01:06.120
getting what
23
00:01:06.120 --> 00:01:09.300
you've always gotten or something like that.
24
00:01:09.300 --> 00:01:16.330
So the second piece is I use progress similar to how if you were rehabbing an
25
00:01:16.330 --> 00:01:17.720
injury, your
26
00:01:17.720 --> 00:01:21.520
physio would approach it, which is there's two ways that we could approach
27
00:01:21.520 --> 00:01:22.200
monitoring
28
00:01:22.200 --> 00:01:25.570
if you're making progress, let's say we have a shoulder injury and you're
29
00:01:25.570 --> 00:01:26.440
saying, man,
30
00:01:26.440 --> 00:01:30.750
it really hurts when I do this, when I pick things up or when I reach for
31
00:01:30.750 --> 00:01:31.840
things, well,
32
00:01:31.840 --> 00:01:35.040
we can monitor the pain, that would be similar to monitoring kind of contact
33
00:01:35.040 --> 00:01:35.960
and ball flight.
34
00:01:35.960 --> 00:01:39.910
And you'd be saying, yeah, we've been doing these exercises, this therapy, my
35
00:01:39.910 --> 00:01:40.560
shoulder
36
00:01:40.560 --> 00:01:42.200
doesn't hurt as much.
37
00:01:42.200 --> 00:01:47.520
But the other piece would be monitoring performance or monitoring range of
38
00:01:47.520 --> 00:01:49.280
motion, range of motion
39
00:01:49.280 --> 00:01:54.440
and kind of the functional movement, that would be closer to what we're seeing
40
00:01:54.440 --> 00:01:55.120
on video.
41
00:01:55.120 --> 00:02:00.320
So for example, it could still hurt, but if one week you're able to raise to
42
00:02:00.320 --> 00:02:00.840
here and
43
00:02:00.840 --> 00:02:04.370
then at the same amount of pain, you're able to raise to here, that is also
44
00:02:04.370 --> 00:02:05.120
progress.
45
00:02:05.120 --> 00:02:10.320
And that's more what we see on video when we see positive changes, when we see
46
00:02:10.320 --> 00:02:10.760
getting
47
00:02:10.760 --> 00:02:14.560
better sequencing, you know, body more open, when we see better shaft lean,
48
00:02:14.560 --> 00:02:15.160
when we see
49
00:02:15.160 --> 00:02:19.570
the arms more connected on the way through versus or if we see kind of getting
50
00:02:19.570 --> 00:02:20.160
a little
51
00:02:20.160 --> 00:02:24.370
bit more centered with our pivot, if we tend to see we're hitting the ball well
52
00:02:24.370 --> 00:02:24.920
, but we
53
00:02:24.920 --> 00:02:31.420
have some of the same amount of patterns, then oftentimes, at least when I see
54
00:02:31.420 --> 00:02:32.000
myself
55
00:02:32.000 --> 00:02:35.760
on video and I'm hitting it pretty well, I'll look at it and say, okay, yeah, I
56
00:02:35.760 --> 00:02:36.240
'm making
57
00:02:36.240 --> 00:02:40.830
really good progress because this is looking different or now I'm just in a
58
00:02:40.830 --> 00:02:41.800
good rhythm.
59
00:02:41.800 --> 00:02:45.520
It's just enjoy it and hopefully play well when we get out there tomorrow.
60
00:02:45.520 --> 00:02:50.720
So I challenge a lot of my students to use both forms of feedback, not just
61
00:02:50.720 --> 00:02:51.020
contact,
62
00:02:51.020 --> 00:02:53.730
how the club's hitting the ground, how the club's hitting the ball and ball
63
00:02:53.730 --> 00:02:54.200
flight,
64
00:02:54.200 --> 00:02:56.120
but also how it looks.
65
00:02:56.120 --> 00:02:59.500
The cautionary tale of how it looks is you have to know how to use video, which
66
00:02:59.500 --> 00:02:59.880
is why
67
00:02:59.880 --> 00:03:06.910
I have these analysis videos in each one of the courses to help you learn how
68
00:03:06.910 --> 00:03:08.000
to analyze
69
00:03:08.000 --> 00:03:10.880
your full swing, your short game, et cetera.
70
00:03:10.880 --> 00:03:14.520
But if you feel like you're plateauing, go more off of how it looks than how it
71
00:03:14.520 --> 00:03:16.280
's performing.
72
00:03:16.280 --> 00:03:19.680
If it's looking good and it's not performing well, then you can do some little
73
00:03:19.680 --> 00:03:20.360
fine-tuning
74
00:03:20.360 --> 00:03:25.580
based on balancing your steeps and shallows or clubface or arkite or any of
75
00:03:25.580 --> 00:03:26.920
those factors.
76
00:03:26.920 --> 00:03:32.410
But hopefully this helps you reinforce if you're not looking at it on video, at
77
00:03:32.410 --> 00:03:32.920
least
78
00:03:32.920 --> 00:03:37.320
do that periodically because that's going to ultimately help make sure that you
79
00:03:37.320 --> 00:03:38.080
're trending
80
00:03:38.080 --> 00:03:42.520
in the right direction, not just getting into a good groove and hitting a bunch
81
00:03:42.520 --> 00:03:43.040
of good
82
00:03:43.040 --> 00:03:44.040
shots.
83
00:03:44.040 --> 00:03:47.970
All right, so all that talking, let's see if we can hit one good with my
84
00:03:47.970 --> 00:03:49.040
current thought
85
00:03:49.040 --> 00:03:53.400
and you'll be able to see on video if it looks any better.
86
00:03:53.400 --> 00:04:01.520
It felt good going at the flag, we'll take it, we better check it on video.
Have questions?
Ask Mulligan for help
Tyler Ferrell is the only person in the world named to Golf Digest's list of
Best Young Teachers in America AND its list of Best Golf Fitness Professionals in America.
How to Monitor Your Golf Progress Effectively
After this video, you'll be able to:
- Identify the difference between improvement in technique and rhythm during practice sessions.
- Understand the importance of progression in swing changes, from understanding to performance.
- Recognize how to monitor your performance similarly to how you would assess recovery from an injury.
Learn two practical methods for monitoring your golf progress beyond just ball flight and contact. Understanding these concepts can help you stay on track as you make swing changes and improve your game.
Video Transcript
WEBVTT
1
00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:08.560
This concept video is two ways to monitor progress.
2
00:00:08.560 --> 00:00:14.190
So when it comes to monitoring progress, you can't just go off of contact and
3
00:00:14.190 --> 00:00:15.520
ball flight.
4
00:00:15.520 --> 00:00:20.360
Yes, that's a really critical one, but every swing makes good shots.
5
00:00:20.360 --> 00:00:24.160
And sometimes you're hitting good shots because you're in a good rhythm versus
6
00:00:24.160 --> 00:00:24.920
hitting good
7
00:00:24.920 --> 00:00:26.840
shots because you're improving your technique.
8
00:00:26.840 --> 00:00:32.600
I always fall back on two things, one, a Tiger Woods quote that I've seen
9
00:00:32.600 --> 00:00:34.240
recently, but I've
10
00:00:34.240 --> 00:00:37.560
kind of described in my own way, but he said it better.
11
00:00:37.560 --> 00:00:41.760
He said that when he's making a swing change, first he understands it.
12
00:00:41.760 --> 00:00:45.160
Then it looks better, then it feels better, then it performs on the range, then
13
00:00:45.160 --> 00:00:45.680
it performs
14
00:00:45.680 --> 00:00:48.120
on a course, and then it performs in a tournament.
15
00:00:48.120 --> 00:00:51.250
So there's this little baby step progression, but it starts with understanding
16
00:00:51.250 --> 00:00:51.800
and looking
17
00:00:51.800 --> 00:00:54.120
better before it feels better.
18
00:00:54.120 --> 00:00:58.430
Many amateur golfers, the second a swing feels uncomfortable, kind of freak out
19
00:00:58.430 --> 00:00:58.960
and want
20
00:00:58.960 --> 00:01:01.780
to revert back to what feels much more comfortable.
21
00:01:01.780 --> 00:01:05.440
But if you keep doing what you've always done, as Martin Hall says, you'll keep
22
00:01:05.440 --> 00:01:06.120
getting what
23
00:01:06.120 --> 00:01:09.300
you've always gotten or something like that.
24
00:01:09.300 --> 00:01:16.330
So the second piece is I use progress similar to how if you were rehabbing an
25
00:01:16.330 --> 00:01:17.720
injury, your
26
00:01:17.720 --> 00:01:21.520
physio would approach it, which is there's two ways that we could approach
27
00:01:21.520 --> 00:01:22.200
monitoring
28
00:01:22.200 --> 00:01:25.570
if you're making progress, let's say we have a shoulder injury and you're
29
00:01:25.570 --> 00:01:26.440
saying, man,
30
00:01:26.440 --> 00:01:30.750
it really hurts when I do this, when I pick things up or when I reach for
31
00:01:30.750 --> 00:01:31.840
things, well,
32
00:01:31.840 --> 00:01:35.040
we can monitor the pain, that would be similar to monitoring kind of contact
33
00:01:35.040 --> 00:01:35.960
and ball flight.
34
00:01:35.960 --> 00:01:39.910
And you'd be saying, yeah, we've been doing these exercises, this therapy, my
35
00:01:39.910 --> 00:01:40.560
shoulder
36
00:01:40.560 --> 00:01:42.200
doesn't hurt as much.
37
00:01:42.200 --> 00:01:47.520
But the other piece would be monitoring performance or monitoring range of
38
00:01:47.520 --> 00:01:49.280
motion, range of motion
39
00:01:49.280 --> 00:01:54.440
and kind of the functional movement, that would be closer to what we're seeing
40
00:01:54.440 --> 00:01:55.120
on video.
41
00:01:55.120 --> 00:02:00.320
So for example, it could still hurt, but if one week you're able to raise to
42
00:02:00.320 --> 00:02:00.840
here and
43
00:02:00.840 --> 00:02:04.370
then at the same amount of pain, you're able to raise to here, that is also
44
00:02:04.370 --> 00:02:05.120
progress.
45
00:02:05.120 --> 00:02:10.320
And that's more what we see on video when we see positive changes, when we see
46
00:02:10.320 --> 00:02:10.760
getting
47
00:02:10.760 --> 00:02:14.560
better sequencing, you know, body more open, when we see better shaft lean,
48
00:02:14.560 --> 00:02:15.160
when we see
49
00:02:15.160 --> 00:02:19.570
the arms more connected on the way through versus or if we see kind of getting
50
00:02:19.570 --> 00:02:20.160
a little
51
00:02:20.160 --> 00:02:24.370
bit more centered with our pivot, if we tend to see we're hitting the ball well
52
00:02:24.370 --> 00:02:24.920
, but we
53
00:02:24.920 --> 00:02:31.420
have some of the same amount of patterns, then oftentimes, at least when I see
54
00:02:31.420 --> 00:02:32.000
myself
55
00:02:32.000 --> 00:02:35.760
on video and I'm hitting it pretty well, I'll look at it and say, okay, yeah, I
56
00:02:35.760 --> 00:02:36.240
'm making
57
00:02:36.240 --> 00:02:40.830
really good progress because this is looking different or now I'm just in a
58
00:02:40.830 --> 00:02:41.800
good rhythm.
59
00:02:41.800 --> 00:02:45.520
It's just enjoy it and hopefully play well when we get out there tomorrow.
60
00:02:45.520 --> 00:02:50.720
So I challenge a lot of my students to use both forms of feedback, not just
61
00:02:50.720 --> 00:02:51.020
contact,
62
00:02:51.020 --> 00:02:53.730
how the club's hitting the ground, how the club's hitting the ball and ball
63
00:02:53.730 --> 00:02:54.200
flight,
64
00:02:54.200 --> 00:02:56.120
but also how it looks.
65
00:02:56.120 --> 00:02:59.500
The cautionary tale of how it looks is you have to know how to use video, which
66
00:02:59.500 --> 00:02:59.880
is why
67
00:02:59.880 --> 00:03:06.910
I have these analysis videos in each one of the courses to help you learn how
68
00:03:06.910 --> 00:03:08.000
to analyze
69
00:03:08.000 --> 00:03:10.880
your full swing, your short game, et cetera.
70
00:03:10.880 --> 00:03:14.520
But if you feel like you're plateauing, go more off of how it looks than how it
71
00:03:14.520 --> 00:03:16.280
's performing.
72
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If it's looking good and it's not performing well, then you can do some little
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fine-tuning
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based on balancing your steeps and shallows or clubface or arkite or any of
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those factors.
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But hopefully this helps you reinforce if you're not looking at it on video, at
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least
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do that periodically because that's going to ultimately help make sure that you
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're trending
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in the right direction, not just getting into a good groove and hitting a bunch
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of good
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shots.
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All right, so all that talking, let's see if we can hit one good with my
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current thought
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and you'll be able to see on video if it looks any better.
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It felt good going at the flag, we'll take it, we better check it on video.
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This concept video is two ways to monitor progress.
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So when it comes to monitoring progress, you can't just go off of contact and
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ball flight.
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Yes, that's a really critical one, but every swing makes good shots.
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And sometimes you're hitting good shots because you're in a good rhythm versus
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hitting good
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shots because you're improving your technique.
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I always fall back on two things, one, a Tiger Woods quote that I've seen
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recently, but I've
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kind of described in my own way, but he said it better.
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He said that when he's making a swing change, first he understands it.
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Then it looks better, then it feels better, then it performs on the range, then
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it performs
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on a course, and then it performs in a tournament.
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So there's this little baby step progression, but it starts with understanding
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and looking
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better before it feels better.
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Many amateur golfers, the second a swing feels uncomfortable, kind of freak out
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and want
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to revert back to what feels much more comfortable.
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But if you keep doing what you've always done, as Martin Hall says, you'll keep
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getting what
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you've always gotten or something like that.
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So the second piece is I use progress similar to how if you were rehabbing an
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injury, your
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physio would approach it, which is there's two ways that we could approach
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monitoring
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if you're making progress, let's say we have a shoulder injury and you're
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saying, man,
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it really hurts when I do this, when I pick things up or when I reach for
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things, well,
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we can monitor the pain, that would be similar to monitoring kind of contact
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and ball flight.
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And you'd be saying, yeah, we've been doing these exercises, this therapy, my
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shoulder
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doesn't hurt as much.
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But the other piece would be monitoring performance or monitoring range of
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motion, range of motion
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and kind of the functional movement, that would be closer to what we're seeing
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on video.
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So for example, it could still hurt, but if one week you're able to raise to
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here and
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then at the same amount of pain, you're able to raise to here, that is also
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progress.
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And that's more what we see on video when we see positive changes, when we see
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getting
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better sequencing, you know, body more open, when we see better shaft lean,
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when we see
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the arms more connected on the way through versus or if we see kind of getting
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a little
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bit more centered with our pivot, if we tend to see we're hitting the ball well
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, but we
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have some of the same amount of patterns, then oftentimes, at least when I see
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myself
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on video and I'm hitting it pretty well, I'll look at it and say, okay, yeah, I
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'm making
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really good progress because this is looking different or now I'm just in a
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good rhythm.
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It's just enjoy it and hopefully play well when we get out there tomorrow.
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So I challenge a lot of my students to use both forms of feedback, not just
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contact,
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how the club's hitting the ground, how the club's hitting the ball and ball
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flight,
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but also how it looks.
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The cautionary tale of how it looks is you have to know how to use video, which
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is why
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I have these analysis videos in each one of the courses to help you learn how
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to analyze
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your full swing, your short game, et cetera.
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But if you feel like you're plateauing, go more off of how it looks than how it
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's performing.
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If it's looking good and it's not performing well, then you can do some little
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fine-tuning
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based on balancing your steeps and shallows or clubface or arkite or any of
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those factors.
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But hopefully this helps you reinforce if you're not looking at it on video, at
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least
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do that periodically because that's going to ultimately help make sure that you
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're trending
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in the right direction, not just getting into a good groove and hitting a bunch
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of good
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shots.
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All right, so all that talking, let's see if we can hit one good with my
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current thought
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and you'll be able to see on video if it looks any better.
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It felt good going at the flag, we'll take it, we better check it on video.
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