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Welcome to GolfSmart Academy. In this video, we're going to go over the

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overview of the

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program. So the program is based around your stock full swing. Now, the golf

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swing is one

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motion. It has a beginning and an end, but the best way to learn it and

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understand it

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is to break it down into a minimal number of positions and sub-movements. The

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positions

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that we're going to go over are positions that every golf swing goes through,

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either

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well or poorly. The positions are set up or before I swing, impact or the

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moment when

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I make contact with the golf ball until the golf ball leaves, or the last one

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is follow

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through position, which is basically when I'm done with all my active elements

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in the

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golf swing. Now, the movements are designed to get us into better versions of

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these positions.

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The three movements that we're going to go over are the backswing, transition,

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and then

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the release. So the goal of these movements is not perfection. Really, that's

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not possible

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because every situation that we have is different. Every shot that we have is

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different. So to

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find perfection is really unrealistic. But we can find simplicity, reliability,

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and hopefully

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consistency. Now, having a stock swing that you can trust is great, but it's

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only one

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piece of the puzzle. We need to understand how to adjust this swing, whether we

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're hitting

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an eight iron, or if we're hitting a wedge or a driver, because there are

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differences

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not just in setup, in what we can get away with in order to hit good shots with

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different

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clubs. In addition, I need to understand how to adjust my swing to control

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trajectory either

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high or low, or to adjust how I'm going to shape the shot. So whether I want it

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to curve

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right to left or left to right. The basic learning environment within this

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system is

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concepts and drills. If we use the example of a classroom, the concept is kind

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of like

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the lecture, where I'm going to go over all the details of why we need to make

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this move,

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what exactly it is, and how we're going to do it and how it connects to other

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pieces

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within the swing. The drills are more like the lab. In the lab, you're going to

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get to

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experience these positions and movements. So I have drills that break down

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these movements

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and allow you to actually get in the positions or go through the movements

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properly. There

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are two different types of drills. We have key drills and focus drills. Key

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drills are

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somewhat general and go over the big pieces of each of these little breakouts.

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The focus

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drills take those key pieces and focus on one little aspect of it, but that one

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aspect

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may be what actually makes everything click for you to make that good movement.

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Now, having

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a great swing that you can take to the course and adjust for different shots is

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awesome

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and a lot of what makes golf fun, but we also need to know how to score. So we

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have sections

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that go over short game from putting to chipping and pitching or what I call

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the finesse wedge

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swing or distance wedges, which is basically 30 to 100 yards. We also cover

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those troublesome

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bunker shots that many of you struggle with. We stay current with the science

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and trends

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in golf instruction and we constantly update our site. So you can spend less

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time searching

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for the answers and more time training your swing. But if you ever feel lost,

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simply ask

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us a question or submit your video swing and we'll help you get back on track.

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Here at

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Golf Smart Academy, it really is that easy to play better golf.