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This concept video is exploring the impact window.

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So the impact window is a visual reference you can use from the down the line

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camera

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angle that a lot of good ball strikers demonstrate and the impact window is

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basically looking

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at the space between your right arm and your left arm and down it at impact can

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you see

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a little bit of daylight.

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So if I have this right arm especially this right shoulder back and this right

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elbow bend

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and the left arm more up and the left arm straight you'll see this window of

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space that

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Mo Norman talked about you'll see this window as we're making contact and then

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as the right

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arm straightens through the wall that window will disappear.

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But if you have a tendency to spin the shoulders or if you have a tendency to

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over straighten

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that right arm kind of a throwing release like this you'll see that the window

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goes

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away.

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In fact if you did it at a crazy level you could actually have a window on the

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underside instead

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of on the top side.

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So your goal is to have this window on the top side kind of facing through here

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.

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Now it's something to look for and monitor but it's not necessarily something

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that you

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can focus on or you have to focus on.

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Some people do really well focusing on it but other people it kind of stalls

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their pivot.

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So one of the things that I want to make sure is if you're trying to get the

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window if you're

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trying to get that right arm under the left you're still able to rotate your

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core and get

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take that window through to a finish.

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I see some people when they're trying to work on the Mo Norman stuff of

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basically like stopping

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it impact kind of like this in an over attempt to get that left arm up and that

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right arm

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down and it kind of disrupts the sequence.

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So the goal would be a little bit more dynamic so I'm getting that window but I

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'm also able

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to rotate my core kind of down and through and get into a good follow through

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position.

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I think it can break down as you start to go into four swings if you are using

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a shorter

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club or if you're doing more of the release with your arms.

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You'll see with a lot of tour players they'll have a really good window with

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the driver.

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I think the big key to getting this window is having your shoulder blades in

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more of this

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closed position compared to the body where that right shoulder is down and

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engaged as

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that right arm is kind of in more like this and then that left shoulder blade

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is a little

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bit more up as the body is turned and the release is happening kind of on the

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follow

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through side of the ball rather than the arms hitting into the ball and the

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shoulders disconnecting.

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So this can be a great checkpoint from the down the line camera angle.

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You can use it as a way to monitor how well you're using your core as your

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power source.

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Now I do want to offer one kind of caveat which is grip strength has a big

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impact on

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this impact window.

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What you'll see is golfers who have a strong grip.

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If I have a really strong grip you can see that that puts my right shoulder

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well under

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and so even if I were to just kind of like throw the arms and have like a big

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scoop because

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that grip was so strong and my right side was down and under even if I tend to

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kind of

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rotate with that kind of not so great looking release I'll still probably see

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the window.

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So there are many golfers who do not have a very good window and they're tour

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players

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who hit the ball really well they tend to have a little bit weaker right hand

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grip so

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the right hand grip tends to be a little bit more on top and what you'll see is

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that as

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a result of that hand being on top the forearms will tend to match up and that

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window will

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disappear but if you have more of a neutral style grip I think the window is

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something

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to strive for it's good side that you're using your core so take a look at it

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from the down

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the line camera angle and you can use it as a barometer of improvement as far

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as how well

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you're getting your corn ball.

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Okay so first I'm going to really focus on getting the hips open while keeping

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that right

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shoulder down and in we'll see how that looks on kind of 9 to 3 and then next

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we're going

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to try to add a little bit fuller swing and a little bit more speed and I'm

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really going

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to focus on hitting it with the core and kind of some of the white movement as

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opposed to

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getting a big arm extension.

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Not bad I felt the arm go one more a little bit let's try one more just for my

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curiosity

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okay I think that one was a little bit better they were both pretty successful

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strikes so

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we'll take a look at the video and see how we did on this impact window.