Tyler F's posts

Hi Kevin,

Looking forward to meeting you this week.

Yes, it looks like the left arm gets behind you. That's usually a link between the shoulder blade and the body. So it would take two things to correct. Feeling the trail arm more in front of th…

Hi Ed,

Catching up after a little travel.

Yes, I agree that your hips are no longer open. So it looks like the chief issue is learning to have your spine more rotated to the right and the shoulder blades more closed.

Check out this video:
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Hi Scott,

Yes, overall it's a pretty nice move, but there does seem to be some flipping at impact. It looks like it might be driven by the right arm, but I frequently like to test the single arm release drills to get a better idea of why the relea…

Hi Tony,

I haven't read Manuel De La Torre book Understanding the Golf swing, but maybe I'll try to find a copy. I know his work is widely appreciated by other golf instructors.

I like the idea of keeping it simple, I think the goal for each gol…

Hi Gabriel,

Good question. I'll probably do a little video in the near future to help answer it better, but in the meantime, we can discuss it.

In Dr. Kwon's Functional Swing Plane model, the club head and shaft will be fairly planer from parall…

Hi Zach,

Good update. I like the analogy of healing a broken bone. Some golf swing issues can be healed quicker (like if you have a slice from an open club face and you learn about the motorcycle) but many issues take learning a few pieces. Your s…

Hey Andrew,

Good summary there. I think the wipe, and your arm rotation patterns reveal the biggest source of your inconsistency.

New problems can mean you're on the right track. The shanks can happen when working on the wipe because it moves th…

Hi David,

I think I understand your question, but here are a few videos I've done on the topic. Let me know if these clear it up, if not, I can take another crack at it.

https://www.golfsmartacademy.com/golf-instruction/ulnar-deviation-down-not-…

Sorry, was traveling out of the country and the clips were too big to download with their wifi.

The lead arm pull and the trail arm throw often go together and make the diagnosis harder to pin down. Usually I work on both and one emerges as the ma…

1. See answer to question 2, there could be a few reasons, but my guess is that it's the trial arm.
2. During the release, it appears that you lose the trail arm extension and ulnar deviation and don't get into that good stop sign look. I'd recommend tes…

Hi Ishollands,

I think there is more variety on the takeaway than there is on the downswing, so I'd strive for a good downswing pattern first. There are three things to monitor with your stroke, how it looks (including the data), how it feels, and …

Hi Ed,

Sounds like a plan.

I would probably work on the follow-through/release trying to get better extension through the ball with less of the shoulders spinning open through the release. I'd use one of these three benchmarks as my goal. Either…

It looks like the turtle shell idea is doing better. It helps improve your early extension.

Regarding your questions. 1, I haven't heard the release timing change too often. But Jack Nicklaus did say that you can't release it too soon as long as y…

Hi John,

Welcome to the site! You have a good-looking move for only playing less than a year. But yes, as a former tennis player, I can relate to how much harder golf is compared to tennis. The difference between your good days and bad days in golf…

Hi Stan,
Tyler here. Jake doesn't answer these posts anymore. He's blown up and does his own thing on Instagram. There should be a lot of overlap with the principles you learned from S&T. I have a lot of drills to help learn through experience. …