Tyler F's posts

These pictures show where you "cast" and release the energy of the arms too soon. You can see in the picture that there is very little movement of the hips/legs and most of the movement is happening because of the arms straightening.

Definitely improving on the early extension piece. Looks like the left will be fixed by getting the hands more forward but with a bit of ulnar deviation. Hands forward and up is a good thought. Both hands forward and hands up are a face opener. Hand…

Sounds like a plan. Good luck with the journey. Keep us posted on your progress!

Mauro,

To me it looks under powered from the lower body and core. So it probably fits more in the cast pattern rather than the scoop pattern. You don't appear to have the club pass the hands or the arms bend a lot on the way through. But it doesn't…

Hi Bill,

Once you know how to look at your swing on video, you can usually get in the ball park of swing path and direction. Not accurate enough to know the exact number, but at least the general trend. 10 degrees in to out is quite a bit in to ou…

With a miss pattern of pull hooks and topping, I'd start by looking at your impact line. That's where we see a fair amount of lack of shaft lean and too much axis tilt. It doesn't look like a really wristy flip, more of a shoulder pull style release…

Hi Mauro,

It would be interesting to compare this to what you actually do with a golf ball. The reason I say that is that this swing wouldn't work with a driver with a golf ball. The ball would barely get off the ground and go straight right. As y…

Hi Dan, Face on looks pretty solid too. Great looking impact position! If you want to work on something, then I'd pay attention to how your left arm pulls away from your right hand in transition. That's an indicator of more of a lead arm pull which …

I actually think that's a pretty good move. I'm impressed that you can do it that wall with the off hand as the trail hand. That's not easy. That said, the reason it looks like you need a lot of wipe is how behind the body the arm gets in the backsw…

Hi William,

Yes, I think that because you early extend on the 9-3 as much as you do that your release pattern and either ground contact or club face control pattern is currently tied to your body standing up through impact. So i'd expect that if yo…

Hi Scott,

The best way to try and coordinate schedules is to contact me through email: tyler@golfsmartacademy.com

Send me the dates that you are planning to be in the area and any time restrictions or goals. I'll do my best to get it sorted. Good…

Hi Mark,

Spin comes down to a handful of factors. Club and ball design have an influence, but the major factors are:
1. Club Speed
2. Spin Loft (difference between loft at impact and angle of attack (aoa))
3. Friction (contact location and clean c…

Hi Gene,

Sounds like some good discoveries. A couple of important things to consider:

Point one - you mention feeling like you're swinging at 60%. One of the most common ways that I use a launch monitor is helping a student feel speed vs effort. P…

How's the progress going?

Hi Clive,

There are two things that make interpreting the shoulder motion of pros tricky:
1 - We don't have any good data sets of direct measurement (measuring the scapula and sc joint are hard to do)
2 - Since there are lots of motion options at t…