Tyler F's posts

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…

Hi Ryan,

I answered your email, but for anyone else looking. I do offer non-member lessons, but right now my availability is limited. Perhaps you can let me know if you are looking for a regular lesson schedule (every week) or more of a periodic co…

Monitoring trail knee is a station, not a feel. So you'll have to set up a station to get proper feedback, because you still early extended with the idea of monitoring the trail knee.

To set up the station indoors, use either some PVC or a water b…

On this 9-3, there's still a good amount of early extension. So I'd start there. Figure out how to do a 9-3 without early extension. My recommendation is the monitor trail knee station while doing 9-3's. See the comments below that video.

As far as…

Great! I have a couple of different ideas depending on what shows up in the 9-3 or 10-2. If you really want to help me tease out if it's from effort or length of swing, then do a regular 9-3 as well as a 9-3 trying to hit it fairly far. That could b…

To me, it looks more like a release-driven early extension rather than a transition-driven early extension. Can you make solid contact on a 9-3 without early extending?
The way I would tackle this is by using an early extension barrier between yours…