Tyler F's posts

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Re: Practicing the Merry Go Round at home

  By: Tyler F on Aug. 14, 2020, 9:06 a.m.

Fixed it! Thanks!

Re: Shallow the shaft with rotation?

  By: Tyler F on Aug. 9, 2020, 11:02 a.m.

Sorry about that. some of the videos were accidentally deleted during a site update. These shallow videos are fixed now! Enjoy!

Re: Help My Wife - Iron Swing

  By: Tyler F on Aug. 9, 2020, 10:51 a.m.

Two good rules for couples are:
No unsolicited feedback
Yes or no questions only

Basically, she can't ask "what did I do?" She can ask something specific like, "did I go over the top."
That's when you can answer "yes or no". But don't add anything …

Re: Lost Art of Putting Book

  By: Tyler F on Aug. 9, 2020, 10:23 a.m.

A sports psychologist once told me that the psychology side is about 5% of sports. He worked with track and field mostly. He said, "no way of thinking will make someone a full second faster." So yes, technique work in a sport like golf creates a hig…

Re: Best iPhone for Swing Video

  By: Tyler F on Aug. 9, 2020, 10:20 a.m.

I haven't seen a big difference between 720 and 1080p for analyzing a swing. i don't think 4K will be that much better, but I could be wrong. What would make a huge difference would be a manual (or higher) shutter speed mode. But that's not importan…

Re: Hips-shoulder separation and back pain

  By: Tyler F on Aug. 5, 2020, 9:44 a.m.

Not a problem. I like tough questions. I've studied a lot and understand the complexity of some injuries/pain patterns. So I tend to shy away from blanket injury recommendations.

As far as the necessity. At the top of the swing, the average disass…

Re: Best iPhone for Swing Video

  By: Tyler F on Aug. 5, 2020, 9:32 a.m.

The iPhone hasn't really updated it's high speed camera in a number of generations. So any one of the models more recent than like the iPhone 5 will shoot 240 FPS at 1080. There are a host of different apps. I personally use Technique (by Hudl). But…

Re: Lost Art of Putting Book

  By: Tyler F on Aug. 5, 2020, 9:29 a.m.

I once had dinner with Stan Utley. He brought up a conversation he had with Brad Faxon about how neither of them every tried to make a putt. They were so involved with the process that all they tried to do was start a ball online with the speed they…

Re: Help My Wife - Iron Swing

  By: Tyler F on Aug. 5, 2020, 9:26 a.m.

Nick,
Tread lightly in coaching your spouse :)

That said, baseball/softball players have a few common struggles. One, they don't like to motorcycle. Two, they don't like side bend. Three, they like to overload radial deviation a the top.

With you…

Re: Hips-shoulder separation and back pain

  By: Tyler F on Aug. 1, 2020, 5:08 p.m.

Hi Max,

As you've seen, this movement does produce better geometry than a forward lunge. There are a two main categories of different things that might cause pain. Either the movement itself is stressing an area too much. Or an area is damaged and …

Re: Swing plane

  By: Tyler F on Aug. 1, 2020, 5 p.m.

Ron,

The club and shaft pretty much follow a planar movement from waist height to waist height. The idea of the wipe is more about moving the center of the swing forward. So the plane board your describing does not have the ball at the center of it…

Re: Shoulder blade motion

  By: Tyler F on Aug. 1, 2020, 4:40 p.m.

Yes, I can put something together. Thanks for the suggestion. I'll get something filmed in the next couple of weeks!

Re: How do I get a long/straight arm follow-through to the finish?

  By: Tyler F on Aug. 1, 2020, 4:26 p.m.

Yes, it's a common problem for some patterns. It almost always causes fat and thin shots as you describe. I usually work start with:
Lead foot low point, delivery and go, or push ball.
Or if my student is up for a challenge, I start with the single …

Re: Finesse wedge cast/flip the handle

  By: Tyler F on July 29, 2020, 12:35 p.m.

For most golfers, it's about 30-40 yards. After that distance, it becomes more of a distance wedge technique.

Tommy Fleetwood - bump discussion

  By: Tyler F on July 27, 2020, 8:41 a.m.

Hey Golfers,

I had a discussion going that I want to use some video to support. The forum is the best place for that. The discussion is about the Jackson 5 with the iron. (https://golfsmartacademy.com/golf-instruction/jackson-5-drill1/) With the sh…

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