Tyler F's posts

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Re: Help would be greatly appreciated! Slices galore inside.

  By: Tyler F on March 13, 2020, 9:08 a.m.

+Fred S Thanks for posting your swing. Would you mind if I did a quick video discussion for the site about your swing? If you agree, can you please post a face on swing?

In the meantime, let's look at the series of checkpoints.
Picture 1 (p2) - The…

Re: Foot pressure

  By: Tyler F on March 13, 2020, 8:50 a.m.

+Sam K https://golfsmartacademy.com/golf-instruction/grf-dr-mike-duffey/

This video shows an animation of the foot ground reaction forces. Just looking at pressure doesn't give a lot to go off of, but looking at the direction of the forces applied …

Practice Strategies of the pros

  By: Tyler F on March 4, 2020, 8:17 a.m.

Here's a good article on some practice strategies. https://www.golf.com/instruction/2020/03/03/6-things-pro-golfers-practice-amateurs-never-do/?fbclid=IwAR3Hyxe3p6D6U5JNoEbddxxCR9BDsg3bca9DaJxTFUzqB3my-V18JSdOw

A couple of comments:

I highly agre…

Re: Working on Early Extension & more Wipe

  By: Tyler F on March 2, 2020, 1:55 p.m.

Hi Ed,

Let's look at the pattern systematically. First, we want to decide, is the ball going right because of the face, path, or both. If we look at different locations in the swing (p1, p2, p4, p6) we can get a reasonable timeline for when the fa…

Re: Left side Bend on Backswing Timing

  By: Tyler F on March 2, 2020, 10:57 a.m.

+Mark E
Here are three pro graphs you can look at. You'll see Elkington reaches his max earlier than Grant Waite or the other pro winner. I agree with your idea. In theory, loading the side bend later, you may have an easier time activating the hip …

Re: Swing review

  By: Tyler F on March 2, 2020, 10:48 a.m.

+Dave S

Golf Smart Academy has some exciting plans to kick off 2020! We will be focusing on creating more great content and reorganizing our nearly 1,000 videos so that you can get to what you’re looking for in a faster and more efficient way.

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Re: Uneven lies

  By: Tyler F on Feb. 26, 2020, 9:36 a.m.

+Rasmus W Sorry about that! https://golfsmartacademy.com/golf-instruction/visualizing-uneven-lies/

Re: Uneven lies

  By: Tyler F on Feb. 24, 2020, 9:39 p.m.

+Rasmus W
I'm thrilled to hear about your progress. Keep it up.

Hmm, here's a video I did on how to adjust the path for uneven lies. Let me know if it answers your questions?

https://golfsmartacademy.com/golf-instruction/2016-wgfs-driver-vs-iron-…

Re: How do the eyes influence the swing?

  By: Tyler F on Feb. 24, 2020, 7:08 p.m.

+David M I can't say it's something I've studied intently. But it has come up a number of times in classes I've attended. The phrase that comes up the most is the "quiet eye". The quiet eye is a gaze in which the eyes hold a position and focus. But,…

Re: What can you learn from Geoge and Butch?

  By: Tyler F on Feb. 16, 2020, 10:29 a.m.

+Ed O I appreciate the comment. I like to think I share some cutting edge understanding of the mechanics of the swing and how to train it. Glad you found something similar.

PS - I completely agree about the sentiments toward Butch. I have a deep a…

Re: Left side Bend on Backswing Timing

  By: Tyler F on Feb. 16, 2020, 10:26 a.m.

+Mark E The timing of the left side bend is blending throughout the backswing. You'll see the bigger difference in the pattern is usually in transition. In transition is the time I really look for the amount and timing of the left side bend. Here ar…

Re: What can you learn from Geoge and Butch?

  By: Tyler F on Feb. 7, 2020, 1:37 p.m.

+Jules C I think we are in agreement on the teaching aspect of it. The drill that you described (finger on the sweet spot) I've used for many years as a drill to connect the motorcycle to the pivot. I like it so much I taught it in the level 2 coach…

Re: What can you learn from Geoge and Butch?

  By: Tyler F on Feb. 7, 2020, 8:32 a.m.

+Jules C
Thanks for your insights. See my attached response video.

What can you learn from Geoge and Butch?

  By: Tyler F on Feb. 6, 2020, 12:13 p.m.

https://www.golfdigest.com/story/what-happened-when-george-gankas-took-a-lesson-from-butch-harmon

I've been meaning to post this for a while. I think there are some good nuggets in here. First, George advocates getting the face under control before…

Re: planemate?

  By: Tyler F on Feb. 6, 2020, 9:38 a.m.

+Guy K Thanks for the share. I've done something similar with some elastic tubing that I think is similar. I like the way the tubing attaches to the hands better, but it serves the same function. Keeping the trail elbow extension and the trail shoul…

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