Tyler F's posts

Personally I think in-plane is cleaner to imagine than alpha, beta, gamma. So I generally prefer those terms. As far as in-plane squaring, the further down the plane the club goes the more that it will close to the target. Another way of thinking of…

I don't mind the right hand off the club drill. It's probably in the same family as the open right hand and shadow drills that I use frequently. I've actually never seen a golfer let go with the lead hand. If you have a video of it, I'd love to see …

Scott,
No one knows for sure, but it's my guess that the open alignment was developed to compliment his arm movements. The shallow arm movements would shift the path in to out, but this is usually balanced by body rotation. In Lee's case, he adds ex…

Yes, I think it's easy to get that perspective. But the data shows about 1.5 to up to 2x bodyweight. Think about it, if they were jumping as hard as they can, they would probably get higher than a couple of inches ;) In my perspective, the amount ca…

My goal with the GSA framework is so that you can look at a move, compare it to the model, and decide if it's something that would benefit your game. Typically, the squat and rotate feeling is a good feeling for some elite junior golfers. They typic…

Joel, stepping drills are a great way to add speed. Many amateurs have an idea in their head that they have to use their legs hard like doing a vertical jump, but the amount of force is much lower (about the same force as jogging). The key is the ti…

Greg is right. The unhinge is a key piece when combined with the other pieces. Each person finds keys that help them do as many of the key moves automatically.

I like presetting drills, I have something similar called, "presetting the unhinge".

I think it's hard to overdo, but some people do it too actively. And when they do it actively, it creates too much tension in the arms and shoulders. The key is t…

John, I always start by asking what problem your assessment might cause. If someone is too lower body dominant, what problems might that cause?

In my experience, it could cause low point issues or an overly rightward path. One way to help them lear…

I don't know if there is a perfect answer, but one that makes sense to me is that it's based on face tendencies. Most golfers are right-handed, and most of those golfers error on having the face slightly open to the path. In that scenario, you have …

The unhinge move can help hook it less in 2 different ways.

Geometrically, if you are hooking the ball, you have a clubface that is excessively closed to the path. The unhinge (ulnar deviation) opens the club face, which helps your hook pattern. S…

Andrew, completely agree with your observations. I love those pictures of his swing too! Especially that follow-through position. Such a thing of beauty!

Ed, good observations as well. His open stance might help exaggerate some of the looks. But, a…

Many of you have probably seen the chart below. It outlines the average make and 3 putt percentage from different distances on the green. Amateurs frequently overestimate how many putts from 10 feet they should make. Roughly knowing your odds will h…

What do you see in these pictures that relate to our GSA system, or what you're working on in your own game?

There are a couple different ways you can look at this. But, as a general rule.

Distance comes from ball speed
Ball speed comes from club head speed in the plane of the swing
Club head speed in the plane of the swing has a strong correlation to gr…