This pre-season swing evaluation helped me eliminate my two-way miss

If you want to play the best golf ball this year, swing evaluation is the ideal way to start your golf season. Think of it as a tweak for golf games.

Just like the annual maintenance you do for your car, a swing evaluation ensures your golf swing goes smoothly. Pre-season adjustments are a great way to check swing efficiency, identify weaknesses, and even prevent injuries or bad habit formation that could ruin your game later this season.

Recently, I had the opportunity to get my own swing adjustment at Golftec, and this was an eye-opening experience. The evaluation started with me playing a few balls to get a baseline for my swing and talking to my golft coach Tumie Motale about my game and goals this season.

When I warmed up we talked about my strengths, weaknesses and missed patterns. To me, this part of the process is very valuable. Not only does it provide my coach with a background in my golf game, but it also shows how realistic I am when I analyze my own game – it’s harder than you think.

After learning about my game, Motale took a deep dive into my swing using videos and Golftec’s advanced motion capture. Using these tools, he was able to diagnose my problem in minutes and provide me with plans for improvement.

One of the biggest weaknesses I found in the game is a two-way mistake. Before the evaluation, I will tell you that I missed everything. However, the lens data shows that this is not true.

Motale explains the root cause of this problem is an inconsistent low point, and the main factor that causes this problem is that my body is too open when it falls.

When my shoulders and hips open early, this puts my body in the way of the club and forces me to get compensation during swings to create space to deliver the club. For me, that means throwing the club to the top or swinging the outside of the plane, as well as some early extensions and descending by impacting the tilted shoulder, Motale says that’s the key to shipping the club on a better road and probably the reason I missed the left hand.

To solve this problem, Motale provides me with a great exercise to practice keeping my body closed, re-layout my club path, and even improving my weight transfer.

Drop the drill and drag it

Motale didn’t give me the name of this exaggerated swing rehearsal, so I came up with one myself: drip drip.

This is exactly what it sounds like. From the top of my defender, Motale asked me to “drop the club” on my heels. He explained that this move helped me practice keeping my hips and shoulders closed.

“It puts you in a strong position and then you fire,” Motale said.

The next step in this exercise is to drag the club on top. This was a magical move for me. The drag club helped me stay longer and prevented me from extending early. This also helped me feel the proper weight transfer and actually improved my shoulder tilt angle.

After a few minutes of practice drilling, Motale made me hit a few balls and the result was a consistent ball every time. While this swing change feels strange and produces some large slices, it’s only one lesson to see the improvements in my swing.

My favorite part of this assessment was that after the course, I analyzed everything we did, including swing videos (including swing videos). I found that watching my analysis gave me a deeper understanding of my golf swing, its flaws, and what the coach stipulated for my fix.

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