During one of my lessons today, I had the pleasure of working with a relatively new golfer who is dedicated to working and doing whatever needed to improve. We began the lesson with some conversation about the state of his golf game so I could become more familiar with his golf swing knowledge and where he feels improvement can be made.

After he hit one golf ball it was very easy to see why he felt he was losing distance and hitting behind the ball. Upon filming his swing using a high speed camera and viewing it through swing analysis software, even he could see where the breakdown occurred. This is an important step in making changes with a student – they must be aware and feel the problem so they can make changes.

What was happening with this student is something I see with 90% of players, especially new golfers. Simply stated, they do not make adequate moves with the lower body on the forward swing to create correct impact alignments. When he understood where he needed to be at impact, he then could easily feel his move into the left hip on the forward swing stall and wrists collapsing at impact.

Just a few simple drills for this student and he was able to actually compress the golf ball. He was amazed at how far he could hit the ball with such little effort. I explained to  him what he was feeling was leverage and hitting the golf ball without flipping the clubhead at the golf ball.  45 minutes later he completely understood the path we were going to take to improve his golf swing . The student was so excited and confident. He also certainly had a totally clear picture of where he was going with his golf swing..he was never going to hit another golf ball and wonder how and  if could get better. The picture was crystal clear.