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How can video help your game of golf? Since you can’t see yourself, video lets you see yourself.

The golf swing can be an intricate action and video connects the gap between fact and feel. You can trust you will improve even though it feels incorrect or wrong because of this visual feedback. Also, when used correctly, video can be used to pinpoint the motor skill that needs the most work.

Video can also give the golfer an opportunity to alter their belief system so they can have the maximum impact on changing their feel. Video can then prioritize on first getting you to strike the ball solid, then second, to have directional control of the of the ball.

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One of the best tips to hitting efficient powerful shots is to keep the club head lagging behind your hands in your forward swing down through the ball. The longer you maintain this lag, the more velocity you can produce and the farther the ball will go when you do release the club through impact.

How is lag created and then maintained? Think of your left arm as one lever and the shaft as another. In your backswing, hinge your left wrist to create at least a 90° angle between the forearm and shaft. When you swing down, retain that angle for as long as you can. When you release it, the club head will speed up.

Many recreational players let go of the lag too early by unhinging their wrists to soon in the downswing. One drill to prevent this is to swing back with your left arm only, and as you start down, grab the shaft with your right hand and resist the unhinging of your left wrist. Repeat this feeling and incorporate it into your swing. In your regular swing, your wrists unhinge naturally at the bottom of the arc.

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The average amateur has made the bunker shot much more difficult than it really is.  They think the stance has to be way open with a club face that is way open.  They are mentally confused on what to really do.  A bunker lesson shouldn’t last more than twenty minutes. That’s because there is not much to it.  When someone asks for a lesson in the bunker, I will first look at the form they use for the regular chip shot.  If the chip/pitch has breakdown in the forward wrist,(left wrist for a right handed golfer), if the weight doesn’t transfer to the left leg, and the body isn’t turning through the finish, then we will first address that.  The reason is that if you chip and pitch with bad form, then the swing you will rely on in the bunker will be the same.  To start with the simplest bunker shot, here are a few things to look at.

1. Place your feet about shoulder width, and the ball just forward of center by an inch or two.

2. For starters, keep the feet square and not open.  And for most players, I would suggest you use a 60 degree or lob wedge, and not the sand wedge.  It will give you more loft, which will get the ball up easier without your help of scooping.

3. Bend the knees, almost as if you were sitting on a bar stool, this will help you hit the ball fat or behind an inch or so.

4. Follow through like a normal golf shot, with the weight on the left leg and the hips, chest, and head facing the target.

5. If you still struggle, draw a line in the sand.  Straddle the line with the line slightly ahead of the center of your chest.  Take practice swings hitting the line without a ball.  Pay attention to see if you are hitting too much behind or forward.  Make adjustments with your swing, not set up, remembering to always finish the golf shot on the front leg with balance.

6. If you are really fearful of the greenside bunker and there isn’t a lip on the edge of the bunker, putt it.

Give these tips a shot and if you need some more help in this area, give me a call and we will take care of it together.

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