GolfTEC Lessons

[FlipFlop]

Tonight's practice reinforced that things are starting to click with this new feeling and that's it wasn't a fluke.
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Much better shoulder turn. Elbow close to the body. Good weight shift without sway. I really like what I'm seeing there. Focusing on keeping pressure with the ring finger and pinky as well.

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Also looking a lot better on the early extension I think. Let's not focus on the flippy hands, that's for another lesson.

Interestingly with the new irons I've been much more successful with the 8 iron up than the 9 iron down in terms of consistent strikes. Will talk with Coach about it Tuesday. Happy with the progress of this week after feeling relatively lost on Tuesday. Trust the process!

Those frames look way more connected, especially with the trail elbow. Great job getting to that position. You just tagged me in yesterday! The 8-iron vs. 9-iron difference is interesting. I’m curious to see if it’s something about the new moves, exposing the lower clubs for you

 

[E.Appleton]

Those frames look way more connected, especially with the trail elbow. Great job getting to that position. You just tagged me in yesterday! The 8-iron vs. 9-iron difference is interesting. I’m curious to see if it’s something about the new moves, exposing the lower clubs for you

Same. No idea why I am hitting long irons better, but I bet my coach knows

 

[blazinden]

Had a lesson last night and something kind of clicked. When I was in there a couple days ago for practice, I was kind of up and down on my ball striking. My dispersion had gotten wider and I wasn’t feeling great. When I walked in today my coach asked me what I wanted to work on. I told him I was feeling something is off in my swing. The back swing and transition were feeling like I had reverted to my old bad habits. He said “I’m glad you said that! I saw it during practice but wanted to see if you could figure it out.” Personally I like this method of coaching. Give me some time to see if I can learn to spot where I’m wrong and pull myself back on track in a round.

He said that I wasn’t as far off as I thought I was and that something we hadn’t talked about yet was causing the inconsistency. My turn or lack there of was the culprit. I was still following my thought of “start the back swing with the right shoulder going back.” The problem is that I was pulling too much with the right shoulder, almost like doing a dumbbell or cable row with just the right arm. The left shoulder would follow a little, but I was driving the swing with the right side and not the left.

In this pic, you can see that my left shoulder turn much at all compared to the pro and even though I’m pulling my right shoulder, it gets stuck and you can’t see it come out behind.
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So how do we address that? Well he set up my favorite training tool, the Bio Feedback that makes the audible ring when you hit a certain number. For this it was my back shoulder getting to 90°. Coach also got out the alignment stick and had me practice turning so I don’t push the stick with my shoulder to point out to the right. Doing it right should turn on an arc and slide under it keeping it pointing down the line.
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We practiced the turn without a club and focused on drive the turn with the left shoulder. Push back to 90° and hear that sweet sound confirming I got there.
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Once I got the feel of that down, we moved to one arm swings. Left hand only on the club, keep the right arm quiet, hear that sound.

Much more turn here
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Before on the right, after on left
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Some real big improvements in the positioning there swinging with one hand. Time to move to two. We did that slowly by taking it back with left hand only, put the right on at the top, then downswing. The thought here was also “up, down, up” to get the hands not wrapping around my body. Once I got comfortable with that, full two handed dry swings.

Before on the right again here.
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Not just better shoulder turn was achieved, but also a better hip turn!

And much better impact and follow through positions on the right side here after the change.
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I have some drills to work on now which are also going to be my pre round warm up to make sure I go on course with this change in mind.

Warmup:
1: Left handed swings with wedge thinking up, down, up. 5 dry then 5 hitting balls. All at 30%

2: left hand takeaway, right hand only, swing. 5 of these no ball.

3: 5 full swings hitting a ball.

Overall I was very happy with the progress I saw in this lesson an extremely happy that my coach takes the time to explain and make sure it’s done in a way that resonates with me. Looking forward to practicing this through the weekend and taking it to the course for a couple rounds next week.

The left hand only swings seemed to have helped with the turning your body. The drills and warm up should help keep that position ingrained.

 

[amarkabove]

I signed up for a 6 month practice pass yesterday with the intention of adding a 5 pack of lessons in March. With the current holiday sale going on, at least at my local facility, that pass was only $589 which boils down to essentially $25/wk for up to 90 minutes of practice a week. I know one of the big things about GolfTec for some is the price, but when you break it down to this and think about what a regular simulator session costs, it's really an incredible value.

 

[E.Appleton]

I signed up for a 6 month practice pass yesterday with the intention of adding a 5 pack of lessons in March. With the current holiday sale going on, at least at my local facility, that pass was only $589 which boils down to essentially $25/wk for up to 90 minutes of practice a week. I know one of the big things about GolfTec for some is the price, but when you break it down to this and think about what a regular simulator session costs, it's really an incredible value.

That is fantastic pricing for the tech and facility! Hell, the space with heating alone is worth that. Can't wait to see the work you put in with the new gear, cap!

 

[Bernoulli]

I signed up for a 6 month practice pass yesterday with the intention of adding a 5 pack of lessons in March. With the current holiday sale going on, at least at my local facility, that pass was only $589 which boils down to essentially $25/wk for up to 90 minutes of practice a week. I know one of the big things about GolfTec for some is the price, but when you break it down to this and think about what a regular simulator session costs, it's really an incredible value.

That’s such a great deal. I wish they were here.

 

[Canadan]

I took a week off. Not because I'm not feeling it, I just had an awful lot happening and wasn't in the mental space to babysit my own lunacy hahaha

Back at it later this morning, and I really am looking forward to the guidance and following practice session. We'll see if it's more refinement of what we've been working on, or something new to add to the thought bank.

 

[E.Appleton]

Anyone else get excited to have a lesson and show your coach you've been working on the last lesson? I'm excited. Feeling big progress this week in the movement changes we worked on last lesson. Looking forward to iterate on it more!

 

[lukemartin93]

Anyone else get excited to have a lesson and show your coach you've been working on the last lesson? I'm excited. Feeling big progress this week in the movement changes we worked on last lesson. Looking forward to iterate on it more!

I’ve unfortunately have had the opposite by planning lessons too close together and not giving myself time to ingrain the lesson. I’ve learned my lesson (no pun intended) and will plan better accordingly.

 

[lukemartin93]

I signed up for a 6 month practice pass yesterday with the intention of adding a 5 pack of lessons in March. With the current holiday sale going on, at least at my local facility, that pass was only $589 which boils down to essentially $25/wk for up to 90 minutes of practice a week. I know one of the big things about GolfTec for some is the price, but when you break it down to this and think about what a regular simulator session costs, it's really an incredible value.

Love to see this. I feel like it’s easy to lay off the gas post experiences but not you, and that’s why you were captain!

 

[FlipFlop]

Anyone else get excited to have a lesson and show your coach you've been working on the last lesson? I'm excited. Feeling big progress this week in the movement changes we worked on last lesson. Looking forward to iterate on it more!

Two practice sessions and two rounds scheduled for me this week to work on my lesson from Thursday. I can’t wait for next week to get back there and see how things look.

 

[lukemartin93]

Two practice sessions and two rounds scheduled for me this week to work on my lesson from Thursday. I can’t wait for next week to get back there and see how things look.

So jealous that you get to play in the midst of lessons lol. It’s going to be weird playing for the first time after a bunch of lessons and indoor practice

 

[E.Appleton]

So jealous that you get to play in the midst of lessons lol. It’s going to be weird playing for the first time after a bunch of lessons and indoor practice

Haha was just thinking about this. Will need to get psychology up to snuff to not overemphasize importance of performance on that first outing when it's not freezing enough to play

 

[Lord Tox]

I have barely swung a club since last month, have a lesson today. Not sure why exactly haha but I'm going

 

[lukemartin93]

Haha was just thinking about this. Will need to get psychology up to snuff to not overemphasize importance of performance on that first outing when it's not freezing enough to play

Planing a trip to CO in March, might be more defrosted there than WI so might have take that opportunity to try to play. Or there still might be some snow

 

[FlipFlop]

So jealous that you get to play in the midst of lessons lol. It’s going to be weird playing for the first time after a bunch of lessons and indoor practice

I think this is a huge help to be able to put the new stuff in play on course sooner. I imagine it might be harder going from all indoor for months to real grass

 

[lukemartin93]

I think this is a huge help to be able to put the new stuff in play on course sooner. I imagine it might be harder going from all indoor for months to real grass

The only perk I’ve found is that we can do some more intense swing changes as we’re not worried about course performance… yet

 

[Canadan]

man, I really thought today was going to be a throw away session because I didn't put the time in over the last week (couldn't - home stuff). Turns out it was quite the opposite. That's so freaking telling to me. It wasn't a re-run, it was validation and then a push into a new move.

I'm sore now after a post lesson practice session that included a round at French Lick and the front 9 at Bethpage.

 

[E.Appleton]

man, I really thought today was going to be a throw away session because I didn't put the time in over the last week (couldn't - home stuff). Turns out it was quite the opposite. That's so freaking telling to me. It wasn't a re-run, it was validation and then a push into a new move.

I'm sore now after a post lesson practice session that included a round at French Lick and the front 9 at Bethpage.

Tell me more! what did you end up working on? What's the next step?

 

[Canadan]

I had to grab this image. It’s my hybrid. I cannot tell you how massive 5 degrees in to out is for a club of this shape.

 

[FlipFlop]

man, I really thought today was going to be a throw away session because I didn't put the time in over the last week (couldn't - home stuff). Turns out it was quite the opposite. That's so freaking telling to me. It wasn't a re-run, it was validation and then a push into a new move.

I'm sore now after a post lesson practice session that included a round at French Lick and the front 9 at Bethpage.

what’s the new move?

 

[amarkabove]

I had to grab this image. It’s my hybrid. I cannot tell you how massive 5 degrees in to out is for a club of this shape.

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Spicy.

 

[E.Appleton]

I had to grab this image. It’s my hybrid. I cannot tell you how massive 5 degrees in to out is for a club of this shape.

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Ooooweee that's some Golftec glory right there! From the image I thought you edited out the Club Speed but it's just your phone shadow

 

[Nashtyone]

man, I really thought today was going to be a throw away session because I didn't put the time in over the last week (couldn't - home stuff). Turns out it was quite the opposite. That's so freaking telling to me. It wasn't a re-run, it was validation and then a push into a new move.

I'm sore now after a post lesson practice session that included a round at French Lick and the front 9 at Bethpage.

Did the front 9 at Bethpage a couple weeks ago. Totally understand why that course is so hard after just that sim round

 

[Canadan]

When I got started, it's almost always the 8 iron, because it's a range balance club for me and the one I love to warm up with. I expected to take a bit to get things right, but honestly, they were clean. The distance with my 8 in the sim is somewhere between 165 and 170 carry when I am hitting it well, and I was easily covering it.

He noticed that I am extremely consistent with my iron numbers from a path perspective. It's a bit more in to out than what we'd see the pros average, but as long as I am repeating the move he's quite happy. We got talking about a possible new idea (that will be pretty much the focus of this lesson) about getting my head rotating more to the target after contact, and having my shoulders be more back than forward when my right arm gets parallel to the ground in the follow through.

It's going to be a lot easier to explain this when the lessons drops and I can show images.