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This concept video is choosing a starting drill.

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So periodically I get asked, um, you know, I'm, I'm new

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to the site, there's just a zillion, uh, videos on here.

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Where do I start? Um, I often, I'll,

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I'll point you in the direction of learning how

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to analyze your own video, um, or how to read the feedback.

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But once you've identified a, a, a benchmark

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or a performance factor that you want to work on,

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I'll walk you through how I usually work with my students

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to kind of figure out which

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drills are most appropriate for you.

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Um, so the first thing is we're gonna try to figure out, uh,

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what we're trying to improve.

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Whether it's, I'm trying to make more solid contact,

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I'm trying to hit the ball straighter, um,

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or more advanced stuff.

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I'm trying to hit the ball further, I'm trying

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to hit the ball a specific distance,

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or I'm trying to control my trajectory.

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Um, so it really boils down to trying to create, uh,

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better impact alignments, um, better, uh, kind of

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release zone or,

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or better movement of the club here

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by either working on some of my setup fundamentals,

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my backswing, uh, my transition, my follow through.

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Usually I'll start with impact and work my way backwards

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or forwards.

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I'll either work to follow through position, um,

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or I'll work more to delivery position

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and I'll, I'll try to figure out

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what feels weird in that zone.

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So it's important to have a rough idea about some of these,

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uh, kind of benchmarks of where you're trying to get to,

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because oftentimes what we'll do is we'll start with, uh,

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let's say, let's say we have a classic issue where I'm kind

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of like hanging back

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and getting a little bit more of a scoop.

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So then I might say, okay, we're gonna do a drill to kind

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of feel a little bit better impact position.

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So we mar might start

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with something like the merry-go-round,

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getting into a good impact position.

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Then the first question I'm gonna ask is,

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what feels different?

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And you might say, oh,

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it feels like my hips are more turned.

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It feels like I have more space.

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It feels like my arms are a little bit more, uh,

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ahead or high.

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Whatever zone you your brain keys in on,

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I'm probably gonna start with a drill

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that emphasizes what's happening in that area.

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So if you said, oh, I feel like I have a lot more space, um,

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I might put a spatial thing, like a bucket,

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I might use a band, I might try to do some things to help

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increase that feel of what's different there.

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If you felt more like a difference in the hand positions,

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we might do a single arm drill

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focusing on that wrist movement.

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We might, uh, you know, put a shaft extender or the hanger

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and we might use some feedback like that.

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Um, so we're gonna focus on the area that your brain

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says feels weird if, if everything is

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feeling okay there,

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but then as we start to do a drill,

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you have a hard time getting back into that position,

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then I'm either gonna pick a different position,

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like I might get you into the follow

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through and I do the same thing.

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What feels different? Oh, I feel a little bit more crunch.

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I feel like I'm a little bit more in this left hip.

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Um, I feel like my body is a lot more turned.

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I feel like my arms are straighter.

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Whatever that feel is,

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once you've put yourself in a pretty good position,

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that usually is gonna lead to what drill series

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or drill focus you want to work on.

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Whether it's more of the body that feels weird

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or more of the arms, sometimes you have to go back

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and forth in order to compliment the body

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and get in it in a really good position.

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The arms have to work pretty well as well.

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Um, and sometimes it helps to train where you want to get

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to, and sometimes it helps to train

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how you're gonna get there.

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Um, so I might do a, okay, let's see a slow swing

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and let's just see if you can get there.

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And what'll happen is, even in slow motion, you might see

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one part of the body

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or one part of the arm arms looking like it's getting out

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of timing or out of sequence or out of position very early.

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So then I would focus on drills related to that position.

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So it's a long-winded way of, of having a system,

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which is basically you're gonna start

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with a performance factor of what you're trying to improve.

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Either quality of contact, the improvement of the flat spot,

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or consistency at the bottom of swing, or the club face

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and path control, or how you're creating speed.

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Then you're gonna work to

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what benchmark in my video looks like, it's the most off.

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If I get into a better position, what feels weird,

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what feels weird might require a vis a visual or a station.

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It might not require a feel,

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but what feels weird will usually point to what part

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of the body I'm trying to influence while I'm training.

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And then ultimately after I've groove that for a week

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or two, then I'll revisit it

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and try to, uh,

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pick a complimentary issue if the performance

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factor hasn't improved enough.

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And just like, uh, a a good system in business where you,

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uh, you come up with a plan, you execute

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and then you review it or review do or plan, do review.

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Um, we run that same, uh,

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recipe here at Golf Smart Academy with your swing.

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It's play, diagnose, train.

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So if you work on something for a co couple weeks,

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you go out on the course and either it didn't change

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or it changed, but now you have a new issue

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that will point you into what you wanna look at.

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Next time you're doing a, a swing analysis of your,

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of your own game, and that will point you to the next step

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or the next breadcrumb you want to follow

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as far as working on your swing.

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If you keep doing that, you'll keep eliminating your worst

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misses and make gradual steady, uh, progress to

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until you reach your, uh, kind of physical induced limit.

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That's our goal here at Golf Smart Academy

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to build your version of your own stock tour swing.

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So right now I have a couple, uh, kind

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of feels a little bit, kind of in my core, um,

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and my right shoulder add some good

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therapy that opened that up.

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Um, so we have a little backswing, uh, improvement

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that can compliment it, and then a little transition feel.

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And overall it's been pretty good.