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This insight is comparing your pattern to the model.

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So, one of the important concepts on this site is that

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it's not about necessarily having the proper feels.

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I think that many golfers have totally drastic

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or different feels to accomplish the same movement.

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And so, what's more important is understanding the relationships

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and understanding the movements that you're trying to train.

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I'll give you an example from this week.

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So, I had three different golfers all working on being a little bit more centered in their pivot.

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For whatever reason, they were each struggling with some ground contact issues,

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largely related to what was happening with their body.

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In one case, the golfer had a bit more of a forward lunge

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and was getting too much on top of their front foot.

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In another case, golfer had more of early extension pattern

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and their upper body was backing away from the golf ball

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contributing to early arm throw.

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In the third case, the golfer was really shifting off the ball with their upper body

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and having a hard time getting back to appropriate position to be able to control low point.

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So, we had three totally different swings

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all trying to stay a little bit more centered.

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I used the similar drill, kind of customized it for each of them,

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but basically had some type of little upper body awareness.

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So, just some visual so that they could roughly calibrate and feel

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or see a little bit better where their upper body was in space.

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So, the golfer who was lunging in front, they walked away from the lesson

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thinking that in order to hit the ball,

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better they had to feel like they were staying behind.

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The golfer who was early extending or standing up like this,

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they had to feel like in order to hit the ball well that they had to stay more down.

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And then lastly, the golfer who was swaying off the ball,

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or shifting way over here, he had to feel like he was staying on top of that front foot

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in order to hit the ball solidly.

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So, regardless of which swing that they were using,

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we were working on the same concept.

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We were working on ground contact, so we were trying to chase a skill.

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We were working on ground contact by keeping the upper body a little bit more centered.

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But the three of them would have told their buddies,

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one of them, man, it's crazy, I've got to feel like I hang back.

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The other one, I got to feel like I stay forward.

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And the other one, I got to feel like I'm, you know, kissing the golf ball or staying really bent over.

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But they were all working on the same concept and using the same feedback to guide their progress.

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I get a lot of questions about what specific move should feel like

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and it really depends on what reference you're coming from.

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So, I don't want you to get lost chasing specific feels.

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Use feels to help reinforce what you're doing.

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But ultimately, you want to use more objective feedback,

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such as visuals or checkpoints, so that you know that the feel is actually makes sense

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and that they're actually driving your swing in the right direction.

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If you're not checking in on video or with stations,

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there's a good chance you're just kind of getting into a good rhythm when you're hitting it,

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well, instead of making long-term changes towards more of a model that has

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whatever shot characteristics you're looking for, whether it's more solid,

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straighter, further, we understand the patterns around those different characteristics.

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As long as you're working towards that pattern, over time, you'll get there, your swing won't improve.