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This concept video is exploring the impact window.

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Um, so the impact window is a visual reference you can use

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from the down the line camera angle, um, that a lot

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of good ball strikers demonstrate.

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And the impact window is basically looking at the space

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between your right arm and your left arm

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and down it at impact.

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Can you see a little bit of daylight?

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So if I have this right arm,

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especially this right shoulder back

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and this right elbow bent and the left arm more up

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and the left arm straight, um, you'll see this window

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of space that, uh, Mo Norman talked about.

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Um, you'll see this window as we're making contact,

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and then as the right arm straightens through the wall,

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that window will disappear.

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Uh, but if you have a tendency to spin the shoulders, um,

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or if you have a tendency to over straighten

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that right arm kind of a throwing release like this,

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you'll see that the window goes away.

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In fact, if you did it at a crazy level,

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you could actually have a window on the underside

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instead of on the top side.

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Um, so your goal is to have this window on the top side

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kind of facing through here.

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Now, if you're, it's, it's something to, uh, look for

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and monitor, but it's not necessarily something, um,

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that you can focus on or you have to focus on.

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Some people do really well focusing on it,

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but other people, um, it kind of stalls their pivot.

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So one of the things

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that I wanna make sure is if you're trying

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to get the window, if you're trying to get

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that right arm under the left, you're still able

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to rotate your core

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and get, um, take that window through to a finish.

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Um, I see some people when they're trying

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to work on the Mow Norman, uh, stuff

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of basically like stopping at impact kinda like this in an

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over attempt to get

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that left arm up and that right arm down.

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Um, and it kind of disrupts the sequence.

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So, um, the goal would be a little bit more, um, dynamic.

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So I'm getting that window,

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but I'm also able to rotate my core kind of down and through

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and get into a good follow through position.

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Um, I think it can break down as you start

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to go into fuller swings if you are, um,

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using a shorter club

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or if you're doing more of the release with your arms.

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But you'll see with a lot of, uh, tour players,

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they'll have a really good window, um, with the driver.

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I think the big key

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to getting this window is having your shoulder blades in

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more of this closed position compared to the body where

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that right shoulder is down and

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and engaged as that right arm is kind of in more like this.

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And then that left shoulder is,

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shoulder blade is a little bit more up

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as the body is turned.

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Um, and the, uh, release is happening kind of on the follow

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through side of the ball rather than the arms hitting, um,

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into the ball and the shoulder is disconnecting.

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Uh, so this can be a great checkpoint from the

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down the line camera angle.

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Um, you can, uh, use it as a way to monitor

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how well you're using your core as your power source.

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Now I do wanna offer, um, one kind of caveat,

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which is grip strength has a big impact

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on this impact window.

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Um, what you'll see is golfers who have a strong grip, um,

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if I have a really strong grip, you can see that

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that puts my right shoulder well under.

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And so even if I were to just kind of like throw the arms

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and have like a big scoop, um,

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because that grip was so strong and my right side was down

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and under, um, even if I tend to kind of rotate with that,

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uh, kind of not so great looking release,

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I'll still probably see the, the window.

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Also, um, there are many golfers

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who do not have a very good window.

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Uh, and there are tour players who hit the ball really well.

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They tend to have a little bit, uh, weaker right hand grip.

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So the right hand grip tends to be a little bit more on top.

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Um, and what you'll see is that as a result of

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that hand being on top, the forearms will tend to match up

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and that window will disappear.

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But if you have more of a neutral style grip,

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I think the window is something to strive for.

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Um, it's a good side, uh, that you're using your core.

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So take a look at it from the down the line camera angle

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and you can use it as a barometer of improvement as far as

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how well you're getting your core involved.

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Okay, so first we're gonna really focus on, uh,

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getting the hips open

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While Keeping that right shoulder down and in.

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We'll see how that looks on kind of nine to three.

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And then next we're gonna try to add a little bit fuller,

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uh, swinging a little bit more speed.

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And I'm really gonna focus on hitting it with the core

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and kind of some of the white movement, um, as opposed

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to getting a big arm extension.

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Not bad. Felt the arm. Go. One more a little bit.

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Let's try one more, um, just for my curiosity.

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Okay.

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I think that one was a little bit better.

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They were both pretty, uh, successful strikes.

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Um, so we will take a look at the video

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and see how we did on this impact window.