WEBVTT

00:00:00.120 --> 00:00:01.979
in this analysis video we're gonna take

00:00:01.979 --> 00:00:04.140
a look at the swing of Cameron champ

00:00:04.140 --> 00:00:06.420
now Cameron chant is the young hot

00:00:06.420 --> 00:00:08.820
rookie who's leading the tour in driving

00:00:08.820 --> 00:00:12.300
distance and swinging the club faster by

00:00:12.300 --> 00:00:14.040
about five miles per hour

00:00:14.040 --> 00:00:17.190
then number two in club head speed so if

00:00:17.190 --> 00:00:19.380
there's anybody who's going to help us

00:00:19.380 --> 00:00:20.850
understand how to hit the ball further

00:00:20.850 --> 00:00:22.800
it's gonna be analyzing Cameron champ

00:00:22.800 --> 00:00:24.810
swing so in this video I'm gonna talk to

00:00:24.810 --> 00:00:27.150
you about how to use your whole body to

00:00:27.150 --> 00:00:29.099
hit the golf ball and what are one or

00:00:29.099 --> 00:00:31.080
two things that you can apply to your

00:00:31.080 --> 00:00:33.090
own game when you're trying to add a

00:00:33.090 --> 00:00:35.210
little bit of extra speed to your swing

00:00:35.210 --> 00:00:37.469
now when it comes to hitting the ball

00:00:37.469 --> 00:00:39.989
fart I commonly hear two things

00:00:39.989 --> 00:00:42.750
discussed with Cameron swing one is look

00:00:42.750 --> 00:00:45.360
at how open he gets at impact so

00:00:45.360 --> 00:00:47.690
basically he uses his body very well

00:00:47.690 --> 00:00:50.940
rotationally for creating speed and then

00:00:50.940 --> 00:00:53.730
to look at the amount of lag that he

00:00:53.730 --> 00:00:56.160
creates during the downswing and then

00:00:56.160 --> 00:01:00.870
how much leg he still has at impact well

00:01:00.870 --> 00:01:03.359
I'm gonna talk about a few other pieces

00:01:03.359 --> 00:01:06.600
and why the rotational movement may be

00:01:06.600 --> 00:01:08.970
helpful for consistency but it might not

00:01:08.970 --> 00:01:12.119
necessarily be all that critical when

00:01:12.119 --> 00:01:13.460
we're talking about actually creating

00:01:13.460 --> 00:01:16.259
speed because if those two things were

00:01:16.259 --> 00:01:18.689
really that critical for creating speed

00:01:18.689 --> 00:01:21.750
then we wouldn't have Joe Miller here

00:01:21.750 --> 00:01:24.840
who swings the club at 150 miles an hour

00:01:24.840 --> 00:01:27.479
so the fastest golfer on the planet

00:01:27.479 --> 00:01:30.810
right now demonstrating not getting open

00:01:30.810 --> 00:01:33.780
at impact and not creating a whole lot

00:01:33.780 --> 00:01:37.920
of lag or lean at impact so we're gonna

00:01:37.920 --> 00:01:40.170
talk about what does Cameron do that

00:01:40.170 --> 00:01:42.540
creates speed and how he applies it so

00:01:42.540 --> 00:01:43.860
that he can have a little bit more

00:01:43.860 --> 00:01:45.780
consistency than someone like Joe Miller

00:01:45.780 --> 00:01:48.329
but since this video is mostly about

00:01:48.329 --> 00:01:50.520
distance we want to talk about what are

00:01:50.520 --> 00:01:53.340
the things that Joe Miller and Cameron

00:01:53.340 --> 00:01:56.939
champ do similarly so that you can pick

00:01:56.939 --> 00:01:58.979
up one or two tips on how you can hit

00:01:58.979 --> 00:02:01.049
the ball further alright as we get back

00:02:01.049 --> 00:02:03.930
to Cameron let's talk about how to use

00:02:03.930 --> 00:02:06.570
your whole body to create speed because

00:02:06.570 --> 00:02:09.179
most of the time what I see is when

00:02:09.179 --> 00:02:11.370
golfers are on the lesson tee and

00:02:11.370 --> 00:02:13.170
they're trying I ask them hey let

00:02:13.170 --> 00:02:14.849
hit this one as hard as you can

00:02:14.849 --> 00:02:17.040
typically what they do is they try to

00:02:17.040 --> 00:02:19.080
max out what they're already using for

00:02:19.080 --> 00:02:22.560
speed so most golfers either just

00:02:22.560 --> 00:02:24.840
usually err their legs or just use their

00:02:24.840 --> 00:02:27.510
arms or just use their shoulders and

00:02:27.510 --> 00:02:31.350
core rarely do they use everything so as

00:02:31.350 --> 00:02:34.080
I blend back in fourth year you're gonna

00:02:34.080 --> 00:02:36.480
see some pretty dynamic movement

00:02:36.480 --> 00:02:38.819
happening from his hips as his legs work

00:02:38.819 --> 00:02:40.769
against the ground you're gonna see some

00:02:40.769 --> 00:02:43.500
pretty dynamic movement happening here

00:02:43.500 --> 00:02:47.040
in his core so when he goes to rotate

00:02:47.040 --> 00:02:49.709
his hips you'll notice that his his core

00:02:49.709 --> 00:02:52.290
and his spine and his lower ribcage is

00:02:52.290 --> 00:02:54.350
working with it

00:02:54.350 --> 00:02:57.090
it's not getting totally kind of

00:02:57.090 --> 00:02:59.459
disconnected or left behind you'll see

00:02:59.459 --> 00:03:01.739
that even more from the face on view

00:03:01.739 --> 00:03:04.440
where when he goes and starts pushing

00:03:04.440 --> 00:03:06.060
against the ground with that right foot

00:03:06.060 --> 00:03:10.319
you'll see that this part of his body is

00:03:10.319 --> 00:03:13.170
moving with it it's not getting totally

00:03:13.170 --> 00:03:15.360
disconnected sometimes I see golfers

00:03:15.360 --> 00:03:16.769
when they try to use their legs for

00:03:16.769 --> 00:03:19.829
power their core is pretty much relaxed

00:03:19.829 --> 00:03:21.660
and you'll almost see their upper body

00:03:21.660 --> 00:03:24.440
not move at all as a result of them

00:03:24.440 --> 00:03:27.930
moving their lower body and that creates

00:03:27.930 --> 00:03:32.400
some potential contact problems but it

00:03:32.400 --> 00:03:34.350
also Rob's the ability for creating

00:03:34.350 --> 00:03:36.989
power and it can lead towards injuries

00:03:36.989 --> 00:03:39.030
so it's move that we want to try to

00:03:39.030 --> 00:03:41.310
avoid if we can Cameron does a great job

00:03:41.310 --> 00:03:45.660
of using his legs and his core and what

00:03:45.660 --> 00:03:48.150
appears to be kind of pulling a little

00:03:48.150 --> 00:03:51.180
bit with the shoulders but delaying when

00:03:51.180 --> 00:03:53.549
his arms and wrists are really applying

00:03:53.549 --> 00:03:55.920
a lot of speed to the club you'll see

00:03:55.920 --> 00:03:58.170
that sequencing wise he gets the club

00:03:58.170 --> 00:04:01.680
down almost until shaft parallel

00:04:01.680 --> 00:04:05.720
somewhere around here before he starts

00:04:05.720 --> 00:04:09.269
using his arms in his hands or his hands

00:04:09.269 --> 00:04:12.120
and his wrists to transfer all that

00:04:12.120 --> 00:04:14.760
speed he describes that feeling of using

00:04:14.760 --> 00:04:18.150
mostly the body and then mostly the core

00:04:18.150 --> 00:04:20.549
and then the shoulders as kind of this

00:04:20.549 --> 00:04:22.470
catapult move so that he feels this

00:04:22.470 --> 00:04:24.539
really tremendous whip of the club

00:04:24.539 --> 00:04:26.160
through impact

00:04:26.160 --> 00:04:28.260
that's how he's able to create this

00:04:28.260 --> 00:04:31.380
speed while looking like he's not

00:04:31.380 --> 00:04:33.990
swinging very hard but while he doesn't

00:04:33.990 --> 00:04:36.360
look like he's swinging hard you'll see

00:04:36.360 --> 00:04:38.490
his lower body has a fair amount of

00:04:38.490 --> 00:04:42.120
rotation early and then it has a fair

00:04:42.120 --> 00:04:44.910
amount of vertical push late you'll see

00:04:44.910 --> 00:04:46.919
from right around here that left leg

00:04:46.919 --> 00:04:48.449
really pushed and he's pushing hard

00:04:48.449 --> 00:04:51.060
enough so that his left foot is actually

00:04:51.060 --> 00:04:53.699
coming up off the ground so turning the

00:04:53.699 --> 00:04:57.300
hips early and then straightening the

00:04:57.300 --> 00:05:00.360
legs late are two indications that he's

00:05:00.360 --> 00:05:02.639
using his legs for power if you look up

00:05:02.639 --> 00:05:05.250
Joe Miller swing who I talked about he

00:05:05.250 --> 00:05:07.020
won't rotate his hips quite as much but

00:05:07.020 --> 00:05:08.910
he'll really use that vertical force

00:05:08.910 --> 00:05:11.580
late and using the legs even vertically

00:05:11.580 --> 00:05:13.500
helps create more speed in the handle

00:05:13.500 --> 00:05:16.380
and ultimately into the club head when

00:05:16.380 --> 00:05:18.449
it comes to the core we can see that he

00:05:18.449 --> 00:05:20.720
looks like he's rotating his upper body

00:05:20.720 --> 00:05:22.979
through there but he's rotating his

00:05:22.979 --> 00:05:26.250
upper body without lunging forward so

00:05:26.250 --> 00:05:28.320
without having the head really drift

00:05:28.320 --> 00:05:30.389
forward a lot of golfers who I see who

00:05:30.389 --> 00:05:32.760
use their upper upper body and upper

00:05:32.760 --> 00:05:34.800
core to create speed will tend to have

00:05:34.800 --> 00:05:36.960
more of a forward lunge where they're

00:05:36.960 --> 00:05:38.789
not really using their lower body and

00:05:38.789 --> 00:05:41.250
they're creating this pull on the club

00:05:41.250 --> 00:05:42.990
with the upper body but it puts them in

00:05:42.990 --> 00:05:44.370
a position where they can't use their

00:05:44.370 --> 00:05:46.020
legs and they can't use their arms very

00:05:46.020 --> 00:05:48.599
well then one of the keys is that the

00:05:48.599 --> 00:05:51.150
arms get involved late for power but

00:05:51.150 --> 00:05:52.800
they still get involved for power so

00:05:52.800 --> 00:05:55.380
he's probably starting to apply what

00:05:55.380 --> 00:05:57.479
feels like arm motion right around in

00:05:57.479 --> 00:06:02.699
here but it was soft enough early on so

00:06:02.699 --> 00:06:04.740
that there was an increased stretch for

00:06:04.740 --> 00:06:09.180
creating this look of leg now I want one

00:06:09.180 --> 00:06:12.419
of my common messages is this look of

00:06:12.419 --> 00:06:14.639
lag doesn't come from holding the wrist

00:06:14.639 --> 00:06:18.780
angle as in radial deviation or hinging

00:06:18.780 --> 00:06:21.510
your wrist it comes more from creating

00:06:21.510 --> 00:06:24.960
an extension of that trail wrist as well

00:06:24.960 --> 00:06:27.479
as what's happening with the external

00:06:27.479 --> 00:06:29.400
rotation of the trail shoulder or

00:06:29.400 --> 00:06:31.740
basically getting the elbow more in

00:06:31.740 --> 00:06:35.130
front you see that as a common move or

00:06:35.130 --> 00:06:37.440
power move for really good drivers the

00:06:37.440 --> 00:06:38.789
golf ball-like brooks cap

00:06:38.789 --> 00:06:41.039
in Dustin Johnson but you'll see that

00:06:41.039 --> 00:06:43.680
when he gets down here so he's used his

00:06:43.680 --> 00:06:46.349
lower body in court to get the club down

00:06:46.349 --> 00:06:48.900
to about here and then you'll see the

00:06:48.900 --> 00:06:51.719
arms really transfer that power through

00:06:51.719 --> 00:06:54.539
impact with a really powerful push from

00:06:54.539 --> 00:06:57.150
the leg and what I consider or what I

00:06:57.150 --> 00:06:59.539
call on our website and in our program a

00:06:59.539 --> 00:07:02.490
bracing move and that bracing move helps

00:07:02.490 --> 00:07:05.069
whip the club head through giving a

00:07:05.069 --> 00:07:08.129
little bit more club head speed so now

00:07:08.129 --> 00:07:10.050
watching Cameron champ again we've got

00:07:10.050 --> 00:07:12.719
the lower body the core and the upper

00:07:12.719 --> 00:07:15.300
body now he's creating 130 mile an hour

00:07:15.300 --> 00:07:18.210
club head speed but you'll see that his

00:07:18.210 --> 00:07:23.399
upper body and kind of his the height of

00:07:23.399 --> 00:07:25.740
his chest compared to the ground stays

00:07:25.740 --> 00:07:28.020
pretty consistent through throughout the

00:07:28.020 --> 00:07:30.509
swing so when he gets vertical and

00:07:30.509 --> 00:07:33.889
pushing with the body he does what I

00:07:33.889 --> 00:07:36.059
discuss on the site as kind of

00:07:36.059 --> 00:07:37.919
calibrating his spine rotation so that

00:07:37.919 --> 00:07:40.680
that doesn't cause his upper body to

00:07:40.680 --> 00:07:43.110
move up off the ball Joe Miller on the

00:07:43.110 --> 00:07:45.930
other hand has a fair amount of upper

00:07:45.930 --> 00:07:47.669
body movement especially if you were to

00:07:47.669 --> 00:07:50.879
compare it to set up so he might not be

00:07:50.879 --> 00:07:54.810
quite as consistent but and he may may

00:07:54.810 --> 00:07:57.319
use more force vertically instead of

00:07:57.319 --> 00:08:01.020
rotationally so as a result he gets a

00:08:01.020 --> 00:08:02.849
little bit more arm extension at impact

00:08:02.849 --> 00:08:04.740
than someone like Cameron champ but

00:08:04.740 --> 00:08:07.110
you'll see there's some of the lower

00:08:07.110 --> 00:08:08.729
body movement and then he really goes

00:08:08.729 --> 00:08:10.499
vertical there with his lower body and

00:08:10.499 --> 00:08:14.069
you'll see when his hips are moving his

00:08:14.069 --> 00:08:15.809
core is moving but again his core is

00:08:15.809 --> 00:08:17.279
moving more vertically so he's getting

00:08:17.279 --> 00:08:20.219
into a really pronounced crunch pattern

00:08:20.219 --> 00:08:23.189
to use his core or his trunk and then

00:08:23.189 --> 00:08:26.759
you'll see his arm extension through the

00:08:26.759 --> 00:08:29.639
ball just like so so while these two

00:08:29.639 --> 00:08:32.010
golfers appear to be in totally

00:08:32.010 --> 00:08:34.289
different positions and they really are

00:08:34.289 --> 00:08:36.479
they're gonna have different consistency

00:08:36.479 --> 00:08:39.029
patterns and ball flight patterns the

00:08:39.029 --> 00:08:40.860
way that they're creating speed by using

00:08:40.860 --> 00:08:43.560
their whole body is something that you

00:08:43.560 --> 00:08:46.470
can apply to your own game so if you

00:08:46.470 --> 00:08:48.600
tend to swing mostly with your arms then

00:08:48.600 --> 00:08:49.800
if you want to add a little bit more

00:08:49.800 --> 00:08:50.459
speed

00:08:50.459 --> 00:08:52.320
don't try to swing harder with your arms

00:08:52.320 --> 00:08:54.030
try to figure out how to get your lower

00:08:54.030 --> 00:08:57.060
body more involved if you tend to kind

00:08:57.060 --> 00:08:58.890
of chicken wing and and really have a

00:08:58.890 --> 00:09:00.780
lot of arm tension down at the bottom

00:09:00.780 --> 00:09:03.630
and you use mostly your legs and your

00:09:03.630 --> 00:09:06.060
body for power then don't try to swing

00:09:06.060 --> 00:09:08.340
harder with your legs try to learn how

00:09:08.340 --> 00:09:11.640
to develop a more efficient release so

00:09:11.640 --> 00:09:13.650
that you can create more speed with the

00:09:13.650 --> 00:09:15.810
arms and transfer more of that speed

00:09:15.810 --> 00:09:18.480
with your arms so whichever part of your

00:09:18.480 --> 00:09:20.520
body you're not using for power that's

00:09:20.520 --> 00:09:22.830
what you want to learn to use if you

00:09:22.830 --> 00:09:25.290
want to increase your club bat speed now

00:09:25.290 --> 00:09:27.150
if you're not sure how to do that then

00:09:27.150 --> 00:09:29.280
head over to golf smart academy.com

00:09:29.280 --> 00:09:31.260
sign up for a free membership where you

00:09:31.260 --> 00:09:32.970
can learn about the different movements

00:09:32.970 --> 00:09:34.560
that the body makes in order to swing

00:09:34.560 --> 00:09:36.990
the club consistently like a tour pro if

00:09:36.990 --> 00:09:38.700
you're not quite ready to sign up for a

00:09:38.700 --> 00:09:40.830
free membership then please like this

00:09:40.830 --> 00:09:43.110
video and subscribe to our page that way

00:09:43.110 --> 00:09:44.430
you'll be the first to know about it

00:09:44.430 --> 00:09:46.380
whenever we create new analysis videos

00:09:46.380 --> 00:09:49.340
just like this one