Nick LewisPGM 445

National University

SWING ANALYSIS

Weak/Neutral GripTakeaway, not picking the club up

Weight transfer, heel to heel, not heel to toe

PROBLEM AREAS

Mike is in the middle and we worked to get him onto the left, or stronger grip.

GRIPS

Mike hits a squeeze fade due to his neutral gripMike’s ball flight is lower as he tends to pick the club

rather than draw it back, causing a steeper angle of attackGetting Mike to transfer more through his heel will allow

for a more efficient turn and allow for his path on the down swing to be more on plane.

By strengthening Mike’s grip, drilling away at his takeaway and getting his weight transferring more through his back heel through his front side, Mike’s ball flight will become

straighter and even more so a draw flight, as well as helping him hit the ball higher, and stopping him from

coming over the top.

HYPOTHESIS

Having played with Mike I have seen first hand his tendency's within his swing and results on the golf course.

Also talking with Mike he had expressed the want to change a few things in order to hit the ball higher and change his ball flight direction. With the help of video

through the V1 and flight scope analysis, it was determined that our direction and presumed “problem” areas of focus

were correct.

PATHOLOGY

Research has shown that strengthening your grip can help with developing a more consistent straight to draw flight

pattern, and helps with players who are trying to eliminate one side of the golf course, as Mike is. As shown in prior images strengthening one’s grip comes by turning your

hands to the right on the club, while your left hand will feel more on top and the right more underneath. According to Teaching Professional, AJ Spicer, this is his number one tip

to most of his students when they are looking for improvement. (Schiffman, 2011).

RESEARCH

RESEARCH CONT.

In the image shown, is a drill that would be used and has been used by many professionals when working their hands further away from their body in more of a drag and rotate

motion rather than picking their hands straight up at address. Speed and lag comes from a wider and longer

turn, by having Mike do these drills, he will have less need to compensate or re-route the club at the top, rather being able to make his turn more efficient and producing more

speed and lag on his down swing. This also allows Mike to shallow out or flatten his downswing.

RESEARCH CONT.

This image to the right shows how this particular subject rotates his body so that his right glute contacts the chair on his back swing and by shifting his weight through his back heel on the downswing is able to turn efficiently through allowing his left glute to again make contact with the chair at impact and through to finish. If you finish or initiate the downswing

and transfer weight onto your toes, this causes weight to go more forward, creating an off balance finish.

TURN AND TRANSFER

V1 tilesFlight scope

Eyes on Swing visionPlaying

12. 6 old 6 new.15 swings50 swings

3 times playing

Materials Quantity

MATERIALS USED

Grip- Practice! Practice! practice!!!! The more often it is implemented the more comfortable the feeling becomes. Swinging the club one handed with the strong grip and hitting small chip shots is another good way to beat the

new grip into the mind and muscle memory.Takeaway- Drill, drill, drill!!! Once the grip change has become more comfortable and natural Mike will notice during his alignment stick drills, where he places the

alignment rod behind him that at the P1 position he will have a much more shut club face and without swaying his

wider and “drawback” like takeaway will have him smacking that alignment stick every time.

PROCEDURE

With regards to the stance, we reference back to the picture of the player with the chair or wall behind him and I

have even been known to use muscle rollers behind each glute, so that the player knows he has accomplished the turn and weight transfer the way that they want to when

both rollers fall to the ground after the swing.

PROCEDURE CONT.

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FLIGHT SCOPE RESULTS

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Mike and I discovered that as these changes became more comfortable over time, his ball flight tended to straighten out, picked up some swing speed and ball speed and his

misses to the right became few and far between. He gives most of the credit to his change to a stronger grip as he no longer has to flip the club face on the downswing in order

to square the club face.

CONCLUSION

We both believe that the data supports my hypothesis, as shown from the flight scope numbers and pictures, Mike is primarily hitting a draw swinging right with his clubface

left. Prior to these changes this was not the case as he was more right to right.

CONCLUSION CONT.

Schiffman, R. (2011, November 2). You Tried It: Stronger grip, better path | Golf Digest. Retrieved December 7, 2015,

from http://www.golfdigest.com/story/you-tried-it-a-stronger-grip-h

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