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Golf Impact Position Face On

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Golf Impact Position Down the Line

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Day 1: Impact Control

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Golf Impact - Part 2 of 7

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Perfect your golf impact - 2 of 4

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Perfect your golf impact - 3 of 4

Learn how to add more speed to your golf swing by leveraging the ground like a tour pro.

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Perfecting your golf impact - Bonus

Perfecting your golf impact video series. Special bonus video that will help you correct s ...

Overview of the Push Release

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Fix Your Swing Sway w/ the Wall Drill

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Intro to Weight Shift in the Golf Swing

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Weight Shift in the Golf Swing - Pt. 1

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Weight Shift Part 2 - Right Hip Line

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Weight Shift Part 3 - To the Left

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Step 1 - Weight Shift

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Step 1 - Weight Shift - Drill Only

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5 Minute Golf Setup w/ Weight Shift

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Learn Perfect Weight Shift in Your Socks

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Angle of Attack

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Stop Slicing and Start Releasing the Golf Club

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How to Stop Hooking the Golf Ball

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How to Hit the 3 Yard Draw

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5 Minutes to Master Rotation

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How to Fix a Flat Shoulder Turn

Fix a flat shoulder turn in your golf backswing with this simple and easy to do drill.

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Using the Core

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Step 2 - Core Rotation

Step 2- Adding body rotation

Step 2 - Core Rotation - Drill Only

The drill only for Step 2 - Body Rotation

Clamshell Drill - How to Cure Early Extension

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Eliminate Early Extension in Golf Swing

The REAL causes of early extension in the golf swing and the only TRUE way to fix it.

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Live Lesson - How to Stop Losing Tush Line & Boost Consistency

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Losing the Tush Line

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Squat to Square in the Golf Downswing

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Squeeze the Cheeks for Consistency

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Role of the Right Foot in Downswing

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Fix Your Over the Top Swing by Fixing Your Hand Path

Learn how to fix your over the top golf swing by simply being able to read a clock. If you ...

Stop Coming Over the Top in the Golf Swing and Slicing

You're well aware that slicing destroys your distance and your scorecard. What you may not ...

How to Shallow the Golf Club

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How to Shallow Your Golf Swing Fast and Easy - Live Lesson

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How to Shallow Your Hands During Transition

Do your hands go straight out toward the golf ball and don't shallow out during the transi ...

Over the Top Stick Drill

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Drill to Learn Inside Path to Golf Ball

Tired of the over the top slice? This drill and training aid will teach you how to approac ...

How to Fix Your Over the Top Move - Live Lesson

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9 to 3 Lag Building Drills

Learn how to build lag in your golf swing with these 9 to 3 lag building drills. You'll le ...

AXIOM Lag in the Golf Swing

Producing incredible lag has never been this easy - or fast

Increase Lag - Impact Cube Drill

This awesome drill will teach you to not cast the club and maintain lag into impact.

Speed vs. Power in the Golf Swing

Speed vs. Power - Which is it that you want in the golf swing? Many golfers think they nee ...

Reshaping Your Golf Swing for Lag

It's no secret that you want more lag in your swing. In this incredible video, I give you ...

RST Student Success - Building More Lag

RST student uses a simple 3 step process to shallow his golf swing and build in a ton of l ...

Intro to Fix Losing Lag and Weak Release

Find out how to work through this section on how to cure your golf casting / loss of lag o ...

Sklz Gold Flex Lag Trainer

This KILLER training aid will help you master a smooth, one-piece takeaway and help you bu ...

Rickie Fowler - How to preserve Lag

Lag is the most efficient way to increase clubhead speed. In this video, RST Instructor Ch ...

Lag and Speed Drills

To get more distance in golf, you've got to get maximum speed from your arms and not let y ...

Key to Creating Lag

The secret key to creating lag has been an elusive thing for most amateur golfers. In this ...

Downcock Pump Lag Drill

Every golfer wants to know how to create more lag in their swing to hit the ball further. ...

Golf Grip's Effect on Lag

As you've no doubt seen, my golf students have been picking up some serious distance throu ...

Become a Golf Swing Lag Monster: Shocking Success Story

In this video, I’ll show you how RST student David became a "lag monster" with RST swing ...

4 Step Golf Swing Lag Builder

The 4 steps to building INSANE lag in your golf swing - and you can do it TODAY!

Golf Left Thumb: Fix Pain, Soreness, Casting

Casting the club in the downswing is a sure way to destroy club head speed. Check out this ...

Right Arm in Downswing: Stop Casting

In this video, you’ll find out: 1) How Tiger Woods builds lag for power, 2) What to feel ...

Sequencing the Downswing - Dump Truck and Drag Racer

Sequencing the downswing is the HARDEST overall part of the golf swing - and also the MOST ...

The Post Up Move - How to Use Lead Leg for Power and Maintain Posture

Have you ever wondered how the pros use their legs for power in the golf swing? This video ...

My Golf Power Secret

How do the pros hit the ball so darn far? I tell all inside with this power secret!

Using your wrists for speed in golf swing - 5 of 7

Your body uses tension as its primary mechanism to sequence the golf swing. In general, th ...

Vertical Ground Force and Double Peaks

Should you be trying to increase vertical ground force in your swing and if so, how should ...

Throw the Club Head at the Golf Ball

Unlock the leverage, speed and power of your golf swing by understanding the physics behin ...

Throw for More Natural Golf Swing

Do you want a more natural golf swing with much more speed? Then you need to focus on how ...

Using the Wrists in the Golf Swing

The wrists play a very dynamic role in your golf swing. In this video, I'll cover the term ...

The Tour Pro Downswing Sequence Drill

If you are looking for a golf swing drill that can INSTANTLY improve your ball striking po ...

Trail Arm Release - Throw the Ball Drill Pt 1

This is THE key drill for really understanding how the downswing sequencing works. This 20 ...

Trail Arm Release - Throw the Ball Drill Pt 2

Are you ready to maximize your club head speed at impact? If so, you need this missing pie ...

Tim Burke - Kinetic Chain

Tim Burke wins his 2nd World Long Drive Championship. In this video, I'll show you the key ...

Golf Takeaway | Overview

An overview of the RST takeaway by RST Founder, Chuck Quinton. This video walks you throug ...

AXIOM Refine Your Takeaway

Simplify your takeaway with a simple 2" movement that moves the club 6 feet!

Learn a Perfect Golf Takeaway with Just a 2 Inch Movement!

Learn the simplest golf takeaway humanly possible for a massive boost in consistency. Simp ...

Fix Inside Takeaway - 4 Square Drill

You probably overuse your hands during the first half of the backswing, like most golfers, ...

Understanding Shoulder Blade Glide

If you have questions about exactly what the shoulder blade glide is or what it should fee ...

Golf Takeaway, 5 Minutes to the Perfect Golf Takeaway

This 30 minute long golf instruction video is key to setting you on the right path for the ...

Right Wrist in the Takeaway

The role of right wrist in the takeaway is often misunderstood and has been the source of ...

Fix Inside Takeaway - Pushing with the Lead Side

An extremely common swing fault, so common that many golf instructors actually teach the s ...

Role of the Right Arm - Takeaway

Collapsing the right arm early is something that at least 90% of amateur golfers struggle ...

Pull for a perfect takeaway - 6 of 7

So many golfers try to perfect the takeaway in the swing and they constantly fight an uphi ...

Thorbjorn Olesen - Perfect your takeaway

See 2 key moves that Thorbjorn Olesen uses to build a picture perfect takeaway position ev ...

One Simple Key to Fix Your Takeaway

In this video, I’ll show you the one swing change that’ll fix your takeaway once and f ...

Posture's Effect on the Takeaway

Posture at address is something that Tiger Woods always does right and it's something that ...

How to Fix an Inside Takeaway

This one simple trick will fix an inside takeaway instantly, I guarantee it!

Fix Inside Takeaway - Shake Hands Drill

This is the best golf swing drill to teach you exactly how your hands should work during t ...

Golf Swing Takeaway & Drills

The golf takeaway has been described by golf instructors countless ways, so many ways that ...

Fix Inside Takeaway - Belly Button Drill

This simple takeaway drill will give you that one piece takeaway you've been looking for o ...

Fix Inside Takeaway - Forward Press

If you've ever wondered whether or not you should have a forward press at setup, this golf ...

Wrist Cock vs. Wrist Hinge in the Golf Swing

Do you know the difference between wrist cock and wrist hinge in the golf swing? The diffe ...

AXIOM Body Backswing

Eliminate your reverse pivot, handsy inside takeaway, your head swaying off the ball and y ...

AXIOM Refine Your Backswing

Dial in your arms during the backswing to start easily shaping the ball, changing trajecto ...

Body Rotation in Golf Backswing - Chair Drill

If you want to power up your swing in golf, body rotation in the backswing is crucial. Unf ...

Left Shoulder Push in Backswing

This "Left Shoulder Push in the Backswing" video is for you ONLY if you already pull perfe ...

5 Minutes to the Perfect Golf Backswing

Once you've mastered the takeaway using our "5 Minutes to the Perfect Takeaway" video, you ...

My Golf Backswing Secrets

My keys to success for a perfect golf backswing - how to make the backswing simple and rep ...

How Much Shoulder Elevation

It's time to help you decide how to power your golf swing. And it all starts with how you ...

Right Elbow Pit in Golf Backswing

Do you struggle, like most golfers, with a flying right elbow at the top of the backswing? ...

Understanding Arm Elevation

In this video, Ill show you what arm elevation is, why you need it, and exactly how much y ...

Live Lesson - How to Fix Your Arms by Fixing Your Legs in the Backswing

Do you struggle with your arms getting too deep or too disconnected during the backswing? ...

Right Arm Backswing Drill

This is an excellent drill to train your mind to use your torso rotation to move the club ...

Should You Restrict Your Hip Turn in the Backswing?

For years, you've been taught to restrict the hips in the backswing. Is that what's best f ...

Simplify Your Backswing with Shallow Arms

Make this one simple change to reduce tension in your backswing to start hitting more EFFO ...

RotaryConnect Backswing Training Aid

Learn how to use the RotaryConnect to assist you in building the perfect golf backswing.

Stop Overswinging | Get Your Backswing Under Control

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Fix Hip Overturning in Your Backswing

If you're letting your hips over rotate in the backswing, you're costing yourself a ton of ...

Torso, Hips Over Rotating in Backswing

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DEAD Drill Step 1 - The Backswing

Here's the first step in building your perfect golf swing using the DEAD Drill. It's criti ...

Golf Backswing, Completing the Golf Backswing

Once you've mastered the setup, weight transfer and takeaway, it's time to progress to the ...

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Snow on the ground? Too cold out? No problem! NOW is the BEST time to work on your golf sw ...

Upper vs. Lower Body Rotation in Backswing

Confused about how your upper body rotates in the backswing compared to your lower body? T ...

How to Keep Your Left Arm Straight in the Backswing

The secret to why you can't keep your left arm straight at the top of the golf backswing.

How to Avoid a Cupped Left Wrist at the Top

Learn the cause of a cupped left wrist at the top of your golf backswing and how to fix it ...

How to Fix Trail Leg Straightening in Backswing

Is your trail leg straightening in the backswing? Do you know what kind of issues this sim ...

Do You Start Backswing w/ Hips or Shoulders?

To start the golf swing with the upper or lower body, that is the question! I think Shakes ...

Checkpoints - 5 Minutes Backswing

If you who have already watched the complete 5 Minutes to the Perfect Backswing video, thi ...

5 Minutes to a Perfect Backswing Pitfalls

In this premium video, I am going to cover some of the common mistakes that RST students m ...

3 Functions of Right Arm in Backswing

In this video, I'll show you the 3 functions of the right arm in creating the perfect back ...

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See how Henrik Stenson's idiosyncrasies work in his powerful golf swing. Check out these ...

Jason Day - Perfect Backswing

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What is a Perfect Golf Swing Plane?

Swing plane is NOT something you work on by swinging in a big PVC hoop or swinging around ...

How to Fix Swing Plane & Path

If you want to truly, once and for all, fix your golf swing plane and path, you must heed ...

Creating a Swing Plane

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Fix Swing Plane - Lead Arm Two Club Drill

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How Knee Flex Determines Swing Plane

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Trace the Plane Line

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Stop Coming Under the Plane in Golf

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AXIOM Body Tour Impact

Learn the secret of how the pros are so consistent with this tour impact position.

AXIOM Body Downswing

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AXIOM Release Overview

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AXIOM Unleash Your Inner Speed Demon!

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Golf Swing Sequence - How the Lower Body Works

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The Magic Box - How to Check Your Lower Body in the Transition

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Start Downswing Before Completing Backswing

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Golf Swing Transition Drill

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Patrick Reed - Right Foot Brake

Congrats to the young and always exciting Patrick Reed, for winning the 2015 Hyundai Tournament of Champions. In this new video, I will show you a great way to get over those hip spinning problems that have left you frustrated round after round. I will also show a couple of great checkpoints to help you maintain your spine angle through the entire golf swing and get you back to playing consistent golf. I'll show how to use the lower body properly in your downswing and then control it during the release by using your trail foot as a brake!

  • Sit into the trail side glute when working into the top of the backswing to help maintain spine angle. 
  • Shift the hips to the lead side and post up. 
  • Use the trail foot as a brake for the hips so that cannot spin open in the hitting area. 
  • Release the club

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T David
Great video. I have been focusing on my right foot and knee position through the downswing. As the ground force is applied to the right foot at the top of the swing, at what point does this pressure move to left side?
June 8, 2017
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Craig (Certified RST Instructor)
Hello Dave. You will still have some glute engagement in the trail side when shifting to help stabilize the hips. But, as you get into the release position is when you will feel the vast majority on the lead side.
June 8, 2017
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Brian
While working on the belt buckle drill, I started noticing something in my swing that appears to be similar to what Patrick Reed does. It's not quite as obvious in this video, but watch his hip rotation during the backswing and transition. I notice that he restricts the hip rotation almost at the completion of the backswing, but then there is one extra bit of hip rotation that triggers the downswing. I noticed this very subtle move in my swing when working on the belt buckle concept of trying to point the buckle back behind the ball when starting the downswing.
August 20, 2015
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Craig (Certified RST Instructor)
Hello Brian. I don't think you need to manually train a move like this, but I see what you are saying relative to Patrick's swing.
August 20, 2015
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Anthony
Chris, in the video pratice points you use the term "post up". Can you explain what that means, thanks
March 9, 2015
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Chris (Certified RST Instructor)
Hey Anthony, posting up is just an expression for creating max stability in the lead leg in a neutral joint alignment fashion. It also relates to once you have shifted the weight to the lead side and stabilized it, you are pushing the lead ankle into the ground and clearing the lead hip, thus giving you the term posting up. Hope that helps.
March 9, 2015
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Christian
guilty hip spinner. I just finished getting to the top correctly and now (with this video) I should be able to squat and keep my spin angle. I am looking forward to uploading a video with my improvements.
January 23, 2015
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Craig (Certified RST Instructor)
Hey Christian. We look forward to taking a look. Use that trail foot and squat correctly. Start getting good snap at the ball!
January 23, 2015
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Peter
I like this guy! He's not a lanky, willowy McElroy. He looks like me! A little tank. Your description of his stability, the use of his big hip/gluteal muscles is made more apparent by your attention to his right foot. I'd decided that stabilizing the right heel,with a little squat, was a great way for me to slow the hips. For now, however, I'm sitting on my gluteals, and drooling over your continued study of the Rotary Tour. I'm slow, but not stupid. I'll catch up...just as soon as I get these damned braces off (not the teeth kind). pk
January 21, 2015
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Craig (Certified RST Instructor)
Hey Peter. Apologize for the later reply. It's nice to see someone of "typical" build using good fundamentals for us normal folks. No need to be Arnold to have a good golf swing.
February 17, 2015
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Maciej
Patrick strange business with the left foot is because of his left knee which he has bent in impact. And his body instead on rotating on pelvis joint is trying to rotate on knee. That is what I see.
January 15, 2015
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Chris (Certified RST Instructor)
Hey Maciej -- His left foot his strange for sure. His weight does move to the lead side pretty drastically in the downward move. He is leveraging the ground which is pushing the left foot so hard into the ground that it becomes almost weightless in the hitting area. The point of the video was to see how he uses the trail foot to stall the hips. Sorry I did not make that more clear. Look at how Bubba Watson hits his driver. He is up on his toes and almost airborne at times. Does this mean he has not shifted his weight to the lead side? Just trying to give a good comparison here for further clarification.
January 16, 2015
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Don
Bye the way.........I was a big hip spinner!
January 15, 2015
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Craig (Certified RST Instructor)
Gotcha. We all were at one point in time!
January 16, 2015
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Don
I have self-critiqued myself to others by saying that part of my problem is that I have two swings and I tend to switch back and forth if my timing is off on a certain day. (Usually when I haven't been playing much and try to come back out after a long layoff.) The one swing I use is almost identical to Reed's swing. At address I put 90% of my weight on the right foot and try to keep it there as long as possible. As my hips rotate to start the swing my weight just naturally shifts to the left side, but it only feels like I have a 50/50 weight distribution at impact and only completely shifts to the left side after my follow through passes the 90 degree point on my release. To me the total swing feels more "armsy" but my results, as long as I don't try to swing too hard, is unbelievably straight and long. Many times I have demoed the two shots for my sons-in-laws while playing a practice round by hitting two balls off of the tee. On the first shot I use the Reed swing and swing smooth and easy. On the second shot I shift my weight early and totally swing almost as hard as possible. When I connect on both, the second swing goes twice as high and stays in the air much longer, but the distance between the two distances are usually within 3 yards of each other unless I have a strong tailwind or headwind. I have this "hit it as hard as I can mentality" as long as I can control it so I don't play the Reed-type shot very often, unless my timing gets off during a round when I am swinging harder. I agree with the previous comments that Reed cannot pick up his left foot if he has his weight fully shifted left! So which should I play?
January 15, 2015
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Craig (Certified RST Instructor)
Hello Don. I don't want you presetting the weight on the trail side and then starting the swing. Nevertheless, have no issue with using you weight transfer to the trail glute as a trigger. If you want to start the swing by shifting into the trail glute to get a little momentum going I would go with that one. It seems to give you a little more flow in the swing according to the notes. Freeing items up and allowing for more efficiency.
January 16, 2015
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Braden
Sorry I didn't see the other comments.
January 15, 2015
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Chris (Certified RST Instructor)
No problem at all. I am here to help and trying to further clarify what is going on with reeds swing.
January 16, 2015
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Braden
Chris, I wish I could see front on view because it looks like in down the line view he is keeping a lot of weight on his right side. If he transfer his weight onto the left side he should not be able to spin his left foot out the way he does. What do you see with his foot spinning out?
January 15, 2015
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Chris (Certified RST Instructor)
Hey Braden -- His weight does move to the lead side pretty drastically in the downward move. He is leveraging the ground which is pushing the left foot so hard into the ground that it becomes almost weightless in the hitting area. The point of the video was to see how he uses the trail foot to stall the hips. Sorry I did not make that more clear. Look at how Bubba Watson hits his driver. He is up on his toes and almost airborne at times. Does this mean he has not shifted his weight to the lead side? Just trying to give a good comparison here for further clarification.
January 16, 2015
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Ian
I have to agree with Dan and Pavel. He lifts his left foot completely off the ground through release. At 3:35 his right heel goes back down onto the ground and his left foot (3:37) comes right off the ground (and at the end of the full swing ends up well behind his original stance). Now I fully understand the importance of keeping your right foot from lifting too early as you, Chris, and Chuck (in his video) explain. No problem with that. But I'm surprised you make no comment on this strange business with the left foot. It looks like a recipe for disaster for someone like myself or anyone with less talent than Patrick Reed.
January 15, 2015
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Chris (Certified RST Instructor)
Hey Ian -- His left foot actually stays down on the ground. His left foot slides back and externally rotates in the hitting area from all of the ground force he uses. You will see a lot of tour players come up onto their toes or even off the ground with all of the leverage they are trying to get from the ground. That is certainly not something we can teach to golfers. The point of the video, is to see how his hips are stalled at impact regardless of what his lead foot is doing. If you can stall the body properly in the hitting area then you can release the golf club with max speed at impact. Again, the point of the video was to watch how he used the right foot to stall the hips out regardless of what his left foot was doing.
January 15, 2015
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Pavel
Have you look at the left feet movement? It looks like there is no weight.
January 15, 2015
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Chris (Certified RST Instructor)
His weight does move to the lead side pretty drastically in the downward move. He is leveraging the ground which is pushing the left foot so hard into the ground that it becomes almost weightless in the hitting area. The point of the video was to see how he uses the trail foot to stall the hips. Sorry I did not make that more clear. Look at how Bubba Watson hits his driver. He is up on his toes and almost airborne at times. Does this mean he has not shifted his weight to the lead side? Just trying to give a good comparison here for further clarification.
January 16, 2015
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bradford
no sound on this video. sound is good on all the others
January 15, 2015
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Craig (Certified RST Instructor)
Hey Bradford. Try clearing your cache or browser history. It is playing fine on my end. Are you using Chrome or Firefox as your browser? If you are and everything is status quo. Please use the Contact Us Link at the bottom of the page and Customer Support will help you fix the issue.
January 15, 2015
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alex
same issue.....no audio...tried chrome,firefox and IE.......others video are fine......
January 15, 2015
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Craig (Certified RST Instructor)
Hey Alex. I will notify Customer Support. I apologize for your issue.
January 15, 2015
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Todd
I also have no audio. I have also tried IE, firefox and Chrome. I get the RST intro theme at full volume but only barely perceptible audio during the video itself.
January 15, 2015
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Craig (Certified RST Instructor)
Hello Todd. Amy with Customer Service should be contacting you shortly.
January 15, 2015
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grant
I saw a DVD by Manuel De La Torrey who says, "The body should get its timing going back and forward from the swinging of the arms.' The arms initiate the forward swing and almost simultaneously bring the body along with it to the finish.' With the arm swing giving you the timing & leading the way there is no need to concern yourself about how you get to your left foot finish. It just happens without all the concerns about how the move is made i.e. turn; slide and turn; how far do you slide before you turn etc.
January 14, 2015
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Craig (Certified RST Instructor)
Hello Grant. I am unfamiliar with Manuael De LA Torrey's teaching, but you notes are suggesting the the arms move the body. You would be letting the outside control the inside versus opposite. You don't want momentum to be flinging the club and body around. You want to dictate the motion by controlling the swing with the bigger muscles and moving in towards the body. There is a 3 inch weight shift into the lead glute before any active turning should happen. Take a look at the Sitting Into the Left Side Video in the Downswing Section.
January 15, 2015
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dan
im confused??? braking? he spins his hips so hard on this video that his left foot rotates to point toward the target? his right heel lifts early and lands again late for what looks like to regain balance. am i seeing something wrong?
January 14, 2015
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Chris (Certified RST Instructor)
Hey Dan -- He unwinds the hips hard, and then stalls them at the release point of the swing. If he were to stand up on the right foot while he was released it would spin he body including the hips through the hitting area while he is releasing the club.
January 14, 2015

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