The GOAT Drill

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The GOAT Drill is like the DEAD Drill for The GOAT Code. If you wanted a simple way to understand Tiger's swing and exercises to help you do it more powerfully, you're in the right place.


Today is the day.

A day that I have literally been dreaming of for more years than I can possibly count.

I've always had a dream that I could take somebody and give them one simple feel, one overall hierarchy of movement that would give you the feeling of how to make a proper golf swing.

When I say a proper golf swing, I mean swinging like the goat, like tiger.

I wanted to be able to create a drill that would teach you everything you need to know about the golf swing in one simple movement and one simple drill.

And that day is today.

This is more than three and a half decades of studying the golf swing and more than two decades of deeply diving into tiger's swing.

I don't know how many thousands, if not tens of thousands of hours I've spent studying his swing.

And what I'm going to share with you today is going to feel pretty wild at first, but it's going to also feel amazingly powerful.

And you're finally going to have control.

You will today have shaffling an impact like you never thought possible.

I'm going to teach you exactly how to do it.

You're going to swing on plane.

You're going to stop casting the club, stop flipping the club, stop hitting the ball all over the place.

You're going to have complete club face control.

And I'm going to teach you this drill.

I call it the goat drill because it is in my opinion, after all these years of studying, it is how tiger swings the club.

And it is the drill, the one drill that will teach you how to do it exactly.

And it's not complicated.

It's not complicated at all.

In fact, it's really quite simple, but I'm going to teach it to you in steps.

And the first thing you've got to understand is that this movement does not feel like any other movement in any other sport that I've ever done.

And for those of you that have known me for a long time, I've done just about everything.

So from professional snowboard, mountaineer, jumping, dirt bikes, ice climbing, rock climbing, playing basketball, football, soccer, tennis, everything, I've played them all.

And this movement, while it definitely has similarities to lots of different sports, the golf swing is unique.

It is the only one that has the exact set of circumstances that it does with a very light stick, a long lever, got to use our body, got to use our hands.

All of this stuff has to work together in a very specific way.

And that's what we're going to talk about first.

So the first thing is don't try to relate this movement to some other sport that you might have played.

Again, there are similarities and there are things you can borrow from.

But the one discovery that I feel very confident in is that this is a pretty unique movement that is unique to the golf swing.

For a lot of different reasons that we will talk about.

The second thing is how you load in the backswing is your golf swing.

How you produce power is your golf swing.

Power is everything in the swing.

Now I'm not saying needing to hit the ball 400 yards is everything in the swing.

I'm saying the way that your body, The way that your brain and your body work together to generate what you feel is power and speed in the swing dictates everything that happens in your golf swing.

Everything.

So I can say that beyond a shadow of a doubt after more than God, you know, we've done over 100,000 swing reviews.

And the way that somebody produces power in their lessons, we know exactly how they're going to swing and every single byproduct is going to be a result of that.

So what we've got to do first is we've got to understand how to load correctly.

And in a lead side pattern and a trail side pattern, they're very different.

They're wildly disparate.

So what we're going to do first is I'm going to teach you how to load because it's very unique.

It's very unique to the golf swing and it's Tiger does it different than everybody else, in my opinion, to a large degree, but it's way simpler.

It's way more powerful.

It's actually easier on the body than anything I've ever done in my golf swing.

And I'm going to show you that right now to understand and visualize how you're supposed to load in the golf swing.

There's a couple of things I'm going to show you.

I'm going to use some surgical bands, little elastic workout bands.

You notice I'm doing this video in the gym.

The reason is that there's a mirror directly in front of me and I'm going to be looking in this mirror, pointing out things that I want you to see when you're practicing in front of a mirror.

And please, for the love of God, practice in front of a mirror.

Do not rely on your feel, your feel and real until they're trained are not the same.

So we're going to be practicing from a mirror.

So I'm going to, I'm going to show you how to use these bands.

You do not have to do this.

This is a visualization as much as anything, but if you pick up some metal, some elastic bands or you, you know, have them at your local gym, they'll help you start to feel this a little bit better.

So the first thing you've understand is that the golf swing, when you're loading up in the backswing, it's not really much of a turn.

And I think this is something that is very unique to how Tiger swings the club and the way that the golf swing has always been explained.

We think of the golf swing as being rotational and it certainly is, but not in the way that I think people think and tend to apply.

Most golfers, when they try to rotate, they try and twist their body like this or turn their shoulders this way.

And this will eventually move your head off the ball.

So then if you start trying to turn to make a golf swing, then you're going to lift your arms up really early to avoid moving your head off the ball.

And then you're going to have a very narrow collapse swing.

And it's not what we want at all.

It's not what Tiger does.

Tiger uses his core to power the swing.

And it was really when I began to study these fascial lines in the body that I really began to understand.

How.

He was able to produce so much effortless power throughout his career and do it safely on his body.

Because of course, we know that Tiger had back problems later in his career, but he had no back problems until he made a dreadful swing change that wrecked his career and his back at the same time.

Up until that point, his back was just fine.

And I'm going to, you're going to start to feel and understand why I'm going to walk you through this piece by piece, why this is safer on the body than any other way to swing the club that I've ever found.

So first thing I'm going to do is I'm going to put this underneath my lead foot.

Now, the reason this is important is because there is a fascial line and I'm not going to go into this in depth because I did a long webinar on this.

Go check out that webinar video if you want to understand this further, But there's a fascial line that's called the spiral fascial line, running from your foot up through your core.

And it spirals across the body and crisscrosses up to the other side.

This is what allows us to create rotation very efficiently in the swing.

Now, the trick is I don't want you to think of rotation as turning.

I want you to think of it as twisting.

And this is a very important distinction because turning, like I said, will move your head eventually off the ball and then you'll start to pick up your arms to avoid that.

And then we've got all sorts of problems.

Instead, what I want you to do, and for those of you who've been with me for a long time, remember my old right shoulder blade glide drill.

This is going to bring up some fond memories of that drill because I know a lot of you loved that drill.

We just saw people start to overdo it and misinterpret it.

This is an updated version of that.

So what I'm going to do is hold this cape, the elastic band up against my right shoulder.

And this will help you visualize this spiral line.

Now, of course, it goes through my core and around to the back and so on.

So this is not exact.

But if this is a visualization and a feel.

Now, if I told you to create as much tension in these bands as possible, what would you do?

Well, what you want to do is take your right shoulder, your trail shoulder, and start moving it up and back.

Now, You've seen my backswing videos where I was talking about how the body moves into extension to load the core in the backswing when you were under the Goat theory videos.

And that's exactly what I'm doing here.

So I am starting to move this right shoulder up and back to stretch this fascial line as much as possible, as much as I need to for power in the swing.

And as a result of this, my head stays perfectly centered, Which is why I did the whole right shoulder blade glide drill 20 years ago.

In the first place is because people would push from the lead side and move really flat and move off the ball.

If I pull my right shoulder up and back, this moves my spine into extension, which is extremely important for the next part of the swing.

And, and really the key to the goat drill is that we have to open up this trail side of our body, the trail side of our rib cage, our core from here to here, from your shoulder to your hip, I want you to create space.

So what I'm doing, if I wasn't, you know, turning a little bit, as I'm basically moving into side bend, that I'm doing this to open up the trail side of my body.

And you'll see that this gets my shoulders nice and steep so I can get the club back down to the ground.

Most golfers turn way too flat.

So what I'm trying to do is open up this thing.

And I feel like it's like a zipper effect.

Like I'm unzipping the side of my body, opening up this trail side of my rib cage, all these muscles in my core so that I can fire them on the way down, which we're going to talk about more in just a moment.

But the first key is understanding how to turn or twist is how I think of it now in the backswing.

So I am twisting my spine and opening up my core by moving into extension and getting this right shoulder up and back.

And I'll do this from down the line and you'll see a little bit different perspective.

Again, if I did it incorrectly and I turned really flat like most people and you have these elastic bands, you'll feel that there's no real tension being created here because my shoulder has got to go toward the target up and back.

So now if I hold this up here and I do this, Now I can feel way more tension on these bands because my right shoulder is stretching that spiral fascial line through my core all the way down to my foot.

And as I do this, this is what I'm opening up to be able to fire in the downswing, which we'll talk about again in just a moment.

So this is the first key is opening up.

Now I'm not saying shrug your shoulder up.

That's the exact opposite of what we want to do.

I'm talking about moving this part of your body to open up, unzip this part of your body to load it so that you're moving into side bend and extension at the same time.

As you're doing this, you're going to start to feel this part of your body open up and you'll notice that my trail leg is going to straighten a little bit as I do this.

This is going to allow me to create more space as we move into the trail side fascial line.

There are multiple fascial lines in the body.

I think there's about 11 that have been documented.

And so we know that there's more than one way to do things.

And what you want to think about in the body is that we want to move everything integrated as much as possible.

It's not just your trail hand or your trail arm or your trail leg or lead arm or lead hip or any of those things.

The body needs to work as one.

And using these fascial lines allows us to work the body as one muscle instead of hundreds of different muscles trying to coordinate at the same time.

That's very, very difficult to do.

And it's not what we're going to do.

We want to load fascial lines and use that as like a highway system to coordinate all these muscles together for us.

So the other fascial line that I want you to focus on is the one on the trail side of the body.

I'm going to hold this up against my shoulder like this.

And I want to feel the same thing.

So as I go up and back with this trail shoulder.

Now, as I'm doing this, I'm not standing up because you'll see as I start stretching these muscles, my head's actually going to go even if even though this leg is going straightening a little bit and the shoulders going up and back, my head is actually going to go down just a little bit during the backswing because I'm moving into side bend.

And also these muscles are being moved.

So they're shortening in one side and lengthening in the other.

And that's actually going to move my head down.

But what I want to feel next is getting this shoulder up and back to load this side of my body even more powerfully.

To get this fascial line ready to snap back down this way in the downswing.

So these elastic bands will help you start to visualize and even feel how to load in the swing.

So again, it's your shoulder.

And again, I don't want to say I hate to use the word shoulder because I mean people are going to start actually shrugging their shoulder.

It's almost like, you know, the area underneath your shoulder.

It's opening up this rib cage that you're trying to get as much of this opened up as possible.

And you'll see, you know, most tour pros, one, they have very steep shoulders when viewed down the line in the backswing.

Most amateurs are very flat.

And two, they stay very centered.

Now it's okay to have lateral movement.

Of course, Tiger used to have a lot of lateral movement, introduces more timing and rhythm into the swing.

Nothing wrong with that.

He's changed that as he's gotten older, where he stays much, much more centered now.

But certainly with the driver, he still moves off into the right side quite a bit.

And his head moves off the ball and stays back behind the ball.

The amount of lateral movement that you want to have in your swing, there's, it's a variable.

There's lots of different ways to do it.

But what I want you to be able to focus on first is to stay very centered by opening up, twisting and opening up this side of your body from here all the way through to that shoulder to really feel this getting high and open.

And I like to feel it with my right arm, kind of using that to help stretch this even more.

Exaggerate opening up this part of my body, the trail side of my body, so that it's naturally going to want to step down in the downswing.

So now that you've got the idea of opening up this fascial line, getting into side bend, lengthening this trail side of your body so it's ready to fire, I want to give you a drill to do with the club that really is kind of the essence of the go drill.

Once you kind of go through this video and you've had time to kind of feel and practice these movements, this is going to be your go-to move on the course when you're getting ready to warm up, you're getting ready to hit a shot, you just want to re-groove that feeling, here's how you're going to do it.

So the first key is preset in GDP.

So the goat delivery position, left elbow out, back of my hand out, palm out, elbow pit out, very, very important.

Left arm straight, right arm slightly bent, wrists are set.

Club face should be toed in slightly.

This is very important.

If you don't have a proper grip, this isn't going to work.

I'm going to show you why in just a moment.

So once I'm here, this is basically where the whole golf swing happens or doesn't happen.

Now, do not move your arms from this goat delivery position.

Just try and maintain them exactly like they are here.

As you go back, this right arm is going to bend a little bit more.

Do not let your left arm bend.

Keep the right arm as straight as you can without keeping it rigid, but think about your arms not as ropes as they've kind of typically been described in an old school swing.

That's not how tiger's arms work at all.

Tiger's arms are like spokes on a, on a, on a wheel.

They have to be relatively firm, not toe tight because they'll break, but they need to be stiff enough to be able to maintain width in the swing.

In the moment, I'm going to give you an exercise and a drill that you can do in a gym to help you feel this a lot more completely.

But what I want you to feel at first is that your arms are just basically locked in that GDP position, not rigid, but they're, they're firm.

You're holding this with some muscular tension to hold this position.

So now once I'm here, All I want you to do is focus on moving that right shoulder up and back to lengthen this trail side of your body.

Like you just saw and felt with the elastic band.

So watch what happens.

I'm just going to take this right shoulder, knock and move my arms and move that right shoulder up.

I'm in a perfect spot at the top.

I started at GDP and I just lengthened this fascial line.

This is all I'm trying to do here back down GDP, GDP, all the way through.

That's all you need to feel to understand the golf swing.

The way that Tiger does it is really just understanding this goat delivery position and understanding how to move your body so that you don't have to move your arms.

This is where everybody goes wrong is that they start moving their arms all over the place.

And why wouldn't you?

The club's light.

We just want to fling our arms all over the place.

They're going to move all over.

Your arms are getting moved by your core.

That's why I like describing the arms as like spokes on a wheel.

On a wheel, all the power is being driven to the hub and the spokes have to be firm enough to transmit the energy to the outer part of the wheel of the tire.

And that's what your arms are basically doing effectively in the golf swing is that they're just spokes on a wheel, and the hub is right here, moving your arms.

And you can see even with my messed up spine and fused neck, I can stay very centered and have a nice big turn, but I'm not turning, right?

I'm not doing this.

I'm taking this shoulder up and back to lengthen this trail side.

That gets me more of a twisted feel, if you will.

And now from here, how would I bring that club back down?

Well, what I lengthened in the backswing is what I want to unload in the downswing.

And this is why I said at the beginning that the way that you try to create power in the backswing, the way that you load or create power in the golf swing, the way that you load in the backswing is your golf swing.

Everything that you do in the backswing, you're going to basically take out in the downswing more or less.

And so when you think about it that way, if I'm just opening up this trail side, well, that's what I'm going to use to bring the club down.

So now you'll start to see that as I open up this side and close it down, that's where my speed and power is.

My arms are transmitting energy.

They are storing energy.

They are not producing power in the swing.

My core is the primary power producer.

When you look at this from down the line, you're going to see a few distinguishable things that you've seen in Tiger Swing for years that he used to be highly criticized for.

And I always said they were the most powerful parts of his swing and they were what made it so simple.

But you're going to see these things happen now.

So let me first, again, GDP, right?

So you can see the club is, it needs to be towed in slightly at this point.

As I go up, my right shoulder is going up and back.

And now I'm firing that down.

Now what happens to my head as I do that?

One thing that's always been criticized of Tiger Swing is that his head would go down.

Well, how would his head go down?

People used to think, oh, he's just squatting down.

That's not what's happening at all.

He's lengthening and then contracting this core.

His right shoulder is going as far away from your right hip as it can, and then getting as close to it as he can.

That moves the arms with tremendous speed.

And because it's moving basically in a diagonal pattern, I don't know a better way to describe it at this point yet.

But when we think of the shoulders as kind of turning back and turning back, that's not what they do at all in Tiger Swing.

They tilt and spiral and twist the spine in this extension position, which is totally safe and relaxed for your spine.

And then it fires down.

As he crunches down, the harder he contracts the side of his body, it pulls the hip up because these same muscles that you're lengthening, the obliques and other muscles attach in the pelvis.

So as he fires aggressively down with his shoulder, it pulls his hip up, which pulls him up onto his toe.

And he used to get criticized for this all the time.

Oh, he gets up on his toe too quick.

Mo Norman said that was a terrible move.

It wasn't at all.

It's a powerful move from the core.

The faster you do this, of course my leg is going to get pulled up, but I'm not squatting.

But when you look at it from down the line, it looks like I'm squatting and driving off my hips.

I'm not.

I'm purely taking that fascial line and then closing it down as fast as humanly possible.

And I've got an awesome exercise I want to share with you that if you go to the gym, you can feel this.

And understand how all of this works together immediately.

If you were to ask me, what is the one exercise that I should do for my golf swing?

This would be it.

All I have is a basic pulley and a bar here that, you know, just a little straight handle on it.

It's kind of like a grip, golf grip and a pulley up above my head and very little weight.

I'm only, I'm only going to use 10 pounds for this.

What I want you to understand with this exercise is that it's going to teach you how to feel everything that happens in tiger swing, exactly how he creates power, exactly how you're going to do it, exactly what your arms should move, how your arms should move and how your body should move.

So what you're going to do is take one of these handles and put it.

So if I'm, I'm a right handed golfer, obviously.

So the handle starts on my left side and I set my arms basically setting them in GDP, right?

So I'm in this great, powerful impact position.

My right arm is pushing down on this to help hold the weight as is my left arm.

And now how do I take this back?

This is the most important key because again, how we load in the backswing is how we're going to find the downswing.

So I'm not going to do this.

How weak is that?

That's how most people swing.

What I'm going to do is create this wide arc to keep tension on this cable as long as I can so that it opens up my rib cage, opens up my core so that then once I'm here, those muscles are now what I'm firing.

That, that is how you create power in the swing.

I am keeping my arms wide as I go back because it helps me stretch and lengthen this core even more.

And then once it's fully moved and I'm into extension and that's why I like using the cable, it helps pull my weight, my body, my spine into extension so that then I can pull down.

Now, if you were doing, as you do this, and I recommend if you go to a gym, try this exercise out because as you're going back, you'll feel that if you let your arms collapse, this thing's going to whack you in the head.

It's not going to feel right.

You will feel how you want to keep your arms wide and basically stiff like spokes on a wheel to open up this part of your body as much as possible.

And then once you feel that it's open, it's natural to then fire them on the way down.

And once you have that feeling of how to fire and engage your core, you'll do this for literally 30 seconds.

And this part of your body will be burning.

And if you're doing it with even a slightest amount of weight, you don't even have to do it with weight just by contracting your spine.

You can see how quickly I move up onto my toe, which allows my hips to pivot more quickly.

I'm pulling my core down, which moves my arms very fast into GDP.

And it helps me maintain that GDP.

You've known that the biggest part of my theory on tiger swing is he's just resisting pronation of this trail arm longer than everybody else.

That's what made him the greatest long iron player in history.

So that face was so stable and so quiet.

And the only way to do that is to fire your core correctly.

So let's take a little bit closer look at that.

But trust me, give this exercise a try.

And one of the most important parts of getting this goat drill done correctly is sequencing.

Sequencing the off swing correctly is everything.

It's where all the magic lies.

It's where all the power, the effortless power is versus powerless effort.

Powerless effort comes from firing your arms too soon, which basically just forces your entire swing out of sequence.

What you're going to learn is that your arms and club and hands aren't going to fully release until way out here, way past the ball, which we're going to talk about the release and in just a moment.

But we first have to understand the sequence of how do we fire our core correctly?

This is the key.

You need to unzip and then rezip from the top down.

And what I mean by that is a lot of times golf instruction is taught, you know, go to the top and then fire your hips as fast as you can.

And that's going to give you speed.

That's going to give you back problems is what that's going to give you.

You do not want to torque and twist your spine by pushing hard off your hips immediately from the top of the backswing.

It's the worst freaking thing you can do for your back.

Trust me.

I have tried it many times.

It's devastating.

What you want is for your spine and your core and your pelvis and everything to move as one when the greatest amount of load is on the body.

When we're at the highest risk for injury, nobody's gonna get hurt during the backswing, right?

I've never seen anybody have a takeaway blowout.

You know, oh my God, my knee went out during my takeaway.

If you're doing that, you really need lessons really bad.

Most people get hurt in the downswing or in the follow through.

And so what you've got to understand, you know that most tour pros all have their hips really, really open at impact.

But how are they just really flexible?

Are they just naturally gifted athletes?

What are they doing that allows them to do that?

It's sequencing because that's what allows them to do it safely and correctly.

And most amateurs have no idea how to move their hips and their hips are actually dead square at impact or some are even closed.

What you're going to learn now is how to get your hips wide open at impact, crazy open, further open than you probably thought you even could.

But I've got to tell you some things that are going to wildly contradict everything that you hear in golf instruction today.

So bear with me.

This is going to take just a brief moment to explain how the sequencing works.

But once you feel it, you're going to understand it.

I want you to watch yourself in the mirror as you do this.

So as we're going back, my first initiation off the ball, you know, I shift into this trail hip to get loaded into it.

But I'm immediately trying to feel this right shoulder opening up my core to going up and back to open up the side of my body.

That's the first thing I'm trying to do.

And because of that, and because it's moving the most, apart from my hands and arms, but as far as my body goes, my shoulders moving the greatest distance above anything else, I want to then start that as the first key, not this starting with your hips and destroy your back, starting with your core to pull your arms back down into this GDP position is the correct sequence.

So you're opening that trail side of your body and then firing it down.

I'm taking my right shoulder and moving it down towards my right hip.

And as I'm doing that, that's getting me reconnected.

Think about throwing a punch.

I like to use the heavy bag a lot.

You don't punch like this, right?

There's no power there.

And you don't punch like this.

There's no power there either.

You work to get them all to fire together as one.

And that's exactly what I believe Tiger's doing.

What you're feeling is this trail shoulder firing down, it moves my arms back into position.

And once my arms have gotten back connected to my body, it started to work back in front of my body and my core, upper part of my core starting to close down, it's reconnecting me with my, with my pelvis.

And once they're all connected together, then I can drive really hard and push hard off my foot and off my glute to fire everything together as one.

And that is that squish the bug drill that I showed you of Tiger doing this, what seemed like a really strange video where he's basically trying to pivot and he's waiting, he's working on a sequence.

He's trying to get the feeling of how everything works together.

And that's what allows you to get your hips very open at impact.

You'll see that if I go to the top and just try and turn, I'm eventually going to run out of right leg.

There's nothing else for me to push with.

So I've kind of expended my energy too soon.

My core is way back here.

So I'm putting a ton of torque on my spine, which is brutally painful.

Instead, if I wait to get everything back down here, my elbows now like into my side, I feel that my whole right side of my body is now connected.

And then I can then drive it through.

And so now you can see my hips, the heck my, I got as many spine problems as anybody, my hips are 80 degrees open here.

And I feel zero pain, zero stress because this is all moving together as one, not this, not this, not this.

Those are all back destroyers.

You want to get this down in here, get it nice and connected.

And then you can drive everything together as one unit, because that's what you're trying to do.

You're trying to drive this power package, this goat arm and this GDP position as far forward as you possibly can to release the club fully as late as you can, because that is what gives you club face control to hit the ball.

Absolutely consistently dead straight requires that you avoid pronation of the trail arm as long as humanly possible.

In order to do that, you must not run out of right arm is kind of the saying in the golf industry.

What does running out of right arm really mean?

Well, obviously, once your right arm begins to extend and the wrist begins to release and the shoulder begins to pronate or internally rotate, there's only so much that can happen that can move there.

And eventually, once you get down to the club or get the club down to the ball, and you've kind of just thrown your arms at it and you've slapped at the ball, you've ran out of right arm, you have nothing left to hit with, you've got rid of all these angles.

What I'm asking you to do is to avoid that at all costs.

And the only way to avoid running out of right arm is to use your core in the way that I'm showing you.

Once you get your arms reconnected, your arms, Tiger described it as his arms falling because his arms are not producing power in the golf swing per se.

Of course, they're moving fast and they're doing their part.

But you're not really going to feel that you're going to focus on firing this the faster you can fire this to take this and compress it down.

And once you do that, you're protecting your spine because you're engaging all the muscles that are there to protect your spine.

So not only are you no longer twisting your hips, which is like the worst freaking thing that's ever been brought to golf instruction, you are pulling this down.

And now everything's connected and you'll actually find that you actually will hold your breath for just a split second.

That's why you see Tiger when he's hitting a really hard shot.

You look like a chipmunk.

His cheeks are blown out.

And that's also why he can stop his downswing so quick because his arms aren't firing.

Once you start firing the arms, you're no longer in control of that golf club.

So you'll see Tiger's cheeks blown out because he's firing his core, holding it.

It's protecting his spine.

It's holding everything tight.

And then it's allowing him as this trail shoulder moves closer to the right hip, and the right hip moves up.

As this whole side of your body is contracting.

Then it's allowing me to maintain this arm, the right arm, not run out of right arm, way longer than I really need to.

The further I move this, I can get my hands this far ahead, but my arms and hands haven't done anything.

They have truly been moved by my core contracting, going down, and then moving forward.

Now, the key to this is to move forward without moving forward.

What I mean by that, and this is another thing in golf.

It's very common now, works well for a lead side pattern.

You want to do the exact opposite in a trail side pattern.

You do not want to try and shift forward onto the lead side.

It's the last thing on earth you want to do for a couple of reasons.

One, it takes time to go from here at the top of my backswing to here.

That's borrowed a tenth of a second.

Well, the whole downswing only happens in two tenths of a second.

So I don't have time to get here and then rotate or use my core.

The rotation word is, it's not just twisting and turning.

It's getting down here and connecting.

I'm pulling my abs together and my core, the trail side of my core together.

And then once I'm there, then I can pivot, but then I am pushing off my right glute.

That's what's allowing me to drive this harm even further forward.

So if I wanted to, I could have my hands this far forward at impact without having to do anything with my hands.

For those of you who've been flipping and scooping, you are definitely not doing this.

You are just firing the arms and hands too soon and then scooping and flipping with your hands because you've run out of right arm.

So the club's going to take over.

I'm going to keep by doing this.

You're going to get here and never run out of right arm because you're not using your right arm.

You're simply using this to transport the club back down and stay back.

And that allows you to maintain all, take all the loft off the club face and get that proper shaft lane.

But as I mentioned, the last thing you'd want to do is try to get onto that lead side.

You actually want to stay back and pivot off your right big toe.

Again, I realize this is very contradictory to what most golf instruction, there's little, all sorts of little drills and training aids now that teach you to get on that left side.

If you do that, it's going to slow your rotation that happens at that last part of the swing way down.

Because once you've got weight on here, if you've moved mass over here, not just pressure, pressure and weight are very different.

If you're moving weight over here, like these little training aids that tell you to stomp on that side.

Well, now my glute and hamstring and quad all engage.

And now I can't move my hip very fast.

If I do, it's going to hurt.

But if I, so if I'm over here, I've got a lot of weight.

I try to turn my hip.

It doesn't feel very good.

If this foot is light, this hip is light.

I don't have my, my mass over there, my, my upper body.

And I stay back on my back foot.

Watch what happens to my left hip.

Look at that.

My hips are 80 degrees open.

I felt nothing.

Staying back the old squish the bug drill.

Once I'm here that you see my right shoulder going down into my rib cage, contracting, that's pulling my hip up, which unweights my right foot, which allows my hips to then move forward faster, which allows me to drive my goat arm further forward, allows me to maintain that shaft lean, and then finally release the club.

You want to make sure that as you go back and you're loading this line, as you start down, you are trying to pivot off your big toe, not push off your foot to move your hips forward.

That video that I showed earlier of Tiger doing that, what a lot of people thought was a very bizarre drill.

It is exactly what I'm telling you to do here.

And then here's another clip of Tiger drilling and telling himself, oh, don't, don't move forward on that lead side.

Stay back and pivot off of that right big toe.

So when you think about your swing and a trail side pattern to swing like the goat, it's not shift over here, then shift over here, and then turn.

That does not work.

It's open up this trail side, contract this trail side.

It pulls me up onto my toe, and then everything together drives it forward.

And then I can hit as hard as I darn well please.

The final step, the final piece of the puzzle, the release.

The release of the golf club is everything.

It's where all of the speed really comes from at the last instant.

And understanding how to release the club correctly has been completely misunderstood for eons.

And what I'm going to share with you today is going to help you understand how to release the club properly.

And create that whip effect where you hear that big boost of speed, that swoosh at the bottom that happens actually more after the ball as much as anything.

And that's really key.

Now, of course it's happening before that.

That's what you hear because the club slows down quite a bit after you actually strike the ball.

But what you're going to feel and what you're going to focus on is releasing the club as late as possible.

Now, wait a second.

Wait a second.

You said throw the club from the top.

I'm going to explain how all this works together in just a moment.

But the first thing I've got to get you to understand is how to move your body to get your arms as far forward as humanly possible.

And I want to reiterate here that you must have a proper grip or this will not work.

A proper grip is going to make your ball striking a thousand times more consistent.

And when I say that you really need to feel that your hands are almost to the side of the right side of the club, rather than being on top of it.

If you're on top of it and you do what I'm about to show you, you're going to slice the ball off the planet.

You have to have a stronger than neutral grip, just like the goat does.

And you can see those fingernails are up on top of the club.

I'm at that two o'clock point with 1000 the knuckles that I talked about in the 1001 grip video.

What I'm trying to feel here 1002 is that if I'm de-lofting the club 1003 properly, and I'm avoiding running out of 1004 right arm by moving the trail side of my 1005 body forward toward the target, you can 1006 see that my six iron that I have here is 1007 now about like a two iron.

And this is 1008 why, guys my size, we can hit the ball so 1009 far with so little effort.

One of the 1010 reasons, apart from the proper release 1011 and the speed, is that we're de-lofting 1012 the heck out of the club.

If I de-loft 1013 the club like this with a weak grip, well 1014 that's where the club face is pointing.

1015 I'm going to hit this ball off the planet 1016 to the right.

1017 Because you're going to be able to swing 1018 way faster than you ever have before, 1019 because you now know how to contract 1020 these really powerful muscles that can 1021 move everything very quickly, move your 1022 arms in that go delivery position right 1023 down into impact very quickly.

You're 1024 going to want to take timing out of your 1025 hands as much as humanly possible, and 1026 the stronger grip helps with that.

If you 1027 find that you've got this grip like you 1028 see, I'll move up here a little bit 1029 closer so you can see, I kind of feel 1030 like my hands are sitting to the right 1031 side of the club for me, so that when I 1032 get here, that club face is still square.

1033 In order to do that, I need to drive my 1034 body through.

If I quit with my body and 1035 I start to pronate, and this arm starts 1036 to release, the ball is going to go left.

1037 So if you find that you've got a proper 1038 grip, and you're hitting the ball, 1039 everything left, you're releasing way too 1040 early, and you need to go back and focus 1041 on your body movements, your arms are 1042 doing way too much way too soon.

Your 1043 arms are going to be spokes on a wheel.

1044 This is the hub, this is the engine, 1045 driving everything forward.

So if I can 1046 drive this GDP position forward, then 1047 I've got all the shaft lean and all the 1048 leverage I need in my swing.

Now as you 1049 start to throw it, which we'll talk about 1050 more in a moment, you're still going to 1051 have all this leverage late in the swing.

1052 Perhaps it will be a little bit less 1053 depending on your throw, but you're still 1054 going to have a ton.

The big key is you 1055 don't want to release the rest of this 1056 until this side of the ball.

1057 This is the most important piece, because 1058 this is not just about power, it's about 1059 consistency and control.

1060 My obsession is hitting the ball dead 1061 straight.

Now I know most people say, oh 1062 that's the hardest shot in the world to 1063 hit.

If you guys have followed me on 1064 Instagram, that's all I hit.

I do not put 1065 curvature on the ball.

If I do, it's like 1066 a yard or two.

And the reason I'm able to 1067 hit the ball so consistent and so 1068 straight is because I'm only releasing 1069 the club into the ball that much.

1070 See that?

1071 That's my whole release.

1072 That's all I'm doing.

And all of this 1073 happens after the ball is long gone.

1074 So once you understand how this release 1075 works and how your body is working with 1076 it, you're going to realize that your 1077 hands are only releasing a tiny bit of 1078 energy into the back of the ball.

Now of 1079 course it's adding a lot of speed, but 1080 the movement of your wrist from here to 1081 here is not very much.

And that's again, 1082 why the clubface needs to be squared up 1083 early and you can't have a weak grip 1084 because I'm set up like this with a 1085 square face, but I'm hitting it like 1086 this.

So if I don't have a strong grip, 1087 that clubface is going to be again, wide 1088 open because I haven't fully released the 1089 club.

The more you release the club, the 1090 more it squares up, the more it closes 1091 down because I'm only hitting with a tiny 1092 bit of my release.

1093 That's not how you can't grip the club 1094 with a weak grip like that.

Now, why am I 1095 only hitting with such a tiny bit of 1096 release?

Aren't I leaving a ton of speed 1097 on the table?

Yeah.

But I still swing at 1098 125 miles an hour.

So the speed that 1099 you're giving up, unless you're wanting 1100 to be a long drive champion, you want to 1101 maintain control by only releasing it a 1102 little bit, but you have the added 1103 benefit of putting, in my opinion, more 1104 force into the back of the ball.

Now, 1105 what does that mean exactly?

1106 Now, One of the things that happens all 1107 the time when I'm hitting balls is people 1108 stare at me.

Because the ball sounds 1109 different when it comes off the face from 1110 a good ball striker.

There's a crack when 1111 you hit the ball and there's a hiss 1112 through the air.

Even though I may look 1113 like I'm not swinging very hard, I'm 1114 putting a lot of force into the back of 1115 the ball.

That force is, I want you to 1116 think of it in the actual physics 1117 definition of it.

What is force?

It's 1118 mass times acceleration.

1119 Now, mass, of course, is fixed.

That's 1120 our club, Ed.

We can't change that.

1121 That's what's going to actually strike 1122 the ball.

But what we can change is 1123 acceleration.

1124 Now, acceleration is a really, really 1125 critical part, if not the most important 1126 part, of being a truly great iron player.

1127 And I mean like world-class iron player.

1128 These guys who are the greatest of the 1129 greats, Tigers, Hogan's, Nicholas's, et 1130 cetera, they had a lot of acceleration 1131 still going into the club.

And so they 1132 had what was typically called a late hit 1133 where they didn't look like they were 1134 fully releasing until right at the last 1135 second.

But you know there's a lot more 1136 speed left in the bag if they fully 1137 release it.

But they don't need it 1138 because they're compressing the ball very 1139 hard.

Because when you're creating more 1140 force, the ball is going to compress 1141 more.

That means it's going to have a 1142 greater ball speed.

There's people who 1143 swing really fast, but the ball just kind 1144 of comes off the face kind of dead and 1145 kind of clunky.

It doesn't hiss.

It 1146 doesn't sound right.

And there's guys who 1147 look like they hardly release the club at 1148 all and the ball rockets off the face.

1149 That's force.

1150 Now, understanding this, you know, 1151 I'm certain there's somebody out there 1152 that can probably physics-wise prove that 1153 this is incorrect, but I'm going to tell 1154 you anecdotally what it feels like for 1155 me, what I believe Tiger's doing.

I can 1156 show you tons of evidence of what Tiger's 1157 doing, but also what you're going to feel 1158 in your swing.

As I mentioned, I feel 1159 like I'm only releasing the club like 1160 that to hit the ball.

That's it.

And then 1161 everything else is happening way out 1162 here.

But because I want to put more 1163 force into the ball, I want to take 1164 advantage of the greatest part of 1165 acceleration in my stroke.

And in my 1166 opinion, what it feels like is that when 1167 my wrist starts to release, that's where 1168 the bulk of the acceleration is because 1169 this fascia is loaded up and it's 1170 starting to unload very rapidly.

And then 1171 once I get further into the release 1172 stroke, the acceleration begins to slow 1173 down.

And so as you come into the ball, 1174 you see most people who are like this, 1175 the club is actually starting to 1176 decelerate, right?

So understanding this 1177 acceleration phase of the swing.

And 1178 again, I don't have any physics proof of 1179 this.

Again, it's what I feel in my swing 1180 and what I believe is happening, that 1181 because this is the most loaded position 1182 and I'm driving it forward with my core, 1183 that once it starts to release, I'm 1184 getting that initial acceleration.

That's 1185 far greater than somebody who's starting 1186 to hit the ball and release the club down 1187 here because there's just not as much to 1188 release.

And the acceleration is slower 1189 at that point in the swing.

And again, 1190 force is mass times acceleration.

1191 I want acceleration into the ball, not 1192 the club being dragged through the ball.

1193 And that's what allows me to hit the ball 1194 really freaking hard without trying hard 1195 to do it.

Because again, I'm only doing 1196 this.

The other key is that because I'm 1197 only doing this, I don't have to really 1198 do a lot to square the face.

The more 1199 this wrist starts to release, the more 1200 the club face is rotating through the 1201 strike.

And so it just introduces an 1202 element of timing than your swing that 1203 you just don't want if you want to hit 1204 the ball very straight, very 1205 consistently.

So how do we get this?

1206 Here's what you're going to feel.

1207 Start preset and GDP.

Again, make sure 1208 your grip is strong enough.

When I have 1209 my like this thumb and four finger line, 1210 like straight up, that's what my club 1211 face looks like to me.

And on a clock, 1212 that would be noon, 11, 10, nine o'clock.

1213 I feel like my toe of my club face is at 1214 about 11 o'clock when my thumb and 1215 forefinger like straight up and down.

So 1216 that's how strong my grip feels to me 1217 once I take my proper grip.

And then as I 1218 set it in GDP, now all I got to do, load 1219 the right side, fire the right side.

And 1220 now as I, I don't want to get over here.

1221 It's a bad habit of mine.

It hurts my 1222 hip.

I stay back.

1223 Because the more you stay back and pivot, 1224 the more you can drive these hands 1225 further forward.

1226 And doing that without running out of any 1227 right arm.

So you're preserving that 1228 initial beautiful part of that 1229 acceleration in the stroke that is a part 1230 of what's commonly called the late hit.

1231 You're preserving that longer, the more 1232 you drive this through.

And so as you're 1233 doing this, all I need to do now is let 1234 that go.

But you can see that the club 1235 face is already square.

It's already 1236 delofted.

It's barely rotating.

I'm just 1237 using this to hit with, and then it's 1238 going to snap.

And when you snap it, your 1239 hands, you want them to release as fast 1240 as humanly possible.

This is important.

1241 This is why you don't want to pull with 1242 your left hand at all.

You're going to 1243 drag the club head through the strike.

1244 You don't want to do that with your right 1245 hand.

You don't want to keep pushing 1246 forever, because then you're going to 1247 lose that endless conveyor belt feel that 1248 I talked about in these other videos, 1249 where your hands kind of have to slow 1250 down and snap release.

The release should 1251 feel like this with your left hand.

You 1252 see how you can't even see how fast my 1253 left hand is moving?

It's moving from 1254 flexion to extension.

1255 That's very quick.

And my right hand is 1256 doing the same thing.

1257 So you can't really see how fast my 1258 hand's moving.

1259 That's where all the final burst of speed 1260 is happening, that I need my big muscles 1261 to drive that power package down so that 1262 when this does release, it's happening at 1263 the right time.

If you start doing this 1264 too soon, of course, you're not going to 1265 have any speed.

So let's look at this at 1266 a little bit of speed, and I'm going to 1267 describe to you what's happening here.

So 1268 I'm going to set myself in GDP.

1269 I'm going to go to the top, and I'm going 1270 to pump down.

I'm going to do this a 1271 couple times, stay back, get the right 1272 feel, driving my right side of my body 1273 forward.

You can see how it's getting my 1274 club, my hands way further forward.

And 1275 then what I want to feel on the release 1276 is that all the speed, the whoosh, is 1277 happening out here.

That's the goal.

1278 Okay, this is preset GDP, back, and 1279 through.

Try it a couple times.

1280 So you can see, 1281 I have a lot of speed, but it's happening 1282 very late.

Most of the swoosh sound 1283 is happening more out here.

That's what 1284 you want to feel.

1285 Now, again, you can still throw this as 1286 long as your sequencing is good.

As I get 1287 to the top, I start to move my hands to 1288 give the club a little head start to get 1289 back out in front of my body.

1290 At first, when you're practicing this, 1291 don't try and throw initially.

1292 Get the feeling of driving your hands 1293 forward with your body, because what will 1294 happen for a lot of people, they won't 1295 realize they'll throw with their arms and 1296 hands, and they won't move their body at 1297 all.

When you're throwing, you've got to 1298 be moving your body.

When you're doing 1299 this with your hand, your hips and core, 1300 it better be moving forward, or you will 1301 cast it.

And that's what Nicholas said.

1302 His exact words were something equivalent 1303 of, as long as you're moving left, you 1304 can throw the club as hard as you want 1305 from the top.

And where people got off 1306 with this throwing motion is they would 1307 throw and didn't know how to move their 1308 bodies.

And that's what this whole 1309 section, this is what this goat drill is 1310 all about, is teaching you how to move 1311 your body, move your power package 1312 forward, and then release at the right 1313 time.

So as you're moving into full 1314 swings, Now, everything that you've been 1315 doing in the GoAt code up until this 1316 point has been teaching you to control 1317 the club.

Face with your trail, arm and 1318 hand inside of your body.

To start 1319 understanding how to maintain this GDP as 1320 long as possible, so that we only get 1321 that initial acceleration phase of the 1322 release into the ball, because that's 1323 what it allows us to square the face so 1324 consistently.

The longer I can move this 1325 shoulder and core down and together, the 1326 more quiet the club faces and the longer 1327 it stays square.

When you look up the 1328 line, my club face is staying square 1329 forever.

The moment that my arm begins to 1330 release is when the club face shuts down.

1331 Now of course we want that to happen, but 1332 again not till after the ball.

So what 1333 you're going to focus on as you start 1334 moving into bigger swings with these 1335 bigger wedge shots and full iron shots?

1336 Is that you're really trying to maintain 1337 supination or this goat arm using your 1338 body, your trail side of your body.

And 1339 you'll see as I go, I go from extension 1340 to in my spine to flexion 1341 back to extension.

1342 That's what your body, your core, your 1343 spine has to do.

And your hips have to 1344 work with that.

You can see, as I go into 1345 extension in the backswing, my hips are 1346 going to open up this front of my part 1347 from front part of my abdominal wall is 1348 going to open up and then I'm going to 1349 compress it down.

This moves me back into 1350 flexion.

I'm holding my breath for just a 1351 second, because it's compressing and I'm 1352 holding, it's protecting my spine.

And 1353 then as I drive through right at the last 1354 second, I'm still got that goat arm.

I've 1355 still got the elbow pit facing out away 1356 from me, which means I, and my palm is 1357 facing out away from me, which means I 1358 still have control of that club face.

The 1359 moment this starts to happen, the moment 1360 I start to pronate, my arm separates from 1361 my body and starts going this way, I'm 1362 losing control of the face.

So practice 1363 working on little shots and you can even 1364 start kind of GDP, right shoulder back, 1365 fire the core and then start working on 1366 holding that face off so that you're 1367 driving that GDP position through as long 1368 as possible.

Now, of course, in a full 1369 swing, we don't want this.

We want to 1370 start releasing it because that's where 1371 the speed is.

But when you're hitting 40 1372 yard shots and 20 yard shots, that's 1373 basically exactly what we're doing 1374 because we don't want that club face to 1375 change.

I want it pointing down the 1376 target line as long as possible.

And 1377 that's why when you've seen like the 40 1378 yard shots drill, how much precision that 1379 I'm asking of you, where I'm hitting, you 1380 know, 40 yard shots, I'm hitting the 1381 flagstick, I'm hitting it in a six foot 1382 circle.

That's not because I'm especially 1383 talented.

It's because I'm just holding 1384 the face as long as possible and using 1385 the trail side of my body in the most 1386 efficient, powerful and safe way to get 1387 through the ball so that that club face 1388 is always staying square and quiet.

And 1389 that my friends is the goat drill.

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Jonathan
I’m trying to reconcile the Whip Effect Video sequence of events and the Goat drill explanation of the sequence of events. The whip effect, Chuck explains that all he ever really focuses on is driving that hip back, the goat drill is zip and unzip of the core. Is the proper sequence for effortless power zipping the core back down to GDP, then snapping the leg, snapping the leg back, and then unzipping, or all at the same time… I’ve been really focusing on just contracting my abs as we talked about in our recent Private lesson (Craig), but after watching the whip Effect video I’m just a bit confused about the total sequence of events to focus on
July 11, 2025
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Craig (Certified RST Instructor)
Hey Jon. All of this is is a blink of an eye. As your crunch you drive the trail side down into GDP the pelvis will start to shift laterally then you snap that snap that lead leg. There's only so much you can think about in the brief moment. Transition (zip) into GDP and snap the leg.
July 11, 2025
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charles
Doing drill from GDP to impact is a lot more difficult than I thought. I have the hit impulse and release to early. Any suggestions? Cheers
June 30, 2025
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Craig (Certified RST Instructor)
Hello Charles. It's tough to break it into sections. Doing a little pump like in the GDP Video can help, but also the GOAT 9 to 3. Hit smaller/non chunked shots getting used to working through that position.
June 30, 2025
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Mark
I’m having an issue with the videos loading. Just seems to continue to load but never plays, is there a way around this ? I managed to watch part 1 but cant seem to find or load part 2
June 26, 2025
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Craig (Certified RST Instructor)
Hello Mark. The Full GOAT Drill is above. The email link had them split in half.
June 26, 2025
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Richard
But from all the force plate data from pros I have seen, by the top of their backswings, almost 80% of their weight is already to their lead side.
June 23, 2025
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Craig (Certified RST Instructor)
Hello Richard. Same thing here. Your pressure already starts to shift towards the lead side before completing the backswing. But, you don't shift all your mass. Mass and pressure 2 different animals. This is to help you get the sequence and at pace it will match more the same data you see with the pros/force plate.
June 23, 2025
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MARK
Chuck, This is the most jam-packed video in this series. I need to watch it again, maybe several more times, to absorb it all. I need to ask a question about the right leg. I have a fused right knee from surgery I had in 1986. When I see you kicking in your right knee and hear you say we should try to rotate around our right big toe, I know that I cannot do that. My question, and you may not know the answer, would be, is there any hope for me in trying to do the GOAT swing with a fused right knee? I would appreciate your thoughts on this as I am really having my doubts.
June 12, 2025
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Craig (Certified RST Instructor)
Hello Mark. For sure there is hope. That is more of a power boost. Doesn't mean you can't swing. The Squish the Bug movement is to drive the hips harder. If you can get your core being the engine you will be ok. Just not any added juice from the squish.
June 13, 2025
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Niall
Hey Craig/Chuck. Amazing video and amazing feels. Love the drill going back with the resistance band under the lead foot and held up at your right shoulder to engage the muscles used in the twist. But is the converse on the way back down true…ie switch the resistance bands around namely step on the resistance band under your trail foot and put it in your left hand at your left shoulder and twist up and back to bring the club back to GDP?
June 8, 2025
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Craig (Certified RST Instructor)
Thanks Niall. Not exactly. The unwinding isn't a forced motion. You can play with your footwork in opposite world (Take a look at Rotation and Footwork). But, with the downswing the core will be rotating and you are trying to let that fascia unload for correct snap. Would get worried you would train to pull manually the downswing.
June 9, 2025
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Niall
Very helpful and insightful comment as usual…thanks.
June 10, 2025
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Tom
Is this a lead side or trail side approach?
June 3, 2025
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Craig (Certified RST Instructor)
Hello Tom. Trail Side.
June 3, 2025
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DARRYL
Does anyone know what that equipment piece is that Chuck is using on the cable machine? My gym doesn’t have that, and I want to get one. I have seen it included with Pilates equipment on Amazon, but I haven’t seen it sold as a single piece. I have used the triceps rope @ the gym but it doesn’t allow me to act like I am holding the club. Thank you!
May 18, 2025
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Jim
Here’s a screen shot
May 24, 2025
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Jim
On Amazon search for “sports handle” and they have two options.
May 24, 2025
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Craig (Certified RST Instructor)
Thanks for the assist Jim. Chuck and I both weren't sure
May 24, 2025
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DARRYL
Thanks Jim! Appreciated!
May 24, 2025
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Craig (Certified RST Instructor)
Hey Darryl. Most of Chuck's equipment is Life Fitness brand and that handle came with it. Not sure if sold separately.
May 19, 2025
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Paul
Is there any "pull" from the lead side in this throwing motion? If so, please explain the sequencing of any lead side pull in the throwing motion. Thank you.
May 13, 2025
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Craig (Certified RST Instructor)
Hello Paul. You don't need to actively pull from the lead arm in a trail side pattern swing.
May 13, 2025
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thomas
It looks like the injuries Chuck has sustained over the years limits the rotation of head and neck...ie, backswing looks like its very difficult to keep the eyes on the ball. Being right eye dominant and having some limitations with the head rotation I find I lose sight of the ball with my right eye. any recommendations?
May 11, 2025
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Craig (Certified RST Instructor)
Hello Thomas. It is a conundrum. Chuck I know loses sight of the ball depending on the swing. I will see if I can dig up any tricks for you. Unfortunately, not much that can help with this issue other than trusting the ball is still there and committing to the movement.
May 12, 2025
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Nicholas
Hello Chuck- do you think the preswing drill Justin Rose does is similar to the downswing part of your Goat Drill? Thank you!
April 16, 2025
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Nicholas
Got it! Thanks Craig
April 16, 2025
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Craig (Certified RST Instructor)
Hello Nicholas. Crunch and Supination look pretty solid in that pre-shot.
April 16, 2025
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Ben
GOAT explanation
March 31, 2025
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Craig (Certified RST Instructor)
April 1, 2025
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richard
Hey Chuck, great video and explanation! Just curious, have you ever had any input from the goat himself?
March 19, 2025
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Chuck
Not directly
March 19, 2025
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Ben
wonder what he would say?
March 29, 2025
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Joe
HI Chuck! Could you clarify between what you talked in the "Power Sequence" video of "falling to your lead foot before backswing reaches to the top", vs the "do not shift to your lead side too early"? To me it is hard to reconcile these two pieces of information. Does one correspond to lead side dominant and the other to trail side dominant?
March 17, 2025
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Chuck
When people try to shift to their lead side aggressively, they push very hard off their trail foot instead of their pressure naturally falling to their lead side
March 18, 2025
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MILTON
In prior videos you talked about a big lateral shift and now you stated not to do that? What am I missing?
March 8, 2025
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Chuck
Where did I say to have a big lateral shift?
March 9, 2025
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Mike
Im assuming that firing the trail leg and the Goat drill at some point become "one" move. Like you have stated many times, there is no time..How do you work on firing that trail leg without doing it to early?
February 18, 2025
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Chuck
By driving the movement from the core, the trail leg will "fire" automatically
February 18, 2025
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Kendall
Chuck, much like Piet, I am confused after watching this video. The previous video about the power sequence talks a lot about getting the weight to the lead side. However this video explicitly says that on a trial arm pattern you want the weight on the trail side. Could you please provide some clarity to this? Thanks!
February 10, 2025
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Chuck
Weight and pressure are too very different things. The weight stays back while the pressure moves forward
February 11, 2025
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Piet
Dear Chuck, I am still somewhat confused in "4.8 Power Sequence" and the present "4.9 Goat drill" about the proper weight/pressure transfer since weight/pressure shifts in the trail versus lead arm swing are contradictory. Also the concept of weight versus pressure are sometimes mixed up. As I understand it in the down swing sequence i.e. lateral shift-rotation-vertical force., during the (initial) lateral move the weight stays on the back foot while the pressure moves to the front foot building up resistance. Is that correct? Only in the vertical force at the end of rotation all the weight is on the left and in extension moves to the back foot again. Correct? Thanks for letting me know if this is correct or where I am wrong. Regards, Piet
February 9, 2025
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Chuck
The weight only moves to the lead side after the ball is struck, and you are in the follow-through
February 11, 2025
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Richard
Sorry for dumb question, but you are still technically throwing from the top as you explain in earlier videos, but in this video it is happening automatically by getting into gdp as you point out, and so not necessary to emphasize this point as you did in earlier in goat theory videos. Is this correct or am I confused. Thanks.
February 3, 2025
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Chuck
The throw is only with with hand and yes still throwing from the top
February 4, 2025
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Loveneet
Hello. Hope you doing well. Between Goat sequence …Lateral /Rotation/ Extension and Goat Drill ..connecting arms with core than rotation / pivot on left leg .. when does lateral movement occur.?
February 2, 2025
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Chuck
Starts before the backswing is completed
February 2, 2025
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Alex Francis Ver
What's right feel for contracting the core during the downswing? It it more like a side ab crunch, or more like a regular ab crunch? Thank you.
January 27, 2025
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Chuck
The more Trailside power you want to use the more it’s gonna feel in the right side of the core
January 28, 2025
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Alex Francis Ver
In your recent video (Muscular Force v. Fascia Rebound), you mentioned keeping/holding your right shoulder and right elbow back. Does this feel similar to holding shoulders/upper torso in turned away like in the DEAD Drill? Thanks.
January 26, 2025
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Chuck
Yes
January 26, 2025
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Alex Francis Ver
Is lifting the right foot an absolute necessity? I notice in Tiger's recent swing, his right foot is more "silent" in the sense it appears to be more grounded through the swing a la Rory's.
January 24, 2025
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Chuck
That’s because his foot is fused. The trail foot should definitely come up off the ground
January 24, 2025
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Alex Francis Ver
How does this relate to the Wide-Glide-Wide drill? Thanks.
January 24, 2025
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Chuck
This is a simpler way of doing the correct movements
January 24, 2025
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Matthew
Chuck, I am a doctor of physical therapy and a PGA Associate. I want to share a few videos with you regarding the core. You are right on with the core stuff. https://youtu.be/5WEQNYusB1Y https://youtu.be/Yi2Y64_jeK8 Cheers!
January 21, 2025
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Chuck
Thanks Matt, helpful illustrations!
January 21, 2025
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Scott
What is the key to controlling low point? As I do right arm only swings, I feel like some of them are bottoming out earlier than what is ideal. I'm not hitting a ball, just making practice swing on a mat. But I can still feel that I'm bottoming out too early. Do I need more lateral movement to get the low point more forward?
January 5, 2025
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Chuck
There are several factors that go into control in the low point it’s not just one thing, but if you keep hitting back too far doing it right hand only first of all understand that when you do swing right hand, only the bottom of the swing arc will be further back. You can learn to move it forward through proper mechanics, but it’s not necessary as just adding the left hand will naturally pull it forward. At the same point most people when they bought them out too early are push, pushing with their arm and shoulder and that’s what kills the whole deal
January 5, 2025
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michael
Hope everyone's holidays were awesome. First I want to thank you for only week #4 (a lot of work Yet to perfect) in the new swing, I increased my seven iron to 92.3 MPH and 196 yds. for me this is a 15 Yard increase. My five iron is now at 96 mph and 224yds. I was very excited until.... I went up to the 5 wood and max at 220 yards and 93 MPH, my drive got even worse at averaging 240 yards although I did hit my highest recorded club speed at 114 mph. I averaged 285 with best at 314. My question is with weight difference and length, it feels like it is throwing everything off. when I try to use the new trail arm swing which is what I practice with (7 iron) indoors I'm all over the place with longer clubs. is there anything different you need to do with the heaver, longer clubs?

January 3, 2025
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Chuck
This almost always happens when you try to muscle it. You’re probably trying to use your body way more or your arms too much. It’s not a trail arm dominant swing as much as it is a trail hand dominant swing. Inevitably when golfers moved to the longer clubs they start trying to overpower the club instead of slinging it in there with their hands
January 4, 2025
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Andrew
Going from the side bend & GDP position after the core contraction, into rotation feels somewhat uncomfortable, and like I'm putting a lot of twisting strain on my spine. The core contraction is putting me in a rightward side bend naturally, as well as pulling my right foot up like you mentioned, but rotating from this position doesn't feel very good. Is this just because my core is weak or am I doing something wrong?
January 3, 2025
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Chuck
You shouldn’t be twisting at all the body should be rotating together while you’re inside bend if you’re twisting, you’re pushing off your right leg incorrectly
January 3, 2025
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Mike
Will your shoulders be somewhat open at impact? Or will they be square? Thanks.
January 2, 2025
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Chuck
Always square
January 2, 2025
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Reed
Awesome Chuck! I think I finally got the answer to my 'speed' question...your hand is barely releasing through the strike and then fully after....keeping the club face at the target as long as possible! Got it! I'll let you know how I take this to the range and to the course! Thank you!
December 28, 2024
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Chuck
You’re welcome!
December 28, 2024
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Mark
Thanks chuck. Can you please just explain what you mean by coiled trail leg . Never heard of that terminology . I thought one effectively turns core and pulls the right shoulder back and up and the weight goes to trail / rear leg which braces for torque . I have always done that naturally . It’s the side bend that seems to hurt me
December 28, 2024
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Chuck
Those things are all correct, but you must coil around the trail leg. Think of twisting the leg so that it wants to unwind back in the downswing. If you don't do this, some tend to push off it. Imagine a pitcher in baseball coiling around the trail leg, rotating their upper body and twisting the leg to be able to unwind while the lead leg is in the air
December 28, 2024
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Mark
Sorry . One more thing . Can you point me to one of your videos that show this move please ?
December 28, 2024
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Chuck
Working on a new one to detail this as we speak
December 28, 2024
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Mark
Hi chuck . Been practicing all week on holiday and doing fantastically well using trail side thanks . Shit 67 for first time in ages yesterday and had 11 single putt greens . Putting never been so good ! However , the crunching down from the top of backswing into GDP after many shots is hurting my lower right back where I have had issues previously . I know you have had back issues and this should feel effortless and it doesn’t feel like I am throwing arms at it and my rhythm is pretty quiet . Any thoughts please?
December 28, 2024
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Chuck
Great playing Mark! This is likely to other muscling the swing with the trail leg or upper body. The trail leg should be coiled in the backswing and be done so very quickly. That is the only way to load the fascia. If you take it back too slow, you will be forced to push off the trail leg and that drives force into the low back from the ground. Instead, the coiled leg should snap back and uncoil effortlessly without you feeling like you are muscling it. If you coil correctly going back and do so quickly, this will heave the arms back for you like with the kettle bell in the waggle video. If the arms aren't "heaved" back by the coiling trail leg you will have to pick the club up with the arms and then the shoulders will fire to provide power on the way down. This will create torque on the spine and make the problem even worse.
December 28, 2024
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Mark
seen it now thanks and makes sense. i have always thought if i take it back quickly assuming lkettl;e bell effect 1. i dont get any wrist cock half way back on my backswing as you have advocated from pitching up to full swing ( i have always had late wrist cock and had a late lag) and arms and club very striaght and 2. i dont pause in transition so i have tried to get more slow and matsuyama like building speed for downswing before i found your rotary swing program. first time i have seen you say take it back quickly also, when doing so, after practicing so slow the weight shift and crouching etc, it just feels like there's no time for any of that at full speed. just dont know how you can get so many slow reps to work same on fast full swing speed.
January 2, 2025
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Gordon
Hei Chuck, I am new to your site and have just watched the GOAT Drill video. I am a little confused because I have seen some of your other videos where you seem to state that the maximum velocity of the club head should be at impact, (other instructional web-sites state that maximum velocity occurs after impact), and now you also seem to state that maximum velocity muct happen after impact. Am I misunderstanding you or have you changed your mind? Gordon Darwin.
December 26, 2024
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Chuck
Maximum velocity after impact is impossible - the club loses about 40% of its energy during contact with the ball. FEELING like it happens after impact is simply keeping you from releasing your wrists too early which is what most golfers do.
December 26, 2024
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Gordon
Hei again, Chuck, in trying to keep the face as square as possible for as long as possible are we in danger of «guiding» the club face rather than swinging the club head? I seem to remember seeing Tiger on tv, cannot be specific when, and thinking that he was guilty of trying to guide the club head instead of swinging it.
December 30, 2024
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Chuck
You don't want to steer the club but you do want to control it. The degree to which you do will depend on the length of the shot. The longer the shot the more control we want to give up and start allowing for the hand speed to take over - hence the name "release".
December 31, 2024
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Mark
Also you say last thing you want to do is get onto front foot , but Rory and so many of them shift to left toe first at start of downswing before rotating ? Why do they all advocate that move ?
December 20, 2024
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Chuck
You are missing what i am saying here completely. Pressure goes to the lead foot not weight
December 20, 2024
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Mark
Chuck, I love this video thanks and I get it completely and will work on core moving and not arms leading constantly now over the winter . However, just one thing. Even concentrating on what you have taught here , my old nemesis pull draw shut face still happened recently as I release a tiny bit too early and body stalls. It’s easy to hold off face on slow 40 yd shots, but as soon as real time full shots especially with the longer clubs and woods with speed occur I find it so hard to hold the GDP so late on downswing as feels like not letting it release ie chicken wing hold off ( basically 48 yrs of playing using hands more as a natural player but erratic as a result) . How does one sync it up and hold the release as late as poss when swinging fully at speed ? Ie what’s best drill ?
December 20, 2024
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Chuck
You never try and hold the release of gdp. Those are all things that happen as a result of supinating correctly from the top. Have you watched the supination video?
December 20, 2024
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Mark
Ok. Got it thanks
December 20, 2024
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Mark
What seems weird is that If Tiger’s move was so perfect and core driven , why do you think he had so many back surgeries and problems and knee surgery too and ankle problems ? He is probably one of the most injured golfers ever. Also on a completely different note, if you release as late as possible after the ball , and the GDP is held as late as possible, doesn’t that stop the release at the ball and this unless hips do get completely open through the move , why isn’t the face still open at impact ?
December 20, 2024
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Chuck
Watch thr supination video to understand why the face isnt still open
December 20, 2024
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Chuck
Tell me. When did Tiger back problems start. Then look at the time stamp on this video. https://youtu.be/nOhjIRQquhM?si=LzBsOwy_0yVzXnSz
December 20, 2024
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Mark
Wow. Interesting . Never realised all came so much later than his great years . Everyone thought it was a result of him swinging so hard and fast when he was young and that it took its toll.
December 20, 2024
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Chuck
I dont know “everyone” but no one i know thinks that including Tiger himself who I was told by one of his closest friends that he blamed foley for his back and the timeline supports that
December 20, 2024
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Mark
I agree as he was the stack and tilt man I think ?
December 20, 2024
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Chuck
More or less yes. He had his own take on it but similar
December 20, 2024
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michael
I'm new to the site and for some reason I'm picking the moves up quickly. I would like to send a video but don't know what format you want. face on and down the line? slow motion or real time? One possible reason is that I am on year 4 of golf and possibly don't have a ton of bad habits I can hit the bar pretty far for my age (58) and I need consistency. My best drive is 314 and my seven is usually around 185 yards. I am very excited about what I have learned so far and you have explained so many little things that other sites I have tried dont like " shallow in the slot buy cupping your hand" or the tennis racket drill instead of lowering the elbow into your side and the J move. Thank you SO MUCH However, I have not been outside yet (winter) hitting indoors and between the downward swing and the J pattern release, I shallow out the club to much (I think )on video..

December 17, 2024
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Craig (Certified RST Instructor)
Hello Michael. Welcome to the site! . Being that you're so new to the sport it's great to see you have lots of solid movement patterns built into the swing.. Ideally a Face On and Down the Line Swing (each recording less than 30 secs). I agree that you tend to get a bit under plane in the downswing. The swing is just a touch exaggerated with keeping the club outside back and inside through. Nothing a few swing reviews can't clean up. Let me know if you need further assistance getting a swing up for review. Happy to help .
December 18, 2024
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jay
This is fantastic video Chuck. I am not a pro physicist, but think there is science behind your feel. You first accelerate the body and hence the club head with the core and lower body and then at the very, very end as you run out of room to rotate you are essentially slamming on the breaks (pulling a Maverick) with your body BUT not on the club head (if wrists are soft) and now the forces are pulling up on the club shaft which whips the club head through. Think there are some videos on the interweb about this braking force accelerating the club head through. We experience a similar situation when we slam on the breaks in a car - car stops but the passengers go flying forward.
December 12, 2024
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Chuck
Thanks Jay!
December 12, 2024
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Harold
Going through the videos again and this one hit home, so far practicing in the mirror looks and feels good, but as they say the proof is on the course, I can't wait to the hit my drives long again, I had a left knee replacement in August 2023, and I was blaming that on my lost distance and speed, maybe mentally, but I am pain free but my swing was whacked. I have to do some swing reviews to lock in that confidence. Haven't seen the group sessions in awhile, those were great. Also, just got my putting/chipping green done, check it out, I am in Orlando so the season never ends (sort of)
December 11, 2024
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Chuck
Green looks great! That will help a ton on the first few phases to train those hands
December 12, 2024
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Matt
I have been working on this for a week and I'm pretty solid with the putting, chipping, and pitch shots. Tried the goat drill and going slow and doing the gdp back than back to gdp feel great. But I've been a flipper my whole golfing career and have become fairly good being a 5 handicap and was able to get drives carry 280 but not consistently. I've anyways wanted that shaft lean and hips open at impact. Well I played today and was really working on this and let's just say the times where I think it goes right I hit the ball solid. But now often than not I'm pulling way left or it's just a short shot especially with wedges in my hand. I think my main thing is it's very different feeling of feeling like the release is after the ball or really focusing on elbow. I tend to hit things really thin as well. But I think it's all stuff that makes sense, just my ways are going to take a while to break these habits. As for my round I shot 79 but with a two doubles and a triple...oof... lol
November 28, 2024
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Chuck
Beautiful course! St. George area?? So, you can see your lead leg not posting, meaning the lead side is not working correctly and that is the cause of the pulls. If your lead hip does not clear the arms will not have room to come down and will come down a little steep, this will be more pronounced with the shorter clubs and the hips will do even less. You need to load the lead hip more powerfully in the backswing and then drive the lead hip back off the ball of your lead foot
November 29, 2024
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Matt
Actually it was a course in Sedona, AZ, Sedona Golf resort. Not that big a fan of it, but he wife wanted to get out of the valley for Thanksgiving and see some green. I think I am struggling with that weight vs pressure and staying back with the goat drill and how to post that leg or the sequencing of it. I will re-watch this video again, but do you think I need to really focus after zipping up the right side and squish the bug to fully post that left leg. I was thinking it would be more of a byproduct but looking at past videos over the years it's always been an issue where the post happens way late. I've had ACL surgery on that leg years ago and just haven't really ever got back to trusting it.
November 29, 2024
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Chuck
The lead leg has to work way more than most people realize in order to post so if you focus on that, that will be a good start, but I am working on a full video series to help explain this movement. Essentially if you think about loading up in the back, swing to jump off of the left foot That will get you in the ballpark, but the movement is a little bit more complicated to explain than just that which is why I need to do some videos on it.
November 29, 2024
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Matt
Thanks Chuck, I'll be on the lookout for these videos, in the meantime I will be seeing how to work on straightening that left leg and pulling hip back as more of a focus as I do the goat drill.
November 29, 2024
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Chuck
Hi Matt, I got it done today: https://rotaryswing.com/goatcode/112626-how-the-lead-side-works-for-power
November 29, 2024
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Matt
Thanks Chuck, I'll check it out!
November 29, 2024
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Matt
This was a swing from today. Nice view though of the mountains!

November 28, 2024
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Michael
At about the 5:30 mark of the video you mention that Tiger did a swing change that wrecked his back. What was that swing change so that I know what to avoid?
November 28, 2024
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Chuck
His work from 2010-2014. It wasnt one change it was a series of disasters
November 28, 2024
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Michael H
I’m sure I’m not the first one to refer to you as the Chuck Norris of the golf swing. You’ve revolutionized my understanding. Thanks!
November 26, 2024
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Chuck
Haha, thanks! Glad it helped! Legend has it Chuck Norris played 18 holes once, shot a 17.
November 27, 2024
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Michael
Good video Chuck. Became a member 15 or so years ago after a 2 hdcp friend said my swing was "powerless effort". Became a lead side swinger & went from 15 hdcp to a 9. Success! The, last couple of years chased clubhead speed (trying to get from low 90's to 100) resulting in excessive weight shifting, no real speed gain, and hdcp went to a 13. Changed to trail side GOAT Code pattern, but still inconsistent. Too much body movement So, took extreme measure & coupled trail side pattern with a stack & tilt to eliminate weight shift. I did become more consistent, but had lower back pain. Never had that, even after 50 years of tennis & surfing! So, I changed to this current " trail side core pull down hand throw to GDP, trail hip move to squish the bug" pattern". More succinctly, "throw the clubhead through the ball!" At first It was tricky to resist my mass shifting forward early & learning to allow the my mass to naturally follow clubhead to the follow through. But, after 5 days on the range, 100 or so balls a day, pain free. Hallelujah! Lastly, the ball flight is: very straight to a slight draw; trajectory appears middle to slightly lower; appears I gained maybe 5 yards or so per iron, according to trackman & Pinnacle range balls. On the course Wednesday with this swing. Keep up the good work.
November 23, 2024
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Chuck
Awesome Michael! This pattern does make it easy to flight the ball down for sure and get better ball speed and compression as it's easier to control the loft through the strike.
November 23, 2024
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Roy
Chuck, I want to compliment you on your dedication and perseverance. I am looking forward to my next practice session. While winter is upon us here in the northeast, I have a simulator at my disposal to prep for the spring. I'll report back over the next few months to let you know how it's going. Congrats again, Chuck. This video is BANG ON!!!
November 23, 2024
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Chuck
Thanks Roy! I really appreciate the feedback! We are getting very close to being able to swing like the GOAT!
November 23, 2024
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Roy
Well, Chuck, I said I was going to keep you informed as I go through this, sooooo....here's my first take on things. The biggest thing I found was that I had to tell myself (over and over) not to swing my arms. I really had to concentrate on closing the gap and turning the body. But, and here's the good part, when I was able to do it correctly, it was solid and my accuracy was better. I will be reviewing "part 2" again to help better understand the timing issues. I use to be a 8-9 handicap and hope this process gets me back there.
November 24, 2024
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Chuck
Yes, not using the arms incorrectly is the crux for most. The core movements done correctly is what will tame the arms.
November 25, 2024
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Roy
More recent update: Timing is an issue and it seems to be with the longer clubs (5-iron, driver). I'm thinking that I just have to "keep at it" and it will all fall into place. Any input as to what I should/shouldn't be doing when it comes to timing?
December 6, 2024
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Chuck
I would have to see your swing to give proper advice
December 6, 2024
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Larry
Worked on goat drill at home. Have friends from coming from Canada to play golf. so I tried it on the range. For the first time, I felt effortless power. Obviously, I have a long way to go, but at times the swing just happened and the ball rocketed long low and straight. This is quite exciting!
November 22, 2024
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Chuck
Awesome Larry! Keep working toward that effortless feel, that is the goal!
November 22, 2024
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Atle
Big fun Chuck! Hit driver 280 meters and 6i 180 meters today in simulator after watching this. The furthest ever. Fascinating also that the swing data are very similar from swing to swing, which means consistency. What I find most challenging to feel or control is the sequencing. It is like the only thing I feel is loading and firing the core and trail side obliques while thinking that I want to go diagonally forwards, down after the ball. When firing the core, I feel there is no time to think about following up with the trail glute or anything else. Does that make sense?
November 22, 2024
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Chuck
Wow! 280 meters is huge! Great job! The answer to your question is there's really no time to "think" about anything, especially more than one thing. I'm working on a follow up video to this one to talk more about sequencing and introducing how the lead side of the body works with the trail side to create the whip effect, so that should answer this question more in detail.
November 22, 2024
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Atle
Think I got it now by looking back at 3.1 which is a brilliant illustration of sequencing. If I start the downswing by anchoring left foot, then fire core, the vertical lead side part seems to come by itself. Only thought going down is then, anchor and fire. Arm and hands just follow in J posture. Fantastic when feeling the power transfer from core to arm combined with the ground vertical forces through the lead side. Hopefully able to integrate it. Thanks.
December 7, 2024
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Chuck
Awesome! Yep it has to be a feel so you dont have to think through it and sounds like you are discovering that feeling
December 8, 2024
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Piet
The best advice ever after playing golf well over 65 years, reading over a hundred books and over 500 lessons! Effortless, clean contact and nice in balance! Especially revealing the fact that "squish the bug' is a result of proper core rotation. When I do it right and engage my abs my cheeks get puffed like Tiger; when I just push off from the ground or turn with my hips, this doesn't happen! That picture of Tiger is priceless! Question: does this movement also applies for putting and chipping. And is at transition one's weight/pressure still on the left? According to classical teaching and even modern pressure plates readings, this has already shifted to the left. So this means that trail side dominant is completely different and apparently trail side dominant measures have been disregarded/misinterpreted so far??
November 22, 2024
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Chuck
Thanks Piet. As for chipping and putting, it is the same, but of course way toned down. Perhaps not so much the same in putting because it is such a small movement. In chipping we don't have much time to shift so pressure stays more left. As for pressure, as I said, pressure and weight are different. Pressure still goes left, "weight" or mass of the torso stays back.
November 22, 2024
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Mark
In the core activation drills the right foot slides back in counter torque. In the goat drill your pushing off the right toe. there seems to be a contradiction here. Am I missing something ?
November 21, 2024
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Chuck
How would your foot slide back unless you were pushing off it? It slides because of a lack of grip
November 22, 2024
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Steven
Chuck, Wonderful drill. Tried it on the golf course yesterday and his some amazing, effortless shots. But I AM a little confused about a couple of things. You said in an earlier video that we should "fall into the left side" and in this one you say to keep your weight behind the ball. Also, you talked about the feeling of "pushing back with your left shoulder" but now are saying we need to pull the right shoulder up and back. Are these things you have changed your thinking about?
November 21, 2024
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Chuck
Pressure moves left, weight stays back. I discussed this in some of the earlier comments. The left shoulder pushing the club back is the counter of the trail shoulder pulling back - they are one in the same, two sides of the same coin. One side pulls, one side pushes.
November 22, 2024
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Stanley
Thank you for the great explanation on what movements wreck the back! I've struggled with back pain for years and it has subsided a great deal since I began following your programs (first lead side and now trail (GOAT) side. It's doing wonders for my back. I can't wait to work on these drills! Also, the short clip you included of Tiger loading his trail hip is really helping me learn to load properly. Somehow that video clip really helped me understand loading my trail hip and I'm sure this GOAT drill will take my understanding even further. Great stuff! I really appreciate all the effort you put into this system!
November 19, 2024
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Chuck
You're welcome Stanley! Hope this helps your back even more!
November 20, 2024
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Okkie
Fabulous, thank you so much
November 18, 2024
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Chuck
Glad you enjoyed!
November 18, 2024
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Diane
Hi Chuck Looked at the GOAT drill yesterday and the Instagram post today. For two good golfers, one lead side and one trail side, does the trail side swing have a shorter elapsed time from start of swing to impact? Is the difference significant? Diane
November 17, 2024
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Chuck
While one may "look" slower (typically lead side), they actually happen at basically identical times. Tour Tempo has shown this to be true that most all pros swing in a 3:1 ratio (3x longer in backswing) but almost all happen in either 21:7, 24:8 or 27:9 frames per second. Ernie Els, for example, looks slow, but it's actually quite quick at 24:8
November 18, 2024
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M. (Certified RST Instructor)
Hi Chuck, as always in your vedoe's a ;ot of great information that helps all of us to understand the essence of the swing. Big thanks again! All this info also brings questions and that is how it needs to be. A question that is in my head for a long time and that I talked a lot about with other experts/scientist but always give different answers is related to the formula F=M.A you talked about in this video. I would like to hear you vision on how to use this formula in golf. My interest is in: what needs to filled in for M (mass). In the answers I got over the years there are huge differences, I hear: mass = head weight ( like you mention) mass = head weight + 3-5 inches of shaft mass = total weight of club mass = weight of ball mass = combination of clubhead and part of body mass that is behind baal at moment of impact. I hope you can understand my confusion here. Thanks for helping, finding the answer I can work with. Friendly greetings, Marcel
November 17, 2024
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Chuck
The club head acts independent of the shaft as it strikes the ball so the mass of the shaft I believe is irrelevant. Either way I find diving into the weeds like this completely pointless so I wouldn’t give it much thought as it’s not gonna help you hit the ball any farther or better to any significant degree
November 17, 2024
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M. (Certified RST Instructor)
Great point Chuck! It is my my mental deviation that I always want to understand things before I can let things go
November 17, 2024
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Lee
Chuck, I just wanted to say again thank you so much for all your responses to our comments! I know that is a lot of work too but helps clarify the videos and things in general even further for all of us that read them not just the commenter! I try to make sure and read all the comments before asking a question so I make sure you haven't answered it before as I don't want you to repeat yourself and many times you have already answered my question before I even need to ask it! Again just wanted to say thanks and let you know it helps a lot!
November 15, 2024
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Chuck
You’re very welcome Lee!
November 16, 2024
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Drew
I’ve been working diligently with Craig and he’s been telling me I’m close to having it all come together. I watched the video last night and in just a dozen swings it clicked. I’ve fought an inside takeaway my whole life. The club is now perfectly on plane without thinking about it. My head had been moving off the ball. Focusing on extending the right side and getting the right should up and back fixed that. I never would have thought that focusing on contracting the entire right side would be the best way to generate speed. But once your in GDP by doing this things just sort of explode (accelerate) through the ball on their own. It feels slower and more effortless but it’s actually much quicker because it’s so efficient. The Tiger tempo drill makes sense now. And finally, I have some mobility issues with my right hip and thought they made it impossible for me to get more than a bit open at impact. I’m maybe still a bit short of the goal but twice as open as before.
November 15, 2024
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Chuck
Hell ya! That was my dream man! To tie it all together like I did with the DEAD Drill for the lead side, this is the drill to tie together everything for the trail side!
November 15, 2024
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Drew
Cleaning some things up with a bit more work and a few more things are happening. The hips are getting more open as a make sure I stay back and pivot off the right leg. My “professional flip” (as Craig has referred to it) is gone. He always told me that’s what was needed. I just didn’t know how to get those hips open. And I’m even feeling light on my feet through impact. It makes sense how the long-drive guys are pretty much jumping off the ground through impact when they take everything to extremes.
November 15, 2024
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Chuck
Awesome man that’s incredible to have those quick changes for things that you’ve struggled with for so long makes me very excited!
November 15, 2024
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David
Chuck .. today is really the day. I watched the video last night and went to the course today (Phoenix) .. warm up was good, play on the front was spotty with many thin iron shots. Shot 40, made 4 birdies on the back for 32, shooting my age for the 14th time since getting back with you and Craig. My swing speed is usually only 82 mph, but I had to have gained a few extra after the video. The extension on the backswing was a major change. I received my Hackmotion last week, but have not even tried it as of yet. Your diligence on finding the words to make this work for all of us must be exhausting, but many thanks. Best to Christina. David in Phoenix
November 14, 2024
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Chuck
That’s awesome David! Exhausting is perhaps the best word. Physically and mentally i am spent but going into the holidays i get a little downtime to work on a bootcamp for the goat code that i am very excited about. I believe we accelerate the learning phase 10x for most people with this pattern
November 15, 2024
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Jeff
Hey Chuck, could you help me reconcile some conflicting information (or my interpretation of what you're saying) as it pertains to moving to the lead side? The prior video (GOAT Power Sequence) and others, you use the term bracing with the lead leg. Am I correct in assuming that as this trail side swing is evolving we not wanting our weight/pressure to be so much on the lead side? If so, how much? When you explain about moving forward to the lead side without moving forward (time mark 30:15) you are saying that you don’t want to move the hip over the ankle because it takes time to do this and it will prevent the hips from freely opening up. In doing so how to I get my weight/pressure to the lead side as talked about in a prior video(s) about the force plate studies of great ball strikers. How much pressure/weight should I have moved over to the lead side as the downswing is happening or are we trying to just use the lead leg as a brace (to get counter-torque) in this trail side dominate swing? I totally understand the GOAT Drill and the concepts you’re teaching in order to deliver power and compress the golf ball.
November 14, 2024
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Chuck
Hi Jeff, you have to understand that pressure and weight are very different. Pressure as measured on a force plate is measuring force - not weight. Force = M*A. Acceleration being the key. Putting almost zero weight on my lead leg but quickly pushing down on my ball of my foot will cause a big force spike even though my mass is no where near my lead leg. Take a look at the image of Tiger below and you can clearly tell where his "weight" is given the bulk of his mass is well behind the lead hip, but if you had him on a pressure plate you would be starting to see a big spike under his lead foot. You push off the lead foot to provide resistance and help the core rotate faster but you don't need to "shift your weight" to do this.
November 14, 2024
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Rob
If I understand this (somewhat?) correctly, the pressure increase in the lead foot is caused by a "bracing for the rotation/posting up" and happens naturally in the downswing if the sequencing is correct? This video is great and allowed me to take the swing to the course. All aspects of my game (except driver distance, for some reason) has improved greatly!
January 25, 2025
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Chuck
if you coil around the trail leg correctly you will naturally shift pressure to the lead foot, yes
January 25, 2025
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Jeff
Hey Chuck, I watched The GOAT Drill again and once again I found that I had missed some things the first time around. I usually watch these videos multiple times and pick up things that I missed in prior viewings. There's a lot of information to process (with my pea brain) and I just missed the explanation that you gave about not wanting to move mass just pressure. Thanks for taking the time to further explain. As I said before...you're "The One". J.L.
November 15, 2024
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Chuck
Ya this video is a little long so easy to miss some things for sure but i wanted to try and address all the questions i expected in the video so it could be a self contained complete resource for the entire program rolled up into one
November 15, 2024
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Jeff
Thanks Chuck. The pic helped me tremendously. I understood about pressure and weight being different, but have been under a misconception about getting mass over to the lead side. Is that how it is done (getting mass over) with a lead side swing? Thanks again. Now that I have these two videos (4.8 & 4.9) the swing is pretty easy to understand. This is going to make things (the swing) so much simpler. Great break down on the moving parts Chuck.
November 14, 2024
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Chuck
Yes. In a lead side pattern you get weight to the lead leg and rotate to sling the lead arm through the ball. That’s why the old drill of just hitting balls off the lead foot became popular many years ago. It works great but your rotational speed has got to be good to produce speed.
November 15, 2024
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Caden
How do you efficiently have the right foot slide where it rolls of the heel and instep? I can have my foot slide but my heel still spins out. I remember you saying on IG saying something but I dont have the understanding
November 13, 2024
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Chuck
I'm not sure I follow exactly but your foot sliding will be dependent on how much weight you have over your lead side. When Tiger's foot slides, for example, he has more weight over the lead leg, often because he is trying to flight the ball down.
November 14, 2024
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Caden
Like this in feel like I’m spinning out and have too much right arm thrust.

November 15, 2024
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Caden
So I need to feel the core countries to rotate and this is all before the move at the ball?
November 16, 2024
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Chuck
You are stalling out your core rotation and firing the arms too soon. The arms need to “stay” at the top for a split second to give the core a chance to start rotating to stretch the fascia and the arms and wrists are whipped through
November 16, 2024
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Caden
I’ve been working on it and I have a question. Am I doing all this before are after transition? So do I keep hands at top while loading or keep hands at top when firing core.
November 18, 2024
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Chuck
You keep hands at top while letting the core do its thing to start the downswing. This will bring hands down. The longer you hold them the more stretch you create and the more whip you will have
November 19, 2024
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Caden
Should I even be worried about it
November 13, 2024
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Steve
Great video Chuck! This drill seems to fit flawlessly with the prior steps! I love that it’s 3 simple moves that can be felt through a backswing and downswing feel! Looking forward to trying this out and getting it down! Great work and as always, Thank you so much!!! ????
November 13, 2024
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Chuck
You're welcome!
November 13, 2024
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Steve
Initial practice with this and wow does it simplify things!!! I do feel I have to be careful not to get into a “reverse C” but with practice, this drill should be the key! I was wondering if you would do a Webinar on this phase now that we are here and maybe use the force plate in that webinar to show us exactly how this feel is translating! If you would be willing to share, I would also love to see your HACKMOTION data with this swing to use as a benchmark! Maybe including this in the Webinar would be helpful to many of us… Thank you again! This truly is a great drill and all of it is really well done!
November 14, 2024
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Chuck
Yep, that's the next steps is to put the data behind it as we move into bigger full swings. Will try to get a webinar in there as well.
November 14, 2024
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Steve
That’s awesome! Can’t wait! Let’s truly make this next step a celebration of all of your years of work by putting this all together!
November 14, 2024
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Chuck
We're getting there brother, things are really coming together!
November 14, 2024
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Steve
100 percent!!! I’m really not sure people are aware of how amazing this is or just how much went into truly uncovering Tigers swing… This is so huge and should be so exciting for everyone because I truly believe that this program and the way you built it will honestly teach people how to swing like Tiger’s best swing! The side benefit is it teaches proper putting, chipping and pitching mechanics! Also protects the body and as a huge bonus, gives our Brother Chuck another shot at the tour! Keep going and stay motivated! You have something special here! Thank you!
November 15, 2024
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Chuck
Yes exactly! This ensures you have a world class game from green to tee box covering everything in between and giving you the same movement pattern for each shot all the way down to the putting stroke. That makes it simple to learn and simple to maintain. It has made my own game much simpler that ya I think I'll give the champions tour q school a shot next year because I can't walk 18 holes after my neck injury, but I can cruise around in a cart just fine!
November 15, 2024
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Steve
It’s just so well thought out and done! The journey is the exciting part and once everyone truly dies this program it will open so many doors and golf will be fun again for people! I’m building a Sim in the garage for the winter! Gonna be able to do the program from scratch and truly dial it in! Went with the SC4 Pro. That will be awesome for you! Love to see it!
November 15, 2024

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