160 yd Shots - GOAT Speed Sequence

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As you move from wedges to full swing iron shots, it's time to start understanding the sequence to create speed. Learn how the wrists and body work together to effortlessly accelerate the club to hit your 8 iron 160+ yards.

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Alex Francis Ver
Hi, Chuck. I'm a bit confused with "rotating your core". My understanding was from your backswing (core facing the trail side and shoulder blade to the spine), you hold it during the down swing and just do a side crunch (right side) to trigger the down swing. When I initiate my down swing with what to me feels like a trail side ab crunch, I feel that my hips automatically end up open (lead side), with weight shift to the lead side, and my arms are brought along for the ride down to the ball. So when you say you "rotate your core" does that mean rotating your core from facing the trail side right to the finish? Thank you.
June 21, 2025
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Tony
Am I the only one that this doesn't work for me.
June 19, 2025
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Craig (Certified RST Instructor)
Hello Tony. Happy to take a look at the movement to see why you aren't getting the results. Feel free to get a swing review, post here or on the community page.
June 19, 2025
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Tony

June 19, 2025
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Craig (Certified RST Instructor)
Hello Tony. You can see first at setup your arms are bowed outwards. You need to clean that structure up first. Then, as you go back you are pushing your lead arm. The core isn't moving much and the arms load. Therefore, they are the ones firing on the downswing instead of a dynamic stretch back and firing through of your core. This is putting all the onus of power in your arms. You need to fix those items first before tackling the downswing sequence.
June 20, 2025
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TREVOR
Chuck, This is very confusing. I’m a member following the program and this weight / pressure shift, I cannot get my brain / body around. Every instruction ( including yours in other videos ) around golf pressure shift involves loading into trail side glute / hip, twist foot into ground etc and trail leg actually straightens. So this concept of the trail knee going fwd at the start not back is impossible for me to execute. I can’t push my knee fwd and rotate my hip. My trail hip needs to turn away which is impossible with my trail knee going fwd. Are there other videos with alternative technique to get weight/pressure shift ? This has me so lost. Should I just forget this video other than the wrist hinge part? Ie ignore the weight shift move if it doesn’t resonate, there are other “feels” to teach this if this doesn’t worked for me?
June 15, 2025
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Chuck
no you can’t just forget this part. It’s the most important part of the golf swing. if you don’t load your car correctly, the wrist don’t mean anything. you’re obviously simply not understanding something very clearly in correlation with how you’re currently moving and that’s why you are not understanding this move so you need to probably get someone to look at it with a trained eye because this is really a very simple thing to do when you are moving your core as I have trained throughout this program
June 15, 2025
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Jeff
Chuck, when I am at the top of the backswing (the shoulder blade has moved towards the spine) do I want to "feel" as though the shoulder blade stays there to prevent moving the shoulders when I crunch the trail side? I'm thinking that I read that in a reply "somewhere" in a prior video.
June 13, 2025
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Chuck
Yes you want it to stay there until the release snaps
June 15, 2025
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Jeff
Chuck, did you video this with a FO view also? If so can you post this view?
June 13, 2025
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Chuck
Im going to do a full followup video on the face on view to cover this in detail
June 13, 2025
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Carver
So Chuck, got two 8 irons to 155, up from my usual 140-145 yds. Not consistent enough yet but when executing as you describe there is NO doubt it works. The LESS effort the better, My shorter shots are balls that go a little right to left and then kind of fall.
June 12, 2025
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Chuck
Hey bud, the trick to all this is core speed. Shots that draw a bit too much are typically caused by the arms getting overactive. This slows your rotation and the path shifts too far from the inside. You need to feel that your core loads very quickly in the backswing and this is usually the first crux for most students. Its easy to get fixated on the arms and club and the fascial slings in the core dont get stretched fast enough going back and thus cant unload correctly on the way down. You need to really wind up the mid section of the body going back and then use that powerful stretch to unwind everything on the way down
June 13, 2025
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Carver
Super response!! makes sense. I know I do not load fast enough. Thanks.
June 13, 2025
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Matt
I got a question on using your core for the backswing and into the downswing. Are you feeling more like your right side of your rib cage is pulling you back and than on the downswing it's the lefts side of the rib cage pulling you around or is that being too simplistic or completely wrong?
June 11, 2025
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Chuck
Check out the goat drill video
June 12, 2025
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Matt
Watched the Goat Drill on Saturday, and played my first round in 8 months. Focused on doing the Goat drill before every swing. I haven't hit an actual driver since I last played back in November, but man I was striping it well. The only swings I do typically is with my 8 iron, 60* wedge, and putter and just doing each of the goat programs. I definitely still use my arms way too much and not enough shaft lean, but when it's right it feels pretty powerful. Shot 78 from black tees at Southern Dunes in AZ (7300 yards). Didn't lose one ball which I tend to do a lot. I struggled with shots 80-110 because I know i wasn't getting forward shaft lean and getting too many arms, but the goat drill got me in a right place. Onward and upward!
June 16, 2025
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Jeff
Hey Chuck, please take a look at this sequencing drill. I see I had a bit of lateral move off the ball. What else do you see? While practicing and looking at the videos I notice that more times than not my hips aren't clearing enough for my trail arm to get by and I see a bit of a chicken wing. Should I be moving my pressure back to my trail foot (squish the bug) to clear the hips. This is what I attempted to do in this video.

June 10, 2025
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Chuck
HI Jeff, setup and grip look great. The trick to all this to get the movements perfect is that it has to happen fast and dynamic, otherwise your muscles will have to move in such a way that restricts the natural and correct movements. The sequence is good, now you need to work to add speed to it.
June 10, 2025
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Jeff
When I practice this "at speed" should I hit balls or should I do this in my garage and review the videos (FO & DTL) before attempting to hit balls? I remember you saying that you shouldn't be practicing a trail side swing with slow movements. I have been practicing the full "squish the bug" (staying back fully) vs a lateral movement. Referring to your video "squish the bug," which would you describe your swing to be; i.e. rotation is being driven by squishing the bug or by a lateral movement?
June 13, 2025
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Chuck
Jeff there is definitely still lateral movement especially of the pelvis in the downswing. This is especially true with the irons where power is less important than control. What you want to avoid is the upper body swaying too much toward the target in the downswing although there is lateral movement of the center of the chest as well. The squish the bug move is most prevalent with the driver where power is our greatest concern and you want to have a positive angle of attack. As for practice you really need to learn to load the core very fast and this is key. See my comment above to carver where i talk about this more
June 13, 2025
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Jeff
Chuck, I reviewed the comments that you made to Carver as suggested. Thanks for the clarification on staying back and squishing the bug. I went back and watched the GOAT Drill video and how the squish the bug applies in the iron swing. I am going to work on getting the GOAT Drill down. While doing this (GOAT Drill) can/should I incorporate the footwork in this video to provide torque further stretching the facia lines?
June 13, 2025
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Chuck
Yes you can combine any movement of the program together to train what you need to work on anytime
June 13, 2025
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Jeff
Chuck, thanks for the input. I had just finished re-viewing "squish the bug drill" and performing it along with you when I saw your reply. I found out that I hadn't been driving off the trail foot at all. This was major for me to get my hips out of the way and to add power and speed and releasing/snapping as a result of keeping the head back. I can see light now and can feel the potential for the speed required to get to the 160 yd 8i shot. Like I said before "you are the ONE" JL. LOL
June 10, 2025
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M. (Certified RST Instructor)
Good morning Chuck, Thanks for this great video again! But my question is coming from a feeling of fear. You start the video with the relaxing wrist movement, where you open the face in backswing. Here is my fear: does this not create a new brain pattern and you end up with opening the face in the real swing? I worked so hard to keep the face as stable as possible in backswing ( at end of take away about in line with the angle of spine). Now I might loose this and create directional problems again. Hope my fear is not correct! Marcel Bal Rotary Instructor
June 9, 2025
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Chuck
Marcel, I think you are way overthinking this. It's a drill to get a feeling of letting the wrists move freely, as I stated in the video, it's not how you swing at full speed
June 9, 2025
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Jeff
Great video piecing together the "footwork" in the 1st GOAT webinar, sequencing the swing with emphasis on the core being the mover of the swing. This is how I am practicing the sequencing of the swing. In particular the transition....as I get re-centered (moving to the lead side) , I am throwing (un-drawing the hook portion of the J ) the club, while using my core to bring everything down into the hitting zone. I have to say that the movement of the lead heel is key for me in order to brace and be able to decelerate the body for the release.
June 8, 2025
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Chuck
Yep, that lead heel will let you know if you are rotating from your core or trying to push your trail side through
June 8, 2025
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Anthony
Chuck, At what point in the swing do you initiate the snap? Is it close to the start of the downswing, or at the last minute near the ball? Thanks , Anthony
June 8, 2025
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Chuck
Hi Anthony, while the throw is initiated at the top, the snap of the wrists is something you must let happen. You should never try and time it, as Hogan said, it's "devilishly fast". Keep your core turning and as the fascia gets stretched, it will pull the arms and shoulders through and the wrists will snap effortlessly
June 8, 2025
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David
Hi Chuck, I’m working on the goat speed sequence in chunks. How does this look? What do I need to concentrate or improve on?

June 7, 2025
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Chuck
This is great David! Beautiful turn going back. The biggest thing I see is you stall out your rotation just before impact and the right arm starts to push through a little. If you can try and keep rotating your core and never stop, I'd like to see if that changes your lead arm at impact a little and gives you more speed
June 8, 2025
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David
Hi Chuck, Thank you for looking at my swing and giving me some good feedback. I included a new clip working on your suggestions. How did Ido? Is there any faults that you see?

June 10, 2025
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Chuck
You are pushing the club through with the right arm/shoulder a but too much. The core needs to “outrun” the arms through the ball and the arms needs to come along from the ride.
June 11, 2025
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David
Hi Chuck, How does this swing look? What issues do you see with your trained eye? What suggestions do you have to get this perfected? By the way, I have really enjoyed the webinars on Wednesday nights. Thanks to you and Craig for putting that together. Craig has been doing a great job. Thanks, David

June 19, 2025
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Chuck
Last piece is getting that left hip to fire to straighten the leg and move the hip and back into extension. Once you can do that with speed that will bring the arms down for you and you got the sequence
June 20, 2025
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Stanley
Hi Chuck. I might be going down into the weeds here but I'm trying to understand the numbers your monitor is showing. Going from a carry distance of 155.5 to 160, your club speed drops from 87.9 to 86.9 but your smash factor goes from 1.26 to 1.31. Also, as your carry distance goes from 160 to 169.3, your club speed stays the same but your smash factor goes from 1.31 to 1.35. Since it doesn't appear club speed accounts for the increase in carry, what did you do to get these increases in carry? The height decreases as the carry increases but the ball speed increases. Are you intentionally flighting it lower and creating more compression? Side changes from R to L as you go from a carry of 160 to 170. Does that indicate changing from a fade to a draw? Very detailed and inciteful video as usual, thanks!
June 7, 2025
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Chuck
Delofted the club and hit it more in the center of the face. When I hit it harder I tend to deloft the face a bit more. The side to side changes were just a by product of how I went about this. I hit about 20 shots total for this video, was not warmed up hitting these, so the ball flight was more erratic. But the shots were all basically the same, little push draws. The one that went right was simply a push as the face was left a little open compared to normal.
June 7, 2025
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Michael
Hey Chuck, good video. Been a member 15 years ish, & 6 months ago went from lead side to trail side swing. Unfortunately, hdcp went from 9 to 15. However, the trail side swing is easier on the body for sure, so I'm sticking with it. Went to the range: 75 mph swing 125-130 yd; 80 mph 140-145 yd. Tried moving backswing a little quicker while moving core quicker, no change in yardage. Aaargh! Full disclosure: driver swing has leveled & 94-95mph. Comparing your finish position to mine, yours is facing slightly left, while mine is not. I think I'm restricting the upper body follow through for some reason i.e. not letting it go all the way., like I'm hitting knockdowns all the time. The lower body is "releasing" okay.
June 7, 2025
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Chuck
hi Michael thanks for the support all these years. What you’re describing where you finish is not as far left as you put it, and the lack of speed is a pretty much dead giveaway that you were using your arms and shoulders to push the club through rather than your core rotating through. When your core rotates instead of your shoulders, you’ll have no choice, but for your body to be facing a little bit more left as your shoulders get whipped through. You should feel a stretch down the left side of your body when this is done correctly, and if you don’t know that you are pushing the club through with your right arm or shoulder
June 7, 2025
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David
Chuck, another gem of GOAT instruction! This dynamic sequence broken down into exaggerated chunks provided me the overall big picture on how to tie these items together and where the speed and power come from. Now I truly understand EXACTLY how to PRACTICE to leverage the lower body against the upper body in one continuous motion. I have NEVER heard an explanation of the golf swing like this before that shows you exactly what to do in the perfect sequence to achieve that effortless power that eludes most of us for a lifetime. If I ever tried to hit an 8 iron 150 or 175 yards it would IMMEDIATELY cause me to do exactly the OPPOSITE things in my swing that one should be doing. to achieve that distance. It was truly eye opening to see you go from 125 yards to 175 and nothing changed other than the speed of your core rotation. SIMPLY AMAZING INSTRUCTION. Thank you! Keep the new instruction coming as I always hear new gems of information that help me truly understand how to swing like the GOATS! Thank you again.
June 7, 2025
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Chuck
Thank you David! Glad this video helped tie everything together!
June 7, 2025
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John
18th hole today, 155yd to a back pin, perfect lie, a little wind in the face so I went with stepping on a 9i thinking I could never get it to the back edge. I went after it…..airmailed the green. (163yd carry) and had a 24 yd pitch back onto the green. Month 15 of completely changing my swing to your model Chuck. It’s all finally clicking, couldn’t be happier. Walked and carried the bag, zero pain after the round and played the same ball till I had to voluntarily take it out of play (which is almost as satisfying as puring an iron). To say “Thank you” just doesn’t feel like it’s enough.
June 6, 2025
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Chuck
A post like this is truly all the thanks I need! I wish I could've seen your face when you nuked it though!
June 7, 2025
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John
Like a kid on Christmas Day! Complete and utter astonishment…and then it hit me - there’s OB back there haha. Ended up with a bogey on the par 5 which is terrible, but a great ball striking round for sure. Just have to keep up the putting practice and I’ll be scratch in no time, thanks to you. Really looking forward to the driver video but until then, Keep up the great work!!
June 7, 2025
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Richard
What is the grip pressure in the hands left and right on a scale of 1-10. Should the be equal?
June 6, 2025
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Chuck
5-7 is how Tiger described his pressure and I feel the same. I tend to grip them pretty equal, but bias the trail hand slightly more.
June 7, 2025
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Steve
It would be great to see those repetitive video sequences with the "lines and dots" in a back side view. Another stellar video with explanations that make the logical and the mystical merge into common sense. Same can be said for the entire GOAT program. The sequencing of the videos make the progressions so doable and understandable. The mystery of the golf swing doesn't seem so mysterious anymore. Well worth the price of admission which I compare to the price of a decent pair of golf shoes on sale. Bang for the buck is very satisfying. Thank you.
June 6, 2025
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Chuck
Thanks Steve! When you say backside, do you mean literally from behind? The tool can currently only analyze face on and down the line right now.
June 7, 2025
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Steve
Yes...the behind view. You mentioned in one of your videos about this being a most important view. It certainly helped me to understand where exactly one needs to be in their backswing. Not available? It should be. No matter...just a thought. As I delve deeper and deeper into this program, I am more and more impressed by something I have learned over the years. I ask the student...what is the key to any organization? It's a rhetorical question. The key to any organization is its organization. This teaching paradigm is most impressively organized in its progressive nature. In order to begin to learn the game of golf and go to work...you must have an idea. Many are going from video to video on youtube or Facebook and trying to piece it together. What you end up with is a swing like painting by numbers. This progression of videos is going to design a motion that resembles the Nike "Swoosh". I make these comments from the stand point of a former tennis player and coach...among other things. Here is a picture my serve some many years ago. I have written quite a bit about tennis over the years on a tennis website and one thing I repeatedly wrote...I learned more about teaching tennis from playing and teaching golf than I did from playing tennis. I say that tennis is golf on the run. The similarities between the service motion and golf swing are uncanny...except instead of teeing it down we toss the ball in the air above. Your ideas that you present in the well thought out progression of videos give me, the student, definite "ideas" to work on. Then it is up to the student...to go to work. Even at my age...nobody will outwork me. Your website is a blessing. Thank you...
June 8, 2025
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Chuck
You're welcome Steve. I hope they will continue to advance the Ai feature as it is very useful. That is some killer extension in your serve!
June 8, 2025
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Steve
That is unreal extension if I do say so myself. I did have a perfect service motion. So anyways...in order to get into this position you have to be very relaxed. This goes hand in hand with your comments about Tiger Wood's 165 yard 8 iron. I had the same approach to my serve. The racquet is behind me at the back of my knees...nearly. You mentioned somewhere that you had played some tennis. So in teaching tennis I would mention that the serve was an upside down golf swing and instead of teeing the ball down, we tossed it into the air. Does this position have a identical position in the golf swing? It certainly is in the transition phase...from back swing to forwards swing. This is when the pedal goes to the metal. I am trying to get this same cadence in my golf swing and with all of your cues and progressive swing building...I am beginning to feel it. Thanks Chuck. The range sessions are just sheer joy. I cannot wait until I can take this swing from the range to the course. Moe Norman said the longest walk was from the range to the first tee.
June 10, 2025
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Steve
This is great! Every new video has been tremendously helpful. Can't wait for the 320 driver video next!
June 6, 2025
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Chuck
Yes! Someone who sees the vision!
June 6, 2025
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Steve
This was very helpful after the hands webinar as I've been focusing so much on hands it's good to get back to footwork. Got all my upper body dialed in and now working on lower body. One thing I wanted to mention was that Butch Harmon / Tiger Woods drill they talk about from that famous Golf Channel video... where he has Tiger stop at the top of his backswing. I don't recall you ever talking about that drill (you probably have) but it was really helpful for me to get the sequencing down. It was helpful for me to pause and feel the stretch in my lead side core. Then to start downswing: contract my trail side core, do my footwork, and then wrist work (which are all minimal). That order feels correct to me?
June 6, 2025
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Chuck
I like that drill for getting you a chance to feel the movements as you suggested. It's often hard for most to sequence things correctly doing it fast without a pause and that's where I think this drill can be very useful
June 7, 2025
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Matthew
Perfect timing on the release of this video. Thanks Chuck!
June 6, 2025
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Chuck
You are welcome!
June 6, 2025

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