Tony Finau's Power off the Tee
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Learn how to reproduce Tony Finau's power RotarySwing move for more distance off the tee! Watch You Hit the Ball with Your Legs to see the video I mentioned
Hey guys, So after Tony Finau made the hole-in-one at the Masters the other day and then dislocated his ankle.
And In a very manly fashion, put it back in place and continue to play.
And then he goes out and shoots four under in the first round.
He definitely deserves a swing review.
And since I actually have met Tony and his younger brother Gipper, I Monday qualified into the Utah Open.
Years ago, about 10 years ago, and Tony and Gipper were still.
You know, playing around on the mini tours and actually played in the Utah Open with me as well.
And I was practicing out in Glenwild, where they were practicing, and I got to meet them and I watched them hit balls, hit balls next to them.
And to say that they hit the ball a long ways back then was definitely an understatement.
I think Tony has kind of throttled it back a little bit now that he's on the tour.
His younger brother, Gipper, I haven't seen him in many, many years, But they both murdered the ball off the tee.
And I want to talk about the fundamentals that allow Tony and Gipper to hit the ball as far as they do.
And talk about how it applies to your golf swing.
So First, let's take a look at setup everything you're gonna see here.
Stock, RST.
This is classic Rotary swing tour positions.
He's got access tilt here.
We can check that by Line through buttons on his shirt and his belt buckle perfect his head.
You know, with the driver, you're gonna tend to be a little bit further behind the ball.
He's trying to catch it a little bit on the upswing, all of this stuff.
Great position Right from the get-go, so in a great primer, did the ball a long ways.
And setup is critical for those of you who don't get set up correctly.
There's lots of little things you can see in his setup apart from the axis tilt.
I lost see a lot of times.
The right knee for golfers, kind of Rotated out to the right, Externally rotated, and this leads to over hip rotation.
It makes the excuse me, the downswing Transition, very, very difficult.
So, The right knee laser beam drill I talked about on the site is exactly this.
He's kind of Almost got that right knee, kind of imagining that, pointing at the ball.
It keeps that right leg anchored in, which is critical for a good windup in the back swing.
But let's talk about how he moves the club back.
But one thing you're going to notice right away is settling into that right side as you see him shifting to the right.
And now, one of the critical, critical pieces that we talk about all the time, It's being able to make that full turn.
And how do we measure that? It's looking, we want to see that right shoulder blade on the left side of your head when you're looking at your swing.
Face on now.
So many golfers think that they can't make a full shoulder turn because it's a flexibility issue.
And I've proven time and time again.
It's never a flexibility issue.
It's purely where your priorities lie.
If you try and turn your shoulders, even while you're sitting here, listening to this video.
While you're sitting in a chair, pull your right shoulder behind your head, even without moving your hips.
I guarantee you get at least 45 degrees of separation between your upper and lower halves, And then as you allow your hips to turn, another 45 degrees.
Everybody can easily make a full shoulder turn.
So Make sure that this is what you see at the top of your swing, that you can see that right shoulder blade on the left side of your head.
Another thing I love about Tony Swing is that he maintains width.
Notice how straight that left arm is, and so many Amateur golfers want to let that left arm collapse at the top.
And you lose the radius to the width of your golf swing, and width is free speed.
You don't have to work harder to swing the club faster.
That's the reason your driver goes faster than your pitching wedge, because the simple fact is the club is longer.
So keep that width, take advantage of the leverage that you have in your swing.
Don't let this left arm collapse, because that's just shortening the radius, your swing.
And you're turning that driver into a five iron.
You'll never, ever be able to swing it fast when you lose the radius in your swing.
So Tons of width.
He's almost as if he feels like his hands are as far away from his head at the top of the swing as he can get.
So this is another.
We got two key power, three key power moves one.
He's loaded into that right foot, two, right shoulder behind his head.
Three.
Maintain the width and radius of the arc at the top.
You'll notice he's even made a short swing here at the top, Without setting his wrist too much at the backswing.
Well, watch what happens as he starts down.
So now, as he starts down, you'll notice that the angle has increased Between the shaft and the form compared to what he had at the top.
This is what we call the down cock move.
This is what's in the down cock drill on the site.
What you're doing.
You don't want to fully set your wrist at the top of your swing.
You want your wrist to be relatively relaxed so that as you will shift your weight back to the left.
The force of the movement of your arms getting pulled back by your hips and the club going in the opposite direction sets your wrist even further.
And Tony has done that perfectly here.
That's a perfect amount of lag, You don't need any more than this.
And now, as he's continuing to shift his weight and getting ready to post up, I want to talk about big power.
Move here again.
Maintaining lag, maintaining lag, and now watch this left leg.
We're going to focus just on this.
This is critical.
Pay close attention.
As he shifted over, watch how the left knee begins to straighten and push his left hip back.
Now, his hips are open to the ball, Facing more toward the target.
And that left leg straightening has pushed the left hip back, which helps you maintain the tush line, which helps you maintain the angles.
In its swing so that he has a proper swing plane, but this move is assertive in tony swing In fact, as you watch What do you notice here not on the ball of his foot? Is he of course not if you want to be aggressive and power? You need a powerful.
You need to engage that glute, quad and hamstring, and to really engage the glutes and hamstrings, You need to have your weight back over the ankle, Which, of course, is a RST fundamental.
So as he's doing this, he's firmly planted on this left leg.
I see all the time that golfers look like their left knee looks like this at impact.
They never ever post up Push that left foot into the ground.
They don't push that left hip back, and they don't get assertively posted up, because that post up move Is what helps you release the golf club? He's releasing this golf club, Not with his shoulders and trying to turn his chest, He's posting up that left leg.
Which is releasing that lag angle that he had on the way back or on the way down.
Excuse me.
So notice that left leg nice and straight, and then around until full follow through.
So, the main video I want you to focus on today Is the power Move that I talk about In the You Hit the Ball with Your Legs video.
That is your focal point for today? Watch Tony as he's going through the masters.
Hopefully you'll have a great rest of the weekend We want to see him do well, especially after nearly destroying his ankle there But this is the main thing that you can learn from tony swing
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