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This Is What I Want To Give You – Relaxed & Balanced Leverage & Power Generation

I’ve of course hit longer drives than the one in this video, but when I drive balls into the executive course or over the mounds guarding the green on one of the hole, I don’t get any distance feedback other than, “Well, that one was pretty long…”

I can gauge my distances with irons pretty well when there are flags and greens at which to shoot, but the driving, I’m at a disadvantage hitting balls unless I’m in a place with a Foresight or Trackman (and I don’t trust these completely, because many times they give me distances that are well short of what I know I can do on the course or range).

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From 2013 – Swing A Stick (Check The Kyle B Move)

This is an oldie, but just as relevant as the first I spoke about this concept – I even based a swing video on this concept back in 2013, and it’s as simple as… well… swinging a stick.

Some people come to golf without having had much exposure to other sports such as baseball or cricket, where swinging a stick-like object is similar to golf.

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I’ve Always Had The Power Line – It’s About The Setup

I talked the past week about the “Power Line,” which I call that straight line you can create from the joint of the leading shoulder down through the hands to the club head, and I’ll expand a little.

For the irons and other clubs except the Driver, it’s pretty simple – get that Power Line going vertically from shoulder to club head either past impact or just at impact (say, with a 3 or 5 metal when the ball is teed up) and you’re pretty much assured to have generated maximum leverage and power into the ball.

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I Forget At Times That Not Everyone Hits It Long

A little levity on this Friday, perhaps?

The solitary nature of my swing research means that I’m usually lost in my own world of swing analysis for hours at a time hitting balls, and I tend to forget that A) There are other people at the range, unless they do something to bother me and B) Not everyone can drive the ball over 300 yards.

I get some chuckles at times when I’m back home making swing clips or just analyzing swing after swing looking for things to work on, and then I notice what others around me are doing while I’m working out.

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The “Power Line” At Impact – All In The Setup

The reason so many people struggle to maximize their power with the golf swing is likely because they’re not set up in the proper manner in which to do so.

It is also a reason you’ll find all sorts of professional players who contort themselves coming into impact – they manage to get the power they want to generate, but at a cost to consistency and/or physical health.

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DJ’s Iron Swings DTL – 9i, 7i, 5i

I have just uploaded a swing clip of myself hitting three irons down the line from August 16, 2022.

The setup, I have to say, is absolutely nailed, at least from the down the line view.

Face on, I am not in love with because of the work I’ve done in the intervening 2.5 years, but I have nothing to pick at with this view.

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Beautiful Example Of Why The Grip Is So Important (Driving It Long & Straight)

Now, this applies of course to all clubs, not just the driver, but I have found in my archives a swing session in which my setup and grip are nearly perfect with regards to swinging optimally.

Sadly, I am not enamored of the actual pivot action, but I was still hitting my irons and driver beautifully long and straight on this day of tinkering with my setup.

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There Are Two Mechanically-Correct Pivot Actions

Of course, the old WAX Nation crew from the days of the Smash Golf blog and the DJ Watts Golf blog (I used to get bored of my sites and create new ones, but WAX Golf has been around since 2013) will remember this.

There are actually two pivot actions that I know of which are mechanically-correct – which one is optimal, I haven’t yet figured out, and each could be equally effective depending on the person using it.

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Fred Couples Proves A Swing Can Be Powerful – And Dangerous

I keep seeing his swings on Instagram and YouTube.

I am not going to tell you that I didn’t admire Fred Couples’ golf swing back in the day.  It was smooth, powerful and many consider it the sweetest swing action ever.

I wouldn’t argue with any of the above – except that what was once a romance flick now looks to me like a horror movie, especially in slow motion takes.

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330 Yard Drives at 52 Years Old – MCS Golf Swing Model

I have spent much of the past couple of years just focusing on swing models and tinkering, but as recently as 2022, I was still banging drives of 330 yards and upwards with off the rack drivers.

This is the proof that my model search ended a while ago, but it took my being satisfied that I had looked into everything I possibly could, at which point I began to look back through my swing archive (2010-2024 is a lot of clips) and break down exactly what the optimal swing model looks like.

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