Urgent help needed i'm going. For an emergency golf lesson with dan whitaker you might have seen last episode of the break 75 at jcb my game was in shatters my golf swing completely deserted me. So i need to go and find a swing thought ready for this next.
Break 75. i need to work on quite a few things pitching chipping definitely priority and also some fundamental key thoughts for my full golf swing as well let's get to it let's film a golf lesson come with me let me show you behind the scenes and hopefully dan can make me a little bit better dad i need your help can you help me definitely 100 pounds. So mate here's what we've been working on so that left hand grip getting it a bit stronger that's helping you with that first move because obviously you showed too many knuckles and that was getting the face too open then.
From there first move feeling like the club face is more closed there we are. So now that's reference for you club face matches your spine then.
To the top elbow down feeling a bit more tucked that's really helping you then.
With the path coming down because it's going to get you a little bit more neutral perhaps even out to in. And on the way through rotate really hard with the body this then.
Stops you from flipping with the hands and it's actually giving you really straight ball flight make sure the toe doesn't pass the heel okay. So left hand a little bit stronger feeling like i'm going shutting the take away elbow staying tight to my body hard left come on feels better it feels more connected [Music] yeah you know what it's not quite there. Yet but i think it will be very soon right that's my full swing sorted dan that's half the battle we need to desperately look at my short game next.
All right come on let's go get our faces to mitch moore open please mate perfect yes how soft is that coming out nice that follow through is mega mate oh get in i like that finish there. So much tire i love the connection with the left arm that you're getting now as well in the follow through because of it that's better oh look high on that mate that's different level up [Music] okay next.
Thing i've come further back from the green this is my nemesis shot it's kind of 40 50 yards same idea down exactly the same yeah just a slightly longer fall yeah it's once it gets above sort of 50 yards you'll be starting to move into a bit closer to your full swing. But here it's going to be very similar to that this strike was great even if i just took this in a little bit yeah absolutely that was sort of a little bit bottom grooving. But we had a lot of spin still there yeah the key is as long as you keep the body moving. And you don't get the sternum going forward. So you start to want to dig it a bit the strike will be great that was good that's one of the nicest pitch shots up here all bloody yeah much better thanks pal okay nice little lesson there off down much needed ready. For my next.
Break 75 which is coming up uh this week. So i thought i'm going to take the opportunity now to do what everyone should do after a lesson a little bit of practice try. And bed in what i've just been taught and then.
I'm hopefully if i can get out we're going to play four. Or five holes on the golf course here and kind of put it out and to practice on the course as well it's good though interesting a couple of changes not too complicated things that i'm honest i've worked on before um and probably a question i might get asked a lot of like rick you're a golf pro surely you can fix yourself. But sometimes you're blind to your own swing i've always found having another pair of eyes looking at my golf swing helps me because i i end up becoming either too harsh on myself or too generous or i overlook things that i think are important. And i underestimated things that are kind of really relevant right let's get hitting a few strong grip shut the face elbow down swing left sounds easy right [Music] i've got to show you that an ultra with a triple track found in the bucket [Laughter] [Music] where was this last week where was this swing when i needed it most hopefully no i'm bedding it in now ready. For the next.
Upcoming break 75. these feel really nice i'm hitting a four right here they're coming out like bullets like just really nice ball flights ah golfing what a game [Music] oh yeah [Music] oh that's the problematic one ah it's not there just. Yet hi okay not quite got it with driver just. Yet making these changes and you're trying to swing with the big stick is always a bit more challenging i think it's close it's just not there. Yet i'm causing a few more left shots which isn't my favorite shot with driver but what's been happening at the moment so we've been out playing i'm finding that my natural shot that goes a little bit left is there. But i'm also starting to see shots that kind of creep right and when it's still on the team you don't quite know which direction it's going to go it's very difficult this at the moment is making me feel like i'm going to hit it left. But if i can just get that sensation i'm trying to hold it off a little bit i reckon i can find him a lot straighter it's not there. Yet but i don't think it'll take me long to crack it like that that's the one oh yes now we're rocking that just that little bit of a different feeling with driver. But that's okay i can work on that yes yes that's what i need 14 times. And that'll do the trick very nicely okay. So as dan mentioned in the little lesson i've definitely lacked confidence on my short game recently it's not been where i've wanted to be at all and you might have seen from some of the last break 75s i've actually just duffed a few like quite badly quite embarrassingly badly so that was a much needed little couple of tips just keeping the arm connected letting the face open. And just being able to turn through it so just spend a little ten minutes or so before i go out and play hopefully just fine tune that in and hopefully that it works out on the golf course [Music] it was all going. So well and the last three or four have just been absolutely terrible it takes a thousand good shots to build confidence it takes one bad one to shatter it to pieces and that's kind of what's happened let's try and get it try and get it back again [Music] okay let's go with that it's not perfect. Yet but it's better all right guys so i'm gonna go out and play five holes uh i'm gonna really try and implement these changes dan said i'm not sure what's gonna happen. But hopefully i should play a little bit better but if not it'd be a good little practice i think sometimes again when you've had a lesson you've been on the driving range seems easy there then.
Bringing it on the golf course is a different animal i must admit one of the hardest shots in the golf to hear is first tee is great after a lesson it's just like trusting it let's hope i can do it [Music] all right [Music] that's a shank oh hardest shot in golf one straight after a shank i said the t-shirt after a lesson. But it's wrong it's the shot after a shank well that was nice just as it starts hailstoning that was a very nice little shot [Music]. So i don't know what's just happened but this bad weather's just rolled in it's like rain sleet snow whatever now if i was really really dedicated i should be out there grinding. But i'm not i'm taking shelter until it blows over because i want to get better yes. But i don't want to get better when it's chucking it down with rain okay we're going. For it it's not stopped raining but work needs to be done [Music] [Music] so [Music] hey right so that is four holes just kind of trying to bed it in trying to get these ideas of the swing that i've just taken from the lesson on the range. And then.
Here on the golf course it's mixed at the moment it's not quite there yet some promising signs but a few ropey shots as well so last time i'm gonna play par five round the corners playing one ball can we finish off. And try and make a birdie yeah that will do oh rick we've got a chance of birdie everybody. So all in all today's been fun it's been a much needed kind of uh assessment of my game i feel like at the moment i'm i'm having some good rounds but i'm mixing it with some terrible rounds i need to become more consistent and hopefully with today.
A few little changes a bit of practice a bit of me time we can get that fraction more consistent hopefully enjoying the break 75's guy don't forget guys don't forget 4 p.m friday new episode coming out every week um. And we've got some cracking golf courses lined up that's why i i'm i'm getting a little bit more passionate about it i didn't think i was going to do. But i'm getting a little bit more you know i want i want to do well i want to play better right hope you enjoyed this video guys if you did smash like thanks to dan. For all of his time today.
If you've actually not watched the podcast clips. Or listen to them make sure you check those out and to finish with a birdie on the last thought that was gonna be a lovely ending guys thanks. For watching stay tuned and we'll see you next.
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