Hey Guys!
I recently had a discussion with a good friend and colleague of mine, James “Jim” Zwolak. We were talking about what you can and can’t see during a normal video of your golf swing. For years, video was the most often used source of feedback to improve your swing. Unfortunately, video isn’t precise enough to actually measure what the club is doing through impact. Fortunately we have new tools that help with the “Real” data, which is what the clubhead is doing through impact, and how that is relating to your ball flight.
Personally, I use the Flightscope X2 and even with my own students I’m noticing differences in what I THOUGHT was happening, and what is ACTUALLY happening – and this has helped me and my students to train more effectively towards what they ultimately want the ball to do.
The point is this: Just because your swing looks good, it doesn’t mean you’ll hit it good, and just because you hit it good, it doesn’t mean your swing looks good. If the point of golfing was to have a pretty swing, we’d just have video competitions all day.
You can find Jim’s take on the subject (a worthy read) HERE.
As always, have fun!
AC