1 00:00:01,679 --> 00:00:04,719 Speaker 1: Hey y'all, this is Ray Cipriano from Fort Worth, Texas. 2 00:00:05,160 --> 00:00:08,519 Speaker 2: I play at Hawk's Creek in Westworth Village. This is 3 00:00:08,560 --> 00:00:09,199 Golf Smarter. 4 00:00:09,400 --> 00:00:12,560 Speaker 3: Golf Smarter number four hundred and sixty eight, published on 5 00:00:12,599 --> 00:00:14,880 December twenty three, twenty fourteen. 6 00:00:15,000 --> 00:00:20,039 Speaker 4: Welcome to Golf Smarter Mulligans, your second chance to gain 7 00:00:20,079 --> 00:00:23,640 insight and advice from the best instructors featured on the 8 00:00:23,679 --> 00:00:29,679 Golf Smarter podcast. Great Golf Instruction Never gets Old. Our 9 00:00:29,800 --> 00:00:34,560 interview library features hundreds of hours of game improvement conversations 10 00:00:34,719 --> 00:00:38,240 like this that are no longer available in any podcast app. 11 00:00:38,399 --> 00:00:42,679 Speaker 1: And to finish the swing, rather than lifting with the shoulders, 12 00:00:42,759 --> 00:00:46,119 elbows and hands lifting the club up, you actually keep 13 00:00:46,359 --> 00:00:50,159 the right foot the back foot turning after you've launched 14 00:00:50,320 --> 00:00:52,560 from the end step and knee in hips, and you 15 00:00:52,719 --> 00:00:56,039 keep the foot turning till you're up on your toe. 16 00:00:56,399 --> 00:00:59,280 And here's a really, really big tip. I'm not kidding. 17 00:00:59,320 --> 00:01:02,840 I've had so thanks for this one. Turn your heel, 18 00:01:03,119 --> 00:01:06,120 turn your right heel. If you turn your right heel, 19 00:01:06,319 --> 00:01:09,280 it controls your hips, So you turn the right heel 20 00:01:09,400 --> 00:01:13,239 the hips automatically turn. Now your belly, your belt buckle, 21 00:01:13,319 --> 00:01:16,760 your center is facing the target, and now your shoulders 22 00:01:16,799 --> 00:01:19,599 turn automatically. One of my students calls it, they get 23 00:01:19,599 --> 00:01:23,239 a free ride on your feet and your hips because 24 00:01:23,359 --> 00:01:25,680 guess what, if you're in good posture, they're right over 25 00:01:25,719 --> 00:01:27,920 your hips and feet. If you turn to your foot, 26 00:01:28,040 --> 00:01:31,439 your heel turns your hips, now your shoulders turn your hands, 27 00:01:31,439 --> 00:01:32,959 and your club come flying through. 28 00:01:38,239 --> 00:01:41,760 Speaker 3: Lower body Launch Power Hard two with Jamie Zimron. 29 00:01:42,079 --> 00:01:47,280 Speaker 4: This is Golf Smarter, sharing tips and insights from golfers 30 00:01:47,319 --> 00:01:49,879 and golf professionals to help lower your score. 31 00:01:50,319 --> 00:01:52,560 Speaker 2: It's worked for your host, Fred Green. 32 00:01:52,920 --> 00:01:55,439 Speaker 3: Welcome back to the Golf Smarter Podcast, Jamie. 33 00:01:56,079 --> 00:01:57,879 Speaker 1: Thank you so much, Fred, glad to be back. 34 00:01:58,079 --> 00:02:02,560 Speaker 3: Happy Honikah, Happy Christmas, Happy Kwansa, Happy Holidays to all 35 00:02:02,599 --> 00:02:03,319 of us. 36 00:02:03,840 --> 00:02:05,560 Speaker 1: Absolutely all of the above, right. 37 00:02:05,560 --> 00:02:09,520 Speaker 3: Yep, everybody, everybody, all inclusive, Happy happy December. 38 00:02:09,840 --> 00:02:10,840 Speaker 2: What can you do about it? 39 00:02:11,479 --> 00:02:16,479 Speaker 3: So let's go back now, because last week's conversation was amazing, 40 00:02:17,159 --> 00:02:20,199 got so much out of it, and it just launched 41 00:02:20,280 --> 00:02:21,599 so many more questions for me. 42 00:02:21,680 --> 00:02:23,520 Speaker 2: I want to go back and learn a little. 43 00:02:23,280 --> 00:02:27,520 Speaker 3: Bit more before we get into the lower the lower 44 00:02:27,520 --> 00:02:31,120 part of the body and how that really is so 45 00:02:31,319 --> 00:02:36,120 critical for your balance. But I want to talk about 46 00:02:36,199 --> 00:02:40,240 your BLISS concept. The BLISS works. What it stands for. 47 00:02:40,280 --> 00:02:43,280 I know it's an acronym, and how we incorporate that 48 00:02:43,439 --> 00:02:44,120 into our game. 49 00:02:45,599 --> 00:02:50,039 Speaker 1: Okay, well, the acronym is be as balance, l lengthen 50 00:02:50,639 --> 00:02:56,000 I integrate s stretch as strengthen. So BLISS it was. 51 00:02:56,080 --> 00:03:01,000 Actually it's a fitness system developed by a wonderful woman, 52 00:03:01,039 --> 00:03:03,159 a teacher of mine in San Diego. Her name is 53 00:03:03,240 --> 00:03:07,400 Joannie Kettler, and I've adapted it to golf. So we 54 00:03:07,479 --> 00:03:09,639 have eighteen holes of golf Bliss. Make your golf club 55 00:03:09,639 --> 00:03:14,319 your health club office Bliss how to take refreshing, refocusing, 56 00:03:15,599 --> 00:03:20,400 creative activity and productivity, inspiring bliss breaks at work, fitness breaks. 57 00:03:21,719 --> 00:03:25,120 What's important about BLISS is exactly every one of those letters. 58 00:03:25,360 --> 00:03:27,879 Let me talk a little bit about the eye part. Integrate. 59 00:03:28,639 --> 00:03:31,400 Integrate has to do with getting your left and your 60 00:03:31,479 --> 00:03:35,039 right sides working together, literally your sides of your body, 61 00:03:35,080 --> 00:03:38,039 your left and right hands, your left and right hemispheres 62 00:03:38,080 --> 00:03:41,199 of your brain. It also has to do with the 63 00:03:41,280 --> 00:03:45,000 lower in the upper body, getting them integrated and working together. 64 00:03:45,599 --> 00:03:48,800 It has to do with the mind and body, the thought, 65 00:03:48,879 --> 00:03:54,719 the visualization connected to the physical execution of what you're 66 00:03:54,759 --> 00:03:57,360 wanting to do. And the other part, which is kind 67 00:03:57,360 --> 00:03:59,599 of interesting. This gets a little deeper, maybe a little 68 00:03:59,639 --> 00:04:03,599 more here, but it's the integration of the inner body 69 00:04:03,680 --> 00:04:07,039 and the outer body. What does that mean. There's our 70 00:04:07,080 --> 00:04:10,159 inner body kind of that inner thought process inside and 71 00:04:10,199 --> 00:04:14,520 our energy, our breath, this life energy, this key that 72 00:04:14,560 --> 00:04:17,480 we have that is actually what we're needing to get 73 00:04:17,519 --> 00:04:22,519 out to our outer physical limbs and then out into 74 00:04:22,519 --> 00:04:25,000 our golf club and into the golf ball. So this 75 00:04:25,160 --> 00:04:29,360 inner body outer body thing is really it's a frontier 76 00:04:31,199 --> 00:04:35,879 for most people. Yogi's martial artists, people in the East 77 00:04:35,959 --> 00:04:37,639 know a little bit more about the inner body than 78 00:04:37,680 --> 00:04:41,680 we tend to here in the West. Depak Chopra, who's 79 00:04:41,879 --> 00:04:46,120 quite famous, doctor d Pak Chopra, talks about becoming astronauts 80 00:04:46,160 --> 00:04:49,879 of inner space. So part of the training I do 81 00:04:50,040 --> 00:04:54,120 is to help people to get in touch, focus on 82 00:04:54,160 --> 00:04:57,360 the inside and to begin to feel that their energy 83 00:04:57,399 --> 00:05:00,759 inside their mind and their body and learn how to 84 00:05:01,639 --> 00:05:04,839 get that out to the outer body where we're actually 85 00:05:04,879 --> 00:05:07,560 performing and interacting with the world with the tools of 86 00:05:07,600 --> 00:05:11,879 our trade with people, with the project and the golf ball. 87 00:05:11,959 --> 00:05:15,959 The thing we're trying to accomplish. 88 00:05:16,120 --> 00:05:18,680 Speaker 2: So now let's thank you for that explanation. 89 00:05:18,920 --> 00:05:22,720 Speaker 3: And it just makes me think, like, when you bring 90 00:05:22,759 --> 00:05:27,560 that California thing with you to back to Michigan, are 91 00:05:27,600 --> 00:05:30,000 there people who are like totally enthusiastic about it? 92 00:05:30,000 --> 00:05:31,240 Speaker 2: And I'm not talking about your folks. 93 00:05:31,839 --> 00:05:33,959 Speaker 3: Are they just like rolling their eyes, going, Oh, you've 94 00:05:33,959 --> 00:05:35,319 been in California way too long. 95 00:05:36,800 --> 00:05:38,920 Speaker 1: Well, you know what, I just got back from Denver yesterday. 96 00:05:38,920 --> 00:05:41,639 I was working with some corporate folks and some executives 97 00:05:41,959 --> 00:05:45,319 in Denver. I have done this stuff literally all over 98 00:05:45,360 --> 00:05:49,360 the world, all over the Midwest and Florida. It was 99 00:05:49,399 --> 00:05:51,519 in Ethiopia not so long ago. I've been in the 100 00:05:51,560 --> 00:05:54,639 Middle East, been all over Canada. They seem to have 101 00:05:54,800 --> 00:05:57,920 life energy and inner bodies and outer bodies everywhere I've 102 00:05:57,920 --> 00:06:00,519 ever been. Now I get to joke about it. I'm 103 00:06:00,519 --> 00:06:03,079 from California, so I can talk about it. But the 104 00:06:03,160 --> 00:06:07,839 thing is this is it's really not so out there. 105 00:06:08,000 --> 00:06:11,319 It's not really so esoteric. It's definitely not just wou 106 00:06:11,319 --> 00:06:14,120 woo and new agey. I do so just some basic 107 00:06:14,160 --> 00:06:18,199 exercises where everybody begins to realize oh yeah, and within 108 00:06:18,600 --> 00:06:20,920 a few minutes they're all right there with me, and 109 00:06:20,959 --> 00:06:23,800 they're going like, boy, why never never tell me this? 110 00:06:23,800 --> 00:06:26,759 This is makes so much common sense, and nobody talks 111 00:06:26,800 --> 00:06:28,800 about it this way. I remember I had a guy 112 00:06:28,839 --> 00:06:34,160 who was probably know, late seventies in Florida, Boca Raton, Florida, right, 113 00:06:34,360 --> 00:06:36,519 and he said to me, boy, now I really wish 114 00:06:36,600 --> 00:06:39,879 I was twenty because I'd like to really start my 115 00:06:39,920 --> 00:06:43,199 life over now knowing this, and start my golf over. 116 00:06:43,560 --> 00:06:46,199 If someone would have taught me about my energy, that 117 00:06:46,199 --> 00:06:48,160 would have helped me a long time ago and how 118 00:06:48,199 --> 00:06:51,000 it works. And it's so obvious now that you pointed out, 119 00:06:51,279 --> 00:06:53,879 and it really isn't so California, and it's certainly not 120 00:06:53,920 --> 00:07:00,160 wu wu. It's actually very practical, very common sensical. You know. 121 00:07:00,600 --> 00:07:01,839 Speaker 2: I just love the Woolu Park. 122 00:07:02,560 --> 00:07:04,959 Speaker 1: Well, we still make California jokes, and I mean that's 123 00:07:05,000 --> 00:07:07,000 the great thing. I'm from California, so I get to. 124 00:07:07,079 --> 00:07:08,240 Speaker 2: Know you're not You're from Michigan. 125 00:07:09,079 --> 00:07:10,000 Speaker 1: I'm from Wisconsin. 126 00:07:10,040 --> 00:07:10,560 Speaker 2: Excuse you. 127 00:07:10,720 --> 00:07:14,199 Speaker 3: Oh, I'm sorry, I'm say my bad, my real bad. 128 00:07:14,279 --> 00:07:16,399 That is a that's a big mistake, especially when you're 129 00:07:16,399 --> 00:07:21,720 talking about college sports. You know what, I just want 130 00:07:21,759 --> 00:07:24,480 to let you know you know years ago and back 131 00:07:24,480 --> 00:07:27,879 in twenty eleven, Mark twenty eleven, you and I did 132 00:07:27,879 --> 00:07:30,959 a video together that has been up on golf Smarter 133 00:07:31,079 --> 00:07:35,399 TV and people should go check this out. It's the 134 00:07:36,199 --> 00:07:39,519 Golf Smarter TV Jamie Zimmern chipping tip. We've gotten over 135 00:07:39,639 --> 00:07:42,759 twelve almost thirteen hundred views on that thing, so obviously 136 00:07:42,800 --> 00:07:44,240 it's working for a lot of people. 137 00:07:44,720 --> 00:07:45,879 Speaker 2: That's fabulous. 138 00:07:46,199 --> 00:07:48,120 Speaker 3: I would like to say I had one hundred million views, 139 00:07:48,120 --> 00:07:49,079 but you know it doesn't matter. 140 00:07:49,519 --> 00:07:53,600 Speaker 1: Well, after this we probably will. Yeah, I mean, we'll 141 00:07:53,639 --> 00:07:56,319 tell you what. You know what I did. I did 142 00:07:56,319 --> 00:07:58,319 a video and you can see it. Everybody can go 143 00:07:58,360 --> 00:08:01,199 to it. It's on YouTube. It was for this Golf 144 00:08:01,279 --> 00:08:04,759 channel instructor search context. I had so many people wanted 145 00:08:04,800 --> 00:08:07,000 me to win that thing. Turned out they were whatever. 146 00:08:07,079 --> 00:08:10,360 It wasn't exactly a real contest. Doesn't matter. But I 147 00:08:10,439 --> 00:08:15,600 actually gave about a ten minute teaching segment and a 148 00:08:15,639 --> 00:08:18,959 lot of some fundamentals of golf and ki golf. It's 149 00:08:19,040 --> 00:08:21,959 very interesting. And then I did a ninety second little 150 00:08:22,000 --> 00:08:25,639 tip on the secret of the right knee and the 151 00:08:26,079 --> 00:08:28,079 lower body launch power. That's what I call it, lower 152 00:08:28,120 --> 00:08:31,399 body launch power that has over thirty one or two 153 00:08:31,480 --> 00:08:35,799 thousand views, So I recommend people look at that. And 154 00:08:35,840 --> 00:08:38,399 the one that you and I did on chipping is 155 00:08:38,519 --> 00:08:41,919 perfect because that's the core drill to start to understand 156 00:08:41,960 --> 00:08:44,519 how to use your lower body. And what's nice is 157 00:08:44,559 --> 00:08:47,679 it'll give you better chipping, better short game, and that, 158 00:08:47,759 --> 00:08:51,120 it turns out, is the sort of microcosm of your 159 00:08:51,159 --> 00:08:53,960 full swing. If you can get that down, you have 160 00:08:54,120 --> 00:08:57,399 not only a better short game, proper use of your 161 00:08:57,440 --> 00:09:01,600 lower body, and you also have the true core foundation 162 00:09:01,879 --> 00:09:05,120 of your full swing. So I really recommend that maybe 163 00:09:05,159 --> 00:09:07,279 we'll get that those twelve hundred views up to twelve 164 00:09:07,279 --> 00:09:08,200 thousand pretty quick. 165 00:09:08,360 --> 00:09:12,279 Speaker 3: Well, yeah, your golf channel instruction video has over thirty 166 00:09:12,279 --> 00:09:19,080 three thousand views. That's phenomenal. Wow, congratulations, very impressive, very impressive. 167 00:09:19,360 --> 00:09:21,519 So then let's go Let's go back to and if 168 00:09:21,559 --> 00:09:24,639 I can use you know again stealing from you lower 169 00:09:24,679 --> 00:09:26,080 body launch power, love it. 170 00:09:26,120 --> 00:09:27,600 Speaker 2: That could be the name of this episode. 171 00:09:27,840 --> 00:09:32,200 Speaker 3: Let's talk about let's talk about the lower body, the balance, 172 00:09:32,279 --> 00:09:36,519 the knees that you know, all that and stability that 173 00:09:36,679 --> 00:09:39,639 is so critically important that is just overlooked by so 174 00:09:39,799 --> 00:09:44,639 many people. People just don't realize the value of how 175 00:09:44,720 --> 00:09:46,399 important it is to be balanced. 176 00:09:47,320 --> 00:09:49,720 Speaker 1: Well, let me to overlook as a good word, because 177 00:09:49,759 --> 00:09:52,720 if you can imagine yourself addressing a golf ball, you're 178 00:09:52,799 --> 00:09:55,559 standing up tall or maybe bent, you know, to your 179 00:09:55,600 --> 00:09:58,919 angle to address the ball. But you're up there, you're 180 00:09:58,960 --> 00:10:02,840 in your head and you're overlooking the golf ball. You're 181 00:10:02,960 --> 00:10:05,720 overlooking things, and all you can look at and see 182 00:10:05,799 --> 00:10:10,320 is your arms and your whole body, your trunk, your core, 183 00:10:10,440 --> 00:10:13,919 your legs, your feet get literally overlooked as you're up 184 00:10:13,960 --> 00:10:16,320 there from up above holding your club and looking down 185 00:10:16,320 --> 00:10:18,919 at your golf ball. And this is one part of 186 00:10:18,960 --> 00:10:26,279 where being disconnected from the lower body begins. So let 187 00:10:26,279 --> 00:10:29,600 me say this. A lot of people think that there 188 00:10:29,679 --> 00:10:32,000 is no footwork in golf, or if you begin to 189 00:10:32,039 --> 00:10:35,240 talk about there, like huh, you're just standing there. I 190 00:10:35,240 --> 00:10:38,639 mean there's obviously footwork in tennis, or in dancing or 191 00:10:38,679 --> 00:10:41,960 in football, right, but because we're just standing there, not 192 00:10:42,000 --> 00:10:44,679 going anywhere, people don't think there's footwork involved in golf. 193 00:10:45,080 --> 00:10:48,360 But I guarantee that if you talk to any tour 194 00:10:48,480 --> 00:10:52,559 pro or any teacher of tour pros, they are working 195 00:10:52,600 --> 00:10:56,120 on their footwork in a big way. So the first 196 00:10:56,120 --> 00:10:58,679 thing is to actually feel your feet right, and you 197 00:10:58,720 --> 00:11:00,799 get kind of heavy in your belly, connects you into 198 00:11:00,840 --> 00:11:03,480 your legs, and that will translate right down to the 199 00:11:03,480 --> 00:11:05,799 soles of your feet. All of a sudden, you're feeling 200 00:11:05,919 --> 00:11:10,279 more present, stronger, more grounded as you're addressing the golf ball. 201 00:11:10,480 --> 00:11:13,080 These are keys to what a lot of instructors say, 202 00:11:13,120 --> 00:11:15,480 take an athletic stance, but so many people don't even 203 00:11:15,480 --> 00:11:18,320 know what that means or what that feel like. So 204 00:11:18,360 --> 00:11:23,720 that's the first part of it, and footwork you typically 205 00:11:24,759 --> 00:11:28,200 in general, I would say there's controversies about this in 206 00:11:28,240 --> 00:11:31,559 the golf swing, but the mounern golf swing, the left 207 00:11:31,559 --> 00:11:34,320 foot if you're right handed, the left foot stays down 208 00:11:34,480 --> 00:11:37,480 on your back swing. Now, some weight rolls into the 209 00:11:37,600 --> 00:11:40,600 arch of your foot, and that allows your right hip 210 00:11:40,679 --> 00:11:43,759 to turn, and then that lets your spine turn and 211 00:11:43,799 --> 00:11:46,559 your shoulders turn. But it begins down there and your 212 00:11:46,600 --> 00:11:49,840 foot and your left foot and your left end step. Obviously, 213 00:11:49,840 --> 00:11:51,960 if you're a left handed golfer, it would start in 214 00:11:52,000 --> 00:11:54,240 your right foot, but we try to keep that foot 215 00:11:54,320 --> 00:11:58,039 down on the ground, and what that enables is this 216 00:11:58,120 --> 00:12:03,320 sort of dynamic tension, dynamic coil of the body. If 217 00:12:03,360 --> 00:12:05,600 you lift that foot, lift the heel up too much, 218 00:12:06,960 --> 00:12:09,399 what can happen is that you sort of sway your body. 219 00:12:09,799 --> 00:12:12,360 Your energy sort of goes floating up there into right 220 00:12:12,440 --> 00:12:13,480 up or outer space. 221 00:12:13,600 --> 00:12:14,279 Speaker 2: Are we're talking about. 222 00:12:14,799 --> 00:12:16,240 Speaker 3: We're talking about the left foot of the right foot. 223 00:12:16,279 --> 00:12:18,399 Now for a right handed golfer, for. 224 00:12:18,320 --> 00:12:20,279 Speaker 1: A right handed golfer, the left foot right. 225 00:12:20,840 --> 00:12:23,679 Speaker 3: On the back swing the right and so many people 226 00:12:23,799 --> 00:12:26,279 do that. It's I don't know why. It seems like 227 00:12:26,320 --> 00:12:29,919 a natural thing when you're not instructed that you on 228 00:12:29,960 --> 00:12:32,440 your back swing, that right heel comes up and you're 229 00:12:32,679 --> 00:12:36,960 and the left heel comes up, yeah, and the knee 230 00:12:37,080 --> 00:12:41,600 is now pointing not towards the ball or straight, it's 231 00:12:41,759 --> 00:12:43,200 it's pointing way behind you. 232 00:12:43,320 --> 00:12:45,080 Speaker 2: It's pointing right yeap. 233 00:12:45,720 --> 00:12:49,039 Speaker 1: You lose, yeah, and you lose, you lose that connection 234 00:12:49,120 --> 00:12:52,360 to the earth. It allows that kind of coiling of 235 00:12:52,399 --> 00:12:55,440 your energy and your power as you rotate, you know, 236 00:12:55,879 --> 00:12:58,879 into the back swing when that heel comes up, and 237 00:12:59,080 --> 00:13:01,519 a lot of times it comes up either from lack 238 00:13:01,559 --> 00:13:04,720 of proper instruction, you just don't know any better, but 239 00:13:04,759 --> 00:13:07,200 it also comes up. This is where fitness comes in. 240 00:13:07,639 --> 00:13:11,879 If your muscles are too tight, if you can't really 241 00:13:11,960 --> 00:13:14,399 rotate if your hips and your low back and your 242 00:13:15,600 --> 00:13:20,799 quadratus lumborum these things are too tight, or your hamstrings, 243 00:13:20,919 --> 00:13:24,480 you can't keep that foot down. So part of fitness 244 00:13:24,559 --> 00:13:28,519 is too in flexibility as well as strength training in 245 00:13:28,559 --> 00:13:32,279 the quads and the legs, but particularly flexibility enables that 246 00:13:32,360 --> 00:13:37,320 left foot to stay down on the backswing, and along 247 00:13:37,440 --> 00:13:40,360 with the left foot and the left end step. Okay, 248 00:13:40,399 --> 00:13:43,000 the left heel stays down pressure on the left end step. 249 00:13:43,159 --> 00:13:46,120 What happens in the right leg we're talking about lower 250 00:13:46,200 --> 00:13:50,440 body on the back swing. I'm going to tell you 251 00:13:51,960 --> 00:13:55,440 what happens with the right leg is nothing in a sense. 252 00:13:55,879 --> 00:13:58,240 I mean when you address the ball. I always tell 253 00:13:58,240 --> 00:14:01,879 people toes a little out, knee a little in. Okay, 254 00:14:01,919 --> 00:14:06,080 you've created this kind of knees in toes are out 255 00:14:06,120 --> 00:14:08,360 a little bit, particularly the four toes, but they're out there, 256 00:14:08,399 --> 00:14:10,919 flared out just a little bit. The reason for that 257 00:14:11,080 --> 00:14:15,720 is anatomical. It enables the hip joints to be more 258 00:14:15,759 --> 00:14:19,159 open so that you have rotational ability. A lot of people, 259 00:14:19,159 --> 00:14:21,360 the first thing I look at is in a person's 260 00:14:21,399 --> 00:14:25,000 stance is their feet. And if they're pointing straight ahead 261 00:14:25,159 --> 00:14:31,600 real square, that locks the the trocanner the hip. It 262 00:14:31,720 --> 00:14:34,480 locks the rotational ability, and then people have a hard 263 00:14:34,519 --> 00:14:38,159 time turning. They strain their back and they're all they 264 00:14:38,159 --> 00:14:39,799 can do is try to lift the club with their 265 00:14:39,799 --> 00:14:41,720 shoulders in their hands, and all of a sudden they're 266 00:14:41,720 --> 00:14:44,279 in their upper body a little flare out of the 267 00:14:44,360 --> 00:14:47,919 toes and pull the knees in a little bit towards 268 00:14:47,960 --> 00:14:50,200 the golf club. The golf club's kind of right there 269 00:14:50,200 --> 00:14:53,039 in the center line. If you toes out knees in. 270 00:14:53,120 --> 00:14:56,200 What happens is Number one, you've got your weight on 271 00:14:56,200 --> 00:14:59,600 your end steps. That's helpful. That's what Jack Nicholas said. 272 00:14:59,759 --> 00:15:02,320 Right golf's play between the arches of your feet. Uh. 273 00:15:02,879 --> 00:15:06,799 In classical golf instruction, it's referred to as pronating. When 274 00:15:06,879 --> 00:15:09,399 you get your weight on the end steps and the 275 00:15:09,440 --> 00:15:11,320 toes are flared out a little, the knees are in 276 00:15:11,399 --> 00:15:14,480 a little Number one, you're locked in around the center line. 277 00:15:14,559 --> 00:15:16,600 That's a good thing. You're not going to sway so much. 278 00:15:16,919 --> 00:15:19,480 Number two, you can actually push a little bit on 279 00:15:19,519 --> 00:15:22,240 that left end step and you're able your hips are 280 00:15:22,279 --> 00:15:25,039 open enough that you can make the rotational turn. 281 00:15:31,360 --> 00:15:35,000 Speaker 3: I just realized something that months ago, maybe this year, 282 00:15:35,120 --> 00:15:37,879 early this year or last year. But I realized that 283 00:15:39,080 --> 00:15:42,320 on my follow through of my swing, I was rolling 284 00:15:42,559 --> 00:15:48,840 over my left foot, so my like so on the 285 00:15:48,879 --> 00:15:52,200 outer part, so that when I was my swing was complete, 286 00:15:52,759 --> 00:15:57,759 that the sole of my foot was up right and 287 00:15:57,360 --> 00:16:01,120 pa and facing back towards my other foot. And it 288 00:16:01,159 --> 00:16:04,080 was suggested to me that a simple fix on that 289 00:16:04,120 --> 00:16:07,879 would be just open my toes, you know, open my 290 00:16:07,919 --> 00:16:11,559 stance right, point my toes out a little bit. And 291 00:16:12,039 --> 00:16:17,000 I just realize that since I've been doing that, my 292 00:16:17,279 --> 00:16:21,039 back pain is a lot less. Is that coincidental or 293 00:16:21,080 --> 00:16:22,919 is that something that's help? 294 00:16:23,759 --> 00:16:25,200 Speaker 1: It's Anna chocolate. 295 00:16:26,639 --> 00:16:31,039 Speaker 2: Flown away right now, And I thought of me, so 296 00:16:31,039 --> 00:16:32,360 I don't have to go swimming every week. 297 00:16:33,679 --> 00:16:35,399 Speaker 1: Well, no, here's the thing. I mean, you know you 298 00:16:35,440 --> 00:16:37,279 will end up a little bit on the outer part 299 00:16:37,279 --> 00:16:40,159 of your left foot and the follow through, but you know, 300 00:16:40,320 --> 00:16:42,919 it sounds like that was really exaggerated in your case. 301 00:16:43,120 --> 00:16:47,080 And when you have toes out, knees in and address 302 00:16:47,440 --> 00:16:51,360 actually the forward foot, left foot if you're alrighty, right 303 00:16:51,399 --> 00:16:55,879 foot if you're lefty, So we'll be flared out a 304 00:16:55,919 --> 00:16:59,840 little bit more than the back foot. That's because as 305 00:16:59,879 --> 00:17:02,720 you keep your you know, your forward foot down on 306 00:17:02,759 --> 00:17:06,400 the back swing, and you keep that back knee flexed, 307 00:17:06,519 --> 00:17:10,400 but without straightening, without swaying over to the side, it 308 00:17:10,519 --> 00:17:13,920 just stays put where it is. Then you're able to 309 00:17:14,000 --> 00:17:16,880 kind of turn into that back leg load and coil 310 00:17:17,000 --> 00:17:19,680 up your power, and you actually want some kind of 311 00:17:19,720 --> 00:17:23,240 a stop on that rotation. You don't want to just rotate, rotate, rotate. 312 00:17:23,720 --> 00:17:26,359 That's why you turn the backfoot out a little bit, 313 00:17:26,400 --> 00:17:28,920 but not a lot. Now when you're coming through, and 314 00:17:28,960 --> 00:17:31,200 we'll we'll talk about that part in a minute, but 315 00:17:31,279 --> 00:17:33,920 when you're coming through, you're coming through it. You know, 316 00:17:34,079 --> 00:17:36,400 seventy eighty nine dred miles an hour with a lot 317 00:17:36,440 --> 00:17:39,160 of power and speed and energy. That's a lot for 318 00:17:39,440 --> 00:17:43,799 a skeleton, muscles, for a body to handle. And so 319 00:17:44,279 --> 00:17:47,440 if that forward foot is flared out even a little more, 320 00:17:47,720 --> 00:17:51,240 it allows us to go shoom and really release and 321 00:17:51,400 --> 00:17:54,799 still have some some hold, some stop there so that 322 00:17:54,839 --> 00:17:57,680 we can have a balance finish. But that's what takes 323 00:17:57,680 --> 00:18:00,880 the pressure off your back and even your knees. 324 00:18:02,559 --> 00:18:07,119 Speaker 3: Give me a drill, give me some help to not 325 00:18:07,240 --> 00:18:08,920 for me, of course, for a friend of mine. 326 00:18:08,960 --> 00:18:11,119 Speaker 1: Yes, yeah, it's definitely not. 327 00:18:12,680 --> 00:18:16,559 Speaker 2: A friend, he is you with thirty three thousand views. 328 00:18:16,640 --> 00:18:24,039 Speaker 3: But on the how to remind myself how to create 329 00:18:24,079 --> 00:18:27,759 a drill for myself to make sure that I keep 330 00:18:27,799 --> 00:18:31,960 my left heel down on the backswing, How do you 331 00:18:32,039 --> 00:18:33,599 keep the lower body quiet? 332 00:18:36,279 --> 00:18:40,039 Speaker 1: Well, that's a that's an interesting question. And you know 333 00:18:40,160 --> 00:18:45,000 some people will you know, maybe put a tiny piece 334 00:18:45,039 --> 00:18:48,240 of board. You can just get a little sort of 335 00:18:48,240 --> 00:18:50,000 board and put it on the inside of the foot, 336 00:18:50,200 --> 00:18:52,920 you know, inside of the shoe, and they don't want 337 00:18:52,960 --> 00:18:55,440 to move that board, you know what I'm saying. So 338 00:18:55,519 --> 00:18:56,240 that's just a. 339 00:18:56,200 --> 00:18:59,720 Speaker 2: Little vision, not in the shoe, literally in the shop. 340 00:19:00,079 --> 00:19:01,880 Speaker 1: Sure, no, no, next to it, next to it. You 341 00:19:01,880 --> 00:19:04,880 could put a golf club down right next to that foot. Yeah, 342 00:19:04,920 --> 00:19:07,000 and you don't want to be moving the golf club, 343 00:19:07,720 --> 00:19:10,240 you know what I'm saying. Or you could have a 344 00:19:10,319 --> 00:19:12,839 golf club that is on the other outside of the 345 00:19:12,880 --> 00:19:15,079 foot and you don't want to you know, you could 346 00:19:15,160 --> 00:19:17,480 put your foot in a little track, you see what 347 00:19:17,519 --> 00:19:19,440 I'm saying, and so you want to keep it there. 348 00:19:19,480 --> 00:19:21,640 You don't want to be lifting it or rolling over 349 00:19:21,680 --> 00:19:26,839 it or stepping on it. You know. That's a basic one. 350 00:19:26,880 --> 00:19:30,759 But let me say something else. So the forward foot 351 00:19:30,759 --> 00:19:33,880 stays down. Right. Most people, not most, but a lot 352 00:19:33,920 --> 00:19:37,759 of people tend to lift the heel on the forward foot. Now, 353 00:19:37,759 --> 00:19:40,960 then they do something really interesting, which is they come 354 00:19:41,039 --> 00:19:44,559 down in the down swing impact phase of the swing, 355 00:19:45,359 --> 00:19:48,240 leading with their shoulders and their hands, and they try 356 00:19:48,319 --> 00:19:51,119 to hit the ball hard, kill it with their upper 357 00:19:51,160 --> 00:19:54,640 body right, not knowing how to engage and properly use 358 00:19:54,640 --> 00:19:57,440 the lower body. And then what happens is they try 359 00:19:57,480 --> 00:20:00,680 to hit it with their arms and that back. For 360 00:20:00,799 --> 00:20:03,119 a righty, that'll be the right foot, a left would 361 00:20:03,119 --> 00:20:05,359 be the left foot, but the backfoot they tend to 362 00:20:05,440 --> 00:20:08,480 keep on the ground or to only rotate through a 363 00:20:08,519 --> 00:20:13,200 little bit, and it's actually sort of you know, bass ackwards. 364 00:20:14,960 --> 00:20:19,519 So they keep but they lift the forward foot and 365 00:20:19,519 --> 00:20:21,519 they keep the back foot down when they're supposed to 366 00:20:21,599 --> 00:20:24,480 keep the forward foot down, and as they come through. 367 00:20:25,039 --> 00:20:27,599 It's just like throwing a ball. You could be throwing 368 00:20:27,640 --> 00:20:30,680 a baseball, you could be hitting a baseball, you could 369 00:20:30,680 --> 00:20:33,920 be throwing a football, you could be hitting a tennis ball. 370 00:20:34,400 --> 00:20:37,680 All of those throw the ball sports, which is what 371 00:20:37,799 --> 00:20:41,279 golf is a throw the ball sport. They all the 372 00:20:41,319 --> 00:20:45,759 body mechanics of throwing a ball before the arms, the shoulders, 373 00:20:45,839 --> 00:20:50,559 anything gets engaged. The back foot, the instep of the 374 00:20:50,599 --> 00:20:54,519 back foot rolls a little bit, that sort of slight 375 00:20:54,599 --> 00:20:57,519 pronation the d step of the foot, and then that 376 00:20:57,640 --> 00:21:00,799 kicks in the back knee. Gary Player was huge on this, 377 00:21:01,000 --> 00:21:05,720 by the way, best example. And so right foot, right 378 00:21:05,799 --> 00:21:08,799 knee for a right e and then that starts to 379 00:21:08,839 --> 00:21:13,200 turn the hips, and then that allows the shoulders elbows 380 00:21:13,279 --> 00:21:16,880 to just relax and drop into place. Then the hands 381 00:21:16,920 --> 00:21:21,599 come through, they release through the golf ball, okay, And 382 00:21:21,680 --> 00:21:23,839 so at that point you're kind of on your right 383 00:21:23,920 --> 00:21:27,759 end step and to finish the swing, rather than lifting 384 00:21:28,240 --> 00:21:31,440 with the shoulders, the elbows and hands lifting the club up, 385 00:21:31,720 --> 00:21:35,680 you actually keep the right foot, the back foot turning 386 00:21:35,880 --> 00:21:39,119 after you've launched from the end step and knee and hips, 387 00:21:39,599 --> 00:21:42,799 and you keep the foot turning until you're up on 388 00:21:42,839 --> 00:21:46,039 your toe. And here's a really really big tip. I'm 389 00:21:46,079 --> 00:21:49,240 not kidding. I've had so many thanks for this one. 390 00:21:49,559 --> 00:21:53,519 Turn your heel, turn your right heel. If you turn 391 00:21:53,559 --> 00:21:57,160 your right heel, it controls your hips, So you turn 392 00:21:57,200 --> 00:22:00,839 the right heel, the hips automatically turn. Now your belly, 393 00:22:00,920 --> 00:22:04,599 your belt buckle, your center is facing the target and 394 00:22:04,640 --> 00:22:08,440 now your shoulders turn automatically. One of my students calls it, 395 00:22:08,480 --> 00:22:10,839 they get a free ride on your feet and your 396 00:22:10,880 --> 00:22:14,920 hips because guess what there, that's what's if you're in 397 00:22:14,960 --> 00:22:18,440 good posture, they're right over your hips and feet. If 398 00:22:18,480 --> 00:22:21,519 you turn your foot, your heel turns your hips. Now 399 00:22:21,559 --> 00:22:24,720 your shoulders turn, your hands and your club come flying through. 400 00:22:25,279 --> 00:22:29,759 This is right there visualized on video in lower body 401 00:22:29,839 --> 00:22:33,160 launch power on that Golf Channel video that I did 402 00:22:33,200 --> 00:22:35,799 so people can see what I'm talking about. But it 403 00:22:35,960 --> 00:22:38,680 is amazing. So a lot of times people are told 404 00:22:39,200 --> 00:22:42,920 to stand on their right toe at the in their 405 00:22:43,039 --> 00:22:47,359 finished position right if you're righty, But more than just 406 00:22:47,400 --> 00:22:50,839 being on your toe, turn your heel, because it's your 407 00:22:50,920 --> 00:22:55,160 heel that is like this lever that turns your hips. 408 00:22:55,480 --> 00:22:57,799 And when your hips turn, that's when your center, your 409 00:22:57,799 --> 00:23:01,319 belly button, your belt buckle is facing down the fairway 410 00:23:01,359 --> 00:23:04,079 face and your target and your hips and your hands 411 00:23:04,640 --> 00:23:08,000 and your club have automatically just flown through with their 412 00:23:08,039 --> 00:23:12,480 full full speed, full club head speed, and you are 413 00:23:12,559 --> 00:23:16,680 facing your target after you've launched the ball down the line, 414 00:23:16,759 --> 00:23:19,039 and you've been able to launch the ball down the line, 415 00:23:19,480 --> 00:23:21,559 which is what you've done with your you know, on 416 00:23:21,599 --> 00:23:25,839 the downswing impact face with the back end step and 417 00:23:25,920 --> 00:23:28,880 knee and hips. So you've launched the ball down the 418 00:23:28,920 --> 00:23:30,920 line and now you finish up completely. 419 00:23:31,880 --> 00:23:36,000 Speaker 3: So when you're saying rotate the heel, you are lift 420 00:23:36,039 --> 00:23:39,400 the heel, turn the heel. You mean rotate on the 421 00:23:39,400 --> 00:23:41,480 ball of your foot, correct. 422 00:23:41,440 --> 00:23:44,720 Speaker 1: Yeah, I mean you're sort of in a natural turning 423 00:23:44,799 --> 00:23:47,519 motion and from your foot, and so yeah, you're turning 424 00:23:47,640 --> 00:23:50,240 on your big toe shall we say, ball in big 425 00:23:50,279 --> 00:23:53,960 toe until you're standing tall on that on your toes. 426 00:23:54,200 --> 00:23:58,319 But you've actually turned your heel as well many times, 427 00:23:58,359 --> 00:24:00,359 and you can just go up and down the driving jill. 428 00:24:00,559 --> 00:24:02,920 If you watch people's finished position and you look at 429 00:24:02,960 --> 00:24:06,119 their back foot, look at where it is, not a 430 00:24:06,160 --> 00:24:09,000 lot of people have fully turned their foot all the 431 00:24:09,039 --> 00:24:12,400 way to turning the heel, and so then they haven't 432 00:24:12,400 --> 00:24:14,319 had a complete follow through. 433 00:24:20,920 --> 00:24:24,039 Speaker 3: What it sounds like to me is that, and I 434 00:24:24,039 --> 00:24:28,200 think this is a problem with so many golfers is 435 00:24:29,640 --> 00:24:32,960 to them, the contact with the golf ball is like 436 00:24:33,079 --> 00:24:36,000 the end of the swing. There's not a lot of 437 00:24:36,079 --> 00:24:38,960 thought or energy put into the follow through. 438 00:24:40,400 --> 00:24:43,200 Speaker 1: Yeah, I think that's true. To use a martial arts 439 00:24:43,240 --> 00:24:46,400 metaphor if anybody's ever tried to break a board, if 440 00:24:46,480 --> 00:24:48,880 you try to just hit the board to break it, 441 00:24:49,079 --> 00:24:52,000 you will hurt your hand, right. That's like if you're 442 00:24:52,039 --> 00:24:54,079 just hitting the ball, but you're not thinking about getting 443 00:24:54,079 --> 00:24:57,079 through it. To break a board, you don't think about 444 00:24:57,079 --> 00:25:00,240 the board. You are focusing a foot or two ask 445 00:25:00,319 --> 00:25:02,440 the board you're trying to like touch all the way 446 00:25:02,480 --> 00:25:05,079 down to the floor with your hand. The boards just 447 00:25:05,319 --> 00:25:07,599 in the way, shall we say, and then it like 448 00:25:07,759 --> 00:25:10,599 sort of magically splits in two because the energy's gone 449 00:25:10,599 --> 00:25:12,759 all the way through. Same with the golf ball. When 450 00:25:12,799 --> 00:25:14,279 we say the golf ball gets in the way of 451 00:25:14,319 --> 00:25:17,359 the swing, you're not trying to hit the ball, you're 452 00:25:18,319 --> 00:25:21,839 moving all the way through it and extending through it 453 00:25:21,960 --> 00:25:24,880 an ike do or when we try to teach people, 454 00:25:25,000 --> 00:25:27,640 we have these rolls forward roles, so you have to 455 00:25:27,799 --> 00:25:31,200 roll on your arm and body and end up standing. 456 00:25:31,480 --> 00:25:33,519 A lot of people try to just like kind of 457 00:25:33,759 --> 00:25:35,920 get their arm down and do this role, but a 458 00:25:35,920 --> 00:25:38,440 lot of times and they have trouble with it. So 459 00:25:38,480 --> 00:25:40,240 if I tell them, you know what, here's how you 460 00:25:40,279 --> 00:25:42,799 should be at the end. You should be standing up 461 00:25:42,839 --> 00:25:45,039 all the way at the end. Just focus on being 462 00:25:45,119 --> 00:25:47,400 standing at the end, and when they do that, all 463 00:25:47,400 --> 00:25:49,519 of a sudden, they roll. The role happens because they're 464 00:25:49,559 --> 00:25:54,200 standing up the momentum the energy carries all the way through. 465 00:25:54,599 --> 00:25:58,759 So the follow through is important partially because it means 466 00:25:58,799 --> 00:26:01,680 that we're just sort of swept right through the ball. 467 00:26:02,200 --> 00:26:06,519 But the balance and position at the end is absolutely crucial, 468 00:26:06,759 --> 00:26:09,319 and it's both a cause and an effect of a 469 00:26:09,359 --> 00:26:12,440 good golf shot. It means that the energy was contained 470 00:26:12,440 --> 00:26:15,039 throughout the swing, it delivered into the ball and now 471 00:26:15,119 --> 00:26:18,200 here you are standing in good balance. For people who 472 00:26:18,200 --> 00:26:20,759 try to hit the ball, you'll see it all the time, 473 00:26:20,920 --> 00:26:25,000 especially these guys. Women aren't as guilty of it because 474 00:26:25,000 --> 00:26:27,559 they don't just use so much brute force. But these 475 00:26:27,559 --> 00:26:29,839 guys who are going to hit a ton or a mile, 476 00:26:30,200 --> 00:26:33,039 they try to hit the ball and then they do 477 00:26:33,160 --> 00:26:36,599 that and they get this rebound kickback effect, and so 478 00:26:36,720 --> 00:26:39,480 they kick back and they're standing there like I mean, 479 00:26:39,559 --> 00:26:45,319 and nothing that begins to resemble their initial address position 480 00:26:45,440 --> 00:26:47,799 or proper follow through position, you know what I'm saying. 481 00:26:48,440 --> 00:26:50,440 And then they're standing there going, oh my god, they're 482 00:26:50,440 --> 00:26:54,200 watching this like huge slice off into somebody's roof or whatever. 483 00:26:54,359 --> 00:26:56,720 They're going, Gosh, I wonder what happened, how did that 484 00:26:56,799 --> 00:26:59,200 get offline? Or how come that didn't go anywhere? 485 00:26:59,319 --> 00:27:01,559 Speaker 2: No, my favorite is I lifted my head. 486 00:27:02,319 --> 00:27:06,480 Speaker 3: Yeah, it's all It's the go to response whenever a 487 00:27:06,519 --> 00:27:09,640 bad shot happens. Oh, I lifted my Head's like, no, 488 00:27:09,839 --> 00:27:11,559 you didn't, that's. 489 00:27:11,359 --> 00:27:14,559 Speaker 2: Not your problem. Actually, go ahead. 490 00:27:15,039 --> 00:27:17,079 Speaker 1: You don't know. That was a good entre. You teed 491 00:27:17,079 --> 00:27:19,359 it up for me to talk about lifting your head. 492 00:27:19,559 --> 00:27:21,799 Speaker 2: Okay, and that's not where I was going to go, 493 00:27:21,839 --> 00:27:22,759 But I'm glad I did. 494 00:27:22,839 --> 00:27:27,839 Speaker 1: Go ahead. What's that really all about? When we say 495 00:27:28,000 --> 00:27:30,519 keep your head down or keep your eye on the ball, 496 00:27:31,240 --> 00:27:33,319 I'm going to tell you from a key I golf 497 00:27:33,359 --> 00:27:36,440 point of view, what that's really all about. That means 498 00:27:36,519 --> 00:27:40,240 that you have stayed for the most part, centered and 499 00:27:40,319 --> 00:27:43,640 then balanced during your golf swing. What does that mean? 500 00:27:43,759 --> 00:27:46,799 For example, an analogy I like to use is the 501 00:27:46,839 --> 00:27:52,160 Solar system, where we have planets circling around because the 502 00:27:52,160 --> 00:27:56,160 golf swing is basically this orbit around our body, our 503 00:27:56,240 --> 00:28:00,400 rotational body. So in the Solar system we have to 504 00:28:00,440 --> 00:28:04,400 have the Sun, and the Sun is strong and steady 505 00:28:04,400 --> 00:28:06,519 in the middle and then all the planets go around 506 00:28:06,519 --> 00:28:09,680 their orbit. If you could imagine the sun looking up right, 507 00:28:10,000 --> 00:28:13,480 the sun starts dancing around, we wouldn't be having this conversation. 508 00:28:13,640 --> 00:28:17,680 We'd be flying all over the place. And same like 509 00:28:17,720 --> 00:28:21,680 those revolving doors and buildings, it has a really strong 510 00:28:21,759 --> 00:28:25,359 center column, and then the door goes around nicely. But 511 00:28:25,440 --> 00:28:28,039 if that thing it wasn't bolted down and strong and 512 00:28:28,079 --> 00:28:30,599 in place and was moving around, we wouldn't be able 513 00:28:30,680 --> 00:28:34,599 to make a smooth circle through the door. Same thing 514 00:28:34,599 --> 00:28:38,079 in our golf swing. We are that center column. Our 515 00:28:38,680 --> 00:28:41,000 trunk of our body and our legs and our feet 516 00:28:41,119 --> 00:28:44,799 create that strong center column that we rotate around so 517 00:28:44,839 --> 00:28:48,119 that we can have a good consistent circular arc of 518 00:28:48,160 --> 00:28:50,680 the swing that the ball then gets in the way 519 00:28:50,680 --> 00:28:53,559 of when we lift our head or move our eyes 520 00:28:54,319 --> 00:28:58,000 or sway or don't have stability and strength in our 521 00:28:58,039 --> 00:29:01,079 lower body. What we've done is to destroy the orbit 522 00:29:01,119 --> 00:29:03,680 of the golf swing, and that means that the club 523 00:29:03,759 --> 00:29:06,599 is not going to come down properly or in any 524 00:29:06,599 --> 00:29:10,160 consistent way, or hit the sweet spot from the club 525 00:29:10,200 --> 00:29:13,119 to the golf ball, you know, once in a while, 526 00:29:13,279 --> 00:29:16,279 but not so much. That's why when we have stability, 527 00:29:16,279 --> 00:29:19,039 and we keep our on the ball, we keep our 528 00:29:19,079 --> 00:29:22,200 head down, we're able to keep the orbit of the 529 00:29:22,240 --> 00:29:25,799 swing intact, and therefore we can then make centered contact 530 00:29:25,880 --> 00:29:28,720 on the golf ball. How's that? 531 00:29:29,160 --> 00:29:33,640 Speaker 3: How was a woo woo moment? I think we definitely 532 00:29:33,680 --> 00:29:38,559 just had a woo woo moment, a wooh. 533 00:29:38,400 --> 00:29:41,480 Speaker 1: True moment, That's what I mean. It actually makes a 534 00:29:41,599 --> 00:29:45,400 ton of sense. And when you lift your head or 535 00:29:45,440 --> 00:29:49,000 you look up and you peak, even putting a tiny 536 00:29:49,039 --> 00:29:51,680 little stroke, right the minute you peak and you move 537 00:29:51,680 --> 00:29:53,960 your eyes or you move your head or you wobble 538 00:29:54,039 --> 00:29:57,480 your body, you've just destroyed the path of the club 539 00:29:58,319 --> 00:30:00,920 of the putting stroke. And and then you don't hit 540 00:30:00,920 --> 00:30:04,000 the ball. The putter doesn't make very good contact with 541 00:30:04,039 --> 00:30:07,039 the ball, and it goes offline, it doesn't go the 542 00:30:07,079 --> 00:30:11,680 proper distance. It's not a nice, smooth rolling putt. So 543 00:30:13,319 --> 00:30:17,000 stability and putting is huge, and keeping your head down 544 00:30:17,119 --> 00:30:19,319 and your knees steady, and you know, having a solid 545 00:30:19,359 --> 00:30:23,160 foundation so that then you can just make the stroke 546 00:30:23,759 --> 00:30:27,559 and deliver that energy just a sweet spot just the 547 00:30:27,559 --> 00:30:29,640 way you want and roll the ball right up the line. 548 00:30:30,519 --> 00:30:34,279 Speaker 3: Oh yeah, but wait, we're getting into putting now too. 549 00:30:34,720 --> 00:30:37,519 We don't have this, that's a whole other episode. 550 00:30:37,559 --> 00:30:41,759 Speaker 2: We only have seconds left, ye putting, Yeah, pudding here 551 00:30:41,759 --> 00:30:42,079 we go. 552 00:30:42,240 --> 00:30:42,519 Speaker 1: All right? 553 00:30:42,559 --> 00:30:45,319 Speaker 3: Well, then that definitely means that you can't wait or 554 00:30:45,400 --> 00:30:47,960 I can't wait another couple of years to invite you 555 00:30:48,039 --> 00:30:48,319 back on. 556 00:30:48,680 --> 00:30:50,000 Speaker 2: We've got to have you back. 557 00:30:50,599 --> 00:30:52,559 Speaker 1: I mean, really we could keep going wait. 558 00:30:52,400 --> 00:30:53,039 Speaker 2: Way too long? 559 00:30:53,359 --> 00:30:56,319 Speaker 3: Yes, yes, yeah, I mean that last episode back in 560 00:30:56,440 --> 00:30:59,720 twenty eleven, that was just after we played golf together. 561 00:30:59,759 --> 00:31:01,039 Speaker 2: And that's been too long. 562 00:31:02,079 --> 00:31:05,000 Speaker 3: Now that we're both here in northern California, but you're 563 00:31:05,039 --> 00:31:07,519 moving around so much, you're traveling like crazy. 564 00:31:08,079 --> 00:31:11,000 Speaker 1: Well, I have to tell you very briefly. The origin 565 00:31:11,039 --> 00:31:13,079 is a KEII golf. How did I get back to golf? 566 00:31:13,079 --> 00:31:16,440 How did this happen? A great little story actually written 567 00:31:16,480 --> 00:31:19,160 up in a new ike do in Daily Life book. 568 00:31:19,480 --> 00:31:23,279 But here's the story. My best friend since kindergarten from Milwaukee. 569 00:31:24,240 --> 00:31:26,240 I went to the same grade school in high school, 570 00:31:26,240 --> 00:31:28,039 one of those types. I was not an army brat. 571 00:31:28,079 --> 00:31:30,000 It was just, you know, the same place the whole 572 00:31:30,000 --> 00:31:32,599 way through. So my best friend since four years old 573 00:31:32,680 --> 00:31:35,359 was visiting me in San Diego and she said, hey, 574 00:31:35,799 --> 00:31:38,440 I'm golfing. Would you give me a golf lesson now, 575 00:31:38,480 --> 00:31:40,920 mind you, I was being an ike Do instructor and 576 00:31:40,960 --> 00:31:44,079 not a golf pro at that time, and I said, yeah, sure. 577 00:31:44,400 --> 00:31:47,279 I took my seven iron and my iike Do sword, 578 00:31:47,640 --> 00:31:49,440 and she took her golf clubs and we went to 579 00:31:49,440 --> 00:31:52,480 Tory Pines to the driving range, and I started showing 580 00:31:52,519 --> 00:31:55,119 her a few things about being just these basics that 581 00:31:55,160 --> 00:31:58,319 we're talking about in her stance and grounded and centered 582 00:31:58,359 --> 00:32:02,160 and extension and relaxed release into the golf ball. Well, 583 00:32:03,359 --> 00:32:07,279 she started hitting the ball within one hour, like unbelievably. 584 00:32:07,359 --> 00:32:09,759 She could not believe it. I was kind of surprised 585 00:32:09,799 --> 00:32:13,200 to it was so well tould be told. But she 586 00:32:13,759 --> 00:32:16,839 literally fell on the ground. She threw her clubs at 587 00:32:16,839 --> 00:32:19,480 her feet up in the air. I remember she yelped 588 00:32:20,480 --> 00:32:23,440 and she went, oh, wow, you've got to teach us 589 00:32:23,440 --> 00:32:25,920 to the world. This is amazing. This she goes, this 590 00:32:26,000 --> 00:32:29,440 is like enlightenment. And I remember going that that was 591 00:32:29,440 --> 00:32:32,759 pretty cool. That really worked. It was like the golf 592 00:32:32,799 --> 00:32:35,839 sense sort of appeared full blown. This is like fifteen 593 00:32:35,880 --> 00:32:38,960 years ago. And so I started going to the driving 594 00:32:39,039 --> 00:32:41,960 range quietly by myself for about a year and putting 595 00:32:42,000 --> 00:32:46,200 all these principles back into practice and consciously developing my 596 00:32:46,240 --> 00:32:48,720 golf game. And that's when I rejoined the LPGA and 597 00:32:48,960 --> 00:32:51,680 developed PI Golf, et cetera, et cetera. But it started 598 00:32:51,759 --> 00:32:56,359 from that one one hour that was just you know, 599 00:32:56,519 --> 00:32:59,319 just so happened to be uh and for her to 600 00:32:59,359 --> 00:33:01,640 go this is like enlightenment. You got to teach us 601 00:33:01,680 --> 00:33:03,839 to the world. So I've been trying to do that, 602 00:33:03,920 --> 00:33:05,920 and I do see that it's making a difference, and 603 00:33:05,960 --> 00:33:10,839 that it's certainly putting some new thoughts, new practices, new 604 00:33:10,880 --> 00:33:16,000 perspectives into the whole approach to teaching the game better, 605 00:33:16,240 --> 00:33:20,440 playing the game better, and actually having people improve, because 606 00:33:20,559 --> 00:33:24,559 golfers don't really improve that much. You know, we pour 607 00:33:24,640 --> 00:33:26,759 a lot of money and ego and energy. You go 608 00:33:26,799 --> 00:33:28,680 to the Golf show, a couple of million square free 609 00:33:28,720 --> 00:33:31,079 to golf stuff. You watch Golf Channel twenty four to seven, 610 00:33:31,400 --> 00:33:35,000 and the statistics on handicaps going down is one indicator 611 00:33:35,079 --> 00:33:38,559 of real golf improvement are really dismal. I mean, they're like, 612 00:33:39,480 --> 00:33:42,839 you know, they're almost down at zero percent. So most 613 00:33:42,839 --> 00:33:46,519 of us don't take that kind of ROI right, return 614 00:33:46,559 --> 00:33:49,680 on investment in anything, but we keep plodding along in golf, 615 00:33:49,920 --> 00:33:52,000 and I think that there's ways to make a real difference. 616 00:33:52,000 --> 00:33:54,799 And I've seen that bringing these kinds of principles and 617 00:33:54,839 --> 00:33:58,240 practices that are actually quite accessible make a big difference 618 00:33:58,279 --> 00:34:02,680 for golfers at every level, begin intermediate players, advanced players, 619 00:34:02,720 --> 00:34:05,759 even pros really makes a difference absolutely. 620 00:34:05,920 --> 00:34:08,480 Speaker 3: And I know for instructors it's like beating their head 621 00:34:08,480 --> 00:34:11,039 against the wall that these numbers don't go down. But 622 00:34:11,199 --> 00:34:17,519 for someone like me who likes to talk to golf instructors. 623 00:34:18,639 --> 00:34:21,440 Speaker 1: Yeah, I'll just say one more thing. I mean, everybody 624 00:34:21,440 --> 00:34:25,000 has their system and whatever, and the thing about KI Golf, 625 00:34:25,039 --> 00:34:27,239 I mean, you could say it's a system of methodology, 626 00:34:27,559 --> 00:34:32,199 but it's universally applicable, so you know, you can still 627 00:34:32,239 --> 00:34:34,639 do what you're doing and incorporate this stuff in. I'm 628 00:34:34,639 --> 00:34:36,280 not saying you got to like quit doing what you're 629 00:34:36,320 --> 00:34:39,000 doing and do this. The one and only real bias 630 00:34:39,079 --> 00:34:43,480 that KI golf has is that it does start with 631 00:34:43,559 --> 00:34:47,920 the lower body. I believes that that's where it's not 632 00:34:48,039 --> 00:34:52,440 about your shoulder turn. It's much more about this holistic 633 00:34:52,519 --> 00:34:55,119 and starting from the lower body and the core. Outside 634 00:34:55,119 --> 00:34:59,639 of that, it's universal principles and can be woven into 635 00:35:00,039 --> 00:35:00,920 other approaches. 636 00:35:00,960 --> 00:35:06,360 Speaker 3: I would say, awesome, perfect, All right, well listen, I 637 00:35:06,400 --> 00:35:09,440 want to wish you a very happy and healthy new year, 638 00:35:10,119 --> 00:35:15,679 and before twenty sixteen rolls around, you'll you will be back. 639 00:35:16,360 --> 00:35:19,719 Speaker 1: Well, thank you very much. I appreciate that, and happy 640 00:35:19,760 --> 00:35:22,599 holidays to you to everybody listening, and we do have 641 00:35:22,599 --> 00:35:24,639 some holidays specials, so they can go to my website 642 00:35:24,679 --> 00:35:28,039 and check them out. DVD's instruction, you know that sort of. 643 00:35:28,000 --> 00:35:30,239 Speaker 3: Stuff, and all the details are at the end of 644 00:35:30,320 --> 00:35:34,159 last episode. But again it's keigolf dot com, ki ai 645 00:35:34,480 --> 00:35:38,039 golf dot com or the kiway dot com. 646 00:35:38,639 --> 00:35:42,840 Speaker 1: Right, Thanks Jamie, thank you, Happy holidays, Thanks so much. 647 00:35:42,880 --> 00:35:43,199 Spread