Today was my first lesson at GolfTEC. It was a 30 minute lesson followed by 30 minutes of practice time. To see where I started, look back at the Swing Evaluation. Here is a video of my swing at the beginning of the lesson.

My coach was very happy with how much I’ve been able to limit my hip and shoulder rotation on the backswing, making a shorter swing. In this lesson we worked on:

• Pinching the right knee in slightly at address to keep my weight on the inside of the foot.
• Keeping my lower body stable instead of shifting to right side and lean to the right with the upper body. A drill for this is to put a chair next to the right leg and lean over it with the upper body while keeping the lower body from touching the chair.
• Shorter arm swing on the backswing in order to keep the elbows closer together. For a drill, we put a medium size ball (smaller than a volleyball) between my forearms.

This video shows my swing at the end of the lesson.

Here is some of the instruction.

I really like where this is going. I’m heading out-of-town for most of the week so we’ll see how much time I can put into making these changes more natural.

Check out lesson 2.

If this info was helpful to you and you end up working with GolfTEC, give them my name and I’ll receive a free lesson.