Hey everyone, Shawn, Sav & Mu at your service. And today we got Hideki and you're going to find
out why it's so important to beat braced against that lead side. So many advantages
I'm going to show you on the driver side is going to show you on the hybrid and fairway
woods. Same thing and move is going to show you how to peel chevrons with a seven iron stay tuned
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Don't want to miss any of the videos now, since it's nice and bright out here,
got the shades on. Very happy about that. Soaking in the vitamin D. Mu's going to start
and I'm going to, I'm going to show you guys an awesome. Thank you, Sav. I have an awesome
little task that's really gonna help out. So you get yourself, they have these deflector boards,
and you'll find these, you know, ask, ask your local pro shop to lend you a deflector board while
you're hitting shots on the range. They, they deflect very nicely and that already will dampen
a lot of the vibrations. Now notice our Callaway one here has got this little Chevron at the front.
So Munashe is going to pretend that the sole of his golf club is a wood planer.
And this is the surface of a board. And what we're going to do is we're going to take the Chevron up
the front here, which is right in front of the ball. And we're going to send that Chevron peel
through the net, using the weight of the arm club unit. Right now,
let's look at what happens with his setup when he gets ready to do that. So let's many of you
tend to try to lift the ball off the ground. If you look at the setup of Sebby. Sebby,
he's a good guy too. But if you look at Hideki right next to us, notice how braced he is
against his lead side. Now, if you did the opposite, go ahead and set up Mu okay.
And so if I move you too much over to the left, okay, let me move you to the left.
Okay. The other left. Cause I can't move them otherwise. Okay.
So notice here. Yeah. He's going to be hitting the ground before you get to the Chevron. So basically
you're either going to top it on the way up, hit the ground before the ball, lay the sod over it.
That's the expression. Now do the opposite Mu. You're going to take the weight of your arms and
club to send that Chevron in that direction. Yeah. Look at that. You guys. So doesn't that look like
if we put a ball here, that's where the ball would normally be? Can you see how
he's going to catch the ball first, then Chevron, and actually some turf right out here in front of
that deflector board. So go ahead and let's see you send that Chevron in that direction. Okay
Yes. And you could see how you caught the very front of that deflector board, right That's what's
going to give you that proper descending angle through the ball. So you catch the ball first,
then the Chevron. So let's look at that right here. We got an intermediate point Mu right. We're
hitting a draw. Right So go ahead and line up the Chevron the way you feel. You need, to get that
release a little bit left of the intermediate point. Okay.
That fit. Yep. Beauty. So you're just focused on sending that Chevron through the net, right
Good. With the sole of the club. Yep.
Oh, that felt really good. 3.2 up. Interesting. Yeah. What was the distance on that staff Oh,
215 carry? Yeah. That's not too bad Mu. Yeah. Did it feel solid? It felt good. Yeah. It felt
solid. It was good compression. 1.38 smash factor, you know, it could be the deflector
board. That's doing that because Shang of the, yeah, exactly, exactly. Cause you had a nice,
nice draw. 1200 spin to the right. Yeah. That's been a great smash factor was 1.4, 1.38 with a
seven iron. Yeah. Let's say you hit that pretty solid. Really I felt good about that one. Yeah.
Yeah. Damn. That's solid. So, and that was carry. What was carrying on that 215 yards, I think
215 yards carry. Yeah. I think it's safe to, it's safe to go. Yeah. All right. So Sav's got a hybrid
and you'd think because so many of you look down at the high, but that's a three-hybrid, right
Yes. There's 21 degrees a loft. And you're looking down at that and you think, and how's the ball
going to get airborne What you don't realize is that the ball only needs a couple of degrees
and some air coming underneath it. And if you've got some good velocity,
it's going to hit the air. The air finds its way around the dimples of the ball. The
dimples of the ball create some spin and some lift. So if the ball didn't have any dimples,
it would basically scream at 40 yards and dive. All right, like a mad seagull. So
don't worry about lifting the ball, focus on delivering in the direction that you want to
start the golf ball and really feel that the sole of the club is going to deflect over here.
So in your case, it's the same thing. That's what you see right now. Savannah's task is to throw the
club through the arc blur. So she sees an arc when she swings the club, go ahead, Sav, do a practice,
swing, and observe the arc. And tell me where the bottom of your arc is when you're doing that.
Did everybody see that I'm sure you did? So that fits the shot. Doesn't
it. All right. So go ahead and set up the ball and tell me when you're ready.
Did you guys see how she braced against that lead side And that's a staple move
for Sav because she really feels how she's leaning up against that target? So go ahead and set up.
There we go. So I could lean up against you. No problem right now. Cause you're
braced against your target. Yeah. So now when you throw the club in that direction,
All right, before we go, let's have a look at Hideki for a second. Notice his brace
position. Of course. And then he takes it into the backswing with a little bit of resistance
in that lower body, but watch as he gets to the top, how he's there It is now he's got the turn,
watch that beautiful preparation in engaging his kinetic chain. There it is. So now that he has
the ground with that lead leg, the kinetic chain engages, pulls everything down, and
through. And now look at impact how he is braced against his left side that keeps his head back
the head bath anchors that beautiful release into that finish. So here's
Sav braced, but you notice how it doesn't prevent her from getting in to see how, the weight shifts
nicely into that backside. Look at the width in her backswing because she's got less resistance
as she gets to the top. Watch the squat. Now, there it is. Nice kinetic chain engagement.
Look at the use of the legs. Now, men that the work that she's done in the gym with
Mu there's the connect chain, engaging, see how it's clearing the body,
pulls the hands and arms through everything's clearing down. Can you see how everything's
braced up against her right side that keeps her head back and look at how it anchors
that extension and, and width and the motion is so through the ball? Look at that big deep finish
How'd that feel Good
220 yards carry with a draw. Okay. Let's look at how we're going to hit the ball on the way
up with the driver. So you notice Hideki with the driver is still braced against that lead
side and he has a very wide stance and that's not something that we recommend to all our students,
especially if you're a weekend warrior, you'll find that wide really feels good statically,
but then you'll notice that as he's finishing his swing, his foot drags over a little bit.
And so that's where, you know, you'll have a tendency to get stuck
on that trailside. And you'll also have a little bit of a difficulty, you know, making a nice full
turn. Obviously, that's not Hideki's problem. He works on his mobility and is, you know,
in his swing every day. So we want a semi-wide stance and notice how I'm setting up right here.
I'm finding my center. I'm bracing against my target to the point where I feel like the tip
of the tee is in the way of me catching it on the way up. If I face the ball, notice
my shoulders, hips, and knees are all open to my target line. And that's why you'll see
Hideki constantly bringing himself around back. You ever noticed that Mu? He's always
bringing himself back behind the ball this way. And that has a lot to do with, you know,
someone's experience. There's a lot of wisdom in there where you have a tendency to pull the shots
a lot because we're playing the ball forward in the stance and we're constantly fighting our side
vision. So get behind the ball feels like I can catch the ball on the way up and in the
direction I want my ball to go. And this is where having an intermediate point is super important.
So either put a ball in front of a tee in front there and what I'm going to do is I'm going to
catch the tip of the tee on the way up and over that intermediate point right there.
So if I play the ball too far forward, can't get to the tee. If I play the ball too far center,
I'm going to tend to come under it. And now it feels like I'm braced against my lead side. And
it feels like I'm going to catch the tip of the tee on the way up and in the direction
I want to go on. So let's have a look at what that is. So my eyes are on the tee
and I'm throwing the club through my arc in that direction.
So here I am braced against my lead side.
Notice my brain's got to go to my right leg to take care of my backswing. Everything is
turning around the inside of that right leg, but notice how close I stayed on the left side. See
That squat into that lead side. Now the way this thing on the inside of it. So I can catch the ball
on the way up and watch this release. See, I caught the ball on the way up, right through the
net. You can actually see my launch angle right there, by the way, the ball went through the net.
And then the right side brings my head up into the finish.
One of the other things that you really appreciate from Hideki is that he never rushes his swing.
He's never fighting with his golf swing. So what's really cool is he takes the club back
nice and smooth. He's never going to rip himself off the ball. He is still shifting. You notice how
at the top of his backswing, he's still on the inside of his trailside. And then you see him
really shifting nicely from behind into that forward side. And now that forward side
is keeping him behind the ball as he's releasing through the ball and toward the target. So when
he, when he's able to maintain his leverage against his target, he can then go at it as
hard as he wants to. So let me see if I can, you know, get a little bit more own umph to this one.
It cannot be a strain. I'm just going to throw the club a little farther. Let's see what happens.
Hey, I think I threw that a little further. So we hope you enjoyed that video
of all of the wonderful qualities that Hideki Matsuyama has in his swing
and that you can learn from his wisdom through our wisdom, and we'll see you next week. All the best