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Jake Knapp is a great example of how powerful good tempo can be in the golf swing ⛳🔥

Notice how he takes the clubhead slightly outside his hands during the takeaway, creating excellent width and structure early in the swing 👌🏌️

At the top of the backswing, the shaft is beautifully parallel to the target line, putting him in a fantastic position to start the downswing 🎯💪

From there, the club drops slightly to the inside, allowing him to shallow the club and deliver it efficiently into impact 🚀🏌️‍♂️

He then rotates beautifully through the golf ball, producing effortless power and consistency ⚡👏

To finish, he holds a balanced, athletic finish position that every golfer should strive for 🏆✅

If you'd like to improve your own golf swing, contact David Waters Golf Coaching at Emerald Lakes Golf Coaching Centre today 📞⛳

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One of the biggest highlights of Joaquin Niemann's golf swing is the way he transitions on the downswing. ⛳🔥

Notice how he starts by bumping his left hip towards the target before rotating his body through impact. 💪➡️

This sequence allows him to use the ground effectively, create speed, and deliver the club consistently into the ball. 🚀🏌️

Another key is how he keeps his hands just ahead of the clubface through impact, helping him achieve a powerful and solid strike. 🎯👌

This is exactly what amateur golfers should be working on. 📚🏌️

Use your lower body first by bumping your left hip, then rotate through the shot while keeping your hands leading the clubhead. 🔄💥

If you'd like help improving your golf swing, contact David Waters Golf Coaching at Emerald Lakes Golf Coaching Centre. 📞⛳

Great chipping starts with keeping your weight forward throughout the shot. ⛳🔥

One of the biggest mistakes I see is players hanging back on their trail foot and trying to lift the ball into the air with their hands. 🚫🏌️‍♂️

I really liked the concept in this video of keeping the weight forward and the hands slightly ahead of the clubface through impact. 👏👌

One thing I’d be a little careful of though is having the ball too far back in the stance, especially if you struggle with chipping consistency. 🤔⛳

For most golfers, I’d recommend starting with the ball more in the middle of the stance first. ✅🏌️

If you do prefer the ball slightly back, you can also experiment with opening the clubface a little, which helps the club glide through the turf and dig less into the ground. ✨⛳

If you'd like help improving your chipping, contact myself at David Waters Golf Coaching located at Emerald Lakes Golf Coaching Centre. 📍🏌️‍♂️

Tim came in for a lesson struggling with an over-the-top downswing move, which was causing his hands to push too far toward the ball through impact. ⛳️

This was creating an out-to-in swing path, leading to slices, pull shots, and even the occasional shank from the hands getting too far away from the body. 🚫🏌️

To help fix this, we worked on a lot of controlled half swings to improve the downswing path and club delivery. 👌

The main focus was getting Tim to feel like his hands and shaft were staying more behind him on the way down, while also keeping his arms feeling closer to his body. 🔄

This helped him rotate through the ball much better and deliver the club more from the inside. 💥

We also placed a marker just outside the golf ball to give immediate feedback on strike location. 🎯

If Tim hit the marker, it meant his hands were moving too far away from him during the downswing. ⚠️

As long as he missed the marker, he was able to return the club more efficiently and strike the centre of the clubface consistently. ✅🏌️

If you’d like to work on your golf swing, contact myself at David Waters Golf Coaching, located at Emerald Lakes Golf Coaching Centre. 📍⛳️

Short-sided around the green and need to hit it high and soft? ⛳🔥

In this drill demonstrated really well above, the goal was to lob the ball over the coach’s head from only about 15 metres away. 😅🏌️

The key was laying the clubface nice and open to create more height and loft through impact. 🚀✨

She also used a longer swing to make sure the ball travelled high enough and far enough to safely clear the obstacle. 🎯🙌

This is a great way to improve confidence and creativity with your short game shots around the greens. 💚⛳

If you want help with your short game, contact myself at David Waters Golf Coaching, located at Emerald Lakes Golf Coaching Centre. 📍🏌️

Want to keep your head more stable during the golf swing? ⛳️

Try placing a tee in your mouth like how Georgia is perfectly demonstrating above while you swing the club. 🎯

The tee gives you instant feedback on whether your head is swaying too much off the ball or moving too far forward through impact. 👀

It’s a great drill to help you rotate better while keeping your head more centred and stable throughout the swing. 🔄

Because you can see where the tee is pointing, it creates an awesome visual cue during practice. 🏌️

If you’d like help improving your swing, contact David Waters Golf Coaching at Emerald Lakes Golf Coaching Centre. 📍

Struggling with a slice? ⛳️

This fantastic drill demonstrated above helps encourage a more in-to-out swing path by placing your right foot behind your left foot. 👣

Because your feet line points more to the right, it gives you a better opportunity to swing more in-to-out through impact. 🔄

This can help reduce the out-to-in path that commonly causes slices. 🚀

A simple setup change can create a completely different feel through the golf swing. 💥

If you'd like help with overcoming your slice, please contact myself at Dave Waters Golf Coaching located at Emerald Lakes Golf Coaching Centre. 📍

One of the biggest causes of a slice is turning too quickly to the left on the downswing, as this throws the arms too far out in front and creates that out-to-in swing path. ⛳🔥

In this video, the lower body movement and pushing the glutes back is explained really well, which is a huge key to improving your swing. 👌🏌️‍♂️

But what’s also important is making sure you feel a small lateral shift to the left first before rotating. ↔️🏌️

From there, feel like the glutes stay back while the body continues to rotate through the shot. 🔄🔥

This helps flatten the club path, improves your strike, and is a fantastic way to start curing that slice. ✅⛳

If you’re still struggling with your slice and want to improve your golf swing, contact myself at David Waters Golf Coaching, located at Emerald Lakes Golf Coaching Centre. 📍🏌️‍♂️

A great way to test whether you are rotating your body correctly on the backswing is to place a small towel underneath your right arm as seen in the demonstration above ⛳

This is a fantastic drill for improving arm and body connection throughout the golf swing 🔄

If the towel drops too early on the downswing before impact, it usually means the body hasn’t rotated enough on the backswing and the arms have disconnected from the body ❌

If the towel stays in position until after impact, it’s a great sign that the body has rotated correctly and the arms and body are staying connected through the shot ✅🏌️‍♂️

Good connection in the golf swing can help improve consistency, strike quality, and overall ball striking 🎯

If you’d like to learn more about improving connection in your golf swing, contact David Waters Golf Coaching located at Emerald Lakes Coaching Centre 📍⛳