I don’t shoot a lot of video when doing lessons because overall the swing may not change too much as the working of the drills is still new- but I often see dramatic results quickly in a few students.
This is a young kid -14 years old- using the DownUnder Board to great effect. Knowing how to use the ground and incorporate that with the 4:30 path changed his release and pivot really quickly. The original swing is on the right and the board swing on the left is 20 mins later.
Showing a student the difference proves to them they can do it- then it just becomes a matter of work until that becomes the new normal.
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Christina Kim is one of my favorite people in the whole world. Enthusiasm and dedication- pours from her body.
She has been a huge proponent of the DownUnder Board for over three years and always is quick to promote it and talk about it. It’s part of her daily practice and travels with her everywhere.
ABS is for every golfer/ not just the men. So fun to watch her swing improve over time.
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In ABS we talk a lot about using the ground. Did you know you can alter your distances through how hard you exert your feet into the ground at setup using the mod 2 protocols?
Here are three shots with a 7 iron where I used my standard foot pressure 7/10 for my regular carry distance. Then I used 5/10 to take yardage from the shot and then to gain a few extra yards I pressured to a 9/10 before beginning the swing.
You can see the different club head speeds/ ball speeds and carry yardages on the still shots here.
This stuff is real and will give you an upper hand on all your golfing buddies when you become a master of it.
There is video showing this on my YouTube channel for those wanting to learn more
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Who’s that kid at 4 under? 
Kingston Heath, what a golf course!
My profile pic is from this tournament funnily enough.
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Missed that one and a few other Aussie Opens. It clashed with a-school back in the day
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I wrote this about 4 years ago- used one of Lag’s old pics from ABS to explain the predicament.
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I loved playing the Aussie Opens. For whatever reason my game seemed to suit the set-up. Got into contention a few times but my brain got in the way Sunday afternoons 
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Right up there with the Great White Shark. Tres cool. 
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Great pics you guys…
Thanks for posting.
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Russell Knox and the importance of how post impact work helped him gain more club stability and speed
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This thought and open clubface at P3 are the things I have the most difficulties both conceptionally and practically. I’m working on them though!
Jim
The same neighborhood I’ve been walking through Two, I like it a lot, especially the recoil from the top comment.
I’ve been recently sensing everything as a binary pursuit, like an either/or process, relative to dynamics. In Russell’s case it’s either we hit into the ball, or we hit into the finish, there is no middle ground.
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In Sam Snead’s autobiography he mentioned playing with the Duke of Windsor and how he (the Duke) was losing money bets in his group.
So he hired an old Scottish pro and rather than having him hit balls, he said “Laddie, you shall practice the stroke for two weeks, no hitting that wee ball!” He followed his advice and just did swings without hitting a ball for two weeks, and Snead mentioned that he was finally winning money bets thereafter.
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Luke Donald from a lesson day down in Jupiter- showing his natural tendency (top) and the module 1-2-3 release I was trying to instill into his action. (bottom)
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This will be really interesting case study going forward. I assume LD buys into this otherwise he wouldn’t come to see you. Was he swinging like his natural tendency when he was No.1 Mr H or has he got into that habit since? He must feel a big difference. Hope it works out well going forward 
I did work with him about 18-20 months ago- these pics were from then
This is the explanation of our time together from an earlier post in the thread
“ Luke Donald was an interesting experience.
He had kind of touched base a few times over the past few years - when he had played with Todd and seen his game turn around- but never done anything about it except for a brief 2 hour session as a feeler in Oct 2020 at Sea Island.
Eventually a few months later in Feb 2021 he called me and said he was ready to try as whatever he had been doing with someone just wasn’t working.
We started out with some online work until I was able to go down to his place in early March - when I was at Players Champ with Todd & HV3
Spent a full day there. Did more online and then went with him to Hilton Head for the tournament
We did a bunch of mod4/drill6 when hitting balls and then a lot of the first three drills for training. Also incorporated a backswing solution that would keep him taller. His tendency was to drop a lot in the backswing and turn too deep with his shoulders, which made him slide and underneath it all the timeA hence his big arm and hand roll through impact.
Things started to improve to the point that in the Byron Nelson event in early May he hit 100% of greens in the second round which was something he had never done in all his years on tour.
He also came 12th in the event which was his best finish for four years.
Paul Tesori - who caddies for Webb Simpson- came up to me and said “ you did amazing work with Todd but if you get Donald out of his slump you are the guru of all gurus”
Three days later Luke called and said he was going to head in another direction as what we were doing didn’t suit his feels!!!
Well of course it didn’t !! It was total opposite release- something he wanted to fix in the first place and the reason for coming to see me.
I told him you do know you just had your best finish for 4 years and hit all the greens in a round - something you had never done before- he said yes, but had no response.
So that was that. Off he went to try something else and really hasn’t played well since.
That’s the life of pros and the work we do with them sometimes.
I am sure someone got in his head about it all and he got suckered in to going with them instead- it was his choice but as time has rolled on the past 18 months he is back struggling and it would’ve been nice to see just what may have happened if he had continued doing the plan we had started and the plan that was already beginning to see benefits”
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This is one of the high school girls who has consistently worked hard over the past year to improve here game
The pics here are from October 22 and January 23- massive difference and now this is normal compared to the old throw away and over the top move
And both top of backswings are practically the same.
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