Hideki Matsuyama Golf Swing Speed
Hideki Matsuyama Golf Swing Speed
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Description
In this video, I’ll show you how PGA Tour young gun Hideki Matsuyama creates massive power and maintains accuracy. You’ll find out how to build consistency through the hitting area, how to create power from the ground up, and why it’s crucial to maintain your spine angle like Matsuyama for consistency. Check out this video now to crush your drives with consistency!
Video Practice Points
- Maintain the spine angle into the backswing, into the hitting area and post impact for consistent ball striking
- Stall the body and allow the hands and arms to work independently through the hitting area
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Hey everyone, I'm Rotary Swing Instructor
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Chris Tyler, And this week, the 22-year
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-old Japanese sensation Hideki Matsuyama
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gets his first victory on the PGA Tour.
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We're going to focus in on some ways to
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be consistent through the hitting area
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and also learn how to build power from
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the ground up. Let's go ahead and get
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started.
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Alright, so we do have another new
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superstar in the works, 22-year-old
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sensation Hideki Matsuyama gets a big
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victory at the Memorial this past weekend
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and he fought off a great field of Kevin
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Na, who was charging very, Very early in
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the day. And ended up posting a great
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score and got himself into a playoff
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where he actually lost Hideki in the
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first hole. So congratulations to Hideki
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for getting his first victory on the PGA
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Tour. I know we're going to see him
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around for a long time. And this week
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we're going to focus in on not only how
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he's able to maintain a lot of power into
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the hitting area, But one of the really
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critical areas that keeps him as one of
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the more consistent ball strikers on
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tour.
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Now, Hideki is fourth in proximity to the
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hole with his approach shots, and
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actually, this past week he led the field
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in proximity with a fantastic approach
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shot. Foot average of 25 feet. And that's
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what we're going to focus in on this week
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is how he's able to maintain
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consistency and what he does so well into
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the hitting area. So let's go ahead and
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get started here, and we'll take a look
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at the down the line view first. And I'm
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going to draw a couple of lines here for
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us so you can see what he does. I'm going
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to draw what we call an elbow playing
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line. This is going to be up from the
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hosel of the golf club, through the base
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of the elbow. And I'm also going to draw
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a line down his spine. And you're going
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to see that how important it is to be
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able to maintain the spine angle as long
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as possible. Long into the backswing and
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also long into the the finish position.
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All right, so let's take a look here as
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we start to work up into the plane.
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All right, so you can see that he's in a
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really good position here at the top.
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He's been able to maintain his spine
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angle. All right, you can see as he works
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up the plane line, toe of the club traces
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up the plane line beautifully then gets
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himself into a really good spot.
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And then as he starts down,
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he's working on trying to maintain this
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spine which he does beautifully. His
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spine angle actually increases just a
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fraction but watch how long he maintains
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this. You can see that his hands and arms
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are above his shoulder right here, and
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he's still in his spine angle. And he's
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got a lot of good, solid rotation around
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the axis, which is absolutely pivotal for
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consistent golf from one day to the next.
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Now if we think of it this way, if your
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spine is working like a carousel, You're
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going to have a lot of timing in your
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move because that's what's raising you up
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and down throughout the move. So, you
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really want to pay close attention to
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your golf swing and make sure that you
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check out the merry-go-round drill in our
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advanced downswing section. That's going
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to give you the correct feeling on how to
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maintain posture through the hitting
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area, Maintain your spine angle and make
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sure that you're working more like a
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washing machine is the best way to think
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of it. So, you really want to try to make
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sure that this is one of the most
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important parts of your golf swing
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because rotation, if you think of rotary
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swing, rotation is really what it's all
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derived from. So let's take a look at the
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face-on view and I'm going to show you a
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little bit closer here. And he does do a
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lot of big things in his golf swing here,
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so you can see that he's got a big width
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in his stance, probably a little bit
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wider than we would ever instruct here at
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rotary swing. But we do have a video in
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the advanced downswing section called
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Driver Setup Adjustments, that talks a
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little bit about some of the adjustments
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that you can make if you're not firing a
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stock shot.
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So you can see that he gets up to the top
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part of his golf swing, huge rotation and
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huge width, which are two of the three
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ingredients and able to build a lot of
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club head speed, where he nearly pauses
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the golf club. So he's got a good
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differentiation between club head speed
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and power. So right at this point he's
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building power through width and
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rotation. And then as he starts down,
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he's using the third ingredient leverage.
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You can see him leveraging the ground
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here and then he's going to stall the
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body and allow the hands and arms to work
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independently from the body and extend
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through the hitting area. So you can see
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here from the face-on view how he's
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allowed his full extension here. He's
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actually still staying down in the shot.
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He's working through the hitting area and
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he's actually hasn't even moved his head
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very much at all. And you can see that
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he's still maintaining that spine all the
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way up into the follow-through, where the
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club pulls him into that high finish.
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So that's a very good golf swing, a very
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consistent golf swing. And he's able to
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kind of prioritize things around rotation
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first. And then he works on getting width
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and then leverage in the other areas,
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which makes him still a longer player,
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even with that little pause at the top
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part of his golf swing. All right. So if
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you want to be consistent, let's work on
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maintaining spine angle as long as
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possible into the backswing, into the
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hitting area, and then long into the
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extension part of your golf swing. You'll
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be able to play a lot of great consistent
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golf from one day to the next. All right,
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guys. So let's get out there. Let's put
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this to use. Check out that merry-go
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-round drill and let's play great golf
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this season. I hope you all the best and
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I'll see you guys soon.
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