Paula Creamer Golf Swing Analysis
Paula Creamer Golf Swing Analysis
To Get Instant Access, Get Your Free Membership!
Description
In this video, you’ll find out: 1) How minimizing the lateral movement in your head position keeps your ball striking consistent, 2) How your spine angle is key for consistency throughout your swing, and 3) Why getting your arms deep behind your body in the backswing requires a major compensation that may be destroying your consistency.
Video Practice Points
- Keeping the head as quiet as possible will help ensure consistent ball striking
- Maintain spine angle through the backswing and into the hitting area
- Allow the head to move post impact by the momentum created by the club
WEBVTT
1
00:00:00.700 --> 00:00:02.859
Hey hey everyone, this is Rotary Swing
2
00:00:02.859 --> 00:00:04.639
Instructor Christopher Tyler. And this
3
00:00:04.639 --> 00:00:07.339
week, the Pink Panther is back with a big
4
00:00:07.339 --> 00:00:10.779
victory at the HSBC, making a 75 foot
5
00:00:10.779 --> 00:00:12.699
bomb on the 18th hole to capture a big
6
00:00:12.699 --> 00:00:13.140
victory.
7
00:00:13.960 --> 00:00:15.900
Congratulations to Paula. I'm going to go
8
00:00:15.900 --> 00:00:17.980
over some of the key areas. That's made
9
00:00:17.980 --> 00:00:20.280
her one of the best ball strikers over
10
00:00:20.280 --> 00:00:21.760
the last 4 or 5 years and a very
11
00:00:21.760 --> 00:00:23.820
consistent ball striker on the LPGA Tour.
12
00:00:24.219 --> 00:00:24.820
So stick around.
13
00:00:31.739 --> 00:00:34.000
Alright, so the LPGA brings us a lot of
14
00:00:34.000 --> 00:00:35.500
big excitement this past weekend. With
15
00:00:35.500 --> 00:00:38.119
Paula Kramer making a 75 foot putt on the
16
00:00:38.119 --> 00:00:40.640
18th hole to win the tournament and
17
00:00:40.640 --> 00:00:43.340
capture her first victory since 2010. So
18
00:00:43.340 --> 00:00:46.420
congratulations to Paula and I know she's
19
00:00:46.420 --> 00:00:47.799
happy to be back in the winner's circle.
20
00:00:48.020 --> 00:00:49.560
She's one of those hard workers out
21
00:00:49.560 --> 00:00:49.799
there.
22
00:00:50.619 --> 00:00:52.679
I want to go ahead and highlight some of
23
00:00:52.679 --> 00:00:54.140
the things that she does really well in
24
00:00:54.140 --> 00:00:56.100
her golf swing to help maintain some
25
00:00:56.100 --> 00:00:59.039
consistency through her movement. And I
26
00:00:59.039 --> 00:01:00.579
also want to kind of highlight some of
27
00:01:00.579 --> 00:01:02.140
the areas that she could work on to
28
00:01:02.140 --> 00:01:04.700
improve. So that you know how to analyze
29
00:01:04.700 --> 00:01:06.239
your own golf swing and you know how to
30
00:01:06.239 --> 00:01:08.260
make some of the corrections. I'm also
31
00:01:08.260 --> 00:01:09.680
going to point out some videos along the
32
00:01:09.680 --> 00:01:11.780
way that are going to help you make the
33
00:01:11.780 --> 00:01:13.180
corrections. If you notice that you have
34
00:01:13.180 --> 00:01:14.939
some similarities to what Paula does in
35
00:01:14.939 --> 00:01:15.280
her move.
36
00:01:15.980 --> 00:01:17.379
One of the things that you may or may not
37
00:01:17.379 --> 00:01:19.500
know is that Paula actually averages
38
00:01:19.500 --> 00:01:19.920
between
39
00:01:20.439 --> 00:01:22.019
73 and 75 percent
40
00:01:22.640 --> 00:01:24.980
greens in regulation year to year. Over
41
00:01:24.980 --> 00:01:26.359
the last four years she's been averaging
42
00:01:26.359 --> 00:01:28.519
right around 73 to 75 percent so that's
43
00:01:28.519 --> 00:01:31.439
fantastic. So she's doing a lot of things
44
00:01:31.439 --> 00:01:33.299
within the movement to maintain that
45
00:01:33.299 --> 00:01:34.459
consistency. And we're going to really
46
00:01:34.459 --> 00:01:37.239
touch base with head position and spine
47
00:01:37.239 --> 00:01:39.060
angle. Okay, So you're going to notice
48
00:01:39.060 --> 00:01:40.500
here. I'm going to mark a position on her
49
00:01:40.500 --> 00:01:42.799
head and then I'm going to go ahead and
50
00:01:42.799 --> 00:01:44.519
mark her spine. Angle over here
51
00:01:46.099 --> 00:01:48.040
on the down the line view. And we're
52
00:01:48.040 --> 00:01:50.019
going to just watch a few of these areas
53
00:01:50.019 --> 00:01:51.099
really closely.
54
00:01:51.600 --> 00:01:53.239
So you're going to see as she starts into
55
00:01:53.239 --> 00:01:55.200
the backswing here head stays very quiet,
56
00:01:55.340 --> 00:01:56.620
does not move off this line.
57
00:01:57.140 --> 00:01:59.079
And then into impact she stays right on
58
00:01:59.079 --> 00:02:00.859
that line as well. There's very little
59
00:02:00.859 --> 00:02:02.219
movement from the head throughout the
60
00:02:02.219 --> 00:02:04.519
entire movement. So you can see that
61
00:02:04.519 --> 00:02:05.840
she's not creating any
62
00:02:06.359 --> 00:02:07.819
lateral movement out of the head, which
63
00:02:07.819 --> 00:02:09.939
is allowing her to stay centered. And
64
00:02:09.939 --> 00:02:12.680
that's a really big. Key to the rotary
65
00:02:12.680 --> 00:02:14.960
swing is that we want to use as few
66
00:02:14.960 --> 00:02:17.039
moving body parts as possible, and we
67
00:02:17.039 --> 00:02:18.460
want to be able to stay as centered as
68
00:02:18.460 --> 00:02:19.300
possible as well.
69
00:02:19.840 --> 00:02:21.120
And that way we're creating as much
70
00:02:21.120 --> 00:02:23.099
rotation around the axis, around the
71
00:02:23.099 --> 00:02:25.180
spine and in turn that's going to lead to
72
00:02:25.180 --> 00:02:27.280
a lot of consistent ball striking. So you
73
00:02:27.280 --> 00:02:29.960
can see here. Her head stays as quiet as
74
00:02:29.960 --> 00:02:32.439
possible, even till her hands are up into
75
00:02:32.439 --> 00:02:34.759
about her chest high position. Then she
76
00:02:34.759 --> 00:02:36.919
kind of, she allows the momentum to pull
77
00:02:36.919 --> 00:02:39.319
her head up and out of the shot there. So
78
00:02:39.319 --> 00:02:40.599
that's one of the things that she does
79
00:02:40.599 --> 00:02:44.319
extremely well. Now as far as some of the
80
00:02:44.319 --> 00:02:46.139
compensations that she makes within her
81
00:02:46.139 --> 00:02:46.659
golf swing,
82
00:02:47.479 --> 00:02:48.680
We're going to go ahead and just look at
83
00:02:48.680 --> 00:02:49.879
the down the line view here. And we're
84
00:02:49.879 --> 00:02:51.479
going to talk about some of the things
85
00:02:51.479 --> 00:02:53.639
that she could do a little better, so she
86
00:02:53.639 --> 00:02:54.659
doesn't have to make so many
87
00:02:54.659 --> 00:02:56.460
compensations. And for you hip spinners
88
00:02:56.460 --> 00:02:58.879
out there, Let's go ahead and really pay
89
00:02:58.879 --> 00:03:00.780
close attention to this next part because
90
00:03:00.780 --> 00:03:02.060
this is going to really help you
91
00:03:02.060 --> 00:03:04.620
understand why. You may not be able to
92
00:03:04.620 --> 00:03:06.900
have as consistent style shots as Paula
93
00:03:06.900 --> 00:03:09.479
does. And one of the compensations that
94
00:03:09.479 --> 00:03:11.080
she makes in order to correct her hip
95
00:03:11.080 --> 00:03:12.919
spinning issue. Alright, So you can see
96
00:03:12.919 --> 00:03:14.159
here. She's getting to the top part of
97
00:03:14.159 --> 00:03:14.819
her golf swing
98
00:03:15.659 --> 00:03:17.639
and she's maintained her spine very, very
99
00:03:17.639 --> 00:03:17.900
well.
100
00:03:18.680 --> 00:03:21.460
And also you can see here, this is one of
101
00:03:21.460 --> 00:03:22.879
the things that she gets her hands and
102
00:03:22.879 --> 00:03:24.680
arms a little bit on the deep side. You
103
00:03:24.680 --> 00:03:26.240
can see how deep they are behind her
104
00:03:26.240 --> 00:03:28.599
body. So she's going to have to work very
105
00:03:28.599 --> 00:03:31.219
hard with the lower half and spin very
106
00:03:31.219 --> 00:03:32.979
hard to make room for the hands and arms
107
00:03:32.979 --> 00:03:33.780
to pass in front.
108
00:03:34.400 --> 00:03:36.240
Now when you get the hands and arms in
109
00:03:36.240 --> 00:03:37.680
this deeper position, like I said you're
110
00:03:37.680 --> 00:03:38.960
going to always have to use the body
111
00:03:38.960 --> 00:03:41.560
quite a bit more. If you were able to get
112
00:03:41.560 --> 00:03:42.680
the hands a little bit more on the
113
00:03:42.680 --> 00:03:43.659
vertical side here,
114
00:03:44.180 --> 00:03:45.360
a little bit more shoulder elevation
115
00:03:45.360 --> 00:03:47.180
there, that's a good video on the website
116
00:03:47.180 --> 00:03:48.520
understanding shoulder elevation.
117
00:03:49.400 --> 00:03:51.020
If she had a little bit more elevation
118
00:03:51.020 --> 00:03:52.939
here, she could work a little less hard
119
00:03:52.939 --> 00:03:55.120
with the lower half and not run the risk
120
00:03:55.120 --> 00:03:57.000
of spinning out. So let's go ahead and
121
00:03:57.000 --> 00:03:58.860
look as she makes her way into
122
00:03:58.860 --> 00:04:00.819
transition, into the downswing, and
123
00:04:00.819 --> 00:04:03.199
you're going to see what she does here.
124
00:04:03.879 --> 00:04:06.080
She's going to maintain spine, okay,
125
00:04:06.199 --> 00:04:07.840
She's got quite a bit of head movement
126
00:04:07.840 --> 00:04:09.680
towards the golf ball, but it does not
127
00:04:09.680 --> 00:04:11.680
move laterally. And you're going to see
128
00:04:11.680 --> 00:04:14.199
that she's really got the hips spun open
129
00:04:14.199 --> 00:04:16.779
really far here. So she's pushed her off
130
00:04:16.779 --> 00:04:17.600
that right foot,
131
00:04:18.120 --> 00:04:19.319
alright, And you can see that she's
132
00:04:19.319 --> 00:04:21.319
actually increased the spine angle, and
133
00:04:21.319 --> 00:04:23.360
this is one of those things that with hip
134
00:04:23.360 --> 00:04:25.439
spinners, when you push off that right
135
00:04:25.439 --> 00:04:27.660
foot like she's doing you can see here
136
00:04:27.660 --> 00:04:30.000
that she's increased her spine. Hip
137
00:04:30.000 --> 00:04:31.420
spinners would actually be standing
138
00:04:32.160 --> 00:04:34.199
way vertical here with the spine. And
139
00:04:34.199 --> 00:04:36.060
that's where she's made a lot of good
140
00:04:36.060 --> 00:04:38.160
compensations in order to correct this
141
00:04:38.160 --> 00:04:39.639
wide, open hip area.
142
00:04:40.339 --> 00:04:41.839
Alright, so that's one of the areas that
143
00:04:41.839 --> 00:04:43.500
she, like I said when we were talking
144
00:04:43.500 --> 00:04:44.779
here, Is she's got to make some
145
00:04:45.139 --> 00:04:46.959
compensations for her move? And
146
00:04:47.500 --> 00:04:49.300
when you have the hands and arms deep in
147
00:04:49.300 --> 00:04:50.459
that position, You're going to have to
148
00:04:50.459 --> 00:04:52.759
use that lower body as much as possible
149
00:04:52.759 --> 00:04:54.399
to clear out and make room for the hands
150
00:04:54.399 --> 00:04:55.560
and arms to pass in front. And that's
151
00:04:55.560 --> 00:04:57.379
what she's doing here. So you can see
152
00:04:57.379 --> 00:04:59.160
that she's going to maintain this angle,
153
00:04:59.620 --> 00:05:01.980
okay, so she actually increases it even
154
00:05:01.980 --> 00:05:04.160
more. She's got a lot of side bend here
155
00:05:04.160 --> 00:05:07.959
and now she's post impact, as I showed
156
00:05:07.959 --> 00:05:10.139
you over here in the face on view, and
157
00:05:10.139 --> 00:05:12.480
she's still maintaining that angle and
158
00:05:12.480 --> 00:05:14.259
increasing it. So that's how she's able
159
00:05:14.259 --> 00:05:16.379
to stay down through her shot and able to
160
00:05:16.379 --> 00:05:18.579
compress the golf ball and, in turn, hit
161
00:05:18.579 --> 00:05:21.660
solid golf shots. If she was a hip
162
00:05:21.660 --> 00:05:23.360
spinner, a true hip spinner,
163
00:05:24.019 --> 00:05:26.420
and didn't have some sort of compensation
164
00:05:26.420 --> 00:05:28.779
within the spine there, she would hit a
165
00:05:28.779 --> 00:05:30.980
lot of blocks or a lot of hooks. So if
166
00:05:30.980 --> 00:05:32.220
that's something you're experiencing,
167
00:05:32.740 --> 00:05:34.500
Make sure that you understand that you
168
00:05:34.500 --> 00:05:36.699
can use the right foot effectively by
169
00:05:36.699 --> 00:05:38.120
trying to break the hip line. I know that
170
00:05:38.120 --> 00:05:39.199
we've talked a lot about that in the
171
00:05:39.199 --> 00:05:41.360
past, but you also want to be able to
172
00:05:41.360 --> 00:05:45.240
maintain the spine as consistently as
173
00:05:45.240 --> 00:05:46.439
possible throughout the move.
174
00:05:47.199 --> 00:05:48.579
And there's another good drill on the
175
00:05:48.579 --> 00:05:50.199
website for you guys that are struggling
176
00:05:50.199 --> 00:05:51.519
with maintaining spine. It's called the
177
00:05:51.519 --> 00:05:52.680
Merry-Go-Round Drill. It's in the
178
00:05:52.680 --> 00:05:54.560
downswing section. Make sure you check
179
00:05:54.560 --> 00:05:56.480
that out. That's going to help you
180
00:05:56.480 --> 00:05:58.379
understand how you can rotate around the
181
00:05:58.379 --> 00:06:00.660
axis and give you the correct feelings of
182
00:06:00.660 --> 00:06:02.860
rotation within the body. And not allow
183
00:06:02.860 --> 00:06:05.439
you to feel like you can push yourself up
184
00:06:05.439 --> 00:06:06.740
and out of your posture.
185
00:06:08.899 --> 00:06:10.220
those of you that are really wanting to
186
00:06:10.220 --> 00:06:12.379
work on getting consistent ball striking,
187
00:06:12.379 --> 00:06:15.300
really focus on getting your head to stay
188
00:06:15.300 --> 00:06:17.959
as quiet as possible throughout the move.
189
00:06:18.120 --> 00:06:20.740
Keep it quiet into impact and post
190
00:06:20.740 --> 00:06:21.079
impact.
191
00:06:21.639 --> 00:06:23.800
And then also work on trying to maintain
192
00:06:23.800 --> 00:06:25.920
your spine as long as possible. That
193
00:06:25.920 --> 00:06:28.819
spine angle into the backswing, into
194
00:06:28.819 --> 00:06:30.600
impact and then into the follow through.
195
00:06:30.879 --> 00:06:33.180
Really try to hang on to that angle. And
196
00:06:33.180 --> 00:06:35.379
that's ultimately going to allow you to
197
00:06:35.379 --> 00:06:37.480
build consistent ball striking. And then
198
00:06:37.480 --> 00:06:39.379
you can hit more greens. And then
199
00:06:39.379 --> 00:06:40.800
hopefully you have better and more
200
00:06:40.800 --> 00:06:41.819
chances to make birdie.
201
00:06:42.339 --> 00:06:44.399
Alright guys, so get out there, work on
202
00:06:44.399 --> 00:06:45.879
your spine angle, work on your head
203
00:06:45.879 --> 00:06:48.540
positions. I wish you all the best. Keep
204
00:06:48.540 --> 00:06:50.339
up the good work and I look forward to
205
00:06:50.339 --> 00:06:51.620
working with you guys more in the future.
You must have a premium membership in order to comment.
Testimonials
"I think he's come very close
to a golf swing model that appears to be ideal...It's a big muscle, motor-driven swing
that's repeatable...You don't have to be a super athlete."
-Dr. Jeffrey Broker, Assoc. Prof. in Biomechanics at University of Colorado at Colorado Springs and Former Senior Biomechanist for U.S. Olympics Committee
"I started playing at 70 years old,
at the beginning I was scoring around 100 plus... Following the RST 5 Step System
my scores are in the 80 to 86 range. I am out-hitting guys in their 40's and 50's,
thanks to you and your system. My back or other muscles never ache, nor am I tired after
18 holes. I am so glad I found your technique and system."
-Hub Orr - Happy PREMIUM MEMBER of RotarySwing.com
"I can honestly say that Rotary Swing
has completely revolutionized the way I think about the golf swing...The website is
without a doubt the best golf instruction resource anywhere on the internet."
-Sam Jarman, PGA Golf Instructor in the UK
STEP-BY-STEP GOLF INSTRUCTION TO THE PERFECT SWING
Build the perfect golf swing following the most advanced online golf swing learning system!
JOIN OUR 449,633 MEMBERS AND GET INSTANT FREE ACCESS TO DOZENS OF VIDEOS!
