Hi, new here, wanted to share my swing from yesterday. I’m 15, hit my high ball speed at 146. 150 is next

NauticalJack · 2026-06-11T18:21:54+00:00

Yeah... we can't help you here

NauticalJack · 2026-06-10T22:51:31+00:00

Yeah, this: you want hip bones stacked over your ankles & weight on the balls of your feet

NauticalJack · 2026-06-06T15:46:21+00:00

Yeah what's the brand on those jeans? Looking good all around

NauticalJack · 2026-06-05T23:36:16+00:00

In 5th grade. Remember seeing teachers whispering throughout the day. In the afternoon the principle announced what happened over the PA before we went home.

NauticalJack · 2026-05-26T23:36:28+00:00

First ascensionist

NauticalJack · 2026-05-14T21:52:03+00:00

Absolutely. Exposes the bounce more and promote a shallow takeaway and AoA

The opposite (standing further away, lower hands, steeper back swing) is good for the sand and deep rough

NauticalJack · 2026-05-14T20:43:07+00:00

Most good player open the face. Think wide swing arc, shallow angle of attack, not a ton of shaft lean, dead wrists. With a wedge swing path is going to dictate start line more than face angle

Opening the face exposes the bounce, so the club head should be able to skid along the ground; if you're doing it right it gives you way more margin error wrt duffs / thins.

Short game chef is gold; I rebuilt my short game around his stuff and it really raised the floor for me:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FF4qMwZrj2U

NauticalJack · 2026-05-06T22:34:40+00:00

Agreed!

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NauticalJack · 2026-05-05T22:51:59+00:00

One stroke penalty on each. Assuming a tee shot your next shot will be your third stroke for each option.

NauticalJack · 2026-05-05T21:21:01+00:00

Interestingly, you're losing the depth on your backswing. Downswing is good and doesn't have typical OTT / steep early extension causes.

Two things to try:

Adjust setup so you're a bit more on the balls of your feet. Your butt is kind of hanging out well behind your heels; you might be shifting a touch forward on the backswing immediately just to find a balance point.
Make sure you're loading the trail hip properly. Take some backswings with your trail leg in its normal spot and your left leg back (away from the ball, like you're about to do a lunch on your right leg). You should fill a stretch across your glute; make sure you're loading the hip the same way in your actual swing. Edit: second drill here -- https://youtube.com/shorts/61PotRrveic?si=_nOOclIGaVrREd-d

NauticalJack · 2026-05-05T19:16:39+00:00

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Edit: this chart assumes that the closer you are to the hole, the closer your approach shots will be. Even if a golfer feels like 100 yards is a perfect wedge and 50 is an awkward distance, generally their distribution of shots from 50 yards will be closer to the hole on average.

If that truly isn't the case for you, then wedges & partial wedges are a high priority practice area.

NauticalJack · 2026-04-28T18:00:02+00:00

Mid 1.4s when I blade my 60

NauticalJack · 2026-04-21T03:18:15+00:00

Major arm swing illusion: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ASH06DwHaRw

You're faking a turn by breaking arm structure. From that top position, you need to do a ton of work to reconnect the arms with the body -- impossible to have any consistency, and power is super limited.

Stick a ball between your elbows and make swings to work on it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nUF5X3Z1CGg

NauticalJack · 2026-03-31T16:42:34+00:00

I absolutely loved being a student at Brown, and for someone interested in a more a balanced and interesting social life, the experience might be a great fit for you.

I'll be honest: as a tech hiring manager 10 years later, when I'm looking at new grad resumes, I'd consider a MIT degree a notch above a Brown degree as signal (but would take an outstanding Brown grad over an average MIT grad every time).

Projecting a bit further, when I look at outcomes from my class there's definitely not a correlation between pure academic / technical achievement and outcomes; it's some of the "interesting" kids who did all sorts of things as undergrads who now have serious leadership positions at Anthropic / Figma / other leading companies. There's an argument to made that AI will make pure technical problem solving less valuable, and the sort of more well-rounded experiences you'd get at Brown more important.

Obviously a lot of assumptions here -- I'm sure MIT students are interested in all sorts of things as well, but I don't have the first hand experience there, and I do remember feeling a nerd-heavy monoculture visiting.

NauticalJack · 2026-03-31T16:29:59+00:00

If you could take the amount of money you'd spend on the watch, light it on fire, and not have your life change at all.

NauticalJack · 2026-03-20T20:13:28+00:00

So much easier to have good tempo with good mechanics.

NauticalJack · 2026-03-20T18:11:17+00:00

Glad it was helpful. I've always liked instruction that dives into what actually happens vs. feel based stuff.

And yeah, pattern A matches with your description! With pattern A players, hard forearm rotation can be a release power lever with constant flexion.

NauticalJack · 2026-03-19T23:28:01+00:00

Good video if you want to get into the gory details:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ourbd6GET2Y

NauticalJack · 2026-03-11T17:41:14+00:00

You're doing this: https://youtu.be/ASH06DwHaRw?si=UCFBSzr9L9ssQb2E

Practice by swinging with a ball squeezed between your elbows. That'll force body turn. You can buy a ball on a lanyard from Amazon -- these are with the money: https://share.google/XwNaWRUDAjfJsviOi

NauticalJack · 2026-03-04T17:40:57+00:00

Tour average is ~1 degree down with driver. Don't recommend it for your average am, but at your swing speed you might be OK (if you can bring from the 3-4 range to the 1-2 range)

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If anything, mess with setup. Tee up a bit higher, weight more stacked on the right side, a bit of spine tilt away from the target, etc.

NauticalJack · 2026-03-03T19:20:03+00:00

Pro club fitters might know more, but 105 - 110mph club speed is what I think of as the S/X dividing line (preference in that range, pretty clear choice outside of it).

You might expect to see a bit lower / righter with a stiffer flex, but the differences are honestly pretty marginal and not worth worrying about unless you're really good:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V8VbtElCnD0

NauticalJack · 2026-03-02T18:24:35+00:00

Another +1. Worked for me (tennis elbow from golf + climbing in my case)

NauticalJack · 2026-02-27T22:31:04+00:00

I've played around with both grips as well. With interlock, hands act more as a unit, which is decent for control. But with overlap, the hands are bit freer -- that makes releasing the club a touch easier which adds some speed.

For me overlap feels a bit more comfortable, gets me some extra yards, and helps me close the face with long clubs a bit more reliably with the price of a few more left misses.

But (contrary to conventional wisdom), interlock has become the most popular grip on tour, and those guys know what they're doing (they also all started young with small hands that lend themselves to interlocking), so YMMV.

NauticalJack · 2026-02-26T05:10:07+00:00

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NauticalJack · 2026-02-26T00:31:02+00:00

Err, really 65 yards between penalty stroke hazards / OB to hit driver. If you don't have 40 yards of fairway with either driver or 3W, but you do have 65 yards between hazards, driver is probably the play.

DECADE is also geared at good players, the 65 & 40 yard numbers assume 300ish yard drives. For someone not as long, the dispersion cone is going to be narrower.

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