EFFORTLESS POWER IN GOLF – Start at the Tee Box

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In this video, Adam shares his thoughts on how effortless power really starts at the tee box — and why most golfers try way too hard to swing harder instead of smarter.

If you’ve been muscling your drives and still coming up short, these simple tips will help you generate more distance with less effort by starting with the right setup, mindset, and swing keys before you even hit the ball.

Perfect for any golfer who wants to swing smoother, hit it farther, and feel more confident every time they step up to the tee.

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Hello, Adam Basiljette here, founder of Scratcholf Academy. Today, effortless power starts here. Thoughts for the T- box. Some simple cues that will help you generate power without swinging too hard. Show you three areas where I think you could get some help. Hopefully, pick and choose the one you want. So, touch on ground forces as well. Now, number one on my list of the three, people don’t store enough power. Sure, they turn a bit, they take the club back, but it doesn’t really create the the stored energy. Let’s say use tennis as an example. Not 100% sure that’s actually a tennis racket, but as an example, a lot of people serving like that. Great players, much more stretch, more length in the back swing, more load. Briefly, let’s look at a world long drive contest winner, plus an old video of Jack Nicholas. Very briefly, we’ll come out here and start working on number one. So, Jason Zoo back there on the left, long drive winner of the World Long Drive contest about 20 years ago. I suppose now. Jack Nicholas, of course, the one and only there in the red trousers. If I could make one quick statement. I’ve had all sorts of problems at Scratcholf Academy. Finally, uh, think I’ve come through them. I’m in control of what goes on over there now. And we have a brand new website. I would love you to check the link below for a free 14-day trial. And when I say free, I mean no sticking your credit card in there and getting tricked. Absolutely free. You can look at the library of videos, see if you like them. If you do, we’d love to have you as a member. Let’s look at Jason then. Now, I’m not recommending that back swing for most people, but what you’ll notice, his head’s nice and still, but look at the length. And what’s given him the length is this extension or arching of the body. Again, very exaggerated example, but one that stores tremendous power as you go through. Now, Jack Nicholas, let’s have a look. Watch his upper body late in the back swing. Watch how his body will stretch and extend a bit there for the extra length. So, that’s the sort of look we’re after. talked about in the tennis drill. Let’s get out and try a drill for it. Okay, take a short iron. I’ve got a pitching wedge. Take a golf set up there. Palm at each end of the club. Keeping your head fairly still, your eyes on the ground, and your legs reasonably stable. Stretch that club until you move the entire shaft back to your back shoulder there. You’ll start to feel some arch and stretch in your back that may be a lot different to when you just take it back like that. So, that’s a drill I would recommend. obviously just pivots. But I want to keep moving and start to talk about what we do coming down. And the biggest single issue there. This is our number two is players uncawk too early there. Even if they’ve stored power, they thrust the arms. They unwind their torso. We want to use ground forces. Let’s have a look in slow motion. Then we’ll work on that. Okay, me in slow motion. There we are in the back swing. Let’s just take it through one time. Now, let’s have a look at the start of that down swing. So, I’ve stored pretty good energy. For me, that’s a longish back swing. Now, what you’ll notice coming down, the first move is really pressure down into that lead foot. Down it goes. Weight transfers. So, I’m using the ground. We’re about to get into that when I get outside. And from there, I can then start to generate some speed. So, as I say, most golfers in the heat of the moment trying to create speed, they just thrust the club. It dissipates energy. Again, if I’m throwing a ball and I just move the ball, it’s not going to be that effective. So, here’s an image I like. Certainly patience with the arms number one, but a mental picture. I like to feel when I’m at the top of the back swing, my first goal in the down swing, if there was an empty soda can under my shoe, I realize there’s no space there, but I crush the soda can. So, I want to leave the hands there for a split second and squash the can. Certainly, that involves some weight transfer and some hip rotation a little bit, but that’s the key. Now, I want to show you a couple more great players who do this really well. And this will take us also into number three, which is what to do with the ground force once you’ve created it. So, Tiger Woods and Freddy Couples. Who doesn’t like that combination? Let’s have a look. So, big storage of energy. There’s a big stretch. Freddy Couples, same thing. Nice big stretch. And again, touching on that down swing. Watch Freddy push that weight into the front foot. Almost nothing happening with the arms or shoulders there. Tiger Woods. Lots of pressure down in there. arm’s not really doing anything. Now, what I want you to see, look at the belt buckle there. Let’s say let’s go a little farther. Let’s say Fred’s belt buckle would be there. Just watch through the ball how the hips push up. You see how there’s some spring there? See that leg starting to straighten. And we’ll look at Tiger. Up he goes. Leg straightens a lot. Head’s not really going up, but he’s pushing up. He’s using the ground force. And from there, you can create a lot of speed. I want you to look at both of these lads before we go back outside. Look at Fred here. Once he’s pushed up, watch the stripes on his shirt. They’re hardly moving right there. The energy has snap like a whip to the club. Most golfers don’t have that kind of energy. They’re much more active here. They’re not quite able to do it like Freddy. That would include me, by the way. But, uh, Tiger, pretty similar as well. So, I’ve got three clubs held together, not a proper golf grip. Picture something heavy. This is plenty heavy. Now, if I had to take these three clubs and for a $5 bet, let’s call it, had to toss these as far as I could. You can bet I’m going to use the ground first, it’s too heavy to just whip my arms. And once I’ve used it, I’m going to spring and release those golf clubs. Again, there is body rotation, but it’s not primarily turn at that point in the swing. It’s using the ground springing and popping the energy out to the golf club. And I think if you just take these ideas, these concepts, these aren’t the only way to have imagery of them or the only drills or whatnot, but if you take these concepts and work on them one by one, I think you can make some progress. So here’s a little idea for that. Let’s get our eight iron and let’s tear it up a little bit. Not as high as a driver. So what I’m going to do, again, I’m just trying to get the feel. Maybe this high. I’m not working on storing energy in the back swing. Now picturing this club as heavy. Squash the can. Couple of rehearsals. Arms are patient. And from there, push and swing that thing like that. I can feel some upward force. Not looking for perfection. Just trying to start to get a feel from this. Even if you did this away from the golf course a bit, I think it’d be great for you. So, touch the bases. Hopefully, you find something that’s useful for you. Remember, if you can store energy, store it even more as you start down, start to get the ground in position. Then as you push up, start to really dissipate the energy out away from you out to that club head just as you would if you have to toss something really far. I’m confident you’ll add some distance to your drives. Thanks. Hope this helps. [Applause] [Music] [Applause]