In Short Band Protocol 3, Martin Chuck introduces a golf ball into the mix. This critical step helps you transition from structure-building drills to real ball striking—starting with short, controlled shots using the Tour Striker Swing Trainer. Build confidence, sharpen your radius, and create repeatable motion from 20–40 yards.
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[Music] let’s get into protocol number three with your short band this is where we introduce a golf ball and for the uninitiated if you’re using the swing trainer and say you’re new to the game congratulations you’re about to develop a great golf swing that your friends will be enviable about now what i would say to you is go ahead and use a t put a ball in a short tea because i want you more aware of creating and transporting the radius than the outcome i want this to be processbased not outcomebased and i know that’s tricky if you don’t hit shots solidly but the solid shots are guaranteed to come i promise that now again let’s get that lead arm up on top of the body put on that trail hand you’ll notice that the shaft and the band are parallel we’re going to hit these little shots these are just little acquired motion shots that are 20 30 or 40 yards long and this is a situation where we’re waist high to waist high notice how the club is not on the ground because the ball is up on a tee my weight is about 6040 to my left foot over my right foot and i’m just going to feel like i can go to the top of my takeaway p2 all the way to the semif followth through and let a golf ball get in the way so this is a series of 10 shots and it’s so critical now if you could slow that video down you would notice that i’m about to look at what i’m hitting but i’m not trying to keep my head down because that really disrupts the flow of a golf swing i’ll do it again let’s pay attention to this really really important as protocol three gets developed again ball on a short tee as you get started then we’ll get it on the grass as you start to build your confidence find your radius this is a push lead arm is the dominant arm that pushes trail arm is the subordinate arm golf ball is in the middle of a narrow stance weights a little forward now again watch where i’m looking i can tell you from my visual perspective i’m just looking at the golf ball but i’m keenly aware of what i’m about to feel using my swing trainer weight is 60/40 let’s go to the top of the takeaway to the semif follow through and hold hold let’s hit another shot structured lead arm in front of you feel this pressure i guarantee you after a series of protocols if you’ve never done this before you can anticipate feeling some muscular fatigue from your development of these awarenesses i assure you which is a good thing it’s a golf workout get that lead arm up in front of you put those hands on narrow stance weight left i like to start to teach people to waggle a little bit feeling the weight of the club how pressure in the feet starts to engage let’s go ahead and look at a golf ball but know where we’re going we’re going to the top of the takeaway over to the semif follow through let a ball get collected and hold hold hold feel that push pressure not excessively reaching just a ver just a tall body where the buns are underneath us a sliver of side bend with structured arms this is protocol three this is a 10 ball protocol use a t if you’re new to this when you become a little bit more confident in finding a radius and letting it brush the touch the ball and brush the grass and you can see in my t-square the golf ball is centered in my stance the club the radius of the club is tap tap tap to find that perfect radius weights to the left let this ball get gathered up in this effort hold that finish one two three that’s a 10 ball set and when you build that little radius your scores will drop because the confidence you have in those little shots from 20 to 60 yards will save you a ton of strokes let’s move on to protocol number four okay cool okay so far good all right protocol number four we’ve introduced the golf ball in protocol number three we’ve hit a bunch of short shots now let’s let the swing grow a little bit and start to pay attention to some other aspects and feels provided by your swing trainer now you should start feeling some fatigue and that’s okay if you work through protocol three into four to five you might need to take a break take this off just hit some balls have some water check your messages whatever that is because this is physical training i call it swing confusion muscular confusion that’s what you want why because you’re looking here at a golf ball on the mat on the grass and you’re not keenly aware of what’s happening with the club around you that’s why the swing trainer is so important and as we move from these little you know parallel to the ground to parallel to the ground swings we’re going to start going into more of a 9 to3 swing where the lead arm gets parallel to the ground and the club gets vertical on both sides of the body and we’ll kind of show you the feels of what you can expect so moving on to protocol four again if you’re uninitiated you want to build your confidence use a little tea to get started that’s okay please do that again lead arm up on top of you not to your side get this humorous feeling like it gets a little bit more on top of the pec like if you had a logo here you’d be a little bit more on top of the logo and now these swings are going to start to go from lead arm parallel to the ground with the short band to trail arm parallel to the ground and you can see we’re letting the shaft lever and get a little bit more vertical this leverage is a key element for creating speed and these golf balls will fly a little farther just because of the swing length and travel so we’re going to let these shots perhaps go from 30 yards to 70 yards so tipped over to a golf ball knowing where we are going find this radius tap tap tap i suggest taking a couple little practice field swings where you know where left arm parallel could be right arm parallel could be then we’re going to tip over to the golf ball again find the radius let these swings get a little bit longer hold that finish 1 1 2 1 100 and relax so that’s about a 65 yard shot right there great feeling a wonderful way to develop your radius and consistency for a precise strike let’s do that again get a golf ball in play again use a t arm in front nice structure with the arm this is the boss arm this is the supportive energy helping arm but it has to be with a structured lead arm first pair your hands on rehearse the feeling of keeping the band away from you golf is a push sport where the hub of things it’s like spokes on a wheel here’s the middle here’s the hub as i go back and create a radius i’m pushing away keeping the band taut at no point am i letting this band fall soft during a back swing i create radius away let the club get to a levered vertical position letting it expand through the golf ball slowing down in style on my lead side with my arms pushed away let’s hit another shot aim the face take a look my weight pressure is a little biased toward my left foot keeping the radius left arm parallel to right arm parallel to the ground let’s hit one and hold that finish one two and three these are all consistency building events that’s what i want for you i want you to recognize that we’re creating a swing shape and circle we’re slowly starting to energize this by adding a leverage component to it and starting to build that confidence that you can carry forward to the golf course we’ll hit one more this is a 10 shot protocol which should only take you about 5 minutes great lead arm find a radius pair your hands let’s tip over balls about middle stance slightly forward tap tap tap we’re going to do left arm parallel to right arm parallel with some leverage there’s a good little strike and hold hold and relax so that is protocol number four with your short band basically taking you from a pitch motion a short pitch motion up into longer strikes so you can start to build confidence in that range of motion for the acquired distances that are less than full it’s a great way for you to feel that motion now the cool thing is you can just uncip it from the rail grab another wedge that’s my sand wedge i’ll take my lob wedge now the interesting thing after training with the band you’re going to feel that muscular awareness it’s almost like your swing wants to it’s on rails just wants to go on its own through those positions but i suggest you take a practice swing without the band on to build familiarity without being confused by the band the confusion with the band is the key that’s the key to this awareness because you’re probably not used to it this is what the best players do this is the radius and structure they have and i want you to have it too so go ahead and feel like the band’s on create structure in the lead arm aim the face take a look and we’re going to hit these wedge shots left arm parallel to right arm parallel just enjoy the precision of this strike hold one two three mimic that awesome feeling you’re developing in protocol number four your wedge game is going to change for the better forever
