Comments on: Stop Filming Your Golf Swing

By: Alex

Alex — Wed, 19 Jul 2023 14:59:03 +0000

New apps for iPhone or Android use artificial intelligence to analyze many mistakes. It is very easy to record a video these days with your smartphone and a tripod. While apps like UpT Golf won’t solve all of the problems of golfers, they can help a lot. And even golf coaches may slow down videos, draw some lines, so this tool is helpful for coaching as well.

By: Jim Rosteck

Jim Rosteck — Sun, 26 Feb 2023 18:05:13 +0000

I took this advise to heart 40 years ago. 18 holes of golf with my regular foursome in Chicago and then off to the driving range. My buddy brought along his video camera and his VCR (or whatever they were called back then) and we hit balls and recorded our swings. Back to the closest persons house, beverages and watch our swings. Good thing I had not eaten lunch.

It took me at least 3 months to get over that experience. Never again.

By: Jeff K

Jeff K — Sat, 25 Feb 2023 15:21:25 +0000

In reply to Matt Saternus. Interesting article and training links. I video my swing about twice a year and mostly looking down range and while actually on the course so I can see my ball flight (using an - Shot Tracer). I don't look at the videos until after I get home. The one thing you did not address that most people probably are not aware of us is that most phone cameras, unlike highspeed cameras, distort the picture. Specifically the club shaft at or near impact. If the shutter speed is fast enough to show the club at or near impact, more often than not, it will look like the shaft is flexed backwards, as if the head is ahead of the shaft, not behind it. Leading the viewer to think they released too early when in fact it is the way phone camera scans and records the image from top to bottom, So on a 100 mph swing, as the image is scanned from the top of the screen to the bottom of the screen it makes the flex of the club look backwards. If the phone could scan the image from bottom to top it would reverse the flex of the shaft shown on screen.

By: Matt Saternus

Matt Saternus — Sat, 25 Feb 2023 14:22:39 +0000

In reply to c.c.. Hahahaha. Ignorance is bliss. :)

By: c.c.

c.c. — Sat, 25 Feb 2023 03:48:00 +0000

Patio to taking a video of it, I thought my swing was as long and smooth as Oostie’s and Freddie’s. Video showed more like Rahm only without the legs, ass or power.

By: Tom

Tom — Sat, 18 Feb 2023 06:41:50 +0000

Video always seems like a great idea. Then I see my swing on video and wish I hadn’t.

By: James

James — Fri, 17 Feb 2023 08:33:27 +0000

I totally agree with all of this article. Filming your swing is fun but I struggle to see any tangible benefits from self analysis. I think I know what I am banging on about when I review my swing but in reality it’s all guess work and does nothing to identify how to fix it because every ‘fix’ probably breaks something else.

By: Jon Compton

Jon Compton — Thu, 16 Feb 2023 19:21:11 +0000

In reply to George. Wow. That’s a very deep look at your swing. I presume you are a single digit handicapper, close to a scratch golfer, yes? And perhaps an engineer too? To be honest, I got lost in your analysis, but admire your commitment to improvement. I’m not so sophisticated--I just go to my instructor, and do what he says. For me it’s fun and easy. Best of luck.

By: Steve G

Steve G — Thu, 16 Feb 2023 17:33:19 +0000

Matt,
Another great piece, thank you. I do actually think the highlight was the “Fair warning to commenters”! Keep up the outstanding content, thanks.

By: Tom Forsythe

Tom Forsythe — Thu, 16 Feb 2023 16:11:38 +0000

I have lots of videos of my swing stored on a hard drive somewhere. Most of them I have never reviewed. I’ve stopped cluttering up my hard drives with my golf swing videos. If I ever get the time, I’ll delete them. I might have gained an insight or two from video but nothing that changed my game as much as integrating the feel of my successful shots into my swing. I do like a launch monitor but that’s because I practice into a net quite a bit where there is minimal ball flight to track. On the range I’ll only use the monitor for a few shots to get a baseline for how the numbers translate ‘in range reality’ to what I’m seeing in a ‘net’ session. And none of that translates directly to the course – gotta love the game.