5 Adam Scott’s adjustments to never miss a straight path

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Adam Scott There has long been one of the most beautiful shakes in the game. But Aussie’s movement is not JUST For view – it’s quite functional as well.

During the course of Two -and -a -half -half career of Scott, He has accumulated 14 PGA Tour victories, including his epic triumph in the 2013 masters. All the time, he has been one of the best ball strikers in the game.

Back in 2014 as he prepared to defend his title in Augusta, Scott joined Golf To share some indicators for his stroke straight – and long – outside. Check below.

5 Scott’s secrets for finding right roads

| grew up in the idoling of Greg Norman. (Hey, what Australian child did not do?) Greg was shaken tightly, so I learned to run the ball. But power only got me so far. This was not until I learned to check my pace that my driver became the weapon today.

During the early years in the tournament, I had problems hitting the 90th in total driving, statistics that measures distance and accuracy from tee. Now? Last season I finished at 35 balls for the fourth right year. It is no coincidence that seven out of my 11 10 degrees – including my victory last year in Augusta – have come to that time frame.

My secret? Five driving movements one can do – including what happens before you swing. These adjustments will eliminate your fears to lose the road and will you ruin it during your friends throughout the day.

Fix 1: Get your stay in “sink”

You read a lot about how an “athletic” composition helps you hit the best drives, and that’s true. But it’s more of a feeling than a determined position, so what helps me feel athletic to the address can make you feel uncomfortable. Plus, it is not necessary to feel like an athlete to hit the solid drives. You just have to feel good. My three configuration keys will help you get there.

Attitude: I like to plant my heels under my shoulders. Thing everything wider and you limit your ability to return; Thing everything narrower and you risk falling balance. A shoulder width attitude gives you the perfect combination of speed and control.

Knee flexible: Most of the weekend players I am paired with in pro-AMS stay very elected to the address. Bend those knees! Not too much, but enough so that when you look down to the address, your knees cover the tops of your shoes. When good players talk about the athletic feeling at the address, they are talking about bending their knees.

Firms’ feet: You will notice that when you bend your knees, your feet type of sinking on the ground. It is a wonderful feeling of being based on a solid foundation. I look for this feeling at every pace. In fact, I encourage this feeling “sinking” by pressing down with my knees while I finish my address. My feet do not actually sink (it is more of a settlement) but the point is to feel grounded. It works best when planting the whole leg, not just your fingers or heel.

Fix 2: Set up your pick up in Slo-Mo

When you are in the rank, it is okay to work in specific backward return positions, like taking the axis parallel to your foot line halfway, or make sure your left club and wing match at the top. But you can’t think about these things in the course. When shaky thoughts like these crawls into my head during a tour, is a bad sign. I focus more on temp. When the time of my swing is on, I hit the main positions without giving them a moment of thought.

When you look at the TV, you will notice that even though I swing quickly, my back is very slow and deliberate. Checking my swinging this way is a big key. I do it by painting a golf player who has a nice, rhythmic movement. Believe it or not, when playing is many times I am thinking of the LPGA Tour Inbee Park player, which is so slow and quiet in getting it as someone there.

The slower I get it again, the better my pace gets, which automatically puts me where I have to be at every stage of my back. Plus, a slow intake gives you time to correct mistakes at the time you reach the top – which you can’t do if you grab the club again.

Here is another swinging trick: Before you start the club again, anticipate your perfect finishing position. With the image in your mind for a beautiful, balanced finish, you will of course make a softer spine, along with a smoother transition and landing. When you climb the ball, imitate the same practice to swing. It functions as magic. Slower is better.

Fix 3: Stop your back before you start

After the impact, the transition is the second most important segment of your oscillation. If you do not get this right, you will have little chance to hit solid drives. The big mistake you tend to make here? Rush. Can spend energy and send to your club plane. So I make my transition the same way as I do my back,: slow and quiet.

Here is the thing: you can’t start your lift until you stop your back, or, more precisely, until you finish it. | I know my spine is over when I can no longer return my shoulders. This is it – the time to change the direction. The reason that the weekend players have difficulty making a quiet transition is because they often go beyond this point. They continue to swing their arms after their shoulders have stopped to rotate, or they force the shoulder twist after their wings have stopped moving. Each error puts your swing in a bad place leading to the wrong stroke.

An excellent shake thought? Take the shoulders, hips, arms, hands and club to reach their right positions on top at the same time. Actually actually easy to do if you are under control, which turns to my back key. If you swing very quickly, the club will feel heavy, making it harder to stop at the top of your swing. But at a slower pace, the club feels easier, which allows you to stop it at the same time as you stop your turn and arm.

Fix 4: Make a landing with one piece

Just as it is important to stop everything together at the bottom of your back, it is just as important to start everything together on the way down. I don’t like the feeling of one part of my body taking in front of another. It is easier to keep the club on the plane if you think about your landing as a one -piece movement. As my thighs actually start my swinging, this is not the feeling I want. When I think about my shoulders or shoulders, I tend to overdo them. Keep it simple: Take everything by moving toward the ball at the same time.

In addition, your landing is as simple as turning the ball and accelerating through the hit area. Don’t get away from the impact! I see many daily players who hit the ball and then stop. The ball is not the target. Your finishing position is. Present the spine like a rod and return from the top all the way to your release while holding your head in place – there is no reason to shake. Let the ball take the road. There will be nowhere to go, but straight – and miles down the road.

When I’m rolling out of the rhythm, I go back to one of the first things my coach, Paul Malone, made me do when we started working together in 2009. I keep my right foot on the ground from start to finish, or of at least through impact. This slows me only a little, so I keep a better shake tempo. It also helps me maintain my address behavior, and lets me rotate faster along the way down (greeting, club speed). A highly active right foot can make your hands get too involved through impact, causing “two -way” losses: left or right road. That’s the last thing you want to go out! So keep that anchored right foot. Fewer hands are equal to more roads.