3 ‘death swings’ to avoid, according to Jordan Spieth’s coach

Cameron McCormick calls them deadly moves, which is maybe a little morbid, but maybe the shock value is needed here. The consequences are grim, after all, at least in the golf sense.

But there is also hope, McCormick said.

There are elixirs, so to speak, in keeping with the theme.

100 GOLF’S BEST TEACHER AND Jordan Spieth’s longtime coach was speaking in a video recently posted on his Instagram page, and the focus was on improving results through understanding the “death moves” — there are three in total — and ways to avoid them. You can watch the video belowand below we will offer some thoughts.

3 swinging ‘death moves’ to avoid, according to Cameron McCormick

1. ‘Punch your arms behind your body because they’ve moved too far behind your body’

A death move, for sure. How does it happen?

“When that right arm moves all the way to the side of your body relative to how far your body rotates,” McCormick said in the video, “you’re stuck.”

So what is the fix?

In the video, McCormick, a right-hander, extended his right arm forward with his palm facing the target and placed his left wrist below his right elbow with his left palm facing behind him, then made an imaginary swing.

“Develop a sense, using your golf arm, that your arm is always in front of your shoulder in your golf swing,” he said in the video. “So stuck, bound.”

2. ‘Standing in wrist extension for a long time in downward motion’

Doing so, McCormick said, leaves the club open.

So what is the fix?

“You have to drive that logo away from you, all the way down to the ground,” McCormick said in the video, “ultimately closing the face, turning thrust slices into straight shots or draws.”

3. ‘Early right shoulder rotation, overactive, with left side turn’

This, McCormick said, causes a “steep angle of attack, the left path of the club and will probably end up causing some of that extension of the wrist joint.”

The fix here?

“We should feel the hump in the hip,” McCormick said in the video, “(and) our hamstrings and our back muscles stay on target as our shoulder drops down.

Good things. Let’s continue the McCormick “death move” conversation. Last year, GOLF.com published an article titled “There’s a Short Game ‘Death Move,'” Jordan Spieth’s Coach Says. Here’s how to fix it,” and you can read that story by clicking hereor scrolling down.

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Are you dropping pitches or chips? (It’s okay to say yes. This is a safe zone. In fact, the author does, shall we say, from time to time. Let’s move on.)

Are you beating dresses or chips? (Again, all good. The author is into it, too. It’s the worst, watching that ball shoot past the hole like an F1 car. Oh. OK, back to the story.)

Cameron McCormick has an opinion as to why.

He was speaking during this week a post on his Instagram accountwhere he’s shared a collection of golf lessons, when the top 100 GOLF teachers aren’t coaching Jordan Spieth and a host of other pros. That post was tagged “avoid this deadly move” — catchy — and he quickly identified it in the accompanying video.

“This is a deadly move that I want you to avoid at all costs,” McCormick said. “What I want you to avoid (is) bending your upper body to the side of your lower body track.

“That’s why you can hit the ground first or hit it alternately.”

For a right-hander, this is a proper trend. For a left-handed, lean left. Doing so reduces the chances of good contact.

The fix is ​​easy then. A kind.

“So how are we going to improve our contact?” McCormick asked in the video. “We’re going to turn our upper body to the upper side and keep it there throughout the stroke, whether we’re hitting low shots or high shots.”

For a righty, this is a left league, and for a lefty, it’s weak. Of course, you may not fully know where you’re turning your body, at least at first.

Here, through his post, McCormick suggested taking a stretching bar, placing it vertically across your back, and shooting a face-to-face video. as he did.

Give it a shot. We will wait.

Once you get back, we’ve recently written a few more short game stories if you’re in the market for such tips.

– Here is GOLF’s Nick Dimengovia GOLF Top 100 Teacher Brech Spradley, in a “sticky” drill.

– Here is Carol Preisinger’s Top 100 Golf Instructors on a secret to chip shooting on hazards.

– Here is Parker McLachlin, a Top 100 GOLF Teacher to Watchin a simple switch for executing chip shots when under pressure.

– Here is Dimengovia TOP 100 GOLF teacher Kevin Sprecher, on how to “shave up to 10 strokes” by mastering chips from hard lies.

– Here is Dimengothrough GOLF Top 100 Teacher Trillium Rose, to a “safer” option around the greens.

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