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Todd Graves

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• Square the face by position, not by steering it
• Release like skipping a rock, not flipping the hand
• Use a ground reference for swing pattern
• Lean the shaft forward and hit down to compress the ball
• Narrow your stance and choke down for a lower iron
• Set body position before gripping the club
• De-loft a lofted wedge to create spin
• Separate an overlapping grip from a baseball grip
• Use a grounded trail foot as a rotation limit
• Blend positions by eliminating them one at a time
• Keep the trail heel down to rotate the pelvis internally
• Practice the finish to train the release path
• Take the club back and down on the same plane
• Change your position to change the feeling
• Align the lead arm and club at address
• Keep the trail arm bent at impact
• Keep the foot down and knee flexed to protect the back
• Train your swing positions without a club or range
• Rehearse and hold the impact position
• Rehearse the trail arm by skipping a rock
• Sequence the single-point swing from setup to finish
• Match a model before sequencing positions
• Push off the inside of the leg instead of sliding
• Rehearse and hold your impact position
• Orient the lead thumb to leverage the face on plane
• Set the club back to simplify the inside path
• Plane the shaft before trying to shallow it
• Keep the club on the lead side of the body
• Speed comes from stabilization, fold, acceleration
• Reference a point above your lead hip through the swing
• Set up with your impact tilts at address
• Rotate the body, not the forearms, in the takeaway
• Set up looking like your impact position
• Match your release to your angle of approach
• Side-bend then push the trail leg to start the downswing
• Don't force the hands forward, let the body lead them
• Hit your backswing limit, don't aim for a position
• Oversized grips can open the clubface
• Don't tee the driver low into the wind
• Start the downswing with the pelvis
• Let the trail arm straighten after impact for speed
• Check positions on video, not ball flight
• Use video to check swing positions
• Check a single-plane impact from both views
• Aim at a small spot to take fear out of the shot
• Match club plane across backswing, impact, and release
• Don't open your feet with the driver
• Grip pressure: last three fingers into the heel pad
• Finish the release before standing up
• Rotate then brace the pelvis to accelerate the club
• The body brakes so the arm can release
• Stay stable against the trail leg to keep rotation
• Straighten your legs at address to cut variables
• Keep ball position fixed, change only stance width
• Fix the position behind the club motion
• Let the head follow the shoulder through release
• Focus on hand position, not grip pressure
• Transition into the lead knee before rotating
• Set your body before gripping the club
• Lean the shaft forward to compress an iron
• Judge ball striking by how good your mishits are
• Add more shaft lean as loft increases to compress
• Avoid lateral shift so the club goes around not over
• Change stance width to control iron shaft lean
• Grip the club in the fingers, not the palm, for speed
• Tilt instead of rotating the face open
• Keep iron ball position five inches inside lead foot
• Set up with shaft lean and hands forward
• Commit to one shot shape, ideally straight
• Judge your grip by the clubface, not the knuckles
• Rotate to a stable point, not as hard as you can
• Split decisions and execution into red and green zones
• Set up chips with hands forward and ball back
• Follow the kinematic sequence lower body to hands
• Learn positions before sequence before speed
• Keep a post-round journal of hits and misses
• Skip rocks with the hand while turning the body
• Build the swing in five ordered stages
• Circle the hole with six three-foot putts
• Work on each lesson before asking for more
• Narrow the stance to lower iron trajectory
• Let body turn set the takeaway path
• Control ball position with stance width, not the ball
• Straighten the trail arm like throwing a ball
• Sole the club on the heel behind the ball
• Sequence pelvis, torso, then hands
• Use body rotation to make the hands lead into impact
• Keep the trail foot down through impact
• Play the short iron just inside the lead foot
• Club down and run a buried bunker lie forward
• The braking system: stop the body so arms speed up
• Start on the same plane you'll impact on
• Use hand position to create a backswing stop
• Rehearse backswing and transition in positions
• Feel the takeaway path off the belly-button pivot
• Work the club inside in the backswing
• Set the club slightly behind the ball
• Release to full extension through the ball
• Limit a post-round session to a few priorities
• Use a stick between feet and ball to check path