Steve Stricker Golf Swing Analysis: Consistency vs. Distance

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1. Extremely helpful video. I’m a member at RotarySwing and I’ve always liked
   Clay’s instruction. Stricker is a local boy to me and one of my favorite
   players. That said, I’m still going to continue working hard on creating
   as much lag as I can with these drills. It’s helping so far! -Andrew?

2. Agree that most hacker golfers like me would do better simply copying
   Stricker’s swing with its minimal wrist set. I’d kill to hit a 280 drive
   and in the fairway.?

3. Absolutely. He has a lot of good motions in his swing, he also has much
   more lag and release and better sequencing than the average player.
   Overall, he has a nice swing. Just a couple of areas where he could do even
   better. ~Clay Ballard

4. He’s still extremely long in comparison to your average player though.

5. This so called “downcock” is an optical illusion created by the camera
   angle. What’s actually happening in Garcia’s swing is that the club is
   falling backwards at the top of the backswing away from the camera, in
   order to create a flatter downswing path. It just makes it look like the
   angle is increasing. Most people are limited to about a 90 degree angle,
   since anything much more than that is just anatomically not possible – try
   it!.

6. I like your analysis, but man, Stricker led the PGA tour in 2013 in Scoring
   Average, Par 4 Scoring Average, and Birdies on par 5’s. There isn’t one
   thing I would change about Stricker’s swing. I wouldn’t even suggest it.
   Now Sergio? Yuck.

7. Steve Stricker’s golf swing has been lauded for its simplicity and
   consistency. He is playing very good golf with his current swing. Why would
   anyone suggest that he needs to make changes in order to gain driving
   distance? Sticker obviously values accuracy over raw distance. Amateurs
   would do better to copy his swing than most any other pro.

8. The move seems more severe in a swing that is on a flat plane. Sergios
   swign gives the appearance that he is cockign his wrists more than he
   really is. The camera would need to be at around a 45 degree angle shooting
   downward to get the most realistic view. There is still downcock happening
   in the swing. Most people can get 20-30 degrees of radial deviation and the
   rest will come from the angle of the grip in the hand. Hope this helps.
   ~Clay Ballard

9. He does have a solid swing. I like a lot of his movements. I was just
   commenting on a simple way he could improve his distance with only a little
   effort. If anything, this would make his consistency even better, since he
   could put out even less effort to get the same distance or better. Good
   luck with your game! ~Clay Ballard

10. I agree he is a great player. He is always around the top in strokes gained
    putting. He makes a ton of putts from 5-15 ft, and almost everything from 5
    ft and in. This is on of the reasons his scoring averages are so low
    (.727). I am not saying that he has to change this, only talking about the
    cause and effect it has with speed. The only person that could make the
    decision of whether the change is right for him is Stricker himself. Good
    luck with your game Brad. ~Clay Ballard

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