Jack Schultz - Left Hand Backhand

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Video coming soon, but I messed around with right hand backhand golf clubs and turns out my lower body knows exactly what to do already compared to my much more scrunched left hand backhand swing lower body that I, and everyone, has been taught incorrectly.

@TheRealThabo Help me clarify my thoughts as well, having it help others too is another great reason on top of that.

@JackGOTM This is awesome. Thanks for all the work you put into getting this together! Refining from thinking of a backhand to putting it in terms of where the lead elbow is positioned has made a huge difference for me.

Took a while to make, but longer vid about lead arm orientation of the elbow and wrist hinges, what golf and baseball teach compared to disc golf. If you couldn't guess, disc golf gets it right, and some of the guys already do it without knowing. youtube.com/watch?v=2byjcD…

@FoolishBB Same as in disc golf backhand (and what we should be using for ball golf). Back leg is used for counterbalance to not force the body to slow down or move to stay in balance with weight on front leg brace. More in balance means more power to the disc / bat / club.

Left = 263 foot flyout, Right = 380 foot HR similar pitches, both on full count Cincy camera angle might be exaggerating it a little, but 2nd Half stance is definitely more closed off. Hands look further back as well.

Jeff McNeil 2024 average bat speed & swing length 1st Half = 68.3 MPH / 7.0 feet 2nd Half = 69.5 MPH / 7.5 feet 1st Half = .591 OPS, 5 HR in 323 PA 2nd Half = .923 OPS , 7 HR in 149 PA He swung bigger and faster and got better results.

Another Finau video, this one about setup, and how he does a good (though probably not on purpose) job of matching backhand disc form before their reachback. youtube.com/watch?v=UkNhdi…

Point #3 is that for him to make contact with elbow raised, but without back leg counterbalance, he needs to early rotate and collapse the arm into the chest. With counterbalance (and shorter club), he wouldn't need to early rotate and compress.

Point #2 is him saying to get that elbow orientation, you should go with stronger grip. I disagree with this where we should decouple elbow and wrist hinges and get them on the same plane. Need this for disc throwing, and players like Trout do this. Huge benefit to decouple.

Dropped another video last night, reviewing another video where there's talk about what the left elbow should be doing in our swings. Some parts right, some wrong, but at least someone is more proponent of front arm control, and maybe some dominance. youtube.com/watch?v=-xzpFI…

Big takeaway is that the downward arrow and front turning back, as shown by the yellow and red arrows from Finau, are the same movements taught in lower body for disc golf backhand. Plant the front foot, and turn the front hip back.

It appears Finau has a ton of moves that match the disc golf backhand. Here's part 1 of my review of his swing based on comments from his PGA Tour Swing Theory vid. Deals with his lower body and how that matches disc golf backhand, and some pitching too. youtube.com/watch?v=DOPezl…

Ok one more from Finau. ~50 second mark of linked video and you'll see this swing of his back foot slipping back for counterbalance. His impact position sure looks like Barela's hyzer throw. youtube.com/watch?v=LUPpA-…

I'll wrap this up by saying most pro golfers have correct lower arm position for hand and wrist to control club face. Most pro baseball swings have correct upper arm for power. All disc golfers have upper arm for power and lower arm for control. That's the front arm move to learn

JT, Homa, Adam Scott, Nelly Korda all have the wrong arm positions. This position requires great tempo and timing, and looks pretty, so it's taught. Decouple upper and lower arms and align like in disc golf and like best ball strikers (Tiger, Scheffler) you'll be better.

Was looking up top SG tee to greens and didn't expect to see Finau's name. Turns out he has great front arm positioning, with elbow still pointing on target plane, and forearm rotated to sync the wrist position. His 6'4" frame helps. Rest of us should chop our clubs.