The Spin Axis Podcast

[saevel25]

100% agree, feedback is everything with learning. With out feedback, your brain doesn't know what parts to replace with the correct information. Some people may be able to distinguish between a new pattern and old very fast. Some it might take some time, but once you start to have that feeling of, "Oh that was more like the old pattern." Now you are on the right path. Especially if you can feel it at speed. 

[iacas]

2 hours ago, GolfLug said:

I enjoyed the latest episodes with Mike Granato. His unaffected style wants to make me listen to him more.

The ones from months ago? 🤣 Catch up, man!

[GolfLug]

3 minutes ago, iacas said:

The ones from months ago? 🤣 Catch up, man!

Honestly, I just go to the podcast 'channel' on Spotify and it plays whatever is in line. I'm usually driving so cant tell what's fresh and what's old. Incidentally, the previous one I listened to was the Ep. 30 (also, what Spotify served up..) which I believe is fairly fresh. Pretty good episode as well. 

Anyway, my post stands on it's merit. Keep up the great content! 

[Ty_Webb]

Just listened to the latest episode about force plates. I've been interested in these for a while, but holy smokes are they expensive. Smart 2 Move's website notes at the top that it is now affordable for the average golfer and then the bottom rung most basic version starts at $7,300 all the way up to the 3D RS version at about $35,000. I have a different idea of what affordable means. Does anyone know of an actually affordable option?

One other note - I agree with Erik 100% - the pizza box joke was indeed terrible. 🤣

[saevel25]

31 minutes ago, Ty_Webb said:

Does anyone know of an actually affordable option?

Go get a lesson 😉

Probably not something you need to buy. Like owning your own personal GEARS system. 

Honestly, I think if you are told what to look for you can self-assess with video. 

 

[Ty_Webb]

16 minutes ago, saevel25 said:

Go get a lesson 😉

Probably not something you need to buy. Like owning your own personal GEARS system. 

Honestly, I think if you are told what to look for you can self-assess with video. 

 

 

Ha - I get to use some quite fancy ones when I go for a lesson. I'm thinking more about something I can use to check how I'm doing outside of the lesson. The thing I was working on last time I got on the plates I think would be extremely difficult to see on video (the line between the CoPs of my feet was too flat and I needed to get more left toe and right heel on the way back rather than center of both.

[Clemsonfan]

I really enjoyed this week’s show on force plates. Last year, my instructor never let me have all my weight on the back foot- perhaps 70% max. He encouraged me to shift forward and use vertical forces since I am a front post, upper-core golfer. This improved my irons pretty quickly. Do others see more benefit with a greater weight shift back?

[Ty_Webb]

If anyone is interested, there do appear to be some options here. There are salted insoles, which run about $200. Seems like they're pretty basic and their website links to Amazon, which says they're out of stock and don't know when they'll get more. Then there are Bal.on insoles for about $600. More sensors and a much better app with guidance like hackmotion comparing your trace with pro traces. Then there is sensor edge sports who have a two mat system for $3,500. After that seems like you're into Smart2Move or SwingCatalyst and spending muchos denarii.

[iacas]

Yeah, those insoles aren't too bad. I've heard decent things.

[saevel25]

Just listened to the latest episode, interviewing David Orr. 

One thing I am not sure I agree with is the difference between blades and mallets. How blade putters are more precise. I think any putter can be precise. Especially one that is fitted for you. I don't think it's the same distinction between game improvement irons versus blades.  Maybe the distinction is there for feeling center hits, as a feedback loop for finding the sweet spot.  

I like the idea of always going through your routine. I like the idea of being more conscious of how the putt rolls out, and not caring about making the putt when practicing. Creating this feedback loop to develop feel and aim. 

 

[Clemsonfan]

Great podcast with David Orr today! Might have been my favorite, so far!

[Clemsonfan]

Really enjoyed today’s putting podcast. As someone who uses the face to aim it was fun to hear about this.

[Ty_Webb]

I listened to the Shaun Webb one about the swing coach app. Sounds like a great thing and will (hopefully) be very useful for me. I do think the hosts are underestimating where AI could be in a few years. Right now it's just regurgitating stuff that it has been told or it has scrubbed from somewhere else and a human guiding things will be quite a lot more helpful than just the AI, but it's going to keep developing and it will reach the stage where it's figuring this stuff out on its own. Time will come when it will have you do a TPI style screen and take various height/arm length/leg length etc. measurements, have you tell it some history and your time constraints and goals and what not and it will watch a video of your swing face on and DTL and it will know exactly what you need to work on.