How to Take Ownership of YOUR Swing

I am sharing below a copy of a most excellent comment from @quickretirement123 - partly because the "feel" he came across eliminated steepness and grooved his downswing path, and perhaps it may help you as he states in his reason for sharing it - but even more so in the valuable insight he provides with regard to how we each individually must go about taking ownership of our unique swing. As I regularly tell folks, I can provide the road map, but then it’s up to each golfer to take the wheel and drive to their final destination: The Land of Crispy KFC Ball Striking Bliss. That’s what it means to embrace the process – navigating around the bumps, detours, and roadblocks, interpreting the directions in a way that resonates well with your individual uniqueness, backtracking when necessary, ingraining your personalized “feels” to produce a consistent, repeatable motion and a powerful, predictable ball flight, and ultimately garnering much body-friendly enjoyment of this great game for years to come!

Here is his comment (emphases added):

"This is why everyday that passes I do not regret getting on board with this system. Tom makes it more of an individual teaching program and not a 'One size fits all'. This past weekend, I have had a 'aha' moment because I finally figured out (I know, it took me long enough, I'm sure that most people already figured that out) that not every technique/tip applied to me and I think that is why I have been lost for a long time because I have been working on a million things. I finally realized that I had to develop/apply my own 'FEELS' on whatever part of the swing I was learning. For example, I have always had an issue with the downswing, specifically get into the "SLOT".

As recent as last week, I posted a question on this very forum asking for help on this very topic. Then I watched the 'Best Contact Drill' and Hip Lateral training on the site, and it came to me, you CANNOT have a proper/functioning downswing without this key component (Hip moving Lateral prior to Rotate through). While I was working on these moves, I developed my own feels/trigger to make it work for 'ME'. In this case, what worked for me was the rolling inward of the right foot. What this move does, it stopped me from rotating too early into the downswing. Now, I generate so much speed and I feel that consistency will no longer allude me.

One more thing, because I used a mirror and also had a camera for instant feedback, I am able to spend quality time working on the move; and I do not have to wait until weather gets better to go to the range since I can do that indoor. My downswing is now on Autopilot and I cannot wait for the new season.

I share this because this may help someone out there!"

@quickretirement123 - Believe me - your insights will help more than "someone"... 😎