Chasing Speed with Two-Time Long Drive Champ Jamie Sadlowski

[@williambarnes6135]

I'm a Track & Field throws coach and your vids are some of the most insightful teaching for rotational athletes I've come across

[@MyTPI]

Love to hear that! We definitely learn a lot from the T&F world. You might like this video featuring some long drive work with did with an elite javelin thrower www.mytpi.com/articles/swing/key-to-long-drive-power

[@kingtrippy5006]

one of the best TPI videos to date.. please never stop these

[@allieandbo]

I just learned more in this 12 minute video about using the ground to generate speed than I have in my 30yrs of playing golf. And I've been to some of the top coaches in my state. Thank you!

[@SilverBro96]

The getting weird stuff definitely was insightful

[@MyTPI]

Thanks so much for the feedback! Look forward to sharing more!

[@seeingbeyond666]

@@MyTPI So Jamie is loading his Left Foot to create the torque then pushes up at impact?

[@JustusSeiber]

Please never stop making these videos. I live for these deep dive rabbit hole kind of things

[@MyTPI]

Thanks! We plan to!

[@1ZZ1_1ZZ1]

I learned more in 17 minutes watching this than I did in 20 years of golf. These videos are awesome!

[@Reality-wb8of]

People are possessed with stagnant golf 🤦🏽‍♂️🤦🏽‍♂️ 🤷🏽‍♂️🤷🏽‍♂️, I’m 47 years old only been playing for about 6 years after I quit playing hockey and I’ve taken it more seriously in the past 7 months, I’ve been watching Martin Borg and now I hit my 7 iron around 190y. I wish there was a golf system 👍🏽like your guys in Canada fortunately I can’t go to the state’s other wise I would go to yours. Jamie played my course in Kelowna, BC on the McKenzie Tour, Gallaghers Canyon

[@brendanmoylan]

Can't wait to see Jamie Sadlowski back on the Longdrive tour

[@dgreen8388]

Man I'd love to see a Jamie Sadlowski comeback! He's the guy that really got me watching long drive. His size to speed ratio is unreal and only really paralleled by Berkshire with Kyle being a definitely bulkier frame.

[@joyfuljaguar5350]

this has got to be an all time tpi episode. thanks fellas

[@Clyde__Frog]

I'm an ex skateboarder who now plays golf, just wondering if you have ever studied the mechanics behind skateboarding tricks or if you have ever had a skateborder in to work on their swing? I think there is a lot in common between the two, in terms of creating force from the ground, rotation and the fact that both golf and skateboarding are single sports that are all about repetition and consistancy. I used to be pretty good at skating, but struggle to apply the kind of ground forces I used to generate power and height in skating, to golf. I think I have so much more in the tank! Love the videos, thanks for the upload.

[@mikerichardson5022]

The amazing thing about guys like him and top players generally is they just did the right things, which aren’t obvious and in fact are usually counter intuitive, automatically without knowing what they were doing.

[@louisolivierfortin]

Sadlowski back in long drive Lets Go!!!!

[@trafyknits9222]

Jamie almost drove the green at a 429-yd hole at the TPC Las Colinas Sports Club (Irving, TX). That was about 15 years ago. That's amazing with technology from that time. He's a human rubber band. What flexibility.

[@MiracleSwingExperience]

Guys, this video was fantastic! First, I’m a big fan of Jamie’s. Second, the info was great. Third, the story was well done with good production value. Outstanding!

[@ryanbootle89]

I see you Christo!!!!!!!

[@MyTPI]

Thanks! We're very lucky to have the opportunity to work with (and learn from) athletes like Jamie!

[@LIFEISAHUSTLE1]

How thoughtful to have recorded his swing data at his peak before switching gears. In 2019 I was hitting the ball so well and wanted to get some track man data. Was too busy with my Day job to get it and always regretted it.

[@craig4811]

Welcome back Jamie!

[@industrialpalletworx3548]

Outstanding!!! 25 years ago all we did was video the swing when you were hitting it good. Then use that as a reminder. How technology has changed the game. Incredible.

[@sduke39]

What a great video with Jaime!

[@visarma9673]

I remember when Jamie was a young kid. Jason and he are from the same town [or close] in Canada. Was a fun time to LongDrive. Kaindl

[@johncreet1254]

Fascinating and really useful video.

[@okuhtttf]

Me as a person who have always swung with my upper body and focused on upper body mobility and strength made the most mind blowing connection with this lesson at 11:40 and 13:10 now I understand exactly the forces my legs and hips should make to create more torque!!! this was absolutely mind blowing and I immediately took a few swings and felt the true difference. Now I need to train more legs and hips and know what forces I need out of them THANK YOU!

[@VegasMoe]

I am so excited to see his progress. With his improved golf skills along with more power and speed, he potentially can crush it.

[@robruffaloruffalo3793]

Great video. First of all thank you for your service and sharing your story. To Dave and Greg great insight on teaching around limitations. The only way to learn this information is to take a TPI certification course .

[@cjschmitt4882]

Good luck, Kyle is a BEAST!!!!

[@br5448]

amazingly informative description of the forces at play in a swing, applicable to everything. Thank you so much. Now I have to figure out how to apply it myself, as someone without a crew of people helping.

[@craig1553]

A great insight into swing mechanics and correct sequencing for optimal performance

[@SeanSec]

Jamie got me watching long drive back in 2008. This is the come back of the century if he competes again.

[@harrisonbergeron5393]

It takes balls to tell Sadlowski 'then you're not doing it right' I respect it

[@joestratton5803]

Awesome video very informative. Look forward to seeing Jamie back in long drive

[@wetfish338]

2010 was a long time ago. He's going up against father time and father time has never lost to anyone. Good luck in his pursuit back into the long drive world.

[@ChipEichelberger]

many of the new competitors are huge beasts now

[@LTR1420]

@@ChipEichelberger they were huge beasts back when he was winning too lol.

[@justnews9738]

Good luck and good choice for the comeback. Can’t wait to see you play.

[@perryplaysgolf]

Some of my favorite stuff on KZbin comes from you guys. Great stuff

[@Lalambz]

thank goodness for track sprinting and basketball jumping drills! that is so fundamentally close! amazing!

[@tomtrader1966]

welcome back Jamie i also see Lucas Wald there too 👌👌

[@Grizzumz]

To think he was swinging 140 club head without fully utilizing his legs is insane.

[@ConnorLyon]

You guys should do this with more players. I'd be a good candidate for a video like this. Clubhead speed is a good 6mph slower than it should be for my size/strength/athleticism.

[@MrBcast99]

This was such an insightful video. Thanks!

[@ArtStanton-xu4yt]

I can't wait to see you back in WLD. Good luck brother and I can see you hitting the 500 yard club.👍👍👍

[@martyflannigan5052]

his swing changed because he was trying to hit more controlled shots that you need in normal golf, not in long drive plain in simple. it's very cool. more Grampa Jamie video's please lol

[@voltrk4707]

Humans+Physics, a delight to learn.. great content.. bring more please

[@DarciWhither]

This earned a like & sub! I'm very new to LD but extremely interested. I'm also from AB, Canada like Jamie. In my first season of trying to hit it long my PR is 352 without any training or much practice with a 45" extra stiff 7.5 degree Cobra Aerojet. I'm really considering investing in a real LD driver to push myself to my max potential. I'm about to binge watch your videos because this opened my eyes up to so many things I haven't even contemplated. I've just been going off natural speed & power from playing multiple sports my whole life. This has really motivated me to get to work. I know I can hit 400+ soon. Thank you so much!

[@DarciWhither]

My PR was with old dead range balls too btw. I have a Mevo+ that I use at the range. I'm going to set up a sim next month and train. Wish me luck!

[@MyTPI]

Love that! It's a fun process. Good luck!

[@slatinskigolf2277]

I, really, enjoyed watching this video! 💪💪💪. You did great, Guys!

[@ignorance123]

Great tips -- I've been looking for ways to finally stop just using my upper body in my swing.

[@frequentuser360]

There's something sooooo satisfying about the crack of a golf ball from an enclosed/semi enclosed hitting bay from someone with amazing speed.

[@muhammadhaq7773]

wow...very insightful...even average players like me can benefit from this take away

[@jrodd0077]

There is so much good stuff here i need to watch it 5x…Ty👊👍

[@bobbygoodman2875]

Jamie is driving the ball that far, on his back foot which is planted! What will he do when he moves to his left? I always loved his swing; it was on of the best in LD (there are some odd ones). Great video!

[@samboroller]

Awesome. Is there a hint of Toby from The Office with the earnest and softly spoken Greg?

[@profnanaki5778]

Best vid like this I’ve seen, super interesting, thx

[@MyTPI]

thank you!

[@RockyMountainSoul]

This is fantastic. Got my biomech brain rebooted. Thanks

[@decodelbanjo]

It was like watching an episode of CSI. Great job guys, loved it. Maybe you can change your name to CSImyTPI😂

[@Alfa_Addict]

When he mentioned 'Symphony' in describing the golf swing forces, I thought of Roy 'TinCup' Mcavoy!

[@erikts70]

This was incredible. Ty!

[@mister.wizard]

Would you consider doing a series with a senior, only playing golf for 3 years, never been real athletic and see what your methods can do? I would love to be the Guinea pig! 😊

[@NickPage]

would love to see Jamie out teeing in up on the WLD circuit again!

[@elr5046]

Your videos are top notch, great information, helps a lot teaching, thank you very much Dr.Rose! One question: do you actually also want the player to quickly stop (slamming on the brakes) the front foot after jumping and rotating created that much energy in order " to stop the handle" and get the "cracking whip " effect? I am just wondering if there is no hard stop to the rotation doesn't then the handle "go empty" and cannot get to "crack". An example would be great Fred Couples: he created a lot of rotation ( "stomping" left foot down at transition and fast hip turn) but then it looks like he completely blocks left leg and consequently arms and club head accelerate (crack) through ball contact ???

[@JLNHB]

This is amazing! Thank you

[@richspivey1553]

I love this swing, hope he makes it back to the top

[@MyTPI]

He has an incredible move. Such a great talent

[@Someone_RandomV8]

Jamie Sadlowski making a long drive comeback? That would be so cool and very interesting to see him square off against Kyle Berkshire.

[@foreleftproductions756]

This is Awesome!

[@veroman007]

Wish I had never seen this. Such interesting data that I will never simulate.

[@brianm.9069]

I learn so much from these videos. Thanks. Where does increasing the moment arm fall in the power production tool box? I'm curious as you didn't mention it as one of the options.

[@ReSourceEnergetics]

About time you put some rns (rnt) in there!!!!14:08!!

[@Alfa_Addict]

I see Lucas Wald hanging out there in the background too.

[@techluvin7691]

You need to come back to Glenboro and play a round. Conditions are much different than in the past.

[@vernonhurley1300]

If you've never seen a Mike Austin video please watch. He was talking about these things 50 years ago. He didn't have the computer technology but he used a skeleton suit and high speed cameras. If you enjoyed this watch Mike 😊

[@wally6193]

Let's not forget about Mike Dunaway, he's the one who started the 350 club, which of course turned into the long drive craz if I'm not mistaken. I always replay those videos to remind how to swing.

[@howardphillips8513]

There was a move some years ago to teach the golf swing like a discus throw, but I think the golf swing also includes the spinning motion of a hammer throw in the middle of it, which is what I think you are teaching here. Is that right? Of course, Jamie is also partly left-handed from ice hockey, which may make transition to the left hard for him if he wants to move left to right.

[@n3g802]

13:55 something just clicked in my brian seeing that some amazing knowledge bombs in this video

[@Erik-z1l]

Where is this Facility? I would love a chance to get my swing analyed like this

[@muntasirgourab1484]

Wow learnt something new

[@gns4838]

Shoulder hip separation is the most important key. Guys who throw hard and hit far all share that separation

[@varitasaequitas1490]

It would of been cool to see Mike Austin have this technology available when he was teaching.

[@maxcaysey2844]

I would love to know how/ what Tiger numbers would have been in 2000!

[@MrBigspendn]

He's still a freak of nature and a stud.

[@stevekulbacki5238]

I know a guy that just started playing golf. He has a 238 club head speed and 195 ball speed. He can hit it 355 yards with regular equipment. he is 6'4" do you think with training and equipment that he could get to long drive competitive status?

[@jholid6y]

The more weekend golfers try this, I’ll find more balls in the bushes. Thanks guys.

[@jamiebraden3248]

Are you advocating that in the BS we are unweighting with both legs (squatting) as the upper torso extends and arms raise?

[@prorobo]

Was hoping for success for him as a tour pro.

[@norrispg4212]

These are the same guys who, when they started out, claimed that one needed to achieve maximum disassociation between the upper body and the lower body in the backswing for attaining maximum speed in the forward swing. Many blown out backs later, they have learned that doesn't work and, like pros knew 80 years ago, moving the knees and hips in the backswing makes achieving maximum disassociation in the forward swing easier, so take what they say with caution. Fast forward to this video, moving toward the target (shifting laterally) is not for power, but positioning, and thus accuracy. The power comes in the rotation. There are people who derive power from the lateral, but they are usually deficient in the rotation. I'm sure they'll be changing their belief system in another 5 years.

[@javiersalas7670]

How much for a lesson/test?

[@francisfunk9381]

Wow, Toby really gained a lot of confidence after leaving Dunder Mifflin.

[@LIBlurr]

As a 70 year old avid lifetime golfer, now I have an appreciation of why my left hip is worn out!😳

[@joewongnz]

Is this the jumping thing that Molinari was practiing years back

[@metallikid662]

Guys. Its hard to "remind of an old motor pattern" because thats not how it works. Movements are expressions on the fly and so to do the "old motor patter" requires soft tissues that have the same space / capacity as they used to. His "old pattern" was a result of having tissues that could handle the forces of long drive, but as he moved away from that his cells have restructured and he has lost some of that capacity. He wont find his "old pattern" until he gets his cellular biology closer to where it was in 2010.

[@freddym6643]

These changes should be better for his game in general, not just for long drive right?

[@MyTPI]

Yes and no. Some long drive techniques can be detrimental to consistency you'd need for tournament play, but some of the changes we'd discussed (e.g. a more aggressive lateral shift) would benefit him in both

[@TheNYgolfer]

Mike Austin holds the Guinness World Record for the longest drive in a professional golf tournament ( not a long drive competition) at 515 yards, which he hit on the 14th hole at the 1974 U.S. National Seniors Open in Las Vegas' Winterwood Golf course. He was 64 years old. Used an old school 46 inch steel shafted persimmon wood driver and a Balata covered ball . His only help came from a 27mph tail wind. No downhill assistance or cart path bounces. It was witnessed by people in attendance as well as the group putting on the green who watched as the ball rolled passed them and went some 65 yards past the hole. The tee to hole distance was 450 yards. Now, his swing looked nothing close to what today's long drive champions do and yet even with today's technology, very few come even close to 515 yards during long drive competitions. What did Mike know that today's science and technology can't seem to wrap it's coconut around ? He did have a PhD in Kinesiology....hmmm

[@TheGconrad]

Would a Joe Blow (moi) with an 14 handicap that hits a driver 220 yards get any benefit from a training like this (presupposing that they work with average players)?

[@xNecrosiss]

of course, because you need right technique to do it. obviously if Joe Blow manages to keep coming over the top, well.... that would produce a slice of 100 yards

[@hughjaynus4374]

jeez I wish I would have had access to this when I was younger

[@bomboriginal]

Why does this feel like a golf version of Pimp my Ride. Quality content though!

[@Eric-zk2hu]

It seems that your 3D swing monitor setup is outdated with so many cords hanging from all the parts of the body, isn't there wifi tech or something where you don't have all these cords attached to the sensors. Especially since you are working with elite golfers swinging so fast. As I watch the videos I just keep thinking those cords must affect the golfer, it must inhibit them a bit from really swinging at top speed.

[@hutzman7664]

Berkshire will kick his butt all day.

[@jackmundo4043]

What’s the name of this teacher

[@joelb099]

Shows that Jaime swing has changed up over the last few years because he wasn’t swinging for distance he was swinging for accuracy…now it will take him a short time to go back to a distance swing..perhaps 3 months at most..

[@MyTPI]

Yep! Just interesting to see how the mechanics had changed, especially thorax lift

[@OldProGolf]

So the legs jumping up drive the arms down? Newton's 4th law of motion? I must have been off that day.

[@pgowan357]

My back hurts watching this.

[@barebarekun161]

I hope he gets back to competing Long Drive a bit soon, I'm sure when he saw the likes of Kyle Berkshire a few years ago must have surely reignited his long drive flames again Zuback tried to get back to competing as well, I think it's now all science and optimized numbers for older guys like him now and less about pure speed and violence. WLD could use former champ like him who's normal sized human to boost the interest back into the sport.

[@wally6193]

Yes two former LD champs who both came from Alberta. I had on a few occasions to hit balls next to Zuback as we used to go to the same out of the way driving range. Nice guy and had a few good laughs with him.

[@asceee7381]

This awesome

[@garrettkelly5568]

Is it possible for ordinary people to access this type of analysis

[@br5448]

there are force plate studios out there

[@johnklaus9111]

Honestly, if I were trying to improve Jaime's game, I would start by taking the driver out of his hands and seeing how he hits his wedges, short irons and pitches. My guess is he hits more short to medium pitches and chips and full shots and rarely hits a 6-7-8 iron. You see, the biggest problem I see with someone like Jaime is when he needs to hit a fairway, he just can't do it. Doesn't matter what club he chooses. in fact, I'm guessing he's worse at hitting fairways with a 4 iron than he is with a driver. He also likely hits his pitching wedge on 90% of his approach shots and doesn't realize he's doing it. 😊

[@MrRockrobstr]

Only a matter of time before somebody makes force plate shoe inserts that link to an app on your phone, and makes a killing.

[@George-wj8tm]

When I moved a chair, at the time I lifted the chair off the floor, can I yell: "look everybody, my chair just jump off the floor"? 😊😊😊