He Became A Ball Striking Expert And Dropped His Scoring Average By 7 Shots! (Here's How)

In this special episode, Milo Lines Golf coach, Blake Cannon and I look back on our time together working on his golf swing and game!
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We reflect on the key changes we made that helped him dramatically improve his ball striking. Within just a couple months his scoring average, both in mini-tour events and during practice went down roughly 7 shots! He found more consistency and confidence in his new pattern, and gained some 20-30 yards with driver. We hope you enjoy this look into Blake's golfing journey and the time we spent working on his swing.
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[@MiloLinesGolf]

Hope you enjoyed watching Blake's transformation! 🔑🌪 *Milo's 5 KEYS to a Rotational Golf Swing: milolinesgolf.com/5-keys-to-unlocking-a-rotational-golf-swing/

[@guitar1950]

This reinforces things I’ve discovered in the last year. Start the backswing with body turn. Quiet hands and forearms.

[@MiloLinesGolf]

The whole system

[@GMike22]

The mention of “winding up” into the correct position and then just letting it go was the most important detail in this video for me. Well done.

[@MiloLinesGolf]

Many top players talk about the first few feet being very important to their swing. Sets the stage so they can just wind and unwind. Thanks for watching!

[@blakecannon9649]

It has always been a main focus for me for sure!

[@GMike22]

@@blakecannon9649 Blake for me I have always needed to know what I was doing wrong before being able to correct it. You did a fantastic job of that in this video.

[@jimthomas1759]

Some great nuggets in that lesson. Thanks for the condensation of your work with Blake. Really hit home the fact that everyone has fatal flaws which relapse unless constant attention and practice is paid.

[@MiloLinesGolf]

Thanks for watching and following along Jim!

[@lostsidewalk]

Great video, so much wisdom, I really liked how Blake talked about making self adjustments and having self-awareness when you're in the middle of the round and things aren't going well, you have to be able to fix it, and I have found that the more confident I am in fixing any issue the less issues I have...

[@MiloLinesGolf]

Bingo! Thanks for watching.

[@ReSourceEnergetics]

Milo, This is a fun video. I love to watch the process. Makes me think of two truths that almost nobody knows because everyone repeats the same nonsense whether it’s true or not. 1) when a change is right, it feels instantly better, maybe a bit new, but instantly and deeply better. If it doesn’t feel like that then something is off. Maybe it’s the wrong thing or maybe it is not what the player wants or is expecting. 2) you can make instant changes. It doesn’t take 10000 repetitions to make a pattern change. That is only true if you don’t remove the old pattern (which almost nobody does). When you don’t remove the old pattern first, you have to run the scarf over the mountain for 10000000 years to make the river. This video is a great example of #1. Understanding #2 would take you into the stratosphere! As Bruce Lee said, “take what is useful, discard what is useless, and make what is left uniquely yours! Thanks for the videos, Alan

[@JT-ue4hc]

Thanks for sharing your journey to success

[@MiloLinesGolf]

All Blake on this one!

[@blakecannon9649]

Always fun to take a look back!

[@steveperry1344]

good video and this is a lot of the stuff i work on and i learned it from milo lines videos and from others, thnx.

[@MiloLinesGolf]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@habs7646]

unreal content Milo! good job

[@MiloLinesGolf]

Thank you!

[@7777mantle]

Great video Blake is a great communicator which IMOP why he is such a great short game instructor. Hopefully there will be videos with the two of you in the future. Thanks for sharing.

[@MiloLinesGolf]

More to come! I think next week even =)

[@blakecannon9649]

I appreciate the compliment!

[@steveconnolly2073]

Outstanding and I must be in good company to have some of the same tendencies that Blake has.

[@MiloLinesGolf]

Most definitely!

[@tedrstedrs6690]

So be satisfied with what is working!! Got it

[@MiloLinesGolf]

Unless working isn't your end goal lol.

[@sachmai8708]

Faster arms is my tendency too. I've been trying to sync the torso with generally good results. However, the vertical motion is the real killer. Usually top the ball if I feel a rise of height in backswing. Hence, I prefer to maintain vertical height by keeping the spine angle intact. Backswing automatically feels shorter but ball goes a good distance. This was a good video for validation of our respective paths. Thanks to both of you.

[@MiloLinesGolf]

Thanks for watching!

[@RobGai72]

Thanks for a great video Milo! I’ve been working with Blake and he is an excellent coach.

[@MiloLinesGolf]

Great to hear Rob, thanks for watching!

[@blakecannon9649]

My man Rob!

[@barbarawieners6987]

Was it hard for him to adjust to his new structure at the top? Seems like transition and delivery would have to feel very different from such a laid off position to the new one, which has less lead wrist extension.

[@blakecannon9649]

Yes, changing structure at the top was difficult at first. I had to feel a lot of extremely exaggerated moves in the beginning. The transition and delivery got a lot better simply from changing the structure at the top.

[@paulwinsor2500]

Hi Milo, I like the idea of the pivot described in your videos. Being new to golf as a senior golfer 5 years ago, I’d say I’ve moved from ‘wow, that’s bad’ to ‘ wow this is fun’. During TPI training this winter, I realized I haven t been using the ground. In the last few weeks, I ve worked on the weightless feeling at the top and transitioning force to lead leg. It feels pretty good. My question is what is the feeling I should have next to not feel jerky. I seem to accelerate my body then it decelerates which feels weird.

[@MiloLinesGolf]

Hmm, I'd have to see your swing to provide you the best possible feedback, have you looked into joining my online academy at milolinesgolf.com?

[@bjohnson515]

Very good as always. Q: Keeping the lead hip from dropping too much in the takeaway, and gaining height in the trail side ...... do you then propose the hips push back and the first move of the lead shoulder is a brief down (iron shot)?

[@MiloLinesGolf]

Yes and yes

[@jamesbaxter6879]

​@@MiloLinesGolfif I tend to get too low with my trail side through transition and impact (leaning away) would it help to feel my left hip/side do the opposite of this player as in get my left side /hip get lower as I swing back?

[@MiloLinesGolf]

I'd have to see your swing to offer the best feedback

[@AaronShaHome]

awesome !!!his body move looks like left handed Dustin Johhson swing

[@MiloLinesGolf]

We've made that comparison before!

[@HolyGrailOfGolf]

Milo, you should be proud to have a student outdrive you. That's true and genuine instruction without ego.

[@MiloLinesGolf]

We were joking Im always excited when a student can out drive me though still rare.

[@maamold]

"Blue in the face" A lot of people don't get that, he's not kidding, even the best players have to do the motion 1000's of times to get it to stick. Many people think they only have to work on the drill a couple of times and that is it.

[@MiloLinesGolf]

Great observation

[@tinytoons2517]

Hey Coach Milo, Blake's swing on the before shot looks like my swing, thanks for this video . . looks like I need to go back to the drawing board and incorporate this simple but effective technique.🏌......... ⛳

[@MiloLinesGolf]

You must swing it great if you move like Blake!

[@swardmusic]

This is so specific to him. Not specific to us. Just FYI everyone!

[@MiloLinesGolf]

True, this is why I have an online academy where my team and I can work with the individual in front of us.

[@richinshvac]

Thank you, Blake. And Milo! It's like that video was done just for me😂.. I had a ton of questions answered, so Thank you

[@MiloLinesGolf]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@Longarmshortarm]

Wow, i had been doing the exact same thing, always guilty of over doing everything and had been creating too much tilt trying to copy what pros look like. Just had the best range session I’ve had in a year, and took my irons down from marketplace - this saved me from quitting. 😂

[@derekunderwood3356]

It worked wonders for me too!

[@MiloLinesGolf]

Let's go guys! Great work 👍

[@davidswanson5046]

Great video 👍

[@MiloLinesGolf]

Glad you enjoyed it David, thanks so much!

[@goldengate8287]

Great format for showing progress… please do this more often … thanks for sharing…

[@MiloLinesGolf]

We'll keep them coming, thanks for watching!

[@pohoresky]

Great video New insights into backswing windup keeping hips level as possible going back, minimizing forearm roll to establish and keep width, and feeling the body to initiate the backswing and not the hands and arms. Very helpful tips.

[@MiloLinesGolf]

Thanks so much for watching and glad you enjoyed it!

[@GolfNut10]

Yes, I see myself in that take away so it was a good tip for me to try also

[@derekunderwood3356]

Well if y'all made this video hoping it will help at least one person, then you sirs have succeeded. Me and this guy here have the same tendacies, except I didn't realize how much I was still dipping on my lead side when going back. Whoa!! I can't describe how much better it feels already from just hitting 10 balls in the rain on my net at home. Can't wait to try it out on the range. Thanks!

[@MiloLinesGolf]

Great to hear Derek, if we can help any further please do reach out or check my online academy at milolinesgolf.com! Thanks for watching.

[@thomblinn4731]

I 'see' Hogan lower his lead knee as well lower his body into the backswing...am I offbase? I am astonished at your acumen! Thank you so much for the efficacy! God love you.

[@flyflouridite2537]

Thank you.. described with clarity! Blake is a slightly heavier version of Akshay Bhatia 😆

[@MiloLinesGolf]

Like 50lbs

[@dennis1119]

Milo--Great realistic vid about making changes and the temptations that can make you fall back into bad habits w/o some bedrock fundamentals to go back to! Blake was a Mbr at Superstition, had a problem w/ tumbling the club--I think I know enough to find the source of the problem! LOL!

[@MiloLinesGolf]

Thanks for watching and I’ll let you connect the dots on that source.

[@nicholasdemetriades9154]

Reminds me of Phil Rodgers describing the takeaway. This is a very effective drill.

[@MiloLinesGolf]

Thanks for watching Nicholas!

[@cpking7]

Taken online lessons with both Milo for full swing and Blake for short game hitting into the net on my deck at home: pre-paid for 3 with Blake, but after making the set-up changes and doing the drills from the first lesson, I can't think of anything else to ask him since I'm shocking myself how close I keep getting to the hole. Maybe if I can figure out how to get a sand bunker on the deck - some improvement to be had there.

[@MiloLinesGolf]

Boom!

[@kevinp_25]

Awesome to see this kind of thing. And if anyone is wondering, Milo *bombs* it so if Blake is hitting it longer than him that's really saying something.

[@MiloLinesGolf]

Blake cruises around 190 balls speed and can reach 200 which would make him about as long as any tour player so yes he bombs it!

[@lenardtan7169]

Great tips

[@MiloLinesGolf]

Glad you think so!

[@HolyGrailOfGolf]

What he is talking about is that a lot of good players only know how to do what they do but not the actions they're are actually doing. Essentially, they just have a feeling that they know as a good swing. This is why a lot of people fail under pressure. Because all they have is a feeling, when they're under pressure or nervous they can't remember what that feeling is. That's the problem with the idea the student spoke of, "... I'll just let everything happen naturally," but when you're nervous "naturally" is pretty hard to do. For this reason it's important to have a simple, one thought, fundamental that you can perform under pressure. After all, that's what golf is all about, "can you perform under pressure?" Even if that pressure is just making par on the last hole to shoot your best score ever.

[@TheBirdieparbirdie]

Great vid, Milo! And love the site. It just keeps getting better. It's interesting to me that he didn't talk about his wrist movements on the downswing. From the top of F1 if he kept his wrists as they are, it'd be a tumble disaster. Obviously, he's supinating that right wrist from the top and keeping some right wrist extension. But this just shows that some players have issues with some things and other things just happen correctly. I'd love to see his before and after Hack Motion data.

[@MiloLinesGolf]

Dang Blake being a left makes everything tricky haha. Thanks for watching!

[@shotsavior1236]

Good stuff.

[@MiloLinesGolf]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@IwanarocAAA]

watching this makes me realize that I (in an attempt to implement a Milo lines type swing) somehow inadvertently started lowering during backswing as well, and deal with the same standing up & extension that Blake was doing. Time to sign up on your website.

[@MiloLinesGolf]

We'd love to help in any way we can! milolinesgolf.com

[@thomassmith878]

Leave well enough alone.great work looks solid! Milo your the bomb.

[@MiloLinesGolf]

Thanks for watching Tom! If I can ever be of further help to you in learning to Swing Like an Athlete, please do check out my website at milolinesgolf.com for in-person or online lessons, golf schools, or to become a member of my Online Academy.

[@macdaddyblues1]

Don't know if I have ever heard a ball struck more solidly... wow

[@MiloLinesGolf]

Welcome to the show!

[@dseveno8254]

Well, off to the range to do some "foundation 1" drills until they're out of golf balls.

[@MiloLinesGolf]

Haha

[@shawnbrown-g7q]

You went from 73 shots per round to 66 in tournaments? That would make you the best player in the world, how has nobody ever heard of you?

[@MiloLinesGolf]

Making the PGA Tour requires a little luck and good timing. Blake was one of the best players around for a solid year and a half winning state opens and contending every week on various tours when we ran into some bad luck and other life circumstances that sent him on a different path.

[@shotsavior1236]

And, the "tour" is not the be all end all in golf; there are many great players enjoying a golf living and lifestyle. @@MiloLinesGolf

[@shawnbrown-g7q]

Tiger Woods' 2000 season is widely recognized as the greatest year ever. He averaged 68.17 stokes per round and racked up 9 wins including the US Open by 15 shots. Could you post Blake's year and a half tournament results for reference? @@MiloLinesGolf

[@MiloLinesGolf]

@@shawnbrown-g7q the golf course setups on the PGA tour are a bit different than anything you’d see on the mini tours. Blake Monday qualified into multiple Korn Ferry events in that stretch with scores of 65 or better he won the New Mexico open and quite a few other mini tour events and finished Second in the Arizona Open as well as the Utah Open in that year.

[@MiloLinesGolf]

@@shawnbrown-g7q suncpga.bluegolf.com/bluegolf/suncpga19/event/suncpga1915/contest/1/leaderboard.htm

[@hammer3692]

Sorry, really like this channel, but unless it’s just me, the before AND after look exactly the same. What we think we are doing in the swing doesn’t mean we actually are doing those movements that way.

[@MiloLinesGolf]

The before and after are drastically different from a dynamic standpoint. Look again

[@Allpars337]

Amazing comment, his before is leaking power so severely im surprised at the comment . While the right hip goes up the left does not drop like was doing!

[@Allpars337]

Very instructive video

[@MiloLinesGolf]

Blake is the man!

[@-Truth-Is-Singular]

There are a lot of golf “instructors/coaches” who will ruin your swing. Not Milo, he is the real deal, as well as others at Superstition Mountain. Thanks for sharing your knowledge on KZbin.

[@MiloLinesGolf]

You are too kind! Thanks for watching.

[@PorcupineKline]

This exact comment is at the top of every single golf video as well

[@Blue_Dun]

​@@PorcupineKline🤣 yep, or some other similar kiss-a$$ comment 🤮