Skip the gym, swing faster + the 10-point shot score


I kept seeing these red spinning discs at top coaches' academies.

What are they? Why are they everywhere now?

When Eddie Fernandes showed me how he warms up with the Rotex in just a few minutes, I had to dig deeper.

So I called the guy who created them.

And feel like we have the full story now! πŸ˜‚

In this issue:

  • The 5-minute warm-up that replaces the gym
  • Why these red spinning discs are showing up everywhere
  • Bryson's big bet on AI coaching
  • The pre-shot routine you're probably skipping
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The 5 minute warm up that lets you skip the gym (and still swing at max speed)

Eddie's pitch was simple. You can get 20 minutes of gym work done in 5 minutes with the Rotex.

He took me through five exercises. I was sweating. My body was shaking. It felt like I'd just done a full workout.

​[Watch it here]​

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I bought a set right after. πŸ˜‚

We filmed with Eddie back in January.

And as we edited the videos, I kept having questions.

  • How does this actually work?
  • Why does it feel so hard?
  • What's happening in the body?

​So I called the creator, Dr. Joe LaCaze, and started digging.

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PODCAST LINKS:

If you want to check out the Rotex system here's the site.

And Dr Joe offered us a discount code if you're curious and want to try it out.

​golfwell10 works on the bundle set!
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πŸ™Œ Well Played:
This Week’s Top Finds:
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🟠 McLaren launched a golf line. Yes, that McLaren. I don't totally get it but the irons actually look interesting. Here's a bit from Jake on what the new irons look and feel like.

And then a great longform Youtube video with Justin Rose and Dylan Dethier talking about the story.

πŸ‘¨β€πŸ”¬ James Nicolas is a beast. The level of fine tuning and awareness is incredible here. #PracticeGoals. Maybe less practice and more calibration would be the better term for it.

πŸ‹ You know I've never been a gym guy. I'm getting started learning and Beyond Power sent over this thing called a Voltra. It is so very cool. Here's my vid explaining a few things.​

πŸ‘€ Bryson has some big goals/vision for Sportsbox after his acquisition.
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β€‹β€œYou literally set it up on a face-on camera system, start hitting balls and you can talk through the whole range session. So by the US Open, we’ll have an ability to have a conversation with SAMI with full analysis while hitting balls. And that’ll be huge.”

The book giveaway is wrapped!

We had an epic giveaway celebrating the launch of The Scoring Edge! Thank you all for participating and supporting.

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- Dave S.
- Aaron W.

​TPT Golf Shaft​
- Timothy N.

​Skytrak Max​
- Nathan T.

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So grateful for you all! The coaches who contributed! And then the companies that helped out with the giveaways.
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Remember 3-3-4 for your next round!

Hey quick reminder on something.

You remember the Will Robins video we did? The 3-3-4 pre-shot routine?

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If you're not using it, start.

After every shot, score yourself:

Visualization (out of 3). Did you actually see the shot? Not just the target. The height. The shape. Where it lands. How far it rolls.

Feel (out of 3). Did your practice swing feel like the real thing? Were you locked in or just waving the club around?

Let go (out of 4). Did you swing free? Or did something creep in at the last second?

Add it up. You're chasing a 10.
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RECENT REALIZATION: I think the most interesting part I've realized is my practice swings SUCK.
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They're useless. No value added.
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It takes work to make a good practice swing that is actually useful.

Thanks for hanging out this week.

We'll talk with you next week here on the newsletter!
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-Cordie

πŸ“š If you haven't grabbed The Scoring Edge yet... it's 119 pages of drills, strategies, and frameworks from 12 coaches including Scott Fawcett, Mark Blackburn, and Ralph Bauer. Everything we've learned from filming with these guys, in one book. Grab it on Amazon.​
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