TPI, Titleist and Shawn Clement put movement before swing positions

Three new golf instruction clips start with movement: Greg Rose asks golfers to allow enough turn to create speed, Joe Plecker shows a small pressure shift that starts the backswing, and Shawn Clement uses a throwing motion to explain how the elbow can lead.

The clips, published October 2 by TPI, Titleist and Clement’s Wisdom in Golf channel, offer different ways to think about a swing that feels stuck. Each coach explains a specific part of the motion rather than supplying a complete swing rebuild.

Give the turn room

At the Titleist Performance Institute lab, Rose connects mobility with the opportunity to apply force over a longer backswing and hand path. His example comes from instructor Peter Kostis: older golfers played in restrictive three-piece suits, while modern players wear fabrics that let them turn more freely.

Rose applies that comparison to the average golfer’s available movement. He argues that a player who already struggles to turn may find more freedom by allowing the lead heel to rise or changing foot orientation. Those are Rose’s coaching suggestions; the clip does not measure a particular golfer’s speed gain.

Start with pressure

Titleist staff member Plecker moves the explanation to the start of the swing. He describes a slight pressure shift toward the target, followed by pressure into the trail foot. He calls that opening movement a jog into loading.

Plecker compares it with preparing to throw a ball hard: load over the trail foot before rotating the upper body back. In his explanation, turning the club or spinning the pelvis is not the first action. The small shift gives the next movement somewhere to go.

Use the throw as a picture

Clement’s short clip supplies another throwing analogy. He shows the elbow leading during a throw and a stone-skipping motion, then relates that sequence to the club settling into place.

That makes the elbow part of an action, rather than an isolated position to hold. For golfers reviewing their own motion, the three videos offer separate reference points: how much turn is available, how pressure starts the backswing, and how a throw illustrates sequencing.

In an October 16 post, Clement also argues for using the whole body as a linked sequence instead of treating swing faults as isolated parts. He calls this the kinetic chain. That is Clement’s coaching explanation; the post does not establish a measured performance benefit for an individual golfer.

Dave Phillips adds an impact rehearsal

Titleist’s October 16 lesson with TPI co-founder Dave Phillips adds a useful destination for those movements. Phillips begins by separating the address position from impact: the golfer does not simply return to the same pose used before the swing.

He demonstrates pushing against the ground, turning the hips and moving into the lead side as the shaft leans forward. His first exercise uses a mirror to recognize the difference, followed by small swings from setup into impact. He asks golfers to focus initially on rehearsing that movement rather than where the ball finishes.

A second exercise starts at the other end. Phillips takes an impact position first, with the shaft forward and his lead leg straighter, then swings back and tries to return to that position. He attributes this impact-fix drill to Ben Hogan.

The addition gives the earlier turn, pressure-shift and throwing cues a place to lead. It is a short rehearsal to examine in practice, rather than a full swing change or a guarantee about how much farther a golfer will hit the ball.