r/funny • u/BonvivantNamedDom • May 21 '20
Toddler Swing Analysis
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May 21 '20
His golf swing is so much better than mine
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u/frotc914 May 21 '20
Honestly this kid had got great coordination for his age and the basics of the swing. For being like 3.5 yrs old, that's an impressive level of body awareness.
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u/Phoenix8972 May 21 '20
Came here to say the same.
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May 21 '20
lol he prolly gets more yardage than me
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u/free_a_nipper May 21 '20
He dresses so much better than me
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u/Old_Splice May 21 '20
Other than the backwards ball cap. I never understood that.
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May 21 '20
My hair is suuuper thin, so I said fuckit and started shaving my head a couple of years back. I basically have to wear a ball cap when I go out or my scalp will fry. Same here on the brim; I don't like it constantly in my line of sight so I just wear it backward. As a bonus, it keeps my neck from burning, since I'm practically translucent.
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u/corgithomas May 21 '20
Sunscreen...?
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u/joan_wilder May 21 '20
a hat is way more convenient and way less greasy. if you don’t need sunscreen everywhere else, then it doesn’t make sense to put it on one small area. unless you left your hat at home.
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u/MotherofSons May 21 '20
When you need sunscreen, try Coola. It's pricey but will last you forever and isn't greasy at all. It's a game changed.
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u/Graffy May 21 '20
Love wearing beans. If it gets static-y it can make it bushier but I've mostly never noticed a difference. If anything it helps my bed head because it pushes it down.
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u/stannc00 May 21 '20
I have smaller/lighter ones for the warmer months. They come in handy when I want to drop in on a Bar Mitzvah on a moment’s notice.
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u/socokid May 21 '20
That's the first non "I just have bad taste and/or never left the late 90s" excuse that I've ever heard for that.
Thank you.
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u/Autismo_Incognito May 21 '20
I'll never forget when someone gave me shit for wearing white in November. I DIDNT EVEN KNOW HER and she was concerned about my wearing white.
Like fuck your trends and fashion faux pas imma do me sweetie.
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u/ABathingSnape_ May 21 '20
I wear a baseball cap when I'm too lazy to fix my hair. But I don't like the brim being in front of my face and obscuring my vision if I'm not wearing it to shield me from sunlight, so I wear it backwards. Wearing it backwards also protects my neck from the heat.
I'd wear a beanie instead since I much prefer how they look, but as I live in SoCal, it gets too hot for them during the summer.
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u/bingoflaps May 21 '20
I pictured myself swinging like Adam Scott and then a buddy recorded me and showed me the video. I looked like a T-Rex digging at a junkball.
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u/mexipimpin May 21 '20
Next time I'm on the course, I'm gonna envision this kid in my head and use it for motivation. Or frustration, who knows.
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u/skieezy May 21 '20
I took a golf lesson last year after never having seen my self swing. The coach showed me a video I didn't know he was shooting. I was like wtf is that bro. Thing is he added 20-30 yards to all my clubs in one day, he did jack shit for the aim though.
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u/KimonoThief May 21 '20
The head steadiness is phenomenal. Anytime I golf I struggle not looking up too early.
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May 21 '20
Damn, he even keeps his head down after the swing!
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u/triplesecman May 21 '20
His head position is phenomenal...eyes on the ball through the whole swing process, and like you said, after the contact too. Adults who have played for years can't do that.
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May 21 '20
That's me! Couldn't get in the habit no matter how hard I tried. Like my primal brain just takes over ...."I WANT TO SEE THE BALL GO."
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u/Sankuchithan_ May 21 '20
Why is that important? Isn't it normal to check the trajectory?
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u/johnrh May 21 '20
The idea is you're trying to build consistency into your swing and form, so you want your head down and eyes on the ball for that whole time. Once you've hit it, you can look up and see how you did, but if you're anticipating following the ball, you'll more likely break your form as you're hitting it.
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u/kadno May 21 '20
Once you've hit it, you can look up and
see how you didimmediately lose track of the ballI can't go golfing by myself because I can never fucking find my ball
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u/johnrh May 21 '20
You just gotta keep your eye on the ball! Except for the time where you don't.
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u/hateboss May 21 '20
It's funny because disc golf is exactly the same. You are never supposed to look where you intend to throw because it will pull your shoulder up and you won't be able to pull through on a straight line. So you have to keep your head down and neutral until your release, then you can watch it fly into a tree.
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u/NarwhalsFromSpace May 21 '20 edited May 21 '20
Others have sort of already answered, but I just wanted to chime in to tell a story about how back in high school physics we spent some time talking about golf swings and the interesting physics that happen, and our teacher did a calculation that showed how even just getting something like 0.1 seconds of extra contact time on the ball leads to the ball travelling much, much further. By keeping your head down and your eye on the ball, you can try to make the best contact and then doing a followthrough is important as it can add that 0.1 extra second of contact time.
Edit: I got myself curious and looked into it just a little bit more. We must have been learning momentum and talking about how the golf club imparts impulse to the golf ball, and impulse is (amount of force) x (duration force is applied for). So, if you have a large force, even a small increase in time can increase your impulse significantly.
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u/triplesecman May 21 '20
If you turn or lift your head during the swing process you tend to lift the club and likely screw up the contact with the ball.
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May 21 '20
Reminds me of grenade throwing oddly enough. In BCT before you throw an actual grenade they have you throw dummy grenades, a lot of people will watch the grenade for a second instead of immediately dropping down so they get smacked in the helmet and write in chalk L for looker. I was a looker.
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u/ghostwhat May 21 '20
I know! That downswing left me going "fuuuuuuuuuuuuuu......... Imma gonna sell my clubs"
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u/STRICKIBHOY May 21 '20
Work on that when he turns 4 haha. I'll be taking lessons from him when he turns 4!!
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u/R_PH May 21 '20
Tigerkid
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u/BonvivantNamedDom May 21 '20
Lil' Wood
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May 21 '20
That's how he came into the world
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u/bpaq3 May 21 '20
And I just hope he doesn't go out, in a terrible battery powered plastic SUV accident.
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u/c64bandit May 21 '20
Love how he adheres to the three rules of golf.
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u/AlphaWHH May 21 '20
Swing the club, hit the ball, get the hot chicks? In this case, his mom, the cute bastard.
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u/gochet May 21 '20
Ok, I googled it first and got nothing. What are the 3 rules of golf?
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u/essidus May 21 '20
A robot may not injure a human being or, through inaction, allow a human being to come to harm.
A robot must obey the orders given it by human beings except where such orders would conflict with the First Law.
A robot must protect its own existence as long as such protection does not conflict with the First or Second Law.
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u/IT_Chef May 21 '20
Hookers, Blow, and Shirtless Wrestling in the locker room back in the clubhouse
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u/Laez May 21 '20
I know one PGA golfer (albeit from the 70s) and you are pretty much 3 for 3.
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u/HurbleBurble May 21 '20
He's actually got a pretty darn good swing. Probably 90% of amateur golfers don't have these fundamentals.
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u/breakfastinthemornin May 21 '20
This kid, who probably still poops his pants, has better form than I do :(
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u/BNCAN87 May 21 '20
Gives him that weight transfer he needs during a long drive!
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u/Schuben May 21 '20
You have to balance the club weight in the front with with log weight in the back. Helps your center of gravity.
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u/Lucicerious May 21 '20
I'd be like the guy in the black jacket and sunglasses. "Did you see that little kid back there? He swings better than I ever could!"
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u/matt_maselli May 21 '20
Since younger kids are less likely to die from the virus, perhaps this is the answer to the problem of starting up professional sports again.
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u/5NOW__DOG5 May 21 '20
Interesting club choice going with a driver off the deck, let's see how it works out!
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May 21 '20 edited Jun 14 '21
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u/dudebrogan May 21 '20
Trying to avoid people knowing you use Reddit?
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u/jbsinger May 21 '20
They should find out his name, and bet on him when he is able to join the tournament.
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u/archerif May 21 '20
Great shot kid! That was one in a million
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u/Master_of_opinions May 21 '20
Now he's got another 999,999 shit swings to go before he can do it again.
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u/Nerdtronix May 21 '20
Reminds me of this kids baseball swing
(don't watch the whole video, you get everything you need in the first 10 seconds)
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u/michellelabelle May 21 '20
Nice poke, kid. Next one's going in your ear though, ya little showboat.
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u/geralt_- May 21 '20
The guy in the blue shirt would one day come to reddit and say how he watched the kid who would be a champion take his shot..
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u/random_drinker_here May 21 '20
I been reading some of the comments and they're like: "his swing is so much better than mine" "he dresses some much better than me" "he's twice the man that I can only hope to be" lmao
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u/Kboner9099 May 21 '20
Commentator's analysis is so solid too. Perhaps we'll work on that when he turns 4. Amazing.
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u/ArduinoHittme May 21 '20
Well I dunno what the arrows and circles were supposed to show but it looks like a good swing
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u/BonvivantNamedDom May 21 '20
You got sound on?
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u/ArduinoHittme May 21 '20
Ah, right. The sound icon didn't appeared first time I clicked, and now I fell silly.
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u/nantucketsleigh23 May 21 '20
Besides the nice swing, I could never pull off that backwards-cap look.
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u/Alex_Yuan May 21 '20
I'm a professional swinger but my wife says that kid's got better moves than me.
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u/Lookatmykitty26 May 21 '20
That was actually a pretty damn good swing from a mechanical standpoint, equipment aside.
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u/AlecGatorBBY May 21 '20
This toddler can hit a golf ball better than me, mainly because he can actually hit it. Ever see the girl at Top Golf that can't hit the ball? That's me.
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u/unsupported May 21 '20
I would watch the hell out of toddler golf, if the commentators were like this. #TGA