Launch monitor ownership among amateurs has exploded. Trackman, Foresight, SkyTrak, Garmin, Bushnell...everyone has one at home now, and everyone is chasing numbers. Shaun Webb and Mike Granato from Athletic Motion Golf open the conversation with the honest working truth of every measurement tool. The launch monitor tells you what happened at impact. 3D tells you why it happened. And when you use only the former, you end up doing what tour pros used to do when Trackman first hit the scene. You Trackman your way off the tour.

The specific pitfalls hit hard. Winter indoor practice with a launch monitor produces a swing built for the simulator, not the golf course. The launch monitor only knows where straight is relative to where it's set up. You can stand on your head and put a zero path number up if you aim right. The simulator's four walls do the aiming work for you. The 550-yard par 5 doesn't. And once you see a red number, the temptation is to contort your downswing to fix a symptom while the actual cause (setup, backswing sway, spine lean) sits untouched.

Shaun tells the story of the scratch golfer he grew up playing with who was a club champion. He sliced it all around the course, but he knew exactly what the ball was going to do every time. Give him a Trackman and tell him minus 8 path is bad, and he would never have broken 100 again.

The fix is a philosophy. Understand the tool's limitations. Understand how to use the tool. Then understand how to use the data. Attack the earliest thing in the swing that is broken. Get out of the parking lot before you worry about which street to turn down. Marry the launch monitor (club and ball data) with a body measurement tool (Swing Coach app is the "launch monitor for the body"). Plus the reference to Jason Baile (2023 PGA National Teacher of the Year) at the Trackman User Conference. He gets his tour players focused on just one or two parameters instead of all 40+.

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CHAPTERS
00:00 The Explosion Of Amateur Launch Monitor Ownership
00:24 The Trackman Off The Tour Story
00:49 What The Launch Monitor Shows Vs What 3D Shows
01:10 Winter Practice That Falls Apart In Spring
01:30 Why A Zero Path Number Means Nothing
01:46 The Launch Monitor Only Knows Its Own Zero
02:06 Why You Can Aim The Simulator To Fake Numbers
02:27 The Wall Alignment Trap
02:46 The Par 5 Reality Check
03:06 The 16-Foot-Wide Simulator Aim Problem
03:32 Why Trackman Added 3D To Their System
03:52 What Movements Produce The Trackman Numbers
04:03 The Biggest Off-Season To Golf Season Pitfalls
04:25 Face And Path Vary Wildly Outside
04:48 The 15-Degree Launch Monitor Alignment Error
05:10 Why Your Swing Isn't Changing (It's Your Feedback)
05:37 Get A Trackman Lesson From Someone Who Can Read It
06:00 The Trackman Setup With Every Parameter Turned On
06:20 Which Parameters The Player Actually Controls
06:38 Why Swing Direction Matters More Than Path
06:58 Swing Coach Overload (7 Parameters Is Too Many)
07:20 The Jason Baile Trackman User Conference Insight
07:46 Even Tour Pros Get Overwhelmed By Data
08:01 Walking Into The Pro Shop Analogy
08:25 The Coach's Job Is To Shield You From The Noise
08:44 Get A Lesson On What To Ignore
09:00 The Minus 8 Path Example
09:23 The Root Cause Vs The Downswing Water Bottle Fix
09:43 The Scratch Golfer Who Sliced His Way To Club Champ
09:56 What Would Have Happened If He Got A Trackman
10:10 Why Contortion Fixes Don't Break 100
10:30 The Magic Box Trap
10:47 GEARS And Shot Shape Matching
11:07 Swing Coach As The Launch Monitor For The Body
11:31 Your Phone Is The Best Training Aid You Own
12:09 How To Read Your Swing Coach Report (Reds First)
12:28 Getting Out Of The Parking Lot Before Turning Down A Street
13:06 Scott Hamilton's First Domino
13:24 Swing Coach's New AMG Philosophy Integration
13:48 Why The Tool Isn't The Answer
14:11 Learn The Correct Movements Before The Numbers
14:33 Using The Launch Monitor On The Golf Course
14:50 Shaun's Ball Change Based On Spin Numbers
15:05 Getting 300-Yard Carries With The Right Ball And Tee Height
15:27 The Icing On The Cake After You Fix Your Swing
15:42 Time Investment Is The Real Investment
16:12 As A Player You Only Have To Learn Your Swing

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