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The secret to a better golf swing isn't in your hands, your shoulders or your club — but in your feet?
On this episode of The Mind Caddie Podcast with Karl Morris, Karl welcomes Terry Hashimoto, one of the leading experts in golf biomechanics, pressure mapping and ground reaction forces. Terry has spent decades studying what happens beneath a golfer's feet, working with elite players and developing technology designed to make complex golf science accessible to everyday golfers.
Terry is the creator behind AI Sensor and The Golf Number, innovative technology that measures how pressure moves through your feet during the golf swing. His mission is to turn pressure mapping from an expensive, complicated teaching tool into a practical training system that helps golfers understand what they are actually doing — rather than what they think they are doing.
In this fascinating, funny and occasionally sweary conversation, Karl and Terry explore why pressure transfer could be the missing piece in your golf game, how poor foot pressure can contribute to coming over the top, and why simply understanding where your pressure is moving may help you improve swing path, balance, rotation and distance.
Terry doesn't pull his punches. He challenges conventional golf instruction, questions the obsession with swing positions and argues that golfers can sometimes improve faster by learning to feel their movement instead of filling their heads with mechanical thoughts.
And for Karl, there's a fascinating connection between Terry's work and the mental game: the difference between thinking about what your body should do and actually sensing what your body is doing.
Whether you're a club golfer looking to improve your ball-striking, a golf coach interested in biomechanics, or a player fascinated by the future of AI golf technology, this episode offers plenty to challenge your thinking.
In this episode, we explore:
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The hidden power of ground reaction forces: Why what happens beneath your feet matters so much to your golf swing.
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The three pressure mistakes that can wreck your swing: How pressure moving towards your toes, arriving too late on your lead side, or moving backwards before impact can affect your shots.
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Why golfers come over the top: Terry explains his controversial view on swing path and why foot pressure could be a crucial part of the solution.
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The AI Sensor and Golf Number: How pressure-mapping technology turns your swing into a score, providing immediate feedback and a practical way to train.
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Feel versus mechanical thinking: Karl and Terry discuss why sensing your body may be more effective than filling your head with swing instructions.
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The future of golf coaching: Why Terry believes expensive, complicated pressure-mapping systems can become more accessible, helping golfers and coaches make better use of technology.
Terry also shares his remarkable journey from professional golf and golf manufacturing to sports technology, explains why he believes training should be more competitive and engaging, and reveals how a little frustration can sometimes be the catalyst for real improvement.
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Explicit content: This episode contains strong language.
