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I have a poster of Ai Miyazato's swing sequence here on my wall in clear view as I sit at my desk. I have starred at it for over a year, every day and watched her swing on video over and over. Why? Because I want to swing like her. Yes she's a girl but the flow and tempo and full length of her swing has always blown me away. I have actually altered my swing to do a slow take back but unlike Ai, I have a but more aggressive transition. This slow take back actually helped me overcome my bad shot, which was a push or slice. Now my aggressive transition can lead to hooks if I get overly aggressive or block right if I lag the club behind too much. However when working correctly (don't we love those days), it has produced some amazing results for me. Of course nothing beats practice and everyone should certainly develop their OWN swing but I tried it and liked it and it worked for me.

I saw some of these videos online and thought I'd post them here. The first one is a real time comparison of Ai's swing with Brittany Lincicome. The difference between the two is amazing. Ai is only 5 foot 2 (157cm) and she doesn't seem to swing hard or fast... just smooth and with beautiful flow.

Utility club (this is her favorite club) slo mo:

Nice video about Ai-chan in late 2009 before she went on her awesome win streak at the beginning of 2010:

So how many of you try to imitate or take parts of pro players' swings and incorporate them into yours to some degree?

Tario (aka gocchin) joined Tourspecgolf back in 2008 after spending over a decade in technology and business operation roles at a major Canadian financial institution. Before joining TSG and following his dream of moving to Japan, Tario and Chris (aka Tourspecgolfer) hit it off though their similar passions for Japanese culture. Chris hired Tario to manage TSG online operations, sales and marketing. While those are Tario's primary responsibilities, he has also taken up the role of blogger and custom club tester and fitter along the way. Tario's hobbies include golf (of course), gadgets and technology, cars, Japanese pop culture and idols, photography, sweets and walking the dog.

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Taylormade Japan has an admin that regularly films top Japanese pros practicing, getting their grips changed or simply sitting around and chatting. They have a couple of videos of Yuko Mitsuka hitting her driver. She is one of the most powerful Japanese ladies on tour and hits her drives regularly around 270 yards with some coming close to 300 yards. She really makes awesome contact. In the first video which was taken a couple of days ago, she also has a driver shafted up with a Diamana 'ilima 80 which is a shaft she uses in her fairway woods.

This second video is back from the summer. Wish I could swing like that... (^_^)

Tario (aka gocchin) joined Tourspecgolf back in 2008 after spending over a decade in technology and business operation roles at a major Canadian financial institution. Before joining TSG and following his dream of moving to Japan, Tario and Chris (aka Tourspecgolfer) hit it off though their similar passions for Japanese culture. Chris hired Tario to manage TSG online operations, sales and marketing. While those are Tario's primary responsibilities, he has also taken up the role of blogger and custom club tester and fitter along the way. Tario's hobbies include golf (of course), gadgets and technology, cars, Japanese pop culture and idols, photography, sweets and walking the dog.