129: "I Used to Crush It": Where Your Distance Actually Went

129: "I Used to Crush It": Where Your Distance Actually Went

July 13, 2026 · 4 min · Episode 129

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Shaun Diachkoff discusses the misconceptions around distance loss in golf and how it can be reversed through proper body mechanics and training.

"I used to hit it 230. Now I'm lucky to carry it 190. I guess that's just getting older." Shaun hears it on almost every call, and in this episode he explains why it's wrong. The yards you lost didn't vanish to a birthday. They got locked up in a body that stopped doing what your swing is asking of it, and that is reversible. In this episode: Why distance loss is usually sudden, not gradual, and what that tells youThe three things your body must do to create speedHow a stiff, untrained body q...

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