About this episode

Chris Finn interviews Andreas Kali about the key fundamentals that separate great ball strikers from others in golf.

Chris sits down with Golf Digest Top International Teacher Andreas Kali - a coach who has produced DP World Tour and LPGA Tour winners, multiple NCAA All-Americans, and two national championships - to talk about what actually separates great ball strikers from everyone else. Andreas breaks down his three-part framework for diagnosing any golfer at any level - from the 25-handicapper to the tour pro he watched at Valspar last week - and the one fundamental that matters more than grip, alignment, or swing plane. He also gets into how he builds junior players from once-a-week beginners into touring professionals, why autonomy in practice matters more than structured drills, and how body changes during growth spurts affect movement patterns in ways that follow a player for life. If you have been watching your swing on your phone and trying to fix things that aren't actually the problem, this episode is for you. In this episode: The three fundamentals every ball striker must control - and the one most amateurs never address Why where the club bottoms out matters more than how you hold it What Sergio Garcia and Tommy Fleetwood do that most amateurs do the opposite of How the Danish…

People in this episode

Host: Chris Finn

Guest: Andreas Kali

Topics covered

• ball striking
• golf coaching
• junior development
• swing mechanics
• physical training
• golf fundamentals

Keywords

• ball strikers
• golf fundamentals
• swing mechanics
• junior golfers
• physical training
• golf coaching

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Golf Digest, DP World Tour, LPGA Tour, Danish Junior Golf Academy

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