How to Analyze Your Golf Swing with Just Your Phone
Analyzing your golf swing doesn’t require expensive equipment or a professional studio. With just your smartphone, you can break down your swing, identify key improvement areas, and track progress over time. Here’s how to do it—step by step.
📸 Step 1: Set Up Your Camera Angle
To get useful footage, camera placement is key.
Tips:
- Down-the-line view (behind you, looking at the target): Great for analysing swing path.
- Face-on view (from the side): Helps assess posture, rotation, and weight transfer.
- Place your phone on a tripod or a stable object around waist to chest height.
📱 Step 2: Record Your Swing
Use your phone’s video camera or a slow-motion app.
Best Practices:
- Use 60fps or higher for clear motion capture.
- Record multiple swings to identify patterns.
- Avoid zooming; instead, position the camera closer.
🧠 Step 3: Use Swing Analysis Apps
There are several powerful (and often free) apps that help break down your swing frame by frame.
Popular apps:
- SWINGSLAPP
- Coach’s Eye
- Hudl Technique
- OnForm
- V1 Golf
Features include:
- Drawing lines (for shoulder plane, swing path)
- Frame-by-frame analysis
- Side-by-side comparison with pros
📏 Step 4: Evaluate Key Swing Checkpoints
Use your footage to analyze these swing checkpoints:
- Setup – Are your feet, hips, and shoulders aligned?
- Takeaway – Does the club move along the correct path?
- Top of Backswing – Is your lead arm straight? Hips rotated?
- Impact – Are your hands leading the clubhead? Hips open?
- Follow-through – Is your weight shifted to your lead foot?
🔁 Step 5: Compare & Improve
Compare your swings over time or against professional models to see progress and refine technique.
Tips:
- Save and label your videos by date or swing focus.
- Look for consistent flaws
- Set specific goals
✅ Final Tips
- Record in good lighting for clarity.
- Use voice notes or app annotations to jot down thoughts right after the swing.
- If possible, share footage with a coach for professional feedback.
Analyzing your swing is no longer limited to tour players or expensive simulators. With just your phone and the right app, you can turn your practice sessions into focused improvement time. Start recording, and start swinging smarter.
