“Ok Joe, now hit the same shot again so I can film your swing from down-the-line…”
In golf coaching, precision is everything. Whether you're working on an elite amateur’s ball flight or guiding a junior athlete through the basics, your ability to diagnose and address technical faults quickly and accurately contributes massively to their improvement and development. A key component of this diagnostic process? Video capture and analysis.
Most PGA Professionals are already using video to analyse golf swings but despite the widespread application of video in lessons, a critical issue still remains: capturing the same swing from multiple angles—such as ‘face-on’ and ‘down-the-line’—in a way that accurately reflects what happened in that single movement or swing.
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Let’s say you're working with a player on hand path issues. You record a down-the-line view on one swing and a face-on view on another. Even if both swings look relatively similar, the chances are high that subtle (or not-so-subtle) differences in the player’s hand movement occurred between the two shots. Maybe the transition into the downswing was slightly delayed. Perhaps the athlete overcompensated on the second swing after seeing the first video. Either way, you’re no longer diagnosing a consistent motion—you’re now working with two different data points that can lead to two different conclusions.
This disconnect can lead to misdiagnosis, an incorrect choice in drills, and even athlete confusion. It’s difficult to identify the root cause if you can't see different angles of the same moment, at the same time.
For more best practices on video capture and analysis in golf, this guide is a great place to start.
Imagine if you could view a swing from face-on and down-the-line at the same time, captured simultaneously and presented onto one device. This would be transformative for your golf coaching.
By removing the variability between separate recordings, you create an accurate snapshot of an athlete’s movement, allowing for better pattern recognition, more specific instruction, and, ultimately, improved development for the athlete.
Traditionally, capturing synchronised footage from multiple angles meant elaborate camera setups or expensive third-party tech—both impractical during a standard lesson or practice session. But today, there are tools emerging that simplify this entirely. Solutions now exist that allow you to record and playback synchronised multi-angle videos within your existing coaching workflow, without needing to juggle multiple cameras or apps.
In fact, many top coaches are already moving in this direction, leveraging platforms designed specifically for coaching environments that integrate this capability seamlessly. The result? Clearer insights, more confident instruction, and better athlete engagement.
The CoachNow multi-cam feature empowers golf coaches and PGA Professionals to do just this. With this new feature, golf coaches can record up to 4 different angles of a golf swing at any one time, with the added option to control each camera through a single device*.
Furthermore, coaches can livestream each of their cameras and display the footage onto a TV display or device in their coaching studio or bay—perfect for athletes who want to watch the rehearsal of their movement or swing in realtime.
To find out more about CoachNow—the highest rated coaching app in the world—for your golf coaching, please click here.
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The golf swing is a complex, dynamic motion that deserves to be understood from every possible angle—but only if those angles are in sync. If you’re still relying on two or more separate videos, you are missing the full picture.
Improving your coaching starts with improving how you see the swing. And when you can see it clearly, from every angle, at the exact same time, everything else becomes that much easier.
*To capture seamless video across multiple devices, a stable WiFi connection is required.
