Working with coach Justin Parsons since 2017, Mike Lorenzo-Vera has discovered how improved body positions can make a huge difference. By focusing on posture and movement, he’s gained both distance and accuracy, reduced big misses, and seen his consistency and results climb. One of his key lessons is the value of video feedback—checking his swing daily helps him make sure the changes stick, keeping his loading strong and his clubface steady through impact.

Better Posture helps him use his legs
He began by checking his setup. His legs had been too straight and his upper body leaned too far forward, which limited how well he could use his lower body. By adding more flex in his knees and shifting his balance into his heels, he stood a little taller with better posture. This adjustment allowed him to engage his legs more effectively in the swing, creating greater speed and power through the ball.

Loaded right leg and shallower plane

They worked on improving how he loaded his legs in the backswing, which helped shallow the club more effectively than before. By reaching the top of the backswing with his right leg better engaged, he created a shallower swing plane on the downswing. This kept the clubface squarer for longer and resulted in much straighter ball striking.

Fire the muscles in the correct sequence

He improved his sequencing in the downswing with a drill shown to him by Alex Noren. By placing a stick vertically in the ground about 50cm ahead of the ball, he would hit half wedges and try to stop the club against the stick. The drill encouraged him to fire the muscles in the correct order, creating the feeling of fully loading and using the big muscles in his legs and core.

Clubface squarer for longer through impact

They continued working on maintaining stronger body angles through impact and achieving a steadier clubface in the hitting zone, rather than relying on timing and flicking to square the face. As a result of the other improvements, he began to feel the clubface staying squarer for longer through impact—more as a natural outcome than a conscious effort to hold it square.