Slow-motion tour footage can make a golf swing look like a set of positions to copy. A more useful first assignment is to decide what you are trying to observe. For a simulator player working on contact, address position is one place to begin before making changes at full speed.

Dr. Greg Rose's TPI lesson explains a specific setup relationship: where the center of the pelvis sits relative to the center of the stance. The PGA Tour's 800-frames-per-second swing compilation offers a separate viewing resource. Together, they can help organize a session built around observation and questions for your coach.

Understand the reference before moving it

Rose calls the relationship a plumb bob. Imagine a vertical line dropping from the center of the pelvis and compare it with the midpoint between the feet. The lesson asks how that relationship changes when the golfer switches from driver to iron to wedge.

He describes a pattern TPI sees among accomplished players: the pelvis tends to sit farther back relative to the stance with a driver, and farther forward with a wedge. He connects those observations to the different low points and attack angles the shots call for.

Rose also gives an example of a player whose wedge setup did not follow that progression. It is a case from his demonstration, not a measurement target for everyone watching. The useful takeaway is to compare clubs instead of assuming the same address position works unchanged for every shot.

His caution deserves attention. Moving the pelvis backward can also change its tilt, and he does not want the golfer to achieve the shift simply by lifting the trail hip. He explains that physical capabilities can affect the movement. The video does not give viewers enough information to diagnose their own restrictions from a few swings.

Use tour footage to ask better questions

The PGA Tour describes its compilation as 800 FPS footage captured at the 2026 Tour Championship, including Scottie Scheffler, Rory McIlroy and Tommy Fleetwood. The extended footage gives viewers time to follow a complete motion and notice differences among players.

Watch a complete swing once before pausing. On a second pass, choose one visible reference to follow, such as the position of the feet at address or the relationship between the hands and the ball. If the camera angle does not show the relationship clearly, leave that observation unresolved.

The compilation can be a prompt for comparison without becoming a template. Do not assign a pelvis measurement or a low-point number to a player from the footage. Rose uses motion capture to explain his assessment, and a broadcast view is a different kind of evidence.

Bring the question into the bay

Record a few of your normal swings with different clubs, keeping the camera view consistent. Before changing the setup, note the target, club and contact result. If your simulator reports attack angle, keep that reading alongside the video instead of trying to estimate it from the picture.

Then choose one question to investigate with an instructor: does your address relationship change across clubs, and does that fit the shot you are trying to play? Keep any experiment modest and compare a group of shots with the baseline.

End the session with the observation you can actually support. A consistent camera view, a few shot results and a precise question give a coach more to work with than an attempt to reproduce a tour player's paused frame.