Most players miss for predictable reasons. But if you can’t see the cause, you’ll end up guessing — or worse, giving advice that makes things worse.

This section is about developing your eye as a coach — learning how to diagnose what’s actually happening in a player’s shot so you can offer the right kind of help at the right time. Not everything is about “reps” or “confidence.” Sometimes, players are doing something subtly — or not so subtly — that’s making their shot harder than it needs to be.

Where Coaches Often Go Wrong

Even well-meaning coaches often:

• Guess based on the miss instead of watching the movement
• Treat every miss the same — “short,” “flat,” “off-balance” — without identifying the root cause
• Rely on feel or intuition without a repeatable diagnostic process
• Over-correct in the wrong place (focusing on follow-through when the issue is in the lift, for example)

This section will give you a clearer lens so you can coach with more confidence and precision.

What You’ll Learn in This Section

You’ll get a straightforward process for diagnosing a player’s shot — starting with how to take and review good video, and moving toward specific breakdowns of common patterns. You’ll learn:

• How to take useful video for feedback and analysis
• A step-by-step process for spotting issues in real time
• Why the Set Point is often the root of inconsistency — and what to look for there
• How to break down left/right misses and what they typically signal
• How to interpret distance control misses and what parts of the shot contribute to them

By the end of this section, you won’t just be watching misses — you’ll be understanding them. And once you understand them, you can actually fix them.