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Last post 04-16-2008 9:57 PM by Scott Robbins. 2 replies.
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  • 04-14-2008 8:05 PM

    Swing Critique/Help

    Dear Tees2Greens staff,

    Recently i have decided that it is time for me to re-evaluate some aspects of my swing to tighten it up. Once in the past a while back i posted here and found the advice and drills very influencial and i am hoping that once again my swing can be tightened up by your amazing staff. First of let me say that i have used the baseball drill and swing the club upsidedown drill to try and work on my lag retention and hips. At this point i have improved my game to the 80's to 90's range but i am looking to move it up even further.

    As of now i would say that my two biggest problems are lag retention and my driver. In terms of my average seven iron swing it goes around 155 to 160 with a sky high trajectory. After looking at my swing i have established that i seem to keep my lag very well up until my hands reach my left thigh(back leg because im left handed) then i seem to lose all of my stored lag by impact. Also i will occasionally lose my ball off to the left(fade/slice) which is a recent occurance.

    http://www.youtube.com/user/nolimit569 Here is a link to my youtube account.

    I know this may seem an unorthodox move but i have both a face on view and a behind view from the range. Either of the four videos are fine to look at but i believe the sideways views are best as the others have been stretched to fit the entire video screen and that has made my posture to seem very hunched over. So in summation feel free to watch all the videos and let me know what you think. I hope to hear from you soon and thankyou in advance.

    Ben

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  • 04-15-2008 7:29 AM In reply to

    Re: Swing Critique/Help

    Hey Ben,

    Thanks for posting and the kind words.

    Scott, here are the videos from Ben's YouTube profile:

     

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  • 04-16-2008 9:57 PM In reply to

    Re: Swing Critique/Help

    Ben,

     I like the aggressiveness of your golf swing!  With a little work, you can control your ball flight much more, lower it and your scores will plummet! (That's a good thing - towards the 70's)

    Remember this.  What goes in, must go out and vice versa.  In your initial setup, your arms are too far from your body.  The optimum is a 90 degree drop from your shoulder joints.  This causes the immediate and dramatic move to the inside with your arms on the backswing.  The next compensation then becomes the lift of your arms to the top of your swing ( a move "out").  In the front (face on) view you can see that this also is causing a reverse weight shift with too much hip rotation to the top of your swing and too much pressure on your right foot. Additionally the club face is looking to the sky meaning it is closed or set to hook the shot.

    From there, your body, knees and arms drop, pointing the club off to the right at the top of your downswing (commonly called getting "laid off" the plane line).  You make a great recovery in the arms mid-way down to impact so that the club is on the same angle or plane it started on.  A key to straight ball flight. However since the club is in motion and your body is dropping down, the club gets too close to the ground and you have to drive your knees too much to make contact.  When you drive your knees too much into and through impact, your upper body leans backwards at impact.  Your spine angle and the club face are similar during your swing. When you change your spine angle like you do at impact then in essence you have added loft and opened the clubface.  This has been a long way to say --- your ball flight is too high with an occasional if not often drift or slice to the left.  The only rason is does not wildly slice is your closed clubface and high finish with your arms - both signals of hooks in golf swings.  So what you have is a lot of slice in your set-up, a lot of hook in your grip; hook in your takeaway and top move and a lot of slice in your impact followed by a hook finish.

    Do not get discouraged!  Remember your aggressiveness will save you now and lead you to the 70's later.

    So get started with repairs:

    1.  Straighten your back in your set up, bend more at the hips so that your arms hang straight down and are extremely relaxed. Your arms should feel more towards the sides of your chest instead of in front of your ribs.

    2. Solidify your base.  From a standing up position, sense you are pushing your thigh bones into your hamstrings. This will put your balance in your hip joints (why I will get to in the next point).  If you are properly in your hips, a person will be unable to push you off balance.  Another way is do your best to lift a foot.  If in proper balance, this should be close to impossible without putting al your weight on your opposite hip and leg.

    3. Keep your hips relatively quiet on the backswing and you will sense more woght into your left leg and hip. You can only do this if you are properly set up in your hips.

    4. Concentrate then on staying tall through impact and rotating your right hip versus driving your right knee.

     Simple fixes that will feel weird!  But do them and stick with them and you will get better!

    Good Luck Ben and better playing!

     

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