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Driver swing....Any tips appreciated.

 
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K Eckert 17
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PostPosted: Mon Aug 08, 2011 12:10 am    Post subject: Driver swing....Any tips appreciated.

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jeremyheslop

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PostPosted: Mon Aug 08, 2011 7:56 am    Post subject:

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I would start out by saying what the ball flight is and what you hope to accomplish from people helping you.
birdieXris

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PostPosted: Mon Aug 08, 2011 11:24 am    Post subject:

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Without knowing what your numbers are right now, as far as distance, and yards off line. I can see a few things that need improvement.

First is your setup. It's pretty good, but there's room to improve. 1. Your left wrist is "cupped" which means your arms and club shaft don't make a "Y" at address. The leading cause of this is shoulder position. With the driver, ideally, you want to make an upward strike on the ball. This will launch the ball forward and up while imparting little spin on the ball. To do this, when you set up, tilt your upper body back a bit. This is known as the "reverse K" Your shoulders should still be square, and the ball will remain in the same spot that it is, just tilt down. Your arms will then meet the club and point to the ball in a "Y" formation rather than being bent as they are. In this image, it's only a little difference, but it will get you about 10 more yards for SURE and will make you more consistent if you integrate it into your setup. Red is where you are, green is where you should be.


the second thing i see is that you're swinging way way way too hard for right now. The key to long and controlled driving is to swing in a controlled and well-balanced manner. the club should travel on a wide, smooth arc. On each video, you swing hard and end up off balance at the end of the swing. Sometimes slightly sometimes it's very noticeable. I can tell because your body is still in lateral motion at the end rather than completing the follow through and stopping. You should be able to hold your finish for an indefinite amount of time. Your brain should tell you when to come out of the posture, not momentum of any variety. Tempo and balance are key.
jeremyheslop

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PostPosted: Mon Aug 08, 2011 1:42 pm    Post subject:

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Good advice Birdie.

I would also work on having the club go more upright in the backswing to promote more of an inside/out downswing (ie more chance of a draw). I try to imagine the club going over my right shoulder and neck.
birdieXris

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PostPosted: Mon Aug 08, 2011 1:43 pm    Post subject:

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jeremyheslop wrote:
Good advice Birdie.

I would also work on having the club go more upright in the backswing to promote more of an inside/out downswing (ie more chance of a draw). I try to imagine the club going over my right shoulder and neck.


Good call. He does have a sort of wicked, over the top move going on there.
jeremyheslop

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PostPosted: Mon Aug 08, 2011 2:07 pm    Post subject:

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I struggled with that alot in the beginning. Once my instructor got me to think more upright in the backswing, start with body turn not the club and turn around my body (instead of just pulling the club back) I started to get that slice straightened out.
 
sepfeiff

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PostPosted: Tue Aug 09, 2011 10:35 am    Post subject:

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Great swing with excellent athletic posture and pretty smooth movement. Just by eyeballing the video my guess would be a high ballooning fade/slice on your bad misses.

I agree with BX's advice on the setup. A slightly ascending blow will remove a lot of the back spin that you have in your swing and add carry distance. I don't agree fully with the balance statement because I see folks swing a hell of a lot harder than you do and balance isn't an issue, low cappers, tour players, long drivers, etc. My advice would be to swing as hard as you feel comfortable with because in my opinion its much easier to develop control than power.

Agree with BX again that your lateral movement is carrying you off balance. In your backswing there is a lot of upper body movement to your right side. This builds up into the point at which you need to sway forward towards the ball and back to your left side. Looks to me like this is causing the forward motion and imbalance at finish. I suggest working on stabilizing your upper body throughout the swing to attempt near neutral lateral upper body movement. Weight transfer as described in the golf swing relates to center of gravity transfer, not movement or motion. Too much lateral movement in the upper body is a major contributor to inconsistency as it requires you to have the same back and forth sway motion in order to achieve a consistent result. Swinging slower requires a slower sway... swinging faster requires a faster sway to sync. Don't get me wrong, there are a lot of golfers who play a great game by doing this, but that's a lot to match up which decreases the chance to solid contact and a consistent result.

Drill - Practice swings visualizing your spine being locked in place. Use your shadow on the ground to let you know if you are swaying. You will notice that no matter how hard you swing, balance is maintained. You probably will always want to work on this, it's not something that ever fully goes away.


As mentioned by others is the swing path. Hard for me to tell if its really over the top that much. I've got a great drill that I think can be taken to the course so I feel it's versatile in use. It involves using 2 range balls to exaggerate an inside approach feeling in the downswing path. It's pretty straight forward, you want your club to pass inside the rear left ball on the downswing. Your body will adjust or compensate in other areas to make a swing happen, so just focus on the swing path.

Translating it to the course means picking one point along the target line (in black here), swing inside of that as reference when taking your practice swings to feel the inside club path before hitting. You can also use the same method when you make your actual swing at the ball...assuming you don't have much else going on in the brain!

**Remember that the left-inside ball is a reference for exaggerating the feeling of an inside swing, if you actually follow this uber inside path it will be a push or a hard draw shot.




Post some stable camera daytime videos if you can and let's add some more power in there as well.

My suggestion:
1. Work on neutralizing lateral movement
2. Work on inside path
3. Play golf, have fun Very Happy

Hope it helps!
WANDK128
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PostPosted: Thu Aug 11, 2011 9:07 pm    Post subject:

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Good looking swing, not sure I see an 18 handicap there unless you're short game is terrible, looks closer to a 10. I'd work on your balance throughout the swing. Do you have any videos for irons/ wedges? Hit em straight!
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