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I think the analysis in the video was poor quality. It seems that the person was telling you to get your hands ahead of the clubhead at impact (but not telling you what leads to that position), and he suggested you hit down on it. Neither is a good suggestion in my opinion.
To me it looks like your chest and arms get out of sync on the downswing (with your chest/body slowing down or stopping) which is slightly along the lines of what you've taken from Greg's comments (but you've both focused on the hips/lower body). Fankly I think the suggestions you've had to try to: retain the wrist cock, hit into the ground, and weight transfer are a waste of your time. If you drop the club into a shallow path (where the club drops behind you) then the right wrist will automatically retain its hinge. A downward movement (into the ground) directs force downwards, and does nothing to promote forward motion (so there is no reason to hit down). Stabbing the clubhead into the ground might cause the clubhead to get stuck in the ground and slow down (leading to the clubhead staying in place) leaving the hands to continue their journey forward (and thus tilt the shaft forward), but by then ball contact has already been made (glancing no doubt), power and solid contact have been lost (delivering force weakly into the ground), and the ball has taken off (so its occurance is pointless).
My suggestion is that you focus on having the arms and chest/body working in sync on the downswing (neither moving at a different speed or time than the other). The Annika Sorenstam clip below is a good example of the motion that would be desired (as you can see she doesn't have any body part out racing the others in speed, and they are moving at the same times).
http://drop.io/sorenstamsync
As for the hands leading the club at impact once your body and arms are swinging in sync that will be left up to how you gripped the golf club. Bobby Jones wrote in his book Bobby Jones on Golf that his hands lead the clubhead at impact because of his strong left hand grip (the hand more on top of the handle/grip), and Harry Vardon had his hands even with or behind the clubhead at impact because of Vardon's weak left hand grip (more underneath or to the side of the grip).
The grip and arms/body sync adjustments are relatively non-complicated concepts that you should see quick improvement from with very little effort needed on your part. Hopefully that helps to simplify the swing for you.
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To me it looks like your chest and arms get out of sync on the downswing (with your chest/body slowing down or stopping) which is slightly along the lines of what you've taken from Greg's comments (but you've both focused on the hips/lower body). Fankly I think the suggestions you've had to try to: retain the wrist cock, hit into the ground, and weight transfer are a waste of your time. If you drop the club into a shallow path (where the club drops behind you) then the right wrist will automatically retain its hinge. A downward movement (into the ground) directs force downwards, and does nothing to promote forward motion (so there is no reason to hit down). Stabbing the clubhead into the ground might cause the clubhead to get stuck in the ground and slow down (leading to the clubhead staying in place) leaving the hands to continue their journey forward (and thus tilt the shaft forward), but by then ball contact has already been made (glancing no doubt), power and solid contact have been lost (delivering force weakly into the ground), and the ball has taken off (so its occurance is pointless).
My suggestion is that you focus on having the arms and chest/body working in sync on the downswing (neither moving at a different speed or time than the other). The Annika Sorenstam clip below is a good example of the motion that would be desired (as you can see she doesn't have any body part out racing the others in speed, and they are moving at the same times).
http://drop.io/sorenstamsync
As for the hands leading the club at impact once your body and arms are swinging in sync that will be left up to how you gripped the golf club. Bobby Jones wrote in his book Bobby Jones on Golf that his hands lead the clubhead at impact because of his strong left hand grip (the hand more on top of the handle/grip), and Harry Vardon had his hands even with or behind the clubhead at impact because of Vardon's weak left hand grip (more underneath or to the side of the grip).
The grip and arms/body sync adjustments are relatively non-complicated concepts that you should see quick improvement from with very little effort needed on your part. Hopefully that helps to simplify the swing for you.
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