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Re: Cant consistently hit fairway woods/long irons/hybrids....
I wouldn't focus to much on the take away speed. Focusing to much on the take away, can make a person forget about the path leading back down to the ball. Some people try to take the club away slow, intentionally, and when they try to produce power, end up comming from the outside. IMO the take away speed should be the same as the speed of the club comming down from, about, full to 3/4's of the way. Remember, you can take the club away between your legs at 110mph, while spinning in circles and hit a great shot if your downswing is on path, and in tempo. But you can't do it visa versa.
Imagine your club "departing" at the same angle it "arrives". Put that mental image in your mind, and record it. If you record a kid in a playground riding a swing, and you fast-forward the tape then rewound it, you could make the kid swing all day by playing it over and over again, even if he only swung once. Same thing with your perfect swing. Record - Rewind - Fast-forward.
What I like to do for practice swings...
1) Address the ground
2) Take the club away to half swing
3) Remember the path of that half swing
4) Swing forward
5) Try to make your downswing mirror the take away
(Note: Don't look back at your club. Keep your eyes on the imaginary ball, and only take note of what you can see, with your eyes looking at the imaginary ball. Reason is, you don't want to get into the habit of taking your eye off the ball.)
Instructors tell people this because they want their students to feel the difference in swinging longer clubs. The mechanics of the swing is the same to that of an iron, however, because the club is longer, the "pulling" will feel more accentuated.
Think about it like swinging a chopstick, and a yard stick. The swing mechanics of both are the same, it's just that the yardstick will feel like "
more of a sweeping action" because it's longer. They just use the word "sweeping" so people don't try to use an iron angle (steep) for their driver (sweeping) Also, they want to make sure that you don't complete your swing early, and pull all the way through the ball.
My 2 cents
1. Slow (I already take all my clubs back very slow, slow motion where you can go to sleep, and this really keeps my movement down)
2. Low (when I take it back too low, it changes my natural swing that I try to do for all clubs, and it feels like I am reaching low and down with the club then lifting it up. So I am not sure, what I should be feeling but it feels different and makes me think just enough to alter my shot and misshit the ball.
What I like to do for practice swings...
1) Address the ground
2) Take the club away to half swing
3) Remember the path of that half swing
4) Swing forward
5) Try to make your downswing mirror the take away
(Note: Don't look back at your club. Keep your eyes on the imaginary ball, and only take note of what you can see, with your eyes looking at the imaginary ball. Reason is, you don't want to get into the habit of taking your eye off the ball.)
3. Sweep (I haven't a clue what this feels like)
Think about it like swinging a chopstick, and a yard stick. The swing mechanics of both are the same, it's just that the yardstick will feel like "
more of a sweeping action" because it's longer. They just use the word "sweeping" so people don't try to use an iron angle (steep) for their driver (sweeping) Also, they want to make sure that you don't complete your swing early, and pull all the way through the ball.
My 2 cents
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