How to get rid of too strong in-to-out path ?

[Dariusz J.]

Re: How to get rid of too strong in-to-out path ?

Shootin4Par,

Thanks, I'll be avaiting with anxiety.

One more question: what the heck does that mean: at address have left arm touching your peck ?

[msklar92]

Re: How to get rid of too strong in-to-out path ?

If you have a plane stick or something like it, there is a drill which may help. Or you can use a rubber tee. Put the tee just outside the right leg between the right foot and the target line. Swing the club without hitting the tee. If you hit the tee you know your have come too much inside.

[shootin4par]

Re: How to get rid of too strong in-to-out path ?

I gave this to another, you probably read it and I made a post earlier but the computer did not let it go through. Here is a drill to feel some things. Take your club put almost ALL the weight on the balls of your feet, now swing up to 10:00 postion on a VERY VERY upright backswing plane and stop there tell me what you feel while HOLDING that position for 5 seconds. Now with weight in same spot swing back flat and have arms at 10:00, stop there and tell me what you feel. Now put weight ALMOST ALL on heels and swing to a VERY VERY upright position and stop at 10:00, with weight on heels swing back flat and stop at 10:00, tell me what you feel. You should report back 4 feelings. Go grab a club and do that and get back to me.

[Dariusz J.]

Re: How to get rid of too strong in-to-out path ?

Msklar:

Got it, seems as a good drill. Thanks.


Shootin4Par:

1. Weight on toes, upright plane - most uncomfortable, seems like I need a huge help from my toes to maintain in balance; I feel like I'd hit the ground with a clubface much to early behind the ball playing a very fat shot;

2. Weight on toes, flat plane - very comfortable; perfect balance; feeling ready to take advantage of all the kinetic energy I have gathered during coiling;

3. Weight on heels, upright plane - not uncomfortable, but less than no.2, anyhow seems I am in balance; not convinced if I can use all energy my body can get during coiling and not sure if I won't top the ball;

4. Weight on heels, flat plane - not so uncomfortable like no.1 , but generally not comfortable because it seems that the club is pulling me back and have to put tension in my toes not to fall down backwards; tend to think that this would be my worst shot from all 4, provided it won't be an airshot.

[shootin4par]

Re: How to get rid of too strong in-to-out path ?

so basically YOU have it narrowed down to #2 and #3. Hopefully you learned something. Being a shorter player you want a stance that encourgages you to swing more upright, so keep the weight to where it favors your heels. to try and explain what you tTHINK you feel in kinetic would take me a long time. weight on balls you rotate around your balls, weight on heels you rotate around your heels. how can you rotate around the balls of your feet?

so you come from the inside and want to get rid of it Imagine two circles, one is a clock, the other is a racetrack. The hand of the clock moves up and down, but a car moves around a racetrack. Swing flat and you are swinging on a racetrack. Swing upright and you are swinging on a clock. Moral of the story, become more upright and you will have a swingpath that goes on the target line for a longer period of time, it will also not come so much from the inside. Backswing dictates downswing. swing more upright on the backswing and you will have a more upright path on the downswing. (side note, part of this info pertains to people who swing inside out on the downswing, not over the top

So, you want to cure your swing flaws, work on ball position and weight position, right now those are your biggest issues

[Gary W]

Re: How to get rid of too strong in-to-out path ?

One more question: what the heck does that mean: at address have left arm touching your peck

peck = pectoral (chest)

[Dariusz J.]

Re: How to get rid of too strong in-to-out path ?

Shootin4Par:

Understood what you have adviced. Thanks.