Newbie Golf Swing

[hvnit2gd1975]

I have been playing for about 1 month. I have a nasty slice that will start off straight and then slice to the right about 60 -75 yards or more. I know my swing is terrible so I am posting a few videos of it here. Please, ant advice will be taken seriously and hopefully will help. I just dont want to go any further without fixing this swing.

I have a feeling the when I swing the irons that it is a lot better. I can hit the Irons straight and with good distance about 75% of the time.

The driver and woods I can hit straight about 10% of the time. I see to have decent distance but never straight. My distance is roughly 210-275 depnding on if I hit it good. Hard to tell when it slices about 75 yards to the right.

Here are some videos off the tee with the 1 and 3 woods.

[hvnit2gd1975]

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How do I post the videos, I went to the attachment I can and then hit browse, clicked on the file and then hit upload and it didnt work. Why does this have to be so difficult ??????

[hvnit2gd1975]

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video doesnt work??????????????????????

[AussieGolfBoy]

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the ball might be too far forward in your stance opening your shoulders up when you adress the ball. try moving it back about 4 inches.

make sure your feel line up square with your hips and shoulders.

you probably have a bad outside - in swing path. doing the above should fix this. also if it's still going right move your rear foot back about 1 inch from being inline with your front foot and this will help u get an inside - square or inside - outside swing plane. should help with that club from cutting across the ball.

one last thing is to check your grip. you want the shaft of the club sitting in the fingers of your left hand (assuming you are a right hander) and your right hand on the club so your palm faces upwards.

hope these things help and gets you moving in teh right direction.

good luck.

[BrianW]

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Hi,

Slicing happens with most new golfers, many never get away from it. I would recommend that you work hard at it now while new to golf as it will become more difficult with time.

As Aussiegolfboy suggests it is caused by an out to in swingpath normally by throwing the club over the top at the start of the downswing forcing you to cut in across the ball with an open clubface.

Judging by the distance you are making I would imagine you are also trying to hit the ball too hard and fast at this early stage and losing control of your swing. Forget about distance for now and concentrate on a nice steady tempo and swing speed, distance will take care of it's self.

Start your downswing by dropping the driver down with your arms while moving your weight onto your front foot, feel your right elbow dropping into your waist. Then release the club through the ball while rotating your right forearm over your left. Hit the ball from an inside path, if you imagine a clock-face on the ball with 12 o clock the far side and 6 o clock towards you when at address, then hit the ball through from 4 o clock to 10 o clock.

Another thought to help is to imagine the ball is sat under a low shelf and the club must hit under the shelf to reach the ball without touching the shelf.

I hope this helps you, there are many other postings on this site on slicing, have a look as some point to some good video lessons.

Best Regards
Brian

[hvnit2gd1975]

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I have a video of a few swings, I took them with my digital camera. How do I post them. Or if I can email them to somebody that knows what they are doing and they can post them. Thanks for the help.

[CusePhil]

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Try Youtube. Set up an account and you can upload videos very easily.

[BrianW]

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How do I post the videos, I went to the attachment I can and then hit browse, clicked on the file and then hit upload and it didnt work. Why does this have to be so difficult ??????

I think the problem is that you cannot load the videos to this site, you should have them on another web site and post the URL link to them here.

Someone has just suggested a site you could use.

Regards
Brian

[hvnit2gd1975]

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ok here is one of the swings, let me know if this works. I have about 4 more different ones off the tee. Yes, I know its bad.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qISC_PQ5LC0

[jambalaya]

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I am not a pro but I think I saw some basic things on which you can work. Yep, you definitely had an outside-in swing. That is easy to see. Most everyone who begins golf has that problem. However, I think the first thing you need to work on is alignment. Your shoulders and hips should be aligned parallel to each other and the target line. The fundamental way to work on this is laying two clubs or other long straight objects on the ground in front of you and pointing towards your target. Put your toes up against the nearest club set the club with which you are hitting just in front or behind the other one. Make sure your feet, hips and shoulders all line up along this line. That is how you address the ball. Maybe some of the other guys can explain it better or show you some pictures but in my opinion your alignment is way off. You have to work on this first before anything else probably. Another thing I noticed is that the ball seemed too foward in your stance. In the picture it almost looked like it was outside of your front foot.

[hvnit2gd1975]

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the camera was actually alittle behind me, I was aiming to the left a little. But yes I have trouble lining up straight for some reason. I have read somewhere to turn your front foot slightly towards the target and have the back foot offset. I think that is messing me up.

Would it be better to line up with both feet even with each other??

[jambalaya]

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Yep, both feet even. Your feet, hips and shoulders should all be aligned. People often close or open their stances as an adjustment to how the ball travels. Like if you slice opening up to the left so the ball starts way left and comes back to the fairway. However, you want to learn how to hit the ball straight and getting a propler alignment is the first step. Their are other things you need to do but its difficult to think of more than a couple of things at once. If you take a line that starts at your ball and goes straight to the target, that is the line to which you want to line everthing up parallel. Take the club back and swing thinking about the target to which you want the ball to go.

[jambalaya]

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the camera was actually alittle behind me, I was aiming to the left a little. But yes I have trouble lining up straight for some reason. I have read somewhere to turn your front foot slightly towards the target and have the back foot offset. I think that is messing me up.

Would it be better to line up with both feet even with each other??

Having your feet slightly turned out is not a big problem but you don't want to exaggerate it.

[BrianW]

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Hi,

You are not making a full shoulder turn in the backswing and are keeping your weight on your back foot during the downswing, this is what is called a reverse pivot and will cause you to top the ball and loose power.

Make more of a turn in your upper body then move your weight onto your front foot at the start of the downswing by sliding your hips slightly to the left. Try to finish your swing with your belt buckle pointing at the target.

I cannot see from this video what your swing plane problem may be, it needs another showing your swing from the back.

Regards
Brian

[hvnit2gd1975]

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Ok, great advice. I will get a couple from the side and back the next time I go out. Thanks, I really appreciate the advuice. What about distance away from the ball??? How far should I stand away from the ball.