My Swing - Advice

[BigdazUK]

Here is my Swing. Can somebody give me any tips as to why i aften chunk the ball. Also any other tips would be very welcome.

Thanks in advance

http://www.robertsuk.com/dazswingbehind.avi
http://www.robertsuk.com/dazswing.avi

[Ian Hancock]

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Hi daz,

Great swing into impact mate, just a couple of thing hit me straight away,

For a big lad you should stand a little taller, you take it back well to 9 oclock then fall way inside, stop the swing at the top( your hands should be where the club head is and your club head should be where the tree is.

Last thing you do jump out of the swing a little quick, try to hold a finish, perhaps like a pro picture.

Hope this helps.

Ian.

[Robert O' Keeffe]

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Hi Big daz,

I wouldnt see much wrong with this swing. ( I am sure Ians advice is spot on) You do seem to stand low to the ball. I am sure if you stand taller it should give you more oomph at impact

Cheers
Robert

[puttinone]

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I see a little casting and a break down of the left wrist at impact.and no extension after impact.

[wildwilly911]

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you havve a very nice one plane swing, the thing i see are you are casting (swating) at the ball and you have to much leg action, your just turning not building any resistance. keep your feet planted more to build more resistance. the casting is comeing from swinging to much with your arms and not your body, try the pump drill set up as you normally do swing back to 3/4 wrist fully cock then swing thru 2 or 3 timeswithout uncocking wrist then next swing hit the ball, all with out pausing, this will give you the feeling of hitting down on the ball and not trying to lift the ball. another thing you can do is if you friend is there with you you can have him hold your club head when when its waist high or so and use your body to pull the club away.

[BigdazUK]

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Thanks guys for the advice. I'm gonna try that pump drill and i'll try standing taller to the ball. Casting is something i've known i've done for a while. Problem is if i try to stop casting and hold the wrist angle like in Greg's right hand drill i find i just shank everything right. Maybe i just need to work through it.

Cheers

[Christo]

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Some good fundamentals. Nice looking swing but I would say there is some points you can lookm at.

I see that your right leg is to active in the backswing and therefore your not building resistance. Your moving the right leg backwards and this is creating an overrotation of the hips.Are you underhitting?Distance wise? Without resistance your power will be lacking. KEEP YOUR RIGHT LEG FLEXED INWARDS FOR THE WHOLE BACKSWING. If you look at the pros you'll notice that there is almost no movement of his right leg from adress to the top of the backswing. This flexed right leg will create resistance between your legs and your shoulders and create power. This is called loading the right side.

Then I would like to see a more complete finish. Your not completing your shoulder turn in the follow through. Make sure your shoulders release through the impact zone with your beltbuckle pointing at the target when youre in the follow through position.

Hope this helps

[BigdazUK]

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Some good fundamentals. Nice looking swing but I would say there is some points you can lookm at.

I see that your right leg is to active in the backswing and therefore your not building resistance. Your moving the right leg backwards and this is creating an overrotation of the hips.Are you underhitting?Distance wise? Without resistance your power will be lacking. KEEP YOUR RIGHT LEG FLEXED INWARDS FOR THE WHOLE BACKSWING. If you look at the pros you'll notice that there is almost no movement of his right leg from adress to the top of the backswing. This flexed right leg will create resistance between your legs and your shoulders and create power. This is called loading the right side.

Then I would like to see a more complete finish. Your not completing your shoulder turn in the follow through. Make sure your shoulders release through the impact zone with your beltbuckle pointing at the target when youre in the follow through position.

Hope this helps

Yes I do under hit. With my irons anyway. I hit a 7 iron about 145 yards consistantly, 155 yards all out max. I hit 3 iron and my rescue 5W 185 consistantly, 190 tops. Thanks for the advice. Do you know any drills to help me keep my right leg less active. Or is it just a case of keeping it in mind while on the range for a few days.

Thanks. This is all great advice. I really appreciate it.

[Christo]

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Start at setup. Make sure you flex the right knee inwards.

A drill that works is to take your normal stance and then turn you right toes inwards so that it points to you left big toe. I would recomend just doing this drill without hitting the ball, because it may result in you pulling the ball to the left. Use this drill to get used to the right leg staying in place through the backswing.

After practicing this, return your toes to your normal stance and focus on keeping the right leg flexed inwards right through the backswing. You'll feel the power building. Think of the backswing working like a corkscrew. The legs give resistance to the shoulders and that creates power.
The flexed right leg will result in you not overturning the hips.
A tip to remember is that this action should not prohibit your shoulder turn. Make your normal turn with the shoulders.

Happy practicing!

[BigdazUK]

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Thanks for that drill Christo. I'll go to the range tonight and work on that. I'll try the pump drill to and work on standing taller and the picture finish. This site is great

Cheers guys

[BigdazUK]

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I see a little casting and a break down of the left wrist at impact.and no extension after impact.

I'm thinking about getting a leadbetter swing setter for some winter practice. Does anybody know if this will help my Casting issue?

Thanks

[BrianW]

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Hi Daz,

Just had a chance to download your video. generally you have the foundations of a good swing, here are a few suggestions to improve things:

Ball position and stance:
You have the ball back in your stance and your stance is narrow, this is making you hang back on your right side in the downswing, you have a reverse C shape at impact, this is probably what is causing you to hit behind the ball due to your swing arc bottoming behind the ball.

I think I may have explained to you about ball position, stance and the sternum in a previous post. keep the ball around 2.5 inches from your front foot, move your right foot back so that your sternum is positioned in the correct place for the swing arc to bottom correctly (just in front of the ball for mid irons).

Hip Rotation:
Your hips are rotating late in the swing which is also contributing to poor weight shift. Start your swing by unwinding your hips so that they are cleared open at impact.

Finish:
As mentioned already, swing through to a balanced finish with your belt buckle pointing at the target.

Sounds a lot, but it's not really.

[BigdazUK]

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Ball position and stance:
You have the ball back in your stance and your stance is narrow, this is making you hang back on your right side in the downswing, you have a reverse C shape at impact, this is probably what is causing you to hit behind the ball due to your swing arc bottoming behind the ball.

I think I may have explained to you about ball position, stance and the sternum in a previous post. keep the ball around 2.5 inches from your front foot, move your right foot back so that your sternum is positioned in the correct place for the swing arc to bottom correctly (just in front of the ball for mid irons).

The reason i have the ball back is that i've been moving it thurther and thurther back to combat the chunk. I'll try to move the ball to the correct position and see hoe i go. Thanks.

Hip Rotation:
Your hips are rotating late in the swing which is also contributing to poor weight shift. Start your swing by unwinding your hips so that they are cleared open at impact.

I've never noticed that before. So the first movement i should be making is hip unwinding. Is that just twisting or do i need to shift my hips to the left?

Thanks for your help so far. I've got loads of things to work on tonight when i get to the range.

[BrianW]

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The reason i have the ball back is that i've been moving it thurther and thurther back to combat the chunk. I'll try to move the ball to the correct position and see hoe i go. Thanks.


I've never noticed that before. So the first movement i should be making is hip unwinding. Is that just twisting or do i need to shift my hips to the left?

Thanks for your help so far. I've got loads of things to work on tonight when i get to the range.

Hi Darren,

That's right, but it's ball, feet and sternum position.

Regarding the hips: you should start unwinding them which will move your weight onto your left side and start to drop your arms. Look at this sequence of Luke Donald's swing, you can flick through slide by slide. See the way his hips unwind at the start of the down swing and the way his weight moves over and arms drop in response.

I suggest you just work on ball , feet position and weight transfer to start with, otherwise you may take on too much at once.

http://www.golfonline.com/golfonline...634632,00.html

[BigdazUK]

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Thanks for that. Donald really has a lovely swing. I'm gonna put some serious work in on those points you've made. I'm determind to get my handicap into single figures next year. Hopefully anyway. There is no point in just going to the range and pounding balls though because you don't learn anything. It's great to get tips of you guys so I have things to work on.

Cheers.

I'll post another video when i think i've improved and see what you think.