solid tee shots

[PGAplayer#1]

I seem to be on plane,but my shot aren't solid. And they also go really low.someone help

[ilang]

Re: solid tee shots

it might be you are not releasing the clubhead at impact.make sure you have a high finish to the top of you through swing.

[takinitdeep]

Re: solid tee shots

PGA, why driver not solid; check your power sources for leaks:
1. Body turn
2. Wrist Hinge
3. Weight Transfer
4. Release
Your answer lies within one or more of these power sources, nothing else.
Start examining, are you turning left shoulder over right instep?
Are you gripping the club in such a way so as to prevent hinge?
Are you not giving backswing enough time to complete?
Are you not following through past impact to finish?
Are you not transferring weight to inside of right foot?
Are you transferring weight beyond inside of right foot?
Are you so tense that the clubhead is not releasing? Gripping to tight?
Let me know what you find out.

[shootin4par]

Re: solid tee shots

1. Body turn
2. Wrist Hinge
3. Weight Transfer
4. Release
Your answer lies within one or more of these power sources, nothing else.

I think that covers all off the golf swing, hope it has nothing to do with anything else. But now you got me thinking about it
hot cart chick may get the blood flowing and help you crank out an extra 15 yards, or may make you nervous and shank it into the bushes

[takinitdeep]

Re: solid tee shots

I would suggest you try staying behind the ball at impact; I would guess you are racing ahead of yourself, thus hitting weak shots to the right.

I seem to be on plane,but my shot aren't solid. And they also go really low.someone help

[Bigbo]

Re: solid tee shots

PGA, why driver not solid; check your power sources for leaks:
1. Body turn
2. Wrist Hinge
3. Weight Transfer
4. Release
Your answer lies within one or more of these power sources, nothing else.
Start examining, are you turning left shoulder over right instep?
Are you gripping the club in such a way so as to prevent hinge?
Are you not giving backswing enough time to complete?
Are you not following through past impact to finish?
Are you not transferring weight to inside of right foot?
Are you transferring weight beyond inside of right foot?
Are you so tense that the clubhead is not releasing? Gripping to tight?
Let me know what you find out.

Hope I don't have to remember all those thing to hit a golf ball. I am new to this forum and am just reading. Here is a old mans swing
http://i120.photobucket.com/albums/o...otos/BIGBO.jpg

[Bigbo]

Re: solid tee shots

Bigbo:

Not a bad swing for such a old man.

I would like to see your swing in motion, but let's look at some frames.

Top, frame number 1. I would like to see you with your chin up off the chest just a little more and the knees have just a little more flex in them.

Top, frame number 4. You recover the knee flex. Notice how the left shoulder leans out, this is what we want to see going into the backswing.

Too me and I can not tell from static photos, you maybe bringing the hands a little too far to the inside in the backswing.

Grab a club and bring it back in your backswing to about waist high or even a little higher, no big deal and hold it there. Now just turn your shoulders around to bring the club up and around into the top of the backswing. If you are doing the same in the swing you provided you are in good shape. If you are pulling the hands in on the way back, this is a No,No.

Frame # 2 on the bottom, look at the right shoulder being up so high and then as you reach the top of the swing you are leaning to the left as you progess through the frames.

Keep the right shoulder down longer and have the feeling the club is being thrown out in front of you.

What you are doing is coming around on the ball.

Practice drills.

1. You can fold the hands and arms across the chest, take your address position and tuen the shoulders back and the left shoulders lowers a little and the turn them forward and the right shoulder lowers a little and from that position the arms, hands and club extends out and the shoulders would bring everything over the front shoulder at the top of the forward swing.

When we use the big muscles to control the swing, everything we did in the backswing will repeat in the forward swing w/o using the hands.

2. Swing up to about shoulder high and pull the right elbow down to the ground. This will force you to come down and around on the shot.

A little better spine angle at address, let me post Helen if you have not seen this one:

1. http://www.golftoday.co.uk/proshop/f...our_swing.html

and

Work on throwing the club out to keep the right shoulder down a little longer. We call this extension in the forward swing.

We could tear anyones swing apart a 100 different ways, but if you focus on the major issues, the swing will fall into place.

1. Check to see if you are using the hands to bring the club to the inside.

2. Chin just a little more up at address with a little more knee flex, feel your butt sticking out, back behind you.

3. Maintain your spine angle in the forward swing and let the club and arms bring the club up over the left shoulder in the forward swing.

Add a little here. Notice how your right hand knuckles are facing the ground coming up to the top of the backswing. You are swinging on an angle and we want the same feeling of the hand knuckles coming to the ground on the downswing so you can throw the right hand into the shot.

When you swing on an angle you always have a built in lag.

Thanks cmays I am looking at the swing and reading the post
Bigbo

[Bigbo]

Re: solid tee shots

Your are very welcome.

Let me point out something for you.

Notice in Helen's swinging picture on the left side of the page, the one two count.

On number one notice when the left palm faces the right leg she starts the shoulder turn, club is parallel to the ground or close to.

That was the same with the old method of teaching of dragging back low and slow until the left palm faced the right leg, club is parallel to the ground and then go into your shoulder turn. This old method caused many problems and bigger chested men where the first to discover these problems. Another bigger problem was people wanting to drag the hands to the inside too much and many more.

Helen has two steps, palm faces back leg and then go into the shoulder turn.

The only difference in what I teach, I have taken the first step out of the swing, shorten the process, but everything else remains about the same as Helen is teaching.

When you can put the two actions together you will have a nice easy swing.

Chin up, let the eyes drop down to see the ball and Good Luck, You Can Do It.

thanks I am going to the course now. It is warm today. All I need is a few more yards to compete in the LDA. I tried last year for the first time and came up a few yards short. Flew it 294 yards and it fell out of the sky like a rock and rolled two feet. LOL!!! I will work on your advise and give an update later. Thanks Bigbo

[Bigbo]

Re: solid tee shots

I wish I would have known that you where working on long driving. I do not read all the post, just a few while killing time.

The post where you drive 299 Plus yards came up 0n the e-mail.

Not that I would have changed anything, but we can have you to do a little more.

A good brace and good forward extension is important and that starts with the butt out.

From there we can increase your swing arch like Wie's or Woods.

Long driving is a whole new ball game, but it starts with good fundamentals.

Plus it all comes down to being fitted for the suit and not running down to Walmart to purchase a suit in your size.

Have you found your maxium distance? I do not know, but we can try to increase it.

I will tell you to work on the forearms and to build them up.

If you like to share I would like to hear about your ball flight with the driver and your iiron play.

Working on the forearms may not be needed, my friends already call me popeye. As far as being fitted for a club, I tried that once, it was a 2 1/2 hour drive to nearest launch monitor. after the fitting I told I needed a 10.5 driver with a regular flex shaft. I tried one of those the other day, I near killed a guy three fairways over to the left. LOl !!! That was a waste of money. swing speed with driver 120, swing speed with 3 wood 110, swing speed with 5 iron 92, Driver SMT Encore 6.8 - shaft graffoly blue 48in USGA- xflex, stiff in irons. My irons I hit straight with about 10-12 launch angle. If I hit bad it is a straight push. My driver I hit straight- with lauch angle 20 degrees- also a push if I miss hit. Trying to lower the launch angle to get some roll. Longest drive today 310.
Thanks Bigbo

[Bigbo]

Re: solid tee shots

There is a trick in turning a flexible shaft into a stiff one and the same is used to lower the launch angle to get more roll.

As you enter in the downswing slot you throw the left hand knuckles towards the ground. The same effect as curling and the sole of the club is level to the surface.

Your back shoulder coming up too soon in the forward swing leaves the right forearm lagging behind and more than likely is giving you that pushing effect.

As advance of a player as you are, are you feeling the toe of the driver coming around after impact?

I was in Texas for the last several weeks on Modays and Fridays, how far are you from Sherman,Texas or Ardmore, Oklahoma?

Send me an e-mail if you like.

Thanks again, It is 330 miles to ardmore, near 300 to Sherman. From where I live you can drive forever before you get anywhere. Building a new driver this week maybe that will help and I will watch the hands. Hard to pratice in the winter, not enought daylight. I have a son who also competed in the LDA last time. First drive was 377 yards,I think our nerves got in the way being the first time we tried.LOL!!! Hard to hit it if you can't get it on the tee. He is a good golfer- better than me. He is also a small boy. 6ft 5in 340 pounds. I do thank you for the help and I will keep you posted as things progress.
Bigbo

[takinitdeep]

Re: solid tee shots

Don't bother