SD Pattern Question???

[benhogan55]

I am so pleased with how SD has given me a swing I can rely on and practice with a purpose. I have recently ran into a "bump". My miss with the irons has become a dead right rocket.(not the hosel variety) Compression is solid but it starts right and stays there. I can't put my finger on the exact problem. Any ideas?

 

[jenhaoyen]

I am so pleased with how SD has given me a swing I can rely on and practice with a purpose. I have recently ran into a "bump". My miss with the irons has become a dead right rocket.(not the hosel variety) Compression is solid but it starts right and stays there. I can't put my finger on the exact problem. Any ideas?

i think i just started that problem also

When I swing more left...it just pulls dead straight left.

I'm not sure if it's because i have no left forearm rotation. And sometimes i'm even a Mcfatty (hit it fat).

i'll post my video, maybe my take away is too steep?

 

[Brian Manzella]

I am so pleased with how SD has given me a swing I can rely on and practice with a purpose. I have recently ran into a "bump". My miss with the irons has become a dead right rocket.(not the hosel variety) Compression is solid but it starts right and stays there. I can't put my finger on the exact problem. Any ideas?

Possibly, you are retaining the backswing hip turn too far into the downswing.

 

[Jim Kobylinski]

Well think about the D plane and ball flight...start there. What would cause a straight push if you are swinging inside/out?

 

[jenhaoyen]

Jim or Brian, can you guys answer why it's important to keep the same distance (butt of the club and the belt buckle during the take away.

thanks

 

[niblick1]

Jim or Brian, can you guys answer why it's important to keep the same distance (butt of the club and the belt buckle during the take away.

thanks

That's explained in detail in the SD video.

 

[jenhaoyen]

That's explained in detail in the SD video.

Yes...it's saying so your club won't be pointing outwards. But are there other reason why we should do that?
I like to know all details, so i would like to know all the reasons possible.

 

[niblick1]

Yes...it's saying so your club won't be pointing outwards. But are there other reason why we should do that?

As Brian explains in the video, it's so you won't get in a position in your backswing (laid-off, over-rotated) that might work for other patterns but that makes the SD downswing tough to do. Get the video and watch it a few times.

 

[dannyc]

Well think about the D plane and ball flight...start there. What would cause a straight push if you are swinging inside/out?

a face that is open to the target, but square to the path

 

[benhogan55]

Well think about the D plane and ball flight...start there. What would cause a straight push if you are swinging inside/out?

face..but why in stretches?

 

[benhogan55]

Possibly, you are retaining the backswing hip turn too far into the downswing.

I try and keep the belt buckle ahead...the strange thing it just crops up without warning.

 

[dbl]

No offense, but isn't this like asking "why are amateur golfers inconsistent?" You are not doing something correctly sometimes in regards the clubface, so get more consistent with the clubface.

If you are looking for a particular thing, check your grip (which might have changed),or your wrists position at the end of the backswing (left more bent than usual perhaps), OR monitor your wrist motion during the downswing.

Then stop screwing up.