I see what you're saying. It's really hard to catch though from the video; the swing looks pretty damn good.
You think dragging the handle might help 3JACK?
Maybe.
I know there's not a ton of love for TGM here (although I don't think it's villified here either), but once I understood the idea behind learning feel from mechanics and then understood how TGM is really a feel oriented book (surprising to some with all the mechanical jargon in there), that's when I stopped flipping and my ballstriking and scores dropped big time. I think learning feel from mechanics really cannot be disputed to me. Once you 'own it', you'll find this game so much easier.
In other words, I can suggest some feels and they may work, but it usually doesn't really do you any good until you get some drills for flipping and then really ask yourself that when you use the proper mechanics, how does it feel to
you?
CoFF is filled with concepts and drills to help get rid of the flip that pretty much fit exactly with your swing pattern. And NSA 2.0 jives with that as well.
You can play good golf with a flip. I played to a +2 over ten years ago with a flip. Of course, I look back now and I see myself as having a sensational short game and being extremely strong out of the bunker and on flops, which needs to happen if you play at that level with a flip because when you miss greens, you tend to miss them bad. And consistency is almost impossible to have as well.
Now without the flip I'm playing to a +0.3 and my putting is probably the worst it has ever been and really hasn't been right since I got back from the 8 year layoff from the game. I guess I can see some of the thoughts of eliminating the flip as being overrated. I only gained about 20 yards with my driver and a club with my irons, but I honestly thought I would gain something like 40 yards with my driver and at least 2 clubs with my irons.
But the biggest improvement is in consistency. I can't tell you how refreshing it is to not shoot those outrageously bad, out-of-nowhere scores. Furthermore, even on my bad days I have the utmost confidence that the next day I'll get it back and play well.
For instance, today I go out and play and bogey the first hole and then hit a slice on #2 and make a bogey there and then catch one a little thin on the par-3 third hole. I'm now +2 after the first three holes. But I wasn't that worried about it and wound up shooting even on the day and hitting 14 of the last 15 holes and hitting 12 out of 13 fairways. In the 'flipping days', I could've wound up with a big round or a horrendous front side and then a good back side and just be frustrated and confused by the inconsistency.
For that, I say getting rid of the flip is almost invaluable. At least to my psyche.
3JACK
