WoodbridgeGolf37
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Background: I've always struggled making a "proper" divot. I'm a self confessed flipper with an extremely high ball flight that tended to have misses that were either hooks or blocks. I've learned a ton here over the past year and started to eliminate the "lefts", but still couldn't seem to ever properly compress the ball.
Current Focus: I have been tinkering with increasing shoulder tilt at address, and distributing my weight according to the club I am hitting: more on left foot for short iron, more on right foot for driver.
Result: I am hitting more crisp irons and taking a few really nice divots. Addtionally my trajectory has come down perceptibly with most of my clubs when I make good contact.
Analysis: I think this change in set-up has finally aided in stopping my flip. When I start the back swing now, the lowered right shoulder seems to allow for a better pivot and the club stays outside my hands longer (less left arm flying wedge rotation). I also feel like I am in a much better position to just "wallop the ball with my pivot" from the top of the backswing.
I'd be very interested to get the forum's opinion on why such a seemingly minor adjustment has made such a major impact. (I'm sure I'm mashing-up a ton of concepts here and probably attributing improved results to improving symptoms and not the proper root cause
Thanks,
Joe
Current Focus: I have been tinkering with increasing shoulder tilt at address, and distributing my weight according to the club I am hitting: more on left foot for short iron, more on right foot for driver.
Result: I am hitting more crisp irons and taking a few really nice divots. Addtionally my trajectory has come down perceptibly with most of my clubs when I make good contact.
Analysis: I think this change in set-up has finally aided in stopping my flip. When I start the back swing now, the lowered right shoulder seems to allow for a better pivot and the club stays outside my hands longer (less left arm flying wedge rotation). I also feel like I am in a much better position to just "wallop the ball with my pivot" from the top of the backswing.
I'd be very interested to get the forum's opinion on why such a seemingly minor adjustment has made such a major impact. (I'm sure I'm mashing-up a ton of concepts here and probably attributing improved results to improving symptoms and not the proper root cause
Thanks,
Joe