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No question that if you hit it left with a path at the target that it IS a too strong grip.

We often over-analyze some things, and this may be a case of worrying about something that isn't there: I hadn't considered grip at all, but since you know your path is right, it IS your grip. But not because of a "right or wrong" from a book or other reference: because your own anatomy indicates such a need, realizing that you are unique and if you are not twisting the club during the downswing, it automatically arrives the same at impact; so you adjust it at setup to allow for how it DOES return at impact.

If you are not aware of serious head movement it is not an issue, in most cases. That is because intention and awareness over-rule small incidental movement: hardly a soul does NOT have some of it.
 
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I should also have included this point about direction control. When you take your grip and setup with clubface aligned and with a clear sense of the line you are going to use for your path, MAKE A SENSORY NOTE of how neutral, turned, or rolled your left wrist is at setup. Take a mental picture. Then, during your forward press, backswing, and downswing, PERMIT NO TURNING OR ROLLING OR DEVIATION from that orientation at all. Of course pronation and supination will occur, but not deliberately- they occur because of your anatomy and need to be allowed whatever happens. So by retaining, throughout your takeaway and backswing and forward swing, the sensory (proprioceptive) orientation of your wrist or forearm or hand to prevent it FROM turning otherwise, you will be able to return to the ball with the clubface pointing in the same direction as you set up.

This is true for putting, chipping, pitching, and full shots. I do NOT mean to use only vertical hinging or SBST at all, but vertical "unhinging" WILLl be a part of the process. I DO mean that whatever hinging you DO use, that the "photograph" you FEEL (you can't really see it during your swing nor would you want to) of how much your left arm/hand/wrist/clubface is "around to the left, neutral, or around to the right" in your sensory memory, YOU RETAIN THAT for controlling impact clubface direction.

And of course, you must take responsibility for your path. You mentioned that your path was OK and that your draws or hooks had to be something else. THIS, clubFACE control, is where that creeps in.

Within reasonable ranges, if one time your grip is a bit stronger or a bit weaker, it won't matter if you ARE controlling your return-to-the-ball forearm rotation to be the same as setup: THAT controls it, not some minor deviation in how strong or weak your grip for THAT shot happens to be.

Make sense?
 
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Mick Stup said:
Makes sense, thanks PI. I'll work on that on the range. Cheers and merry xmas.:)
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Make sure not too take on too many changes at once. Prioritize, and work on small parts until they become more ingrained, and then move on to the next aspect. Just my humble opinion...
 
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OK...I am a newbie here, so be kind.

I shot this video Thursday afternoon. It was only 36 degrees and I am cold as heck.

I am having some problems keeping my spine angle consistent. My rear end tends to move towards the ball, even though my head stays pretty level. That is what I am currently working on.....keeping my spine angle all the way through impact.

http://media.putfile.com/7-iron-down-the-line-39
 
Mr Inconsistent

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Stewart, or should I say Jay Haas with that takeaway. You look great halfway down so who cares though. The only thing I would throw out there is that you are pretty close to a reverse pivot on the backswing. I know you are hitting and iron there but I would suggest loading up your right leg more and not getting too centered with the driver and long irons. This should fix some of your pulls too and could give you more distance.

Mick, you pick the club up with your hands really fast and tend to have a hands/wrists dominated swing. I think you should add some more body to it and be more patient with the hands on the backswing. Along the same lines, and you don't really have any lateral movement going on. You need some kind of shift at least at the start of the downswing, and some going back would'nt be a bad idea either to get the majority of your weight on your right side, you are too close to a reverse weight shift right now. This lack of shift is the cause of your pulls. Also, you'll hit it a lot farther with a shift. I even ran across a great Ben Hogan clip on youtube on this subject, check out the lateral motion of his hips, especially during his full swing at the very end.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fMme63rleag

Otto, first of all nice dedication. You look like you are on a CIA undercover mission to the driving range. You're doing a great job tracinng the shaft plane on the backswing, that's for sure. Your followthough plane looks a little too vertical though, not sure if that matters. Also, it is only a down the line view, but I feel like you might be restricting the dynamics of your swing a little too much for the sake of form. Do you maintain a fairly wide arc and generally feel uninhibited when you swing?
 
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