1st swing in a Long time

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mgranato

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It's been nearly a year since my last full swing and 5 months since having surgery to fuse L4/L5. I've been cleared to hit some shots from a 100 yards and in. The back felt good yesterday so I decided to film a couple 8 irons to see how much swing atrophy there was. Surprisingly, the ball actually made contact witht the sweetspot, but I have zero feel what direction the ball would've gone :rolleyes:.

When I'm back in golf shape and able to handle a day at the range, the plan is to go see Brian for a proper lesson. Until then, I'd like to have a few keys to work on to start heading in the right direction. Any and all comments, advice, and jokes are welcome :).


 
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Congratulations on your successful surgery, and continuing great recovery!

I hope you continue to get all the satisfaction out of this game that you deserve from your efforts.
 
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mgranato,
you are the one who introduced to me to this sight (from another forum) a couple of years ago, and for that I am very grateful. I wish you the best in your recovery and I think your action looks great. Hit'm well!
 
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jeffreycharris said:
mgranato,
you are the one who introduced to me to this sight (from another forum) a couple of years ago, and for that I am very grateful. I wish you the best in your recovery and I think your action looks great. Hit'm well!
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Thanks, JC - glad you've found a good home :)

IMO, the greatest thing about this forum are the archives. That and the fact that the info taught here is constantly being refreshed and upgraded - what a unique concept ;).
 
jimmyt

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Hey MG

I want to be able to tell you your swing looks good........but for some reason the photos or video did not come through........is it me or you.

Love you posting again just on this site this time, huh

Take it EZ

Jim
 
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mgranato said:
It's been nearly a year since my last full swing and 5 months since having surgery to fuse L4/L5. I've been cleared to hit some shots from a 100 yards and in. The back felt good yesterday so I decided to film a couple 8 irons to see how much swing atrophy there was. Surprisingly, the ball actually made contact witht the sweetspot,
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Congrats on the successful surgery. Very nice swing for coming off such a layoff, but I suspect an 8-iron with that swing would have gone a lot further than 100 yds. Relax, no addicted golfer takes medical advice that seriously. :D

P.S. Nice practice set-up.
 
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TROYNYGOLFER said:
Congrats on the successful surgery. Very nice swing for coming off such a layoff, but I suspect an 8-iron with that swing would have gone a lot further than 100 yds.
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Thanks for the kind words, but I'm under no illusions of the work ahead of me for my swing. The 'remembering how to score' part is what I'm most dreading :confused:. I'm guessing the 8 would've gone maybe 105-ish ;).

P.S. Nice practice set-up.
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She's my new golfing pride-n-joy :D
 
jimmyt

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Today You Tube is working!!!

granato........

Finally put a face to the forum user. Your swing lokks pretty good considering the lay off. You were a plus handicap before the surgery I believe!

How nervous were you to swing the club! I know you went at it pretty easy which still looked pretty dynamic, but swinging it EZ did you let it go easy or did you baby it?

Thanks for turning me on to this site.

Take it Easy........

Jim
 
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jimmyt said:
granato........

Finally put a face to the forum user. Your swing lokks pretty good considering the lay off. You were a plus handicap before the surgery I believe!

How nervous were you to swing the club! I know you went at it pretty easy which still looked pretty dynamic, but swinging it EZ did you let it go easy or did you baby it?

Thanks for turning me on to this site.

Take it Easy........

Jim
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Man, you know I don't have enough sense to go at it cautiously. Figured since I'm all deductabled up for the year, now's the time to kick the tires :). The first two swings had some serious flinching goin on at the bottom, but the two that made it to youtube were actually 'regular speed' swings for me, IIRC ;).
 
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mgranato said:
It's been nearly a year since my last full swing and 5 months since having surgery to fuse L4/L5. I've been cleared to hit some shots from a 100 yards and in. The back felt good yesterday so I decided to film a couple 8 irons to see how much swing atrophy there was. Surprisingly, the ball actually made contact witht the sweetspot, but I have zero feel what direction the ball would've gone :rolleyes:.

When I'm back in golf shape and able to handle a day at the range, the plan is to go see Brian for a proper lesson. Until then, I'd like to have a few keys to work on to start heading in the right direction. Any and all comments, advice, and jokes are welcome :).


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over the top
flip
fall back

work on an excercise program that reduces the weight and improves the flexibility
 
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This is supposed to be advice? Really?

Mike O said:
over the top
flip
fall back

work on an excercise program that reduces the weight and improves the flexibility
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Flip? Over the top? Weight loss?

Go play with your dowels somewhere else. Don't come in here insulting forum members about their weight.
 
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Mike O said:
over the top
flip
fall back

work on an excercise program that reduces the weight and improves the flexibility
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Love it. Thanks for the critique, but could you elaborate on the points you made? Youtube is tough to get stills from so I uploaded the sequence photos from the two 8 iron vids I posted earlier. Also went back and read as much as I could about the TSP and EP, so I think my lines are in the right places. When taking the vids, I also tried very hard to get the camera on the hands - I think I remember Brian mentioning something about that. Anyways... here are the pics with a couple questions...

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OTT

I was under the impression that you can't be OTT if you are on or under the TSP. Of course, my understanding could be wrong. Would you explain the OTT you see so I can take the steps to correct it?

I did notice a bit of carry at the top (in the video) that puts the butt of the club above the TSP (if my lines are correct). I think I've got rid of that yesterday, but does that make the downswing OTT?

FLIP

I love the archives on this site. A couple weeks back, I was going through some old threads about this very topic. IIRC, the word was if the left wrist was flat it can't be a flip. To my eyes, the hand conditions in these photos look pretty much the same from frame to frame - the biggest difference I see between them is the shaft flex. Would you explain were the flip is? I used to be a big 'time-the-flip' player, maybe I didn't get rid of it?

FALL BACK

Not sure I've heard this term before. Would you explain what it is?

STIFF, FAT, LAZY (paraphrasing ;))

Let's not forget, the camera adds 50-60 lbs.

I've been in "Exercise programs" my whole life (basketball 12 months/year from 3rd grade thru college). That's largely why you can hear me popping and cracking, also called walking, from down the hall. Operations on the wheels, and now the hinge, have kinda removed the interest in any more exercise programs. Unless you count physical therapy and swimming :).

I don't associate my gutimus maximus with lack of exercise. I can/do lose and gain weight all the time. Not the best way to go about it, I know. For me it's an intake problem, and the problem with fixing that problem is - I LOVE GOOD FOOD :D

Flexibility. I know it's good to have and all, but you don't really make the decision to get two verts in the lower back fused together with the hopes of coming out the other side flexible. For the past 2 months I've been virtually pain free and I don't have numb legs anymore. I'm sure I'll eventually get back to stretching (outside of therapy), but right now, if I can get to the top without cringing and down to impact without flinching - I'm flexible :).

Got a lot more excuses if your interested ;).
 
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holeout said:
Go play with your dowels somewhere else. Don't come in here insulting forum members about their weight.
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Thanks, HOut, but the only thing I can imagine ever getting insulted over by something someone said on a forum would be if they called me a BIG 10 fan :eek::mad::D
 
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