Back from Orlando Range Report....

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Jim Kobylinski

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Well i didn't have too much to work on at orlando, short list of things:

1) bend over more from the waist
2) strengthen the right hand grip a bit
3) get the right shoulder to KEEP going down plane through the ball so i don't lose my axis tilt

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#3 has been a killer for me my whole golfing career and honestly when i'm swinging it well i can play some really good golf with a slight pull fade as my stock shot. Most of you in orlando wouldn't know that since it was pitiful how aweful i was hitting the ball on the course. Range was pretty good but changing my takeaway, posture and downswing is a lot to bring to the course. I will admit the back 9 of crooked cat was a turning point for me.

Anyway....main thing i've been working on is getting that right shoulder to go COMPLETELY downplane and KEEPING my axis tilt. Lots of in door drills with 1-2 times to the range and things have slowly been getting better.

Well, went out tonight and it seems to be clicking really well. I'm hitting the ball so much higher it's ridiculous. I've also found all that lost distance i USED TO have. I also can finally hit a DRAW! Not a pull draw but a real draw, thank god. It's nice to have that back. It also feel like i have absolutely no effort to hit the ball and it's obviously flying higher and a littler longer. Not so much with the irons because they are ballooning a bit but the driver/3 wood are obviously longer. Driver makes a COMPLETELY different sound. One of the people at the range said i had one of the laziest swings he ever saw which really meant to me that my rythem was working.

Can't wait for the weather to turn around up here. One thing i'm still trying to figure out is how to really try and up the effort/speed without losing my tilt. Couple of times i really went after a couple and hit the ball further but obviously, it was a pull. Need to work on that. But i feel all the heaviness again, the slow roll of the horizontal hinge, effortless power. It really is great.

Thanks again Brian and Tom and that special guy at Orlando who fixed my takeaway on that back 9. You know who you are ;)
 
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quote:Originally posted by jim_0068




3) get the right shoulder to KEEP going down plane through the ball so i don't lose my axis tilt

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Anyway....main thing i've been working on is getting that right shoulder to go COMPLETELY downplane and KEEPING my axis tilt. Lots of in door drills with 1-2 times to the range and things have slowly been getting better.
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Jim: What indoor drills have you been doing?
 
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That's great. We've had a couple fair days here also. I took my shag bag to the course and pounded away two different afternoons.
I left the course after the first day thinking I was ready. I hit some of the solidest irons consistently I've hit in a while. It must have been similar to your feeling. I was turning the right shoulder down through while keeping the club and hands behind. The club felt "heavy" in my right hand coming down through. Then I went back yesterday afternoon and was pathetic. I collected the first bag and tried again. After some more awful shots I found my old friend Mr Extensor and used the pull the lawn mower cord thought and let them help get the club and right elbow back behind me. I hit most of the second bag full pretty good.
By the looks of the long range weather forecast I'm afraid that will be the last outdoor session for quite a while.

Steve
 
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You're attributing the higher trajectory to moving the right shoulder down plane? I would also be interested in hearing about the indoor drills. I constantly fight a too low trajectory.
 
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Brian Manzella

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The home work videos will go out Monday or Tuesday for those who were in Orlando.

Good work, Jim.

Steve, you fall into the very small catagory of someone who has lag pressure on a 275 yard drive, but not on shorter shots. This "lag pressure-if-the-if the-pivot-is-strong-enough" malady is very curable.

Here is what you need to do. Because you'll have to work indoors due to the weather, you need ballsl to hit that won't fly away, but wiffle balls and foam balls don't have enough resistance.

So either a small net if you have a garage or one of those "ball on a string" round-and-rounds, would help the cause.

Every day you can, you need hit little shots until you have some sucess at keeping the club "up your left arm." When you can hit it hard—and stop successfully at the follow-through—then attempt some to tthe finish swivel.

Those should—in my opinion—wind up with a STILL flat left wrist, and a fully rotated left arm.

Follow those with full swings, that ideally, should feel like longer versions of the above. Keep your set-up the same, except for the need for a narrower stance on the shorter shots.

A tac-tic would also help, as will my new video "Building Blocks."
 
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Jim,

Great report. I knew you weren't too far off as you were hitting the ball well on the range, and despite your misgivings on the course; you did have a few nice shots there too.

I am getting fitted for new clubs. There's a terrific club maker in town helping me out. Per Brian's advice (all shafts perhaps an inch too short) I decided to sell my old set and get custom built clubs. I hit some longer irons with graphite shafts to compensate for the new weight. We also played with some new heads that are very forgiving.

We'll have to form up an alumni school soon enough!

Steve,

That's great news that your ball striking is improving!
 
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Jim Kobylinski

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quote:Originally posted by hue

quote:Originally posted by jim_0068




3) get the right shoulder to KEEP going down plane through the ball so i don't lose my axis tilt

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Anyway....main thing i've been working on is getting that right shoulder to go COMPLETELY downplane and KEEPING my axis tilt. Lots of in door drills with 1-2 times to the range and things have slowly been getting better.
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Jim: What indoor drills have you been doing?
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I've been practicing (in slow motion) my downswing with a proper "on plane" right shoulder with my plane lasers.

The difference is that now, i am tracing the line with an on plane right shoulder when before i STILL TRACED THE LINE but it wasn't with an on plane right shoulder.

I do it at different speeds until i work up to a full speed swing. I did the same thing at the range.
 
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Jim Kobylinski

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quote:Originally posted by Jayro1

You're attributing the higher trajectory to moving the right shoulder down plane? I would also be interested in hearing about the indoor drills. I constantly fight a too low trajectory.
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The more your right shoulder goes downplane correctly the more axis tilt you should have thus creating a higher flight. The more your right shoulder gets thrown off plane the more you lose your tilt and the lower it goes.
 
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