Big time pulls

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Played again this weekend and my driver and 3 wood I pull hook probably 40 yrds left. My short irons are fine. But, the longer the club the bigger the pull. It is soooooo frustrating. I am getting the club back good, but am struggling obviously on the downswing. I would hit Nirvana if I could ever eliminate the left side of the rough.

Any ideas of how to correct this?
 
Lefts are a result of the clubface closed when the ball leaves it (seperation). Generally, it is the result of an over-roll or a breakdown of the left wrist through impact.

The following is a post from Yoda, holenone, (I hope he doesn't mind me posting his golden nuggets)that has helped me eliminated the lefts:

Your Left Wrist is Bending during Release and Impact because your Right Wrist is Flattening. And your Right Wrist is Flattening because during (or after) the Release of the Left Wristcock, you are incorrectly attempting to continue that Wrist Uncocking Feel instead of correctly Rolling the Hands.

After the Left Wrist has moved from Cocked to Level -- it is never Fully Uncocked (the Full Extension of the Primary Lever Assembly that results in Zero #3 Accumulator) until after Impact -- the Overtaking (of the Hands by the Clubhead) is accomplished by the Roll of the #3 Accumulator to the end of the Follow-Through. If this correct action is replaced by 'False Feel' Wrist Action -- misapplied #3 Pressure Point Pressure causing a Horizontal Motion in the Right Wrist -- the inevitable result is a Bent Left Wrist and Throwaway.

So, to cure your Bent Left Wrist, you must learn to complete the Release -- Sequenced or Simultaneus (2-P) -- by the proper Left Wrist Action into Impact and Left Hand Hinge Motion into the Follow-Through. But learning these Mechanics is not enough. For total victory, you must overcome the First Snare -- the urge to Steer (3-F-7-A) -- and this requires learning to drive the Ball into the ground and not into the air or 'toward the Target' (6-E-2).
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Yoda, Holenone


It does get much better than that!
 
quote:Originally posted by drewitgolf

Lefts are a result of the clubface closed when the ball leaves it (seperation). Generally, it is the result of an over-roll or a breakdown of the left wrist through impact.

The following is a post from Yoda, holenone, (I hope he doesn't mind me posting his golden nuggets)that has helped me eliminated the lefts:

Your Left Wrist is Bending during Release and Impact because your Right Wrist is Flattening. And your Right Wrist is Flattening because during (or after) the Release of the Left Wristcock, you are incorrectly attempting to continue that Wrist Uncocking Feel instead of correctly Rolling the Hands.

After the Left Wrist has moved from Cocked to Level -- it is never Fully Uncocked (the Full Extension of the Primary Lever Assembly that results in Zero #3 Accumulator) until after Impact -- the Overtaking (of the Hands by the Clubhead) is accomplished by the Roll of the #3 Accumulator to the end of the Follow-Through. If this correct action is replaced by 'False Feel' Wrist Action -- misapplied #3 Pressure Point Pressure causing a Horizontal Motion in the Right Wrist -- the inevitable result is a Bent Left Wrist and Throwaway.

So, to cure your Bent Left Wrist, you must learn to complete the Release -- Sequenced or Simultaneus (2-P) -- by the proper Left Wrist Action into Impact and Left Hand Hinge Motion into the Follow-Through. But learning these Mechanics is not enough. For total victory, you must overcome the First Snare -- the urge to Steer (3-F-7-A) -- and this requires learning to drive the Ball into the ground and not into the air or 'toward the Target' (6-E-2).
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Yoda, Holenone


It does get much better than that!


Thanks...what's funny is I don't conciously try and steer the ball, but I know I must on a subconcious level because I don't do it on the range.

Do you try and drive a driver down and into the ground too?
 
Ball position relative to the left shoulder will determine how much you will be hitting down, but the feeling is always down. If you don't know if you are hitting down, asssume that you didn't. All clubs take a divot including the driver, but with a driver it is an "air divot". You don't have to replace those.
 
quote:Originally posted by drewitgolf

Ball position relative to the left shoulder will determine how much you will be hitting down, but the feeling is always down. If you don't know if you are hitting down, asssume that you didn't. All clubs take a divot including the driver, but with a driver it is an "air divot". You don't have to replace those.


k, thanks
 

Jim Kobylinski

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You're standing too close to the ball with your longer clubs and you don't have enough room to hit the inside back corner of the ball. So you now hit the back of the ball and get pull hooks.

Use Brian's setup article and if you are always that far away you should never pull the ball unless you make a poor downswing.
 
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