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Hi Brian,
You talk a lot about fixing the clubface as a starting point in fixing a swing, and mostly you talk about fixing a too-open clubface since that is a much more common problem. However, I have the opposite problem, a too closed clubface at impact which leads to my bad shot, a big pull-hook.
I used to think this was caused by an over-the-top move, but after learning a lot here and watching myself on video, it is a clubface issue...in fact, I am under plane and swinging out to right field on the downswing to compensate for over-rotating the club on the downswing.
When I posted my swings on this site, you commented that my shoulders and hips are not open enough coming into and at impact, and I think this is due in part to bending the plane line. I get to the top ok, then re-route EVERYTHING to right field and swing down this line, so with respect to the target line of course my hips and shoulders are not open enough. However, my hips generally fire too early, so I think the problem is not lack of hip and shoulder turn, but turning on the wrong plane line.
One thing I try to work on to fix my clubface issue is to come into impact with the "belly" of the right forearm facing up...throwing a still-turned right forearm into impact with my pivot.
What else would you suggest to fix a closed clubface, and do you think my analysis makes sense? Would you try to work on the clubface first and then pivot, or work on an "over the top" or "swing left" type of feel in conjunction with the clubface?
Thanks.
You talk a lot about fixing the clubface as a starting point in fixing a swing, and mostly you talk about fixing a too-open clubface since that is a much more common problem. However, I have the opposite problem, a too closed clubface at impact which leads to my bad shot, a big pull-hook.
I used to think this was caused by an over-the-top move, but after learning a lot here and watching myself on video, it is a clubface issue...in fact, I am under plane and swinging out to right field on the downswing to compensate for over-rotating the club on the downswing.
When I posted my swings on this site, you commented that my shoulders and hips are not open enough coming into and at impact, and I think this is due in part to bending the plane line. I get to the top ok, then re-route EVERYTHING to right field and swing down this line, so with respect to the target line of course my hips and shoulders are not open enough. However, my hips generally fire too early, so I think the problem is not lack of hip and shoulder turn, but turning on the wrong plane line.
One thing I try to work on to fix my clubface issue is to come into impact with the "belly" of the right forearm facing up...throwing a still-turned right forearm into impact with my pivot.
What else would you suggest to fix a closed clubface, and do you think my analysis makes sense? Would you try to work on the clubface first and then pivot, or work on an "over the top" or "swing left" type of feel in conjunction with the clubface?
Thanks.
