Confessions of a Former Flipper progress

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As I continue my "Confessions of a Former Flipper" work, I had a few "A-HA!" moments. Getting good sharp contact gets progressively easier with each two hour daily practice session using the video coupled with Brian's suggestions in the Chipping Yips thread. As I work now on float loading, I had my first set of A-HA! moments of the day. I realized I have been guiding the club and never allowing it to do its job. A-HA!!!!!

Then, I realized the tremendous increase in clubhead speed attained through the lag created by float loading. A-HA!!!

More to come, if anyone wants the report.

This is an eye-opening experience.
 
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I spent another two hours working on this today at the range. I'm making progress. I finished by hitting little lob wedges to a flag 38 yards from me. I was brushing the grass, then chopping 'em off at the knees, and hitting the softest little pitch and completely trusting the swing.

THEN, I played 9 holes with the boys for a few Samoleans- my lessons obviously weren't ready for the course, the boys or the bets. I started hitting a pretty good drive right down the middle. So far....so good! Trusted the whole thing. Followed it up with a nice approach to about 15 ft. couple putts and one to the next tee. I think I hit one more good shot the rest of the way, a little 135 yard punched 7 iron. The rest? completely forgettable! I came out ok with the bets, but as the game wore on, I was choking the club and guiding it into the ball.

It's all good though, Rome wasn't built in a day. Two hours tomorrow, a tournament Saturday...

I am enjoying and appreciating the journey.
 
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Next installment- tournament today. Worst score in several years (90). I played army golf off of the tee. Pushes into the right rough (usually behind a lurking tree and a punch out), followed by ugly hooks into the left rough. This was followed by a large dose of bad short game. I think making major swing changes can involve some pain and frustration, I will need to exercise patience. I practiced after this debacle and learned a little more. Tomorrow will be a new day, and I will keep on track and focus on my work towards a better more efficient swing.
 
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Jim Kobylinski

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Leek said:
Next installment- tournament today. Worst score in several years (90). I played army golf off of the tee. Pushes into the right rough (usually behind a lurking tree and a punch out), followed by ugly hooks into the left rough. This was followed by a large dose of bad short game. I think making major swing changes can involve some pain and frustration, I will need to exercise patience. I practiced after this debacle and learned a little more. Tomorrow will be a new day, and I will keep on track and focus on my work towards a better more efficient swing.
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This is what happens when you take someone who is used to swinging too far to the right (under plane) and flips it to hit the ball straight.

You have fixed the "flip" but kept the same under plane path so you are going to push it dead right or hook it really hard when you are underplane and actually release the club.

So essentially, you need to watch Never Hook Again and you need to swing waaaaaaaaaaaay more left.
 
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Jim Kobylinski said:
This is what happens when you take someone who is used to swinging too far to the right (under plane) and flips it to hit the ball straight.

You have fixed the "flip" but kept the same under plane path so you are going to push it dead right or hook it really hard when you are underplane and actually release the club.

So essentially, you need to watch Never Hook Again and you need to swing waaaaaaaaaaaay more left.
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Jim,
This sounds like me as well. Keep up the good work.
 
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Next installment- I played with the boys for a few Samoleans Sunday. I wanted to simulate tournament pressure while working on "Flipper." I bet a buddy who usually needs to give me 2 a side, that we would play match play even up.

I had re-watched Never Slice Again, and concentrated on lagging the sweet spot. This seems to get me more on plane, but limits me to a small right to left shot. My ball striking improved dramatically! I started on the first tee, a dogleg left with a tight draw into the corner. It's 241 to the corner (measured by my bushnell rangefinder) and I got around it! I have typically carried driver 215-235 for the last year. I'm getting older, turned 50 and lost some distance.

Needless to say, I felt more confident. My ball striking stayed ok to pretty good for the entire round. I threw away shots like a drunken sailor on the greens and a few around the greens, when I either made bad decisions, or once had a shot I don't really know how to play (short sided green side bunker with no sand in it). My home course, which is new to me this year, has lightning fast undulating greens. I don't know the breaks yet, and clearly have not learned to putt from well above the hole. Kept running them 8-10 feet by the hole. Posted Simpmeter speed Sunday was 12. I'm not used to that kind of speed.

Back to ball striking- 9 fairways hit. 10 GIRS- Not bad for a 13 HDCPer. 3 of my missed greens were simply due to the increased distance I am getting from my irons. Once I realized this, I adjusted later in the round (ok after 10 holes). Some of the worst trouble I have ever seen came from airmailing greens.

The match? Not close- closed my buddy out at 6 and 5. Score? 80.

Couple questions:

I have paid a lot of attention to Brian's instructions on the grip. I noticed the "Vs" on my hands point to my chin at address. Is this right?

To move the bottom of my swing forward, I feel as if my left hand is guiding my hands in a straight line from the top to my aiming point just outside my left (target side) foot, instead of a more rounded swinging sensation. This seems to create more lag and more pressure. Is this correct?
 
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Jim Kobylinski

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Leek said:
Couple questions:

I have paid a lot of attention to Brian's instructions on the grip. I noticed the "Vs" on my hands point to my chin at address. Is this right?
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Yes, for now keep them pointing at your chin. As your swing develops and you learn more clubface control you can move to a stronger grip (if you want) but for now keep that neutral of a grip. There's reasoning behind it.

To move the bottom of my swing forward, I feel as if my left hand is guiding my hands in a straight line from the top to my aiming point just outside my left (target side) foot, instead of a more rounded swinging sensation. This seems to create more lag and more pressure. Is this correct?
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Exactly, you want to feel like your head stays BACK while your hands move in a straight line to that spot. BOOM ;)
 
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All of this "progress" is false. I just thought I was doing something. What seemed like progress was just implementing the right ideas with no foundation at all. I have to go back and build a solid foundation or those ideas will mean nothing at all.

But I did learn this- I wasn't a flipper at all. I was a hoister or a scooper
 
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prizzy

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Can you elaborate on the complexities? I think I and a flipper, but since I am casting a bit, I think it's a bit of a scoop. My club is 90 on the downswing right when my hands hit the right thigh.
 
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Lindsey Newman

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I think that you can be flippy and hit it solid and have ball first contact. A scoop is literally hitting the ground first with the idea that a club works like a spatula.
 
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