Well, there was help from you guys as well.
For a long time, I have been trying to understand why my pivot was so weak.
If I went hard at it, I was off balance. I usually ended on the ball of my left foot instead of my heel.
Then I started posing impact position with weight on heel and the axis tilt.
That felt good. Powerful.
But I hit everything left when trying to get to that position.
Then I read about 3Jack's flat lie angles and hand path closer to the body.
Yeah, I like the way that feels, easy balance, but everything goes hard left.
For the ball to go straight, I need high hands through impact .... then weight goes to ball of my left foot.
So, on a lark, I go to a clubmaker and have him bend every iron back to original specs.
These are old golfsmith blades, so that means 3-4* flatter than where they are now.
Boom! Everything goes straight now with the tilted-teacup, hands closer to the body swing.
Now, what bugs me about this whole thing .... I had these clubs "professionally fitted."
I remember hitting the lie board and him telling me that he was bending everything upright.
I saw the marks on the tape and I agreed with his assessment.
The problem was that he was fitting my irons to a weak pivot with high hands swing.
Anyway, thanks to all of you. If it weren't for all the little clues I got from reading here
(and one lesson with Brian, pre-trackman) I would still be lost.
It makes me wonder how many are stuck because of this contradiction.
I have been fitted more than once to the upright lie angle, by "good" clubfitters.
I have been stuck for years with clubs that kept me in a bad habit.
How can you break this cycle without the clubfitter and swing coach being the same guy?
For a long time, I have been trying to understand why my pivot was so weak.
If I went hard at it, I was off balance. I usually ended on the ball of my left foot instead of my heel.
Then I started posing impact position with weight on heel and the axis tilt.
That felt good. Powerful.
But I hit everything left when trying to get to that position.
Then I read about 3Jack's flat lie angles and hand path closer to the body.
Yeah, I like the way that feels, easy balance, but everything goes hard left.
For the ball to go straight, I need high hands through impact .... then weight goes to ball of my left foot.
So, on a lark, I go to a clubmaker and have him bend every iron back to original specs.
These are old golfsmith blades, so that means 3-4* flatter than where they are now.
Boom! Everything goes straight now with the tilted-teacup, hands closer to the body swing.
Now, what bugs me about this whole thing .... I had these clubs "professionally fitted."
I remember hitting the lie board and him telling me that he was bending everything upright.
I saw the marks on the tape and I agreed with his assessment.
The problem was that he was fitting my irons to a weak pivot with high hands swing.
Anyway, thanks to all of you. If it weren't for all the little clues I got from reading here
(and one lesson with Brian, pre-trackman) I would still be lost.
It makes me wonder how many are stuck because of this contradiction.
I have been fitted more than once to the upright lie angle, by "good" clubfitters.
I have been stuck for years with clubs that kept me in a bad habit.
How can you break this cycle without the clubfitter and swing coach being the same guy?
