Help My Lousy Swing

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xwall

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My game has gone completely south. Last year I was consistently playing in the low to mid 80's and this year I'm in the mid 90's. Biggest issues are pulls and pull hooks. I notice a chicken wing in the video. First video the ball went straight. Next two were hooks. I'm hitting birdieballs in the yard.

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Your sequencing is a huge problem. You are swatting at it with your arms. You need to learn about the chain of events as it occurs from the ground up. Google, Kinetic Chain Golf. Better yet buy one or more, or all of the videos on this site. This subject has to be one of the single most frequent golf instruction topics ever.
 
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I would suggest you either start with the basic videos (Confessions and/or Building Blocks) or give your general location to see if a Manzella Instructor or a pro who follows this forum in in your area.
 
Shot Limit

Shot Limit

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My vote is for COFF and/or NSA2. In the face on it looks flippy. Not so much a too far to the right, hands too far forward, club face too closed, and definitely not a right shoulder too down action.
 
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xwall

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Thanks for the suggestions. Defintely flippy and I have felt out of synch since the start of the season. Decided to start from the beginning with "Building Blocks".
 
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Kevin Shields

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The palms up grip is not helping you at all plus you need to keep your arms behind you longer so your body can stay ahead of the hit
 
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Nikkie

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I have seen this game a lot of times. this seems to be very interesting to me. But i know nothing about the rules as to play it personally. Can someone out here tell me how to play it , what are the essentials...?
 
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Mike O

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You learn to flip when you take practice swings, or hit soft balls into a net, or birdie balls in the backyard.
I'm guessing you're not tearing up the turf and taking divots when you hit the birdie balls. It's just a whole different thing - if you were a really good player who had proper technique - I wouldn't have a problem with hitting some birdie balls in the backyard. However, when you are at your stage - it's going to keep you at that stage. So on the factors of having lag, hitting down, taking a divot with your shorter irons - that backyard practice is detrimental to your improvement. The movement required to hit a birdie ball in the backyard compared to compressing an iron shot on the course with a real ball - much different. I've never used a birdie ball however I can imagine a soft practice ball that would/could stay on the clubface longer - where a proper swing for a real ball might not even produce the best shot possible with the birdie ball i.e. you might get your best birdie ball shot by sweeping it, no divot etc. Also, implied in this is that on a grass driving range you might be comfortable taking a nice divot with a short iron and in your own backyard - probably not. No mats either - you need real balls and real grass. That's a basic start - obviously it's not the entire picture - just helpful little additions. Let me guess - when you go to the driving range you hit off of mats.
 
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xwall

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I hate hitting off mats so I typically go to a range with real grass although I haven't done that yet this year. You're right that sweeping the birdie ball works well without taking a divot. Sometimes I do take a divot but don't like tearing up my lawn. I worked with "Building Blocks" this weekend and just did chip shots with real balls. Played 9 today and started to hit the ball much better with more compression. I'm going to continue working with Building Blocks. Thanks for your help.
 
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