Laid off. Please help.

[art]

Thanks for all of the replies. I agree the swings look pretty good but I just keep hitting a lot of low left hooks on the course. I drive the ball like a 20 handicapper, putt and chip like a plus handicapper and have a pretty good iron game. I just get really frustrated hitting 12 low hooks a round. Any ideas on why, I would love to hear? Thanks. Kermit

Dear kermitm,

I recently started posting on Brians site and just came across this thread.

Have you made progress ??

Is there another thread that you have continued this discussion??

I would like to try to help if there is still a problem.

Regards,

 

[kermitm]

Art, thanks for the reply. I have made great progress in the laid off move and the hooks but would still love to hear your ideas. I have worked on getting the face a little more open going back, the elbows wider and softer at the top and the arms more in front on the downswing. Any ideas you have are greatly appreciated. Kermitm

 

[art]

Art, thanks for the reply. I have made great progress in the laid off move and the hooks but would still love to hear your ideas. I have worked on getting the face a little more open going back, the elbows wider and softer at the top and the arms more in front on the downswing. Any ideas you have are greatly appreciated. Kermitm

Dear kermitm,

Thanks for the opportunity to help.

I hope you will look at a few of my other posts that relate to 'lower body dynamic balance and stability', for that is the area , IMO that is causing you the to compensate unnecessarily with many of the other upper body parts.

The good news is that from looking at your videos, the 'integrated' solution I propose will allow ALL those other areas to do their 'natural' thing, for as others have also pointed out, you have a very fine swing.

So, to help you develop lower body dynamic stability for ALL your full power swings, just finish your set-up by putting your right hip back, clockwise, until you take up the rotary slack. If you forward press, make sure you KEEP IT THERE, then proceed with your NORMAL back-swing, transition, and downswing.

As a tribute to a friend of mine who runs a driving range I frequent, we, hopefully/humorously refer to this simple BUT EXTREMELY IMPORTANT PROCESS as " Bumpy back, keep it back", where of course, the 'Bumpy', is my friends native 'translation' for, as he demonstrated , his right fanny cheek. And finally, the 'keep it back', is to allow the LEFT hip to lead the downswing activity, NOT YOUR RIGHT HIP.

So here goes with a slightly more detailed explanation; When you start your transition/downswing, I see a GREAT influence from what I believe is one of the TOP INJUSTICES in golf instruction, and that is to 'FIRST, FIRE your hips/pelvis HARD, counterclockwise. The research I have been involved in for the last 5 years is slowly crawling out of the 'hypotheses stage', but certainly, from the results of admittedly limited testing on Brian, and several of his instructors and participants on this site, IMO, is showing promise.

In your case, the reduction in lower body stability appears to be the result of a very early, and significant rotation of your RIGHT hip. Some research I reported in another post identified the rotational velocity of the right hip to be SIGNIFICANTLY LESS than that of the left hip. In my world of dynamic stability, this allows the lower body, during the downswing to develop rearward facing centripetal forces that better counter balance the forward facing forces of the rotating torso, shoulders, arms and of course, the club itself.

Good luck, and please let us know your results, and of course, post any further questions that may develop.