More FIXES from your faults from Brian M.!

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duck hook

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left arm breaks down on backswing,making backswing too long.

BRIAN MANZELLA:
Extensor Action is the STEADY atempt for the right arm to straighten.

Feel a outward tug of your left arm by your right arm to your right on the backswing. (PS The right arm should ALWAYS try to straighten)
 
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golfboy

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Extremely flat backswing...basically my chronic flaw. All ballstriking problems i have are related to this....hooks, low ballflight, etc.

I feel a lot less body resistance going back flat, but the "right" way feels like i can barely do a 3/4 swing.

BRIAN MANZELLA:
A SHOULDER TUZN TAKEAWAY + Hands that think THEY need to go back way inside= Your Problem.

Use your right forearm to establish an angle that it should PICK UP the club to the top of that angle. It should feel like you are--at first---leaving your chest at the ball. Make sure to go ALL THE WAY up this angle to the top. It'll drag the pivot to the correct spot and you won't br too flat anymore.
 
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NikeBlades

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Hands too far 'behind' the body despite having a good takeaway and being on plane at the start of the swing.

BRIAN MANZELLA:
You need to apply the previous TWO fixes above.
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CrimsonTider

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Balance issues of all sorts. The two biggest are finishing with the weight on my front (left) toe rather than balanced or more toward the heel.

The next is getting a slide on the back swing, letting the weight get outside the right foot.

Finally, I am a bit too steep with my driver swing. Steep works well with the irons, but not so much with the driver.

BRIAN MANZELLA:
You are a reverse-pivot-er.

On the backswing feel as if your right shoulder turns without getting any higher than it was at address. On the downswing make sure your right shoulder goes down the plane to the ball. This should be accompanied by hips that unwind which should pull the weight to the heel at the finish.
 
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densikat

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From the top, body slide towards target, body a foot ahead of address position at impact.

BRIAN MANZELLA:
You are desparately trying to keep the ball from going to the left.

Make sure you grip is neutral and you don't have leakage. Then make your right shoulder go down the plane.
 
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semipro

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Thanks and sorry for being a little impatient, I will try the right shoulder at ball tip as I do that sometimes but not always.
 
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NikeBlades

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Here is another one if I may:

Left arm not rotating properly on the takeaway/backswing leading to a shut clubface at halfway back and the top of the backswing.
Alex
 
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hue

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Wooden locked right leg going through impact. This is my friend's problem and he can't fix it.
 
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diggerdog

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I have an inferiority complex stemming from unmet needs as a child, resulting in self-sabotaging behavior that affects my adult relaionships. Very suspect of any authoritative figure.

BRIAN MANZELLA:
I have met you. You turned out to be a fine man. You have a sense of humor, wonder and fair play. You, like myself, are a KNOWLEDGE-SEEKER, which means you shoulder never be bored...just learning.

I, Brian Manzella, have a very POLARizing personality. For whatever reason;), people who have a BIG problem with me are usually horses-rear-ends. Conversely, those who really like me are very nice people.

Sleep tight:)
 
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4D1

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I get up to pee several times during the night.

BRIAN MANZELLA:
Getting older is hell, isn't it.

Make up for your equipment problem with more know how.

Works for me.;)
 
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DDL

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Can't get my right elbow into pitch position, especially for longer clubs.....separation of elbows relative to address position. I think the solution is to aim the right elbow at the aiming point.
 
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galanga

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Brian's tip to set up to ball and take a divot inside and in front of the ball (that is whiff it with a good divot) has really helped me.

Not certain why but contact is better as is ball flight - slight draw on target. My common error is a pull - this, at least in the near term, has straigtened that out.

It also seemed to increase my lag.

Thanks Brian.
 
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DougT

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quote:Originally posted by galanga

Brian's tip to set up to ball and take a divot inside and in front of the ball (that is whiff it with a good divot) has really helped me.

Not certain why but contact is better as is ball flight - slight draw on target. My common error is a pull - this, at least in the near term, has straigtened that out.

It also seemed to increase my lag.

Thanks Brian.
Click to expand...

Was in relation to the toe'd shots question ?

Either way, can anyone explain how this drill helps ?

Thanks

Doug.
 
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galanga

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Brian offered the suggestion twice on the first page - one was for shanks - can't recall the other one.

Not sure why it helps. It does keep my hands and arms closer to my body and makes certain that the first move isn't a shoulder move out to the ball. If you move out and around you can't make the inside divot. It makes me move more laterally than rotary early in the transition. So, it may have worked for me because I had too much early rotary motion and not enough down with the hands and arms. At least that is what the difference feels like.
 
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MizunoJoe

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Brian's advice to galanga works because you have to get the hosel passing the inside aft quadrant of the ball before you can hit it with an open clubface.
 
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