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I realize this picture may not give enough to determine if I am releasing the club enough. It looks to me (not the most trained eye) that I may be dragging the handle to much, not allowing the club to be released more. Too much bent right wrist for to long? Any thoughts?

The ball was a medium height draw, I typically hit a draw when hitting the ball well.

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Looks very good to me.

Tough to know from one face-on pic or any one pic for that matter but that could be a pro for all I know.
 
No I have not! I will give that a try and see how it effects my ball flight. I'm assuming that far up will "encourage" a more upward delivery so with D plane laws, aiming right is appropriate. Thanks!
 
I realize this picture may not give enough to determine if I am releasing the club enough. It looks to me (not the most trained eye) that I may be dragging the handle to much, not allowing the club to be released more. Too much bent right wrist for to long? Any thoughts?

The ball was a medium height draw, I typically hit a draw when hitting the ball well.

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What bad shots are you hitting? if you try to release the club more wouldn't you turn the draw into a hook?
 

Kevin Shields

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No I have not! I will give that a try and see how it effects my ball flight. I'm assuming that far up will "encourage" a more upward delivery so with D plane laws, aiming right is appropriate. Thanks!

Not only that but the best upward delivery....with forward shaft lean for optimum launch. Report back. Nice swing as usual.
 
I'm not 100% sure but I think it's because I still have forward shaft lean past impact, so I can try to play the ball that far forward so I can hit up with forward leaning shaft. I don't think I do that based off anything specific like body type, flexibilty etc, I think it's just how I've learned to deliver the club into impact.

When I started golf I didn't know much (still may not actually lol) but I know all I thought about was trying to keep my hands ahead at impact because people said you don't want to cast. So that may have been why I developed those impact conditions.
 
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Because he's able to maintain the hands forward and hit the ball later in the clubhead's arc = on the upswing = less out to the right.

Matt
 

Kevin Shields

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Exactly Matt. I just see know reason to change anything on willimatic except for clubfitting, ball position and DPlane adjustments. I mean, how pure is his swing?
 
Exactly Matt. I just see know reason to change anything on willimatic except for clubfitting, ball position and DPlane adjustments. I mean, how pure is his swing?

Yes, very pure. I'd rather see him understand D-Plane and the physics of what causes his 'off' shots rather than be in the fog about it and make a bunch of unecessary and flawed swing changes and really screw up his swing.




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Just turned 25. I love golf more than anything and would love to be able to compete at the professional level. I know this may sound dumb, but I have always heard your swing is great, etc. etc. but I have never been able to get the consistency to make it to the "next" level. I think I am getting closer to that now that I have learned some good information. I have taken lessons in the past but I always got worse and always went back to figuring stuff out on my own. I wish all you Manzella academy instructors were closer to California.

I know golf is a lot more than just hitting good shots, short game and putting are HUGE! But when I was competing a lot in tournaments, I practiced all areas of the game. But when a good round of golf at the high(er) levels of golf are determined by a few shots here and there, eliminating horendous (round destroying) shots are key as well. Can't save a ton of strokes with the short game if you hit a snap OB etc.
 
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I have more work than that but yes, under the gun/pressure golf (tournaments), hooks are where I go wrong and then steering comes in of fear of going left. And I'm sure you can picture the rest when you are over a ball and fearing the left shot and not being able to release the club.

Wedge play would also help a lot, learning to flight and control my wedges so they become a real scoring weapon. I have a lot of shorter irons into greens as I am a long(ish) player off the tee. I'm not sure why, but almost embarrassing to say, wedges I find to be one of the harder clubs to hit solid and control?

Thanks,
 
Wish I knew what to advise as it sounds a lot like what I went through at and post-college. Still shooting half-decent scores as I was playing a lot and my touch around the greens was good. Hitting lots of greens, but could easily make doubles on the ones I didn't with a big hook or two.

Had a lot of coaching, but never really helped. I'm sure you've read Rotella and the like. I wish I'd have read things like that sooner and been less obsessed with just striking it as pure as I possibly could.

I did manage to develop an 'anti-left' shot off the tee though. Involved choking way down to the end of the grip of the driver and hitting it off a low peg. The grip is obviously a bit thinner there, but always felt like the shaft played a bit stiffer so you can give it a thump with impunity. Also got a good strong three wood that I could drop on the tee and hit off the deck. Makes it much harder to get underneath and flip left.

Never been a good wedge player, but put that down to the same root cause. You're in the best place for information now though eh?

There is a lot of pressure to turn pro. All but three of the junior team I was in did so. Of the seven that turned pro, two are still making a living in the game - one in a pro shop, the other in the top fifty in the world. And he was obviously that good then.

I always hated paying people who said 'Your swing looks great' all the way round. :mad: I'd rather have an ugly swing that works!

Good luck!
 

Kevin Shields

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generally speaking will, hookers can have some trouble with wedges. What you need is an overhaul of your wedge game and a method that you'll stick to. Describe for us your wedge game. Misses, fears, what good ones look like, divot or not, set make up, etc.
 
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