vjsinger
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Don't be sorry....Thats a damn good observation. You just described my golf game, and I'm trying to fix it with NSA setup minus the severe twistaway...I think you nailed it on the head with most people and the hook/flip also.
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Don't be sorry....Thats a damn good observation. You just described my golf game, and I'm trying to fix it with NSA setup minus the severe twistaway...I think you nailed it on the head with most people and the hook/flip also.
birdie_man
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Really?? Without Weding Ring Up...?
golfball323
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Seems like there are a few topics going on here. I thank all of those who are putting their input into my swing. For me, my swing is really simple, turn and shift weight in backswing, and then just rotate on the downswing. Usually contact is good, but my misses are thin and fat, as anybody would guess looking at the video.
It's aggravating when people tell me that I just need to shift my weight my bumping my left hip. I'm not sure whether I'm physically incapable of doing it or if my back swing has something in it that is preventing me from doing it. The bottom line is that I cannot consciously bump my left hip. I have have taken video of me trying to do it, and trust me, its comical.
Any other ideas why my weight isn't shifting?
It's aggravating when people tell me that I just need to shift my weight my bumping my left hip. I'm not sure whether I'm physically incapable of doing it or if my back swing has something in it that is preventing me from doing it. The bottom line is that I cannot consciously bump my left hip. I have have taken video of me trying to do it, and trust me, its comical.
Any other ideas why my weight isn't shifting?
That is impressive athletic ability in that swing! I don’t think your first move from the top is actually with your upper body at all. I think you fire your left hip in an immediate circle first – homage to the ‘in the barrel concept’. As a contrast imagine your hips at the top of your backswing not turned but in a straight line (45 degrees right of your target line); as your first move down slide your hips along that line while holding your shoulder turn. For you I think that gets you left, with your arms in the slot. I bet your obvious skills and athletic ability make sense of things from there.
And i think one of Brian two most recent videos (the PGA one?) shows that first move with the hips towards the target you are describing. I try to think of it as moving my hips back to touch the target side of "the barrel" before rotating.
I am constantly tinkering with COFF and NSA techniques in order to try improve my draw.
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I did noted you mentioned difficulty to hip shift and made a suggestion (albeit indirectly) : Your weight is stuck on your right foot when you perform the down swing pivot.
Try posing with left hip over left foot, hands opposite right thigh and cocked so that shaft is parallel to ground. Hips and shoulder open with axis tilt. Refer to Brian's free Youtube video episode #4 for what it looks like. If you can pose then it is not a physical issue.
Try chipping and pitching from this position and gradually progress to full swing. Do the drill slow...slowly. Delay the fast turning of the hip until you have shifted left otherwise it is going to be tough to move the weight off the right foot.
I hesitant to made specific suggestions before because you are an accomplished player. But that is my two cents worth. Good luck.
Brian Manzella
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Interesting Project.
Here it what I would do with you:
You shift your UPPER BODY to the right on the backswing, but NOT your lower body.
I would reverse that.
You need to STEP ON YOUR RIGHT FOOT early in the backswing, while you feel as though your head hardly moves to the right at all.
The feeling that you are looking for is: "Getting OFF your left foot."
On the downswing, you need to RETAIN YOUR BACKSWING hip turn into the downswing as you start to shift left.
I just did a video of that for PGA.com...(the downswing part)
Here it what I would do with you:
You shift your UPPER BODY to the right on the backswing, but NOT your lower body.
I would reverse that.
You need to STEP ON YOUR RIGHT FOOT early in the backswing, while you feel as though your head hardly moves to the right at all.
The feeling that you are looking for is: "Getting OFF your left foot."
On the downswing, you need to RETAIN YOUR BACKSWING hip turn into the downswing as you start to shift left.
I just did a video of that for PGA.com...(the downswing part)
fronesis said:
Yes, definitely. But these are fairly weak hooks because the ball is going left because of flipping. If you flip at the end you turn the toe over, catch the ball there, and it goes right to left every time.
If I am remembering video of your swing from a long time ago, birdie_man, you have a flat or sometimes even arched wrist, so you probably aren't as familiar with flipping it all the time! ...as I am...
golfball323
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Thanks to everybody who continues to respond; especially to Mr. Manzella taking time out of his busy schedule to give his insight. I will post more videos in a day or two to see if we can make any progress. Lets keep this discussion going because I think that a lot of people would be able to benefit from this particular aspect of the swing!
golfball323
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In accordance with Brian's advice, what would I look to be different on video during certain points in my swing?
birdie_man
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Yes, definitely. But these are fairly weak hooks because the ball is going left because of flipping. If you flip at the end you turn the toe over, catch the ball there, and it goes right to left every time.
If I am remembering video of your swing from a long time ago, birdie_man, you have a flat or sometimes even arched wrist, so you probably aren't as familiar with flipping it all the time! ...as I am...
Ya I don't flip anymore. I fixed my left wrist though...it is dead flat now.
Yayyyyy. Draws (weaker hooks) make more sense. (more "plausible")
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