Background:
I picked up this pattern in the off-season and I can tell it is the swing for me.* In my unofficial rounds it has improved my ball striking by making fat shots almost non-existent, provided a tighter dispersion, and generally less curvature.* More GIRs have been the result.* I am a 6 handicap with general weaknesses in the short game.* Pulls are a miss with any swing which I think stems from my right hand moving “upright” early in the downswing putting me into the exact position shown in this month’s GMag article featuring the instructor with the door.** I also occasionally overcook the draw.* I don’t own NHA.* I am leery about mixing up something that is looking so promising with different patterns.
I do have a couple of problems and questions and hope to hear some specific insight.* My official season has begun and I’m anxious to see if SDP can shave off a couple more strokes.* A 4.x handicap would feel pretty good.
YES, I have searched, and have read the entire SDP thread more than once and have watched the d-plane video multiple times.* I think these specific questions with specific insight in a specific thread will provide guidance to a lot of people on the board.* Help, please.
Questions:
1.***** What, specifically, can I change to hit a fade, or even a push / push-fade?
2.***** What is a tip or fix to get out of the pull downswing position I’ve mentioned?
3.***** What tips should be employed in short game shots with SDP?* Particularly chips?
4.***** How do you employ a bunker shot with SDP?
5.***** I still can’t figure out how to download the video.
Commentary (mine, on the Questions):
1.***** I continued to have problems with Fairway accuracy.* Last night on drives (range) I made sure the ball was forward, opened my stance and the face slightly.* I hit my drives VERY hard with what felt like a slight push and very little curvature.
2.***** I’m going to try and strengthen my right hand grip which is essentially straight up if my left hand grip were toward the left shoulder.* That is just how my right hand folds over my left thumb naturally, pushing that fold to the middle of my palm rather than nearer the right thumb.
3.***** Especially with chips and other very short shots it seems there is a lot of physical movement to accomplish with incorporating the weight transfer, inside takeaway, weight transfer forward, etc. in such a very short swing.* CAVEAT; I’m hitting the best chips I ever have, but it takes A LOT of work and concentration for very small/short work.
4.***** I have no idea.
5.***** Ditto.
Thank you, Brian and crew, for your wonderful instruction.* I would love to make it to a personal lesson, but don’t live in a location (the Great Plains) that you’ll likely ever travel near.* A trip to NO is probably my only chance, but considering I travelled to the South to drop some dough on another instructor two years ago it might be awhile before the spousal accountant approves another such expenditure.
I picked up this pattern in the off-season and I can tell it is the swing for me.* In my unofficial rounds it has improved my ball striking by making fat shots almost non-existent, provided a tighter dispersion, and generally less curvature.* More GIRs have been the result.* I am a 6 handicap with general weaknesses in the short game.* Pulls are a miss with any swing which I think stems from my right hand moving “upright” early in the downswing putting me into the exact position shown in this month’s GMag article featuring the instructor with the door.** I also occasionally overcook the draw.* I don’t own NHA.* I am leery about mixing up something that is looking so promising with different patterns.
I do have a couple of problems and questions and hope to hear some specific insight.* My official season has begun and I’m anxious to see if SDP can shave off a couple more strokes.* A 4.x handicap would feel pretty good.
YES, I have searched, and have read the entire SDP thread more than once and have watched the d-plane video multiple times.* I think these specific questions with specific insight in a specific thread will provide guidance to a lot of people on the board.* Help, please.
Questions:
1.***** What, specifically, can I change to hit a fade, or even a push / push-fade?
2.***** What is a tip or fix to get out of the pull downswing position I’ve mentioned?
3.***** What tips should be employed in short game shots with SDP?* Particularly chips?
4.***** How do you employ a bunker shot with SDP?
5.***** I still can’t figure out how to download the video.
Commentary (mine, on the Questions):
1.***** I continued to have problems with Fairway accuracy.* Last night on drives (range) I made sure the ball was forward, opened my stance and the face slightly.* I hit my drives VERY hard with what felt like a slight push and very little curvature.
2.***** I’m going to try and strengthen my right hand grip which is essentially straight up if my left hand grip were toward the left shoulder.* That is just how my right hand folds over my left thumb naturally, pushing that fold to the middle of my palm rather than nearer the right thumb.
3.***** Especially with chips and other very short shots it seems there is a lot of physical movement to accomplish with incorporating the weight transfer, inside takeaway, weight transfer forward, etc. in such a very short swing.* CAVEAT; I’m hitting the best chips I ever have, but it takes A LOT of work and concentration for very small/short work.
4.***** I have no idea.
5.***** Ditto.
Thank you, Brian and crew, for your wonderful instruction.* I would love to make it to a personal lesson, but don’t live in a location (the Great Plains) that you’ll likely ever travel near.* A trip to NO is probably my only chance, but considering I travelled to the South to drop some dough on another instructor two years ago it might be awhile before the spousal accountant approves another such expenditure.
