Spinning Out and Spinning In

[swing-geek]

Has anyone heard of the swing fault "spinning in" to the shot?

(Correct me if I'm wrong here) Spinning out of a shot is an overactive abdominal action (shoulders), combined with an active lower body action (hips), which opens the shoulders too much at impact.

I <s>corrected</s> am correcting an action of mine, which I now call "spinning in" to the shot. This is caused by an active lower body (hips) and way too passive </u>abdominal action. This actually creates closed shoulders at impact, as well as (usually) a spine tilt away from the target. I was actually more closed with my shoulders at impact than I was at address. Long and wrong to the right.

Some measurements I've seen shows that good players close the angle between the shoulders and hips (x-factor) from the top of the swing as they come into the impact zone. So "spinning in" would be not enough closure and "spinning out" would be too much closure.

Any thoughts on this, and is there another name for "spinning in"? And is an in-synch shot "spinning well"? [8D]

 

[Brian Manzella]

You need to see "Never Hook Again," because, you have CLUBFACE problem.

 

[swing-geek]

Exactly. My path has usually been spot-on through impact and my divot did not show any toe-down, so it had to be an open clubface. Hooks were very rare (usually an overcompensation at setup) and pulls were extremely rare (and usually an alignment to the left). And perhaps the most deceiving of all is that I would feel a spin-out force throught the impact zone as my hips rapidly dragged the shoulders around. So I would compensate by trying to make my shoulders stay in more, which was actually the opposite of what should have been done.

 

[Brian Manzella]

In 1000 lessons, I try to slow shoulders maybe in 5.