Why do I hit it like an old man/15 year old girl?
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JEREMY5577
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The only way I want a 3/4 backswing is if I'm hitting a 3/4 shot. Assuming your flexible and pivot correctly the club generally stops around parallel its only when you try to make it longer or shorter but expect the same distance that everything gets screwed up.
softconsult
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Isn't some of this just set up. That wide stance can't be helping. You have a restricted turn
that then causes you to rebound into the downswing. I would recommend experimentation with
a narrower stance, even feet together short irons (an old balance drill).
How's about taking an extremely open footline, hip line with shoulder line parallel to the target line.
Then hit shots with say an 8 iron. Who cares where they go. The idea is you need to feel what
hip leading motion actually feels like.
that then causes you to rebound into the downswing. I would recommend experimentation with
a narrower stance, even feet together short irons (an old balance drill).
How's about taking an extremely open footline, hip line with shoulder line parallel to the target line.
Then hit shots with say an 8 iron. Who cares where they go. The idea is you need to feel what
hip leading motion actually feels like.
dschultz-Have you ever tried letting your arms swing more? It looks like your right elbow has been sewn to your side, limiting you to 1/2 to 3/4 range of motion. Like you are hitting arm-swing restricted punches with all the clubs. I'd try getting a little more looseness in your swing, more arm swing, let the right elbow fly to give yourself more arc, more width, etc.it almost looks like you are trying to swing narrow-to-narrow, using only half a right arm. The The opposite of Freddie.....
I wonder if you use such a wide stance because so much power has to come from pivot when you limit the arm swing/right arm use that much?
I wonder if you use such a wide stance because so much power has to come from pivot when you limit the arm swing/right arm use that much?
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dschultz6072
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Sure. Doesn't everyone? Honestly that's the sound the club is making though.
You also lift up on the b.s. and don't get back down in transition because your just basically using all arms. jmo.I am no expert, but I have played golf forever with a big upper body move and over the past year I have crashed and burned with it. I even tweeked my back as a result of bad sequencing. I have been working at the range with the back and forth drill and it is paying dividends. I think softconsult makes a great point with his last sentence about 'feeling what hip leading really feels like'. I have to believe this is something that will help.
I have the link to Perfect Pivot part 2, if that helps you. I remember the little kid thread, but I don't have al link to it.
However, you can just on youtube and look up good swings of toddlers and it's amazing how much they turn their back on the ball in the backswing, and what a natural full swing they make.
Also, I think the "pivot like crazy is crazy" claim refers a lot to the DS. And I think the issue the OP needs to work on is making a better BS pivot. From what I can tell, the new release info only makes a proper backswing pivot MORE important. If you get your body and the club in the right position at the top, you are in good shape.
However, you can just on youtube and look up good swings of toddlers and it's amazing how much they turn their back on the ball in the backswing, and what a natural full swing they make.
Also, I think the "pivot like crazy is crazy" claim refers a lot to the DS. And I think the issue the OP needs to work on is making a better BS pivot. From what I can tell, the new release info only makes a proper backswing pivot MORE important. If you get your body and the club in the right position at the top, you are in good shape.
Jim Kobylinski
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1.50 smash factor is "perfect" if you can average 1.47 - 1.48 you are doing PRETTY damn good with a driver.
dschultz6072
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Yeah I hit it solid with the driver, it's just a weak little 95 mile an hour slap.
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hp12c
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yeah! more than one way to skin this cat. smack the crap outa that ball!!!!!
dschultz6072
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So apparently this is going to take more than overnight work hah. I'm going to go on Trackman on Friday and see if I can't give Corey Pavin a run for his money.
Kevin Shields
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I would anticipate at least a year before anything takes form and you can make it natural...maybe longer
dschultz6072
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I see. OK, thank you all for the replies!
dschultz6072
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What mechanically is different about my swing than this guy's? He has over 120 CHS with the driver and shot a 61 at our state am tourney a couple months ago. Is this just a strength issue?
magicmarker
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the difference is the core muscles. among other things....
I'll explain it the best I can. Imagine standing in a doorway and having someone slam the door into you as if you were the golf ball.
Now take 6 or 7 or sometimes all of the screws out of the hinges that give the door a solid base from which to swing and see how hard you can slam the door.
the foundation, your head, your feet, your knees, your glutes and core have to provide more stability for a tighter swing.
he also seems to be contacting it with the center of the clubface.
I'll explain it the best I can. Imagine standing in a doorway and having someone slam the door into you as if you were the golf ball.
Now take 6 or 7 or sometimes all of the screws out of the hinges that give the door a solid base from which to swing and see how hard you can slam the door.
the foundation, your head, your feet, your knees, your glutes and core have to provide more stability for a tighter swing.
he also seems to be contacting it with the center of the clubface.
Is this just a strength issue?
It is not, at all. It is a speed issue, nothing more, nothing less. I wish I had all the time back that I spent on strenghtening my core, trying to snap the chain, working from the ground up, pivoting more . . . . None of it worked for me. What has worked is experimenting with different feels of moving the club fast and faster. Most of my fastest swings are when I get it to the top and try to throw it away as soon as possible.
Get a radar and experiment on what feels produce the fastest speeds. Try to replicate with a club with no regard to ball flight at first. Then move on to hitting balls with the radar there. You may be surprised at what you can do. I'm no less accurate and swinging faster now. Good luck.
It is not, at all. It is a speed issue, nothing more, nothing less. I wish I had all the time back that I spent on strenghtening my core, trying to snap the chain, working from the ground up, pivoting more . . . . None of it worked for me. What has worked is experimenting with different feels of moving the club fast and faster. Most of my fastest swings are when I get it to the top and try to throw it away as soon as possible.
Get a radar and experiment on what feels produce the fastest speeds. Try to replicate with a club with no regard to ball flight at first. Then move on to hitting balls with the radar there. You may be surprised at what you can do. I'm no less accurate and swinging faster now. Good luck.
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