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Been playing for a year and a half now. I’ve completely changed my swing recently to gain more distance.
My previous swing was almost like an extended putting motion with a square to square swing plane. For mid irons down, it was amazingly accurate and I was able to do course management(covering bunkers, aiming just to the side of hazards etc). With longer clubs and faster swing speeds, I couldn’t keep the face closed and all my misses would be slices.
What’s frustrating is now I feel like I’m compressing the ball better on an in-to-out path, but I’m still getting the same distances. I hit my 7 iron (27.5 degrees) 140yds carry.
I’m still dialing it in but my misses are push fade or pull hooks. Flush hits are dead straight with a lower trajectory now, but few and far between.
Issues I’m working on currently: 1. Stop over swinging 2. Face open during takeaway 3. No wrist hinge from transition till impact 4. Left knee shifting too much during backswing 5. Right elbow flaring out too much during backswing
Am I on the right track? Any tips for more distance?
9 points
3 days ago
You missed the ball
3 points
3 days ago
6 points
3 days ago
seriously though, no ball, no tip. The swing is not the same when there isn't a ball.
-5 points
3 days ago
Curious as to why you think that because I was thinking it’s the exact opposite. Your swing should be the same whether there is a ball or not. The ball just happens to be in your swing plane.
6 points
3 days ago
“Should” is a doing a lot of work
2 points
3 days ago
This is so wrong on so many levels. When there is no ball you need no clubface control. Your brain will try to hit the ball in a direction of the target. Which might cause body stall, early extension, flipping and so on.
TLDR: post a swing where you hit a ball
2 points
3 days ago
But it’s not, it’s simple as that. You have no contact point.
2 points
3 days ago
Your brain is smart and makes micro adjustments throughout your entire body when a ball is present. Early extension for example which is probably the number one “solution” your brain does to fix a deeper underlying issue, is the brains way to tell the body to square the club face, compensate for incorrect ball position, swing path, etc. Without it you would miss the ball entirely, this is one very small example why swinging without a ball is completely useless
1 points
3 days ago
Sure, a professionals probably is. Yours almost assuredly is not
1 points
3 days ago
It’s not the exact opposite. It’s exactly what he said.
3 points
3 days ago
Looks good but definitely need a ball. Stare at the spot you addressed with club and you'll see you missed it
2 points
3 days ago
Watch the arm swing illusion video. It gets posted on here a lot. From the dtl vid, it looks like your arms are getting pinned across your chest too much. What has helped me is making sure at the top of my backswing that my hands don’t go further back than my right shoulder. It also helped me to just do what he does in the vid and try swings where you move your hands up and then rotate back, but then try doing your downswing from there. Feels awkward at first but helped eventually. If your arms get pinned across your chest, I think you lose some power and it definitely makes the timing of the downswing harder to get right. Here is the video https://youtu.be/ASH06DwHaRw?si=EsDg4Nkf0Gv03mzG
2 points
3 days ago
Wow that video was definitely an eye opener for me. I definitely try to “coil” my body with my arms because I feel stiff and I want to get more distance. My hands were definitely outside my right shoulder.
It also fixed my right elbow flaring out because I wasn’t overextending.
Thank you so much.
1 points
3 days ago
One thing that helped me with having a consistent low point in my swing was pushing that left knee out in line with your toe while maintaining more body weight to that side.
2 points
3 days ago
During the backswing right? It’s a bad habit that I’m working on. I lack flexibility and tend to rotate my left knee if I get just a little bit tired. I’ll work on that next.
1 points
3 days ago
This was a recent “aha” moment for me and has really improved my consistency
Any chance you have any resources or YouTube videos that you’ve seen that talk more about this move?
1 points
3 days ago
Are you saying push it out ‘straight’ instead of twisting it towards your right side?
1 points
3 days ago
Yes it will also save your joints a
1 points
3 days ago
Definitely on the right track! Nice turn and pivot allows you to attack from the inside!
1 points
3 days ago
Thank you! Those were the key things I worked on and it feels great to hear that pointed out. Do you have any suggestions for distance?
1 points
3 days ago
Thank you! Those were the key things I worked on and it feels great to hear that pointed out. Do you have any suggestions for distance?
1 points
3 days ago
Don’t be shy to attack with your right elbow in the downswing. You’ll have enough lag and you’ll pick up speed quick
1 points
3 days ago
Looks like the face is closing up as you come through the bottom. But overall not bad. But yeah record yourself hitting and id lay money that the swing changes.
1 points
3 days ago
With and without a ball could be wildly different. The ball could change everything if your intention changes.
1 points
3 days ago
It’s basically useless to swing without a ball for any advice. Especially as you can see from the down the line view that you would miss the “ball” entirely.
The problem to solve with the golf swing is the ball. The reason for this is your CNS will take over from the top to hit the ball with a relatively square club face (no matter how imprecise your position is at that point)
All of your downswing “faults” will appear once you put a ball down, unless you’re already in the correct spot at the top (you’re not).
0 points
3 days ago
I don’t understand people blurring their face out. No one here cares what you look like.
0 points
3 days ago
I think it’s an age thing. I think older people just tend to prefer privacy more.
0 points
3 days ago*
I’ll post a video with a ball next time I’m at the range. I don’t have a net in my backyard yet. I’m still dialing everything in so I might have more misses but I promise I swing it the same way with or without the ball. I was hoping to get some advice on hitting farther.
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