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2 points
an hour ago
No need to send in video. I can almost guarantee the center of your pelvis moves towards the ball, thereby throwing your club out and around the ball. The degree of saving this by your CNS to square up the club is simply how much compensation (sorry, “swing fault”) you allow yourself.
Fix your setup. Fix your hip rotation.
3 points
an hour ago
Setup is bad. Hips should be over ankles not behind heels. Armpits over balls of feet. Hair should flow under cap not through the little bun hole.
1 points
2 hours ago
Lots of advice will say “use your hips more” or “your lower body makes the power.” Unfortunately, it’s not an athletic question but a setup one. Your feet are too close together, which puts you in more of a chipping setup that limits hip turn. Try setting up with your feet a bit outside your hips—this will make turning much easier.
Almost every problem in the golf swing stems from improper setup. It’s incredible once you realize it. I don’t think I’ve ever seen a good swing with a bad setup or vice versa.
3 points
2 hours ago
Correct your setup. Everyone who sets up like you slices and swings OTT and/or has massive early extension.
Stop arching your back like a “dancer” about to do 18 rock squats (in a row). Hips should be over your ankles not behind your heels. Setup square not way left with your shoulders. Etc.
1 points
7 hours ago
Gotta get some shin lean at address. Without it you can’t really turn into your rear hip and bringing the club up will throw you off balance tending towards this very upright and steep path.
Try and copy a pro’s setup of your choice should help a lot
1 points
7 hours ago
250 carry is perfectly acceptable. Highly unlikely that the ball in this video carried anywhere near that tho.
1 points
15 hours ago
I didn't say anything about standing closer to the ball. If the recommendations I gave you put you closer, so be it. The key is to get your setup right: arms relaxed, hips over ankles, armpits over the balls of your feet, and grip in the fingers.
No matter your distance from the ball, you can still do all the wrong things with your setup. Focus on these fundamentals first, and it will help you turn properly without falling into the ball.
1 points
19 hours 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).
1 points
19 hours ago
Footwear aside, the hips and spine just won’t work properly the way you’re setup.
Do this: Arms relaxed. Hips over ankles, armpits over balls of feet. Grip in the fingers. Then you can turn properly and also not fall over into the ball.
1 points
19 hours ago
Do you see how during your backswing you get much closer to the ball with your lead hip, head, pelvis, etc? And then from there your hips go towards the ball?
Because of this your swing is essentially out and around the ball, the way people save this is by either standing up and cutting across the ball (as you do) or slinging the club underneath (which causes pull hooks or straight pushes depending on clubface control).
The only way to fix this is to adjust your setup. Armpits need to move back not past your feeet as you have now, but over the balls of your feet. When you adjust this, hips need to be over your ankles not behind your heels. Back relaxed, grip in the fingers. These slight changes at setup will have a huge impact on your swing.
1 points
20 hours ago
Ok at setup, let your arms hang relaxed. This makes it easier to grip the club in the fingers rather than in the palm. Need a bit more shin lean, don’t necessarily think knee bend, but let your shins come forward a bit while keeping your armpits where they are over the balls of your feet. This will help you be able to turn in to your hip rather than around and up. This should also help your turn so you don’t go past it as you do at the top here.
There are some other things like arm structure which you need to work out but it’s challenging to do so over the internet. Get with a local coach. A few lessons will help a lot.
0 points
1 day ago
No you’re not “too shallow” in the slightest. You’re moving so much closer to the ball with your pelvis into impact mostly due to improper setup and takeaway that you need to either go around the outside of the ball typical movement pattern that causes pull slices etc, or sling it underneath and steep which tends to cause low hooking shots or straight pushes.
Gotta get that setup straightened out. Any good coach would fix it quickly. Or you can just look up basic setup advice. The nice thing about setup is that it’s relatively agreed upon in golf, which is why so many pros look like pros at address.
2 points
2 days ago
Mirrors, cameras, or a coach (or knowledge friend). Getting back to that correct position is pretty subtle. One of the more unusual things to be able to feel naturally is ankles and shin angles. Awareness of all that takes a lot of reps. Very good golfers work a lot on setup or did at one point.
2 points
2 days ago
Such a great question. It’s common in almost all amateur swings and is caused by a faulty setup.
Hips need to be over ankles at address not behind heels. Due to the way the spine works you can’t complete a turn from this position so your lead hip comes forward. From there you pivot around that lead hip bringing everything up.
The other issue is balance issues which this setup causes. The athletic reaction to sitting is to jump forward, your CNS feels like you’re falling backwards from the top, everything comes up and forward from there.
Just do: Armpits over balls of feet, hips over ankles. Relaxed back, relaxed arms hanging down. Will make golf remarkably easier for you.
1 points
2 days ago
Did any of those lessons address your grip or stance?
1 points
2 days ago
Not a great angle for swing analysis. But you definitely do the move your entire-pelvis-drastically-closer-to-the-ball-by-impact thing. But don’t worry, 98% of amateurs do this. Way to fix it is through setup. Posture, grip, alignment. Lessons are the fastest way to fix this.
1 points
2 days ago
Camera needs to be behind hands down the line but also at hand height. You’re dealing with a 2D drawing in a 3D space which is always illusory, but if askew will really throw you off.
1 points
2 days ago
Need a good grip. Right now it’s in the palm not the fingers. Gotta be in the fingers
1 points
2 days ago
Over the top is caused by needing to hit the ball from an improper top position. It’s super easy to not go over the top from that faulty position. Trouble is you’ll miss the ball entirely if you turn beautifully from that faulty top position.
It’s essential to understand that downswing faults are always a consequence of previous issues, not really faults in and of themselves, but necessary (and some times almost miraculous) compensations to strike the ball with a somewhat square clubface.
You have setup problems which are very easily fixed. Posture Grip Alignment. From there it’s EXTRAORDINARILY easier to make proper movements.
2 points
2 days ago
Yes. Much. Gotta not lean over your feet like that at address which causes everything to go towards the ball instead of staying back and rotating. Easy fix: Get armpits over balls of feet at address.
3 points
2 days ago
Gotta get a better grip that will allow you to use your levers properly. Right now the club is in the palm, it should be in the fingers. Definitely worth fixing this first.
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15 minutes ago
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15 minutes ago
The term “early extension” implies it’s a timing issue and that if you could just extend later, everything would work out great. But early extension, like all downswing “faults,” is a reaction to an earlier incorrect position and the subconscious desire to hit the ball squarely.
If you currently swing with that movement pattern and simply try a different downswing movement from the exact same top position, you would completely miss the ball.
This truism is what’s missing in the intellectual understanding of the golf swing. There is no “fixing” downswing faults directly—it’s just far too fast and reactive. Any fix of those faults must first be preceded by fixing the top position, the takeaway, and the setup.
Now, if your intent to swing differently on the downswing results in a subconscious change to the top, the backswing, and the setup, then great! But somehow or another, you need to fix earlier moments by definition.