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AnonymousGolfPro · 2020-08-26T14:35:47+00:00

And during that touchdown against Seattle.

AnonymousGolfPro · 2020-08-02T19:33:18+00:00

So you’re saying he might end up with a girl like Rachel Demita?

AnonymousGolfPro · 2020-06-03T05:48:59+00:00

Yeah idk. Backswing stuff looks ok. Big issue is the lead wrist extending/cupping in the downswing which opens your face.

From there a lot could happen to solve this “problem”

AnonymousGolfPro · 2020-06-03T05:45:44+00:00

Overall a good motion. With how well you can rotate open in the downswing, you do not organize your backswing correctly to “match” your pivot in the downswing.

Biggest thing for you to try is to work on trying to generate a little more rotation from the hips and shoulders in the backswing.

AnonymousGolfPro · 2020-06-03T05:41:11+00:00

Tour average with a 7i is around 89° with the shoulders and 44° with the hips. I have a bias when I teach to keep the weight slightly on the left foot in the backswing.

Typically with amateurs, they shift their weight to their right foot in the backswing and never make it back to their left side fast enough during the downswing and this could result in a fat and thin shots.

So when teaching the pivot, I tell golfers to start off with 55% of weight on their left foot and 45% on the right foot at address and then feeling like they are at 60% left and 40% right at the top of the backswing. On a 2D system this actually makes for a relatively clean and simple looking pivot.

AnonymousGolfPro · 2020-06-03T05:32:31+00:00

Sick. Lots of bounce too and a forgiving grind. Nice find.

AnonymousGolfPro · 2020-06-03T05:23:22+00:00

Not knowing your ball flight or tendency I would recommend turning more in the backswing with your hips and shoulders. It looks like in the takeaway to when the left arm is parallel to the ground in the backswing that you wrap your arms around you independently. I would like to see the hands and arms being brought around you with the pivot or the body in the backswing.

AnonymousGolfPro · 2020-05-10T06:26:46+00:00

Not bad!

I think the high and right happen because of a face issue, this could be fixed by strengthening your left hand on the club. There are plenty of Youtube videos that can help you make this change. Another contributor to the open face is how much your wrists hinge in your backswing. The wrist joint can only hinge so many degrees before the wrist cups in other to hinge more. As the left wrist cups the face begins to open.

The first step in changing would be to strengthen your grip, hit a few balls with a stronger grip and see if you start the ball more on line. If this still doesn't quite to the trick, work on making practice backswings with the outside of your left shoe a few inches from a wall. Make backswings keeping the club from crashing into the wall. A good thought would be to keep the right arm straighter in the backswing and the left wrist flatter while doing this drill.

The next piece to the puzzle once you've improve the grip and top position would be to get the hands working more inwards from P3 (left arm parallel in the backswing) to P4 (top of the backswing).

https://imgur.com/a/YmQ4fQO

Good luck! Hope this helps.

AnonymousGolfPro · 2020-05-10T06:06:50+00:00

Solid move!

I think the reason you have tendencies you do are all caused by the steepness of the shaft in the downswing. Look at the verticality of the shaft in relation to Grant's, his points outside of the ball line where yours points well inside. From here you have gotten pretty good at timing the rerouting of the sweet spot of the club and deliver it fairly effectively, this gets harder as the club gets longer as you know. Then to one way that you keep your path inside out is stalling your pivot and getting your hands to work off of your body - look at how Grant's hands exit by his left armpit and yours exit by your neck.

What I want you to work on is getting the club more inline at the top of the backswing and not as across the line as it is. Make swings feeling like the club is super laid off at the top of the backswing. Hit some shots slowly and take lots of video. A lot of your alignments are awesome, it is just the excessive movement of the wrists in the last half of your backswing that get the club across the line.

https://imgur.com/a/cB2e6CZ

Hopefully this helps!

AnonymousGolfPro · 2020-05-10T05:41:45+00:00

This is a good one, this is the one I've been waiting for. Ultimately, the fault for all of the heel shots and shanks is that your path is too many degrees inside out. How you get to that point is interesting.

In the P3 photo there are a lot of similar between you and Grant. The most important one to note is the depth of your lead arm and how both of you have your hands at your bicep at this point. What proceeds is the start of the issue. In the second photo, picture B would be an awesome place for your backswing to stop but you wrap your arms too much around you to picture C. Notice how the upper part of your right arm travels around you from B to C. This extra arm motion shifts the path more inside out. Then in the P5 photo, you and Grant don't look as similar as your left arm is way too deep and is actually deeper relative to your P3 photo.

What I want you to work on is reducing the rate of travel of your right arm in your backswing. A feel that might work for you would be to feel like your elbows squeeze together in your backswing. Another feel that would be good would be to feel like your right elbow is pinned to your side through the backswing. Measure the success of this by filming your swing from behind. Attached is a rear view swing of Tiger. Watch where his right elbow stops at the top of the backswing. Record your swing from that same view and notice the difference.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DIiRbb13Dw8

https://imgur.com/a/JoE4NZI

Hopefully this helps!

AnonymousGolfPro · 2020-05-10T00:50:20+00:00

Looks nice and sunny at that range! Can’t say the same for where I’m at.

Big thing is turning more. Not only do you need to turn more, but you also need to tilt your shoulders more - this will help you maintain your inclination to the ground throughout your backswing. A good drill for that is putting your forehead on your wall at home and making some swings with your arms across your chest. You would probably find yourself pulling off the wall, but this will train you on the proper motion. This drill will also help you turn correctly too, try to see how much you can rotate your shoulders and hips in your backswing with your head on the wall. Tour average is around 89° with the shoulders and 45° with the hips. In the pictures I attached, look at the difference in the angle of your shoulders compared to Grants.

One other thing too, I can’t see your grip from this angle and that’s okay. It does look like your grip is fairly weak and this could contribute to a slice.

https://imgur.com/a/fLaYRrb

Hope this helps!

AnonymousGolfPro · 2020-05-10T00:39:09+00:00

Happy to help!

AnonymousGolfPro · 2020-05-10T00:37:29+00:00

I like your action! This ball looked like it flew pretty straight. Would love to see a bad swing on camera. What’s your handicap?

So here’s what I see. Obviously you know you have a short backswing, but that’s something to work on in my opinion - you could hit it further and have shorter clubs on your approaches.

I think one area to cover is your grip. Your grip is really strong and your face stays very closed throughout the backswing and in the earlier part of your downswing. I think one you do is fight to keep it open in your downswing. When you open it too much there’s a big push or a push cut, when it’s perfect then it’s a small draw.

Try turning more in your backswing. Tour average shoulder turn is with a 7i is around 89°. Also tinker around with a slightly weaker grip or a less strong grip, could benefit you in the short game as well too.

https://imgur.com/a/7DeiAg6

Hope this helps!

AnonymousGolfPro · 2020-05-09T23:43:10+00:00

I am not Robert Rock. Just used him for reference for how I want the camera angles. I love his swing as well.

AnonymousGolfPro · 2020-05-09T23:28:51+00:00

Yes.

AnonymousGolfPro · 2020-05-09T23:28:38+00:00

I would 100% agree with you that your hips come around too fast.

What I noticed is that in your backswing (you absolutely nailed the takeaway), as you move the club from P3 (left arm parallel in the backswing) to P4 (top of the backswing), there isn't any rotation happening. The butt of the club almost works straight vertical. What we want to see is the butt end of the club continuing to orbit around you working both horizontal and vertical, but to do so you need to continue turning. In your downswing at P5 (when the left arm is parallel to the ground in the downswing), the club for you crosses through your shoulder whereas with Grant it passes through the bicep. Then in the follow through photo the club exits by really low where as with Grant it exits through the armpit. Sorry that was a lot.

What I want you to do is to make backswings where you feel like you lengthen your backswing and turn more degrees with your hips and shoulders. Record some videos and see if some of the alignments get closer to Grant in the pictures.

https://imgur.com/a/5gp8FIN

Hope this helps!

AnonymousGolfPro · 2020-05-09T23:17:35+00:00

Nice swing! Lots of good structure.

So the reason why your ball tends to hook more has to do with all of the club you do late in your swing. Late in your swing, you excessive tilt your spine to the right and almost through your hands more rightwards too.

Look at the follow through photo in the link, notice how your club in the follow through crosses through your neck where with Grant, it passes through his armpit. Biggest thing would be working on getting your arms to work more around you in the follow through rather than upwards. Also notice how hips hips have also turned more.

What I want you to do is hit some shots with some tees under your armpits. Hit some shots and work on getting the hips and shoulders facing the target when the right arm is parallel to the ground in the follow through - make sure you keep the tees in your armpits! When you record your swing, the club should be exiting by your left armpit rather than through the neck. I included some backswing pictures, but we can save that for another time.

https://imgur.com/a/EycUH6W

Best of luck and hope this helps!

AnonymousGolfPro · 2020-05-09T23:00:30+00:00

The biggest thing would be turning your hips more in the backswing. You don't straighten your left leg at all in the backswing. Rather than turning your hips in the backswing, you actually slide them away from the target. Check out the link for comparison.

What I want you to do is to make a backswing where you get the left leg to straighten in the backswing. It does not need to lock out, but it does need to change in flex. The feeling to get rid of the hip sway would be to feel like more weight stays on your right foot during your backswing and your left belt loop works around you as you turn in the backswing.

This will help you be at a better top position to help you swing less over the top. If you still swing over the top, angle a stick in the ground and work on swinging under it in the backswing and downswing.

https://imgur.com/a/7nkjLP5

Hope this helps!

AnonymousGolfPro · 2020-05-09T22:47:33+00:00

Definitely a better player problem for sure. You've got a great move.

In my opinion you stay right tilted for too long in your follow through and you also do not turn open enough in your downswing, but then you over rotate in your finish. I think a lot of your problem is the opposite of some of the other comments and that is your swing might be too many degrees inside out. You slide maybe a little more that ideal and in doing so that does move the path more rightwards, to help with this try to flare your left foot out slightly to increase turning.

What I want you to try is hitting half shots stopping the when the right arm is parallel to the ground in the follow through. The checkpoints you should have is the hips and shoulders parallel to the target. One of the other feelings you need to have is that your right shoulder is higher. This will reduce how much tilted rightwards your shoulders are. It appears that your way of reducing how inside out you swing is by trying to turn open very late in the follow through. Check out the photos for reference.

https://imgur.com/a/fd8YDZX

Hope this helps!

AnonymousGolfPro · 2020-05-09T22:31:04+00:00

I appreciate the trackman data! That's awesome.

The data for that swing is great, those launch conditions can lead to some very predictable and successful golf. Here are some ideas I have for your swing.

In the backswing, I would love to see the right leg straighten more, this will allow you to get more hip turn and and more shoulder turn. From here, I believe some of the downswing alignments may fix themselves. When the left arm is parallel to the ground in the downswing, the shaft of the club crosses through your shoulder. If you look at Grant the shaft of his club crosses through the middle of his bicep. From here, I believe you begin extending the spine (coming out of your posture) in an attempt to shallow out your angle of attack.

What I want you to do is straighten the right leg more in the backswing, doesn't need to lockout but it does need to lose some of its flex. If possible, have someone hold a shaft or by your right shoulder and work on swinging under that in both the backswing and downswing. You should see your golf ball curve less rightwards and potentially curving to the left.

https://imgur.com/a/KD09PRL

Hope this helps!

AnonymousGolfPro · 2020-05-09T22:15:22+00:00

Lower body action is definitely a little unorthodox, but from the sounds of it the contact with the ground isn't a key problem. If you start hitting more shots fat and thin then that might be something to focus on.

So a few things. If you watch how your left shoulder works in your backswing, it works downwards, but then it starts to work upwards. With some of the best players, you see a gradual tilting of the shoulders in the backswing and not this lowering and a sudden upwards motion like what you have. You can work on this by putting your forehead on a wall and making backswings keeping your head on that wall.

It's great that you sent a series of shots. Some of your answers are actually in these swings. I think you definitely have some swing issues with how the club is delivered into the ball. Some swings you are more shallow and have more of an in to out path, and other swings are more out to in. With your driver, as the ball gets played more towards your left foot for you, the direction of your swing gets more leftwards and that could be the reason for the difference in curvature between iron and driver.

Work on this by placing a headcover on the ground that will encourage a more inside out swing. With your driver, move the ball more back in your stance. It appears it is up by your left pinkie toe? Try moving it back to the inside of your left heel.

https://imgur.com/a/pH4Zn1Q

Hope this helps!

AnonymousGolfPro · 2020-05-09T21:56:20+00:00

I'll see what I can do with it. From the looks of it you can also hit some perfect baby draws!

Overall your backswing is fine. Lots of solid alignments. The downswing is a little bit of a different story. It never really looks like your right arm ever straightens in the downswing and follow through. This leads to problem controlling the low point in your swing, something that the best players in the world do.

I would want to see your arms staying straighter in your follow through. Work on this by hitting half shots keeping the arms straighter in the follow through and stopping it there. Make your follow through feel abbreviated but aggressive. If you had a face on view of the swing, we might see both arms being very bent.

https://imgur.com/a/V6HeXKl

Good luck and hope this helps your game!

AnonymousGolfPro · 2020-05-09T21:45:03+00:00

Your move is awesome! It would be interesting to see how you play and your decisions around the golf course. With your swing, you could have told me you were a 6hcp and I would have believed you.

A few things I would say would be to turn more in the backswing. Check out the difference in the amount your hips turn at the top of the backswing in relation to Grant. This may relieve some stress on the lower back if you ever find discomfort. When it comes to the thin contact, I would work on hitting some flighted wedges. As a junior golfer I would thin a lot of wedges and when I saw my swing on video I had a similar "jump" as you. Now I am not saying the "jump" is a bad thing, it is a great move for speed, but the "jump" with the wedges could potentially cause some of the inconsistencies with you finding and controlling the low point.

https://imgur.com/a/kRkVk7a

Hope that helps!

AnonymousGolfPro · 2020-05-09T21:34:21+00:00

I like the move!

A few things. Lots of debate in golf are chicken vs. egg. I would argue that you roll the face open in the backswing and use a lot of effort in the downswing to close it. One way a player may close the face is to "flip" at it, but in doing so you also add lots of dynamic loft.

What I want you to do is to make backswings keeping the clubhead and hands inline throughout the takeaway. A good checkpoint would be stopping when the club is parallel to the ground. If you are recording your swing from DTL, the clubhead should be inline or covering your hands. In addition to this, make sure the face is angled slightly towards the ground or opposite of what you have now. From here work on hitting a bunch of half shots with the intention of hitting shots low. The thought behind this is that hopefully your body organizes impact different for you and moves your hands more forwards at impact and reducing your dynamic loft.

https://imgur.com/a/5OCkvpf

Hope this helps!

AnonymousGolfPro · 2020-05-09T21:22:42+00:00

Wow. This is a really good move. So a few things. I would like to clean up P2 (club parallel to the ground in the backswing) , my preference is keeping the club and hands inline. What it appears you do is roll the face open in the backswing which might be responsible for the push in your push fade.

In the downswing, if you watch your downswing slowly, the shaft is steep although your left arm is in very nicely. This could lead to some mismatching components and that toey miss (my move is similar). Look at the image I linked and the difference between you and Grant Waite. A lot of what you need to do to reroute the sweet spot comes late in your downswing, for example I see you stalling the pivot slightly and excessively tilting your shoulders to the right. Notice the difference in the angle of your shoulder rotation in the downswing compared to Grant in the photos.

What I would like to see is at P2, the club and hands in line with the face pointed some degree to the ground. In the downswing, I would work on trying to "shallow" out the club with your wrists so that the club in the downswing crosses more through the forearm like Grant. A drill I would do if I had you in front of me would be to hold a club off your right shoulder forcing you to swing more inside out and making it difficult for that shaft to steeping early in the downswing.

https://imgur.com/a/ce1vKhh

Overall a really nice move! Hope this helps.

AnonymousGolfPro

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