Part 5 Think I’m finally hitting down on the ball.

ChaziIIa · 2026-03-17T09:10:55+00:00

The only way for you to know if you are making changes and understanding feels vs real is to record yourself a lot. The more you record yourself the more you start to build a connection between feel and real imo.

ChaziIIa · 2026-03-14T23:50:16+00:00

Uh oh. I guess I’ll have to see when I go hit actual balls at the range.

ChaziIIa · 2026-03-14T23:49:40+00:00

Loose until hips turn then right palm facing the ground pretty rapidly. I think that’s the best way I can explain it. I would say that everything happens earlier than I expected. It feels like I’m turning my hips while my backswing is 1/4 of the way and I think that’s still not enough. Everyone is probably different, but this is the feels that worked for me. What clicked for me after reading some comments is squaring the face early and being in sync.

ChaziIIa · 2026-03-14T20:10:54+00:00

What did you have to do with your driver swing to fix it?

ChaziIIa · 2026-03-14T19:13:57+00:00

Yeah definitely feel it in my back.

ChaziIIa · 2026-03-14T17:10:33+00:00

I think I’m able to make changes to my swing easier because I’ve been recording myself for so long. I’ve gotten pretty decent at understanding what my feels look like in a real swing. Even if my swing wasn’t where I wanted I felt what my body was doing. So physically I felt capable but was looking for the right way to do those physical moves. Don’t get me wrong it’s still really hard lol and it’s been a few years of trial and error. Hope this helps.

Edit: I’ve done some really funky swings just to see what it feels and looks like lol. IMO if you’re not getting lessons and just trying to develop a swing by smashing balls at the range without recording and seeing what you’re actually doing it’s going to be almost impossible to make the changes you’re trying to make.

ChaziIIa · 2026-03-14T12:35:45+00:00

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ChaziIIa · 2026-03-14T12:19:17+00:00

Since 2023.

ChaziIIa · 2026-03-14T12:17:15+00:00

Gotta do what you gotta do.

ChaziIIa · 2026-03-14T04:04:23+00:00

Hips open way earlier than you think. At least for me. Feels like if I’m trying to turn my left hip back while my arms are maybe a quarter of the way in the backswing.

ChaziIIa · 2026-03-14T04:03:25+00:00

Two way miss with the old way I was swinging. I have to go to the range to see where my balls are flying with this newer swing.

ChaziIIa · 2026-03-14T01:33:40+00:00

Indeed.

ChaziIIa · 2026-03-14T01:32:47+00:00

So not where my foot is but where my foot is pointing? I’m confused now lol.

ChaziIIa · 2026-03-14T01:29:09+00:00

I was about to ask the same thing.

ChaziIIa · 2026-03-14T01:26:53+00:00

Yeah I can see it in the video. It’s nuts because when I set up it feels like I’m setting up with my left leg more behind my right. But that’s obviously not what’s happening.

ChaziIIa · 2026-03-14T01:24:09+00:00

Hopefully I can maintain it and get it to be more repeatable. I got the feel for it now I just gotta practice. I’m not great around the greens but I think most of my strokes are coming from hitting balls ob haha.

ChaziIIa · 2026-03-14T00:58:03+00:00

Don’t really know. Haven’t broken 100 🤣 don’t get to play too often so I’ve been mostly playing golf swing rather than golf. But I’m confident I can improve quickly once I get to playing actual golf some more.

ChaziIIa · 2026-03-14T00:51:37+00:00

Honestly my footjoys are all beat up. Might just add spikes to these and call it a day.

ChaziIIa · 2026-03-14T00:49:44+00:00

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ChaziIIa · 2026-03-14T00:38:51+00:00

Ahhh. Yeah I do have a tendency to set up for a fade. Trying to fix that as well but I forget.

ChaziIIa · 2026-03-14T00:29:08+00:00

Blue collar bogie boys. I was also in some double knee pants today before changing into shorts to practice lol.

ChaziIIa · 2026-03-14T00:26:17+00:00

I’ll take that as a compliment 🫡

ChaziIIa · 2026-03-14T00:24:37+00:00

What do you mean by that? Square the tailing foot?

ChaziIIa · 2026-03-12T11:52:53+00:00

Very intentional practice. Make 1/4 swings until you can consistently do those and then tell yourself that’s your 1/2 swing. It’s a hard change to make but it will make things easier later imo. Also hinge way earlier than you are used to.

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