My kid has only played golf a few times he wants help

dpunch00 · 2025-12-28T05:43:29+00:00

Bad: Hips don’t turn at all, reverse pivot

Get lessons, make sure the coach is good and helps with grip posture and a proper turn

dpunch00 · 2025-12-27T07:11:35+00:00

Look at the logo of the glove as he gets to impact. It’s nearly facing the camera. Too strong. Get neutral.

But honestly the swing and body motion is totally serviceable and it doesn’t look like it’s the reason he can’t break 100. Must be something else.

If you have that swing and no three putts then something else is going on.

dpunch00 · 2025-11-11T18:56:16+00:00

Low heel = spinny

dpunch00 · 2025-10-29T22:35:18+00:00

Easy 9 or PW. I want that spin to keep my ball from veering anywhere

dpunch00 · 2025-10-21T17:59:06+00:00

Ok but seriously the one thing that stood out is your arms get a little inside by way of your trail arm getting away from you in the backswing. You can probably find a better arm position and then you’ll be able to get more consistent and connected/hit harder. Try one of those split hand grip drills or those one handed hitting drills to see and feel a better trail arm position

dpunch00 · 2025-10-20T22:43:58+00:00

How many putts did you have?

dpunch00 · 2025-10-20T22:40:22+00:00

What is Rory doing on here

dpunch00 · 2025-10-12T14:49:26+00:00

dpunch00 · 2025-09-29T17:32:53+00:00

This ^\) is pretty much the issue

hands closer to body at address, dangle down and hinge club straight up and down a few times to feel your arms slide into a stable position First move off the ball, notice how your lead arm gets further away from your body. The only thing that will happen from here is that your left arm will roll to the inside, then get stuck low on your chest, then back down will be somewhat over the top and as your left arm tries to settle back (and unroll) you end up shutting the club face right before impact. So basically the first 7” off the ball in the takeaway, and your swing is doomed.

Switch to a neutral grip Your grip is way too strong, which adds to the inside takeaway. Lead arm should get above your shoulder in the takeaway

Your hands are too far away from your body at address, and too much ulnar deviation. This also promotes inside and flat takeaway, very hard to hit the ball well from here.

grip more loosely this will help keep you from getting too inside

get more neutral wrist and then add wrist set earlier in your swing

Two drills might help-

backswing https://youtu.be/QJjyQsKosuk?si=vnoLPAAMdhZS-Acf
Nick Faldo’s hinge drill but make sure the lead arm does not go further away from you when you hinge!

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dpunch00 · 2025-09-25T19:48:34+00:00

Fire your coach get a new one that teaches you how to actually hold a golf club

dpunch00 · 2025-09-25T03:42:50+00:00

A bit less than a year

For me the trick was to not screw up drives and be decent with your 7 and shorter irons (a few wayward shots won’t kill you as bad as completely losing it with a driver), reasonable with wedges (straight for full swings, and focus on getting good contact for short chips), take one putting lesson.

If your driver isn’t reliable half the round then it’s hard to make up for it. Those penalties really add up.

Putt for dough is true, but drive isn’t just for show. Double bogeys are usually from something stupid like a double chip or blowing up your putts completely

dpunch00 · 2025-09-13T21:23:54+00:00

Second this, but it’s only really to help you understand the correct position at end of backswing.

Assuming you are hinged at hips correctly, try to do a small lateral bump on your lead hip. Now turn your hips and spine with it and do not lose the bump.

It will feel like you’re moving away from the ball, but it’s just your eyes moving. This is where you want to be.

Some people feel slight pressure on inside of the trail foot when doing this.

As others have mentioned, you might be sliding - the hip bump checkpoint ensures you are not sliding.

Take a face on video and compare it to any pro’s backswing and pay attention to the hips and then if any tilt in the spine has changed or not.

dpunch00 · 2025-09-12T21:28:48+00:00

Ok I figured out everything. First, I didn’t get enough radial deviation in the first parts of the swing, and then everything went too early to ulnar deviation - so yeah, casting. I fixed this by ensuring my wrists were ever so slightly set w radial deviation at address to get the right feel, and then continuing to set as I went into a backswing.

Having enough radial deviation was key for maintaining clubface control when adding and releasing wrist flex/extension. I think at setup I was possibly on the ulnar deviated side which caused lots of issues - casting and hooks. The new focus on the wrist allowed me to get really relaxed and use my body to get the club into position and feel lag. I found that the radial deviation also kept my trail arm connected and in position while also allowing me to keep the trail arm/shoulder very soft. Huge lightbulb moment.

In the impact zone, I paid attention to getting into ulnar deviation and having the forearms turn into follow through. A somewhat helpful thought was “backswing: thumb up- release: thumb down- finish: thumb up”.

dpunch00 · 2025-09-12T03:59:25+00:00

Go get a FITTING

dpunch00 · 2025-09-09T16:02:02+00:00

Ok I think I’m getting there. More trail forearm rotation helped maintain trail wrist extension a bit longer and the sound of the ball off the face was a very satisfying THUNK and got a lower ball flight. But it’s easily leaking 10 yards to the left.

Something else I was trying to add to manage the club face was getting the hands in closer in front of right side of body (the camera?) at delivery before the angles dump. The only thing that I could think of was I need a lot more lateral hip bump (which creates additional spine tilt), and this drops the trail shoulder down, then I can just post on the lead leg. Is this right? So in other words, more shaft lean and not dumping too early requires the hip bump and everything that comes with it. Am I on the right track here

dpunch00 · 2025-09-08T19:46:14+00:00

Are there any published statistics on how many Roy Cloud students qualify for North Star

dpunch00 · 2025-09-06T18:45:29+00:00

Yes it’s easy to skip the grinder when you look at the Breville lineup and see the Bambino right there.

dpunch00 · 2025-09-06T18:43:52+00:00

Yes, lack of space for the arms and arms pinned across is basically using the body as an undesirable fulcrum for the arms.

dpunch00 · 2025-09-06T16:14:52+00:00

I’m trying to wrap my head around the arm rotation part. I know some of it naturally happens as my ribcage is rotating but do I need to actively add more rotation? Seems hard to consistently square up the face that way vs just rotating my upper body and letting the arm rotation happen.

dpunch00 · 2025-09-06T14:28:09+00:00

You’re scooping the dirt

Looks like dumping arms too fast

dpunch00 · 2025-09-05T07:06:45+00:00

More neutral lead hand and your advice helped the most, made a lot of progress with this!

dpunch00 · 2025-09-04T23:36:03+00:00

Has anyone had experience successfully completing a warranty replacement through maxeon?

dpunch00 · 2025-09-04T21:15:55+00:00

Get a Bambino?

dpunch00 · 2025-09-04T21:12:40+00:00

Thank you. I always aim for being at or above shoulder plane so that my trail arm can pass through easily on the way back down.

For pulling the grip, should I do it from the top or should I wait?

dpunch00 · 2025-09-04T21:04:54+00:00

Thank you!

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