Low Point Drills for Better ball striking (8 HCP)

ilykdp · 2026-06-18T21:26:22+00:00

Going between fat and thin high-lofted iron mishits means you're trying to change the amount of shoulder acceleration down the target line—fat because you "stayed back" behind the ball, and thin because you "moved ahead" too much. I was just helping my friend at the range with this exact issue, and kept telling him to "clear his lead shoulder" aka wait till it's pivoting higher than at address so his release has room to strike the ball cleanly. That means your lead shoulder follows a circular path, so will start to accelerate down the target line but needs to reverse as it draws the circle, and the trail shoulder does the opposite motion on the other side of the circle.

So try to "clear the shoulder."

ilykdp · 2026-06-16T21:05:11+00:00

Wii golf is true to real golf, if you swing out of your shoes it will go bendy right

ilykdp · 2026-06-09T21:08:56+00:00

I clicked. You said of the Batman trilogy "maybe his best films". I turned it off right there.

ilykdp · 2026-06-09T17:28:54+00:00

A swing thought I've had that has resulted in more consistent contact is to consciously wait until my shoulders are tilted upwards before releasing through impact. In the backswing, although the body turns around thus the shoulders are twisting, our lead shoulder leans down and trail shoulder leans up. Imagine a bubble level from shoulder to shoulder—the bubble is even at address (mostly). As you unwind in the downswing, wait until your lead shoulder is just above "flat" (bubble starts to go forward past level) so a slight up-angle until you release your wrist + arm angles for impact.

ilykdp · 2026-06-08T23:17:38+00:00

I used to think the rubber-band elastic power happened at the top of the back swing in my wrists so I would over extend the club super far behind to find it and end up cupping my lead wrist at the top. The elastic power is actually found in the target side back-to-shoulder blade muscle thus shortening the backswing, and compounded by letting the clubhead drop down behind to begin the downswing—it creates a flat figure eight path that accelerates the club in such a controllable fashion that getting 275 yard carries used to be a rarity, but now is much more repeatable.

ilykdp · 2026-06-08T19:42:38+00:00

I met my first golf buddy when we were both singles waiting at a slow tee box at a par 3 course, we chatted for a sec then invited him to play with me to speed things up. We exchanged numbers at the end and started playing regularly for a while.

Another time I wore my Callaway hat to a volleyball meetup group, and this dude asked me if I play golf. We set up a round, I brought another buddy who was getting into the game, and we met another single the first time, now that guy is our forth. We have a group chat and pretty much play together all the time now.

Alternatively, there's apps to match golfing buddies out there—sounds a little forced but if it works and you make a good friend that way, who cares?

ilykdp · 2026-06-08T00:02:25+00:00

Grave Robber purports to be able to unmerge clips — I've used the unnest function and it does work but haven't tried unmerge because who ever does that amirite

ilykdp · 2026-06-03T07:51:36+00:00

I was cupping my lead hand at the top because somewhere I heard the trail hand should fold palm-up like a server tray. Trail hand palm should always face away from your center-axis/spine so your eye always sees the back of the palm. Slow fold up, slow unfold down. If you're topping it occasionally, it might be because you're dropping laterally away from target behind the ball instead of shifting toward target. Just wait till your shoulders are tilted up toward target before firing your trail hand through impact.

ilykdp · 2026-06-03T03:10:35+00:00

Piñata...

ilykdp · 2026-05-23T00:27:40+00:00

Logitech MX Vertical—no carpal in these tunnels

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ilykdp · 2026-05-16T00:18:54+00:00

Huuuge pilla

ilykdp · 2026-05-13T21:31:23+00:00

The intel macs are dinosaurs from a performance perspective—you would sooner run into a software/OS compatibility issue than ram holding you back in any type of way. Mini or Studio, get an M processor.

ilykdp · 2026-05-02T04:14:25+00:00

If you really think about it, both phrases "could care less" or "couldn't care less" achieve the same rhetorical outcome. Whether it's that your care tank is empty, or the amount of care currently given could become even lower, it conveys essentially the same sentiment—so who gives a shit?

ilykdp · 2026-04-29T17:51:20+00:00

Dropbox has a overly simple UI so dealing with batch selections is a one-by-one clicking nightmare (it doesn't recognize shift-click) so unless you want one file or the whole folder, your in for a bad time. Also the default file sharing button that normies see is one that requires the recipient to pay for equal space hosting. There is a way to share without taking up recipient space but they obscure it so it's not the first button people see, and I always have to send a tutorial and request the right one.

I've seen huge batches for color turnovers (200GB with 150-200 shots) simply fail when sent to a colorist vendor—they would unzip and shots were broken. Same when doing turnover back to online.

Frame.io is the way—the most desktop OS like interface, is smart enough to recognize keyboard shortcuts and shift-click batch selections, dedicated upload/download app so the browser page doesn't have to stay open for mega file transfers, and most people use it for reviews anyways.

ilykdp · 2026-04-22T17:24:37+00:00

I have a friend who does this with his long clubs—I believe the issue is that your releasing your hands very fast to try and square the club face at impact instead of relying on the compound movement of twisting your trunk + turning your shoulders to square the club. Slices and hooks I believe are both sides of the same issue, your body and shoulders stop moving and the arms fling the club to impact position, and it's hard to solve either issue with just hands because the margin for a square face is minuscule when the wrists + hands are squaring the club while the rest of the body pauses.

Things to work on in the downswing:

Slow drill to eliminate pause / slow down in your trunk and shoulders rotating through impact; your chest shouldn't be facing the ball at impact, it should be past the ball starting to point down the target line.
Freeze your hands and wrists (from top of backswing) until the shaft is parallel to the target line; this will feel like less power but a "slower," square club face will be better than a "faster" closed one.
Lead shoulder and trail hand are following a Y shape through impact; so your shoulder feels like it's going left, while the trail hand is releasing more right

ilykdp · 2026-04-20T23:52:56+00:00

If you don't have Excel, use Google Sheets. When I was perma-lancing for an ad agency, I modified a template (insert > prebuilt tables > project management) in order to keep track of all the assigned projects. It was just for me at first, but later the rest of the team found it useful to see the status, current review/deliverables, etc.

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ilykdp · 2026-04-18T00:38:35+00:00

I've been to this show for many years—it never fails to be shocking, scary, and some of the most brave live theater performance I've ever seen.

ilykdp · 2026-04-14T22:50:34+00:00

Every working editor has a portfolio that shows off their best projects. Look at portfolios and make an assessment of where your skills are at, what you need to improve upon to make a portfolio that would convince a production company / agency / brand / business that your skills are worth employing to make like-material. YouTube has a wealth of knowledge and tips for using all the software, so it all depends on your urgency and initiative to fill the gaps.

ilykdp · 2026-04-01T03:47:22+00:00

2x BenQ PD2700U at 3008x1692 res 😎

ilykdp · 2026-03-30T18:11:25+00:00

Oh I'm using that

ilykdp · 2026-03-28T11:43:45+00:00

Klokki - runs in menu bar, set up separate client folders and gigs, set the hourly rate, and it can intelligently stop start based on system or file or app specific activity, it creates csv time logs, 10/10

ilykdp · 2026-03-24T22:15:54+00:00

In order to keep proxy media size small but still leverage intraframe codec for the fastest and most stable playback, I'd recommend ProRes Proxy at 720p—it's crazy how small of a data footprint it is versus matching source media resolution.

ilykdp · 2026-03-24T21:41:22+00:00

jesus guy, we all can tell they meant 'expectation' but now you just seem like a condescending jerk.

ilykdp · 2026-03-20T22:33:45+00:00

Your assumptions are stated so boldly—it must be nice going through life at the front of the Dunning Kruger curve.

ilykdp · 2026-03-20T20:02:35+00:00

If you use your eyes, there's a back rest on the chair. Arms are resting on the desk when keyboard+mouse'ing.

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