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Originally Posted by Simon Woo I realised I could see all the knuckles shortly after takeaway - conclusion was that I was rotating my hands way too much. Why? I think one big reason was because everybody kept saying at the top of the swing, you should have your back hand like a waiter holder a tray. In order to achieve that position, the only way was to rotate a whole lot on the backswing!
I don't believe in that tip anymore. I think it should not be so drastic as a waiter holder a tray horizontal, but rather closer to a 45deg where the club face is square at the top and not so open that you would hold a tray with your back palm.
I think because of that I had to make a lot of adjustments coming down to impact, and definitely losing distance and solid contact. |
Simon
Heres something to try. A little half swing but it should help you really feel the arms working with the body and the forearms staying square. My guess is that you are using the arms/hands (even subconciously) to pull the club back and this fanning it open. Impossible not to
Take a set up and then kick your right knee in. Almost the feeling of sliding your right hand down until it touches the side of the right knee. Your right knee will now be almost under the right hip. This will give you some axis tilt and open your hips a little, Keep the left leg straight so that you almost feel the right knee trying to brace in towards the left leg. Then bend from the hips so that you get that sit on a stool motion, angle of hips at 45 degrees, stick that butt out and up! Weight on the balls of your feet
This should give you a really stable lower body which is vital. Now take your stance, and form your triangle with elbows pointing at hips. Now try and squeeze your elbows towards each other but keep your grip on the club light. Feel the squeeze in the elbows not the hands
Now use your chest to turn those squeezing elbows (triangle) half way back all the time keeping the feeling that you are squeezing those elbows together. You should notice that triangle stays together, the forearms dont rotate (which is what is fanning the club open) and the club head stays outside the hands. You'll also see how its the rotation of your chest which is turning the club face open a little. Only go half way back. If that right knee stays as kicked in as you can make it you turn you should really feel a stretch up the the inside of the right leg. From there just push a little off that stretched right leg and turn that chest and elbows back to the ball again and through to a good finish
Start with some wedges for a few balls and work up. I'll bet, done properly, you can hit a 7i 150 yards like that