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gord962
Calendar & Links Manager
Registered: March 2003
Location: Canada
Posts: 1,643
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Fri December 10, 2004 10:56am
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Before I even hit play, I notice two things.
1. You are bending with your back instead of at your hips. Your back should be straight, not hunched.
2. You are reaching a bit. Your arms should hang naturally from your shoulders, not stretched out towards the ball.
As I got going, I found a few more things, but nothing too major, from this angle.
I'll start with the same thing I tell almost everyone, you need to slow down your backswing. The backswing should be a slow, deliberate motion. The purpose of the backswing is to transfer weight, build coil and to get the club set in the right position at the top of the backswing. If you rush the backswing all three of these stand to be done incorrectly. Take your time - count to 3 when you start your takeaway. By the time you get to 2 you should be at the top of your backswing and at 3 you should be at impact. When you started your takeaway to impact was hardly 2 seconds.
From here it is hard for me to tell because I do not have the software to analyze, but it looks like you are turning your hips past 45*. This will limit the coil you are trying to build, which is gained by the difference in rotation between the shoulders and the hips.
There is something else that I can't put my finger on. It's tough to tell from this angle - try to send another video from the front instead of the right side.
I did notice that you are coming from the inside to impact, which is great and your shaft appears to be on plane at all times.
Like I said, I don't have the correct software, so I could be off on the good and bad...
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Gord
Quote of the month:
"It's easy to see golf not as a game at all but as some whey-faced, nineteenth-century Presbyterian minister's fever dream of exorcism achieved through ritual and self-mortification." ~Bruce McCall
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p_econs
Member
Registered: August 2003
Location: UK
Posts: 8
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Sun December 12, 2004 1:13pm
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Hi Gord,
I appreciate your observation and comments. I enclose another copy looking from another angle, as requested by you. Many thanks.
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Ian Hancock
GTO Staff/Nail it convert
Registered: January 2004
Location: England
Posts: 1,697
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Mon December 13, 2004 11:11am
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Rating: 5.00
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First thing I noticed similar to Gord you weight is on your heels, if you lift your weight to the balls of you feet and straighten your back this would be a better starting position, remember start bad finish bad.
Halfway back the club is to far on the inside, at 9 O'clock the club should be level with your toe line to the target, toe of the club pointing to the sky, from this point lift the club straight up and not around the body.
If you watch this video frame by frame if you have the software you will notice as your hand reach head height the left arm is level with the shoulder, at this point there should be daylight between your right shoulder, lifting up from 9 O'clock postion should elimiate this.
impact looks fine from the rear, from the front video you are ahead of the ball at impact, a simple tip for this is keep your front foot flat on the deck during the backswing.
Your flexability looks fine just a little less effort in trying to launch the ball into hyper space, you really don't need to hit at the ball that hard.
To recap one drill at a time for say one week,
Straighten stance up more on the balls of the feet back straight and arms hanging down naturally.
Keep the club out in front of you on the backswing, remember the club at 9O'clock should be level with your feet.
Keep your left foot flat on the deck as your swing back this will reduce your hip turn.
Although this seems alot the swing isn't bad at all in fact better than most. Just working on a few things at a time can improve the consistancy of the swing.
Good Luck
Ian.
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Once you learn the swing, your next step is mastering golf psychology................
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