overswing

Hello everyone,
Just wondering what is a good tip or thought for overswinging? I try to take half swings but i can still see the clubhead out of the corner of my left eye and it also feels to rushed. I often pull the ball which i think is caused by the overswing making me come over the top. Please help

Found some answers on search

That's pretty cool!

I myself just got back from a car-lit session in the bay at the club (hitting into the net). I'd lost that loving feeling of sweet compression. The new sticks sound different than conventional irons, so I took my old trusty 7 and some scrub balls to beat, and hit my old 7 until I got that sound, that sproing sound of quality compression on a half shot. Then I hit a few like that until I got the feel down, then I hit a few fuller shots. Switched to the new 7, hit some more at 'fuller' to learn the new sound/feel of good compression. Started to use a 'full' swing and lost it. Got back to what felt like a half swing and got it back.

I'll admit, my good compression swing feels very rushed and armsy, as I don't feel as though I've finished the backswing. But I know from experience that this swing sends balls dead straight with a ton of spin.

As for your overswing, I'm glad that the search function worked out!

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Keep your hands as far away from your head as possible at the top of the back swing, think of width in your take away. The problem is normally due to collapsing the elbows at the top that allows the club to fall behind you.

Thanks for the replies. I have been just swinging at what feels like half a swing to me in my yard at a woffle ball. It is starting to feel not as rushed. I will have to hit the range and see how it feels.

Feeling like the arms and body are swinging in sync (both moving at the same speed and the same time) in the backswing is something that helps some people to stop overswinging.

There are also people you feel they have an eaiser time preventing overswinging when they set the wrist hinge in the early part of the backswing. (Like seen in the swings of Nick Faldo, Ernie Els, Charles Howell, and Trevor Immelman).

If the body (ex: shoulders) stop turning but the arms keep swinging then overswinging (swinging past parallel) may result.

Thanks for those tips avid i will try them out.

Would straightening the right leg cause an overswing?

Have you checked your hand and arm position at the top? As I suggested you should keep them as far away from your head as possible, collapsing the elbows in the back swing is the major fault with over swinging.

Often when the right leg straightens the hips are able to over rotate, when the hips over rotate the shoulders are allowed to turn father and over rotate as well. When the shoulders over rotate the arms and hands can get pulled deeper behind you, and as they get deeper behind the body they loose the support of the body muscles, and the weight of the club and gravity can pull the club past parallel and toward the ground. In other words yes, the right leg straightening can lead to overswinging.

Below is an example of a golfer doing just that: the right leg straightens, the hips over turn, the shoulders over turn, the arms swing too deep, and the club overswings.

Jeez, no wonder that guy overswings Look at the sway and the way he turns his head looking backwards If he stayed centered and kept his arms away from his head he would be fine.

Ya thats how my club looks but i dont sway as bad as him. I will work on keeping some flex in my right knee and also keeping my right hand farther away from my shoulder. Man it is aggravating. I will try to post a video of my swing.

Basically, avoid swaying and don't straighten the right (rear) leg... Try some 3/4 swings, too...

K, i couldn't get my video to load. But i have narrowed it down to a reverse pivot. Which causes my arms to raise. Any tips or swing thoughts on how to cure the reverse pivot?

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I really appreciate all the help.

It depends what is causing your reverse pivot to occur. The following are good safe guards that should decrease your chance of reverse pivoting:

Setup:
Tilt spine away from the target (so the left side of the body is slightly higher than the right, and to decrease the need and chance of lateral motion).
Kick in right knee toward the target (to provide a brace to keep the weight from moving outside the back leg).
(both of those can be seen in a number of pros in the pictures below)
http://img99.imageshack.us/img99/254...ballposdg0.jpg
http://img211.imageshack.us/img211/4...atsetupsj7.jpg

Backswing:
Turn shoulders, abs, or hips behind you (instead of moving laterally away from the target).