It's been Helping me

Guys,

Lately because of weather , alot of work PLUS daylight savings time I have had trouble with consistancy. I can barely get to the driving range 1-2 times a week and can only play 1 round per week IF I'm lucky. So I decided ,after a 50 front nine, that I just needed to swing more often. So Last weekend I started doing full practice swings at home , 300 to 500 a night. It really doesn't take that much time to do. I went to the range Thursday night and I really improved my iron shots. I was hitting most long, high and strait as an arrow. My swing is much much smoother than before I started doing this. Is there anything I need to be careful about while doing this routine? So far it's helping alot.

Barry

Guys,

Today was the 4th day I went to the driving range since I started this routine/Drill of swinging alot every day. I hit my irons strait, long and high today. Out of a bucket of balls I hit two Hooks and 4 slices , the rest all went strait as an arrow. I'm simply amazed at the progress I'm making since I started this. This is my drill, at least 200 Practice swings per night, if not 300. It doesn't take that long to do. My Swing is getting "In the Groove" now. Can't wait to play a round this weekend.

Laserman

sounds good man, good luck this weekend

Although I had lessons and the driving range I don’t swing the club at home since I have low ceilings! So, I bought an indoor ball/swing gadget and I left it at my girlfriends. I practice hitting that while looking in the mirror and I have been able to fix some faults that I wasn’t aware of.

I read an article by Ernie Eves and he talked about, in addition to the mechanics of the swing, you have to find your “own swing”. I was too mechanical and thought I would loosen up a little as well, and it is working for me.

I will take lessons through the winter, and indoor swinging, with a mirror will give me a better idea of what I am doing. I know there are many who will disagree with this, but for me, it was a huge mistake to practice swinging without an object in front of me. When I was practicing without an object my motions and pivot were fine. Once I had a ball in front of me I lost my timing and I couldn’t pivot and hit the ball in a coordinated way. My swing was too fast to pivot, and strike the ball – so I hit the ball without pivoting, with my irons, which was a huge power leak and a difficult habit to unlearn. In fact, when under pressure I will resort back to my old bad habits.

So, even if you swing over a quarter on the floor, I would have an object in front of me, IMHO.

Best of luck in your next game, it would be interesting to read on how the game went.

James

Reserve judgement until you play a real round of golf. On the driving range, it's really easy to get into a rhythm where you can hit nice shots one right after the other; doing the same thing on the course is a different ballgame. Remember, on the course there are uneven lies, bad lies etc.etc.

The second thing is when you are swinging in the house you have no feedback. You could be laying the club off so bad it's not funny but you don't know. Practice makes permanent, not perfect as the old saying goes.

Let me know how you do on the course and then we'll talk.

My two cents...