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One reason why I do this; the hands decellerate and the club releases too soon. It also leads to topping the ball. It happens because I get too fast with my hands at the top, they get in front (swingtime wise, ie go too fast, past my body) of my body, and they have to slow down because of resistance from my shoulders (where my arms are connected to my shoulders. Solution, slow down the hands at the top, keep the wrist cock and swing though easy "from the bottom" that is, start the downswing from the legs, to the hips to the shoulders to the hands…nice and smooth. When I get it down, I’ll try Q school! It’ll probably take me another 60 years or so! ;^) Rob – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – Thanks for all the feedback. Some of it reinforces what I’ve long observed: ask two different teachers, get two different answers. Whereas I’ve also heard the "forget your right hand" advice, this instructor’s swing thought was to "try and smack the sh*t out of the ball with your right hand…." It actually worked (while he was watching me and making tweaks…) Of course, lots of things that work at the range just don’t "travel" to the course. On the one hand, I have never driven the ball further than I did after this particular pro changed my setup, grip, the whole swing. On the other hand, I’m less consistent – quite a bit less – now than I was before. So, a new driver, lessons, and my score’s never been higher! Could it just be that I’m in a "transition period" between my old mediocre grooves and newer, potentially better ones? Maybe I’ll start next Spring with a few lessons from a different pro…. Gort
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Do you do the same thing when you try to hit it a bit shorter?
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Thanks for all the feedback. Some of it reinforces what I’ve long observed: ask two different teachers, get two different answers. Whereas I’ve also heard the "forget your right hand" advice, this instructor’s swing thought was to "try and smack the sh*t out of the ball with your right hand…." It actually worked (while he was watching me and making tweaks…) Of course, lots of things that work at the range just don’t "travel" to the course. On the one hand, I have never driven the ball further than I did after this particular pro changed my setup, grip, the whole swing. On the other hand, I’m less consistent – quite a bit less – now than I was before.
the changes were made? Did you grasp the difference cognitively, or did you just "do" the changes without seeing their logic, the logic of the swing, etc.? If you "know what you are doing" it may take a bit to "install" these changes because they make sense to you and because changes do take some time to install in place of old ones. But if you are doing them only because they worked for you on the lesson tee, I wonder whether you got any real instruction if you are not able to recall or reconstruct what the changes needed to be. It may not be the need for a different teacher, but for a "why" session with the one who helped you at the time. Ultimately it is not your teacher who is hitting your shots; you must come to the point where you can reliably produce the good results because you really do understand the causes and effects of what you are doing! And that really is not a one or two lesson reality, actually. It is a matter of approaching your learning of the golf swing as a whole thing in which the parts fit logically and which "makes sense" in every aspect. Make sense? George Hibbard www.perfectimpact.com – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – So, a new driver, lessons, and my score’s never been higher! Could it just be that I’m in a "transition period" between my old mediocre grooves and newer, potentially better ones? Maybe I’ll start next Spring with a few lessons from a different pro…. Gort
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Thanks for all the feedback. Some of it reinforces what I’ve long observed: ask two different teachers, get two different answers. Whereas I’ve also heard the "forget your right hand" advice, this instructor’s swing thought was to "try and smack the sh*t out of the ball with your right hand…." It actually worked (while he was watching me and making tweaks…) Of course, lots of things that work at the range just don’t "travel" to the course.
I find that tends to work … *if* you basically hit from the inside and delay your release. If you cast the club … "fuhgettaboudit". Turf farm material.
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Thanks for all the feedback. Some of it reinforces what I’ve long observed: ask two different teachers, get two different answers. Whereas I’ve also heard the "forget your right hand" advice, this instructor’s swing thought was to "try and smack the sh*t out of the ball with your right hand…." It actually worked (while he was watching me and making tweaks…) Of course, lots of things that work at the range just don’t "travel" to the course. On the one hand, I have never driven the ball further than I did after this particular pro changed my setup, grip, the whole swing. On the other hand, I’m less consistent – quite a bit less – now than I was before. So, a new driver, lessons, and my score’s never been higher! Could it just be that I’m in a "transition period" between my old mediocre grooves and newer, potentially better ones? Maybe I’ll start next Spring with a few lessons from a different pro…. Gort
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Thanks for all the feedback. Some of it reinforces what I’ve long observed: ask two different teachers, get two different answers.
Good observation. Check out this chart I found online. # of teachers # of answers 1 1 2 2 3 3 4 4 5 5 and so it goes. Dave Clary/Corpus Christi,TX http://home.stx.rr.com/dclary RSG Roll Call http://u1.netgate.net/~kirby34/rsg/claryd.htm