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So make the weight shift GENTLY AND MINIMALLY, make sure you have "measured" for "brush the ground" shoulder-to-ground length for the shot, and trust the natural, inevitable arc of your swing.
You forgot three other things Mr. Kelley: 1) For horizontal hinging he should be setting up with the face more opened to allow closing through impact. 2) For angled hinging he should be setting up with the face more closed to allow opening through impact do to the slice producing tendency of angled hinging. 3) For vertical hinging he sets up with the face square because of the no roll of vertical hinging.
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Lars: did you try the thing about allowing your weight to subtly return to your left hip before the forward rotary turn? The hips don’t thrust leftward to move the torso: they POSITION on the left foot to be IN THE RIGHT PLACE for the rotary turn. Many "pros" are excellent players but not aware of many of their own subtleties. So it is not unusual for them not to know the cause of your problems – (one of my themes regarding those who put themselves forward as teachers). Excellent playing skill does NOT automatically qualify someone to be a teacher, as you have just reported… Slamming the ground before impact is possibly due to the fact that being afraid of being "hippy", you are not moving your weight forward at all. Hence the bottom of your swing is to the right of normal ball position, even though you put the ball opposite, say, your left eye. (Wherever your weight is located, that is where the hinge of the pivot is located. It is also where low-point is located, just as the low point of a bicycle wheel is DIRECTLY below the axle.) So make the weight shift GENTLY AND MINIMALLY, make sure you have "measured" for "brush the ground" shoulder-to-ground length for the shot, and trust the natural, inevitable arc of your swing. Obviously problems can’t be solved only by postings here and a few words, but to the extent that anything seems to fit, you might see something that helps. Good luck. George (in response to below stuff)
– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – My swing has gone south – totally! As far as I can tell, it’s because I am starting my downswing by bringing my hips forward. Does anyone have any ideas of what I can do to stop? Before I throw my clubs – and myself – into the lake! Sorry to post in so late, R, but I just read your post from last week and I thought I would offer another ray of hope based on my own experience. I have been losing and regaining my swing all season. Had lessons with two different pros (including a video session) and while they both gave me some important things to improve in my swing, neither was able to say just what I was doing that was causing my problem…or even just exactly what the problem was. I did get enough feedback from them to assure me that my swing was fundamentally sound; unfortunately, the slight flaw that was cropping up had disastrous, rather than slight, effects. After my last practice session, which was 3/4 great and then went totally bad, here is what I notice: 1. A major symptom is a sense of being too "hippy"; when I take 1/2 and 2/3 swings, or swings with feet together, I have no problem. (REPLY: KNOW
THE REASON for the problem, not a bandaid that eliminates it in the lab but won’t help in the real world.) 2. An even bigger symptom is that I am hitting the ground well before the ball (even though I position the ball way back in my stance), with wild results. And once I start doing that I become so conscious of not doing it that I can’t do anything BUT that. Time to switch to practicing my chipping and pitching. ANSWER: sounds like eliminating any weight
shift has low point too far back, and/or the appropriate height of your left shoulder at setup is too low for the realities of the length of your arm/club…) But when I’m not tired, and I’m concentrating, I’m hitting the ball great. I think you will too, once you work past this problem by focusing on SMOOTHNESS. Do 1/2 and 3/4 drills and SLOWLY work back up to full swings.
ANS: obviously smoothness is good, but it is not a reason. There are knowable reasons for things, and when you discover them you will be liberated from the problem. Good golf swings are not deep psychic experiences that only come together at full moons. They are cognitively directed, deliberate procedures! GH Most important: recognize that you DO have a good swing and it WILL come back (and it may go away from time to time but you have techniques, like these drills, to bring it back).
Geo. says it will "come back" when you have addressed the real things that need to be adjusted. You’ll be okay. Good luck! — "I am PRECISELY as dumb as I look."
GH says: NO ONE is dumb in golf. They simply lack the necessary INFORMATION that will enable them. – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – Before you buy.
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The solution to swaying is this: Hit full 7-irons with your feet together. You’ll soon feel where you get your power. It’s the turn, not the legs.
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The solution to swaying is this: Hit full 7-irons with your feet together. You’ll soon feel where you get your power. It’s the turn, not the legs.
As long as you are standing on the ground, power is from the legs and trunk. If you truly think you get power from somewhere else other than your legs and lower body, sit on the edge of a table and hit balls, but lift your feet of the ground while your doing it, and then try to tell me that power doesn’t come from your connection to the ground. — F. Blaine Dickson Kelowna BC Canada
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My swing has gone south – totally! As far as I can tell, it’s because I am starting my downswing by bringing my hips forward. Does anyone have any ideas of what I can do to stop? Before I throw my clubs – and myself – into the lake!
Another thought is maybe the problem is that you swayed too far back on the backswing. Make sure the right knee doesn’t move on the backswing and weight stays on the inside of the right foot. This will limit the distance you will need to shift the hips forward on the downswing. Not being able to see your swing, this is just a shot in the dark, but I thought I would mention it. Good luck! (See a pro!) Before you buy.
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Oops, the dreaded double click. That’ll be a 1-post penalty. Before you buy.
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- Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – The solution to swaying is this: Hit full 7-irons with your feet together. You’ll soon feel where you get your power. It’s the turn, not the legs. As long as you are standing on the ground, power is from the legs and trunk. If you truly think you get power from somewhere else other than your legs and lower body, sit on the edge of a table and hit balls, but lift your feet of the ground while your doing it, and then try to tell me that power doesn’t come from your connection to the ground. — F. Blaine Dickson Kelowna BC Canada
It doesn’t sound like you disagree with each other. Dramjet is saying that the legs serve only to connect the torso (the turning part) to the ground, not to do anything else. gary hayenga
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Nice description! I’m struggling with this, too, even as I take lessons from a good teacher who has helped me immensely… and here’s my issue: how much of what you say below is conscious thought (on the range at least)? As I get to the top of my backswing, should I be thinking "step on left heel", "swing down" or what? I know different swing thoughts work for different people, but I wonder what the golfers here think about at the top of the backswing (when practicing – I realize the goal is to get on the course and think more about the shot itself than any particular movement). Thanks for any help! Frank
(some good stuff deleted to shorten message)<< – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – My three 1/2 cents, R: the hips move to the left for two purposes and at slightly different times (milliseconds apart…), but they only move within narrow limits. I don’t suspect your problem is swaying as such, but you might be "dipsy doodling", which is moving your HIPS to the left while the top of your spine stays in one place. To clarify, initially before the downswing begins (or simultaneously with it, in some people’s swings), the WEIGHT gently and minimally moves back from the right hip to the left. This positions your left side correctly for the forward swing, which is powered by lower body rotation, which pulls the upper body, which pulls the arms, which pulls the butt of the club, which pulls the clubhead! So there is a very short amount of time between the hip motion — the move leftward laterally A LITTLE BIT to place the weight, and then ROTATIONALLY to pull the upper body and parts. Dipsy doodle is swaying because the spine might be trying to imitate the up and down motion of the clubshaft. But the upper body does not wobble. The "T" shape of the spine and shoulders MOVES AS A WHOLE to the left in placing the weight left; then the rotary action begins. During all of this, however, the butt end of the club is brought STRAIGHT DOWN FROM THE RIGHT SHOULDER TOWARDS THE BALL, and then it releases naturally for impact without thought. JUST DO NOT TURN YOUR SHOULDERS LEFTWARD in your initial movements, but think of bringing the butt of the club DOWN first. George Hibbard
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– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – The solution to swaying is this: Hit full 7-irons with your feet together. You’ll soon feel where you get your power. It’s the turn, not the legs. As long as you are standing on the ground, power is from the legs and trunk. If you truly think you get power from somewhere else other than your legs and lower body, sit on the edge of a table and hit balls, but lift your feet of the ground while your doing it, and then try to tell me that power doesn’t come from your connection to the ground. — F. Blaine Dickson Kelowna BC Canada It doesn’t sound like you disagree with each other. Dramjet is saying that the legs serve only to connect the torso (the turning part) to the ground, not to do anything else. gary hayenga
If that was the case, then you’d see tour players with stiff legs swinging with just the arms and upper body. The legs provide leverage to drive down and through the ball. They not just there to do nothing. That’s why you see the weight loaded to the right at the top and all the way on their left side at the finish. If the legs just provided a connection to the ground, you wouldn’t be able to shift your weight properly, and your body would not produce the correct sequence of movements to swing the shaft with any power. The legs have to be involved. A good golf swing starts from the ground up, controlled by the legs and torso. — F. Blaine Dickson Kelowna BC Canada
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<< Just don’t overpower the downward pull with the rotary pull. HELP the intentional downward with whatever rotary pull you can muster, but the down takes priority over the around. Hope this helps. Or be more specific and describe details and I’ll throw in another 4 cents. Or I’ll shut up. Whatever. George Hibbard I could not have said it better or with more detail. The weight does have to shift forward on the BEGINNING of the downswing. Something I am just now begining to understand, thanks to a video swing anyalsis. Something I highly recommend!
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My swing has gone south – totally! As far as I can tell, it’s because I am starting my downswing by bringing my hips forward. Does anyone have any ideas of what I can do to stop? Before I throw my clubs – and myself – into the lake!
Sorry to post in so late, R, but I just read your post from last week and I thought I would offer another ray of hope based on my own experience. I have been losing and regaining my swing all season. Had lessons with two different pros (including a video session) and while they both gave me some important things to improve in my swing, neither was able to say just what I was doing that was causing my problem…or even just exactly what the problem was. I did get enough feedback from them to assure me that my swing was fundamentally sound; unfortunately, the slight flaw that was cropping up had disastrous, rather than slight, effects. After my last practice session, which was 3/4 great and then went totally bad, here is what I notice: 1. A major symptom is a sense of being too "hippy"; when I take 1/2 and 2/3 swings, or swings with feet together, I have no problem. 2. An even bigger symptom is that I am hitting the ground well before the ball (even though I position the ball way back in my stance), with wild results. And once I start doing that I become so conscious of not doing it that I can’t do anything BUT that. Time to switch to practicing my chipping and pitching. But when I’m not tired, and I’m concentrating, I’m hitting the ball great. I think you will too, once you work past this problem by focusing on SMOOTHNESS. Do 1/2 and 3/4 drills and SLOWLY work back up to full swings. Most important: recognize that you DO have a good swing and it WILL come back (and it may go away from time to time but you have techniques, like these drills, to bring it back). You’ll be okay. Good luck! — "I am PRECISELY as dumb as I look." Before you buy.
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George, I will second that. Wonderful simple instruction! Frank B – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – Newsgroups: rec.sport.golf Organization: AOL http://www.aol.com << Just don’t overpower the downward pull with the rotary pull. HELP the intentional downward with whatever rotary pull you can muster, but the down takes priority over the around. Hope this helps. Or be more specific and describe details and I’ll throw in another 4 cents. Or I’ll shut up. Whatever. George Hibbard I could not have said it better or with more detail. The weight does have to shift forward on the BEGINNING of the downswing. Something I am just now begining to understand, thanks to a video swing anyalsis. Something I highly recommend!
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Remember that you don’t strike the ball with your hips or your body. What works for me, is simply swinging my arms down and through (and I do mean – feel that your arms go down – not around) and the lower body naturally leads the swing. Since my focus is on swinging through the ball the hips and everything else are unconsciously controlled by that goal. Frank B – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – My swing has gone south – totally! As far as I can tell, it’s because I am starting my downswing by bringing my hips forward. Does anyone have any ideas of what I can do to stop? Before I throw my clubs – and myself – into the lake!
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My swing has gone south – totally! As far as I can tell, it’s because I am starting my downswing by bringing my hips forward. Does anyone have any ideas of what I can do to stop? Before I throw my clubs – and myself – into the
lake! — answer My three 1/2 cents, R: the hips move to the left for two purposes and at slightly different times (milliseconds apart…), but they only move within narrow limits. I don’t suspect your problem is swaying as such, but you might be "dipsy doodling", which is moving your HIPS to the left while the top of your spine stays in one place. To clarify, initially before the downswing begins (or simultaneously with it, in some people’s swings), the WEIGHT gently and minimally moves back from the right hip to the left. This positions your left side correctly for the forward swing, which is powered by lower body rotation, which pulls the upper body, which pulls the arms, which pulls the butt of the club, which pulls the clubhead! So there is a very short amount of time between the hip motion — the move leftward laterally A LITTLE BIT to place the weight, and then ROTATIONALLY to pull the upper body and parts. Dipsy doodle is swaying because the spine might be trying to imitate the up and down motion of the clubshaft. But the upper body does not wobble. The "T" shape of the spine and shoulders MOVES AS A WHOLE to the left in placing the weight left; then the rotary action begins. During all of this, however, the butt end of the club is brought STRAIGHT DOWN FROM THE RIGHT SHOULDER TOWARDS THE BALL, and then it releases naturally for impact without thought. JUST DO NOT TURN YOUR SHOULDERS LEFTWARD in your initial movements, but think of bringing the butt of the club DOWN first. The arms move the clubshaft up and down; the hips pull the body around to pull the clubshaft around (2 vectors). Just don’t overpower the downward pull with the rotary pull. HELP the intentional downward with whatever rotary pull you can muster, but the down takes priority over the around. Hope this helps. Or be more specific and describe details and I’ll throw in another 4 cents. Or I’ll shut up. Whatever. George Hibbard
My swing has gone south – totally! As far as I can tell, it’s because I am starting my downswing by bringing my hips forward. Does anyone have any ideas of what I can do to stop? Before I throw my clubs – and myself – into the
lake!
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My swing has gone south – totally! As far as I can tell, it’s because I am starting my downswing by bringing my hips forward. Does anyone have any ideas of what I can do to stop? Before I throw my clubs – and myself – into the lake!
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My swing has gone south – totally! As far as I can tell, it’s because I am starting my downswing by bringing my hips forward. Does anyone have any ideas of what I can do to stop? Before I throw my clubs – and myself – into the
lake! My three 1/2 cents, R: the hips move to the left for two purposes and at slightly different times (milliseconds apart…), but they only move within narrow limits. I don’t suspect your problem is swaying as such, but you might be "dipsy doodling", which is moving your HIPS to the left while the top of your spine stays in one place. To clarify, initially before the downswing begins (or simultaneously with it, in some people’s swings), the WEIGHT gently and minimally moves back from the right hip to the left. This positions your left side correctly for the forward swing, which is powered by lower body rotation, which pulls the upper body, which pulls the arms, which pulls the butt of the club, which pulls the clubhead! So there is a very short amount of time between the hip motion — the move leftward laterally A LITTLE BIT to place the weight, and then ROTATIONALLY to pull the upper body and parts. Dipsy doodle is swaying because the spine might be trying to imitate the up and down motion of the clubshaft. But the upper body does not wobble. The "T" shape of the spine and shoulders MOVES AS A WHOLE to the left in placing the weight left; then the rotary action begins. During all of this, however, the butt end of the club is brought STRAIGHT DOWN FROM THE RIGHT SHOULDER TOWARDS THE BALL, and then it releases naturally for impact without thought. JUST DO NOT TURN YOUR SHOULDERS LEFTWARD in your initial movements, but think of bringing the butt of the club DOWN first. The arms move the clubshaft up and down; the hips pull the body around to pull the clubshaft around (2 vectors). Just don’t overpower the downward pull with the rotary pull. HELP the intentional downward with whatever rotary pull you can muster, but the down takes priority over the around. Hope this helps. Or be more specific and describe details and I’ll throw in another 4 cents. Or I’ll shut up. Whatever. George Hibbard
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My swing has gone south – totally! As far as I can tell, it’s because I am starting my downswing by bringing my hips forward. Does anyone have any ideas of what I can do to stop? Before I throw my clubs – and myself – into the lake!
In most of the books i’ve read, and the instruction I’ve gotten from pro’s, that’s just what you are supposed to do. However, the left leg should then straighten up and brace, causing the hip turn. Maybe that’s the part you are missing? The upper body isn’t swaying forward on the downswing, is it? That’s what is usually referred to as a "sway". You need to leave the head and upper body behind on the downswing. Before you buy.
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Jimmy Ballard teaches a similar move and look at the success of some of his students. While he does teach a sway he doesn’t want you getting outside your feet. How would one do that?
Keep swaying until you lose your balance and feel like you’re going to fall over. Blane can better answer this but I think Ballard says he wants your head moving either 12 or 17 inches. With this much lateral motion it’s easy for people to over do things.
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I’ve had the same problem. I’ve managed to fix it by following a Ben Hogan technique…consciously flexing the right knee and pointing it inward towards my left knee at the start of the backswing. In fact, for my full shots I’ve switched my swing trigger from a forward press to a slight "extra flex" of the right knee. This helps me "anchor" the right leg, make it a little bit tense, and sets me up for a tighter swing with much more torque. – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – Comments please . . . I’ve been having trouble off the tee – I was swaying on the back swing (fore left!) and more recently on the forward swing (fore right!). Lately I hardly know where the ball is going, and this only happens when hitting the ball with a wood (doesn’t matter which one) and only when the ball is teed up, never off the ground. I went to the range tonight and tried a tip I’ve read many times – hitting the ball while standing with my feet together. I hit about 100 balls this way, alternating about every 5th ball with a normal stance. It works, but I’m not sure why. The only idea I have is that the stance made me turn more, and if I did shift my weight too much or swayed I would practically fall over. Does this make sense? Thanks in advance. David
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– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – You bet it does. A sway is nothing more than a faulty pivot motion trying to replace the turn in shifting the weight. Your hips do sway slightly but it is also accompanied by a turn. If you place two shafts vertically outside of each foot in your golf stance your hip slide/turn should be within these shafts. It’s known as turning within your stance. Get outside these shafts and you’ll get outside your base and topple over. Talking about hip turn/slide made me think of a comment I heard this afternoon while watching the first round of the Memorial, David. One of the ex-golfer commentators (I forget who) was discussing how Jack Nicklaus has developed a habit of blocking shots to the right since his hip surgery. The announcer said it seems to be an after-effect of the restricted hip movement Nicklaus had after his surgery. He suggested that Jack and other older golfers might be able to offset the loss of ability to rotate their hips as they age by incorporating more lateral movement in their swings. He indicated that even swaying off the ball slightly for an older golfer might not be so bad if it’s followed by a return of the lower body back to the ball. Any thoughts? Is this a technique only someone as accomplished as Jack should consider?
Jimmy Ballard teaches a similar move and look at the success of some of his students. While he does teach a sway he doesn’t want you getting outside your feet.
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The hitting with your feet together tip is great! I played today, and did it while warming up, and shot a 40 on the front nine at a very difficult course here in Houston (I am a 16). I started to incorporate it in my pre-shot routine — I took my practice swing with my feet together, then hit the ball with a normal stance. It did wonders for my tempo and balance, and I was hitting the ball very solid. Thanks for the tip! – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – You bet it does. A sway is nothing more than a faulty pivot motion trying to replace the turn in shifting the weight. Your hips do sway slightly but it is also accompanied by a turn. If you place two shafts vertically outside of each foot in your golf stance your hip slide/turn should be within these shafts. It’s known as turning within your stance. Get outside these shafts and you’ll get outside your base and topple over. Talking about hip turn/slide made me think of a comment I heard this afternoon while watching the first round of the Memorial, David. One of the ex-golfer commentators (I forget who) was discussing how Jack Nicklaus has developed a habit of blocking shots to the right since his hip surgery. The announcer said it seems to be an after-effect of the restricted hip movement Nicklaus had after his surgery. He suggested that Jack and other older golfers might be able to offset the loss of ability to rotate their hips as they age by incorporating more lateral movement in their swings. He indicated that even swaying off the ball slightly for an older golfer might not be so bad if it’s followed by a return of the lower body back to the ball. Any thoughts? Is this a technique only someone as accomplished as Jack should consider? — Don Porter Newspaper Reporter & Webmaster Web Page: http://www.datacruz.com/~dporter
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Comments please . . . I’ve been having trouble off the tee – I was swaying on the back swing (fore left!) and more recently on the forward swing (fore right!). Lately I hardly know where the ball is going, and this only happens when hitting the ball with a wood (doesn’t matter which one) and only when the ball is teed up, never off the ground. I went to the range tonight and tried a tip I’ve read many times – hitting the ball while standing with my feet together. I hit about 100 balls this way, alternating about every 5th ball with a normal stance. It works, but I’m not sure why. The only idea I have is that the stance made me turn more, and if I did shift my weight too much or swayed I would practically fall over. Does this make sense?
You bet it does. A sway is nothing more than a faulty pivot motion trying to replace the turn in shifting the weight. Your hips do sway slightly but it is also accompanied by a turn. If you place two shafts vertically outside of each foot in your golf stance your hip slide/turn should be within these shafts. It’s known as turning within your stance. Get outside these shafts and you’ll get outside your base and topple over.
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You bet it does. A sway is nothing more than a faulty pivot motion trying to replace the turn in shifting the weight. Your hips do sway slightly but it is also accompanied by a turn. If you place two shafts vertically outside of each foot in your golf stance your hip slide/turn should be within these shafts. It’s known as turning within your stance. Get outside these shafts and you’ll get outside your base and topple over.
Talking about hip turn/slide made me think of a comment I heard this afternoon while watching the first round of the Memorial, David. One of the ex-golfer commentators (I forget who) was discussing how Jack Nicklaus has developed a habit of blocking shots to the right since his hip surgery. The announcer said it seems to be an after-effect of the restricted hip movement Nicklaus had after his surgery. He suggested that Jack and other older golfers might be able to offset the loss of ability to rotate their hips as they age by incorporating more lateral movement in their swings. He indicated that even swaying off the ball slightly for an older golfer might not be so bad if it’s followed by a return of the lower body back to the ball. Any thoughts? Is this a technique only someone as accomplished as Jack should consider? — Don Porter Newspaper Reporter & Webmaster Web Page: http://www.datacruz.com/~dporter
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I went to the range tonight and tried a tip I’ve read many times – hitting the ball while standing with my feet together. I hit about 100 balls this way, alternating about every 5th ball with a normal stance. It works, but I’m not sure why. The only idea I have is that the stance made me turn more, and if I did shift my weight too much or swayed I would practically fall over. Does this make sense?
It makes absolute sense, David. Hitting with your feet together forces you to rotate your hips and get your weight back and around the way it’s supposed to. It’s also a great help for timing since if you rush things too much you’re likely to be sitting on your kiester. — Don Porter Newspaper Reporter & Webmaster Web Page: http://www.datacruz.com/~dporter
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David, The feet together drill has been around for a long time and is very effective. Swaying is one of my bugaboos, so I use this drill for about the first 10 balls every time I go to the range. I also have a "Hoganesque" stance, with my back foot 90* to the target line, my front foot 45* to the target and my knees pressed slightly towards each other. It is almost impossible to sway when properly set-up in this stance. Comments please . . . I’ve been having trouble off the tee – I was swaying on the back swing (fore left!) and more recently on the forward swing (fore right!).
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up, never off the ground. I went to the range tonight and tried a tip I’ve read many times – hitting the ball while standing with my feet together. I hit about 100 balls this way, alternating about every 5th ball with a normal stance. It works, but I’m not sure why. The only idea I have is that the stance made me turn more, and if I did shift my weight too much or swayed I would practically fall over. Does this make sense?
Exactly… dsc – acssysdsc
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It also works because it naturally makes one swing slower, with better tempo. "If I had it all to do over again, I’d get myself drunk and I’d jump right back in." Jimmy Buffett "Me winning isnt, you do."
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My old pro had me play a WHOLE round playing this way, to overcome a sway that was plagueing my game. I thought I’d never get it, but funnily enough I also hit the ball dead square, as long as usual, and no sway. However, its a fix, not a cure, as eventually you have to get back to playing conventionally. My current pro has me positioning the ball 2 inches inside my left heel, taking the club back inside, with the butt aimed at the ball on the completion of the backswing, and a feeling of hitting through and to the right on the downswing. Probably doesn’t sound all that flash, but my fade has gone, and I’m hitting my practice shots into an area the size of a blanket, a first for me. There’s obviously any types of lessons that will achieve a swayless swing, mine worked for me. But its proof positive that a lesson is really the answer, and then practice, practice, practice. Barrie Smart – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – Comments please . . . I’ve been having trouble off the tee – I was swaying on the back swing (fore left!) and more recently on the forward swing (fore right!). Lately I hardly know where the ball is going, and this only happens when hitting the ball with a wood (doesn’t matter which one) and only when the ball is teed up, never off the ground. I went to the range tonight and tried a tip I’ve read many times – hitting the ball while standing with my feet together. I hit about 100 balls this way, alternating about every 5th ball with a normal stance. It works, but I’m not sure why. The only idea I have is that the stance made me turn more, and if I did shift my weight too much or swayed I would practically fall over. Does this make sense? Thanks in advance. David
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Comments please . . . I’ve been having trouble off the tee – I was swaying on the back swing (fore left!) and more recently on the forward swing (fore right!). Lately I hardly know where the ball is going, and this only happens when hitting the ball with a wood (doesn’t matter which one) and only when the ball is teed up, never off the ground. I went to the range tonight and tried a tip I’ve read many times – hitting the ball while standing with my feet together. I hit about 100 balls this way, alternating about every 5th ball with a normal stance. It works, but I’m not sure why. The only idea I have is that the stance made me turn more, and if I did shift my weight too much or swayed I would practically fall over. Does this make sense? Thanks in advance. David