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maraca2020 Well Established Member

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After I'm swinging well for a while, my swing speeds up, and my hands get flippy through impact. What can I do to prevent this? Thanks

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I do the same - when I can get my tempo right, I hit it dead straight where I want. But then one swing too fast and I'm ruined for a while. Pretty sure this is due to my muscle memory of swinging a baseball bat (once could hit 80+ mph fastballs). I can't slow down enough; how do I break this pattern? Thx!
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Come up with some kind of routine in your head for your tempo....1-2-2-1 for example. Anything that will help you keep up with the tempo in your head. This way when you start getting faster you can tell quickly and use this template to slow it back down

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lumpuckeroo Great Member

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Tom Watson said he found a song that matched the tempo of his swing and would play the song in his head to keep his tempo.

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I know my distances pretty well. when I get that way I honestly try to hit the club shorter

For example. 150 yd shot. I pull out my 8 iron and honestly try to hit it 130 yds to slow myself down.
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Or you could go with a club more and make a 3/4 swing to try and slow down your tempo as well.

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PiKapp23 Great Member

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One thing I do (and I am currently doing it with my driver) is to use a 'split grip'. I put my hands on grip like normal with my interlock and then drop my right hand straight down about 1 inch or a little more then just swing like normal. It's amazing how this helps. Bad hooks and slices usually become soft draws or fades with this because it forces your forearms to rotate over the correct way. Try it on the range and you might find this works for you (or maybe not...) I have actually been playing this way with my driver the last couple rounds and have only missed 2 fairways in last 27 holes. It might cause the loss of a little distance but it's a good drill that you can actually use on course.
Driver: SQ DYMO STR8-Fit
4 Wood: SQ DYMO
2H (17*), 4H (23*) & 5H (26*): Fli-Hi CLK
Irons (5-6): MX-900; (7-PW): MP-60
Wedges (51/6*): MP-T Chrome; (56/13): MP-R ChromePutter: White Hot XG 2-Ball CSPreferred Ball: e5+/e7+/B330-RXGPS Unit: NEOPush Cart: 2.0
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thanks guys. One more thing. On the way back i start hinging really early, and it starts going way outside on the backswing. Also, my hands start flipping through impact. Anything to help those?

Sasquatch 460 10.5
X 3 wood
X 4H
X-22's 5-PW
X Forged 52, 58 Black Series #1 Tour i X Series stand bag

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I know my distances pretty well. when I get that way I honestly try to hit the club shorter

Or you could go with a club more and make a 3/4 swing to try and slow down your tempo as well.

Either of these 2 approaches seem to work for me when I start to rush through the ball. Some people seem to like the idea of "this is plenty of club so I'll swing easy" and others like " I'm going to hit this club the distance I know I can control". Try both and see which one you like. Good luck.

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thanks guys. One more thing. On the way back i start hinging really early, and it starts going way outside on the backswing. Also, my hands start flipping through impact. Anything to help those?

The split grip drill will not allow your hands to flip or let you take the club outside (at least not much).

Driver: SQ DYMO STR8-Fit
4 Wood: SQ DYMO
2H (17*), 4H (23*) & 5H (26*): Fli-Hi CLK
Irons (5-6): MX-900; (7-PW): MP-60
Wedges (51/6*): MP-T Chrome; (56/13): MP-R ChromePutter: White Hot XG 2-Ball CSPreferred Ball: e5+/e7+/B330-RXGPS Unit: NEOPush Cart: 2.0
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thanks guys. One more thing. On the way back i start hinging really early, and it starts going way outside on the backswing. Also, my hands start flipping through impact. Anything to help those?

For the takeaway, think of someone standing behind you with a catcher's mitt and you are trying to put the clubhead in the mit on the backswing...this will give you a straighter takeaway.

For impact, try to picture the back of your lead hand facing the target at impact..you may feel like you are actually pulling the club through instead of swinging it through. This helps get the hands through first without "flipping" the hands.

Bryan A
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testcore Newbie

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All good suggestions, thanks! Although, what I feel I'm really up against is the muscle memory from my past. Anyone have specific thoughts on how to break down (or destroy?!?) that memory? Are there known training exercises?
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All good suggestions, thanks! Although, what I feel I'm really up against is the muscle memory from my past. Anyone have specific thoughts on how to break down (or destroy?!?) that memory? Are there known training exercises?

Reps, reps, reps with correct swing. Create new muscle memory

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