Swing Video - Please Evaluate

Please evaluate my swing. My biggest problem has been not being able to
go inside out. I come over the top constantly. Occasionaly I get the a good shoulder turn and not so much throwing my arms at the ball feeling, but those feelings are few and far between. Please evaluate and lmk if you think I am casting.

Sorry for only one angle. Can only get my iPhone setup on the table behind me :). Thank you!

Holy noodles are you coming over the top. You already know so I don't feel bad telling you. Alright, lets see. You might wonder how bad or how far off am I.

Okay so we've got:



What are we seeing. Someone said you were coming a little inside on the takeaway thats pretty minuscule as pictured in picture C second frame. 'Really hard to catch in Youtube btw'

Anyway your swing swing starts a little steep and then gets crazy steep. So picture A: Backswing angle already on steep side, not bad really if you weren't so close to the ball.

B/C: Huge over the top move, as in really steep how much? Well the first frame in C is where your club ends up resulting in you cutting across the ball from this outside because there is no other choice at the point. Ideally you would want that position to be closer to where it was on the takeaway, 'second frame C'

Anyway, I pictured Tiger to show you where you want that B frame to be. It's strangely difficult to do for some reason though. Like all things golf, up is down, left is right. My only advice is the more you let your body perform the swing the better off you'll be in getting into the proper positions. Get your arms in the same position in the top and just let them fall, pretend they are paralyzed and only utilize the body until the drop closer to where they are in second frame C or frame D.

I worked with a friend on this for a year or so and he was never able to do it, so it can be difficult.

A simple drill is to find something rigid enough to stick in or sit on the ground but flexable enough to bend but not break and not damage your club. This object can be anything you could even used a plastic range bucket. This should be placed inside the line of the target and stick up any where from 6 to 12 inches as long as the club can go down the target line without hitting it. Obviously the height of the object will determine how far from the line it has to be so the club can clear it as it is swung down the line. If you cut across the ball as your doing in your video you will hit it if you swing properly you will not.


Place the object to start approximately 10 inches forward of the ball, towards the target and 8-10 inches inside the line, closer to you. Swing until you no longer hit the object. You might find the ball goes out to the left and stays there at first but your hands will adjust eventually get the ball straighter if not hook. Right now your hands basically just block through the ball, keeping the club face open because if you rotated your arms properly with that swing path you would hit some ugly pull hooks. If you have ever played tennis and hit a top spin forehand it's the same principal but the inclination is rotated 90 degrees


I would stop worrying about your hips, clearing them sooner would only serve to cut across the ball more in your case.

At the top of the backswing, don't think about hitting the ball or uncocking your wrists. Turn your hips toward the target and pull/drop your arms down so that your left elbow travels toward your left hip. Then start uncocking and swing through the ball.

Watch Bubba Watson drop the club down, maintaining the wrist cock, straight left arm. See how his left elbow drives down into his left hip from the top of the backswing.

Here's another attempt at flattening out my swing and staying more
connected.

Iacas is probably right 'he knows a little bit about the golf swing ' but I definitely think that fundamentally this is a much better swing than before. I'm actually impressed that you changed it so fast.

Your second practice swing looked especially good. I think you will find one of two things, your over the top will return on the course or it will return as soon as you go after your original distances. I'm assuming that you aren't going after it the same way you were before.

Quick question though, what happened to your ball flight?

Your swing looks better, but still a little tense (muscle memory not there yet). With more practice you'll be able to swing with much more confidence

I played a lot of baseball, so I know the feeling of throwing my hands at the ball. Which should help you as a ball striker in the future:

By hard to fix, this is what I meant. By your third swing you have this going on...


The blue line in frame 2 is your angle going back and the red line the downswing. You'll notice you still are coming over that original line. Instead of the club dropping it is raising up. Again it would be great if you took it back on the red line and came down closer to the blue line. I showed tiger again for reference.

Overall though it seems like a huge improvement over that third frame.

Sorry to the folks with low bandwidth.

Everyone seems to drop the club in one way or another, someone posted buba so I took a look at that. He has a really interesting swing. Interesting but effective because he still gets into the same positions as great golfers. Bub vs sergio. Sergio seems closer to the norm.

Video isn't great if you don't notice the nuances.