My Swing (jamo) - Page 3

Jamo,

Perhaps some of the "maintain the flying wedge" drills would help.  Dave Wedzik had me doing this drill a lot last summer at the Boston S&T School.  It's just punch shots with a focus on maintaining the wedge after impact.  Eric could describe it better than me.

whats your typically miss with your current swing?

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Originally Posted by jamo 

Left, but I don't usually miss directionally. If I miss it's usually fat or thin. 

i see, Your swing looks pretty good. Only advice I would give is to use your skill as a feel player, which you look like you are. You look like you are starting to try to incorporate alot of technical stuff into your swing. Has your miss always been left?

You've come a long way since your OP. Great job so far.

James - Sounds like you know what to work on.  Here's a bit of a comparison between you and Luke Donald leading into impact.  

The Red/Teal lines are the amount of slide generated (address and impact). 

The Yellow and Orange lines show the relationship of the shaft and your left arm leading into impact (lag).  The thick Orange line is impact for both players.  The thick Green line is the shaft after impact (compare this with the position of the arms).

Notice how you are rapidly losing lag here well before the ball.  At impact, the club is now leading the left hand, and the hands really decelerate at the bottom of your swing.

Yes, Luke Donald is a pro.... but check out how he maintains lag up until impact.  Also notice (center of angle) how he's moving his hands through the ball more aggressively.  He's maintained the triangle with the arms, shoulders and club well after impact.  

I'd really think about hitting the ball with the back of your left hand as you practice.  Accelerate the hands through the hitting area and trust that the club will follow. 

If you don't have an impact bag, working with one might really help build lag into your impact position.

I posted in the wrong forum. I posted on your old blog.

Anyway, Adam said it above as well: time for some wedge work. :)

You're very CF-y. When you can get to the point where you're hitting a CP push-draw, then you're there, man. ;-)

P.S. There's some video of some dumbass in a green shirt doing some wedge drills... might want to find that one... heh.

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Originally Posted by jamo 

 

Wow, thanks for that man, much appreciated. I'll definitely think about getting an impact bag. 

Also, an old canvas/durable duffle can be found for a few bucks at a thrift store.  These work just as well as an impact bag if you want to save some cash.

all I can say is that there must be something good going on in the space 1 foot either side of the ball at impact. Because, to me, it looks a little agricultural...

ie; at setup your left wrist is REALLY angled. The shaft seems to follow your right arm rather than left (which at address means little, but it's something you obviously need to fix during the back/down swing)

For a low handicapper, you stand up in your swing more than anything I've seen. Although the indoor video doesn't look as bad as the original, outdoor one.

Just my untrained observation......

Swing is really improving, and looks like you are shedding some lbs.  Strong work

Hips more forward so that they can continue to rotate. Shoulders will be more open at P8 as well, arms more attached to your body. Hips forward more and then rotational speed kept up.