My Swing (PiustheDrGolf)

I guess that's what I'm doing a lot recently. Yesterday's rounding was simply like that. I didn't cleared my hip intentionally but seems that my path was more from out to in rather straight to straight (my swing path) and producing slice with poor impact feel. I know it should be 'Sliding' instead of 'Spinning'. Is there any GOOD DRILL to cure this?

My recent video is at: &

It looks like to me that your path is too much in to out than the other way around. The slice could just be a face angle thing. You whip the club inside on takeway.

True. But the Downswing is not In to Out at all. Since I have a tendency to raise my hand little bit up at initial backswing (to feel the head of club maybe?), even I try to take the club head to outside, it still goes inside. I don't know if that's problem. Anyway, My divot mark always created as out to in. Can anyone see how my hip clears at downswing? and If It spins around, any advise to correct it with a drill? Thanks.

Just as you're about to take the club away, you see to tilt the club more vertical as if you're lifting your wrists a fraction higher towards the sky. Is that an intentional swing starting movement for you?

Looks to me like the club is going inside, but the hands aren't.

PiustheDrGolf: try bringing your hands deeper inside, without flipping the club inside as much, and allowing your hips to turn back more. Give yourself room to drop the hands on the downswing.

I actually think it might be an alignment issue. Look at your feet at set up.

I think you should stretch out the preshot waggle and finish pose a bit.

First of all, Thank you for doing this. I wasn't expected this much of analysis would be followed. :)

Anyway, my back was not even close to being 'Straight' at setup position as the above captured video 3 weeks ago. Lower back was straight but my upper back was bent. In order to fix that, I started to raise chin up to get a feel of extension of spine on my head. By result of that, as you pointed out, my eyes are looking as pictured, Now, I am looking down, almost looking my nose to see the ball. I now suspect that the lifting chin could flatten my shoulder turn. I will go back to range and lower my chin, as prior of 3 weeks ago, and see if it was cause of the flatten shoulder turn. Flip.. I didn't know I was doing that. But as you captured the moment after the impact surely shows I'm doing that. The your drill video is great to understand cure the flip. But as I see and think about it more, it could be more related to not weighting on left at address and at impact. Am I right? I'm not a Stack-N-Tilt fan but now I want to try it to see how it goes.

I meant by this.

http://picasaweb.google.com/PiusTheDrGolf/GOLFSWING#5480508488881434802

I know what you meant. I just think that if chin up, it's tendency to flatten side tilt due to making turns perpendicular to my neck angle.

I hear you. Thanks you for doing this. I didn't know you guys are doing service for analyzing golf swing. Next time, I will go through

http://evolvr.thegolfevolution.com/ to get swing analysis from you and evolvr crews. Once again, Thanks.

Sorry but i couldnt help but notice the guy in the background in the first left video, bout 1:10, hits a nice litting duff :)

What I notice in the down the line video of your swing is that you are rerouting the club on the transition from your backswing to the downswing. I notice on your down swing you are starting with your shoulders and your swing path is outside to in and causing you to slice.

I believe that if you start your downswing with your hip rotating first you will keep the swing path the same as your backswing and will start to hit straight to draw balls

Good eyes. I looked at the both videos but couldn't notice (or don't know how to see that). But, it is true if one starts downswing with upper body, yeah that's cause of out to in swing path. I will try to move my lower body to initiate downswing. Thank you.

Characteristic of my ball flight has been little fade for my golfing years (+20 yrs) and was quite happy about overall swing. For past 2 years, i haven't found time to play golf (twice a month) and noticed that my distance shorten about 1 club and drives +20 yards less. and longer club is making SLICE, not fade.

I uploaded a video and many of Sand Trap members replied with good points. And over 3 weeks, I've been working to fix that. So here are progress.

1. 'Spinning' instead of 'Sliding' - As iacas pointed out with line analysis on impact on my swing, I'm not 'Spinning'. - so ignored.
2. 'Taking club back too inside' - I couldn't related this for cause of the slice.
3. 'Opened face angle' - I doubled checked if face is squared at address.
4. 'Starting downswing with shoulders' - I noticed that I am doing this. so I started to initiate downswing with hip. more solid contacts and better balance. (Thanks to KS8829)

--- But still, I was making the slice ----

Then I think I found the main cause of my slice.!

'Not Enough Shoulder Turn' - Merely I turns 90 dgree. somehow over 2 years, I shorten my shoulder turn significantly and now it's only turning less than 60 degree. Because that my tempo was off, swing plane gets off, coming outside to inside on downswing, and lost distance.

I played 18 holes yesterday and experienced the significance of the shoulder turn. If I felt that I didn't do full turn, yes, it makes slice and goes less in distance. If I felt that I made enough shoulder turn, BingGo, I am driving straight and making little less than 2 yrs ago distance!. I will be working on shoulder turns with 'Swing Extender' until I get it.

Please advise or comment if my finding make sense. Thanks.