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Here are the face on and down the line views of my swing with a 7 iron. I went to see a PGA teaching professional a few weeks ago and he spotted a few things, which I've been working on. Before seeing the pro, I would pick my arms up after making contact instead of following through (my backswing, he said, looked fine). Also, he let me know that my stance was too wide and that was limiting my body rotation.
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The first thing I noticed was the lack of lower spine extension at impact and into the follow through. Your arm extension into impact and follow through are really good.

Your first move on the back swing is to bring the club inside and your right elbow starts to bend and your arms separate. Your shoulders rotate too flat on the back swing.
With your first moves on the back swing, rotate your shoulders vertically, keeping the arms together, then as the club gets parallel to the ground, start cocking your left wrist and bring your hands in. All the time, keeping your forearms as close together as you can. Throughout the swing, you want to keep your arms "connected" to act more as a single unit.

Your hand positions in the back swing at :08 look good--this is where your hands block the view of your shoulders on the DTL view (nice flat left wrist), but then you lift up and out, then the hands go more out (toward the ball), and the first move on the down swing is out toward the ball, resulting in too steep of a downswing.

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You lose a lot of distance when you dont get your hips through. Your right foot should be forced up on the tip of the toes upon follow through (just look at the PGA Tour logo). Keep your left foot quiet on the backswing, its okay if the leg bends/moves naturally, but dont pick up the foot like you did in the front-facing camera video. I also think your stance is a bit narrow. If you tend to blade/thin the ball, its probably due to your narrow stance.

Other than that, you have a fairly sound swing. Its not perfect, but any other adjustments (i.e, the hands and arms) should be critiqued and/or corrected by a pro in a lesson. I'm just saying whats obvious to me from the videos.

EDIT: I just read your post about the Pro telling you your stance was too wide...what the heck? Really? He said that? As you can see from the above posters, they agree when I say thats not right.

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Stance is too narrow. On full swings you should have about a shoulder width stance.

You are "casting" the club from the top of your backswing. This is causing you to come over the top of the ball. Try pausing a full second longer at the top of your swing and then begin your downswing with your hips and lower body, not your hands. The hands should follow. All in all not too bad though. Keep up the good work.

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