My Swing (hercules71185)

I've been Playing Golf for: a few weeks

My current handicap index or average score is: unknown

My typical ball flight is: 300ish yards

With an iron I may swing entirely different or something I haven't recorded it yet but I will once my hand is better. My irons are rock solid for a newbie. I am very consistent. My driver is another story and it needs help. I am very good at generating power in all sports from boxing, football, to racquetball, tennis, baseball, soccer and pretty much anything with motion. But, golf is more technical and I need help.

I have severe fluctuation, I mean I can hit, 240 yards if it goes too high, where as when the ball leaves the tee properly I'm a little over 300 yards, but a 4 iron I can consistently hit 215 yards. I'm new so I do have fluctuation obviously. But, the place I was at(driving range) has these raised boards that are used to indicate if you hit the green. You can easily hear it and the 8 iron I hit the 175 green a few times in a row. Which is about a 10 yard circle. I think that's a good start. But, back to the thing that messes me up terribly. My driver. I have used flex shaft, and couldn't even hit the ball unless I was swinging soft.

Long story short. Critique me and make me sad on how bad the form is. And then I'll continue posting videos of my progress`

Videos:

first video is from the back where you can see the ball launched too high, but even when it's low which is rare the backspin takes it in the clouds. This is a 9.5 driver. Very stiff. The ball in this video went aprox 285 yards and had almost no roll out. I'm not sure of the term but I sliced it to the left.

Same club different view.

Get some lessons. The power is coming from you taking a baseball style swing to it in relation to your footing. You arent aiming. You aren't setting up. You're lifting your left foot, and you are off balance.

However, not every golf swing is picture perfect, look at Jim Furyk.

Thanks and I managed to not lose any distance keeping my head still, maybe a yard or 2, but I gained more just by keeping the ball lower and better. I'll post a slomotion later but see if this is better.

in the video I just posted I definitely got my head movement much more limited. I move it a little but no where near the same. I don't know why the embed that I'm using isn't working though.

I can see the video.  Good job on correcting the steady head, looks much improved.  I would say next couple of steps would involve getting more weight forward on the downswing and keeping a flat left wrist at impact.  Wright now you are flipping the club head causing mishits and pop ups.  Look at this thread for some guidance. http://thesandtrap.com/t/61376/5sk-video-thread

Shank :)