My Swing (Bechambo)

Yes @iacas and I agree that it would be very beneficial for your game to start launching it higher with less spin.

Spin rate is high because the angle of attack is too steep, hitting down on it too much. So to start to shallow this attack angle out you need to move the ball position forward. Will be about a ball in front of the left shoulder joint. Going to feel very forward to you. Also turn both feet out. This gives the left knee more room to flex forward longer on the downswing. When the feet are square, the knee pinch inward and restricts the mobility of the knee. It straightens too soon and the club will swing down and to the left.

When the knee has more room, you can get more weight forward, get the hips more forward and with the head being steady, will create more "axis tilt" (red line, right pic). The axis tilt is a result of the head being steady and the weight forward, not just tipping your head back Will really help you shallow the AoA and launch it higher.

Check out this thread as well

The feet being flared will certainly help with this. Gets the left knee to bend more, right to lose some flex, results in the hips turning on a steeper angle.

I can see that, reason why it's important to have the feet flares. If the feet are square, makes it tough to create that axis tilt I was talking about. Axis tilt helps the hands and club ascend, get out of the ground faster and swing less left.

This is why I'm seeing that you have to stand up on the downswing, shaft steepens too much.

Shaft steepens because of how shallow the shaft loads on the backswing and then you have to lift the arms independent from the pivot. The shaft gets too shallow on the backswing because the hands work out and away from you rather than moving slightly inward with the pivot. It causes the forearms and face to rotate more.

Generally don't want to see the toe "up" at this position.

So I would do two things

- Put a tee in your left arm pit and keep the tee in throughout the backswing. Will help the hands not move away from you on the takeaway and lessen the amount you'll roll the face.

- Gradually flex the left knee more throughout the entire backswing. Will keep those hips turning so they don't slide to the right causing you to lift the arms. Might almost feel like the pivot with the left knee "carries" the arms.

@Bechambo , just to clarify, even though I "tore your swing apart" I know the scores you shoot and the quality of shots you can hit. Just wanted to give you my take for the cause and effect of things

Your swing is actually very similar to my swing in high school and college. I would swing part parallel with a 7 iron, roll the forearms and lift the arms. Always struggled with getting my spin rate, usually around 3500 or more and launched it low. Now I can struggle with not spinning it enough with the driver lol

To review what I sent you.

- Check the left hand grip, I'd recommend making it stronger and making sure the heel pad is "on top".

- Priority is Key #1, more on the pivot than what's going on with the head. The hips slide back instead of turning on the backswing. First step in fixing this is making sure both knees are turned out at address, "bowed out".

- When the hips slide, the pivot stalls and this creates a sequencing issue with the arms and torso. A feel I suggested was to keep the right hip turning throughout the backswing and to feel the right cheek or tailbone get closer to the target on the backswing.

Notice the difference in where the "gap" is with the lines drawn on the hips. The player in the right pic (Daniel Summerhays) has made a centered hip turn, the right hip kept turning and moving around which helps his arms be more in sync with his pivot. Daniel is in a great position to fire his arms down and transfer his weight forward. As I said in the video, the point of all this is to improve your impact alignments. Getting the arms in a position where they can come down faster, with your weight transferring forward will help you achieve Key #3. You'll be able to hit the ball higher, divots will be more shallow and the swing will require less maintenance.

Good drill to check out.

Can you elaborate on what you're working on?

Hey Barrett, definitely better than the first video you sent. I agree long term Key #3 needs to get better. I want to clarify that to fix it, it's not a position you "try" to put yourself in, it's a result of other pieces occurring before impact. That's why I wanted to initially focus on the grip, feet/knees and backswing pivot with the hips. All those pieces will help you improve your impact conditions.

At address I'd still like to see more of the "bow legged" look. It's going to help keep the hips centered. Again the hips are better than the swing from last week but I wouldn't mind seeing the left hip transfer slightly past the line drawn below.

Note the movement of the head towards the target. It stays forward on the downswing and in an effort to shallow out the strike you start standing up and releasing your wrist angles early. I would like you to practice looking more like the right pic. Hips transfer slightly forward with the head staying centered. For you it will feel like the head moves to your right and that your chest is pointing more towards the ground. You can also have @tristanhilton85 hold a shaft against your head to make sure it doesn't move forward.

Here's  a screenshot from the video the I sent you last week when I was describing how you will feel more "flexed over" on the backswing. Goes along with what I said above. Maybe watch that again.