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Hi everyone! I'm new here and have been lurking for about a month. Love the site. I had a question. Been playing about a year and still figuring my swing out. I've had a lot of help and think I found a good swing. It looks decent on video and it shows good results occasionally. It seems more like a golf swing, than what I've been doing. I've heard that during a swing change, sometimes you shouldn't expect great results at first. I played 18 today. I threw away my score card after 3 holes. I didn't want to get distracted by focusing on scoring well. I played many second shots and made sure to keep my swing consistent to my new change. I had a lot of encouraging results, and some bad ones. But I feel good about it cause I feel like I'm "doing it right." I realize there are many different ways to skin a cat but this new swing seems more fundamentally sound. Swing is more on plane, right elbow is a bit tighter, etc. Is it normal to get mixed results during a swing change?
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Hi everyone! I'm new here and have been lurking for about a month. Love the site.

I had a question. Been playing about a year and still figuring my swing out. I've had a lot of help and think I found a good swing. It looks decent on video and it shows good results occasionally. It seems more like a golf swing, than what I've been doing.

I've heard that during a swing change, sometimes you shouldn't expect great results at first. I played 18 today. I threw away my score card after 3 holes. I didn't want to get distracted by focusing on scoring well. I played many second shots and made sure to keep my swing consistent to my new change. I had a lot of encouraging results, and some bad ones. But I feel good about it cause I feel like I'm "doing it right." I realize there are many different ways to skin a cat but this new swing seems more fundamentally sound. Swing is more on plane, right elbow is a bit tighter, etc.

Is it normal to get mixed results during a swing change?

Yes it is normal. I takes a while for the changes to become permanent and even then, you still have to work at it.

I would advice posting video of your swing in the Member Swings section.  There you can track your improvement.

Scott

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Yes, I'm going through a swing change and feel the same way.  The key is if you believe the swing change is beneficial you have to stick with it even if it feels uncomfortable.

Joe Paradiso

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If it's not uncomfortable you probably haven't changed anything. As far as results generally when making a change my good shots are better and my bad shots are worse. I've found it takes at least 3 weeks for a change to become ingrained enough that it happens unconsciously...
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Yes, I'm going through a swing change and feel the same way.  The key is if you believe the swing change is beneficial you have to stick with it even if it feels uncomfortable.

I have been spending the last two months getting comfortable with this new swing of mine, and my scores are terrible. The only reason why I stuck with it is that I hit way farther than I have ever imagined without injuring myself. It is obviously a more natural swing for me, but I was just not used to it.

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I decided to go see a PGA Professional the middle of last summer after being sick of fading/slicing everything.  It wasn't a terrible ball flight, but I wanted to draw the ball to get more distance.  It was hard to stick with it, but I figured I payed the money so I might as well stick it out and see where it gets me.  I went from shooting 75-78 to shooting a couple rounds of 85-86-96, and these were in tournaments.  I was so frustrated I almost went back to the old way, but I was drawing the ball nicely and stuck with it.  My last 5 rounds of the year were 9 hole rounds since in North Dakota it gets dark at just after 6 in the fall went 36-33-32-32-35 on a par 36.  Just hit balls on the range today for the first time this year and my ball flight is a draw, and I can now work it both ways, excited for the season to start.  So to make a long story short I would say to stick with it, it will get better, it just takes time and range balls.

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Hi everyone! I'm new here and have been lurking for about a month. Love the site. I had a question. Been playing about a year and still figuring my swing out. I've had a lot of help and think I found a good swing. It looks decent on video and it shows good results occasionally. It seems more like a golf swing, than what I've been doing. I've heard that during a swing change, sometimes you shouldn't expect great results at first. I played 18 today. I threw away my score card after 3 holes. I didn't want to get distracted by focusing on scoring well. I played many second shots and made sure to keep my swing consistent to my new change. I had a lot of encouraging results, and some bad ones. But I feel good about it cause I feel like I'm "doing it right." I realize there are many different ways to skin a cat but this new swing seems more fundamentally sound. Swing is more on plane, right elbow is a bit tighter, etc. Is it normal to get mixed results during a swing change?

If it is major it takes me about 3 months to internalize a change to the point of owning it.

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