{"id":5729,"date":"2009-04-18T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2009-04-18T13:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thesandtrap.com\/?p=5729"},"modified":"2009-04-18T14:18:17","modified_gmt":"2009-04-18T18:18:17","slug":"eddy_butt_analysis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thesandtrap.com\/b\/swing_check\/eddy_butt_analysis","title":{"rendered":"Eddy Butt Analysis"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"SwingEddy Butt has been playing for three years but already has made great strides to become a great player. After working on his short game and putting as well as increasing his driving average to around 280 yards, he has now turned his attention to becoming a more consistent player. Ultimately, he is hoping that all his hard work will be rewarded by winning his club championship.<\/p>\n

While I do believe that Eddy’s problems are fixable, I have identified three major swing plane problems that may all be attributable to one root cause.<\/p>\n

Read on to see Eddy’s swing and the fixes I’ve outlined for him.
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The Swing<\/h3>\n

Eddy’s swing can be seen here<\/a> as a QuickTime movie. This shows the down-the-line angle with his driver. I would highly recommend that you watch the video, identify what you have found as Eddy’s root problem, and then read on to see if you’re right.<\/p>\n

Analysis<\/h3>\n

The down the line camera angle can be used to identify faults in two areas: 1) posture and 2) swing plane. Even though I separate the two, they clearly can have huge effects on one another. Thus, before pressing play, my first thought is to look to see whether or not the player’s posture is within an acceptable margin of error.<\/p>\n

\"Acceptable<\/p>\n

For a player with long-term goals of shooting par or below, I would highly recommend taking the time to get your posture to a point that you will not have to make any adjustments in the future. However, for a player in need of an immediate fix, if your posture is within that acceptable margin of error you can move on to swing plane.<\/p>\n

Swing Plane<\/strong>
\nI need to draw a few lines on Eddy’s swing before I really analyze his swing plane. I will be using these quite a bit in the future so I suppose I should go through them right now.<\/p>\n

\"Line<\/p>\n

Line 3:<\/em> Line 3 runs from the hosel of the club through the butt of the grip and continues up approximately two to three feet past your body. This line represents the absolute lowest that your club should ever go.<\/p>\n

\"Line<\/p>\n

Line 4:<\/em> Line 4 runs from the toe of your clubhead through your trailing shoulder. This represents the highest<\/em> your hands, shaft and clubhead should go. If your leading hand is lower than this line at the top of the swing, redraw the line so that it is touching the top of your hand. Remember, your hands, shaft, and clubhead should never cross this line during any point in your back swing or down swing.<\/p>\n

\"Line<\/p>\n

Line P:<\/em> Line P is slightly more difficult to draw. This line is not drawn at the initial set up but should only be drawn at impact. To draw this line you will need to freeze the frame at impact and then draw a line running from the hosel of the golf club, through the butt of the grip, and continue approximately two to three feet outside of your body. With the proper swing plane you will come down this line and start your follow through on this line.<\/p>\n

Let’s take a few frames of Eddy’s swing and look at them with lines drawn.<\/p>\n

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After drawing lines and watching Eddy’s swing you can easily tell that he is having some major swing plane problems. In fact, he is:<\/p>\n