My Swing (NZ Golfer)

[NZ Golfer]

Thought I'd kick "my swing " into gear pretty rough ..no wearing the best footwear crocs ..first swing of the club for over 3 -weeks more to come 

I've been Playing Golf for: 15yrs+
My current handicap index or average score is:13
My typical ball flight is: low
The shot I hate or the "miss" I'm trying to reduce/eliminate is: pull shot

 

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Videos: 

 

[billchao]

Better angles and slow motion video would be more helpful.

https://thesandtrap.com/b/playing_tips/filming_your_swing

[NZ Golfer]

Ok only got my Iphone camera I see it has a slow-mo setting would that work ? 

[billchao]

15 minutes ago, NZ Golfer said:

Ok only got my Iphone camera I see it has a slow-mo setting would that work ? 

Absolutely. Just make sure the camera is lined up properly.

I see that someone is holding the phone to film you. Ask them politely to try not to move during the shot.

[NZ Golfer]

Ok was getting my kids to help might get the wifey to help out later today ..

Edited March 28, 2020 by NZ Golfer

[boogielicious]

10 hours ago, NZ Golfer said:

Ok was getting my kids to help might get the wifey to help out later today ..

After you film in slow motion, you can edit where the slow motion starts. At the bottom of the edit screen, slide the vertical lines to start the slow motion when you start your backswing. Otherwise the video can be really long. Below I’ve set the slow motion to the very end  

You trim the video length on that screen too. If you tap the line that looks like film, it turns yellow and you can slide the ends to trim.

 

[billchao]

1 hour ago, boogielicious said:

After you film in slow motion, you can edit where the slow motion starts. At the bottom of the edit screen, slide the vertical lines to start the slow motion when you start your backswing. Otherwise the video can be really long. Below I’ve set the slow motion to the very end  

You trim the video length on that screen too. If you tap the line that looks like film, it turns yellow and you can slide the ends to trim.

 

Good post.

Looking at your edit screen with your video in landscape gives me a headache 😜

[boogielicious]

It’s the MirrorVision app. They still haven’t updated for landscape mode.

[NZ Golfer]

Ok hope this makes more sense

 

 

 

[boogielicious]

Thanks for posting. Your fundamentals look pretty good. The one thing I see right away is you may be over-swinging. The backswing looks good until you get close to the top, but then you reach for a bit more and it pulls you back a bit. Check out the thread below. @billchao worked on this a while back.

As for low ball flight, in the iron video you appear to shift your weight forward at set up a bit like they do in Stack & Tilt. I had that issue and my instructor had me focus on even weight distribution at set up and to try to get my head behind the ball at set up. And keep it there in the backswing.

The other thing you can do is simply open the club face up a bit at address. The ball flight will start right and be higher. Adjust your aim accordingly.

[NZ Golfer]

Yes some great tips ...I'm seeing many issues I need to work on ..over-swing is certainly one

 

currently listening to mental golf game book .. my short game nerves + negative imaging costing me so many shots I'm putting around 35-40 a round far too many 3 putts (with the odd 4 putt) and chipping pitching not the best for the same reasons.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                the majority of my recent rounds has me in great positions to birdie or least par but blow it with poor directed chip-pitch shots backed up by woeful putting..

[iacas]

You sound like you’re giving too much weight to the mental game.

[NZ Golfer]

3 hours ago, iacas said:

You sound like you’re giving too much weight to the mental game.

Maybe but being a "fire brand" a duff chip/4 putt usually always leads to least one to two bad holes as I try to cool off ...

[iacas]

But the duffed chip and the four putt are mechanical.

[NZ Golfer]

Yes correct get the mechs right and the mental will follow i guess

[NZ Golfer]

Continuing to work on my swing ...will put up new slow mo clips soon ... 

so fixes I done last few months

-keeping the feet quiet ...as you can see from above clips i had issues moving my trialing foot away at the start of backswing ..I no longer do this>>>

-Over-swinging !! ... bring more shoulder turn ,,,slowing down my takeaway .... trying not to rip 300+ yard hits every drive... thinking fluid smoothness ..

-front knee soreness = opening feet stance to more duck foot (which is how I ride my snowboard by do it right knee forward)

--working on reducing tension ...I have strong forearms -arms from my Physical job and find I over grip and pull many shots ....so PSR is really made up of relaxing grip and arm + overall tension