Have to Try Something New…

[Crim]

Hey y'all, it's been a long time. Every year I've gotten better and I'm playing off a 9 handicap nowadays. However, this year is the first year where I have been playing slightly worse than last year. Putting has been great, around the greens is ok. 

But the big miss has been off the tee, two way miss, if I can just hit the fairway, I'm golden. 

Now, I know I'm coming slightly over the top on driver still, I can kind of feel it, even though it also feels like I am getting to the inside as much as possibly can, my father in law says he can see me coming over the top still a bit. I can get away with it in my irons and hit some really good fades into greens, with the woods you start to see the inconsistency. But with driver, it's obvious. 

So I'm going to start coming from the inside as much as I can. Here's a stupid question that I should know, is coming from the inside and getting a flatter swing two different things? I suppose it would be, as steep swings can still come from the inside right?  I guess my question is how do you know when you're getting too flat? When you're coming too much in from the inside? How do you know when you're getting stuck? Do you feel it and know automatically? 

[iacas]

Yes. Technically. But you can do a lot to clarify what "steep" and "shallow" mean, too. You can swing over the top with a "shallow" swing, and from the inside with a "steep" swing, but I prefer "upright" and "flatter" for those than "steep" or "shallow."

[billchao]

3 hours ago, Crim said:

So I'm going to start coming from the inside as much as I can. Here's a stupid question that I should know, is coming from the inside and getting a flatter swing two different things?

You can still come over the top a little and have a flat swing. My swing right now tends to be a little under plane in the backswing and on plane in the downswing.

3 hours ago, Crim said:

I guess my question is how do you know when you're getting too flat? When you're coming too much in from the inside? How do you know when you're getting stuck? Do you feel it and know automatically? 

With experience, you can feel it, but it’s feedback from knowing what is stuck vs not. For me most of that comes from seeing my swing on video and knowing the differences between when I make the swing the right way vs not. And even then, it’s hard to pinpoint when I make the wrong move on the course and even harder to correct it.

[Crim]

Thank you @iacasand @billchao. 

I have a steeper swing and come from slightly over the top I believe, it has been a while since i have seen my swing on video so that is next in line. 

I really want to try flattening out my swing. Does anyone have any youtube videos they really like for this? 

[iacas]

You should revive your Member Swing topic if you have one before you decide too much.

I almost never “flatten” swings.

[Crim]

6 hours ago, iacas said:

You should revive your Member Swing topic if you have one before you decide too much.

I almost never “flatten” swings.

Right on, went to the driving range this morning and filmed a few swings. I dont even know what to think anymore after seeing them. Like a wispy tree in the wind trying to hit a golf shot.