Trouble with all my clubs

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Hi all-

Been reading for a few weeks now, first real post. I've recently started playing a lot of golf again after a playing sparsely for a few years. Overall, I'm happy where my game is going, but I've seem to hit a wall in terms of scoring, and its due to consistency issues. With my driver, I can't hit a repeatable shot. My common miss lately is a power hook left, and I think its because I'm getting my hips open early-I can usually catch and fix this before it ruins 4 holes in a row for me. More troublesome is a high fade (not really a slice, but it ends up about 30 yards off center) that comes out of nowhere. This is trouble, because I usually draw the ball a little and tend to play down the right side of holes because of this. So when I bust out the fade, I end up way way right and in jail, or worse, in the woods.

I have uploaded videos of my swing (iron and wood) from both angles, and any feedback (negative or positive) would be appreciated. Hopefully some day I'll get to the point where I can return the favor.

Driver Side View: http://www.swingacademy.com/swingana...l.aspx?id=1187
Driver Target View: http://www.swingacademy.com/swingana...l.aspx?id=1186
5 iron side: http://www.swingacademy.com/swingana...l.aspx?id=1184
5 iron target: http://www.swingacademy.com/swingana...l.aspx?id=1185

Thanks again guys.

[Avid Golfer]

Hi all-

Looking at your swing I think your lower body is your biggest road block to consistency. To be more detailed your stance is narrow at setup, your weight moves laterally outside your back foot, your back leg straightens, your hips over rotate, your left foot lifts off the ground, and the heel returns to a different location on the downswing.

In addition (from a downline view) your hips and rear-end look to be pulled underneath you at address, and your legs look loose and too flexed at address. That will make it difficult for your body to move correctly, and your posture will change compromising consistency again. For comparison if you look at pictures and video of the pros you should notice that the lower body stays stable and supports the swing. (Trevor Immelman shown below):

[piper_clap]

Looking at your swing I think your lower body is your biggest road block to consistency. To be more detailed your stance is narrow at setup, your weight moves laterally outside your back foot, your back leg straightens, your hips over rotate, your left foot lifts off the ground, and the heel returns to a different location on the downswing.

Thanks for the input. I kind of thought my stance at address was narrow, and I think I'm over correcting a former bad habit of having a very wide stance (to the point I wasn't rotating at all).

What I'm hearing, and what I've gotten after staring at these videos for hours, is that a lot of the issues seem to be tied to the over-rotation.