Tips for improving swing and more consistency

[1dayIllBaPro]

This is what I learned from improving my swing. I found that it shouldn't be too hard to improve your golf swing, however

The biggest problem, I think, that people avoid trying to do something they don't feel comfortable with. However, if you want to improve your golf swing, you will need to do different things, different feels, and YES, you would feel uncomfortable at first trying them.

Another problem, this is about consistency. You change your swing and feel. It really really feel uncomfortable for you, but finally you are able to hit a really good shot. The impact feels good, flush, perfect, ect. but you can't do it everytime.

Now what you need is to keep doing what you feel uncomfortable. Golf swing is about repeating the feels whether you feel comfortable with it or not. It's really hard to do, but in order to have more consistency, you gotta do it. Be aware not to go back doing what you felt comfortable with (I still do it sometimes)

And for more consistency, every feels and speed have to be the same. In golf swing, one thing goes wrong, everything goes wrong. Remember, tempo, feels, etc. have to be the same everytime.

This is also from what I learned. I found that I have more consistency while staying in balance and not controlling my golf swing. By this I mean,

in my backswing, I let the club do all the work. I push the club back fast enough with the same speed everytime, so it carries it self to the top.

in my downswing, I rotate my hip back to the target at the same speed everytime, and let everything follow. Again, I don't control anything except my hip speed.

If I something goes wrong, I fix at the top of my swing, but in the downswing, I am still not controlling anything.

This is what I learned from improving my swing. If anyone has a tip to share, please post it, so we can help others improving their game !

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[Elvisliveson]

[QUOTE=1dayIllBaPro;238315]This is what I learned from improving my swing. I found that it shouldn't be too hard to improve your golf swing, however

The biggest problem, I think, that people avoid trying to do something they don't feel comfortable with. However, if you want to improve your golf swing, you will need to do different things, different feels, and YES, you would feel uncomfortable at first trying them.

That is absolutely true, especially when it comes to the grip. 90% of the people I run into on the golf course only use an approximation of the classic Vardon grip - their hands never really come together and work as one. Usually it's because their left thumb is still on the left side of the grip rather than the right because it's too uncomfortable to do it the proper way.

[ks8829]

The key tips that I try to remember for a simple consistent golf swing are the following:

1) light grip pressure
2) slightly lower rear shoulder
3) straight front arm on the backswing
4) lateral turn of the hips to coil
5) slight bent in the knees
6) rear arms is slightly bent and closer to the body that the front arm
7) On the downswing extend the arms and naturally break the wrist for added acceleration
8) weight transfer to the front foot

[meeks7]

MY favorite saying from my swing coach is.
"If it feels wrong it is most likely right."

This is refering to a swing change that feels weird at first but after practice becomes to feel natural.