Dropping club at top!

[Baraethon]

here are some videos:

http://www.swingacademy.com/swingana...l.aspx?id=2252
http://www.swingacademy.com/swingana...l.aspx?id=2251

Target view and Front view. I have a really bad problem with dropping the club down at the top, which equals really flat swing plane. I am trying to get to the very root of the problem, and having a lot of trouble with it.

Help?

[st0wgolf08]

  Baraethon said:

here are some videos:

From the side view, it looks like your back foot like slides forward in the swing, whereas it should stay where it started just pivot on your toes. Your hands are pressed in front of the ball a lot too. trim stance a tad, make sure your right knee is as quite as possible. Other than those minute changes, your swing looks pretty good. I don't see a big problem with the hand drop, it's just slotting the club into plane.

[Chilidipper]

You have a lot of shaft press before you take your shot. Do you hit the ball low?

About you you going flat, I wouldn't worry about it, if it's not effective your swing. Looks like you have nice tempo and you are getting the ball up in the air well.

[imtomtomim]

Not a bad looking swing. Just a couple of things to think about.

That back foot sliding up, you obviously know it's important to balance throughout that swing but your stance may be too wide, as your feet are way outside your shoulders. You use that to get a lot of lateral hip motion which can mess with your tempo on your funny days. Bring those feet in a bit, just under the shoulders. Then you can finish still connected to the ground.

You've also got a bunch of forward shaft press at address. Yes, it does get you hitting down on the ball and forward shaft lean is important for good contact. However, you should refrain from creating extreme lean. Again, on your funny days, you probably take some real deep divots if you're getting that much lean because the bottom of the arc is made effectively further from where you want it to be. Try setting up relaxed, hands infront of your body, nothing too akward or off balance. Clean body lines.

I really don't see the dropping of the club at the top. It looks like you're trying to hold it off. I've got some really flexible wrists so I definitely need to limit my shoulder turn but you seem to keep a consistant angle from forearms to club and look pretty far from overturning.

Hope this helps.

[Baraethon]

Hey everyone

From the help here, and the advice I've gotten on GolfWRX and SwingAcademy, here is what I'm gonna do.

1. Spend a week or 2 working on the fundamentals: Weakening my grip (from 4 visible knuckles on the left hand, to 2), narrowing my stance, decreasing the shaft lean, and getting a slightly improved posture.

2. Then, work on the problem of my right elbow flying out at the top of my swing. Instead, focus on keeping it in tighter to my chest.

3. Finallly, work again on keeping my spine angle at impact, not standing up a whole lot.

I spent some time today at the range working on the first part, the results astounded me. Lost some distance, but my consistency went ^ SO MUCH, it was amazing.

[Jcp907]

  Baraethon said:

Hey everyone

As I watch the video, just as you reach the top, it appears your weight goes off of your back foot, and back onto your front foot again. As you work on number 2, you might solve this. Then again, I may not be correct. Does anyone else see this? Is this something that should be avoided?

[Williamevanl]

Yea I wondered about that too but in his analysis dietz mentions that he starts to rotate his hips before he completes his backswing and that this is the proper sequence, I did not know that, always learning from these sites.