Not following Through

[antney79]

I am having a huge problem with my follow through, I just dont do it.

My hips are usually pointing to the right of the target (i know they need to point to the target), my arms are not over my left shoulder rather in front of me sometimes, very inconsistent. I am a right handed golfer.

I take practice swings all the time and I follow through fine, but put the ball in there and I cant, something about the ball that makes my swing deccelerate.

Anyone have any thoughts or tips? Appreciate it.

[beachbreak]

Swing a broom. No kidding. It will give you the feel for a swing. No way you can decelerate. Duplicate the feel with your swing making sure to keep your grip pressure light. The object is to swing fully back and fully through, the ball is in a spot on the lower point of the swing, the ball gets in the way of your swing. Don't hit the ball, swing through it to a full finish.

It is especially good for getting the feel of pulling through with your weight on your left leg.

[doin-it]

Try starting your downswing with your hips first ! If your rigth handed your first move should be your hips turning left, then shoulders, then arms in that order. I almost feel that I am leaving my arms hang back a bit. I had the same problem and this helped me tremendously. I was getting the arms to involved too much w/ my swing early & wouldnt allow proper follow through because i was gettting stuck. Also when you do this just try SLOWING everything down a bit & swing easy. gluck

[CalBoomer]

This visualization helps me. Pretend you are making an underhand throw with your right hand over the shortstop's head. And be sure to keep your head down while doing it! Hope you played some baseball.

[Neco]

Just pretend the ball isn't there. Pretend you are swiping at the ground on a practice swing.

[m11]

Stand parallel to a mirror and take your setup. Your hands should be hanging down naturally. You'll notice that your lead hand (left hand if you are a righty) should be lined up under your chin.

From your post, it sounds like your hands may be a little too far away from your body at setup. This makes it difficult to go back on the correct plane without compensating, and ultimately your body will essentially block your hands from coming through. By moving your hands to the proper position, you'll notice that on the downswing, it'll be easier to clear your hips to allow your hands to come through.

Try practicing swings with a pencil acting as the club and notice the difference when your hands are under your chin versus away from your body.

[HSip]

Try to match your hand position at top of your follow through with your hand position at the top of your back swing. Good range drill/swing thought. Good Luck

[squaddie]

  antney79 said:

I am having a huge problem with my follow through, I just dont do it.

One drill you can try at the range is to take a pitching or sand wedge and make very low-powered pitch shots on the ball. Make light easy swings and focus on the wrists rolling over and arms extending up on the follow-through. You can just bring the club up to where it's parallel with the target line right after the takeaway if you want. Once you are consistent with the follow-through and hitting the ball then go back to normal speed with the wedge. Then move up to your longer clubs. My instructor taught me this drill so I could work on problems with my takeaway. You can even do this drill with your longer clubs. Just today at the range I was fading my hybrid so tried this drill a few times until I hit the ball straight with the hybrid with the easy swing, then I was back in business with the full swing.