my swing video

[c4m]

here are a few videos of my swing.. it needs some critiquing, my problem is hooking the ball off the tee.. it tends to creep in at the end of rounds and an certain "bad days" some of them are so severe that the ball goes probably less than 100 yds..

so here they are:

this one was one of my better drives all day, straight as an arrow, around 270-280 yds, middle of fairway:


this one was a slight hook:


as was this one:


I couldnt seem to get a video of one of my bad hooks, but from what i can see in the video, i can tell my clubface is wayyyy closed, or maybe open, at the top of the backswing. I'm sure that has something to do with it. I seem to be swinging inside to out when I watch them in slow-mo, so im thinking the biggest problem is clubface alignment. My good shots are straight or slight draw and probably average 260-280. My bad hooks go maybe 150, it really sucks. However, my handicap is dropping pretty nicely, ive been shooting 6-8 over my past few rounds of 9 holes, but i feel that if i can fix this hooking problem I can drop it even lower, so any advice is appreciated

[thumper07]

stand closer, should help your arms should hang straight down

-matt

[c4m]

alright, thanks ill try that..

if this makes it any easier for you guys to analyze, here it is on swing academy:
http://www.swingacademy.com/videoplayer.aspx?id=3655

[pshizz]

at the top of your swing, your left wrist is bowed. This closes the clubface which makes it point to the sky at the top. Then as you come down the bowed left wrist causes your drives to hook. My suggestion would be to cup your left wrist more, so that at the top your club face is parallel to your left arm.

[c4m]

yea, since i started trying to initiate the backswing with my shoulders, ive started taking it back on a flatter plane. I think standing closer to the ball will help me use a steeper takeaway, and i definitely need to work on the wrist part, no idea how my face got to be so closed at the top of the swing.

anything else you guys can see? Ive just started really focusing on starting the downswing with my lower body, not sure if im doing it correctly yet.. please tell me if im not

[iacas]

  c4m said:

yea, since i started trying to initiate the backswing with my shoulders, ive started taking it back on a flatter plane.

A flatter plane doesn't mean you have to let the clubhead get three feet behind your hands at horizontal on the takeaway.

[c4m]

  iacas said:

A flatter plane doesn't mean you have to let the clubhead get three feet behind your hands at horizontal on the takeaway.

true, the only reason i can think that I've started doing this is that ive tried to not cock my wrists as early in the swing and have somehow started this bad habbit of rolling them.. I have some work to do at the range on my takeaway and entire backswing for that matter today

[c4m]

just for clarification.. cupping the left wrist at the top would mean bending it slightly back correct? because right now my right wrist is bent back, my left wrist bent forward or towards the right one.. sorry if im not being clear i can see how this could get confusing

[c4m]

Sorry for posting so many times in this thread, probably getting annoying but i guess im just really wanting to get my swing straightened out.

Anyways, Here is my updated swing after working on it today, let me know if its any better/worse.. thanks for the help guys

http://www.swingacademy.com/videoPlayer.aspx?id=3664