Swing Video, Give me something to work on

[kjb008]

both swings look really good but one thing I noticed is your hands on the driver swing are really close to your body. You should try extending them away more, this will help you with distance and control because it will allow your arms to get more extension creating more power. Watch tigers swing in slow motion on youtube his left arm is fully extended.

[bunkerputt]

I appreciate the time you spent on that video. Sounds like I need to weaken my left hand a bit and shift my thum position a bit. Thanks again

Did Ringer actually make that video? If so, great job. Whoever that is sounds like he knows what he's talking about.

[Ringer]

Yeah I did make that video. It didn't cover all of the reasons why I advocate the left thumb off to the side, but it does illustrate where the thumb should be.

An even bigger reason for the thumb on the side of the shaft is because of where your thumb ends up at the top of the backswing.

Just for example, put only your left hand on the club. Now put your thumb directly on top of the saft (the wrong way). Now rest the club on your right shoulder. Finally lift the club up off of your shoulder and push your hands out away from your body. This is where your left arm and hand should be at the top of your backswing.

Notice that you instictively cupped your wrist. The reason is simple. If you try to flatten your wrist then you would not have your thumb in the right place to leverage the club and hold it up. Go ahead and try to flatten your wrist and you'll see that you will have to strain very hard to hold the club up.

Now put the club back down on the ground and take your left hand grip. Put your thum off to the side of the grip (the right way). Now rest the club on your shoulder. Finally lift the club off your shoulder and push your hands away from your body.

Here you will see that you instictively flattened your wrist.

That is the true secret of a flat wrist. Not just how to create it, but why it REALLY is important. If you have a flat left wrist then you have a proper placement of your thumb. If you have a proper placement of your thumb then your left arm has more control over the club. If your left arm has more control over the club then it can add more speed and directionality to the swing. Without this proper placement of the thumb then we rely almost entirely on our right hand making all of the proper adjustments.

[mc0388]

both swings look really good but one thing I noticed is your hands on the driver swing are really close to your body. You should try extending them away more, this will help you with distance and control because it will allow your arms to get more extension creating more power. Watch tigers swing in slow motion on youtube his left arm is fully extended.

I though your arms should hang straight down? Or is this just for irons?