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In your second video (face-on) your ball position for an 8 iron looks too far back to me. In my opinion it should be slightly forward of the middle of your stance. Yours looks a few inches back of center....could also just be the camera angle but maybe could explain why you get thin shots that start right.

exactly what i was gonna tell him..other than that your setup, grip, stance, everything looks alot better since the first videos. you are improving very fast, keep it up.

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Everything looks a lot better now, your alignment and posture are 10x better!
I also think you need to move the ball slightly furhter forward in your stance, it should be just left of centre as you look at it.
One last thing i would look at is your grip, I think you need to bring your right hand over the club more so that your thumb is on the left half of the grip. At the moment you have a "strong" right hand and this is causing most of your shots to go from left to right as the clubface is closing at impact.
This might take more work than other points mentioned but I feel it is very important that you have a good setup and you can take things from there.
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  • 4 weeks later...

Hey all, I played my first 18 hole par 3 course today. I shot my best rounds ever with 34 (+7) on the front end and 39 (+12) on the back 9.

My highlight was a pitch shot that I holed 40 yards out with my 60 degree wedge with about a half swing. It was my only birdie of the day. Totally shat myself, I couldn't believe it.

A couple notes though, my 25-35 yard chipping game needs work. I can't find that distance with my 60, but my next club, a pitching wedge, would be too much. I was told to choke down on it a bit so I'll practice that at the range soon. My inside 25 chipping with the lob wedge is improving greatly though. I'm getting a lot more 1-puts now that ever.

Can't wait to get back out.

I have a few new videos for you of my swing. My irons are a lot more natural and I'm a lot more consistent with them as well. Additionally, I feel like I'm in more control now and can pinpoint adjustments and make them depending on how I'm hitting during warm-up balls (fat, thin, etc.)

I have a driver video this time. (guitar riff ensues) This is where I need help the most now. The problems I'm having most are consistency in striking the ball flush, and my wicked slice when I do hit the ball. When I'm hitting well though, I smack it pretty far and straight but 5 out of 10 is not going to get me anywhere on the course.

I've noticed my backswing is REALLY steep and flattens out on the downswing. I really don't even know where to begin with dissecting my driver swing... any pointers or tips you can point out are great.

Thanks a million.



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