The bow-and-arrow analogy..

[cougar978]

Recently, I had been battling a snap-hook off the tee and hitting pulls with my short irons. My playing partner recommended I slow my takeaway down and it caused a significant improvement in trajectory and ball-striking.

Today at the range, I thought about comparing the takeaway with drawing back the string on a bow-and-arrow, and it looks like it made my previous improvement in ball-striking stick (one of my poor shots was a slight draw that ended up loosening the quarter panel on the range truck about 230 yds and about 30y left of my target - hit the sucker on the fly and it sounded like a gunshot went off when the ball hit, it was pretty cool ).

When you think about it, there are a lot of similarities between shooting a bow and the takeaway - if you rush drawing the string back, it will cause your aim to be off and you will likely miss the target - conversely, if you have a controlled takeaway, you're much more likely to keep the bow aimed true and hit the target.

What does everyone think of my latest 'epiphany'?

[DavidFehertysBike]

Now lets go out and shoot sum those blu eyes ded!

[tm22721]

Watch the "Powerful Golf Concept Part 1" and "Powerful Golf Concept Part 2" videos on youtube.

[ctyankee]

I like it but more to the point, if it helps it's useful.

[catfell]

As previously said, if it works for you, then great.

I had a swing very much like the one you describe, where the backswing is very slow and deliberate, trying to maintain good club position to start the downswing on-plane.

The problems I found with the technique is that my hands were very active in the backswing and subsequently in the downswing. Which was creating lots of problems because if my hands weren't having a good day, my ball was going everywhere.

Also, I found that with such active hands, I had very little lag.

Since then, I'm working on lighter grip pressure (to take my hands out of my swing), and finding a good tempo and rhythm so my backswing is smooth and relaxed. Which seems to translate to my downswing.

Now my misses are a lot straighter, and my ball striking is a lot more consistent.

But if the "bow-and-arrow" works for you, ride it 'till it stops!

[tm22721]