My Swing (Dave H)

[iacas]

Consider the pressure point under your left arm. If you have a cigar in your armpit, attempt to squeeze it throughout the backswing. If pressure starts at a 4, it should go to a 9 or 10 at the end of the backswing.

Oh, and doing this will automatically shorten the backswing.

[uttexas]

Looking much better. Concur with iacas.

[Dave H]

Originally Posted by iacas

Consider the pressure point under your left arm. If you have a cigar in your armpit, attempt to squeeze it throughout the backswing. If pressure starts at a 4, it should go to a 9 or 10 at the end of the backswing.

Oh, and doing this will automatically shorten the backswing.

Cool, I'll focus on that as well next time I'm at the range. Thanks!

Originally Posted by uttexas

Looking much better. Concur with iacas.

Excellent. Hopefully I am making some progress. Thanks!

[Dave H]

Played 18 yesterday and overall struck the ball much better. 8 - wedges were really good except for a few pulls which were the result of over swinging. The long irons were not good though. Often, I was hitting weak, low hooks. Regarding the armpit pressure points, should this change at all as the clubs get longer?

[uttexas]

Pressure points stay the same. With the longer clubs it is more important to get your hips forward going into impact. As the loft on the club decreases, you need more secondary axis tilt (front hip more in front of head) to achieve the desired ball flight height.

[Dave H]

So....just a quick update. I need to get some video because since I have started working on "deep hands" my ball striking has improved dramatically. However, I can no longer hit my driver to save my life. Seemingly everything is a weak hook with a ton of side spin. I played a tough course yesterday and was so out of position off the tee that I hardly had a chance to hit good iron shots. The two fairways that I managed to hit with driver I put both second shots on the green and made par each time. At some point out of frustration, I tried switching to my 3-wood and had the same problem. Eventually I limped in using my 4-iron off the tee, which is fine except that this course was pretty long and then I really didn't have much chance at hitting greens.

Since I don't have video I guess this is just more of a rant, but if anyone has any thoughts I'd love to hear them.

[kurtbayne]

I'm no expert, but I'd say your swing is basically fine,

especially for a 20,

and nothing really bad stands out,

other than the ignorance

any normal amateur (including me) has over the elements of the swing.

IMO you won't find the secret answer posting your swings.

Just keep learning about swings in general

and experiment with different variables.

Be patient, keep smiling, and follow the rules.

[Dave H]

OK, here are my latest swings taken today. It looks to me like I'm getting the hands back outside a bit and my backswing is long on all 3 clubs. Interestingly though, I seem to be striking the ball better than I have been all season. Which figures, since winter is about to stop golf for a while...anyways, I really want to get my swing consistent and repeatable so any tips for stuff to work on over the winter would be much appreciated. At least I can go to the range all year.