My Swing (James_Black)

[James_Black]

It isn't the best quality but It's still good.

I put it on swing academy since I prefer it to youtube.

http://www.swingacademy.com/videoPlayer.aspx?id=6489

Any advice?

[James_Black]

Here's a youtube video if anybody wants it. (Quality is better with swing academy)

[RossOliver]

Nice looking swing - the only things I notice from your video are the following:

Difficult to tell from the video quality, but if that's a driver in your hand then your ball position looks quite far back - it actually looks close to where I have it in my stance and I tend to hit shorter than I should drives that go quite high. I think having in back in your stance makes hitting up into the ball difficult and causes excess amounts of spin.

The other thing I noticed - and it could just be an illusion caused by the stripe on your top - but your left arm appears to bend halfway through your backswing and re-straighten at the top. This could just be that stripe on your top playing tricks on me though...

Again, it's difficult to tell from the quality and a down-the-line shot would be useful, but it almost looks like you're getting stuck on your downswing. At the point where your club is horizontal to the ground in your downswing, your hands appear a little far behind your body - in my (fairly uneducated ) opinion they should be pretty much in front of your right leg at this point, rather than behind it. Are your shoulders quite closed at impact and do you hit many fat shots?

The final thing I notice is that your feet are completely square, which may hinder your ability to get through the ball with your hips - maybe try opening your left foot a little...

Take all of this with a pinch of salt,

-Ross

[James_Black]

Thanks for the reply!

1. It's a 5 wood but it's still pretty far back.
2. I noticed that too but I think it's the stripe.
3. I'll see if anybody else can help me fix that, my pro told me I was getting "stuck" on the downswing as well but he said he'd work on that another time, I don't really hit fat shots.
4. I'll work on that!

[Phil McGleno]

Here's a youtube video if anybody wants it. (Quality is better with swing academy)

1) the quality isn't better - it's also not really good enough to have a clue what's going on at all.

2) you're sideways. that doesn't help. 3) youtube videos embed, which is nice. If you want some help, do us a favor and post a useful video.

[James_Black]

1) the quality isn't better - it's also not really good enough to have a clue what's going on at all.

You should've seen it before I enhanced it!

What do you need to see? your able to see my club, and my swing. 2. Sorry 3. I did embed it....

[James_Black]

anybody else?

[Scott_K]

Your overall tempo looks pretty solid and you look balanced throughout your swing. Good shoulder turn on the backswing. That's all I can see. Tough to look at sideways.

[Zeph]

You should've seen it before I enhanced it!

1: A camera that stands still.

2: Views from face on and down the line and hip height 3: A video tilted the right way Higher resolution would also be better, as it would make it possible to spot more details.

[Rexx]

You can rotate the image on Swing Academy (Tools-->Rotate).