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Billiam7 Member

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I know the quality is not very great, but we are in the middle of buying a house and our HD cam is packed up. I also dont know how to make a copy of it in slow-mo. So hopefully from this angle you guys can help me out. Thanks in advance.

My Clubs are
My Ball Selection is..
Ive been golfing for a while.. around 10 years, not very much, but I can't see me spending tons on clubs the way I suck.


martytilma Well Established Member

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Not sure what the question is, but to me it looks like you are using all arms and hands and not really using your body like you should. I'm no expert though!
The only thing a golfer needs is more daylight. -Ben Hogan

 

Paradox Great Member

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Your lower body is very slow to rotate/doesn't rotate through enough and causes your shoulders to stop, also. This all causes your arms to go up instead of around and gives you the dreaded right spin. In short, I'd say its a classic case of "hitting at the ball"

My philosophy on golf "We're not doing rocket science, here."


James_Black Great Member

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could you put up a face on view?
It's hard to tell anything from a DTL view

as said before you don't rotate enough.

You don't make a proper follow through either.

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Billiam7 Member

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I will try to make it to the range again and have a different view. Thanks so far guys!

My Clubs are
My Ball Selection is..
Ive been golfing for a while.. around 10 years, not very much, but I can't see me spending tons on clubs the way I suck.


James_Black Great Member

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I will try to make it to the range again and have a different view. Thanks so far guys!

don't try change anything yet.

If you go to the range thinking "rotate my shoulders more" "follow through more" your just going to mess up. I'd say go get a lesson or two and work on it with a pro.

My Clubs
Driver - LV4 10* R flex
Wood - sam snead persimmon 2 wood (for windy days)
Hybrid burner tour launch 20* stiff flex.
Irons - Tour Mode 3i,4i stiffIrons - FP's 5-PW R-flexWedge - spin milled 54.14Wedge - spin milled 60.07Putter - Victoria Lowest round 2010: 79 (par 70)Latest rounds at...


sean_miller Incredible Member

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Try to get your back perpendicular to the target line - a lot of leg and body movements will just sort of happen along the way to that position. Speaking of hands and arms though, they seem to be working well - you're not too far away (in my layman's opinion) from a great swing.

Mizuno MP600 driver, Cleveland '09 Launcher 3-wood, Callaway FTiz 18 degree hybrid, Cleveland TA1 3-9, Scratch SS8620 47, 53, 58, Cleveland Classic 2 mid-mallet, Bridgestone B330S, Sun Mountain four5.


Billiam7 Member

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don't try change anything yet.

I was just meaning to get a different angle for the video.. I dont wanna do anything drastically till I have a good idea what to fix. I was actually thinking about a lesson or 2 or more lol..

And Thanks Sean

My Clubs are
My Ball Selection is..
Ive been golfing for a while.. around 10 years, not very much, but I can't see me spending tons on clubs the way I suck.


kilbyman Dedicated Member

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Your backswing is WAY too flat, and makes you come WAY over the top. Thus, slice. Also, you are flipping through impact instead of keeping your hands in front of the ball.

CG031 Great Member

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get your belt buckle facing the target!!! get the weight to the left side!!!

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Billiam7 Member

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Your backswing is WAY too flat, and makes you come WAY over the top. Thus, slice. Also, you are flipping through impact instead of keeping your hands in front of the ball.

Thats great to know. Now here is another question... Is there anyway to fix that by myself or should I just get lessons?

My Clubs are
My Ball Selection is..
Ive been golfing for a while.. around 10 years, not very much, but I can't see me spending tons on clubs the way I suck.


James_Black Great Member

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Your backswing is WAY too flat, and makes you come WAY over the top. Thus, slice. Also, you are flipping through impact instead of keeping your hands in front of the ball.

how does coming back flat cause a person to come OTT?

It's the opposite. Billiam don't listen to that. Put up a face on view. How can you tell that he has a flip from a DTL view?

My Clubs
Driver - LV4 10* R flex
Wood - sam snead persimmon 2 wood (for windy days)
Hybrid burner tour launch 20* stiff flex.
Irons - Tour Mode 3i,4i stiffIrons - FP's 5-PW R-flexWedge - spin milled 54.14Wedge - spin milled 60.07Putter - Victoria Lowest round 2010: 79 (par 70)Latest rounds at...


sean_miller Incredible Member

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Thats great to know. Now here is another question... Is there anyway to fix that by myself or should I just get lessons?

With video and experience, you might not need lessons. How much time have you got?

Mizuno MP600 driver, Cleveland '09 Launcher 3-wood, Callaway FTiz 18 degree hybrid, Cleveland TA1 3-9, Scratch SS8620 47, 53, 58, Cleveland Classic 2 mid-mallet, Bridgestone B330S, Sun Mountain four5.


nuck81 Great Member

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Someone may have said this but you're coming over the top causing you to hit across the ball.

Think of swinging around your body on an axis and keep the hands a little lower and inside on the backswing, instead of up and down.

You're swing has a V shape and you want your swing to be more of a circle....

James_Black Great Member

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Can I ask what is coming over the top?

I thought it was when you bring the club up too steeply from an out-in swing path?

My Clubs
Driver - LV4 10* R flex
Wood - sam snead persimmon 2 wood (for windy days)
Hybrid burner tour launch 20* stiff flex.
Irons - Tour Mode 3i,4i stiffIrons - FP's 5-PW R-flexWedge - spin milled 54.14Wedge - spin milled 60.07Putter - Victoria Lowest round 2010: 79 (par 70)Latest rounds at...


nuck81 Great Member

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Can I ask what is coming over the top?

That's not what it is?

Every book on the swing I've read says to keep the hands low and inside to promote a flatter backswing so you swing "in to out" and not "out to in" In to Out helps you hit behind the ball causing more forward spin or spin left to right if you want a draw. A slice would be spinning from right to left correct?

James_Black Great Member

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A slice is a shot that starts right and keeps going right.
A fade is a shot that starts left and goes right.
That is caused by a out-in swing path.

it's the opposite for a draw.

My Clubs
Driver - LV4 10* R flex
Wood - sam snead persimmon 2 wood (for windy days)
Hybrid burner tour launch 20* stiff flex.
Irons - Tour Mode 3i,4i stiffIrons - FP's 5-PW R-flexWedge - spin milled 54.14Wedge - spin milled 60.07Putter - Victoria Lowest round 2010: 79 (par 70)Latest rounds at...


Paradox Great Member

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the guy is not far off on his swing plane from address to impact, if at all.

Maybe its steep(can't tell unless he gets face on) but its not coming over the top.

My philosophy on golf "We're not doing rocket science, here."


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