My Swing (acegolfer)

[acegolfer]

Taped it this morning. It's my 6 iron.

Please let me know what I need to work on.

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[tws1098]

Looks pretty good. It seems that you stop your backswing early. Your club should be closer to parallel at the top if possible. How far were you hitting that 6i?

[delav]

Look at second video at :04 and just before will tell you all you need to know.

In general, you are too passive in moving your weight (hips) through the ball toward the target. At impact, you should be leading with your left hand and wrist, not the clubhead.

If I were you, I'd work on getting my weight forward at impact. Ideally you want 85% of your weight on your left foot when striking the ball. Obviously you are well short of this.

Best of luck.

[senorchipotle]

if i were you, i'd scoot up closer to the ball a step or so. it will definitely allow you to use more body and less arms and you won't have to stretch out to hit the ball. just mho.

[acegolfer]

At impact, you should be leading with your left hand and wrist, not the clubhead.

Thanks. I appreciate your comment.

Is my clubhead leading my left hand at impact? See the pic below.

[delav]

In that picture your hands are still ahead, but you also aren't at impact yet. The club is moving pretty fast there, much faster than the hands. It looks to me by watching the video that it's closer than it should be. If you can get a still of the ball leaving the face and the beginning of the divot, that would be a great learning shot to really look at this.

[acegolfer]

if i were you, i'd scoot up closer to the ball a step or so. it will definitely allow you to use more body and less arms and you won't have to stretch out to hit the ball. just mho.

Thanks.

I am fully aware of the fact that I'm standing too far from the ball. Ideally, I'd like my arms to be perpendicular to the ground at address. However, when I stand closer to the ball, I hit a lot of fat shots. If I stand far from the ball, my fat shots are rare. But due to stretching, my swing path is too much inside-out. Do you still think that I should stand closer and work on the swing? FYI, I'm short, 5'7". If I bring the club closer to my body, the toe points too high.

[acegolfer]

In that picture your hands are still ahead, but you also aren't at impact yet. The club is moving pretty fast there, much faster than the hands. It looks to me by watching the video that it's closer than it should be. If you can get a still of the ball leaving the face and the beginning of the divot, that would be a great learning shot to really look at this.

Once again, thanks for your feedback. I love to know what I'm doing wrong so that I can fix it.

1. Yes. My club is moving faster than the hands. Should the hands move faster than the club? 2. What do you mean by "it's closer than it should be?" What's "it"? 3. Here are more still shots. They are all from different swings. Unfortunately, I couldn't find one at the precise impact.

[CG031]

Pretty nice swing. I'd like to see some more turn on the backswing if you could...but other then that I like the move.

[acegolfer]

Pretty nice swing. I'd like to see some more turn on the backswing if you could...but other then that I like the move.

Sorry for my ignorance. When you say more turn on backswing, do you mean a bigger backswing? FYI, this is my 3/4 swing. If I make a bigger swing, then I lose balance.

[senorchipotle]

your impact position looks fine to me. your divot starts after the ball on the descent and your hands are ahead of the clubface and not flipping. as far as you hitting the ball fat when standing closer to it, i think that has a lot to do with the width of your stance. if you bring your feet closer together you can take the same athletic stance and sweep through the ball without worrying about hitting it fat.

[acegolfer]

your impact position looks fine to me. your divot starts after the ball on the descent and your hands are ahead of the clubface and not flipping. as far as you hitting the ball fat when standing closer to it, i think that has a lot to do with the width of your stance. if you bring your feet closer together you can take the same athletic stance and sweep through the ball without worrying about hitting it fat.

My swing used to be all arms. Now I'm trying to use more hip rotation. From your posts, it seems

standing closer to ball, narrower stance = more body less arm swing. Is this correct? I'll definitely spend a practice session on your suggestions. Many thanks.

[senorchipotle]

My swing used to be all arms. Now I'm trying to use more hip rotation. From your posts, it seems

precisely.

[acegolfer]

precisely.

Thanks so much. The range was closed this morning. But I practiced it in my backyard. Narrower stance and closer to the ball. I felt like I'm going to fat it, so I consciously try to rotate and clear the hip. This is my 58* using plastic ball. I couldn't hit 6 iron because of the canal.

In addition, my shaft is more in plane than yesterday video. Shaft is pointing directly at the ball at half. Trying to fix too upright back swing.

[senorchipotle]

i think your swing looks more comfortable and rhythmic, but that's just me, i could be wrong.

[acegolfer]

i think your swing looks more comfortable and rhythmic, but that's just me, i could be wrong.

I have been practicing this new stance today. I feel my body is now mainly driving the swing and the arms become much more passive.

Sometimes I hit the mat way before the ball. I believe it's because of wrong hip position. I really need to rotate the hips and clear it not to hit fat. I feel my hips needs to point towards 8 o'clock position (9 being target and 12 being ball). Is that the right thing to do? Thanks a million.

[senorchipotle]

I have been practicing this new stance today. I feel my body is now mainly driving the swing and the arms become much more passive.

actually, its more a matter of keeping your upper body moving through the ball and not trying to hit at it, or straighten your right arm. your right arm straightening is more than likely the cause of hitting it fat. i'd do some drills hitting punch shots and trying to maintain the ''flying wedge''(angle between right arm and club) into impact. you can look up ''flying wedge'' on youtube and you can find drills.

[acegolfer]

actually, its more a matter of keeping your upper body moving through the ball and not trying to hit at it, or straighten your right arm. your right arm straightening is more than likely the cause of hitting it fat. i'd do some drills hitting punch shots and trying to maintain the ''flying wedge''(angle between right arm and club) into impact. you can look up ''flying wedge'' on youtube and you can find drills.

Your explanation makes a lot of sense. It's easy to imagine that I'll chunk a shot, if I straighten my right arm or if I don't hold the right wrist hinge before impact.

Can you also check my knee flex? Should I straighten a little bit?