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A swing with a driver and another with a 7 iron.

Advice and critiques please

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Posted
Im no instructor so Im not gonna critisize but wow do you tee that ball up high for the 7 iron, how do you go from hitting off the deck to that? Be warned though if you showed people on the intenet mcilroys swing and didnt tell them who he was they,d critisize that!! so that whatevers said take it with a pinch of salt

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what does your ball do, go left, right, straight?

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Posted
Im no instructor so Im not gonna critisize but wow do you tee that ball up high for the 7 iron, how do you go from hitting off the deck to that? Be warned though if you showed people on the intenet mcilroys swing and didnt tell them who he was they,d critisize that!! so that whatevers said take it with a pinch of salt

Does the ball look like it's tee'd up on my 7 iron swing? It's not on a tee.

what does your ball do, go left, right, straight?

Ball typically goes left.

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Posted
haha I dunno Im finding it hard to make out, to me it looks like the ball is way above the club, obviously you were there so you know best haha sorry weird

Posted
I am not sure to your height and whether you are using fitted clubs, but you seem a bit far away to the ball compared to many of other swings I have seen. But the club seems on plane, it could just be the angle.

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Posted
Ya, I'm not very tall. Last year, my instructor told me for when I swing my driver, my hands should be below my eyes. I think they're a little too far pushed out.

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Posted
Well how ae you hitting the ball I guess would be the main way to judge your swing, any erratic ball flights or problems?

Posted
Slice off the tee - hence the my user name! I also noticed that off the tee, sometimes the ball goes 300 yards.... 150 yards up in the air, 150 yards faded to the left!

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Posted
it kinda looks like your back isnt straight (looks like you sticking your rear end out), a head on video will show more if there are issues with your swings

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:nike: SQ Dymo2 Driver

Triumph Fairway Woods

:nike: VRs X Irons

:nike: VR V-Rev Wedge

:mizuno: Putter


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I was messing around with the swingacademy website and it looks like I have a very flat backswing and a steeper downswing. Any drills to change this?

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Posted
Haha, I like your attitude. I think you should slow down your backswing just a very very very very tiny bit, and let your arms detach from their sockets in the follow through. By that I mean letting your body unwind, and not holding back on your follow through- it looks like you stop the club before it hits your neck.

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Posted
Yeah it does look like its tee'd up for the 7 iron, but I feel that you are pretty far away from the ball at address. Do you feel far away from it like you're "reaching" for the ball at contact?

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Posted
Ya, I'm not very tall. Last year, my instructor told me for when I swing my driver, my hands should be below my eyes. I think they're a little too far pushed out.

I would agree with this. Bring the hands in and relax the arms. Looks a little tense.


Posted
Yeah it does look like its tee'd up for the 7 iron, but I feel that you are pretty far away from the ball at address. Do you feel far away from it like you're "reaching" for the ball at contact?

Does it look like I'm too far away from the ball with my 7 iron? I agree that it looks like I'm too far away with my driver, but it doesn't feel like I'm reaching for the ball.

Question: Do you guys recommend tucking in your back elbow on the backswing? I think that maybe why my driver swing is flat on the backswing and steeper on my downswing (causing an OTT move). Do you agree with this guy on elbow position: http://www.thegolfchannel.com/golf-l...takes-avoid/2/

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7 looks ok, I probably stand a little bit closer but no so much I feel jammed.. I keep my right elbow relatively tucked in to help keep the swing plane on track we need a front or head on view to really see how things are going though.

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3 Wood: adams.gif Oviation 3Wood

Hybrids: taylormade.gif Rescue 18* 3H - 22* 4H

Irons: callaway.gif X-24 Hot Irons 5-PW

Wedges: cleveland.gif CG15 52, 56

 

Putter: odyssey.gif PT 82

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Posted
I'm golfing tomorrow with my wife, so I'll get her to do a head on view of my swing.

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