My Swing (etlreams)

[etlreams]

Be kind, now. I know it's not a pretty swing. But any tips, recommendations, analysis, etc. is appreciated!

7 iron - side view




7 iron - back view



Driver - side view


Driver - back view

[iacas]

A lot of good. First thing might be to let your right knee straighten (lessen the flex, not "lock out") on the backswing to prevent the hips from swaying back.

[etlreams]

A lot of good. First thing might be to let your right knee straighten (lessen the flex, not "lock out") on the backswing to prevent the hips from swaying back.

Thanks for that tip, Eric! In actually seeing my own swing (this is the first time I've seen a video of my swing in a long time) the first thing I noticed was that my legs have quite the swaying motion. I try the right knee tip and see if it stablizes my lower body a little more. Thanks again!

[etlreams]

no other feedback for me??? Just thought I'd bump the thread up and give it one more try.

[uttexas]

Address position--could be camera angle, but your feet appear to be aligned a bit open toward the left on the 7 iron. Right hand grip appears to be stronger (right hand "V" pointing to right shoulder). Left "V" pointing to chin. I'd like to see your hands in a more forward position at address, especially with the driver. Your left wrist, especially with the driver, is very cupped at address.

Backswing--your first move on the backswing is handsy (you roll your wrists back). +1 on the hips/legs

Forward swing--you don't quite get your left hip far enough forward soon enough and lower back doesn't extend quite enough with the 7 iron, thus your arms get to impact relatively early compared to your body=hands flipping a bit at impact and arms don't extend great into release and follow through. However, on the driver, your hips get more forward, your spine extends more, and arm extension is much better compared to the 7 iron.

Nice leg extension at impact.

[Stretch]

Well, if you're soliciting uninformed commentary from the peanut gallery...

Your left wrist appears quite cupped at address, which seems (it's hard to tell at full speed) to promote the same sort of position through impact. Your attachment is also markedly closed -- your hands are low and very close to you. The butt of the club is pointing maybe at the base of your zipper where a normal neutral set up would have it roughly in line with your belt buckle. This is usually going to require a steep return to the ball at impact and produce a fair percentage of straight pulls when you don't time it quite right. Is that at all in line with your experience? Last impression would be the knee action -- as Erik already noted you have to come forward a long way to get into a good impact position because you translate off the ball so much on the backswing. My left knee used to break in very much like that too and the advice I got was to try and feel the initial flex go more out toward the left toe rather than back toward the right ankle.

Like your move from the top of the backswing through to the finish. Good hip slide and maintenance of your inclination to the ground. Very classical!

[etlreams]

Your left wrist, especially with the driver, is very cupped at address.....

Thanks for your input, uttexas. Appreciate your noticing I get handsy. That is something i will work on.

[etlreams]

This is usually going to require a steep return to the ball at impact and produce a fair percentage of straight pulls when you don't time it quite right. Is that at all in line with your experience?

Indeed. When my swing gets "off" - I usually start pulling it. I will experiment with my hand position at address

[qtong]

I like the down swing and how you keep the plane. I don't like to mention grip too much because mine changes from shot to shot to shape them. However, one thing I think that would benefit you is to keep your lower body more still. You want to rotate and your upper body but try and keep that right leg as still as possible. I am more of a rotation guy rather than a slide all over the place guy. One drill that helped me is to bend over like at address and hold the club across the chest and just rotate my torso. I may be a high handicap but I'd say I am pretty good ball striker. If only I could putt....

[qtong]

As a matter of fact look at Rory Mcilroy's back swing, or tiger, thats what i am talking about.