My Swing (jfhasson)

[jfhasson]

I decided to try recording my swing when I got home from work today. This is an old MacGregor 7 iron I use to keep the soil broken up in the backyard. Just looking for impressions/suggestions.

[bwdial]

Looks pretty good down the line. Your forward tilt looks a little too pronounced, but you are consistent with it.

[walk18]

Your hands are coming way outside on the back swing and you're probably losing a lot of power that way. Keep them close to you on an inside arc. Think of how a field goal kicker runs up to the ball from an inside angle, instead of from straight behind it. Hope that makes sense. Keep the hands close to your body.

[iacas]

Yoda says: Much reading I see for you in "deep hands" thread.

[jfhasson]

Your hands are coming way outside on the back swing and you're probably losing a lot of power that way. Keep them close to you on an inside arc. Think of how a field goal kicker runs up to the ball from an inside angle, instead of from straight behind it. Hope that makes sense. Keep the hands close to your body.

I see what you mean. Makes perfect sense. Would this promote and out to in swing that could be causing a fade?

[walk18]

I see what you mean. Makes perfect sense. Would this promote and out to in swing that could be causing a fade?

Absolutely.

[jfhasson]

First of all, I have seen a big improvement in my ballstriking since reading the "deep hands" thread. My question is at what point in the takeaway should I start taking my hands "deep". It seems that if I take them deep too soon, the clubhead gets well inside my hands at parallel. Should I start straight back until a certain point and then go deep with the hands, or is there something else I am doing wrong? I will try to post another video as soon as i can.

[Tiger Spuds]

First of all, I have seen a big improvement in my ballstriking since reading the "deep hands" thread. My question is at what point in the takeaway should I start taking my hands "deep".

I didn't understand this either initially and was hooking almost every shot. The simplest way of describing it is : 'Hands go in, clubhead goes out'. You can start taking your hands deep straight away in the backswing, but keep the clubhead pointed outwards. I'm sure Erik or one of the guys will explain it better for you.

[Zeph]

First of all, I have seen a big improvement in my ballstriking since reading the "deep hands" thread. My question is at what point in the takeaway should I start taking my hands "deep". It seems that if I take them deep too soon, the clubhead gets well inside my hands at parallel. Should I start straight back until a certain point and then go deep with the hands, or is there something else I am doing wrong? I will try to post another video as soon as i can.

Hands deep, not clubhead. I suggest you get a mirror when working on this. Put it right behind you and look at it while making backswings. Get to the point where it looks perfect and keep repeating it. It is very difficult to feel where the hands are and where the club is through the swing. Having someone else watch and correct you, or using a mirror will help a lot.

The hands start moving in right away, staying on plane through the backswing. There are lots of pictures and videos to look at for this, examples are to be found in the Deep Hands thread. Next time you record your swing, do it while hitting a ball. Our swing tends to change when we have are hitting a ball.

[iacas]

I didn't understand this either initially and was hooking almost every shot. The simplest way of describing it is : 'Hands go in, clubhead goes out'. You can start taking your hands deep straight away in the backswing, but keep the clubhead pointed outwards. I'm sure Erik or one of the guys will explain it better for you.

Clubhead doesn't pass the hands "depth wise" (from down the line) until after P2. If you're swiveling your hands and shoving the clubhead back inside or deep, not only are your hands not getting as deep as they should be but the clubhead's not on plane either.