My Swing (GoCobbers95)

[GoCobbers95]

This is what I have accomplished. I have worked hard fixing a myriad of swing problems through numerous range sessions AND taking lessons.

Currently my mishits with my irons are a draw/hook type shot or an extremely fat mishit that removes a divot 6inches behind my ball. Thankfully these mishits are getting fewer and fewer but still require fixing!

A 6 iron was used in the video. There will be 3 shots from each view...

I have received so much help just reading on the site. I am excited to get even more advice through the use of this video! Thank you!

[Mordan]

Use your mouse or finger to mark where your head is at address and then compare that with where your head is at the top of your backswing. You're moving it back almost the full width of your head, and then about half-way back to the middle on the downswing. It's going to be pretty hard to make consistent contact with the ball when your head is moving all over the place.

I'd guess that the times you hit 6 inches behind the ball it's because you've not moved back forwards at all, 6 inches head movement (and upper body) backwards, no movement fowards and you'll probably hit the ground about 6 inches behind the ball.

[senorchipotle]

wow... i give you the award for "strongest grip i've ever seen." what i mean by strong is your hands are rotated well too far to the right. although, you do have pretty good hip and shoulder action. so a few things i'd suggest, get a weaker grip, and work on ball position and alignment. here are some videos which should help...

[GoCobbers95]

Excellent. Thanks for the replies.

I had never really thought much about what my head position (and therefore upper body) was doing during my swing. Recently I had been working so hard quieting down my lower body that I have forgotten to even monitor what I was doing up there. Using my cursor to mark head position was very eye opening...

I am very mindful of ball position in relation to my stance. Currently my set up has me hitting SW-8 iron, 1 ball behind the midline of my stance. Middle irons at midline, longer irons 1 ball in front. I will take a look at a more "forward" ball relation and see how that effects my shots.

You nailed it with my grip! And believe it or not, it has been weakened some already. I was having such issues with my driver grip, that at contact the club head was so closed that a normal ball flight was absolutely impossible. I will work hard trying to weaken it. The videos have been wonderful.

Thanks for the responses, I will hopefully be able to upload a new video soon!