My Swing (Jteague44)

[Tiger Spuds]

I'm not an expert, but I'm fighting the same problem at the moment. Your posture doesn't look bad. I think it's more likely that you're just swinging a little too much in to out, with the clubface a little open to the target. That's what causes a push/block. If you pause the last vid at the top of your swing you'll see the club is across the line and your entire body is geared towards swinging a little right from the position it's in. I'd concentrate on the backswing and position at the top if I was you. Doing it in front of a mirror might help. Then in the downswing concentrate on swinging more down the line towards the target too.

[djackson89]

Is that a serious statement? No offense, but with the amount of backswing/clubhead speed you appear to making in those videos, it appears you'd be lucky to pass 250 yards..

On the point of the post, I went through a stage where I was pushing/blocking the ball with my driver, and what helped me the most was taking a bit off as far as the tempo was concerned and focusing on hitting it straight with a full swing (lower speed) and once I had the mechanics of the swing at a slower speed going where I wanted I began increasing the tempo of my swing.

Also could be that you're swinging your driver on a similar plane as the irons. Maybe try more of a sweep, but that I'm not expert on.

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I have been struggling like crazy with my driver. I hit the crap out of it (300-350 yards)

[sean_miller]

Originally Posted by djackson89

Is that a serious statement? No offense, but with the amount of backswing/clubhead speed you appear to making in those videos, it appears you'd be lucky to pass 250 yards..

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If this comment is a serious statement, you sound like someone who probably shouldn't be giving swing tips.

[Kieran123]

If you're blocking it, your club face is on the same path as your swing ( inside to out ) and if you;'re duck hooking it, your club face is closed relative to your swing path ( inside to out again )

Somewhere in between the two ( club face slightly closed to swing path ( inside to out ) ) and you'll be dandy with a little draw.

Many ways to fix it, I am so far from being an expert I can;t really help - I had the same issue ( still do sometimes ) and it literally just took range time to figure out a solid set of parameters ( grip, swing path etc ) until I got it right....still creeps in though.

[Nole77]

Wouldn't it be slightly open to the swing path in order to promote a push/draw?

Square to the swing path with in to out swing path = Push

Open to swing path with in to out = Push Draw

Closed to swing path with in to out = Pull Draw aka Hook

Originally Posted by Kieran123

Somewhere in between the two ( club face slightly closed to swing path ( inside to out ) ) and you'll be dandy with a little draw.

Many ways to fix it, I am so far from being an expert I can;t really help - I had the same issue ( still do sometimes ) and it literally just took range time to figure out a solid set of parameters ( grip, swing path etc ) until I got it right....still creeps in though.

[iacas]

Originally Posted by Nole77

Wouldn't it be slightly open to the swing path in order to promote a push/draw?

Square to the swing path with in to out swing path = Push

Open to swing path with in to out = Push Draw

Closed to swing path with in to out = Pull Draw aka Hook

No, because you're saying "to the swing path."

A ball hit with a club "open to the path" will always curve right (for a righty) and vice versa: a ball hit with a club "closed to the path" will always curve left (for a righty).

If you say "____ to the target" instead of "____ to the swing path" you'd be right in the above.

[Nole77]

Bah, got "to the path" stuck in mind.  Thank you Erik.