My Swing (soxagolf)

[soxagolf]

Hey everybody, I'm new here and am looking for help (and to give help when I can). These are a couple swing videos made about a month ago. My most frequent problems are a low hook with lower clubs (7 iron through driver get progressively worse and less predictable) and topping the ball. I've tried some stuff to fix it on my own but I'm not sure what I should actually be doing or if there are drills to help out.

I'm something between a 10-15 (maybe as high as 20 on a really inconsistent day) handicap right now because of inconsistency and unpredictability of my tee shots and longer irons, but I feel like I should be doing better =/.

(Driver)

(7 Iron)

(I'm not sure how the embed feature works on this forum, so if anyone could help with that, it'd be cool).

[Sai-Jin]

You may want to post a face on view video btw, That'll help the more experienced members here to look at it more.

[soxagolf]

Here's a face on from a bit longer ago, my swing probably hasn't changed much since this though.

[soxagolf]

Sorry, doesn't look like I can edit posts here or I would, that video above was the same one I posted before =/.

Here's the face-on:

[soxagolf]

Anyone out there? o.o

[Open-Faced Club Sandwedge]

Looks like your problem that's causing your tops and thin hooks is a bit of a flip.  Look up "holding the wedge", and pay some close attention to your left wrist at the bottom of the swing.  You want to make sure your left wrist stays flat while releasing the club - that's not a lot to go on, but there's a ton of information about fixing a flip if you look for it.

Once you're holding the wedge and releasing the club properly, I would guess you're going to develop a slice, because your backswing is above plane, your club is "across the line" at the top, and your right elbow flares out at the start of the downswing.  Fixing your swing plane so your left arm is in line with your shoulders rather than well above them should be most of the fix at that point.

-Andrew

[walk18]

It also looks like you're playing the ball too far back in your stance w/the irons.

[soxagolf]

Thanks for the replies, that's why it's cool to have other people look at your swing, you guys noticed stuff I didn't :). I am definitely casting the club a bit; I haven't taken a lesson in three years or more so my swing's probably full of bad habits by now, but that one should be relatively easy to fix. The left arm lower is going to be harder to fix, but I'll work on that -- I did notice that my left arm was really high on the swing plane and that probably messes stuff up. Then again, people like Fred Couples have a similar high swing plane and they manage, so who knows.

I'll work on it and post sometime in the future probably.