My Swing (e1it3z0r)

[e1it3z0r]

hey, I've been playing golf for a few years, but I never could afford lessons so ball striking has never really been a real strength for me. I haven't been able to hit balls for a month or so before videotaping this so I notice the obvious flaws like the closed stance and sliding hips. But, I was wondering if you guys could give me a critique or two. My golf swing has come mostly from watching the pga tour and occasional tips from my father so I don't know if my swing is very good fundamentally. So ya, tips would be welcomed, thank you.

[e1it3z0r]

Is it possible to edit the title? I didn't notice the rules page till after I posted, sorry

[Stewie007]

Usually they do that for you. I didn't add my name and it magically appeared. :)

Nice swing by the way; much better than mine. :)

[e1it3z0r]

oh ok, thank you

[Ranger]

I am just an amateur and I am sure you will get some better advice from others, but overall I think you are way ahead than most people with your experience. You are blessed with a very good natural swing that only has to be fine tuned IMHO. You shoulder turn looks great. I wished I had that kind of flexibility. The only thing that I might say is that you look a little tense at your initial setup. You might try relaxing just a bit more, and you just may get even more club speed out of that nice swing. Have fun!

[uttexas]

Wow, really nice self taught swing. Agree, you have good instincts, flexibility, and body type for golf. You clearly hit the ball first, then the ground--which is what the best players accomplish. You get your hips nicely well forward at impact with your hands ahead of the clubhead. I am envious of your impact position. Set up--turn both feet out about 15 degrees--this will help with backswing hip turn and hips forward into impact. At address, the ball is a bit too far away from your body--this results in your arms disconnecting from your body at the beginning of the swing. Backswing--Difficult for me to see much--low light conditions (having trouble pausing recorded swings to see positions) You do lift up with your arms at the top of the backswing--make some swings keeping a glove under your rear (right) armpit. Lifting up at the top of the backswing doesn't add much power, but does create an additional move that needs to be adjusted and timed for on the downswing. Forward swing---Nice hip bump forward to initiate the downswing. Love, love, love how you get your right elbow into your right hip going into impact--awesome. Try pushing off more with your right instep (instead of toes), this will get your right leg straighter at impact, thus you won't have to thrust your head back and down as much at P6.

[e1it3z0r]

  uttexas said:

Originally Posted by uttexas

Wow, really nice self taught swing. Agree, you have good instincts, flexibility, and body type for golf. You clearly hit the ball first, then the ground--which is what the best players accomplish. You get your hips nicely well forward at impact with your hands ahead of the clubhead. I am envious of your impact position.

Set up--turn both feet out about 15 degrees--this will help with backswing hip turn and hips forward into impact. At address, the ball is a bit too far away from your body--this results in your arms disconnecting from your body at the beginning of the swing.

Backswing--Difficult for me to see much--low light conditions (having trouble pausing recorded swings to see positions) You do lift up with your arms at the top of the backswing--make some swings keeping a glove under your rear (right) armpit. Lifting up at the top of the backswing doesn't add much power, but does create an additional move that needs to be adjusted and timed for on the downswing.

Forward swing---Nice hip bump forward to initiate the downswing. Love, love, love how you get your right elbow into your right hip going into impact--awesome. Try pushing off more with your right instep (instead of toes), this will get your right leg straighter at impact, thus you won't have to thrust your head back and down as much at P6.

I see what you mean about the set up and backswing. Your tip about the forward swing is interesting, I've never thought of pushing off of my instep before, I'll definitely try that out next time i get out to the driving range. Thank you very much for the tips.

[uttexas]

Pushing off the rear instep from the top of the backswing. Click on the "watch on youtube" ---embedding has been disabled by user [VIDEO]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b_PjHyqcdQg&NR;=1[/VIDEO]

[Harmonious]

Truthfully, I wouldn't worry too much about your swing.  Yeah, you could square up your back foot (I disagree about opening it) as it's turned toward the target now.  And you could allow your arms to hang down from your shoulders more, it would allow you to be a little more relaxed than the rigidity you have now.

But you hit the ball good. Unless there is a specific fault you are trying to fix, I wouldn't sweat it too much.  Go work on your short game!..

[e1it3z0r]

ah i see, thank you. I believe may I misunderstood you uttexas, are you saying I should point my toes outward 15 degrees?

[uttexas]

  e1it3z0r said:

ah i see, thank you. I believe may I misunderstood you uttexas, are you saying I should point my toes outward 15 degrees?

Yes, flaring both feet outwards about 15 degrees will help you make a better turn in the backswing and a better hip push forward in the downswing. In the video I embedded (click on the "watch on youtube"), see how Grant Waite's feet are flared out at address. Here's a video of Luke Donald--he flares his feet out also. Also notice his push off from the rear instep. [VIDEO]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zoiiGdiwbwg[/VIDEO]