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Range session from hell! Hit lots of slices. My favourite.

Ugh. Sigh...

Video?

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It's official! Heading down to Erie next month for in-person lessons with @iacas and @david_wedzik . Equal parts Super-Stoked and nervous as hell! Lotta tough love

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Ok guys, here's some comparisons from day 1 and day 2. Day 1 on the left. And here's the video: Day 1 Day 2:

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Nah. How about… In other words, you're closer to having this back to where it was last week than you likely think. I would expect you can clean this up r

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Video?

No, didn't have my camera. Pretty sure I just was freezing up my lower body and not getting my hips forward enough. Hit a lot of thin ones too so I'm pretty sure that was the problem. File and forget unless it happens again next session.

Yours in earnest, Jason.
Call me Ernest, or EJ or Ernie.

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Range session from hell! Hit lots of slices. My favourite.

Ugh. Sigh...

Video?

No, didn't have my camera. Pretty sure I just was freezing up my lower body and not getting my hips forward enough. Hit a lot of thin ones too so I'm pretty sure that was the problem. File and forget unless it happens again next session.

Another horrible session. :-( Much better than the last one but that ain't sayin' much. Just not getting enough weight forward which is messing up my path and low point control. Real ugly stuff, fat chunkers were the most common miss today. Very few slices, but hey, even one slice is one too many, really thought that miss was behind me. I did hit some nice ones too but they were the exceptions sadly.

I just filmed a random crap ass swing for posterior's sake, and no, that's not a typo, I feel like an ass. :8)

Hit some half-way decent pitches to about 50 yards just to clear my mind a bit, they weren't great either but it beats chunking 6 irons 100 yards.

I feel like I've taken a massive step backwards and have lost all feel for my swing. Course opens Saturday, so that'll be an adventure! Good thing I'm used to playing with a crappy swing, at least I'll have my expectations under control. :-P

Still working with my priority piece but obviously not correctly as I had no problem performing it AND getting my weight forward in Erie.

Yours in earnest, Jason.
Call me Ernest, or EJ or Ernie.

PSA - "If you find yourself in a hole, STOP DIGGING!"

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We'll have a little bit for you later today. Stay tuned.

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We'll have a little bit for you later today. Stay tuned.

Thanks. For the record, I was hitting the ball GREAT last week, albeit with some pushes but great contact and way more height than I'm used too, very pro looking trajectory. Really want to get back to that.

I'm not going to get down on myself though because it was really going well up until this rut.

Yours in earnest, Jason.
Call me Ernest, or EJ or Ernie.

PSA - "If you find yourself in a hole, STOP DIGGING!"

My Whackin' Sticks: :cleveland: 330cc 2003 Launcher 10.5*  :tmade: RBZ HL 3w  :nickent: 3DX DC 3H, 3DX RC 4H  :callaway: X-22 5-AW  :nike:SV tour 56* SW :mizuno: MP-T11 60* LW :bridgestone: customized TD-03 putter :tmade:Penta TP3   :aimpoint:

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Rrrr, sorry to hear that. Not qualified to give advice, but it looks like your arms aren't extending post P7? But don't listen to me! Wait for @iacas 's advice. I'm working things out myself. Hang in there! We can commiserate together, ha ha.

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Rrrr, sorry to hear that. Not qualified to give advice, but it looks like your arms aren't extending post P7? But don't listen to me! Wait for @iacas's advice. I'm working things out myself. Hang in there! We can commiserate together, ha ha.

Yeah, I know enough about the golf swing to pick out a whole bunch of stuff that's wrong but that wouldn't be very stupid monkey of me :-P and I'd probably pick the wrong thing to address anyway. I'll wait for the silver bullet. This damn game is awfully hard but I've been at it long enough to know that improvement ain't always a linear journey and set-backs happen to us all.

Thanks for the encouragement.

:beer:

Yours in earnest, Jason.
Call me Ernest, or EJ or Ernie.

PSA - "If you find yourself in a hole, STOP DIGGING!"

My Whackin' Sticks: :cleveland: 330cc 2003 Launcher 10.5*  :tmade: RBZ HL 3w  :nickent: 3DX DC 3H, 3DX RC 4H  :callaway: X-22 5-AW  :nike:SV tour 56* SW :mizuno: MP-T11 60* LW :bridgestone: customized TD-03 putter :tmade:Penta TP3   :aimpoint:

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@Ernest Jones , before I post the video, what do you think is the thing that's preventing you from doing what you're trying to do?

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@Ernest Jones, before I post the video, what do you think is the thing that's preventing you from doing what you're trying to do?

Well, I'm no expert but I feel like it's an issue with my weight shift. I think I'm stalling out at some point which is causing the low point issues, the lack of extension post impact, t-rex arms and crappy path. I think my lower body is too rigid as well.

I also have a hard time working on my piece at slower speeds because it is, in essence, a "speed" piece...


Q: what do you think is the thing that's preventing you from doing what you're trying to do?

A: Me. :doh:

Yours in earnest, Jason.
Call me Ernest, or EJ or Ernie.

PSA - "If you find yourself in a hole, STOP DIGGING!"

My Whackin' Sticks: :cleveland: 330cc 2003 Launcher 10.5*  :tmade: RBZ HL 3w  :nickent: 3DX DC 3H, 3DX RC 4H  :callaway: X-22 5-AW  :nike:SV tour 56* SW :mizuno: MP-T11 60* LW :bridgestone: customized TD-03 putter :tmade:Penta TP3   :aimpoint:

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Well, I'm no expert but I feel like it's an issue with my weight shift. I think I'm stalling out at some point which is causing the low point issues, the lack of extension post impact, t-rex arms and crappy path. I think my lower body is too rigid as well.

Nah.

How about…

In other words, you're closer to having this back to where it was last week than you likely think. I would expect you can clean this up relatively quickly. Your "left shoulder forward and up" move has to happen on the downswing, early… not during your backswing. :)

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Awesome! Thanks guys. I'll work on this for the next week or so.

PS: I love watching Erik mimic swing faults, cracks me up every time! :-P

Yours in earnest, Jason.
Call me Ernest, or EJ or Ernie.

PSA - "If you find yourself in a hole, STOP DIGGING!"

My Whackin' Sticks: :cleveland: 330cc 2003 Launcher 10.5*  :tmade: RBZ HL 3w  :nickent: 3DX DC 3H, 3DX RC 4H  :callaway: X-22 5-AW  :nike:SV tour 56* SW :mizuno: MP-T11 60* LW :bridgestone: customized TD-03 putter :tmade:Penta TP3   :aimpoint:

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Awesome! Thanks guys. I'll work on this for the next week or so.

PS: I love watching Erik mimic swing faults, cracks me up every time!

What's scary is, Erik is really good at it.. :-D

Keep at it E.J. :beer:

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Awesome! Thanks guys. I'll work on this for the next week or so.  PS: I love watching Erik mimic swing faults, cracks me up every time!:-P

One of the last ones in that video (second to last mimic, I think) is basically full-Barkley. :-D

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One of the last ones in that video (second to last mimic, I think) is basically full-Barkley.

Yeah, well what's horrifying is he's actually mimicking me... :8)

Yours in earnest, Jason.
Call me Ernest, or EJ or Ernie.

PSA - "If you find yourself in a hole, STOP DIGGING!"

My Whackin' Sticks: :cleveland: 330cc 2003 Launcher 10.5*  :tmade: RBZ HL 3w  :nickent: 3DX DC 3H, 3DX RC 4H  :callaway: X-22 5-AW  :nike:SV tour 56* SW :mizuno: MP-T11 60* LW :bridgestone: customized TD-03 putter :tmade:Penta TP3   :aimpoint:

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Finally got to hit the course this morning! :dance:

Didn't keep score as I didn't have a scorecard and the maintenance guys were everywhere so I had to skip holes and jump around. Only had time for 8 holes. Played a little worse than bogey golf which is pretty good for a first time out this season.

I've fixed that weird backswing issue I had developed and when I executed the left shoulder move well I was hitting excellent shots. Nice, high irons that plopped down nice and soft. Hit about 3 pushes that were penal plus one weird slice and a pull. The rest were pretty playable and not all that punishing.

Looking forward to this season, gonna keep working that priority piece till I can't get it wrong!

Yours in earnest, Jason.
Call me Ernest, or EJ or Ernie.

PSA - "If you find yourself in a hole, STOP DIGGING!"

My Whackin' Sticks: :cleveland: 330cc 2003 Launcher 10.5*  :tmade: RBZ HL 3w  :nickent: 3DX DC 3H, 3DX RC 4H  :callaway: X-22 5-AW  :nike:SV tour 56* SW :mizuno: MP-T11 60* LW :bridgestone: customized TD-03 putter :tmade:Penta TP3   :aimpoint:

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Finally got to hit the course this morning!

Nothing else matters! :banana:

In David's bag....

Driver: Titleist 910 D-3;  9.5* Diamana Kai'li
3-Wood: Titleist 910F;  15* Diamana Kai'li
Hybrids: Titleist 910H 19* and 21* Diamana Kai'li
Irons: Titleist 695cb 5-Pw
Wedges: Scratch 51-11 TNC grind, Vokey SM-5's;  56-14 F grind and 60-11 K grind
Putter: Scotty Cameron Kombi S
Ball: ProV1

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Nothing else matters!

Whole heartedly agree. I can honestly say I've reached a point where score is secondary to just enjoying being out there!

Yours in earnest, Jason.
Call me Ernest, or EJ or Ernie.

PSA - "If you find yourself in a hole, STOP DIGGING!"

My Whackin' Sticks: :cleveland: 330cc 2003 Launcher 10.5*  :tmade: RBZ HL 3w  :nickent: 3DX DC 3H, 3DX RC 4H  :callaway: X-22 5-AW  :nike:SV tour 56* SW :mizuno: MP-T11 60* LW :bridgestone: customized TD-03 putter :tmade:Penta TP3   :aimpoint:

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Every time I go out now it is pretty much with the friend that I introduced to golf, so it is always a competition both match play and stroke play.. when ever one of us loses we talk about how it is great to just be out there :)

Although the truth be told, all of us here are lucky that we play golf imho

:adams: / :tmade: / :edel: / :aimpoint: / :ecco: / :bushnell: / :gamegolf: / 

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