Driving in S&T golf swing

[Gregoryhouse]

Although I´ve been working my S&T swing for a year, I find it very hard to be consistent off the tee.

Sometimes I push it, hit it "thin" and - most of all - duck hook the ball.

Are there any tips to keep in mind on driving?

Thanx guys!

[canadianpro]

Hopefully, you are aware of the ball flight laws...if not search the thread. To hit the shots that you are describing means that the clubhead path is approaching the ball from the "inside". If you have the clubface square to the path at impact, the ball will be pushed to the right. The fact that it is "thin" could mean that the club is ascending too much as contact is made. If you "square up" the club earlier in the downswing, it will be closed to the path resulting in the duck hook.

I would make sure that the ball position is inside your left heel....you can experiment and see that as the ball is moved back in your stance, the easier it is to swing the club from the "inside"...but you don't want the driver positioned back. There are lots of adjustments but without seeing your swing, I would say " hands "in", shoulder down, keep arms on your chest, tuck your butt before impact and feel as though your are keeping the club moving lower to the ground after impact.

[Gregoryhouse]

Originally Posted by canadianpro

Hopefully, you are aware of the ball flight laws...if not search the thread. To hit the shots that you are describing means that the clubhead path is approaching the ball from the "inside". If you have the clubface square to the path at impact, the ball will be pushed to the right. The fact that it is "thin" could mean that the club is ascending too much as contact is made. If you "square up" the club earlier in the downswing, it will be closed to the path resulting in the duck hook.

I would make sure that the ball position is inside your left heel....you can experiment and see that as the ball is moved back in your stance, the easier it is to swing the club from the "inside"...but you don't want the driver positioned back. There are lots of adjustments but without seeing your swing, I would say " hands "in", shoulder down, keep arms on your chest, tuck your butt before impact and feel as though your are keeping the club moving lower to the ground after impact.

Great advices!

Thenk you Peter!

[Mr. Desmond]

Try this:

[JetFan1983]

Not sure how much this will help you, if at all, but when I'm duck hooking it or overdrawing it, my S&T; teacher told me I have to maintain side-tilt. This is also commonly referred to as "staying down on it" or "keeping your head down." Vague terms I know, but I think a better way to state it is the way my teacher does:

"Maintain side-tilt."

For me this worked well because I already understood that it was bad to stay in flexion. You can also maintain side-tilt by staying in flexion and that's obviously not a good way to swing the club, but since he knew I knew that already, he was able to boil it down to just that for me.

Again, this tip was specific to me so I dunno if that'll help. But my hips would stall out and I would lose side-tilt/ axis-tilt as a result. So the fix for me was really working on the hip slide and then the resulting side-tilt axis tilt it created. I practiced this by either making half swings and using a lot of slow motion or by pre-setting my hips forward at address and hitting half swings, solely working on sequencing and solid contact.

This was the drill, with the hips pre-set forward:

The best thing for you to do besides getting a lesson from a S&T; guy would be to post your swing on the forum.

I agree with the above posters who have replied so far, but that pretty much goes without saying at this point (Mr.D and CP).

Anyway, the reason I'm posting about this here is because I've noticed my problem is a common one. We share the same miss. I haven't hit a pull-slice or a straight slice in something like seven months.

[james_hirshfield]

First two things I'd recommend checking.

Staying in your tilts.

Hand path too deep.

Move ball location more forward.

There is obviously more detail to those, but check them.

[mvmac]

Originally Posted by james_hirshfield

First two things I'd recommend checking.

Staying in your tilts.

Hand path too deep.

Move ball location more forward.

There is obviously more detail to those, but check them.

Thanks for posting James, I'm just going to add to staying in your tilts, make sure the right foot is banking, rather than the heel rising.  Controls the amount the right knee flexes and keeps you turning on an incline plane

[gwlee7]

Time for me to interject myself right behind mvmac's post in a thread yet again to say, "Where have I seen that before?"   I am a big "heel raiser" and it can wreck an otherwise pretty decent pass at the ball.

[mvmac]

Originally Posted by gwlee7

Time for me to interject myself right behind mvmac's post in a thread yet again to say, "Where have I seen that before?"   I am a big "heel raiser" and it can wreck an otherwise pretty decent pass at the ball.

It's funny, kind of been a theme this past week.  A piece that can be overlooked but very important.