My Swing (PumaAttack)

[pumaAttack]

1 minute ago, iacas said:

Much better. DL anyway. Don't keep your left arm so deep in transition.

Thanks!  

Yeah, I think I am getting my arms moving out but they are still quite deep.  I think I am afraid to go over the top and want to tuck my hands away.  I need to work on that too.

[iacas]

3 minutes ago, pumaAttack said:

Thanks!  

Yeah, I think I am getting my arms moving out but they are still quite deep.  I think I am afraid to go over the top and want to tuck my hands away.  I need to work on that too.

Shifting the arms out helps shallow the club. Unless you're bad. Then it can lead to OTT.

[pumaAttack]

1 minute ago, iacas said:

Shifting the arms out helps shallow the club. Unless you're bad. Then it can lead to OTT.

Gotcha.

Is OTT with the club head and not the arms/hands then?  As in if you get your hands out but keep the club head behind you its ok?

[iacas]

2 hours ago, pumaAttack said:

Is OTT with the club head and not the arms/hands then?  As in if you get your hands out but keep the club head behind you its ok?

Virtually every PGA Tour player's left (lead) arm on the downswing is "over the top" of that same arm on the backswing.

[pumaAttack]

22 minutes ago, iacas said:

Virtually every PGA Tour player's left (lead) arm on the downswing is "over the top" of that same arm on the backswing.

 

Thanks for the clarification. 

I was always just taught to not go over the top, or else it would be a huge slice.  Looks like it's more bad teaching to overcome for me!

[mvmac]

3 hours ago, pumaAttack said:

Not sure if this is a solid move or not but it felt pretty good:

Much improved from a few days ago. Definitely on the right track.

2 hours ago, pumaAttack said:

Is OTT with the club head and not the arms/hands then?  As in if you get your hands out but keep the club head behind you its ok?

It depends on what the club head is doing and how much the arms shift out. Generally most good players have a deeper lead arm at 3 than they do at 5, mostly it's due to the amount of torso turn (you're more turned away from the target at 3 than you are at 5). The club head tends to do the opposite of what the arms/hands are doing. When the hands/arms move "in" on the backswing, it tends to keep the club head more outside the hands. Same is true on the downswing, hands moving out will shallow the club. Golfers that steepen the shaft on the downswing move the hand path straight down in an effort to "swing out". 

Just keep hammering on those piece you shared earlier. The better you get with the opening piece on the downswing the better that left arm will get. No need to keep the body closed to swing out/straight.

[pumaAttack]

7 minutes ago, mvmac said:

Much improved from a few days ago. Definitely on the right track.

It depends on what the club head is doing and how much the arms shift out. Generally most good players have a deeper lead arm at 3 than they do at 5, mostly it's due to the amount of torso turn (you're more turned away from the target at 3 than you are at 5). The club head tends to do the opposite of what the arms/hands are doing. When the hands/arms move "in" on the backswing, it tends to keep the club head more outside the hands. Same is true on the downswing, hands moving out will shallow the club. Golfers that steepen the shaft on the downswing move the hand path straight down in an effort to "swing out". 

Just keep hammering on those piece you shared earlier. The better you get with the opening piece on the downswing the better that left arm will get. No need to keep the body closed to swing out/straight.

 

Thanks Mike!

I appreciated that detailed response and it makes sense to me now!  I will focus on those earlier pieces and corrected hand paths.