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Those swings look much improved Mike.

So most shots are pull hooking, irons and driver?

On the swings that you feel like you did a good job of thrusting/extending, do they still pull hook?

BIG pull hooks. Like 10-15 yards off line. Usually with the long irons 4-5-6, but can creep into the lower ones. 3 wood and driver both do the same. I am wondering if my right shoulder is too high causing me to straighten the right arm too fast and close down the face. It is the only thing I can see.

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BIG pull hooks. Like 10-15 yards off line. Usually with the long irons 4-5-6, but can creep into the lower ones. 3 wood and driver both do the same. I am wondering if my right shoulder is too high causing me to straighten the right arm too fast and close down the face. It is the only thing I can see.

Nah. Your head drifts back a bit and you're probably not quite as open as you should be. Forward, up, and left. More explosive.

It's looking good though. Short term, obviously, just point the face a bit farther right at setup.

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Still workin on extension. Better here. Recently been hitting more push fades. Some really big pushes. Not totally sure why. The iron play has dropped a little but still much better than a year or so ago.

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Been struggling a bit lately, but here is the swing nonetheless. Struggling with consistent contact. Ball flies pretty straight, but fat, thin, of the heel, etc.

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I think these are the types of pictures that have to start changing (and as you know changing these will change the things just before them):

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An example of feel isn't real. The swing on the left I really felt like I was doing a better job at extension. Versus the swing on the right from 4 months ago I can't even tell the difference. Just have to keep working at it. :cry:

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Still working on extension. Baby steps on this one.

70% swing on the left and the real one on the right. I am pretty close with the swing on the left.

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Feel free to let that head rotate through a little earlier.

But it's looking pretty good Michael!

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Feel free to let that head rotate through a little earlier.

Still working on extension but I also had the above thought for today. Seemed to help with a few things that I had wanted to do later. This is only 70% but it is progress.

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Looking good, Michael. Liking the long term changes. Improved scores should follow.

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These are some images from full swings at 100%. The progress of rotating the head appears to be moving into the full swing nicely.

A nice side benefit is the shoulders are less steep at A8

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Still working out the extension piece. There is progress. Painfully slow, but progress.

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Lots of good pieces in there Mike, one thing I would suggest to help with the extension is feeling both knees/thighs come together into the followthrough. You're basically going to start feeling this around A6, almost like there is a water balloon between your thighs and you want to pop the balloon.

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Was working on the tip that @mvmac gave me.

Looks better, but still room for progress.

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Extension is the name of the game. Getting better. I think I have slipped a bit on the head rotating forward part. Need to keep working on that.

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Extension is the name of the game. Getting better. I think I have slipped a bit on the head rotating forward part. Need to keep working on that.

Yep. But keep on trucking. You're doing well.

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Update swing using my iPhone 6 for video. I am impressed with the iPhone video. The FOV is troublesome so I need to shoot vertical video. I can fix it in analyzr but for youtube this is what you get.

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New swing. Not much to say other than I continue to work on the same things and progress remains slow.

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