Tired of raising up in the back swing .

[gwlee7]

It is the bane of my existence.  It makes me say ugly words.  It makes Erik, Mike, James, Dave, and now Brian say ugly words to me.  Why is it so hard to keep my head still?

Carry on.

[iacas]

We've been wondering the same thing, Greg. :)

[gwlee7]

Maybe it's time for the headgear with the hook to put in my crotch.   I mean, look at this crap:

I don't know what feeling I need to try next.  I can't ever get a feeling that gets my head  steady when I am hitting a ball.  Am I doomed to have a swing where the moon, stars, and planets have to be perfectly aligned to hit the ball solidly?  I can go from hitting 12 greens and 10 fairways to hitting 5 fairways and 4 greens the next.  I am pretty mad.

[newtogolf]

Could have Erik grab you by the hair like Jack had his coach do.

I had the same issue but not nearly as good a handicap as you.  I did a lot of work in the mirror to finally break me of the habit along with thinking of lowering my head on the back swing to compensate for my desire to lift up.

[Rocket Man]

For what its worth, I find that when I am having trouble turning my shoulders without swaying back or moving my head its always a set up issue thats making it very difficult for me to make a centered pivot without swaying or moving my head to much.When my setup is good its much easier to just turn my shoulders without a sway or head movement.

One drill that I use to get the feeling back of not moving my head is this. Stand perfectly still and only swing back with your arms and not your shoulders. Simply keep almost everything including your lower body from not moving to much while you do this.You should find that in only swinging your arms that this will make it easier for you not to move your head.Now of course this is only a drill to help feel your head not moving during your normal swing.This will give me back the sensation that I need to feel when I turn my shoulders during my swing. Hope this helps a bit and good luck!!

[nevrino]

I have the problem of lowering the head in the backswing which is really hard to get rid of aswell. Maybe we should exchange swing thoughts .

[mvmac]

Other than just getting the left shoulder to keep going down, down, down, it might help to hit some balls where you close your left eye.  Be interesting to film it and make sure you don't lose sight of the ball on the backswing.

[gwlee7]

I'll have to try that when I get back from a well deserved "non-golf vacation".

[saevel25]

My issue is i can keep my head still in the backswing, but my head likes to drop down and away from the target in the downswing, this causes me to release early and all kind of bad stuff. Really i haven't figured out what to do yet.

[Stretch]

Jury rig yourself something along these lines. Sometimes physical cues/feedback are the only way to break an ingrained pattern.

For me, the tear-your-hair-out habit is sucking the club inside on the takeaway and I have to regularly spend time hitting balls with a traffic cone behind me -- so that I'll smack it every time I roll under the plane on the backswing.