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By Hardspoon ·
Lots of people messaging about one or both days. As @iacas said, we will give preference to people who can play both, but as long as we stay under 16 we can accommodate both. I will need to pay in advance, so I’ll send a message this weekend with details on that and some sort of tracker for who is playing when. Can’t wait! -
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By DeadMan ·
Day 291: did some mirror work, working on feels from my drill - weight forward before the backswing ends and wrist stuff. -
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By saevel25 ·
Went up to Erie for a golf lesson with @iacas Two and a half items 1) Shorter backswing (hello old friend) - Feel mostly turn only, straight arms, stop backswing when golf shaft is vertical to ground (I might make this more of a turn feel or arm position feel), slight pause. *Video Check - Hands do not get behind my head and the club is at a 45-degree angle from parallel on the face-on view. 2) Downswing - Feel the downswing being arms only. Send hands out away from body to neutral out swing path. The body will turn. The key is going to feel the pause to set up the feel of arms down. If I turn first and add right elbow bend, I am screwed. *This one might be difficult to check on video. The feel right now is very distinct. I was very much a turn the body first, then lower the club with both the arms and side bend. When you don't do any of that, you can feel it. I feel way taller through impact as well. 2.5) Straighten left knee sooner. Pushing my left hip up and back by pressing into the ground with my left heel. Kind of something to work own, but not necessarily a priority right now. Shot Shape versus Feel Straight shots (slight draws) will feel like slight pulls for now. I was hitting 5 yard pulls, and it felt like I was going to miss the green left. Just perception versus reality. I got plenty of ingrained intuition of what a good shot shape is for a path that is heading 6+ degrees out. The new path is going to be like 1-3 degrees out, maybe close to neutral if I really exaggerate the feel. That is a pretty big change in path. The feel through impact is just different. On a side note, I was hitting my 7 iron like 8 yards farther. 🤯. I am kind-of scared when I use my legs better. It's probably due to the following. 1) De-lofting the club better because the arms are getting down better. 2) Presenting better launch conditions (15-16 VLA, 5900 rpm, 115-Ft peak height, 98 mph ball speed, 1.34 smash factor, 193 carry). 3) I was probably using my legs a bit better because I don't need to keep the left knee flexed. It wasn't like I was trying to be very dynamic in using the ground for power. Chipping & Pitching Much more straight back and up feel for both pitching and chipping. Lots more shoulder tilt in the backswing, and keeping the weight on the left side during the downswing and through impact. I need to pivot left and up, not re-transfer my weight back to the right side. I need to take a way shorter backswing. I was able to hit those low spinners. I may need to invest into some new golf balls at some point this year. *A good drill for me would be to set up facing a wall, and feel like the club goes up the wall. It won't, but it gets the club on a much better swing arc. I was actually trying to picture that a wall was right on the other side of the ball and I had to swing up the wall while hitting some shots today.
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