Just had my first lesson

[Mr Smell Good]

Background

-Been playing for about 10 years but only actually started playing often and practicing about 3 months ago

-Before that it was play every 6 months

-Currently averaging mid 90s

Here is a video of my swing also: http://thesandtrap.com/t/66595/my-swing-mr-smell-good

I just had my first golf lesson and I definitely think it was helpful.  The instructor used a video camera to record my swings and we analyzed it after each one in slow motion and compared it to the swings of pro players.  Here were the main things I need to work on:

• Keeping my left arm straight on the backswing
• Don't bring the club too far back (past parallel) (see bullet point above)
• Keeping left arm straight at impact (could be because I was standing too close to the ball)
• I need to use my legs/hips more

When looking at Tiger's swing, his right knee is moving way before mine does and his hips start to go through ahead of his hands.  I am a pretty strong guy and my instructor said people with upper body strength tend to not use enough leg drive sometimes.  Keeping my left arm straight is a pretty simple thing to work on but I'm not sure how to generate more leg and hip power in my swing.  Are there drills that will help me with this? Thanks in advance!

[BostonBrew]

Here's a video of a drill Luke Donald does. Looks silly and kind of like he's imitating Charles Barkley, but he's trying to get the same sensation you're looking for I think.

[Mr Smell Good]

Haha great comparison to Charles Barkley.  It definitely looks like he's try to focus on that as well as his position at impact.  Pretty much everything he's doing there is what I need to work on.

Does anyone have any comments about really driving off the right knee (if you are right handed) and how they learned to incorporate their legs more?