My Swing (RFKFREAK)

[iacas]

That's done at a really fast speed. I know you broke it down into distinct steps, but it's still very, very fast.

[RFKFREAK]

6 minutes ago, iacas said:

That's done at a really fast speed. I know you broke it down into distinct steps, but it's still very, very fast.

Yup, that's what my instructor said in his response video.  He said even though I hit my points, I have to slow it down.  I'm planning on hitting the range this week and sending in another video.

[RFKFREAK]

 

So, I haven't done any real practice since May and got to the range today.  

I've got a new driver last week and wanted to practice with it since I hit it really well this weekend.  

I've always been inconsistent with my 3W & 5W and this weekend really got me because they cost me some strokes.  After watching a few videos from Mark Crossfield and the Me and My Golf guys, I've concluded that the way to work on getting consistent contact is to make sure I get my weight forward so as to avoid laying back and topping the ball.

In both instances I've found that on the downswing if I focus on getting the instep of my back foot towards the ground rather than turning my leg and getting on my toes (which feels more natural) that I make better contact more consistently.

As per @mvmac's advice from a while ago, to avoid hooking the ball, I also focus on feeling as though I'm hitting to the right at impact.  

So, in these vidoes I'm doing these three things:

1. Getting weight forward
2. Pushing my instep to the ground
3. Swinging towards the right.

I know I cross the line at the top which I didn't realize but any thoughts would be appreciated. 

 

[RandallT]

Great to see you back! I've had to back off thinking much about golf too for a little bit, but man it's great to be back. Not sure if it's the slow motion, but your swing looks so much more fluid now than I remember from a while back. Nice work. 

Crossing the line at the top with the club is a problem I think many of us have trouble getting rid of. When I have good full swings where I avoid it, I feel incredibly short in my backswing. I think the trick for me is to think about the backswing being more of a shoulder turn, and less of a hands/arms turn. The arms don't need to go back as far as many of us novices think. When I focus on the shoulder turn (while keeping "connected" with right elbow in front of my right seam), and worry less about where the club is going, the results tend to be better.

[RFKFREAK]

3 hours ago, RandallT said:

Great to see you back! I've had to back off thinking much about golf too for a little bit, but man it's great to be back. Not sure if it's the slow motion, but your swing looks so much more fluid now than I remember from a while back. Nice work. 

Crossing the line at the top with the club is a problem I think many of us have trouble getting rid of. When I have good full swings where I avoid it, I feel incredibly short in my backswing. I think the trick for me is to think about the backswing being more of a shoulder turn, and less of a hands/arms turn. The arms don't need to go back as far as many of us novices think. When I focus on the shoulder turn (while keeping "connected" with right elbow in front of my right seam), and worry less about where the club is going, the results tend to be better.

Yeah, I was just looking at my driver swing from DTL and I noticed that my hips turn a lot quicker than my upper body.  I mean, my back leg is straight and locked by A2.  So, I think I should probably work on trying to slow down my lower body. 

[RFKFREAK]

I don't know much about Chris Ryan but this video seems like something that would help me:

 

[RFKFREAK]

 

So, had to take care of some stuff yesterday so didn't go to work but found some time to hit the range.

My focus is two things.  Maybe it should only be one but they kind of go hand in hand.  I'm trying to get my weight forward while maintaining my shoulders about level at A6.  I'm trying to get the feeling and after watching these swings, I haven't accomplished the latter.  Looking in the mirror, I think my hips are way too open so I have to have a feeling of not having them open as much in relation to target.  I'm planning on hitting the range after work today to try and ingrain it some more.

So, here is on set is using my 6I and the other two sets are my driver.  

On the plus side, I'm not crossing the line at the top of my backswing as much as I did the other day. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[billchao]

@RFKFREAK just a tip for setting up your camera: have two alignment (or driveway) sticks and set them up so that one is on your toe line and the other is perpendicular to it in the center of your stance.

This way when you frame your shot, just center it to your sticks no matter which angle you are recording.

[RFKFREAK]

3 minutes ago, billchao said:

@RFKFREAK just a tip for setting up your camera: have two alignment (or driveway) sticks and set them up so that one is on your toe line and the other is perpendicular to it in the center of your stance.

This way when you frame your shot, just center it to your sticks no matter which angle you are recording.

Good idea because obviously I suck at this.

If I'm not mistaken, from DTL the camera should be centered on the toe line.  

From FO, it should be the center of the stance, right? 

[billchao]

5 hours ago, RFKFREAK said:

Good idea because obviously I suck at this.

If I'm not mistaken, from DTL the camera should be centered on the toe line.  

From FO, it should be the center of the stance, right? 

Yes, to both.

[RFKFREAK]

2 minutes ago, billchao said:

Yes, to both.

Ok, I'll do that when I hit the range today.

Any other advice how to make the video better besides having someone who knows what they're doing swinging the club instead of me, haha. 

[RFKFREAK]

So, went to the range after work.  The videos were recorded at 240 FPS but when they were transferred to my computer, I think I took the memory card out before it was done transferring all the data so it just transferred over at regular speed.

Anyway, altered my backswing somewnat doing this drill where my primary focus was getting my shoulders and hips level at A6 and secondary focus, getting my weight forward..  I would record from FO, do the drill, go to the camera, see if my shoulders were level at A6 and, if not, then start again.  Once I was satisfied with where my shoulders were, I did the drill 10 times without filming, and then filmed these videos.

Any feedback would be appreciated. 

 

 

 

 

[JonMA1]

Wish I knew more about the golf swing @RFKFREAK, If so, I'd offer more than camera angle advice. I'm guessing you're asking for help because of an issue you're having? If so, would you describe it?

The only thing I'm wondering is if you're trying to get more "depth" at the top by moving your right arm back instead of using more shoulder turn. Don't change anything based on this question - I really don't know enough and could obviously cause more damage than good. 

This is the instruction video that came to mind:

You're not nearly nearly as extreme as Erik is exaggerating here - and may be perfectly fine as is. But I wanted to offer that as a possibility. 

[RFKFREAK]

On 8/6/2016 at 0:45 PM, JonMA1 said:

Wish I knew more about the golf swing @RFKFREAK, If so, I'd offer more than camera angle advice. I'm guessing you're asking for help because of an issue you're having? If so, would you describe it?

The only thing I'm wondering is if you're trying to get more "depth" at the top by moving your right arm back instead of using more shoulder turn. Don't change anything based on this question - I really don't know enough and could obviously cause more damage than good. 

This is the instruction video that came to mind:

You're not nearly nearly as extreme as Erik is exaggerating here - and may be perfectly fine as is. But I wanted to offer that as a possibility. 

 

Thanks for the tip, @JonMA1.  I wish I had seen this before I went out today.

I went back to my traditional backswing because in looking at it, I didn't feel it was as big an issue and I think it helped me with the two things I'm working on, shoulders about level at A6 and the clubhead inside my hands at A6.

These were towards the end of the session and it didn't feel like a good session but in the video, it seems like I'm getting there slowly, although, I think I'm compensating some of my weight forward.

This is with my 6 iron and I got the 240 FPS to transfer over this time. .

 

 

 

[iacas]

The last ones are a lot better than a lot of the earlier ones with you working on this particular thing.

[RFKFREAK]

22 hours ago, iacas said:

The last ones are a lot better than a lot of the earlier ones with you working on this particular thing.

Thanks.

This is a lot more difficult to do at a slow speed than I thought it would be.

I think at a minimum I'll be working on this piece for at least a couple more weeks as it doesn't feel ingrained yet (not that it should going at a slow speed). 

[RFKFREAK]

So, after a layoff of like 6 months, I played a round of golf last Friday and wow, was it bad.  I didn't keep score but I imagine I shot in the 120's or maybe even higher.

So, I went to the range to film my swing and here were the results!

 

 

[RFKFREAK]

Been working with my Evolvr instructor and I think I'm making strides with my swing.  I've flattened it some and whereas it is no where near at what I feel it will look like when it's finished, and I haven't taken it on the course yet, I think it's looking a lot better.  I think I have to do a better job of shortening the backswing and also getting my weight a lot more forward to get some shaft lean at impact.  

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