My Swing (jamiesmith900)

[mvmac]

Thanks again for all help mvmac Iam striking ball excellent now still going to take time to adjust only a few shanks the rest were awesome tho I am struggling a little with driver everything else great:)

Glad I could help. Keep up the good work.

[jamiesmith900]

Some great strikes now but still few shanks working hard to fix, I feel a little tense do I need to be fully loose and limp in my full swing? Thanks guys

[iacas]

Please use this existing thread, @jamiesmith900, and please embed your videos.

[jamiesmith900]

Sorry havnt been on in a while

[jamiesmith900]

 

please any advice much appreciated I'm just about to give up golf I just can't shake shank off!! I'm thinking early release on downswing please any help to keep me going I can't even get around course at minute how do I shake this off???

 

[boogielicious]

41 minutes ago, jamiesmith900 said:

 

please any advice much appreciated I'm just about to give up golf I just can't shake shank off!! I'm thinking early release on downswing please any help to keep me going I can't even get around course at minute how do I shake this off???

 

@jamiesmith900,

Remember to remove formatting or paste as text when you put the youtube link in. That allows the video to imbed.

I don't see a shank in this swing, I see a pull. You are coming over the top. To me, it looks like your right elbow is getting stuck behind you on the downswing. Below is A4 and A6. If you right elbow is too far behind your shirt seam, it can cause the over the top action.

It would help if you posted a face on view too. We can't see how your weight is shifting. That can affect the swing path. Below is you at setup and at almost impact. Look how far outside in your club head is moving.

The video below discusses the elbow. I would work on that for a bit and also send in a face on video.

 

[iacas]

In the immediate term, I'd address how much the head is moving around:

You stand up on the backswing and then have to dive back down into the ball.

[jamiesmith900]

Thanks guys would my head moving cause over the top? I think it's a shank with irons as there Banna crack noise right how do I stop head moving and standing up? So frustrating drives are either off back of heel or right in corner near hosle thanks so much

[Ernest Jones]

15 minutes ago, jamiesmith900 said:

Thanks guys would my head moving cause over the top? I think it's a shank with irons as there Banna crack noise right how do I stop head moving and standing up? So frustrating drives are either off back of heel or right in corner near hosle thanks so much

It could be causing over the top. The point is, you need to keep a steadier head to start. Once you can make a full swing with a relatively stable head, you can start to evaluate the next piece to work on, but as long as your head is weaving and bobbing there is no point in looking beyond that fix because everything else may change once you get a steadier head. 

Here's a good place to start  

 

A face on view would help tremendously. 

[jamiesmith900]

Thanks a lot I will post more videos if I can control head that right elbow video makes sense as I feel like it is so dominant in downswing will give it a wiz

heres side view thanks comments appreciated ?

Sorry not sure why it's fast ha vid is speeded up

Edited February 27, 2016 by iacas
Please embed videos

[jamiesmith900]

 

face on view you can see bowed left wrist at impact weight shift horrid does it look like early release?

[mvmac]

Along the lines of what @iacas said, on the backswing you raise up and sway your hips back. I'd take a look at the set-up first, making sure the knees are "pinched" inward will help with the pivot stuff.

[jamiesmith900]

Thanks mvmac will work on this would all this cause the club to come out to in? My knees look inward on that picture do I need to be more inward? Thanks again I always go back to that video you done for me and swing is better than last year but shank is ruining my game I couldn't even get to green yesterday?

[Abu3baid]

2 hours ago, jamiesmith900 said:

Thanks mvmac will work on this would all this cause the club to come out to in? My knees look inward on that picture do I need to be more inward? Thanks again I always go back to that video you done for me and swing is better than last year but shank is ruining my game I couldn't even get to green yesterday?

I think @mvmac meant that your knees shouldn't be inward the way they are.. Imagine riding a horse both knees would be outward..

[jamiesmith900]

Oh right haha ok got it was thinking opposite thanks for that I have  got so much to do, my overall swing doesn't look bad I think ha just need tweeks this site is awesome thanks guys any other tips welcome 

[mvmac]

10 hours ago, jamiesmith900 said:

Thanks mvmac will work on this would all this cause the club to come out to in? My knees look inward on that picture do I need to be more inward? Thanks again I always go back to that video you done for me and swing is better than last year but shank is ruining my game I couldn't even get to green yesterday?

What @Abu3baid said, the direction the knees point at address. I'd turn the feet out more and rotate the knees out as well. The knee motion in the golf swing is very important, having them"pinched" inward restricts how much you can turn and makes it harder for the hips/shoulders to rotate on a titled angle. Those issues lead to your head moving and the hips swaying back.

 

[jamiesmith900]

Thanks mvmac all makes sense

do you think I have some good stuff in my swing or shall I start over?

[iacas]

4 hours ago, jamiesmith900 said:

Thanks mvmac all makes sense

do you think I have some good stuff in my swing or shall I start over?

There's no such thing as "starting over." So no, he wouldn't tell you to start over. Just work on the priority piece at any moment.