My Swing (AbsoluteTruths)

[AbsoluteTruths]

I know that all of us need to find the "feels" that help use do the right things in our swings. I found this video by John Dunigan.

His point #4 about how the head is kept still really explained to me how this feels. I have been trying this at home and

I can get the club back to a good position and move my weight forward in the downswing much easier thinking

about the side bending and extensions he talks about. I will take this to the range this weekend and see how it does.

Any comment would be appreciated. And I know 5SK is not S&T; but Steady Head is.

[AbsoluteTruths]

Went to the range today to practice pitching and chipping. Used what I learned from this site and LSW. I made the most improvement

on my chipping. The chipping technique I learned fro LSW was so easy to learn. And it worked so well. I have never been able

to be consistant with my chips as I was today. Here is results of me chipping from just off the green from about 30 ft away.

I know they are not all that close but believe me this is an improvement.

The pitching was great too. I had practiced the move in my yard but this is the first time I tried it on the course.

The range I went to has an elevated pitching practice area. so I was hitting balls from about two to three

feet blow the green surface. I was hitting shots that just got to the edge of the green and rolled out and

shots that went higher and landed softer and nearer the hole.

Very productive practice.

[AbsoluteTruths]

Went to the range today working on my pieces with the 5S's. It was a drizzly rain but I don't care I was there to improve not

worry about a couple rain drops.

I am doing better. I am shifting my weight to the left leg better. I only fatted a couple shots out of about 40. Was topping for

a while till I fixed that.

Confirmed something I had thought was true. It is tension in my swing that is causing some of my issues. Near the end

today I started visualizing my ball flight and direction. Wow I hit several the I said to my self were going over

a flag in the distance and they did. This got my mind going in a different direction and removed the tension.

My fating problem occurs when I move my right knee toward the ball on the down swing. What is a drill I can

do for that and/or explain the tripod drill better. The video is not that helpful. A face on view of it would be good.

[mvmac]

Any comment would be appreciated. And I know 5SK is not S&T; but Steady Head is.

Here's another good video on how the body works to keep the head steady. I want to point out that this is more of an overall understanding, not a description of what every player should feel. We feel that S&T; puts too much emphasis on the spine tilting and extending, a lot of that is coming from the lower body. Focusing too much on the spine can cause the head to move.

My fating problem occurs when I move my right knee toward the ball on the down swing. What is a drill I can

do for that and/or explain the tripod drill better. The video is not that helpful. A face on view of it would be good.

Check this out.

[AbsoluteTruths]

Played 18 today. But it was really two nines. A 58 on the front and a 48 on the back.

I was pull hooking everything on the front and hitting chips and pitches across from on side of the green to the other.

I could not figure out what I was doing wrong.

On the 9th hole I realized I was not keeping my left arm straight in my back swing. I straightened out my drive.

I got better on my short game and was putting good all day. Lots of one putts.

I will have to post some video soon. Maybe tomorrow.

[AbsoluteTruths]

Here is my feeble attempt at pitching. It looks to me like I am not letting gravity do any of the work. The results of these are bladeing.

[saevel25]

Try making right hand only pitches. You will take the club back then just pivot around your left knee. With only one hand on the club the clubhead should just fall to the ball. Looks like you are still trying to guide the clubhead, and have too much flip. The pitching move is more smooth.

[AbsoluteTruths]

Try making right hand only pitches. You will take the club back then just pivot around your left knee. With only one hand on the club the clubhead should just fall to the ball. Looks like you are still trying to guide the clubhead, and have too much flip. The pitching move is more smooth.

Thanks. I will give that a try. I feel like my right arm is contributing too much. Too much hit thought. I even tried taking my right index finger off the grip and that helped a little. It did not help that I tried using this on the course the other day. I had a couple holes that I hit the ball back and forth across the green. I haven't done this since I started golf. I am going to stick with my COG method till I perfect this.

[dunlucedreams]

i know nothing.................but ......you could try to widen your stance by a 5 or 6 inches and move the ball back to the middle or a ball before the middle. feel like you are leading the club head with the back of your left hand.

works for me and gives nice crisp, ball first contact.....hope it may help you

[saevel25]

i know nothing.................but ......you could try to widen your stance by a 5 or 6 inches and move the ball back to the middle or a ball before the middle. feel like you are leading the club head with the back of your left hand.

works for me and gives nice crisp, ball first contact.....hope it may help you

Moving the ball back in the stance only promotes a steeper angle of attack. This in turn will required him to be even more accurate. A good pitch shot is played with the ball middle of the stance and forward, with a gliding motion to allow the bounce to engage the ground. The bounce then gives some clearance on mishits because it doesn't allow the club to get stuck in the ground because the leading edge isn't interacting with the ground.

When I play pitch shots the ball is off the inside of my right foot.

[dunlucedreams]

Moving the ball back in the stance only promotes a steeper angle of attack. This in turn will required him to be even more accurate. A good pitch shot is played with the ball middle of the stance and forward, with a gliding motion to allow the bounce to engage the ground. The bounce then gives some clearance on mishits because it doesn't allow the club to get stuck in the ground because the leading edge isn't interacting with the ground.

When I play pitch shots the ball is off the inside of my right foot.

i think its a feel and confidence thing. if he's flipping at it i would have thought that playing the ball ahead of the low point would be tough for him.

also it depends on what you want from the chip-using the bounce to get it airborne isnt going to give you that 'one bounce and check' type of shot - which would be my preference. perhaps i should have asked what type of chip shot he was after rather than offering an alternative thought.

my preference/feel/confidence provide r

[Abu3baid]

i think its a feel and confidence thing. if he's flipping at it i would have thought that playing the ball ahead of the low point would be tough for him.  also it depends on what you want from the chip-using the bounce to get it airborne isnt going to give you that 'one bounce and check' type of shot - which would be my preference. perhaps i should have asked what type of chip shot he was after rather than offering an alternative thought.:doh: my preference/feel/confidence provide[SIZE=13px]r[/SIZE] [SIZE=13px] [/SIZE][SIZE=13px][URL=http://thesandtrap.com/content/type/61/id/112473/] [/URL][/SIZE] [URL=http://thesandtrap.com/content/type/61/id/112474/] [/URL][URL=http://thesandtrap.com/content/type/61/id/112475/] [/URL][URL=http://thesandtrap.com/content/type/61/id/112476/] [/URL]

It does depend on what he is trying to play, if by flipping at it you mean the club head over taking the hands at the point of impact then this is going to happen naturally playing the pitch shot, not so much so playing the chip you are talking about..

[saevel25]

i think its a feel and confidence thing. if he's flipping at it i would have thought that playing the ball ahead of the low point would be tough for him.

also it depends on what you want from the chip-using the bounce to get it airborne isnt going to give you that 'one bounce and check' type of shot - which would be my preference. perhaps i should have asked what type of chip shot he was after rather than offering an alternative thought.

my preference/feel/confidence provider

The issue is, moving the ball back is counter intuitive. When you move the ball back the shaft lean is more forward. Now you have no lee way at all but to hit the ball first. Moving the ball back doesn't make it 100% certainty you will. In doing so most golfers will start to flip because they do not want to chunk it, so they try to nip it clean.

He's not practicing chipping, he's practicing pitching. For general short game shots you basically want to hit simple pitch shots. Those shots you do not want to have the leading edge coming into play.

[dunlucedreams]

The issue is, moving the ball back is counter intuitive. When you move the ball back the shaft lean is more forward. Now you have no lee way at all but to hit the ball first. Moving the ball back doesn't make it 100% certainty you will. In doing so most golfers will start to flip because they do not want to chunk it, so they try to nip it clean.

He's not practicing chipping, he's practicing pitching. For general short game shots you basically want to hit simple pitch shots. Those shots you do not want to have the leading edge coming into play.

that would indeed make all of my posts invalid

Doh!!!!!

[AbsoluteTruths]

I was trying to practice the style of pitching from this thread

[AbsoluteTruths]

Here is a couple swings both resulted in pull hooks. The first is a driver and the second with a 7i.

[iacas]

So no mention of your lesson with Mike? :-)

[AbsoluteTruths]

@iacas these videos were taken early this past week before I saw Mike. Yes it was great to be able to get a quick one on one lesson at gate 109.

I am going to use the tips he gave me and post some more video to see if I am getting it. I told him that I would post these ugly videos.