Head in front of ball at impact

[HawkeyeDan]

Hey everyone, I have a problem. I have been struggling with a snap hook or an off the planet block this season. Since its cold outside, I have taken two lessons with the hope of fixing my action. I have access to an indoor driving range over the winter, so although not ideal, I at least have somewhere I can take full swings and attempt to ingrain some new habits. I do not have video to share, but my instructor does and I have seen myself on video a bunch of times. I have a bad habit - great position at the top of the backswing, textbook according to my instructor, but I tend to start the downswing with my upper body leaning to the target. This means at impact my head is slight in front of the ball - not massively so, about right ear level with the ball. I play righty. So my sequence from the top is begin to lean towards the target, change my swing plane, cast, and then based on my timing the balls flies offline with a two way miss. Most days left of left, pull hooks. What drills can I do to stop this? We have strengthened my grip, worked on address position (which is good) and try to consciously keep my head back. I don't lunge as much, but still do some. What should I do? Any tips or drills to help? According to my instructor I not overswinging on the backswing. To make things more interesting, I am a natural lefty golfing righty. When I set up lefty, its not as big of an issue. I cant hit the ball, but if the work fixing my swing would be long and involved, I would consider switching to the left side. Same amount of work required? Willing to try anything!

[mvmac]

  HawkeyeDan said:

What drills can I do to stop this? We have strengthened my grip, worked on address position (which is good) and try to consciously keep my head back. I don't lunge as much, but still do some.

What should I do? Any tips or drills to help? According to my instructor I not overswinging on the backswing.

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[HawkeyeDan]

Thanks for the video, the golfer on the left could have been me! How long does something like this typically take to fix? Will I be fighting this for a while, or does a typical student get this fixed pretty quickly in general?

[mvmac]

  HawkeyeDan said:

Thanks for the video, the golfer on the left could have been me! How long does something like this typically take to fix? Will I be fighting this for a while, or does a typical student get this fixed pretty quickly in general?

It depends on how you go about practicing it. It's tough for me to say how long because I've never seen your swing so I don't know what your tendencies are. Good thread for you to check out