Uncomfortable swing change?

[Coldspiderrave]

Hi everyone! I'm new here and have been lurking for about a month. Love the site. I had a question. Been playing about a year and still figuring my swing out. I've had a lot of help and think I found a good swing. It looks decent on video and it shows good results occasionally. It seems more like a golf swing, than what I've been doing. I've heard that during a swing change, sometimes you shouldn't expect great results at first. I played 18 today. I threw away my score card after 3 holes. I didn't want to get distracted by focusing on scoring well. I played many second shots and made sure to keep my swing consistent to my new change. I had a lot of encouraging results, and some bad ones. But I feel good about it cause I feel like I'm "doing it right." I realize there are many different ways to skin a cat but this new swing seems more fundamentally sound. Swing is more on plane, right elbow is a bit tighter, etc. Is it normal to get mixed results during a swing change?

[boogielicious]

Hi everyone! I'm new here and have been lurking for about a month. Love the site.

I had a question. Been playing about a year and still figuring my swing out. I've had a lot of help and think I found a good swing. It looks decent on video and it shows good results occasionally. It seems more like a golf swing, than what I've been doing.

I've heard that during a swing change, sometimes you shouldn't expect great results at first. I played 18 today. I threw away my score card after 3 holes. I didn't want to get distracted by focusing on scoring well. I played many second shots and made sure to keep my swing consistent to my new change. I had a lot of encouraging results, and some bad ones. But I feel good about it cause I feel like I'm "doing it right." I realize there are many different ways to skin a cat but this new swing seems more fundamentally sound. Swing is more on plane, right elbow is a bit tighter, etc.

Is it normal to get mixed results during a swing change?

Yes it is normal. I takes a while for the changes to become permanent and even then, you still have to work at it.

I would advice posting video of your swing in the Member Swings section.  There you can track your improvement.

[newtogolf]

Yes, I'm going through a swing change and feel the same way.  The key is if you believe the swing change is beneficial you have to stick with it even if it feels uncomfortable.

[cedrictheo]

If it's not uncomfortable you probably haven't changed anything. As far as results generally when making a change my good shots are better and my bad shots are worse. I've found it takes at least 3 weeks for a change to become ingrained enough that it happens unconsciously...

[Lihu]

Yes, I'm going through a swing change and feel the same way.  The key is if you believe the swing change is beneficial you have to stick with it even if it feels uncomfortable.

I have been spending the last two months getting comfortable with this new swing of mine, and my scores are terrible. The only reason why I stuck with it is that I hit way farther than I have ever imagined without injuring myself. It is obviously a more natural swing for me, but I was just not used to it.

[Grinde6]

I decided to go see a PGA Professional the middle of last summer after being sick of fading/slicing everything.  It wasn't a terrible ball flight, but I wanted to draw the ball to get more distance.  It was hard to stick with it, but I figured I payed the money so I might as well stick it out and see where it gets me.  I went from shooting 75-78 to shooting a couple rounds of 85-86-96, and these were in tournaments.  I was so frustrated I almost went back to the old way, but I was drawing the ball nicely and stuck with it.  My last 5 rounds of the year were 9 hole rounds since in North Dakota it gets dark at just after 6 in the fall went 36-33-32-32-35 on a par 36.  Just hit balls on the range today for the first time this year and my ball flight is a draw, and I can now work it both ways, excited for the season to start.  So to make a long story short I would say to stick with it, it will get better, it just takes time and range balls.

[trickyputt]

Hi everyone! I'm new here and have been lurking for about a month. Love the site. I had a question. Been playing about a year and still figuring my swing out. I've had a lot of help and think I found a good swing. It looks decent on video and it shows good results occasionally. It seems more like a golf swing, than what I've been doing. I've heard that during a swing change, sometimes you shouldn't expect great results at first. I played 18 today. I threw away my score card after 3 holes. I didn't want to get distracted by focusing on scoring well. I played many second shots and made sure to keep my swing consistent to my new change. I had a lot of encouraging results, and some bad ones. But I feel good about it cause I feel like I'm "doing it right." I realize there are many different ways to skin a cat but this new swing seems more fundamentally sound. Swing is more on plane, right elbow is a bit tighter, etc. Is it normal to get mixed results during a swing change?

If it is major it takes me about 3 months to internalize a change to the point of owning it.