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I've been Playing Golf for: Around 6 years on and off (play baseball as well so tough to get in a lot of rounds)

My current handicap index or average score is: 20

My typical ball flight is: Straight with irons (mostly) but fade or slice with driver

The shot I hate or the "miss" I'm trying to reduce/eliminate is: Would love to stop slicing

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Any help is greatly appreciated :)

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Welcome to the site. I'd like to see the head be more steady on the backswing. When it moves this much it's going to cause problems with contact and path.

Two things for you to work on the make it better.

- Get the eyes/chin down more at address. Part of the head going down during the backswing is an adjustment to try and see the ball more clearly.

- Next piece is the takeaway, club is loading low and in. This can "pull" the head down and back. Will also help with your slice if the shaft is more "balanced" on the backswing. It doesn't have to look exactly like the right but it gives you a general idea. Check out this video.

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Thanks for the tips Mike! Very helpful! In regards to my takeaway, are there any drills you particularly like?

I'll include these to go along with the feels described in the Evolvr/Fowler video.

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Well I've been doing some practicing at the range and seems like my head is more still. Swing plane still sets me up for a slice tho so much more work still needed but that was to be expected! Was wondering if my setup and posture is good?

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Was wondering if my setup and posture is good?

Would like to see that lower back soften.

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I took a break from the site to really focus on keeping the head still. Still some movement but better than before. Also worked on producing a more in-to-out swing path. Lower back still has a little "S" shape to it as well. Sorry about the camera angle, I know it's a little off center :/

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Keep an eye on that posture/lower back. Making that softer will also help your alignment, your shoulders are left of the hips/knees/feet.

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Wow I hadn't even noticed that, will definitely work on that. Thank you!

Getting the posture better is also going to help with the pivot stuff you're working on.

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That makes sense. Is there anything else pertaining to my posture that needs tweaking? Besides softening the lower back

And shoulder/feet alignment :)

That's enough for now. Work on changing the picture and film it.

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It's 50 degrees here in Minnesota (woo!!) so I thought I would take a quick video of my swing and see how its progressing over the winter months... Looks like the shaft is much more vertical when my left arm is parallel in the backswing (working on this to help create more of an in-to-out swing path). Also, my head seems a little more stable in the backswing. Let me know what you guys think :)

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I can't offer to much technical advice here because you don't need a whole lot being your an athlete. My suggestion to you is to go EXTREME!!! Yes bust out the driver play it off your left heel and make a crazy exaggerated hook swing which is kinda very inside to a pull swing feeling. Minimize this a bit until you get a draw. Basically your body gets used to certain things and doesn't know how to perform what your mind want's I do this all the time on the range with big slices hooks etc.. It's retrains your mind and it's great because you care about nothing when doing this and accuracy impact and direction become irrelevant. Trust me 15 or so snap hooks will allow you to eventually understand how to hit a draw,. Follow the above advice for better fundamentals but this goes beyond that and works especially great for athletes who understand that golf is a reactionary sport.

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Thanks Mike, great advice!! I feel sometimes I think a little too much about fundamentals and forget about the feels! On a side note, I have had the dreaded shanks off and on with short irons mostly and I know that usually comes from a drastic out to in swing path resulting in a hosel hit so is that what is happening with me?

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