My Swing (Slinkee)

[slinkee]

I've been Playing Golf for: 8 years
My current handicap index or average score is: 12+, it's actually gotten worse it used to be a 9 then I started trying to "fix" my swing. 
My typical ball flight is: Push / Fade / Fat / Thin
The shot I hate or the "miss" I'm trying to reduce/eliminate is: Push, improve contact

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Videos: 

This is me in my yard just hitting some whiffle balls. A few things I'm working on is really trying to eliminate the hands. I read that it's the shoulders that open square and close the club face throughout the swing. Problem is, I know that I'm still handsy and armsy through out, I feel tension almost constantly. My problem I've had for my entire golf career here is an underneath swing plane and miss to the right and I just simply have run out of ideas to try and fix this and get on plane. It can't be that hard, right? Is there any hope for me here? I'm all out of ideas. 

 

Grip: 

 

 

[mchepp]

Many elements of your swing are really good. It is sorta hard to tell if you are on plane or below the plane because your videos are exactly in the right spot. 

Have you tried just strengthening your grip? It is pretty weak.

[slinkee]

To be honest, I've weakened it from about a week or so ago. It was a bit stronger, I may need to go back to that. 

[mdl]

Weight forward

[slinkee]

3 minutes ago, mdl said:

Weight forward

Like at address? Keep it forward?

[mvmac]

5 hours ago, slinkee said:

To be honest, I've weakened it from about a week or so ago. It was a bit stronger, I may need to go back to that. 

The amount it's turned isn't really the issue as much as it looks "palmy" in the left hand. More here.

 

4 hours ago, slinkee said:

Like at address? Keep it forward?

At impact. Look at Key #2 in this thread.

 

[Ernest Jones]

Like @mchepp said, lots of good stuff happening in your swing. Definitely need to work on your weight shift. It's very hard to keep swinging outwards when your weight is hanging back. Try stomping on an imaginary gas pedal (or crushing an empty beer can) with your lead foot to initiate the downswing. For some people that image can really help get the hips and weight transferring forward. This will also help eliminate the fat shots. 

[divot dave]

19 hours ago, mdl said:

Weight forward

hard to see with the lighting, but his weight forward looks decent IMO

[Ernest Jones]

53 minutes ago, divot dave said:

hard to see with the lighting, but his weight forward looks decent IMO

Hard to be 100% certain due to the camera angle, but I'd say he needs to get his weight WAY more forward at impact.

[Ernest Jones]

Should be more like this:

[slinkee]

Here's an update after working on my grip a little and 3-4 good range sessions working on getting my weight shifted. I know I probably still require a TON of work getting those hips laterally shifted but just wanting to see if it looks like I'm trending in the right direction. I've gained a horrible push / slice though. Not sure what's causing that. Any other glaring deficiencies in this swing? 

 

 

Edited March 11, 2016 by slinkee

[Mike Boatright]

Nice swing although I can see clearly in new down the line video that your face is shut going back and your plane is still underneath at impact leaving the face open resulting in pushes,smothered shots and ugly toe hits. The good news is your very close the bad news is your wrong in thinking you shouldn't use your hands in fact the hands are the core of your swing. Your swing is a bit smothered you stand a little to close the the ball and your hands are to low at address. Think of address as impact this is how you will return the head at impact. You need to fully rotate your hips through impact and fire through with your hands and arms in a free motion either slightly across the line or a hair on the inside this is what the pros do. Your right knee is a bit locked on the backswing as well it's causing a restricted swing and reverse pivot a bit. The cure is a better grip,stand up taller and 2 inches farther from the ball and possible opening your stance a bit to free up your right arm. Just before impact your right arm is stuck it's causing the push look at these photos to emulate

Edited March 12, 2016 by Mike Boatright