Posture ... how to determine it

[Das_onionknight]

So this morning I was watching some videos and went out to the back yard to work on swing and a question popped into my head. 

How does on really know if they are bent over at address properly? Keep in mind I am 6'7" and I am worried that I am to up right. Is there a feel that is experienced? I can be upright and end up in a strong balanced finish but I can also bend way over and have the same balanced finish. 

I swear a swing video is coming just haven't had time to hit the range yet I was just looking for thoughts. 

On a side note. I hear in the down swing there is a slide of the buttons. Martin Hall on the Golf Channel had a great white board drill but then I watch other address down swing and don't offer the same advice or don't address this shift towards the target at all. So I am also wondering is there a shift and at what point does it happen? 

[saevel25]

16 minutes ago, Das_onionknight said:

How does on really know if they are bent over at address properly? Keep in mind I am 6'7" and I am worried that I am to up right. Is there a feel that is experienced? I can be upright and end up in a strong balanced finish but I can also bend way over and have the same balanced finish. 

Being 6'7" do you have properly fitted clubs for you?

Ping will give you a good base to start at. At 6'7" you probably need +1 to +1.5" in length over Ping's stock option. Having poorly fitted clubs will make it difficult to get into a good posture. 

 

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I would check out this thread below. Basically you want to be in a relaxed position. You do not want an arched lower back. 

 

22 minutes ago, Das_onionknight said:

On a side note. I hear in the down swing there is a slide of the buttons. Martin Hall on the Golf Channel had a great white board drill but then I watch other address down swing and don't offer the same advice or don't address this shift towards the target at all. So I am also wondering is there a shift and at what point does it happen? 

This is hard to understand. Please elaborate more clearly what you are asking? 

[Valleygolfer]

A good example in my opinion is Adam Scott.

[Das_onionknight]

1 hour ago, saevel25 said:

Being 6'7" do you have properly fitted clubs for you?

Yeah I was fitted for my driver and my irons, at the time it was all I could afford while I was replacing 40 dollar Kijiji clubs. Since then I have added 3 and 5 wood's and gap, sand and lob wedges but they were bought from the shelf because of price. But the most used clubs that I have have been fitted.

What I was trying to say was that Martin Hall took an upright white board and drew two lines vertically parallel to each other like --> I       I. Then he stood in between the lines. His right hip touched on line and the second line was about 6 inches away. when he replicated his down swing with his back to the white board he emphasised a horizontal shift so his left hip slip over to meet the line leaving a new space from the line on hot right hip that was previously touching. 

I can see it in my head and I apologise I can not explain it better. In the end he was discussing a shift of the hips in the down swing but I have heard other talk about swinging in a barrel and I don't understand how that works. If I swing in a barrel I could not achieve compression on the ball with forward shaft lean nor could I bottom out my swing arch past the ball. Id there was no shift I would bottom out at impact. I was just hoping for a little clarity on that shift or whether you swing in a barrel without hip movement. 

56 minutes ago, Valleygolfer said:

A good example in my opinion is Adam Scott.

The problem with this is that Adam Scott in thin and can flatten out his swing plane while I have a big belly and flat swings cause me to hit the belly but an upright swing can't happen because of shoulder injury and limits raising my arms that high. So I thought about experimenting with more of a forward lean in order to clear my belly with my arms in the down swing.