My Swing (Golfdad2014)

[Golfdad2014]

Went to the range with my son yesterday. worked on hip turn whenever he would let me take a swing. 

[Golfdad2014]

dtl view of some of my swings from a couple weeks ago. Pre wall drill advice. 

[Golfdad2014]

I have been working hard on the body turn since I started this thread. Going to go out and play today. Saw this video online and it really resonated with me and some of my issues. 

 

[Golfdad2014]

I have been working hard on my hip turn but haven't had an opportunity to get out  to practice. 

I have noticed that the more I work on the hip turn the more my head drops in the back swing. I think of it like doing a squat in the gym. My upper body goes forward the more behind me my hips go. 

 

[Golfdad2014]

feel like my hip turn is getting better. Hoping this shows that. 

[Golfdad2014]

It was a beautiful day today so I went to the range. I had the best range session of the offseason. I am still king distance control right now but my contact with all of my irons was on point throughout 75% of session. 

I feel like my hip turn is starting to feel good. Still sliding forward more than I would like but today felt much better. 

Edited April 9, 2017 by Golfdad2014

[Golfdad2014]

Went out and played yesterday after taking a lesson. I felt like my swing was as good as it has been in months. 

He got me swinging more left, got me to tilt right a little more at address, and working on my hip turn. 

When I struck the ball well the ball was traveling about 10 yards farther with my irons. Didn't push a single drive right. Really felt like I had control of my start lines. 

It's only one lesson and will take time ingrain the movements. I'm encouraged by my progress. 

http://www.hudl.com/technique/video/view/ShddjnCX

 

[Golfdad2014]

Are people allergic to responding to my thread?

[phillyk]

16 minutes ago, Golfdad2014 said:

Are people allergic to responding to my thread?

Most people look at videos and watch how people progress, but some will refrain from responding if you take regular lessons, because we don't want to throw contradicting advice in there.  

Just a brief look at the recent videos, I like your swing for the most part.  You bring club a little low on back-swing but you start down-swing on a good line.  The swing path follows your chest aim which is normal, but your feet are closed to that line.  That setup may be a cause of pushes with drive and not swinging left as you might be able to.  That stance can limit the turn, unless you have overly active hips.

[Golfdad2014]

The feet closed to my line is definitely an issue I'm trying to address. The longer the club the more my start line goes right. During my most recent lesson I got myself hitting the ball more where I was aiming. 

Thank you for your feedback. 

[phillyk]

5 minutes ago, Golfdad2014 said:

The feet closed to my line is definitely an issue I'm trying to address. The longer the club the more my start line goes right. During my most recent lesson I got myself hitting the ball more where I was aiming. 

Thank you for your feedback. 

Take an alignment stick or golf club and place it a couple inches in front of your feet and then aim.  Take the club your about to hit with and place it on your chest to see if its parallel to the alignment stick.  Lastly, move your knees and arms around until they feel loose and square with those lines, then swing away.  

Another way is to flare your left foot out to the left.  It doesn't align it, it just allows easier turning to the left.

[iacas]

8 hours ago, Golfdad2014 said:

Are people allergic to responding to my thread?

FWIW, a single swing in slow motion is better than a 5:00 video of regular speed.

[Golfdad2014]

I usually try to post videos in slow mo but I've had issue with posting them to youtube. I'll get more slow mo vids the next time I practice.