My Swing (Pats10)

[Pats10]

I've been Playing Golf for: 4.5years
My current handicap index or average score is: 5.8
My typical ball flight is: fade/slice
The shot I hate or the "miss" I'm trying to reduce/eliminate is: fade/slice. i know my swing has a very flat takeaway, however it has never served as much of an issue. I used to be able to have a nice draw or fade on the ball at command, however now all my swings come way from the outside, and I have no shot at hitting a draw, only hooks. Ive lost a ton of distance, no matter what I do I cant seem to get the feeling of hitting the ball from the inside anymore. Not that I necessarily want to get rid of the fade, I just know that I can strike the ball much better by attacking from the inside.

 

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Videos: video 1 swing starts at 14 sec, video 2 starts at 21 sec. thanks for the help

 

 

 

 

Edited November 24, 2017 by Pats10

[SunkTheBirdie]

You aren't hinging your wrists !

 

 

 

 

I think the key to your improvement will be a better takeaway.   You've sucked the club so far inside and under the plane I think you can't recover from here.   Wrist hinge is demonstrated like this.   Setup to the ball.  Cock your wrists to try to hit your head with your golf shaft.  That's wrist hinge. 

The lack of wrist hinge is quite pronounced.

A6:  hands behind the turn.  

 

 

[OGLP]

I would agree that there is a reverse pivot at the top of the swing. The head is actually sliding back through impact. This can be the cause of your fade/slice.

It will be tough to get the draw working for you if you do not have that lateral shift towards the target.

I like this example of Adam Scott. He takes a full shoulder turn and loads up onto his right side and gets his weight going towards the target on the downswing. His whole upper and lower body is unwinding with a lateral shift towards the target.

It is my opinon that there will be some head movement in the golf swing and the head can not stay entirly still. Don't worry about having a little head shift to the left.

[iacas]

Plenty of PGA Tour players have their heads moving slightly back during the downswing. A reverse pivot, a true one, is where the weight is going. Forward, then back. His weight is not back during the downswing.

I agree, though, that the head position at A4 is not ideal. Reverse axis tilt, if you want to use a phrase with "reverse" in it, is present.

And @OGLP, you know better re: the signature.