My Swing (Shan77)

[Shan77]

I've been Playing Golf for: 

After not playing at all for about 10 years, I’ve been playing about 6 weeks. I have played since I was about 9 years old though, and I played college golf. 

I’m 40 now, and I’m just getting back into it. I have more distance off the tee now than I did in college. I’m really enjoying that. I was an extremely short hitter in college. I always had a great short game. That’s slowly coming back. 

My current handicap index or average score is: just establishing a handicap, but I’m shooting around 85 from white tees. 

My typical ball flight is: draw or hook 

The shot I hate or the "miss" I'm trying to reduce/eliminate is: a fat/heavy left shot. So frustrating. Hurts my left wrist too. 

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[RandallT]

Welcome to TST!

The video links don’t seem to work- can you make sure they are public?  Once that’s settled, I can assist with getting the main topic videos embedded correctly.

In the meantime, here is is a great resource to find some good reading that you’ll find relevant for how swing threads work around here.

 

[Shan77]

Thank you so much. I think I fixed it. 

[RandallT]

1 hour ago, Shan77 said:

Thank you so much. I think I fixed it. 

That worked, so I’ve kinda resaved the main post so you’ll see those links now show up as embedded videos now.

At the instructional content link I posted, you’ll see a couple good links at the top:

1. Filming the swing. We like to see down the line and face on angles, in particular.  That helps the instructors (I’m not one) with a standard perspective and the angles mean more for analysis. 

2. So you joined TST and have a swing thread. That’s helpful to see how to get folks to join in and contribute here.

Anyway, good luck. Your swing looks nice and controlled to me. Your head motion looks good, centered turn, weight gets forward. Those are the basics I look for. But without the standard angles, I’m also just guessing. 

A couple questions for you:

1. Do you have an instructor? 

2. What specifically are you working on right now when you practice?

Also at the link above is a thread about the 5 S’s of practice (slow, short, specific, simple, etc). It’s a good resource on how to practice your priority when it is identified. So I was wondering if you have an instructor who has identified your priority, or if you’re hoping someone here will help identify it.

Good luck!