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  On 11/3/2023 at 5:46 AM, phillyk said:

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I’d say you are too close to the ball. Arm hang is negative here, which isn’t the end of the world but your swing also looks like you are close. Try getting the hands either directly under the shoulder or slightly in front. It will give you more room to swing and turn. 

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Now you say it’s so obvious. I’m just getting so blinded by everything downswing that I completely overlooked that, this is definitely a common fault I fall back into over the year. 
 

you got any thoughts on downswing (getting open)?


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In transition, your club face is open. The face should be parallel with lead arm, or if anything slightly skyward pointing (closed).

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The hands and club are too far behind the body turn here. The body and chest ends up open (cleared) at impact, like you are working on. But, in this swing, the club fell behind too much.

Feeling good connection with turn is hard. Could come from many different body areas. I’d say work on your connection more, between hands and chest on downswing. 

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