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I get my numbers from the local Golfsmith. They have one of the monitors that takes pictures of the ball. I don't think that they read the club so swingspeed, AoA, smash are guessed at right? Ball speed and spin should be fairly accurate. I usually average between 165-170. The only way I have ever got spin down was using some dudes custom 6 degree with a crazy xx flex shaft. But I don't want a driver like that. I want to fix me. All I am asking is by dropping my hands would this help? In theory the plane would be shallower but I don't know what that will do to spin and launch.

Would effectively lowering my hands at impact as opposed to the several inches highr I am now at impact lower spin with the driver? I only have video of a 6 iron but even with it I'm way higher at impact. I tried hitting some with that thought today and hit it solid but I don't know what it would do to spin or launch angle. (hit into net today) I probably average 165 ball speed but my spin is 3500-4k. With lower hands wouldnt that mean i am coming in more shallow? Hogan and Norman were pretty much the same height at impact right? There seems to be some uncertainty about this on several sites. What do y'all think?

I've been down to a 1 before, couple years ago when I was playing 4 times a week. My problem has always been that I hit 2 balls OB everyround and come in with a double or worse most the time. If I could get rid of my really bad misses I can get low again. I keep track with golf shot and my scoring is good, usually 2 to 3 birdies a round and a few bogeys. Mix that with two doubles and thats where my handicap gets hurt the worst. I do think I need to stand up a little more and maybe narrow my stance a little. Old habits die hard. In the november video there is an OTT move but it is only to get back on plane. When I put the most recent swing with lines on it the club stays dead on from what I have always thought was on plane. I think i just have to groove it now, but I still wonder about the right arm straightening out as a good thought or not?

You and I have a pretty similar swing. I just posted mine for critique on the forum so I won't bother here but I will say that I have always drug the club inside and also been at the crossroads with how much I wanted to pursue correct plane on the way back. I think that when your practicing and playing a lot you can get away with it, but for me the point of changing is to get better on my bad days - when I dont have the brain power/coordination to overcome the downfalls in my swing. You get it simplified down to control those bad days. I have watched a ton of videos on take away and release but this one about the take away really clicked in my head. The guy talks about actually picking the club up, which all you ever hear is how bad that is. I dont think I am picking it up, but once you get the hang of it, and the arm rotation out of it, it seems much more simple. I feel like Furyk, but it gets me on plane. I have committed this winter to fixing my flaws. It only takes about 20 hrs to ingrain a new move, and by the looks of it you can put in 20 on it in no time. Looking good.

Just joined up. Posted this on another site but haven't received a lot of feedback. Thought I would try you guys out. Any help is appreciated. Update on things I have been working on. Not moving off so much with my head, bumping the hips, backswing path. Its coming along ok, still looking to clean up some things. I hope to have most things worked out before summer. Last week I watched a video from Lynn Blake about hitting vs swinging, and I would have to say hitting makes more sense to me. I always thought I was a swinger but I guess not. I dont know why I never looked into the differences but I was poking around on the interwebz today and hit on some of his stuff. Although I dont know any of the stuff behind TGM I find myself watching more videos and looking for drills by TGM guys. Back to Lynn Blake, I tried to do the move he described with the right arm pushing down and through to straight today and through 50 balls I didnt have my thin miss once. Also didnt feel like I flipped any but my phone doesn't pick up all the frameswhen it is not perfect lighting outside, so its hard to see. I guess the thought on this was to try and straighten my right arm at impact infront of me. Dont have a monitor to see what this might be doing to the numbers but I can tell there is a flatter spot through the hitting area instead of just a bottom. I spin the ball a ton, probably from the movement I have forward that caused me to get steep. I also saw a video about the take away that really helped clarify backswing movement. Although it feels like I'm looping it Furyk style I am actually getting close to ideal plane. What do you guys think? Video from today Video from a while back Lynn Blake hitting vs swinging golf swing takeaway vid that helped me