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Thank you for all the comments. I know I sometimes get the club to come back a little inside, I continual work on this all the time. I know that it has to be at least PART of the reason I dip so much, and flip. Also, as for the 2nd axis at impact. I understand the concept, and it makes sense. However can I really work on this? Or is it more of a by-product of a good swing? Just like lag correct? You cannot try to hold the wrist, lag happens at a physics level correct? Meaning that if I do things right before impact my hands will be even or slightly ahead of the club? Clearly it varies a bit from person to person, but I think the terms I remember hearing are 'late release' aka hogan, a 'random release' aka most tour pros, and a 'sweep release' aka what I am doing? However, in all of these, the wrist is never suppose to be minipulated right? Anyway, here is a video from today. I built a little thing to help me stay tall. Again, thank you for all the comments. I am sure with some more work I can get back there.

Hehe, its all about the short game. :) ..But going back to hitting it longer won't hurt!

Yes, I do see that. My downswing sequence is all out of whack. I start with my arms/shoulders. My lower body does not starting turning out of the way till a bit after, and idealy I know it should start before my arms/shoulders. It is something I need to work on. Again however I still think that staying the correct height will be a huge help. Thank you for the advice!

Thank you. That was a great informative post. As for the first thing. I already have plans to rig something up to keep my head against while I swing so I can stay a bit taller. I'll have to go through some trial and error to figure out a feeling or thought that will help with this. As for the second. I never took note of the spine angle leaning away for the target before. I always had the feeling of my right should spinning out of the way to get back toward the ball. Clearly not the best feeling, but since I was breaking par, I really cared less about what the swing looked like. I think that if I let my arms move passively and use my lower body/shoulders a bit more, this feeling may be easier to come by. Like you said, camera and trial and error will have to be a best friend. Again, thank you. As always, any more information is completely welcome.

Quote: Originally Posted by The Gill One of the major reasons you're loosing lag is that you're chicken winging your right arm from the top. That right elbow coming out is what is causing the casting action you have going on. The right elbow should try to lead you right hand. Yes, agreed. However will that make much of a difference if I am still dipping so much? Because won't my rise up still cause me to flip at impact? Quote: Regarding passively letting your arms fall back down, did you ever try pulling your arms back down trough the ball as fast as possible? Also, in the DTL view you look like you're, bear with me, "humping a goat". I was just made aware that I do that a bit in my swing. Yes I have done that, and actually have some video of me hitting knock-downs with a 8i half swing and I maintain a lot more lag, but not like I should be. What I mean is that my kinectic sequence is all out of whack. I am start down with my hands, it should be more like; 'Left shoulder and hips start to turn back toward the ball, right arm than tucks in, and hands are passively falling back toward the ball.' Not sure by what 'humping a goat' means? Losing my spine angle a bit? If that is what it means, again I think that comes from the dip off the ball. Quote: Another possibility is that you're shifting your weight back and forth as you swing, instead of distributing it as you swing. Meaning, your downswing, your body moves back, and your forward swing, your body moves back forward. This movement is slight in your video, but if you distribute that weight from more of a hip turn and keeping your head steady like you said, there will be less flipping. I think I understand what you are saying. However I feel like my weight shift is pretty good, except for the fact that in dipping my head I probably cause a lot of weight to go down into my right foot, not onto the hip/thigh/leg. Just taking a guess here. Again tho, I know the first step in this process has to be to maintain my height on the back swing. However I still cannot figure out why I am dipping so much? Any more thoughts are great. Thank you all very much for the help. P.S I will try to post the video of me hitting the knock-down shots in a little bit. P.P.S I should add that two years ago, when I was playing lights out. I had some video from my instructor of my swing, and we were working of lag at the time. He had something held up against my head to maintain my height in the backswing, and I retained a lot more lag into the ball. However I lost that video somewhere so I have no way to go back and compare.

Well first off, Hi everyone. My name is Chris. Unfortunately I need another set of eyes, or multiple sets in this case. I seem to have completely forgot how to swing a golf club. Now I should add that I am still playing great golf. However I am not at all happy with how I am swinging the club. So in this thread I will be doing exactly what the title says; Trying to get back to where I was a few years back. Now I am not sure how I crept into these bad habits or even why. But at this point it just does not matter. Currently I'm only hitting a driver 235ish, and a 7i 150ish. My old numbers were around 260ish, and 165ish. I never hit the ball extremely far, but I have no doubt lost distance. I've narrowed it down to a couple things in my swing. You can take a look at the video and tell me what you think. I appreciate anything anyone has to say. My thoughts on the swing; 1: Right off the ball to half way back, my head is dipping at least 5 inches. I am 98% sure this is why I am flipping a bit and losing my lag. However I cannot exactly figure out why I am dipping so much. My shoulders seem to turn at a 90 degree angle to my spine, NOT to the ground. 2: Coming down, I am clearly coming from the outside a bit, so again not helping that cause of flipping. 3: I know I need to turn a bit more from the top and passively let my arms fall back down, however I think until I correct the dip, this won't make much of a difference. Please take a look at the video link at the bottom. I am considering rigging something up to put up against my head while I swing so I keep my height, since I don't have anyone to hold something there for me. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0tp0TF01gro