PatrickBateman

I mean I haven't been here for well over a month because I couldn't play and wanted to stay away from the game...I went to the range for the first time and posted my swing here. There were no ill intentions but since it's such a problem I'll just see myself out. Thanks for being such a douche bag about it though

Well that's your right to feel that way

I really like that video series, I've seen you post it in other threads. They keep things pretty simple. I recently made my swing steeper because I was hitting thin a lot, I think I may have over done it. I'm coming back off of an oblique tear and my ball striking is horrible, I really don't remember the last time it was this inconsistent.

I[quote name="Phil McGleno" url="/t/81780/my-swing-patrickbateman/30#post_1180251"]I am sure you would get more help if you posted in other threads besides the one where you get free help @PatrickBateman [/quote] Is that to say I am taking advantage of someone/something?

Hey guys, I'm just coming off of an injury and getting back to work. The steeper shoulder plane on the backswing I seem to be able to do and repeat. I know what it feels like and have a pretty good handle on it. What I cant seem to stop doing is humping goats everywhere I go ...I've watched countless videos on it and have seen a few different opinions. Mark Crossfield says the majority of the time he sees it the handle is also high at impact. He says that if you have more of a sidearm motion into the ball it typically takes care of itself (loosely maybe even poorly paraphrased). Mvmac please help!! I don't usually hit balls that fast at the range, just trying to get a video. Thanks all Edit: What I failed to get across is that I have heard countless opinions on what to do/how to fix it...Haven't really had any luck with anything.

When my shoulders go flat it's death for my swing. When I have my shoulders how they are here I hold the line a lot better, you really nailed it mvmac, absolutley crucial. This position at the top of the backswing seems to yield the best results, when my shoulders go flat everything goes wrong, my ass leaves the line, everything

This is a pic from my phone today while I was working on not lunging. I'll get a video the next time I get an opportunity.

I'll grab a video ASAP

It's defintley not second nature yet but more often than not the swing is "shorter" because of how my shoulders are...when I draw a line on my head it's pretty much there until after impact, before I was raising out of my posture at the top of the swing which was addressed in this thread. Should I not move on until that is completley engrained?

Even in the first pics I feel like my left side should kind of be crossing over the line

I'm having some trouble maintaining my spine angle during the downswing. The problem is the typical lunge toward the ball instead of clearing my hips and staying "on the line" (pics below). I have looked up some videos and am having a hard time finding worthwhile drills for this. I've been standing in front of the mirror trying to bring my left back pocket "back" or in essence bumping my hips to initiate the downswing. I'm looking for some drills that will help me with this. Here are some pics to better illustrate what I am rambling about. The first two pics I managed to stay on the line but I kept taking videos until I lunged so I can show you guys. Impact: Post impact: Here is where I leave the line and lunge toward the ball Impact:

I re-read what you initially posted about it. I really need to fix it because I see the correlation with my head coming up/down. I feel like when I have it fully ingrained it's going to make a big difference ball striking wise.

Yeah, this is now at the top of my list since my grip seems to be taken care of. It's not engrained enough yet to the point of not really thinking about it.

I always noticed that my left foot kind of spins out but I just recently noticed that it's after impact. Do you guys have any tips on how to roll over my left foot more?

In my experiance I was much better served tweaking my swing with a pro. That same pro also weakened my grip considerably and I have been striking the ball pretty consistently. I think strengthening a grip that's already strong is just a band aid in a way (I did the same).I would never consider using the grip I use now when I was slicing, but now the majority of my shots are draws and I don't really need to worrying about slicing.

Quick question, have you been strengthening your grip in hopes of getting rid of the slice/more fade spin than you want shots? I used to always do that and now my grip is as weak as it has even been and I am very very rarely slicing the ball (other swing changes helped as well).

So I guess I decided to abandon my more efficient backswing/spine angle today at the range lol. The funny thing is that this was by far my best range session of the season so far, the worst that happened was the ball not turning on draws/fades and even then the result was not far off target. I do need to make sure my shoulders are in a better position at the top of the backswing though. 9 iron DTL: 5 iron DTL:

I don't think you are getting full extension after impact. If you hold your club toward the target with your left arm only and then rotate your body so you can also grab the club with your right that will probably give you a decent idea of where you want to be after impact. You'll also notice that you won't be able to grab the club with your right hand unless you rotate.

Wow I usually do, or at least I think I usually do. The camera doesn't lie though, have to remember to do that...that post is a good read by the way, thanks.

I think there's a difference in this picture, mvmac what do you think?

Hey guys, I've been working on a few things recently so I figured I'd post them here for some thoughts/feedback. Here I am working on holding my angle longer into impact and making sure I don't cast: Here is a pic closer to impact: Another thing I've been working on is that in an effort to keep my ball from going left I would "chicken wing" through impact. Here I am trying to have better extension: One of the major things I have been working on is the club face at the top of the backswing, I previously had it completely shut, I've been trying to keep it more neutral...Here are some before and afters: Before: After: Also in that last pic I think I am creeping toward that ideal spine angle that was discussed (or at least I hope)

Is there a technical reason to not do it with the distance clubs? I do it all the way down to my 3 iron, but I don't with 3w/Driver

Sorry about that, still a little new here. Yeah I'll be posting these on my current my swing from now on.

For whatever reason the early wrist action seems to give me a closed face at impact producing a decent draw as of late. The 2nd part I'm very interested in, do you have any videos/reading/etc on that. I want to fold my right arm as efficiently as possible.

I have been setting my wrists early with my irons and have experianced a bit of success lately...actually a lot of success. My face stays pretty closed as well and I have had a nice draw on many of my shots, pretty rare to slice a long iron now as well. Any thoughts on this? Anyone say nay? Just curious really...The whole video is at the bottem ADDRESS (Just worked out my posture a little bit since this picture, head is down more to encourage proper rotation BEGINNING OF WRIST SET WRISTS SET