JaNiclas

I figured out that in some shots my left arm had the tendance to do the chicken wing a little bit and on bad shots I recognized my upper body did not turn enough. So In the past couple of sessions I started working on a more connected follow through and finish. now if I want to achievea descent finish I am forced to turn my upper body properly and my left arm is really staying close to my left side Although I have the feeling that this new finish would make me shorter, if at all, the opposite is the case. It only feels shorter since its more compact but due to the compact follow through I feel more control over the ball and the ball contact is also a lot crisper.

So this happened today, got the feeling I am getting to the target site more easy and that contact improved quite a lot. Ballfight is still pretty neutral which is nice. Got a pretty descent feeling about the swing at the moment. But as usual, I am always open for drills or ways to improve :D Thanks a lot for your help

@mvmac cool, perfect I will try it, but i guess I won't have much trouble with that position, because I think thats actually somewhat the position I was in before I tried to get my right shoulder turn more back But I will try the drill anyhow :)

@mvmac Wow cool, really nice comparison, I guess My upper body got a little bit more upright when I was trying to get my right shoulder a little bit more back as well. I probably need to develop the feeling of turning into my right side. Finally some new pieces I can work on during the preparation of the season. I really appreciate all your help, awesome! Thanks so much.

Ok, this morning I tried the wall drill and hit some balls into the net and guess what @mvmac again a super good and easy drill which I guess really helps to get to my left side. additionally I tried out to make my transition smoother and develop the feeling to start accelerating a little bit later in the downswing. I had the impression I was hitting it as good as never so I had to go to the range and check out the actual ball flight. It was crazy due to the smoother transition I got the feeling of swinging with less power in a better rhythm but still the ball went super long. I brought only my 5 iron, but that went carry to a flag which stands at about 175meter so 190 yards. Really crazy feeling since I did not have the feel to swing it hard.

@mdl Yeah, I see your point and its a good one too. Thanks so much for your input :) I just tried it a little and by straightening the back leg more pushes the rest of my lower body more actively towards the target. Quite I nice move indeed. But I guess in order to build that into my swing I really need to do all the other parts 100% naturally, so I can totally focus on it. At my point those pieces are still in the fine tuning category.

@mvmac cool, I will try that, hopefully again one of your very effective drills :) I guess, turning the hips more around with less sway will get me better to the target side as well. @mdl du you mean more like a squat move? I guess I understand what you mean. The thing is, I don't want to have to many "construction sites" at once. I did quite a lot of changes in takeaway, plane and path in order to fight the pull recently. Plus I am trying to reduce the early release. I guess I am only able to work on one, max two pieces at the time so I will try tighten these changes and try out the hip drill of mvmac. And when I got that right I will address the leg/knee movement. Its definitely on the list, never ending story that golf swing :D But its awesome fun

Ok this early release and the overall picture of the swing yesterday didn't let me sleep well :P so I went out into the rain and tried to grind it some more, and guess what I like the results, so good sleep tonight :P Less early release, follow through more fluent Bad camera angle and as well slightly toe hit but more lag, and more fluent then yesterdays :D

All day it was raining over here in Germany but thank god when I left uni it stopped. Usually its the other way round :P So time for a quick training session. I filmed both front and back. Unfortunately the angle of the back view is a little bit offline. My goal is to really get a feel for the swing and to make it really smooth so it will be pressure resistent as well. Although playing wise I really got it going, in some situation its getting to hectic and I tend to fall back into old patterns. I guess to one point thats kind of normal and takes time on the other hand I want it as fast as possible what is also kind of normal for my personality :P But I mean thats maybe the psychologic lesson I get for free :P @iacas The thing what I really still want to improve is the release, I would love to hold the lag angle just a little longer but I don't get it.

@iacas unfortunately I only got an old front on view from November. I will film a recent one soon. The last month I put the focus more on plane and path to get rid of the pulled shots which fortunately seems to work quite well with the right "feelings"

Hey guys happy new year to all of you! I am still working on the drills mvmac sent me, really really good if someone has difficulties with the right shoulder turn and dipping of the head. In order to cure the pull shot which occurs when I am trying to hit it really hard or pressure I added a little bit more of an insight hand path in my takeaway but allowing the club still to be on the outside and forward of the hands. This then helps in transition to keep the club "behind". As well I am using the image, of a wall behind me on which I am trying to pull the club along for as long as possible. With those in mind I can really go for it and have the security not to pull it :D

I tried out a drill I saw on youtube, really worth giving it a try to get a good feeling for transition an weight shift. I am doing my backswing with a very narrow stance and as soon as I reach the top, I step into the downswing.

Hey thanks again for the good drills! Got the feeling they are improving balance and rhythm quite well :)

yeah on the backswing I guess the problem is my left knee, it won't get forward towards the ball enough :( In the downswing and follow through the hips are opening and I am getting to the left side without any problems.

It seems to be really hard to open up my hips without losing much of my balance somehow, was trying to give it all I can yesterday but didn't change much after all :(

Cool, yeah my hips are quite passiv in the backswing, good idea! I will try to get the hips and legs a little more active in the backswing and see how this works out for me. Here is an other front on view.

Little swing update :D

As it was sunny this afternoon here in Germany I took the chance to work on the swing again. I was doing almost slowmotion swings putting the focus on technique and rhytmn. I have the feeling that really helped the smoothness of the swing. Did you guys have similar experience with slowmotion swings?

And an other view from the front

Hey guys just a little update after 3 months of not playing due to a ruptured adductor muscle fibre :( I am starting the ball a bit more to the right trying to have little draw shape, miss is the push which is then not coming back anymore. What do you think of the swing? Any idea?

Tired it today and it feels less stressed Quality of the shots was the equal, but it feels less stressed for sure. I am wondering if that isn't already to much of a C-posture?

Actually it is not really pain but more that the limber region gets tight and then I am not able to correctly turn the hips anymore. It is actually more range of motion or mobility. I am sure a better posture will be less stress for the back. In order to improve my physic and posture and of power as well, I started doing squats, deadlifts, exercises for the abs and my upper back. and of course various stretching routines. I guess its kind of normal that the muscles tend to be sore especially after a work out. But I guess changing the body's physic can't be done over night and will take a little while. Last season I was really suffering back pain when my hamstings and glutes were still really tight, that was when I could barely touch the ground with my food straight.

Thanks guys, yes I guess you are both right I have to focus more on the correct posture. that day I was even feeling my back and hips not working properly. It sounds strange but as I was doing a lot of work out and stretching during the last couple of months, I have days I feel very free in my hips and backs and then I have days on which my back are less functional and I am not really getting into good positions. I did not even go on making full swings that day because of that. Two days and a workout routine later it already feels way better. When you watch it closely, the hips are not really releasing towards the target at the end and my upper body is going up. I will shoot a video tomorrow when my back hopefully feels better, this time with proper posture so we can compare the impact of a bad posture/sore back vs good posture and less sore back. If you would have seen my swing before i made the changes, that was 10 times worse,but still there is work to do and I guess a better posture will also contribute to better hip movement. I am on a good track but it needs a lot of focus and time but I have never played any other sport which needed so much input and dedication Its totally worth it! Best game in the world :D

Hey Mike, good morning (in Germany already) Yes very good point, I am aware of it and I am working on it and still it is very hard to get into a good posture What is making the situation even a bit more tricky is the fact that I am suffering a lower crossed syndrome which also explained my tight hamstring and early extension. But I am working on that, doing a lot of stretching at the right parts, and exercising the weak sections. I hope this will improve the posture in the long run as well. to illustrate it here quite a simple graphic and the explaining link: http://www.biokineticspt.com/blog/uncategorized/lower-crossed-syndrome.html

And a pitch shot from about 65 yards I still would like to work on the club hinge in the backswing , and my hips staying more back in the follow through. I guess for that I still need to improve mobility to make a smooth movement.