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Thanks, Erik. I will do that. Much appreciated.

I've been Playing Golf for: many years, though more seriously for the last 10 years My current handicap index or average score is: about +15 My typical ball flight is: slight draw with irons. Straight to fade with driver. The shot I hate or the "miss" I'm trying to reduce/eliminate is: pull New video to be posted here tomorrow. Just started back on this forum.

Hi Eric! Good to hear from you again! It’s been a long time. I hope your place up in Erie is doing well. I came there a number of years ago. I’ll jump in to Evolvr this week and check my My Swing site. I think I still have it on the site somewhere. Maybe once you see it, you can tell my if Evolvr would be a good solution. Thanks again. Best wishes.

Hi group - I am a former member, just now returning to the forum after being away a long time. Life stuff, you know. Anyway, recently retired and am looking to take my game to the next level. I practice at a range nearby nearly ever day and shoot in the upper 80s/low 90s. I would like to make my practice more focused (I believe in drills). Maybe this question has posted before, so feel free to point me in the right direction. Should I just keep working stuff myself, find a live instructor or swing analysis of some kind. I took a lesson with Eric and also Evolvr swing analysis a long time ago. Thanks for any input.

Different instruction and instructors work for some people better than others. If it helps you to play better and enjoy the game more, than it just may be for you. I have been through quite a few instruction methods over the years, including Shawn's instruction at the premium level. He has definitely helped me and is not very expensive. However, I personally switched to RST after that. There is no magic bullet... This just worked for me personally. One last point... Evolvr is a nice option some have already mentioned. And Erik is a great instructor that you may consider for a one-on-one lesson. He has helped me too. I know that my be difficult being in Europe.

I haven't been on here for awhile, but just coming on here, I answered yes and yes on this one. One year ago, I was ready to give up the game altogether, until I came here... Since that time, I started practicing everyday, did Evolvr, a lesson day in Erie and then recently moved to a different methodology. Every single step along the way has been beneficial and helped build my swing to where I am playing better and having a lots of fun. I finally realized that golf is a fun journey.

Last day of the month... I worked on the my hip/turn and rotation drills with the mirror and in the backyard. This 5-min challenge is has been the greatest kick starter for me. In light of becoming a COMPLETELY STUPID MONKEY... I am going ALL IN. This was a tough decision to make, but I going to sign-off from TST for the last time. I have decided to completely take the advice of my Evolvr coach and the one instructor that I have had (Erik), and stop listening to all other advice (conflicting or not) and anything other than what I need to... my priority piece. And we all know that is different for everyone. And for me... that means ALL social media (I dropped Facebook years ago), golf you-tube videos, golf magazine tips, everyone's swing stuff, and what-have-not. I have learned a lot here and now... it is time to crank it up and get serious. So... with this note, I blow out the candle, walk off the golf-forum grid, and put the internet on the shelf (except my Evolvr site, of course). Thanks everyone. I enjoyed the ride. I may be back in the days ahead. But for now... I need to do this. And someday... I WILL become that stupid monkey. Best regards to all!

More work on hip turn with both driver and irons... started with mirror work in the garage and moved to the backyard. Focused on axis tilt and takeaway and then Key3 on follow through. took a few more videos and reviewed.... still need to continue the hip and shoulder turn more.

For me, my mental game is closely tied to my swing. When my swing goes south, it messes with my mental game. It is at those time that I need to be my own coach and quiet my thoughts and slow things down a touch to get control of my swing... and my thoughts. Not keeping my mental game in check means that things only get worse for me.

The pitch technique is new to me, since I've only been doing this the right way since February (in a lesson from Erik). I have to work on this regularly to get the feel. And, resist the tendency to swing down and allow the club to fall while pivoting through. The sweeping takeaway from the ball is another great key for me to making a good pitch. Question on something mentioned about the pitch shot mimicking the full swing. Forgive my ignorance... But how exactly is there a sameness here? I always thought of this shot to be completely different. I'm a bit confused on this one.

Great video. To at least get that tempo and timing would be an achievement. I have a tendency to rush to the ball. I now force myself to count 1-2-3-4 from the takeaway, and don't start the downswing before 3.

Learning about golf is fun. Arguing about theories and other assorted nonsense is futile.

Started practice with mirror work with no club trying to get the rotation worked out. Then did a bunch of sessions in the backyard with driver and the 6-iron focusing on the rotation which is my priority piece at this point. took a number of videos and spent some time reviewing them. Back to work in the yard again for more of the same. Spent some time this evening working on pitch technique with short 5-10 yard pitches.

Did some mirror work with my backswing focusing on hip turn and left knee flex inward to get more shoulder turn at A4. Then, worked on the driver and 7 iron with backswing and downswing drills. Following that, worked on slow full swings with both clubs. Noticed I get a straight solid strike with good backswing, 90 degree shoulder turn.... Bump hip.. Hip turn... Follow through. Liking the flow, but still need more work for consistency. I am already on a consistent practice mode and haven't missed a day of practice since sometime last fall, so will probably drop off the grid in doing the 5-min challenge as of the end of this month.

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For me, this is usually a combination of not getting a hip / shoulder centered turn and weight forward. I like to rehearse in super slow mode and stop at the final follow through stance trying to keep the feel. My thought is that all weight is on the outside of the left foot and really pinching the backside cheeks really hard. Of course, I understand that everyone has figure out their own feel. On you MySwing.... It appears that your weight is not moving to the left foot enough and you're having to bring your right foot forward. Maybe even try starting with the finish pose and work backwards... Just a thought... But I'm no expert, so others may be able to help you on this more than me... Just saying things I do

Did an analysis of yesterday's round to locate the major issues. It definitely was showing an excessive fade on my tee shots and pushing the long irons slightly. After further review and listening to my Evolvr analysis, there is a major issue with rotation. So, reviewed my past notes from my Erie lessons again and went through some slow motion drills and swing. I just received my brand new Eyeline 360 mirror for my birthday and did some rotation drills. Found the big issue and worked on the knee (left) bump and hip turn (hip slide didn't make it for me)... I needed to break this down to bump-turn. Straightened out the drive as well as the iron. More work tomorrow

Yep! That could be so true. It's all important. We keep agruing what is more important .... I would submit that it is all important, though the full string is the first step.

Played a round today. Nice weather... Some good strikes and some not so much. Just keeping my eyes on those priority pieces that I am working on.

Worked on hip/shoulders and weight forward with 6iron and hybrids in my garage. Again, keeping a fair amount of slow speed practice swings to change the picture.

It could be a possible solution... If he is standing too close, that is. But I would think that it would be necessary to evaluate the hip/arm/shoulder mechanics.

Worked on the 6-iron and 7-iron in the yard and garage (when the rains came). Practicing the timing, rhythm along with the hip/shoulder and weight forward. Loving the new timing/tempo feel to keep the swing flow smooth. Practicing some with the hybrid (same priority elements), and finished up with some pitching practice.

Yeah, I get that. I can never ever get away from the basics. I've been in the process of slowing everything down and analyzing each movement. It seems like golf to me is one big game of Wack-a-Mole.... you get one thing down, and another pops up (arg).

I had this issue before. I am sure it could be a number of different issues, but for me... it was more to not making a proper hip rotation and leaving the left shoulder hang out and not making the turn with the hip and shoulders together. But again... this is just something that I did am still working on getting that shoulder working correctly. Hope this helps.

Great practice today! Slowed everything down with the driver and iron swings. Better contact and strikes. Worked on backswing and downswing drills. This afternoon, I alternated between slow even swings with the driver and 7 iron. Then, with iron started doing a 4 speed drill that I made up.... Did the full swing at about 10% speed, then about 25%... Then 50%... Then 75% .... Trying to get the mechanics and weight forward/hip turn/shoulder turn all the way through to finish. The goal here is to make all good strikes and the 4 balls in a straight line to the back of the yard. Tonight, I worked a bit more on my swing tempo and while working on these drills, I tripped on a thought... "Hey, as a musician... Maybe I can think of my swing in musical terms as a rhythm, after all we talk about tempo with swings." So, what I came up for me seems to really flow.... Not a big waltz fan, but that appears to fit. 2/4 time with 1/8 note triplets.... Counting out 1-2-3-4-5-6. Backswing occurs on the first triplet (1-2-3) to A4. Downswing (4-5-6) . Impact occurs just after 4 and swing ends just before 6. Doing this slow.... I am thinking that when I am ready for more speed that the tempo could safely increase since the sequencing should be coordinated with shoulders, hips, arms, etc. Anyway, this seems to help my tempo with the irons and help a really lot with my driver, where it both cases I would always want to rush things from A4 to try and hit the ball. I had a lot of fun with this one.