RST Rebuild

Slim_Pivot. Well now. Huh. Looks like your club is actually hitting that spot you were looking for on the down swing. Prob even lower. Get my drift? That's what you need to do to feel it. Wow. You can clean up the rest later. Hyper focus on what you just did and study it. I'm ignoring the rest of this thread until you post again. Taking heat. LOL I can take it. I'm just sharing man. And don't let anyone throw you off your game. That was an amazing difference between that swing that you posted earlier. Just saying.

A release of the club by posting up (straightening the left leg) in and of it self, will not create a flip. AKA adding loft into impact. That upward post move with the left leg makes the arms release and forces the club to turn over...you don't even have to think about it. It just happens. I've done it and seen it. It's a game of opposite's so to speak man. It's designed to rotate, the club that is. Holding on to the face and trying to keep it square at impact causes the flip because momentum has no where else to go mate. I hear ya. Used to play like that. Now you have Bubba in there too! I don't care what the pros are doing, we play at a different level. Well, did you see Slim's swing? Tell him what to do to fix it and be done with me mate. Try to make a difference in his swing. I don't see how this helps him in any way. It's about HIM, not me. Go help if you can. Cheers.

Good for you man, if it's working for you're students, keep up the good work and they will continue to improve. Quality coaching is vital and like I said, there are a lot of ways to swing a golf club. Some ways work better for some and other ways work better for others. ONE way shouldn't apply to everyone. With that being said, can we pu a bow on this and just HUG? Thanks man.

I don't take it personally at all. You're entitled to your opinion my friend. Respectfully, we can just agree to disagree. I'm not asking for a swing review here, just sharing info. If I had asked for help with what's wrong with my swing, then please chime in, but I'm not.

Cool. If you want to hit balls, just rep in a few swings without the ball first and try it. If you fail, more reps without the ball or you will be ingraining a flaw and holding yourself back. Don't do 1000 reps if you're not sure they are being done right, worst thing you could do. Video every 25 attempts or so and take a look and back up when you have a fail. Once it's on auto pilot hit your 1000 and move on to your next goal. You know, after looking at you again, you get back with right leg flexed after you straightened it. Just keep most of the flex and shorten it up and do your thing with a passive right arm. Even with the flaws, if you release that club by straightening your left leg and flip it over, you should see a dramatic distance improvement. Who knows where it will go but you're not at a point where that matters right now so stay focused on your body moves. I gave you some check points to mimic; keep it simple and start by shifting weight, then rotation and maintaining that spine angle with a tiny arm swing. Then keep going and rep it in. I knew you would get it if you could see it. I'm not a golf instructor but I have word class coaching and just sharing and if it helps you, what's wrong with that. I'm just telling you what they teach me bud and I'm seeing amazing results. See ya soon.

Setup. Big shoulder turn and tiny arm swing. Backswing done and shift left. Use your left leg to pull your weight over. Lag zone The left side is lined up on top of ankle, knee, hip and shoulder joints. Left side of hand facing the target. There's no weight at the end of a flipped over club so this can be late for drilling's sake as there is no weight at the end of the club to release. Right foot rolling over. Club flipped over. You will find you distance will improve immensely if you do this. Do this with very little tension in your shoulders and arms or they will fire first. Be around if you have any questions.

I'll snap a few face on pics to give you some check points. Stand by.

I wanted to show you what I'm trying to relay to you. It helps to see it. No club or even the right arm here so you can focus on what the body is doing and you can check to see if your right arm is taking over and steepening that shaft. You can shorten your backswing by maintaining some right knee flex, it will limit how much you can take it back, which is one of your problems. If you load into you're right butt and not straighten your right leg all the way, maybe it feels like the hip but it's your butt and right ankle , and maintain most of your right knee flex and anchor into the ground, you will have more stability and you simply won't want to keep going back because you will feel loaded up. This is the backswing. Done and with most all of the right knee flex intact. This is the impact zone with tilt intact. Loose flex in the right leg and say goodbye to a good impact position. You will get vertical just like in your video and loose your axis tilt. Post release hand flipped over and right heel will lift from the clubs momentum and bring you to your finish position. The whole point of having lag is to release it for distance. You have a ton of it. Let it go and turn it over. If you can get in these positions that I snapped from a drill swing and ingrain it, then add the club while shifting your weight correctly and still do it. You're gonna be a happy camper man. There are many ways to swing a club but I think this can help you and it is up to you to try it and judge for yourself. I suffered from a HUGE over swing as well and it took two months to get this corrected because I kept fighting it and looking online for answers. So I'm not gonna point you to any articles or online info, just sharing what I've been taught that actually fixed it. Good luck with the swing mate!

Sorry mate. It showed up under new content and still figuring out the site. I wouldn't care either. Cheers.

Your weight should be centered over your ankles and be neutral. If you post up with your weight on your toes you will be tear your knee apart at some point. You should not rotate using your left knee to support all that weight. Keep it back a little bit but not so far into the heels that your toes are coming off the ground.

Oh one more thing, do this without lifting your right heel off the ground. It's taught I know that but it's causing some issues for you. Just let it break to the inside where the right side of your entire right shoe has some tiny tiny tiny space underneath at the imaginary impact point, it's subtle. Then the heel can come off the ground.

Yeah it's a little steep coming down but you have other issues that need to be cleaned up, but try this. This is NOT a quick fix but a check for right side dominance. There is no quick single fix for this swing as we have a few flaws in play here. Try to do this with a stable right knee and DON'T straighten it on your take away. Make a swing with your left arm only and shorten up your take away (hand just above your shoulder). Do this without a golf ball! It will feel like a short swing for you. That's OK, you're not hitting a golf ball. Keep it short and keep tension out of arm. Pull your arm back with your right shoulder only and don't push it back. See if you have improvement when your left hand is about waist high coming down. That's where you should see what you're looking for. If you do, your right arm/hands/wrists/thumb are not staying passive until you reach the release point or the other movements that need cleaning up are causing it. Remember, it's not the club, it's your body movement. The club will behave with correct body motion. Golf is a left side dominate game for right handed players and that right side is probably taking over. It has to stay quiet until the release.

That's your issue. You were focusing on the potential for a bad outcome. Always think about where you want that little white devil to go and not where you don't want it to go. If you do the latter, you already hit a bad shot before you've even swung the club from a psychological standpoint. Stop doing that and you just might be surprised. Keep it positive mate.

OK man I feel ya. I almost quit this year and rebuilding my swing with good online coaching, I'm almost done. I have not hit a full shot in over two months. It's a bitter pill. I'm gonna chime in but you have to put in the work with quality instruction. Go find it and a quick fix is NOT the solution. Don't quit and do something about it. A FO view would be helpful but we have a DTL only. Good news is you can fix this if you work on it and stop hitting balls as you have many good elements in your swing. You have to move your body correctly first and the club will behave. Key faults that are causing havoc: 1. Your'e making a big arm swing and a tiny body turn and you are across the line. 2. You're lifting your right heel WAAAAY off the ground and losing your axis tilt. 3. You're spinning out your hips and too open at impact and not releasing the club correctly(holding on). Use your right shoulder blade to PULL the club back with momentum and be done with it once you're hands are over your right shoulder. This will feel like a very short takeaway for you. Let your turn and weight shift to the rear heel dictate what your left knee is doing, then shift into your left heel and post up (straighten your left leg and let go of the lag, let the club turn over). Don't push with the left shoulder to take it back; pull don't push. At 6:22 that's what it's supposed to look like!!!! It's called lag and proper swing plane. Good luck man!