ShaftFarmer

Found this podcast a couple months ago and it's my go-to while working on the range

Welcome! First thing I notice is the right elbow gets too far "around" or "behind" you on the backswing. Try out the drill(s) mentioned here on day 3, lots of good stuff in this thread.

Had a solid range session last night. Contact was some of the best of the year, especially for the first 15-20 balls or so. Something that has really helped with my contact is making sure my hands/arms stay connected on my backswing. In previous videos I had noticed my arms continue moving in backswing after my shoulders stop rotating so keeping them in-sync helps arms not get too far behind my pivot. I've also noticed I'm not pulling the ball anymore which is something I have been trying to eliminate for 2 years now. It's really nice to see some progress here! Hands are in a much better position at P6 Couple thoughts: Still not sure I'm getting quite enough weight shift around transition Driver swing still doesn't feel quite right. Will probably start working more with that as I've been putting the driver on the side-burner while working on getting the hands down quicker Might need to work on getting my chest over ball more on downswing ("eating the ball") but honestly not sure. Going to keep working on what I have been for now so I can really get this stuff ingrained

The only thing I could add is hitting off mats could scratch your irons up. I think it depends a lot on the material of the iron though. It tore up my Mizuno JPX 900 7-iron and have since starting using my dad's old Tommy Armour irons and it's been fine with those.

The only course I know of that's walking-only around me is one that's super hilly

I've also played another person's ball in a high school tournament and to make matters even worse, the shot went OB and we never found it. I remember I caught the shanks and posted a score in the 100s so I didn't care about the penalty strokes I just felt really bad because it was a ProV1. I offered him one of mine but said no. Now that I think of it there's probably a rule against that which is probably why he refused 🙃

Oh not a bad idea, think I might try this! This could also double as a tool to confirm you're hitting your target line haha

Started watching the Castle Rock series last week and have been pleasantly surprised. I've always been intrigued with Yellowjackets but never tried it. If it's anything like Lost I might have to jump on board

I recently got a net setup in my garage and when I hit real golf balls into it the majority of the time they are bouncing back off the net pretty hard and that usually results in the ball bouncing across the concrete slamming into the garage door. Has anyone had any luck limiting this when hitting under a harder surface where the ball will bounce more? Here's a photo for reference. The foam mats and sheets don't seem to do a whole lot. Wondering if the net is just too tight or something.

Got a range session in last night. Contact was decent with my biggest miss being the chunk. Really trying to work on rotating through impact here to help my right wrist from taking over too much. This is a feel that I've been using for awhile now that I like a lot to feel the body rotation as well as the shallowing of the club. It's nice because this is just a natural motion for getting the club head to the ball and it helps ingrain the two main moves I'm working on. My only issue is I still haven't figured out how to properly activate this feeling with my lower body when swinging at a slower speed. Shorter swing and trying to hold the release here a bit. Club is laid off a bit at the top and maybe coming in a bit steep, but was really focusing more on rotation here so I'm not super worried about that. I hit this a bit fat but impact position is starting to look much better I think

Hope everyone's been well! It's been a tough/expensive couple of days having to deal with the health of a pet but I think things are trending in the right direction, thankfully. I've been practicing a lot in the garage lately and was finally able to make to range last night. Lately, I've been working on making sure my arms and upper body stay connected and my arms don't continue after my upper body has stopped rotating on backswing. I think this help me stay more in-sync and help my rotation around impact and eliminate the stalling. As far as the session I think it went pretty well. Definitely made some nice crisp contact but also was fighting chunks and some shots that had more of higher fade ball-flight and not that sizzle I'm looking for (although there was pretty heavy left-to-right winds so that could have played a part). I can tell the high fades happen when I don't turn through the shot as much and instead make more of a firing motion with my hands toward the golf ball. I think I need to make sure I'm taking my time around transition and keep my hands to the left of my sternum until lower body rotation has started. These swings here felt pretty decent but not amazing. Still been trying to chase this rotation I caught on video a few months ago. Good news is my wrists seem more stable through impact and seem to be getting shaft lean pretty consistently, but probably still a bit more is needed.

Something I've been working on a decent amount the last couple days is the 9 to 3 drill to help get my arms connected and eliminate my rotation from stalling through impact. I feel like this is good for teaching myself proper rotation as even though I'm not paying any attention to my rotation I can feel it much more than before. Couple thoughts: Arms should stay relatively straight Fast hands Stay in side bend in follow-through Really like having this setup in my garage. I feel like it allows me to focus more on feels without needing to worry about where ball is going

Yes I have, but only on my home course I used to play about every day back in middle/high school. It was 524 yards and had a small creek running though the fairway about 100 yards short of the green so as long as I hit a decent drive I had a solid shot at landing over creek with my second shot and rolling up there. The course was sold for housing shortly after graduating high school. It was really a pretty crappy course but bummed I'll never play it again!

@boogielicious How do you record your swing with multiple frame rates?

That's a bummer! Get better soon!