jon8105

Ah, that was something I didn't think about. It makes since though since I moved my ball closer to my body. I played a round with a tour pro and at the time he said I had the ball too far away from my body and that was causing me to lose my balance. Maybe I adjusted the ball position too close to my body causing me to hit off the hosel? I am going to the range tomorrow so having an idea of what causes the problem will definitely help in working to resolve it. Thanks for the help. I need it..haha

Any help or suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Thanks

Ok, so I was going to the range today to work on my driving technique, but decided to warm up with my irons first since I usually hit them well. That is until today. For some reason on about half of my shots I would hit a low, off target (right), slice and could not figure out how to fix it. When I line up the club face is square, but after this happens and I put the club back down in front of me the face of the club has shifted and is pointing left. I am assuming this is causing the hard slice? What typically causes this type of shot? Could it be my grip is too loose and the club is shifting? It was just odd because my shots were either decent or a hard, low, off target slice. The funny thing is I went there for my driver and when I started swinging it I was dead straight and consistent.....go figure! JW

Thanks for the input. I will work on shortening my backswing and slowing down my transition and see if that helps.

I have before and I was a little off, so I probably need to do that again to see how far off I am now. I try and align my shoulders with the target and usually forget about my feet. Thanks Rexx

Great input guys. One question though, is there any drills I can do to give myself a way to feel what the swing should be so that I know when I am using too much of my arms and hands?

Could it be on my drive that I am shifting too much forward? Would that cause me to hit the ball before my club face is square?

Ok, here is a couple of videos with me swinging the driver. The first video shows three hits with the balls going all over the place (first is slice, second is hook and third is low & to the left). The second video is a slow motion version of the first hit (slice). Help me out guys if you can. Note: Ball is on the inside of my left heel for each shot.

uh oh..haha. Okay, so should I not try and keep my head down? Or should I just keep doing what is comfortable as long as I am getting good hits?

I will work on my practice swing and keeping my head down. Thanks Golf Guru

haha..thanks for the laugh before I go to bed.

Here is a slow-motion video of my swing in case that will help any. Looking at the swing, is there something that is causing me to have the club pointing down my back instead of more horizontal to the ground?

Right now I get pretty good distances and my accuracy isn't too far off. I would say my biggest problem with my irons is judging distances close to the green, which I am working on now. The main reason I posted this video is to see if my swing has any major flaws. I understand that as long as I am hitting it good then don't worry about it, but since I am fairly new to the game I thought if anything major was wrong then now would be a good time to try and correct it. I plan on making a video with my driver soon and I will post it. Thanks guys for the help.

Yeah, I am hitting the ball pretty good, I just want to make sure my mechanics don't have any major flaws. Thanks again. I would love some more input though.

1. Yeah, I have a bad habit of just using the practice swing to loosen up, but I don't do the same swing when I hit the ball. 2. I would say my shoulder is probable pointing at the ball, not behind it. How far behind the ball should my left shoulder be pointing? 3. Is this a good thing? haha 4. I don't change my grip or have any fixes. Sorry for my ignorance but I am not real sure what you mean by "crossing over." Also, my ball flight with my irons is usually straight. I rarely have any fade or draw in my ball flight (except with driver, which is a different issue..ha). 5. Honestly this is the first time I have taken a video of myself, so I was unaware my club was pointing down my back. Is there a way to correct this? Thanks for the analysis.