moreira85

Thank you. You are right i am literally all arms in the backswing. Ill work on that n check out threads.

May help to add that in the winter when i go to the indoor simulator and i miss it left the simulator says im coming on a slightly inside path with face shut 4degrees. Drives me crazy. I dont know if its my grip or what.

I've been Playing Golf for: 15yrs My current handicap index or average score is: 13 My typical ball flight is: draw The shot I hate or the "miss" pull hook Videos: ive attatched two videos in slo mo. My misses are pulles and drives me crazy. Why am i pulling it? Is the face shut at impact? Am i rotating hands too much through impact? The path looks good One video is a pull, one is a dead straight

Is there a place to upload videos here. I've been able to play some good golf to a 14 handicap but fight the over the top. In practice swings I can swing the club on plane but put a ball there and I swing over my right shoulder.

14 handicapper here. My question is around finding the slot. I find that when I take one handed swings with my right arm the club drops right into the slot bisecting my right bicep on the downswing. As soon as I put 2 hands on the club and swing the shaft no longer will bisect my bicep in the downswing and I now swing over my shoulder on the downswing (ott) or steep. Why is this and how can I shallow it out so it drops in the slot like 1 handed swings?

I know, its pointless without a ball but this is the place you practice the most when you have two little children!!!

sorry its not outside.

So is this really right? Looks very unsynced but I am going to try it. http://www.pga.com/instruction/off_the_tee/ can the first move just be a lateral push off with the right foot towards the target or do the hips have to turn the way this video shows?

Is there a consious shift onto a flatter plane in the downswing or does this happen naturally with the weight shift?

So I went to the range yesterday and as I said in an earlier post for the last 8 years I've played this game I have started the downswing with my upper body. You can imagine what kind of pulls I have hit in the past. Yesterday at the range I tried some of the things I read on this post. The only thing I focused on was my right leg. I started the swing with my weight preset on the instep of my right foot. As I got to the top of my swing the only thing I focused on was pushing off the instep of my right foot towards the target and kicking my right knee in towards the target. I felt like Tom Watson saying to myself "I GOT IT"! I was hitting baby draws and it was a feeling I never felt before. All I heard was ball then turf, ball then turf, ball then turf!! My question is this, When beginning the downswing by pushing off the instep of your right foot can you start swinging down at the ball with your arms at the same time? Or do you have to push off with your righ foot FIRST and then let the arms swing down at the ball. I felt like whenever I started with the push off of the right foot first I could then swing as hard as I wanted without getting off plane. Thanks for comments in advance. Hope I am on to something here!

I have been playing this game for about 8 years now? I think I finally figured out the swing. For years and years I was driving myself crazy trying to get the downswing right. I would try to put the club in a certain position, or hit down or try to get my right shoulder down plane, or start with my hips which was incorrect because i never shifted my weight etc etc. I first used to slice then years later started to pull and was very inconsistent. It wasnt until today that I figured it out. You cant put the club in a certain position on the downswing, you have to start the down swing by shifting your weight onto your left foot with slight bump BEFORE YOU START TO SWING DOWN WITH YOUR ARMS. Once the weight is shifted then finally you can go at the ball. If you start with your upper body such as your arms and shoulders you will never get in the correct position. IS THIS CORRECT???

Okay so i have been playing this game for 8 years and what i finally realized is that you cant hit the ball from the top, in fact you cant it the ball with the clubhead at all. I have tried to swing the club and put it on so many different planes and just cant figure out the key to the swing. I came to the conclusion today, and not sure if this right, that on the down swing you have to lead down with the handle pointing to the ball and hold the angle until the last moment until the clubhead unleashes at the ball. Almost like what you would do with a whip. before i would try to swing like a baseball player where i was trying to force it on a certain plane but from messing around I think holding that angle is what gets it on plane. Ha Ha, is this even correct. If not I am soon from giving up this game!!!!!!!!

i hit a lot of shots with the face open where the ball is pushed right or where I pull the ball where it starts left and keeps going left. When i swing i never feel the clubhead really release and have kind of a chicken wing like i am hoding on. The woosh in my swing happens after the ball. Should the woosh happen right at the point of the ball and have the feeling that the club head is exploding at impact like the club is trying to pass by you?

HA thats what tom watson used to say after pounding balls on range. i wish i had 10 cents for every time i said that. i think i got it. i consistently started the swing using all upper body. i think i have it, is this feeling? staying very loose from the hips up, as you get to the top of the your back swing you are trying to propel the club through the ball by using your weight shift from the right to the left foot while keeping your arms tension free and letting the club fall right down to the ball. no attempt to hit it just trying to whip it through by using the weight shift. thoughts? this game is crazy!!!

thanks for the reply. i do know that i lack lower body in that swing but keep in mind that video is over 3 years old. i have been trying to work on getting though the shot. i really prefer the toe up at 9 oclock position. i dont think i will be going back to that teacher especially at $100 per hour to tell me to shut the face as much as i can in my swing. the facility was really nice, every range mat has a camera/ computer/ software to draw plane lines to analyze your swing. i think i will work on my take away, lower body getting though the shot and THE IN THE SLOT DRILL. WHAT ARE EVERYONES THOUGHTS ON THE IN THE SLOT DRILL?