Fighting the hitting impulse.
 

Just in the past week i've started to work on swinging. The past few range sessions have been great, hitting the ball really solidly and a long way and it only feels like i'm using 10% effort. I took this swing to the course yesterday, didn't score badly, shot 72 but had a lot of good breaks from the tee. The problem is, after a few holes i couldn't stop from trying to hit the ball.

After every tee shot i knew that i had really driven the right forearm and ended up with a mish mash of swinging and hiting and not very well struck tee shots. With irons it wasn't such an issue.

So anyone got any tips? I know it's probably a difficuilt problem to deal with other than sticking with it. Thanks.

Should've been posted in the swingers section, sorry.

As simple as it sounds, they don't call it 'rope swinging' for nothing.

Get a section of rope, or a t-shirt or towel, and swing it back and through, back and through, with your eyes closed. You'll have to 'wait' a bit for your transition (until the rope/shirt/towel hits your back) then you can really drrrrraaaaaaagggggg it through -

It can be very helpful to hum a tune when doing this, and I find the 'Tour Tempo' tones to be very beneficial in teaching the proper sensations and timing.

Thanks for the info EdZ. I am swinging well but my problem is when i get on the course i have the impulse at the top of my swing to hit and i'm trying hard to fight it. I guess i need to just keep on persevering as i'm really liking the feeling of swinging. Going to take some time i think though before i can take it to the course.

Don't under estimate the power of humming a tune as you swing ;)

Thanks, i can understand why that would help. Been reading tons of old threads. Found one that mentioned slowing the hands down and hitting it further. I have to say i was swinging on the range the other day and almost felt like it was slow motion but i was hitting my driver a long way and straight. Trying to kill it on the course kills my power and accuracy.

Not only that i find when i try and kill it i have a tendency to get the right hand on top of the sweet spot, particularly with the driver causing smothered hooks. Only when i swing slow enough to monitor my hands as opposed to downswing blackout, can i hit the driver solidly. I hit one bad tee shot on the course, anxiousness creeps in and blackout ensues. Drives me insane but at least i know where i need to go.

On the range, the result is not that important for you. So, you just allow the clubhead to have planty of time to accelerate and reach the right speed at the right moment, as a result of delayed release caused by not allowing it to release.
Now, you want/intend to hit it far and your body reacts to it and does the opposite, which cause not only an off-pathed clubhead, but also hurried acceleration, as a result of early release caused by forcing it to release.

So, you do what your mind tells you.

Thanks bts, makes a lot of sense.

That part in a nutshell that describes it my problem...hurried acceleration.