These creep into my game every so often and most of the time it's due to lag loading. I sometimes don't 'throw' the club into PP3 hard enough at the top and the clubhead throws out just a bit too early before impact - thus a leakage draw/hook.
Make sure that when you get to the top you get a good load on the shaft, hitting or swinging. It makes a big difference. When I get it loaded hard at the top I feel I not only have more power to dump but also that I can swing as hard as I want and the ball won't go left.
These creep into my game every so often and most of the time it's due to lag loading. I sometimes don't 'throw' the club into PP3 hard enough at the top and the clubhead throws out just a bit too early before impact - thus a leakage draw/hook.
Make sure that when you get to the top you get a good load on the shaft, hitting or swinging. It makes a big difference. When I get it loaded hard at the top I feel I not only have more power to dump but also that I can swing as hard as I want and the ball won't go left.
There's a lot to be learned in this short post . . . Matt . . . got any drills/suggestions on how to "get a good load on the shaft?" I would make a crude joke but this is such an important post . . . I shall let it be.
There's a lot to be learned in this short post . . . Matt . . . got any drills/suggestions on how to "get a good load on the shaft?" I would make a crude joke but this is such an important post . . . I shall let it be.
Great Post!
Thanks...here's what I think about (for Swinging):
First, I have mid-body hands at address. Then I feel a right forearm pickup with lagging clubhead takeaway (this is KEY!) Why is it key? Because the lagging clubhead takeaway gives you some momentum that facilicates lag loading. My hands get to the top first and then the clubhead. As my hands slow down at the top, the clubhead gets "thrown" into PP3. I catch this load on my right forefinger and start downplane again with my right shoulder. From there, my right shoulder moves back and downplane and drags the loaded clubhead with it.
Only recently have I found a set of swing keys that have yet to fail me. I can take 2 months off during the winter and get back into the swing of things in very, very little time. I have pivot thoughts and lag thoughts and the rest just happens. I always struggled with having my stroke feel different day-to-day but that is not the case anymore. It took a while, yes, but when you discover for yourself via trial and error what feels best for YOU...the complexity disappears and you're left wondering, "Can it really be this easy?"
Thanks...here's what I think about (for Swinging):
First, I have mid-body hands at address. Then I feel a right forearm pickup with lagging clubhead takeaway (this is KEY!) Why is it key? Because the lagging clubhead takeaway gives you some momentum that facilicates lag loading. My hands get to the top first and then the clubhead. As my hands slow down at the top, the clubhead gets "thrown" into PP3. I catch this load on my right forefinger and start downplane again with my right shoulder. From there, my right shoulder moves back and downplane and drags the loaded clubhead with it.
Only recently have I found a set of swing keys that have yet to fail me. I can take 2 months off during the winter and get back into the swing of things in very, very little time. I have pivot thoughts and lag thoughts and the rest just happens. I always struggled with having my stroke feel different day-to-day but that is not the case anymore. It took a while, yes, but when you discover for yourself via trial and error what feels best for YOU...the complexity disappears and you're left wondering, "Can it really be this easy?"
I need what you got. Gotta figure out how to come back after being away from the game. If I could play more, I wouldn't be such an internet dork. Gotta get my golf fix somehow. I don't have winter problems . . . I got kids who like to play superheros and a wife that's a CPA.
There's another thread where Ted Fort 'n Hammer said that he doesn't have to practice because his alignments are so good. That's the beauty of what the Machine can do at least to me. I just gotta get there.
Matt, sounds like I'm having a similar experience to you. I've struggled for sometime trying to get a swing that works consistently. Right now all I do is take the club straight back, load, and then pivot. All I think about is letting my right elbow(right-handed) try to get to my left front pocket(Basically Pitch elbow position). I do absolutely nothing with my hands and the swing just falls into place. As I stated, only time I really get in any kind of trouble is with bad ball position(have a tendency to get the ball too far back), or I quit on my swing a little and get the leakage hook.
It's nice not to have to think about the hands, they just hang onto the club and I really hit with the pivot. Also, I have been amazed at the increase in distance I have gotten by learning to hit with the pivot, as well as the improved chipping.
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