Driver Woes

[KevCarter]

Kev,

I do feel like my hip action is the weakest part of my swing now. It feels like I either way over slide and hit it really thin with my irons or there is no slide and it's fat city.

Is there more than one MacDonald drill? I know the dowel across the shoulders with right hand drawing the right shoulder back. Is there another one?

I will commence drills now and see where that leads.

Do drill #2 while always feeling some pressure on the left foot.

[KevCarter]

Also #4 making sure you are getting your right shoulder on plane for the down stroke.

[brianmontgomery2000]

Thank you! I'll be working this hard this weekend...

One issue I'm having that is contributing. I'm wearing my bi-focals in preparation for some eye surgery. I'm not keeping my head up as well so I can see the ball and therefore not getting my shoulder turned enough. Just a mess right now.

[KevCarter]

Thank you! I'll be working this hard this weekend...

One issue I'm having that is contributing. I'm wearing my bi-focals in preparation for some eye surgery. I'm not keeping my head up as well so I can see the ball and therefore not getting my shoulder turned enough. Just a mess right now.

Keep up the good work. There are many really good teachers out there, but YODA's interpretation of Homer Kelley's foundation is one you can trust for the rest of your golfing life.

Kevin

[dodger]

Kevin's advice is spot on. Be really careful with bifocals, it can mess up your neck tilt. When doing the drills, take off your glasses, set up in posture and then close eyes, feel the movements in the drill.

[HungryBear]

Would someone please explain the point to pivot around. the back of the neck or the sternum? The tail bone or the belt buckle? Will lots of MacDonald drill-#2, #4 - create good or bad habits?

The Bear

[KevCarter]

Would someone please explain the point to pivot around. the back of the neck or the sternum? The tail bone or the belt buckle? Will lots of MacDonald drill-#2, #4 - create good or bad habits?

The Bear

You get to pick. What works for you?

2-H SHOULDER MOTIONS
The point may be made that it is impossible to inscribe perfect circles while the center is in motion – that is the turning Shoulder. The straight line requirements of the Compression Point are satisfied as long as both the Vertical and Horizontal Centers move precisely in unison. Direction control remains stable because both Centers are also moving in a circle – that is, the circumference of the Shoulder Turn.

The spine, between the shoulders, is the center of the Shoulder Turn only, not of the Left Arm, except by specific extension of the Swing Radius. Because, Swinging from the Wrists, the Left Shoulder, the Right Elbow, the Waist or the Feet, show it to have just to many exceptions. Though the “Head” Pivot Center is recommended, it is not at all mandatory.

[brianmontgomery2000]

Kevin's advice is spot on. Be really careful with bifocals, it can mess up your neck tilt. When doing the drills, take off your glasses, set up in posture and then close eyes, feel the movements in the drill.

Taking my glasses off and closing my eyes are basically the same!

I think that has been part of the set back. I often realize that my should turn has been incomplete because my chin was in the way...all will be fixed in a couple of weeks!

[airair]

Taking my glasses off and closing my eyes are basically the same!

I think that has been part of the set back. I often realize that my should turn has been incomplete because my chin was in the way...all will be fixed in a couple of weeks!

What happens then?

Lenses? (a good idea)
Laser operation? (maybe - Tiger has done it)
Eye transplantation? (probably not - does it even exist as a possibility?)

[brianmontgomery2000]

What happens then?

Lenses? (a good idea)
Laser operation? (maybe - Tiger has done it)
Eye transplantation? (probably not - does it even exist as a possibility?)

Lens implants -- my eyes are too bad for lasik. So somewhere between laser and eye transplant.

I've worn hard contacts for 30+ years, but you make less tears as you get older, making hard contacts less comfortable. (I always say it's ironic that we make less tears as we get older, even though we have more to cry about! )

Pretty soon, pilot vision!