Doing the Gregg Mchatton had my club feeling like it was my belt. The only way that swing works is by leaving the club face wide open and pulling the handle straight left!
By keeping my club face open and Pivoting/Pulling straight left, my right shoulder seemed like it was driving my hands to the ball, but I could not make my shoulder just do it. Anyway, I pushed a lot of balls 5-10 yards right of the targets on the screen, usually at the targets or over them!
Last night, I was consistently 10-15 yards short of the video targets. Tonight, I was even with them or a little past. It felt like I was hitting the ball with more of of my body. My PW went to 62 mph according to the radar and was about 125-128 yards.
I really realized that I try to drive my hands a lot and am disconnected. The "left" down stroke feels a lot more like an oblique angle, a lot flatter and my right shoulder felt like it was really driving the hands to the ball-like an axe-flat more than steep.
Very interesting.
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Last edited by innercityteacher : 12-29-2010 at 10:38 PM.
When I was playing my best this summer, it felt like my initial move to the ball was a pulling action to get my hips clear and hands positioned to then PUSH through impact.
I then proceeded to fight this from the end of summer on, thinking that was the path to becoming a "switter." I think, for me, this may be the right feeling to keep my hands from going OTT.
I'll be working on getting the feeling from the Alignment DVD exercises. I'm especially concentrating on that initial hip slide and stretch while the hands remain behind. THAT feeling will be the one I suspect that will let me know long before the swing finishes if the results are going to be good! No stretch feeling, probably not going to be an optimal swing. Good stretch, sequencing likely to be good with hands in a position to drive down AND out.
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