Very interesting stuff. My guess is you pull and slice with the driver? It is entirely possible that you do not have the mechanical break-down until you get to the driver. For me, as a 3 handicap, I can be hitting everything great but I have a tendency to go over the top with the longer clubs and when my timing isn't so great I hit some big pulls and slices. For me it's just a matter of getting better at getting my right shoulder working down-plane in the downswing and hitting a lot of basic motion shots will not help a lot with that. But the basic and acquired motion will undoubtedly help a lot with a host of other issues.
By the way, do you have enough loft on the driver? Do you maybe have to scoop to get it high enough in the air?
Matt
I wish it was that simple. I generally push or hook ATM. Sometimes I might slice but last round push or hook only.
I think the cobras actually play a bit higher than they list on the face.
I think this is the case with me. I don't feel like I am using the same release with my driver as I do with my good iron shots. Not necessarily scoop but an unnecessary flip to close the clubface or sweep to close the clubface.
Yesterday I started doing basic motion with my driver in hopes I can improve the conditions of my hands through impact. But the driver is such a different beast its hard to know if you are doing it properly. Its a waste of time to practice a wrong motion IMHO.
During the summer I got to play quite a bit more and actually hit it quite well. But lately, I seem to have lost the plot.
Last edited by solarbear : 02-28-2007 at 08:48 PM.
It could also be more of a bending the plane line issue. Sometimes you compensate well and hit it pretty straight, sometimes push, sometimes hook.
If you can get a video up of a 6 iron and a driver I bet the heavy hitters would be willing to weigh in and give you some ideas for what to work on. Otherwise TGM instruction might be what you need at this point.
Matt
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The reason you can't sustain the lag is because you are so eager to make the club move fast (a reaction to the intent of "hitting it far"). So on a full shot you throw it away too early, which doesn't happen for your short chip. (bts)
It could also be more of a bending the plane line issue. Sometimes you compensate well and hit it pretty straight, sometimes push, sometimes hook.
If you can get a video up of a 6 iron and a driver I bet the heavy hitters would be willing to weigh in and give you some ideas for what to work on. Otherwise TGM instruction might be what you need at this point.
Matt
Been seeing a TGM instructor. And been slowly pulling my game out of the dirt. Had a chat with him last night and he thinks it might be a combo of needing to bend from the hips a bit more and not sweeping. So I will practice that for a bit with some basic motion and see if it pays off.
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