Re: my swing - critics anyone?
- From: "\"R&B\"" <noneofyourbusiness@xxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 7 Jul 2006 23:43:24 -0400
"calmar" <mac@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Hi all,
http://www.calmar.ws/gallery/ems_2006_29th_day/index.htm
that is:
1. http://www.calmar.ws/gallery/ems_2006_29th_day/bilder/1.straight_w1.avi
2.
http://www.calmar.ws/gallery/ems_2006_29th_day/bilder/2.once_inside_out_then_normal_w1.avi
(first one is much inside out, what was desired)
3. http://www.calmar.ws/gallery/ems_2006_29th_day/bilder/3.front.avi
(stand could be 'wider' pops into my eyes)
Cheers and thanks
calmar
PS: if that matters: Driver 6-Degree 'BigBang'
PSII: http://www.divx-digest.com/software/xvid.html (xvid codec)
1. There's no way you can play consistent golf when you build into your
swing such a huge change in your spine angle. When you hover the club so
far above the ground at address, it forces you to stand with a more erect
spine angle. Then when you swing through the ball, you MUST lower the spine
angle just to meet the ball at all. This is a recipe for sure-fire
inconsistency as it builds in a lot of moving parts that are just about
impossible to groove. You need to fix that right away. As Hank Haney once
said to a friend of mine who also had a lot of change to his spine angle
during his swing, it's a miracle you can hit the ball at all -- it's a
testament to your athleticism and hand/eye coordination. But it does not
make for a good, repeatable golf swing. Haney (and other reputable coaches)
will tell you (as Hank told my friend) that if you can't maintain a
consistent spine angle, there's not much any pro can do to help you.
2. On the backswing, your head (chin) is positioned so low that your left
shoulder forces your head to make a turn away from the ball at the top of
your swing when your left shoulder turns back. Your head pivots almost
totally away from the target (and almost to a 90-degree angle from the ball)
at the top of your swing (and it happens so quickly, there's no way in hell
you can keep your eyes on the ball as it causes a very sudden jerk in your
head's postion). You should raise you head enough so that your shoulders
can clear below your chin without forcing you to swivel your head mid-swing
to allow your left shoulder to make its turn. What you're doing forces you
to move your eyes. It's hard enough to hit the damn ball with your eyes
fixed on it, but this move you're making all but forces you to move your
eyes off the ball, essentially making the ball a moving target. It truly is
a miracle you can hit the ball at all.
3. You're getting the club wayyyyy too far behind you in the backswing.
The backswing is very flat. A stop-action at the top of your swing reveals
that your left arm is so low on your chest that it's actually below your
right breast. (No jokes about man boobs here, though.) :-) That's an
extraordinarily flat swing for someone who appears pretty tall. Then you
come down pretty steeply. It's not too unlike a swing I fought for years
that I referred to as my "clear a table, kill a snake" swing. Get on plane,
dammit! You're on about three different ones in this swing. You must
maintain some degree of frontal orientation in the backswing. You have
none.
4. Yes, you're feet are too close together. They look about right if
you're hitting a wedge, but not a driver. But more troubling than that is
that your left knee totally collapses in your backswing (especially visible
in the third clip, the one shot from head-on). It's okay for that left knee
to bend inward a little, but it completely collapses, thereby totally
releasing any torque you might build up in the backswing. Lookit -- the
whole purpose of the base is to provide RESISTANCE to the coiling of the
upper body in the backswing. When you let that left knee collapse in as far
as you do, it releases that spring you're trying to coil up, leaving you
with no power other than what you can muster with what appears to be a
fairly athletic upper body. But with your build, you should be killing the
ball. It looks to me like you're just slapping at it with your arms and
upper body instead of using your big muscles to build up leverage. Your
left knee might not give way as much if you had a wider (and more stable)
foundation.
5. The transition move is much too fast. I'm pretty sure that's partly due
to the fact that you're not really building up any resistance between your
lower body and your upper body (related to the left knee), so you're feeling
the dreaded "hit instinct" to hit the ball with your hands and arms to
generate any power at all. That and the fact that the swing is so flat
going back that you almost have to come over the top to get the club on the
ball (the classic "trapped" position). That's the least powerful way to
play. Let gravity (and a slower rhythm) do some of the work for you.
Much to work on here. And honestly, you've GOT to lose that
foot-off-the-ground hover. That just looks silly. Have you ever seen a pro
play that way? I didn't think so. There's probably a reason.
Pretty country, though.
Randy
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