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Peter had a nice summer of competition and in this lesson, we continue to try to improve his ball striking by simplifying some important elements of his swing. Peter’s main issue has been the odd hook that occurs less frequently now but still pops up at inopportune times. I see him getting his right arm too deep at the top of the swing and then moving his head back away from the target (as opposed to the more common issue of backing away from the ball). In our last lesson I encouraged Pete to load more to the right early in the backswing as opposed to keeping his head completely still because of his tendency to push to the right as he moved from P3 to P4 and then never get his head back in it’s original spot at impact. Here I saw Pete do just that, but because he had his hips pushed forward at address, he then moved everything, lower and upper body, to the right at the start of the swing. By centering his setup, he was able to stretch away from the ball and get his right load started from P1 to P2, and since his hips did not have as much negative sway he was able to achieve a bit more lateral push in the forward swing. One of his main goals is going to be to get more pressure left from P4 to P5 and to get his head to move back into its “box” before impact. From down the line we worked on changing his takeaway to a right forearm procedure in order to get a more rounded feel and most importantly to keep his upper right arm and shoulder more constantly in front of him. Although in the past I have been mostly against the idea of pinching the right arm in early in the backswing it now appears to me that for better players with more trunk flexibility this can be a simpler movement that keeps the right arm in a more “ready” position at the top and helps it get back in front of the chest earlier in the downswing, which in turn promotes better clearing of the left side and a more on plane and less in to out exit.
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