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Hi Wayne,
Making steady gains. You have given me about 8-10 items to work on and I think I’ve made a bit of progress on all except a flatter left wrist at the top and coming down. In addition, I’m still trying to get the hips more cleared at impact with more work to do there…. Question does my left arm look too upright at the top?
I always start each lesson with the “swing you bring”, meaning that while it is interesting to look for progress based on the last lesson it is more important to focus on what is happening in the present. Joe reports in that he is “making steady gains”, and that is wonderful, so we will leave that and look for ways to improve the swing we are looking at. Joe is doing better at loading more over his right leg, but in trying to incorporate that movement into his takeaway his trigger has gotten a bit out of hand. I’d like to see Joe “settle” for a second or two before he initiates his trunk turn to start the backswing, as here he shifts from his toes to his heels before the club moves, causing his head to back away from the ball. When the club does go back the face remains more toe down all the way to the top, which causes the right arm to rise and the shaft to eventually cross the line at the top. At the same time, Joe’s left knee moves outward and forward, and the combination of having to flatten the club with the left leg in the way slows down his effort to clear his hips and has the shaft still well behind his hands at P6. My suggestions are to quiet the trigger by settling (not freezing) and to incorporate more forearm rotation starting at about P 1.5, continuing that rotation (it feels like opening the face) all the way to the top. I’d also like Joe to encourage his left knee to move more inward so that the pressure remaining on the foot at the top is more toward the inside edge of the ball of his foot with the heel slightly off the ground. All of the suggestions are designed to put Joe’s club more on plane at the top and with not as much need to flatten the club and his left knee in better position he can concentrate on clearing his hips and getting the club more out in front of him in the downswing.
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