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I had 1 video lesson last year and it was helpful. I broke my leg in the spring and had to take a break from golf. Ball striking isn’t bad now, and I’ve been improving a lot, but would like to have better mechanics.
Working on takeaway, but I still lift a bit with hands.
Also working on trying to get right arm position correct and your videos on this are very helpful, but it’s very hard for me to not dump the club over coming down. I’ve been trying to get the club on plane in downswing but almost always end up with club outside hands coming in.
Also trying to keep backswing from crossing over so much.
Thanks!
This lesson points out the importance of changing patterns right at the beginning of the swing. John’s trigger movements cause his takeaway to get out of whack, and after that it is going to be next to impossible to get the mechanical improvement that he wants. John, as he says, is hitting the ball better I think because he has a better understanding of how the whole thing is supposed to work. To get his swing to simplify by being more on plane he has to really focus on the very first movements that start his swing. You will see how he is still grabbing the club as he starts it back (the change in grip pressure is obvious), which in turn tightens his right arm and forces the left arm to roll out and the left wrist to bow, taking the hands immediately away from the body. At left arm parallel the right upper arm is well in front of his chest, and as the swing moves to the top his arms look for depth, causing the club to cross. As is normally the case with non-tour players crossing the line means steepening the club in transition, which in turn either causes it to over-flatten late in the downswing or to tip out over the plane and cut across the ball. Watch the video to see what I suggest to help this problem, and remember that changing a trigger requires intense concentration on every single swing until you get it right and make it automatic. The only way you are going to be sure that is happening is to film it.
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