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John has made nice improvements in his swing during the time we have worked together, but he has struggled with the takeaway. In this follow up video to his most recent lesson we finally see a better (not perfect) takeaway. John previously had not been able to keep his right arm from straightening when he […]
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I’ve been playing a lot, playing pretty well, shooting mid-70s. I don’t think my long game is currently the limiting factor. It’s wedges and pitches. However, I do want to get my full swing as good as possible. I think I’ve improved my takeaway, and mostly stopped tensing up my right arm. I’m trying for […]
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Working on takeaway of course and trying not to pull back with right shoulder. As that improves, I get a decent number of swings where the club isn’t heavily crossed over. Coming down, I have a hard time getting club to shallow and these swings are pretty realistic as to what happens on course. Slightly […]
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John started with me online back in 2015, sent swings a few times that year and in 2016 and 17, then came down to Florida for a face to face in February of 2018. He returned a couple weeks ago for another look, and as usual we found ourselves working on the same issues. I’d […]
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John decided to come to Florida to see me in person after seeing his last video lesson from a month or so ago. He has worked hard on changing his swing but there are too many issues to concentrate on, and the pattern that has been ingrained is a particularly difficult one to alter. Our first issue is John’s takeaway, which triggers with a tightening of both arms and a pull back of the upper body. We want to quiet his first move by keeping his elbows soft and utilizing the upper trunk to move the arms back instead of rotating the left arm outward and pinching the right elbow in. Changing a trigger is a tough deal and requires a lot of focus and concentration, and that is only the beginning of what John needs to do to get his swing to be where he would like it to be. John also tends to slide his hips a bit to the right going back, another item to try to fix up. We work with stop and goes to practice hitting with the backswing changes, also raising the grip up at address to make it easier for him to swing the hands and arms more deeply across his chest getting to P3.
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In this video I compare John’s swing from April of 2015 to now, and while we see some improvement it is also obvious that John has swing patterns that are hard to change. My sense of John’s takeaway is that both arms get too rigid just as the club moves back, and the left arm is forced to move out and around a right arm that won’t bend enough to allow the left to move more across the chest. At the same time there needs to be more vertical raising of the clubhead from the beginning by adding wrist cock. The larger issue here is the failure to deepen the pelvis and the overuse of the right shoulder to extend the turn as he gets to the top of the swing.
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John is having a great deal of trouble changing his takeaway, and he is not alone. Trigger mechanisms are a bitch to change and when you watch John’s swing here versus his last online lesson you can see that while he has made progress with his pivot movement his takeaway is still a big problem. I focus the slow-motion video on John’s hands as he prepares to move the club into the backswing: he grips, then lets go, then grips again just as he moves the clubhead back.
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Here we see a great example of just how difficult it is to change a swing pattern from the beginning. John has made nice strides with his lower body movement, and that is a difficult thing to accomplish. His main issue here is still the way his right arm and shoulder works right from the start of the swing.
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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.” – This lesson points out the importance of changing patterns right at the beginning of the swing.
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I’m 46, and play to a 5 hcp. I’ve been a site member for about 8 months, and really benefit from the concepts and instruction on the site. My handicap is about as low as it’s ever been and my goal is to keep going lower. I play once or twice a week, and practice […]
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