Post a video of your swing

PhilipMarlowe · 18-04-2009 2:34pm #1

Sunny day and no golf makes licksy something something....
so I took out the camcorder and tried to make a video of my swing in the garden.
And here it is.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DKw7Q6CP620

Trampas · 18-04-2009 2:57pm

Another Big Phil.

That reminds me I need to get the camera out on my swing to see how I am pushing my drives.

Wondering what would be the best position to set the camera up for?

I think it is my hands are just behind the body which is causing it.

Only talking fractions.

Very frustrating though.

copacetic · 18-04-2009 3:00pm

Don't think anyone else will bother now that yours is decent Licksy! I feel sick when I actually see my swing on video. Have had 8 months out more or less now, maybe it'll be fantastic when I get back into it!

Only possible critique I see on yours is that you seem a little bit off balance at the end?

Trampas · 18-04-2009 3:03pm

maybe it was the baby crying in the back swing put him off

thegen · 18-04-2009 3:10pm

Licksy,

Not sure if my swing would make it past the sensor. It might be considered a video nasty;)

PhilMickelson · 18-04-2009 4:50pm

Too much bend in the right arm at top:P

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dGCw-RgRapU

DonkeyPokerTour · 18-04-2009 9:16pm

Licksy wrote: »

Sunny day and no golf makes licksy something something....
so I took out the camcorder and tried to make a video of my swing in the garden.
And here it is.

Nice swing, even better in person, but by your standards that was a little quick, usually you seem not to swing hard at all an knock it a country mile!

ShriekingSheet · 20-04-2009 10:08am

gorfield · 20-04-2009 2:49pm

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gEL6kb3SqIg

Benny Cake · 20-04-2009 7:33pm

I take it thats you sheet..... to my fairly untrained eye that looks class, exactly how I would like to strike the ball, nice easy rhythm.... fair play man!

jampotjim · 20-04-2009 7:47pm

ShriekingSheet wrote: »

Nice swing... With a nice smooth rhythm..

Is your bad shot a low hook???

whatawaster · 20-04-2009 8:01pm

ShriekingSheet wrote: »

nice swing. you play the ball very far back in your stance, like myself. Do you get much height on your irons?

PhilipMarlowe · 20-04-2009 8:28pm

More than a hint of Paul Casey about you there, nice video

Par72 · 20-04-2009 8:53pm

gorfield wrote: »

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gEL6kb3SqIg

Now that's class.

Adiaga 2 · 21-04-2009 7:58am

Par72 wrote: »

Now that's class.

+1

Great clubhead speed and still looks smooth as silk.

ShriekingSheet · 21-04-2009 8:38am

jampotjim wrote: »

Nice swing... With a nice smooth rhythm..

Is your bad shot a low hook???

Was a bit of a pull hook yeah but that video is back in January. I've improved a good bit - That little lateral movement before take-away is now gone, I'm taller through impact and less of a sway into the ball and obviously the club is not as shut at the top. Sure, I do miss left sometimes but in saying that, I never miss right.

whatawaster wrote: »

nice swing. you play the ball very far back in your stance, like myself. Do you get much height on your irons?

Hmmm, I think it's the camera angle - I don't play it far back really at all. I hit every club in my bag higher than anyone I know. My pro is happy with this as it's a natural quirk and doesn't lose me yards.

Licksy wrote: »

More than a hint of Paul Casey about you there, nice video

Haha, cheers. Better than what my pro says... Bob Tway!!?!

stockdam · 21-04-2009 8:56am

Licksy wrote: »

More than a hint of Paul Casey about you there, nice video

That's exactly what I thought when I first watched it......in fact I first thought that he was posting Casey's swing for a laugh.

Nice rhythm and a very good swing.

Mister Sifter · 21-04-2009 9:07am

stockdam wrote: »

That's exactly what I thought when I first watched it......in fact I first thought that he was posting Casey's swing for a laugh.

Nice rhythm and a very good swing.

Yep, the follow through is very Casey-esque. Lovely rythym to the swing Sheet. Interesting that you say about hte changes made. At the start of the take-away i initially thought the shoulders were going to sway to the right, but then you hold it perfectly still.

I have a vid of a swing from around January, but it's a work in progress just now so i'll post in a few weeks with an updated one.

gorfield · 21-04-2009 11:09am

Adiaga 2 wrote: »

+1

Great clubhead speed and still looks smooth as silk.

My coach wouldnt agree......trying to clear my head away at impact annika style though not as much, stops me getting trapped and keeps the club in front of me, other than that im quite happy! Just glad there aint a thread for putting strokes.......lol

ShriekingSheet · 21-04-2009 11:30am

Graeme1982 wrote: »

Interesting that you say about hte changes made. At the start of the take-away i initially thought the shoulders were going to sway to the right, but then you hold it perfectly still.
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Yeah, I've just always had this tendancy to move laterally - most likely trying to generate more power. In January, that little move away from the target caused a few fat shots. And to hit it clean I kind of hat to sway back the other way to compensate.

These days I think I've pretty much eliminated all unecessary lateral movement - especially on the way back, and instead just turn away and turn back. Coupled with staying taller through impact, the difference and consistency of strike is huge. Much cleaner hits, less steep, longer, shallower divots and much more flexibility of shot in terms of how easy it is to play a low one, a 3/4 one, above/below feet etc.

Sheet Rants About Coaching - Part III Volume 1
These are basic, basic things I've been told since I was a kid. IMO, though fundamentals are the most obvious and simple elements of the technique, they are by far the most important and the hardest to master and then maintain. I can see how teaching pros find it awkward when a student returns for lesson after lesson and they begin, again, with refining the basics. I can see why the customer can think "we've done all this, I know all this". And I can see how easy it might be for the pro to say "yeah, great improvement from last time, now let's work on your swing plane..." because if they don't, the customer could well feel like little progress was being made and move to another pro.

The guy I go to these days has given me the same lesson about 5 times. And I'd had that same lesson about 6 times before from my two previous teachers in my 10 years of playing (minus 2 for a break). He doesn't tut when we cover old ground again. Nor does he feel he has to have something new for me, just to give me the sense of progress and so I can tell my friends I'm working on a new and highly technical manouever. It's nothing out of the ordinary to him that we work over and over on the basics. To the contrary, he reminds me how the tour players do the same.

I feel like I'm learning alot. At the same time, with my marketing hat on (my profession), I can really see where all these highly technical swing ideas, DVD recordings of lessons etc have come from.

Of course, there's a stage you get to when the most technical analysis and development is required. Similar to equipment we use and where we get to a stage where we need more percise clubs, custom fit for us. I just think that 99% should be getting oversize, offset, regular shafted lessons when in truth a lot of us seek, and are getting extra-stiff blade lessons.

Dub6Kevin · 21-04-2009 11:33am

Lads, I came here looking for swinging videos.

I feel very let down.

mchammer · 21-04-2009 11:39am

swing is bit too fast... try keep your left arm straight (it breaks a bit) on the backswing and shorten the backswing a little... other than that it looks better than most

Mister Sifter · 21-04-2009 11:58am

ShriekingSheet wrote: »

Yeah, I've just always had this tendancy to move laterally - most likely trying to generate more power. In January, that little move away from the target caused a few fat shots. And to hit it clean I kind of hat to sway back the other way to compensate.

These days I think I've pretty much eliminated all unecessary lateral movement - especially on the way back, and instead just turn away and turn back. Coupled with staying taller through impact, the difference and consistency of strike is huge. Much cleaner hits, less steep, longer, shallower divots and much more flexibility of shot in terms of how easy it is to play a low one, a 3/4 one, above/below feet etc.

Interesting. I recently had my swing videod in a simulator and it showed a bit of a sway on the way back. I have the tendency to catch the odd shot fat. I'm working on trying to keep my right side and head very still (like there's a wall beside my right side).

El Camino · 21-04-2009 12:14pm

ShriekingSheet wrote: »

The guy I go to these days has given me the same lesson about 5 times.

Anjd who is this wonderful genius that is coaching you these days. Seems like he is doing some good work...

fullstop · 21-04-2009 2:15pm

El Camino wrote: »

Anjd who is this wonderful genius that is coaching you these days. Seems like he is doing some good work...

No need for the sarcastic reply. Most amateur players have at least one basic flaw in their swing that they will keep going back to unless they have very regular lessons. Mine is my right side breaking down on the back swing, meaning i can't transfer my weight properly on the downswing. I've had the same lesson about it 3 or 4 times.
The point he was making is that his coach does not try to over complicate things and gloss over a basic error in his technique to be seen to be working on something more complicated such as swing-plane as a lot of coaches would do.

mchammer · 21-04-2009 2:49pm

Dub6Kevin wrote: »

Lads, I came here looking for swinging videos.

I feel very let down.

hows this swing for ya....:pac:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DFtoeQlO0Ho

WHIP IT! · 21-04-2009 6:03pm

Aint no way I'm postin up my swing now after the three that have just gone up! :pac:

A.Necessiter · 21-04-2009 7:34pm

Take a look at this vid, it'll help you understand the fundamentals of the basic golf swing in plane english.:D

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B_lOfroRDq8

I'll post mine in the next few days when I get a chance to vidieo it.

ThunderCat · 22-04-2009 2:44pm

Here is my good self at Royal County Down

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BxS7kWAvAWs

And at Corballis

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H6Bztfd_kHc

apologies for the links but i dont know how do embed the videos.

kagni · 22-04-2009 3:00pm

ThunderCat wrote: »

Here is my good self at Royal County Down

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BxS7kWAvAWs

And at Corballis

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H6Bztfd_kHc

apologies for the links but i dont know how do embed the videos.

You didn't leave anything after you with that tee shot in the first link!
Nice drive.

P.S. How's that Wilson 3-wood working out for you.

Adiaga 2 · 22-04-2009 3:05pm

Nice swing Thundercat. Looks a bit like Philip Walton's - especially the backswing.

Playing Corballis at the weekend. Looking forward to seeing those new holes. Hopefully the weather is kind too.

ThunderCat · 22-04-2009 3:12pm

Very Happy with the 3 wood kagni, cheers. Im using it mainly off the tee on narrower holes and its working well. Still getting used to hitting it off the deck, a bit hit and miss there im afraid but ill get there.

Adiaga 2 wrote: »

Nice swing Thundercat. Looks a bit like Philip Walton's - especially the backswing.

Playing Corballis at the weekend. Looking forward to seeing those new holes. Hopefully the weather is kind too.

Cheers! You'll enjoy the new holes just dont go in the bunkers! You'll know what i mean if you have the misfortune of finding one. Enjoy anyway and with a bit of luck we'll get sunshine.

Alzar · 22-04-2009 8:14pm

stockdam wrote: »

...in fact I first thought that he was posting Casey's swing for a laugh.

Me too. Very Casey-esque

Echo what everyone else have said about tempo etc.

Al.

ShriekingSheet · 23-04-2009 9:02am

Alzar wrote: »

Me too. Very Casey-esque
Echo what everyone else have said about tempo etc.

Al.

Thanks

I have to say, I never, ever had the Casey thing said before... tbh it's probably as much to do with the similar style of baseball cap he wears. Not that I'm complaining!

WHIP IT! · 23-04-2009 2:48pm

ShriekingSheet wrote: »

Thanks

I have to say, I never, ever had the Casey thing said before... tbh it's probably as much to do with the similar style of baseball cap he wears. Not that I'm complaining!

Everything about it reminds me of Casey's swing I must say. From address to the very distinctive finish he has... and of course the hat!

Mine is like Casey's too....... Bishop f*ckin Casey!

dnjoyce · 25-04-2009 1:49pm

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1RdhWnoJj-Y

no width on backswing and bit too much lateral movement - lots of work to do!

arg · 25-04-2009 3:01pm

Don't have a great swing but I can do a bit of juggling!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ykiALdFa9qA

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ykiALdFa9qA

L.O.F.T · 25-04-2009 7:25pm

dnjoyce wrote: »

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1RdhWnoJj-Y

no width on backswing and bit too much lateral movement - lots of work to do!

I think your being hard on yourself, there is a lovely tempo, balance and crisp strike

soundsham · 25-04-2009 7:31pm

have to say this thread only makes me think of the old carly simon song;), no offence meant

Trampas · 25-04-2009 8:38pm

arg wrote: »

Don't have a great swing but I can do a bit of juggling!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ykiALdFa9qA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ykiALdFa9qA

Can do that with me a long iron never mind a wedge.

arg · 25-04-2009 10:56pm

Trampas wrote: »

Can do that with me a long iron never mind a wedge.

I normally mess around with my driver, but on conno's advice I was in the process of stuffing the head with cotton wool to reduce the sound levels at impact

blinkey 101 · 25-04-2009 11:23pm

my swing http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=makPc-ArF-Q

Niall09 · 30-04-2009 9:28pm

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bsY3BeJOyng

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bsY3BeJOyng&fmt=18

Sorry that it's sideways. Couldn't find a way to rotate it :rolleyes:

ShriekingSheet · 01-05-2009 11:04am

Niall09 wrote: »

Sorry that it's sideways. Couldn't find a way to rotate it :rolleyes:

Sweet swing Niall. Looks a little bit like Stenson a while back...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vx_7lFeoAic

Check out Ernie below. If you kept that spine-angle and head-height the same for longer, even through to the finish, rather than popping up at or just after impact, you might get even more consistent. See how Els stays down and through. Just my thoughts.

jampotjim · 16-05-2009 5:33pm

Well here is 2 of my swing...

Been struggling with consistency this season and I think I have spotted why as getting even shorter than normal and it has always been short but this is mainly due to being a little flat which seems to be restricting my weight tranference...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dsYrpF0Kedc

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dsYrpF0Kedc

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZlpVxEprOl4

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZlpVxEprOl4

I dunno why they ain't showing...

stockdam · 16-05-2009 6:20pm

Rotating videos......try this and tell me if it works.

http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsmedia/knowledgecenter/mediaadvice/0075.mspx

(Scroll down to "How do I rotate video that I have recorded with my digital camera in the Player?").

Download Movie Maker.....

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/downloads/updates/moviemaker2.mspx

Niall09 · 16-05-2009 7:18pm

jampotjim wrote: »

Well here is 2 of my swing...

Been struggling with consistency this season and I think I have spotted why as getting even shorter than normal and it has always been short but this is mainly due to being a little flat which seems to be restricting my weight tranference...

I dunno why they ain't showing...

Nice swing

What handicap do you play off?

jampotjim · 16-05-2009 7:44pm

Niall09 wrote: »

Nice swing What handicap do you play off?

6 at the moment.. Took years away until last year was a bit lower...

I didn't relise how short it had got LoL.. Need to do more stretching me thinks LoL

mchammer · 18-05-2009 11:16am

Is this the way forward!! - Stack & Tilt!:)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w73mPEBRX2I

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dJzUd7o5stQ

mag · 20-05-2009 3:04pm

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RZbUcbCW1YE

GreeBo · 20-05-2009 3:27pm

jampotjim wrote: »

Well here is 2 of my swing...

Been struggling with consistency this season and I think I have spotted why as getting even shorter than normal and it has always been short but this is mainly due to being a little flat which seems to be restricting my weight tranference...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dsYrpF0Kedc

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dsYrpF0Kedc

If you stop this one at 5sec it looks to me like you have swayed back rather than turned?If true, that will kill consistency. Also, even though its short, do you always swing back that quickly? If thats your normal tempo then its fine, for me that would be way too fast.

jampotjim wrote: »

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZlpVxEprOl4

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZlpVxEprOl4

Stopping this one at 3secs the club seems to be way inside and laid off, as you said, swinging around yourself. Do you hit a lot of pulls?

You do seem to get a nice crisp contact though.

Post a video of your swing

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