Post a video of your swing

sternpeak

whizbang wrote: »

Sternpeak, looks like you have a lot of distance as said, but your awful tight on the club, choking down big time.
got to let it loose! -bring your hands closer together and more to the end of the club, then let the club do the work. "bend the knees" bit will work better also. best of luck.

hey whiz, how do u mean choking down big time ? i seem to play lower down the shaft on the shorter irons / wedges, and up the shaft on 8-3wood.

I dont do any locking grip atall, I feel perfect just normal grip. I think i might retry bending the knees but when i use to do it i sliced a hell of a lot more than i am now. i need to work on bending my righ arm when near the top of my swing as its not bent enough i find to get the full swing, im feeling alot better with a straight left arm (recently changed that) as i use to bend and swing all over the place :P cheers for the help, do reply to my questions thanks.

stephen

The Aul Switcharoo

Went for a game with a Pro friend with all the technology. Hers the slow-mo of my swing

Here the driver. A little John Daly-esque

Then the three wood

Can a mod edit these to embed? Won't work for me:(

Oh and BTW..I used to post a bit but lurked for ages. New name

irish bloke

The Aul Switcharoo wrote: »

Went for a game with a Pro friend with all the technology. Hers the slow-mo of my swing

Here the driver. A little John Daly-esque

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_6Q6PFTogAs

Then the three wood

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XGb4vSEEsGY

Can a mod edit these to embed? Won't work for me:(

Oh and BTW..I used to post a bit but lurked for ages. New name

I'll take a go,:D as I spend a heap of time videoing and analyzing my own swing.

Officially 16 but I know I will be cut once scoring comps come back in as playing alot better at the moment..

Anyway,

Front view:

Actually pretty nice from what I can see. Good balance, great weight transfer (probably too much, hence the right foot slide:)). Like the way you are transitioning into the downswing before you complete your back swing. Spine angle kept back throughout which is good (i.e. no reverse pivot)

Down the line:

A little bit closed on the stance and your downswing is inside the line of your backswing. I'd say you hit a lovely draw but block/hook the ball from time to time.

There is a nice bit of overswing going on there too and your crossing the line at the top.

All in all, its pretty good, quite powerful too, but who am I to say..:D:D

TheDoc

Old video but still good fun.

Happy gilmore strike on a par 3 with friends, stitched for about 2 feet for birdie

Practising a few years ago, a good few years ago !

Practice round of Barton cup, forget the course, was a nice 5 wood that set me up for an eagle putt.

Gonna get the old fella to grab a few videos this weekend, keep things fresh. I'd love to compare my swing now to the two above when I was playing off 6, I'm a bit bigger now ( height and width )

Also a great way to nit pick at your swing

katnia

The Aul Switcharoo wrote: »

Went for a game with a Pro friend with all the technology. Hers the slow-mo of my swing

Here the driver. A little John Daly-esque

Then the three wood

Can a mod edit these to embed? Won't work for me:(

Oh and BTW..I used to post a bit but lurked for ages. New name

I'll have a go if you don't mind?

Your set up position in the top video is not bad at all, it the lower pic the ball is a little too far forward in your stance and should be more at the inside of your left foot.

Your takeaway shows the flaw in you swing and it's basically caused by your takeaway being driven by your hands and not by your arms and shoulders. This results in you picking the club up somewhat and is making you lose width in your swing, that is why you can see the club out of your left eye on your backswing at the top and also your hands being very close to your right shoulder. This lack of width cause power loss in the swing and it also makes it difficult for you to return the club on plane and squarely to the ball. Ideally you need your hands far away from your right shoulder at the top of the swing, you should also not be able to see the club out of the corner of your eye. I think you hip work is fairly good, another slight flaw I see is that you lean back a bit at impact, rather than staying over the ball a bit more. You probably have a tendency to hit the ball high on some shots?

Overall, I think your set up is good, with a good powerful driving move starting your down swing by your hips/legs, but you need to take the club away in a more connected way with your arms and shoulders (not the hands) and keep your hands well away from your right shoulder at the top of the swing. If your could stay over the ball a bit more at impact it would help keep your ball flight down a bit too.

With a lesson to get you on the right track I think you could do very well and improve your swing a lot with not too much effort, I think you have the potential to hit the ball a long way!

Best of luck with it,

matt-dublin

here's me:

i know im standing too far away form the ball at the moment, i don't know if there's anything i can do about that until i lose some weight but im working on it!

k.p.h

matt-dublin wrote: »

i know im standing too far away form the ball at the moment, i don't know if there's anything i can do about that until i lose some weight but im working on it!

Say that one is still flying ...

matt-dublin

ive always had a very high launch but those crappy range balls dont help

chalkie 501

matt-dublin wrote: »

i know im standing too far away form the ball at the moment, i don't know if there's anything i can do about that until i lose some weight but im working on it!

looks like an excellent swing to me,great hands through impact

knees maybe looked a little rigid at address in the first one alright

im no expert anyway,so keep up the good work matt:)

shaviebeby

matt-dublin wrote: »

ive always had a very high launch but those crappy range balls dont help

Nice swing Matt. Greystones Driving Range right?..Don't be blaming the range balls :) Pinnacle range balls....no better ball in any range in Ireland I'd say!!!

matt-dublin

ha ha they're better than average alright, still like hitting bricks! range is great since new ownership!

shaviebeby

Agreed!!.... Nice place!!

L.O.F.T

matt-dublin wrote: »

ive always had a very high launch but those crappy range balls dont help

Great looking swing, alot of speed too.

matt-dublin

Cheers, having a bit of difficulty leaving things out to the right and being consistant, i think its to do with my left wrist, damaged it a few years ago and have difficulty releasing through the ball sometimes.

L.O.F.T

matt-dublin wrote: »

Cheers, having a bit of difficulty leaving things out to the right and being consistant, i think its to do with my left wrist, damaged it a few years ago and have difficulty releasing through the ball sometimes.

My problem was the miss right too Matt. I changed my grip to a strong left hand grip with more knuckles showing and it has worked for me in eliminating alot of the right misses. It feels awful and very tight up the left forearm at first but it has straightened me out.

Whyner

L.O.F.T wrote: »

My problem was the miss right too Matt. I changed my grip to a strong left hand grip with more knuckles showing and it has worked for me in eliminating alot of the right misses. It feels awful and very tight up the left forearm at first but it has straightened me out.

Would you not fix your plane instead? How many knuckles 'from and to' have you gone to?

Do you ever hook the ball?

L.O.F.T

Whyner wrote: »

Would you not fix your plane instead? How many knuckles 'from and to' have you gone to?

I didn't mess too much with trying to groove a new swing plane, I am after all a recreational golfer and don't have alot of time to practice.
I do bring it back on the inside a little more than before and along with the strong left hand grip I have success and hit it straighter than before. I now have 3 knuckles on the left hand visible at address.

Whyner wrote: »

Do you ever hook the ball?

No hooks but occasional pulls to the right.

matt-dublin

changing the sing plane would only help a left to right flight pattern not a push out to the right i think.

leafing the ball out right generally means poor release throught the ball from my swing thinkings so a slightly stronger group should help.

i know what ill be trying this weekend!!

Benicetomonty

Been meaning to throw a couple of vids up. Few here from Arklow at the end of Feb. Excuse the pants, any other abuse welcome

First up, an 8 iron to 3 feet. Video cut off a little abruptly so you miss all the cheering and fist-pumping.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aQob2x9yX8E

Second was a wild push out to the right. Sliding hips, most hated flaw in my swing. Suggestions welcome.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z7jzLpB1Fs0

Finally, driver off 18. Right out of the heel, started left, finished perfect. A safe shot but sadly, not one I can repeat.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o9xdg0-o4yE

Tones69

Benicetomonty wrote: »

Been meaning to throw a couple of vids up. Few here from Arklow at the end of Feb. Excuse the pants, any other abuse welcome

First up, an 8 iron to 3 feet. Video cut off a little abruptly so you miss all the cheering and fist-pumping.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aQob2x9yX8E

Second was a wild push out to the right. Sliding hips, most hated flaw in my swing. Suggestions welcome.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z7jzLpB1Fs0

Finally, driver off 18. Right out of the heel, started left, finished perfect. A safe shot but sadly, not one I can repeat.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o9xdg0-o4yE

Ur friend is comical, "some pose tha" , "little slider but she'l woork"

k.p.h

What handicap are you Benicetomonty..? Making's of a class swing there, you working on anything .?

Benicetomonty

k.p.h wrote: »

What handicap are you Benicetomonty..? Making's of a class swing there, you working on anything .?

Thanks kph. Im off 3 right now but was off 1 a couple of years ago so going the wrong way unfortunately. Short game has been the main problem, so Im always working on that. Swing-wise, I got a lesson a while ago that showed me how flat I was at impact and through the ball. sounds complicated but made a lot of sense to me, it was well explained. That hip slide is also vexing-a bad habit Ive had for a long time and have always struggled to shake it!

Dr_Colossus

Benicetomonty wrote: »

Thanks kph. Im off 3 right now but was off 1 a couple of years ago so going the wrong way unfortunately. Short game has been the main problem, so Im always working on that. Swing-wise, I got a lesson a while ago that showed me how flat I was at impact and through the ball. sounds complicated but made a lot of sense to me, it was well explained. That hip slide is also vexing-a bad habit Ive had for a long time and have always struggled to shake it!

Nice looking solid swing. You appear to line up your driver a long way behind the ball (a good 6 inches). Any particular reason for that or is it the natural low point of your swing with the driver?

Benicetomonty

Yeah, I've gotten questioned on that before! Have done it for a few years now after I saw Harrington do something similar with his driver once. I've exaggerated it a little since I started doing it but has become habit now. Something to do with visualsing a long, wide take away, keeping the club close to the ground. It's only on camera that I can see how strange it looks, but feels fine when I'm over it. I very rarely sky or top a drive so might be worth a try if you struggle with either of those shots with the driver!

SuprSi

To me it looks like your right leg is straightening up quite a lot on the backswing. This means that your hips are allowed to move or sway, as you've pointed out. It also means your hips have to sway back in the opposite direction in order for you to get square to the ball. It's very apparent in the 3rd video. If you don't keep your right knee bent, you cannot maintain the body position you need. The very first movement in your swing is for your hips to move backwards - this is even before you start moving your hands/shoulders.

Try keeping the weight on the inside of your right foot on the backswing. Practice by putting a door wedge or something bigger like a golf ball under the outside of your right foot and take your swing just to get a feel for it. You need to keep the weight on the inside with your leg almost as bent as it was at address or your body (hips in your case) will sway you won't get square at impact.

k.p.h

Benicetomonty wrote: »

Thanks kph. Im off 3 right now but was off 1 a couple of years ago so going the wrong way unfortunately. Short game has been the main problem, so Im always working on that. Swing-wise, I got a lesson a while ago that showed me how flat I was at impact and through the ball. sounds complicated but made a lot of sense to me, it was well explained. That hip slide is also vexing-a bad habit Ive had for a long time and have always struggled to shake it!

Thought you would be low enough alright, you bad habits are obvious enough in the sense that the first thing I noticed was the starting the back swing with the hip slide, but then I just played the video a few more times and and realized everything else was absolutely ace. Can't really say much about your swing because I would be delighted if I had a swing as good, but ... if you managed to get the back swing started with your shoulders instead of your hips (and still ended up in the same place at the top and fire through in the same manner) your swing would be almost indistinguishable from a lot of the pro's.

Not sure if you would want to do that as one of the other threads about "looking good vs being good" discussed. Might not be worth the change as it's going so good for you as it stands and it's obviously not an issue.

Anyway great swing, lovely tempo too.

NapoleonInRags

I've been trying to combat a large overswing and slow down for more consistency. Been reading a lot about a one-plane swing to achieve both of these. I don't think I'm anywhere near yet - but improving I hope!

Any advice welcome.....

irish bloke

NapoleonInRags wrote: »

I've been trying to combat a large overswing and slow down for more consistency. Been reading a lot about a one-plane swing to achieve both of these. I don't think I'm anywhere near yet - but improving I hope!

Any advice welcome.....

Like most amateurs including me, your posture is changing on your downswing (your standing up so to speak).

Your pushing your hips towards the ball instead of towards the target.

If you put a line on your butt and right knee, you can see them moving towards the ball on your downswing. This leads to inconsistant contact (believe me)

It requires alot of practise and flexibility to rectify this. Practise swing at home with your butt just touching a wall, complete a swing all the way to follow through and your butt should still be touching the wall at finish.

Heres a video to hopefully explain what I mean.

NapoleonInRags

irish bloke wrote: »

Like most amateurs including me, your posture is changing on your downswing (your standing up so to speak).

Your pushing your hips towards the ball instead of towards the target.

If you put a line on your butt and right knee, you can see them moving towards the ball on your downswing. This leads to inconsistant contact (believe me)

It requires alot of practise and flexibility to rectify this. Practise swing at home with your butt just touching a wall, complete a swing all the way to follow through and your butt should still be touching the wall at finish.

Heres a video to hopefully explain what I mean.

That's very, very helpful - thank you. I also find Mark Crossfield to be an excellent online tutor.

Niall09

Went to the range to fix the oul swing today. After about a month solid of hitting 1 or 2 fairways a round with the driver I thought it was time to see what the problem was.

Last ball of the evening