Pulling/hooking fairway wood and hybrids

dar_cool

Hi all,
Just after some advice. I'm not confident with my hybrid or 3 wood off the deck. Both stiff shafts. Went to the range for 2 hours today before work and my alignment is good but it seems if I slow my backswing down a bit I hit them straight. Is this just a temporary fix or does everyone slow there swing a bit to hit it cleanly and straight off the ground?
Thanks
Darren

Rikand

in general a slower backswing will help anyways. But yes, I try to keep my backswing slow when hitting off the deck in particular as going back too fast will throw you off balance

levitronix

this the last place you want advice..
1. if the ball is starting out a little right and going way left thats one probem
2. if the ball is starting a little left and going way left totally differnet problem

i know a thing or two about hooks i l show you tmorrow

levitronix

Rickylovesuall wrote: »

in general a slower backswing will help anyways. But yes, I try to keep my backswing slow when hitting off the deck in particular as going back too fast will throw you off balance

but this is right good balance/tempo helps keep over the top away

Senna

My bad shot with the hybrids was always a hook, but the majority of shots where nice and straight. I bought an Adams A3 for €20 on ebay, which is set up for a fade and with no change in swing what-so-ever, I've never hooked it. The bad shot is always a 20 yard fade that isn't punished on any hole at my course (10 yards left and I could be in thick rough on many holes).

dar_cool

It's definitely more like a hook/heavy draw. I hit the 3 wood off the tee with a nice draw but seems to multiply it off the deck. Guess ill just try slow my tempo down
Thanks for the replies lads

Almaviva

Having to slow down your backswing would not in itself be a standard procedure for those shots. Thats not to say that it is not a useful working fix for you.

If your alignment is OK as you say, then the pull/hook is most likely cause by an out to in downswing. It will alternate between a pull and a hook depending on what your hands do aligning the clubface. It will also likely give you a steeper than ideal attack which would lead to inconsistent hits. The feeling of slowing down the backswing is probably delaying the reversing of your arms/shoulders a fraction, stopping you from swinging your shoulders out (breaking 'Hogans glass') before your hips have turned back. Allowing you to swing down on a more on-line plane.
Ensuring your downswing is starting from the ground up, or knees and hips, rather than the shoulders may help - but if the slowing down fix works, then stick with it.

John Divney

My two cents on slow backswing, which I tried when I took the game back up a few years ago to sort out God knows what, at the time.

It's not a slow backswing imo, it's a slower transition. A problem with a slow backswing is it is inviting an overly quick transition, and a lot of people could find it exasperates the problem, the brain isn't used to the slower backswing and is itchinbg to pull the trigger, and a terrible tempo/snatch can happen.

Focus on hiips, then shoulders, then 'firing through the ball later in the downswing with the arms..

GreeBo

John Divney wrote: »

Focus on hiips, then shoulders, then 'firing through the ball later in the downswing with the arms..

not for a two plane swing, that starts with the arms....

whizbang

If the ball off the tee goes straightish, but off the deck is pulling left, it could well be caused by too low lie angle.
i.e. the heel of the club is hitting the ground first and turning over the clubhead.

do you hit down, or take a divot after the ball ? - Mark the position of the ball on the deck, and hit a good solid piece of ground, and check if its before or after the ball marking.

Gin77

The shaft may not be as stiff as it makes out to be, you should have it checked out by a club fitter.
I had a similar problem with ping woods they were too flexible for my swing. The club was whipping around closing the face at impact.