My swing, iron and driver

[Fastback]

Here are a few clips of my swing.. i just bought a 905R 9.5* with a Proforce V2 shaft and love it.. hitting it longer and straighter then my r7 Draw

any tips or comments on the swing would be great

by the way, its been about 7 months since taking up golf.. cant get enough of it now, its a disease

[demon]

Looks pretty good for only 7 months.

I would try to turn your shoulders around a little more with your arms, your arms seem to be doing most of your backswing. You are also rotating your hands immidiately comencing your backswing as well as cocking them. I usually start my rotation at about the 8 o'clock postition and then starting my wrist cock at about the 10 o'clock.

You are also lifting your upper body on your take away, the good thing is that it returns to the correct position at impact and the lifting is done more with your driver.

Lastly, with your driver setup you have the ball positioned more towards the heel of the club, and when I was able to pause the frame at impact the club was near the heel of the club as well. Try to setup more towards the toe of the club since you setup with your driver laying on the deck.

[Eracer]

Not bad at all for 7 months. If you pause your swing at the moment of impact, you will see that your hips are parallel to the target line. Lead with the hips. they should be 30-40 degrees open to the target line at impact. I mention this only because I have the same problem - after 20 years of golf. I have to constantly work on "coil - uncoil", as opposed to "lift - hit".

Golf's a great game, and you look like you are well on your way to developing a great full swing.

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demon, i also noticed on the video me rotating my hands pretty quickly, i will try and delay it and see how that goes. I also do tend to lift my body, i've been working on trying to keep vertically still, and horizontally for that matter (shift). I think i setup a bit close that day because my irons were hitting the toe a bit, so tried setting up a fraction closer.. i'll look at this too.. thanks

Eracer, i see what youre saying about being parallel.. i've seen alot of stills of pros at impact, and yes, their hips are rotated past parallel.. thanks for the pick up, i didnt think about think as part of my swing thought

[fore142]

looks good for only 7 months, better than most for that time frame. Do you have a swing coach? Lessons are the number 1 way to get the cap down.

[charnockpro]

echoing all the other comments, 7 months and not a bad swing

I would also agree that in the takeaway lies the problem, and this is the third time i have recommended this drill!!, if you plce the butt end of the club into your belly button and grip down the shaft and then keep the butt end in your belly button until waist height it will give you much more connection and in turn lower your left shoulder a bit and help with your rotation away from the ball being synchronised. The reason your left shoulder is so high and it looks like you stand up during the backswing is because of your extreme roll away from the ball and your natural body reactions to this.

Sorry for being repetitive but this drill works for the problems i have seen.

[Fastback]

echoing all the other comments, 7 months and not a bad swing

I would also agree that in the takeaway lies the problem, and this is the third time i have recommended this drill!!, if you plce the butt end of the club into your belly button and grip down the shaft and then keep the butt end in your belly button until waist height it will give you much more connection and in turn lower your left shoulder a bit and help with your rotation away from the ball being synchronised. The reason your left shoulder is so high and it looks like you stand up during the backswing is because of your extreme roll away from the ball and your natural body reactions to this.

Sorry for being repetitive but this drill works for the problems i have seen.

I can understand the steps you mention, but can you explain ultimately what it is supposed to do? Is it a drill to keep your hands at a certain position on the take away? effectively the distance from the club to the belly button up until waist height?

Id imagine this drill would also ensure not taking the arms out too much, but keeping them over the feet at about waist height

[charnockpro]

Basically the drill will help you on the takeaway by you not breaking down your arc as quick, keeping the club in the belly button until waist height ensures that everything turns in sequence and the linkage is still there, whereas your present takeaway you break down very early in the takeaway leading to other problems later on.

[Fastback]

thanks for that.. will practice this and see how it goes

[Fastback]

Basically the drill will help you on the takeaway by you not breaking down your arc as quick, keeping the club in the belly button until waist height ensures that everything turns in sequence and the linkage is still there, whereas your present takeaway you break down very early in the takeaway leading to other problems later on.

i've been looking at my swing and pausing the swing at various frames.. i see what youre saying.. it looks very obvious to me now.

thanks to all the replies

[Fastback]

i've been playing around with a few things in my swing, trying not to flare the club out in my takeaway.. is what you see in this latest clip an improvement on my original post, or are other things creeping in that shouldnt be there?

[charnockpro]

There is a slight improvement but the main problem is still there, to do the drill i suggested you also then have to carry those feelings of connection through to the full swing, the video shows you breaking down early again causing a very big gap between your arms meaning they are working independantly of each other not in sync. i would re iterate the drill i suggested and try to ingrain those feelings which will help you through your other positions in your swing.

[demon]

Too much arm movement, your initial take-away is all arms, then you take the club so far back with your arms at the top of your backswing you are lifting your torso standing upright. You are releasing early and coming over the top.

[Fastback]

thanks for the replies.. ive been having trouble with the initial takeaway, and i suppose that flows through to the rest of the swing..

Im finding it difficult to work out what i need to be doing to get the initial swing correct.. will work on the drill

thanks

[Fastback]

you take the club so far back with your arms at the top of your backswing you are lifting your torso standing upright.

i noticed this too, so have been trying to not overswing since i saw that