ezra76
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- Feb 5, 2006
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I believe I've discovered something in my swing or the swing. Basically I started out hitting 9i, then 7i, hitting them very well. I moved to the hybrid, hit it great. Moved to 5W, belted it. Then had my usual troubles with driver. Some good, some bad, not really much control.
So here's the thing. Everything must stay inside. The distance of my hands from my body are predetermined by the spine angle at setup. In other words, with an upright posture I cannot setup way off the ball. I tried setting up 1st, then stepping into the ball and what a difference. My arms stay connected and I belt it with a 1yd. cut every time. Hitting the driver was like hitting the 9i. No problem. Was within 3yds. of the 250 sign 30 times in a row.
Now for the freaky part. I took this same principle over to the putting green. The hands needed to stay inside of the plane the putterhead moved on basically. This again was predetermined by the posture. I did the same thing, setup first, then step into the ball. Ball position is irrelevant, clubhead position was now first the constant every time. Very good strokes.
If anything I just wanted to post this so I can go back and reference it I guess. I have to track down my copy of 5 lessons. I believe what I figured out today is something Hogan talked about with the arc of the hands in the swing. Whatever I figured out, it worked and I understand why. The distance of the hands from the body could really throw off the swing plane and allow for some major disconnection if they don't fit the posture/spine angle. Getting it right meant the clubhead was right there at impact, same as it always is with my short irons or wedges.
So here's the thing. Everything must stay inside. The distance of my hands from my body are predetermined by the spine angle at setup. In other words, with an upright posture I cannot setup way off the ball. I tried setting up 1st, then stepping into the ball and what a difference. My arms stay connected and I belt it with a 1yd. cut every time. Hitting the driver was like hitting the 9i. No problem. Was within 3yds. of the 250 sign 30 times in a row.
Now for the freaky part. I took this same principle over to the putting green. The hands needed to stay inside of the plane the putterhead moved on basically. This again was predetermined by the posture. I did the same thing, setup first, then step into the ball. Ball position is irrelevant, clubhead position was now first the constant every time. Very good strokes.
If anything I just wanted to post this so I can go back and reference it I guess. I have to track down my copy of 5 lessons. I believe what I figured out today is something Hogan talked about with the arc of the hands in the swing. Whatever I figured out, it worked and I understand why. The distance of the hands from the body could really throw off the swing plane and allow for some major disconnection if they don't fit the posture/spine angle. Getting it right meant the clubhead was right there at impact, same as it always is with my short irons or wedges.