Help Me!

alexthegrrr8 · July 27, 2007

the thins

Hey Guys:

After a hiatus from golf I'm getting back into the"swing" of things. As some of you may know I've been off from the game ill from diabetes. I had lost a lot of weight and strength. I've been to the range the last 5 days and there is one problem that I'm having. I'm totally infested with the thins. I've thought of everything that could be causing this but I'm lost.

My question is this...what exactly causes the thins? I can accept a few but it's been ridiculous. Woods are really good though.

Thanks guys, and man does it feel good to be back on the range again doing what Moe Norman once said "hitting this dumb guy, with this dumb guy into that dumb guy".

Alex

mcputter · July 27, 2007

Swing lower.

mat562 · July 27, 2007

Hello mate.

Good to hear you're on the mend and back golfing.

I found that it takes a while to get back into the swing of things after a long lay-off. I also had some health issues and lost about 60lb and didn't play for a protracted period owing to recovery and treatment. For me, I think it was mainly due to rustiness and a loss of strength and flexibility.

I started off by working on my short game and had a quick check-up to make sure my full-swing fundamentals were okay. I found it quite disheartening at first, but soon got back into the game and began to hit balls properly again.

I soon got back to playing reasonable golf and within a few months was back playing something like I was used to again.

Thins can be caused by a variety of things, but no doubt your ballstriking will return in time. I wouldn't worry unduly.

Best wishes and good luck!

mikpga · July 27, 2007

Make a physical awareness of your posture at address, and then develop the sensation of 'staying in your posture' as you swing the club down and through.

alexthegrrr8 · July 28, 2007

Make a physical awareness of your posture at address, and then develop the sensation of 'staying in your posture' as you swing the club down and through.

Mike and All:

Thanks a bunch for your input thus far. I have really appreciated the help that you guys have offered. I went to the range last night just to see if I could sortit through and Mike you were right I believe about more awareness of my posture. I did improve my ball striking last night and I think what was partially to blame was a two fold issue. The first was that I think it was a mental mistake seeing that my ball position had crept forward a tad. The second was indeed my posture. I was okay from a bent at hips perspective but I think I had too much knee bend. I took out the bend (at least a lot of it) and I found that I was able to keep my spine angle more intact. Much better results as I don't recall a thin.

Mat...that's the one thing that I have been able to work on alot and improve on during the layoff. My putting and chipping. I'm glad to hear that you recovered well from your illness and returned to playing golf. You're right though it can be so disheartening and I think so humbling trying to come back. Then again it is a humbling game to begin with. I think it's why I love it so much. Either that or I (or golfers in general) have some sort of sado masochistic tendencies.

slicefixer · July 28, 2007

You need to focus on "holding your angles"........meaning the body "angles" you set up at address (Make SURE they are fundamentally sound.....SLIGHT spine tilt away from the target......upper body tilted from the hip sockets.....weight favoring the left side for an iron (you'll feel like your leaning into your left leg a bit for the irons......probably 80/20 for the drill I describe......) and practice the "right wrist drill" while hitting short wedges.........you simply pivot until your left arm is about 9 O'clock high (make sure it's your TURN that "takes" the arms to waist high and that the left arm/shaft form an "L" (it's set))......then focus on your LEFT side unwinding/rotating LEFT (strong "pulling" feeling) that HOLDS the set of your right wrist........do this until you can hit 30 - 40 yard wedges solidly.......start off hitting shots 20 yards or so.......when you can strike the solidly move on to 30, then 40, etc. Once your "refind the ball" you'll be off to the races....