Help me out Righty or lefty 😵‍💫

[Hall401]

Back story, I’m left handed baseball & hockey and throw lefty. Everything else is right handed, writing, swinging axe or hammer. I stopped golfing left handed in 2004 freshman year of HS my coach said I’d ruin my baseball swing. Here we are ages later. I picked up a set of lefty clubs just to train from both sides for mobility and speed. Swing is much faster lefty and distance obviously increased but contact is no where near my right handed swing. I just feel I have way better rotation and impact position lefty vs righty. Anyone else have this issue of figuring out which side to stand on after all these years? 🤣 help me out. 

Edited March 29, 2022 by Hall401

[tthomasgolfer605]

Your lefty impact position looks better. The better contact will come with more practice. 

[Drees]

Left looks better to me - something is off on right hip rotation.  You do get steep on left swing. I think if more inside it would help consistency. See video. 

[Hall401]

7 minutes ago, Drees said:

Left looks better to me - something is off on right hip rotation.  You do get steep on left swing. I think if more inside it would help consistency. See video. 

Yes I’ve never been able to rotate properly right handed but have scratched score to the low 70s that’s what blows my mind. Never would have thought anything of it until I picked up these lefty clubs. Definitely have to shorten the left handed back swing and think that will help stay more on plane. 

[Righty to Lefty]

This very issue is the reason for my handle "Righty to Lefty" and my quick suggestion is to go with lefty as you will eventually overcome the strike issues over time and repetition.  There is no substitute for speed and you either have it or you don't. You strike it better right handed for now because you are operating at a slower speed but over time your body will acclimate and your strike will improve lefty I assure you.  I would continue to swing right handed as it is good for maintaining balance within the body between the left and right side which is really important.  

[Hall401]

47 minutes ago, Righty to Lefty said:

This very issue is the reason for my handle "Righty to Lefty" and my quick suggestion is to go with lefty as you will eventually overcome the strike issues over time and repetition.  There is no substitute for speed and you either have it or you don't. You strike it better right handed for now because you are operating at a slower speed but over time your body will acclimate and your strike will improve lefty I assure you.  I would continue to swing right handed as it is good for maintaining balance within the body between the left and right side which is really important.  

Much appreciated. If it took me 6 years to drop from high 80s scores to mid to low 70s I’m thinking I can achieve the same faster left handed since all the mechanics are right around there from baseball and hockey. Definitely going to start with a lotttt of half swing until contact and plane (coming more from inside) is better. Then I guess I’ll have to book another fitting once things are tightened up. It was pretty eye opening seeing me swing my driver right handed 105 at my last fitting to grabbing my lefty one and the first swing was 115 effortless. Definitely can’t be giving up that much yardage.

[rooski]

Your club twirl looks much better left handed

[3PuttLefty]

Looks good either way…but facing at the window has me cringing!!! Zero doubt i would top a ball off the gutter and through the glass..aim at a nieghbors house at least! 
 

[IPlay4Keeps]

Lefty looks better but you should really even out your mat. You're gonna develop some bad habits if your default practice is when the ball is above your feet.

[Hall401]

31 minutes ago, IPlay4Keeps said:

Lefty looks better but you should really even out your mat. You're gonna develop some bad habits if your default practice is when the ball is above your feet.

Yes indeed. Temporary til weather breaks and we are leveling and putting patio for the grill aka golf mat 🤣

[IPlay4Keeps]

2 hours ago, Hall401 said:

Yes indeed. Temporary til weather breaks and we are leveling and putting patio for the grill aka golf mat 🤣

Ok good. You'd be surprised at the bad habits that can arise from an unbalanced setup.