Doing the rope swing after watching Dr.Kwon videos

[Chazb]

The rope swing has helped me hit my driver straighter and longer than I have in years really happy about the progress I have made.My irons are a different matter I seem to top them more but the tops at least are going straight and I can’t figure it out.I like Milo and Dr.Kwons teachings as there method seems to fit me better  but the ball topping is troublesome.Any ideas on how to fix this.One thing I might add the players in my skin game the  tell me I’m hitting it farther the older I get with my driver. 

[i*windows]

Ball back a touch, there's a zillion page thread with loads of good info...search is your friend 

[Krt22]

Rope doesn't have a club face or a low point

[AlohaPineapple]

the rope swing is helpful in finding your natural plane, getting the right tempo, and proper shoulder rotation.  for low point, try aiming at a reference point several inches in front of the ball for irons.  

[MonteScheinblum]

1 hour ago, Krt22 said:

Rope doesn't have a club face or a low point

This is the reason you can’t solely do drills for dozens, hundreds, thousands of reps.

 

You need to have more balls hit than drill swings.

 

I have seen somewhere between 3 and 5 to 1.

 

Do the drill for 3-5 swings, hit 10-15 balls.  Rinse and repeat. 
 

 

Edited February 8, 2023 by MonteScheinblum

[Chazb]

Thanks everyone but with the weather in St.Louis I don’t get to hit many balls just if I’m lucky I might be able to get a chili nine in once in a while

.Monte I use some of your teachings also and bought some of your videos,if the range is open I will do as you say.

[Jeselnik]

Sound like you learned how to throw it away quicker.  If you want to learn how to swing a club, replace left arm with a rope.

 

JNIK.

 

 

[Hawkeye77]

4 hours ago, Jeselnik said:

Sound like you learned how to throw it away quicker.  If you want to learn how to swing a club, replace left arm with a rope.

 

JNIK.

 

 

 

Or if you want to learn how to perfect swinging a rope, keep endlessly swinging a rope.  You'll be the envy of all in the punishment cloister at the monastery.

 

 

[Zitlow]

6 hours ago, Jeselnik said:

Sound like you learned how to throw it away quicker.  If you want to learn how to swing a club, replace left arm with a rope.

 

JNIK.

 

 

 

I might hurt myself if I tried this but hitting balls using a short iron with the right hand and arm is a good drill. 

 

[Nels55]

On 2/8/2023 at 1:09 PM, MonteScheinblum said:

This is the reason you can’t solely do drills for dozens, hundreds, thousands of reps.

 

You need to have more balls hit than drill swings.

 

I have seen somewhere between 3 and 5 to 1.

 

Do the drill for 3-5 swings, hit 10-15 balls.  Rinse and repeat. 
 

 

 

Huh?  Well, you know what?  This might be the best golf related advice that I have ever gotten on the internet.  And I have been on various forums and the like for kind of a long time LOL...

 

I have noticed over the years that I would almost always hit the ball better immediately when trying a new drill.  Then I would think that I had the answer and all I had to do was drill endlessly!  The result would be that I would hit the ball worse and worse whenever I did hit it.  After repeating this cycle numerous times I concluded that I was really good at turning my drill swing into a habit that had no relation to my actual swing with a ball down there.  

 

Anyway, I have tried the ratio that you suggest a few times with a few drills and it does seem to be effective.  For me it seems that if I think hard about how I am moving doing the drill and then think a lot less while hitting the ball then the drill movement may translate over on it's own.  Something like that anyway. 

 

At any rate thanks!

[MoneyMan300]

On 2/8/2023 at 3:09 PM, MonteScheinblum said:

This is the reason you can’t solely do drills for dozens, hundreds, thousands of reps.

 

You need to have more balls hit than drill swings.

 

I have seen somewhere between 3 and 5 to 1.

 

Do the drill for 3-5 swings, hit 10-15 balls.  Rinse and repeat. 
 

 

Good stuff Monte.   Would you say the same thing about drills that include hitting a ball?   I do a lot of 1 arm drills and will do 10-15 1 arm reps hitting balls and then 3-5 regular swings.

[MonteScheinblum]

28 minutes ago, MoneyMan300 said:

Good stuff Monte.   Would you say the same thing about drills that include hitting a ball?   I do a lot of 1 arm drills and will do 10-15 1 arm reps hitting balls and then 3-5 regular swings.

Reverse it.