Share your current swing thought/feels

[chasingneil]

I love adding different swing thoughts/feels to my mental library to try when struggling on the range or on the course.  Thought it would be fun to get a thread going of everyone's go-to or current swing thought or feels they use coupled with how/why it helps them.

 

 

 

[Shilgy]

Pretty much:

 

address/grip/ball position feels off…….go ahead and swing anyways….turn was flat and inside….keep going….oh crap that’s way too long a backswing…can’t stop now…..transition was waaay too quick….adjust on the fly…geez, I’m getting ahead of it again….FORE! 🥲

Edited February 8 by Shilgy

[vman]

I’ve only really had 2 over the years, soft arms at address and a steady head to stay centred. Keeping it simple works for me.

[iacas]

Curl (palmar flex) my right wrist the entire backswing, then send the back of the clubhead toward the ground behind my right foot as hard as I can.

[skim4]

I picture the ball flying over my intermediary target  to the target and think keep head behind ball.

 

I then watch my ball sail over a few houses. And do it all again. 

 

[Zitlow]

 

If that doesn't work I revert back to the Official GolfWRX Instructor's Swing Thought Guide. 

 

[phizzy30]

Get to left side with hip rotation just before downswing.  Make sure grip pressure isn't too tight or loose.  @MonteScheinblum added a good one in that I need to be aware that my right knee needs to straighten out a bit as well at the top of my swing which has helped my ball striking quite a bit so big shout out to him. 

[JayMas]

Upper body stay closed, pressure into ball of left foot for transition/pressure shift back to left side.

Edited February 8 by JayMas

[GolfTurkey]

Early wrist set and then cast to 5 o’clock. 
 

Probably totally wrong but helps me not to get under plane and “stuck”.

[Golfbeat]

2 hours ago, iacas said:

Curl (palmar flex) my right wrist the entire backswing, then send the back of the clubhead toward the ground behind my right foot as hard as I can.

 

The back of the club head or the face?

[getitdaily]

The move below plus

 

Swing to p3, stop. Swing to top WHILE pushing hard into the ground via my lead foot.

 

Edited February 8 by getitdaily

[DShepley]

This from Jake. Basically I'm trying to feel the club head moving clockwise relative to my trail hand right into impact as my body opens.

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[Anthony Stevens]

Based on some info from Elite Golf Schools, whose content I believe is excellent, my current feels are about three things:

 

1) Club COM vs. hub (hand) path - keep the COM outside in the backswing, switch it under in transition. Think Matthew Wolff, but not that extreme.

2) Wrist action - they call it the "infinity loop" or something like that, but it's basically: radial deviation first in the backswing, then trail wrist extension in transition, then trail wrist supination. In practice it's hard to tease apart the overlap of when these happen, but I can do the example feel they give and it makes sense. Note that their definition of "transition" is P3 - P5, so a longer period than most think of it. The early RD helps with #1 or keeping the COM outside the hub on the way back.

3) Upper lead arm (humerus) internal rotation in transition. This one made no sense to me at all, as I would have guessed it would leave the face wide open, but it is working so far. Maybe it's because in combination with trail wrist extension the face can stay more "on plane", if that makes sense.

 

After having not broken 80 in months, I've gone 79-78 my last two rounds, with no double bogeys or worse (7 index). This is super progress for me and makes me want to continue.

 

[EdY]

I spent a year getting my backswing more upright. (Picture Spieths pre shot routine from a year ago only uglier) My head was full of that part and I could not process the 2nd half of that equation. I am only allowed 1 swing thought. 
 

Now that muscle memory has my backswing where I want it (for now… it will change) my only thought is: look at the spot where I want the club and ball to meet. And that’s around 4:30….when I remember to do it and don’t just blank out. 

[iacas]

2 hours ago, Golfbeat said:

The back of the club head or the face?

 

The back of the clubhead.

 

I'm not even sure how I could send the clubface behind my right foot…? 

[phizzy30]

5 hours ago, Anthony Stevens said:

Based on some info from Elite Golf Schools, whose content I believe is excellent, my current feels are about three things:

 

1) Club COM vs. hub (hand) path - keep the COM outside in the backswing, switch it under in transition. Think Matthew Wolff, but not that extreme.

2) Wrist action - they call it the "infinity loop" or something like that, but it's basically: radial deviation first in the backswing, then trail wrist extension in transition, then trail wrist supination. In practice it's hard to tease apart the overlap of when these happen, but I can do the example feel they give and it makes sense. Note that their definition of "transition" is P3 - P5, so a longer period than most think of it. The early RD helps with #1 or keeping the COM outside the hub on the way back.

3) Upper lead arm (humerus) internal rotation in transition. This one made no sense to me at all, as I would have guessed it would leave the face wide open, but it is working so far. Maybe it's because in combination with trail wrist extension the face can stay more "on plane", if that makes sense.

 

After having not broken 80 in months, I've gone 79-78 my last two rounds, with no double bogeys or worse (7 index). This is super progress for me and makes me want to continue.

 

My brain would have a melt down on the course if I had all that going in my head so bravo to you for being able to process all that and break 80. 

[sbjinx]

Shorten my swing. This one always gets me back on track when I’m having a bad day 

[Carlito]

11 hours ago, iacas said:

Curl (palmar flex) my right wrist the entire backswing, then send the back of the clubhead toward the ground behind my right foot as hard as I can.

Most powerful move in golf? 

 

[MonteScheinblum]

I feel like I’m running naked through the Super Bowl and that trumps any embarrassment the next shot might cause me.

Edited February 9 by MonteScheinblum

[naval2006]

Keep your head dead still from takeaway to ball contact like Rory. That mostly fixes everything in my swing. Often times I don’t take my pill and I forget LOL. 

 

Go through the ball with arms and body, don’t be lazy is my motion motto. 
 

Everything old style, but hey, I’m slowly becoming old style. 

[iacas]

5 hours ago, Carlito said:

Most powerful move in golf?

Kinda like it.

[Golfbeat]

11 hours ago, iacas said:

 

The back of the clubhead.

 

I'm not even sure how I could send the clubface behind my right foot…? 

 

Just trying to understand what you are trying to accomplish. I would assume that you were starting to close the club face but you are trying to keep the club face pointing to the sky then?

[iacas]

24 minutes ago, Golfbeat said:

Just trying to understand what you are trying to accomplish.

 

Why? 🙂 

 

24 minutes ago, Golfbeat said:

I would assume that you were starting to close the club face but you are trying to keep the club face pointing to the sky then?

 

I tended to palmar flex a bit too early, and steepen the shaft a bit too early. So, I have more success getting the COG under the hand path slightly.

[getitdaily]

5 hours ago, MonteScheinblum said:

I feel like I’m running naked through the Super Bowl and that trumps any embarrassment the next shot might cause me.

 

 

[KD1]

"Unfold the trail arm down the trail side (yo-yo action). Hit the ball with my hands in front of my trail thigh."

 

Sometimes I need to throw a little "turn the door knob" in on the down swing.

 

Basically AMG blender drill + NTC

 

Keeps my trail arm from getting too narrow or stuck behind me. Forces better rotation. It got rid of my shanks... I'm a little toey now.

 

[third-times-a-charm]

Dont move head

bring arms up and back

Left arm straight

Touch left deltoid(shoulder) to my chin

tuck right elbow in

in to out swing

dont move head (again)

turn hips in the same space and dont sway forward

Straighten left leg

dont move feet (dont jump)

Keep head down through swing

 

I suck.

 

[getitdaily]

4 minutes ago, third-times-a-charm said:

Dont move head

bring arms up and back

Left arm straight

Touch left deltoid(shoulder) to my chin

tuck right elbow in

in to out swing

dont move head (again)

turn hips in the same space and dont sway forward

Straighten left leg

dont move feet (dont jump)

Keep head down through swing

 

I suck.

 

You need some Romeo level tees in your left pocket stuff...lol.

 

That's the swing thought cousin to...

[third-times-a-charm]

Just now, getitdaily said:

You need some Romeo level tees in your left pocket stuff...lol.

 

That's the swing thought cousin to...

Its okay I never do all of them at the same time so I just focus on like 2-3 that I'm doing bad at any given time.

[joemcsorleypreswickGC]

RIght forearm moving back in transition.

 

Feel of my right forearm going back (DTL) view as body unwinds

 

Gets arms more in front and right arm unfolding better.

[jholz]

At the present time, I'm really focused on where my sternum is pointing at impact.

 

A focus on that position seems to help my hips move in more beneficial ways. 

 

My logic and experience...

 

I've been working on P1 through P4 forever. P5 and P6 happen way too quick to focus on. 

 

P7 gives me a target body position to achieve. 

 

At least presently, if I work to achieve P7, P5 and P6 seem to work themselves out.