Video of my swing, need help

[Lance]

hopefully link works...

I don't understand why my head comes up in my backswing. I know there are a lot of problems to be easily spotted, but I just want to be able to keep my head in the same spot but not matter what I try...my head comes up at the top of the backswing. I don't even feel it happening, just realize I do it so badly when I watched a video.

I'm not usually bent that much at the hips, I was just experimenting because it feels like my arm is just running into my chin causing me to not be able to turn my shoulders...I dunno. Obviously it didn't do anything but I'm a little more upright regularly.

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=9070693818317159011

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-9218050940538961806

[Diesel]

if your head comes up i have to think you are losing your spine angle, or standing up out of your posture...

 

also probably a loss of right knee flex...

 

can you post a vid for the gurus to check it out...?

[Lance]

ok videos now up

[hannul]

Looks like your head goes up when your shoulder turns near your chin.

Maybe you need to keep your chin up earlier?

 

Try a shorter back swing at first and see if you can keep your head relatively still.

[Lance]

Yes it goes away with a shorter backswing, but I'd like to be able to just know why it happens

[Diesel]

looks like your arms continue to swing around but your body is not turning with them, thus pulling your head up...

 

that would explain why the shorter backswing remedies it...

[Lance]

so would turning my hips more fix that?

[dfw1500]

You have got your weight on your toes at address and have got your right hand grip too strong with your shoulders too level due to your hips not being on the correct angle at address.......in myour 1st move away the club goes to the outside and your right wrist is trying to work backwards due to the strength you have in your right hand at address....then due to a lack of turn and rotation of the left arm you lift up and the club above your shoulder plane to the top and have got the clubface in a shut position your weight is also rising due to it trying to rebalance itself for the way it was in the address position where it was too much on the toes so the weight goes backwards during the backswing and causes you to straighten..........you start the swing down with your shoulders and come down on an overly steep plane from here you are forced to back out of the shot with your head ad drive your legs underneath yourself and get the hands to flip the club through the impct zone.......this makes your hands come up too high with a reverse C look to your finish.

 

You need to weaken off your right hand grip and get the V pointing more between your right chin and right shoulder rather than outside of your right shoulder where it is at the moment.....You need to get your left hip more in line with your left shoulder and your right shoulder lower down......Feel that you are closer to the ball with your weight more evenly distributed over the balls of your feet.....from here you will take the club back much more on line than you are at present and you will be able to wind the right shoulder and the right hip more backwards keep the club outside the hands in the 1st move and then be able to rotate the left arm across teh body getting the club and turn back more in synch and in a deeper position....this will allow you to then transition nuch better and be able to turn through the shot to the left and rid you of the out and under downswing you have got........hit balls with a glove under your left armpit so that your left arm can get the feeling of rotating and staying fully connected.

 

Hope this helps.

 

Cheers Dan

[Lance]

awesome....thanks I'm gonna go to the range tonight and work on what you're saying. nice