Rebuilding Swing, Level Turn vs. Diagonal Turn?

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Hi all,

 

 

I am rebuilding my swing this winter and starting at the basics with trying to do the "correct" or "will not hurt me later" rotation/turn.  I have been way too armsy with my swing which gets me out of posture and we all know what bad things happen then.

 

My goal this winter is to learn how to use the body in the swing and coil & load and then release properly.  When it comes to coiling and loading on the backswing, I have been meddling around and I have found two ways to do it which feel like different movements.  They both get my weight back onto the right side; but, they feel different and I am not sure which is better, if either.

 

#1 Up and Around (this is what I call it)

 

- In this one I feel like I turn on a diagonal plane, this one feels the best to me; but, I worry that I do feel like I force a tilt in the turn. I feel as if my lines are good and it gets me on a steeper plane which is good cause my misses tend to be thin. However, I do worry where in instructional shows I hear turn vs. tilt. I feel slightly more tension in my lower back on this one than in #2. I also feel slightly more load in the right glute and upper right hamstring than in #2.

 

 

 

#2 Level Turn (what I call it)

 

- This is my attempt to do a level turn, I hear that all the time when watching golf, and in this one I feel as I just turn to the right, this one feels flatter to me than #1 and feels like it puts a little more pressure on my right knee.

 

 

 

Thanks all for your input, my plan is to work on the rotation w/o a club for sometime until it gets ingrained and then introduce the club and then the worrisome part is the downswing; but, one step at a time.