Help with my swing!

marketbucket · September 11, 2013

Here are two videos of my swing last week. One with Driver (i know its a bad angle) and one with an 8 iron. I'm very inconsistent, comments and advice welcomed!

russc1597187869 · September 12, 2013

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Here are two videos of my swing last week. One with Driver (i know its a bad angle) and one with an 8 iron. I'm very inconsistent, comments and advice welcomed!

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Overall ,a nice swing.You need to shorten your backswing and to have more hip rotation in your lower downswing.A simple way to effectuate both is to toe out your left foot 1/4 turn towards the target at setup.Doing so will restrict your backswing a bit and will open up your your left hip which will make rotation going down easier

marketbucket · September 12, 2013

Thanks for the reply! I can see my hips not completely clearing now that you pointed that out. I will give it a try!

Conrad283 · September 14, 2013

The main this is the hips. I noticed that right off the bat.

Another thing is weight transfer. Your transfer seems a bit off. Good swing otherwise

marketbucket · September 14, 2013

I went to the range and the same thing is happening, hips seem to start the swing, stop, then finish. it's really odd and im not sure why this is happening.

AWoods1605 · September 17, 2013

Thanks for the reply! I can see my hips not completely clearing now that you pointed that out. I will give it a try!

I'm not trying to be condescending but your hips aren't clearing AT ALL... Here is a photo from your video with your club slightly past impact. Your hips are facing towards the ball and should be facing the target at this point in your swing.

As a result of your hips not clearing (belt buckle should be facing the target at impact) you are casting the club at the ball with your arms to make your swing work. If you look at your hands they are behind your club head in the photo I posted and they should still be in front of the club head at impact until you release it towards your target. Your hips being cleared or not clearing completely is all in your head. Most likely it feels like you are doing this correctly but in reality you're not. I had this same problem and it took my swing coach grabbing my belt loop and snatching my hips open for me to realize what he was talking about. I hope this helps!