Swing Help

[Haps]

I'm hitting my iron pretty decent for so early in the year. However, my driver is a bit of an issue. Started slicing pretty bad out of the blue.

Now granted I am no pro or anything. Anyone wanna take a look at my swing and perhaps point out some things I could work on/try.

Back
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[Ginger]

watch out your "chicken wing" left arm !!!

[c0ok]

Im no pro myself, but Ive found that keeping my right leg firm, flexed and still helps a lot.

Also noticed the chicken wing.

[dohboy]

watch out your "chicken wing" left arm !!!
I've heard people talk about this, but what exactly is it and how does it affect your swing?:help:

[Haps]

I've heard people talk about this, but what exactly is it and how does it affect your swing?:help:

A quick google http://www.golfdigest.com/harmon/index.ssf?/instruction/gd200202butchbasics.html

I did not know I was doing this. I don't know enough about swimechanics to spot this(hence why I posted here).

Gonna have to work on that one.

[leftintherough]

One other thing that was not mentioned is you are over swinging at the top. The club is going way past parallel at the top.

[Haps]

One other thing that was not mentioned is you are over swinging at the top. The club is going way past parallel at the top.

Yeah was looking thru some old golf digests at lunch and looking at the swing sequences there. Most keep their left arm straight and just break at the wrist. Where as I am breaking at the elbow which is causing the club to come a lot further around.

[dohboy]

A quick google http://www.golfdigest.com/harmon/index.ssf?/instruction/gd200202butchbasics.html

I did not know I was doing this. I don't know enough about swimechanics to spot this(hence why I posted here).

Gonna have to work on that one.

:thumbs_up

[Haps]

Just got home and took a bunch of swings in the back yard. Mainly trying to fix my arm thing. I'll worry about my watusi legs later.

Trying to keep my left arm relatively straight on the back swing seems so utterly foreign. Can anyone suggest some drills that may help with this?

The chicken wing on the follow thru should be easier to resolve by just allowing my arms to extend all the way thru the follow thru.

[leftintherough]

Just got home and took a bunch of swings in the back yard. Mainly trying to fix my arm thing. I'll worry about my watusi legs later.

Trying to keep my left arm relatively straight on the back swing seems so utterly foreign. Can anyone suggest some drills that may help with this?

The chicken wing on the follow thru should be easier to resolve by just allowing my arms to extend all the way thru the follow thru.

A drill that I do is to stop at the top of my back swing and check for everything to be in the right place. I usually feel a stretch in for me my right shoulder (left handed golfer). It took a long time to remove the old swing flaw and ingrain the new one. In fact its a still a work in progress. However, one of my regular playing partners has noticed a vast improvement from over last year.

[cdnputter]

A good drill for keeping your rear arm in, is to take a towel or a club head cover and tuck it into your armpit. Practice taking swings, just half speed, but make sure the item tucked into your armpit doesn't fall out till you've gone through the impact zone and are making your follow through.

Don't do what Vijay did and use a golf ball a few years ago, he separated a rib. :eek: