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 close face or what??hey guys, only have a query about my skills (or lack thereof)... my ball has the habit of going far right when i take a swing... my first instinct was to turn the clubhead inward, and my brother told me not to carry out that, however instead to place my right hand basically on top of my left hand... ok, bad explanation.. he said i ought to rotate my right hand on the grip, and leave the left where it's... however that feels unnatural to me... anyway, when i was playing with another group of guys, they told me to close the face up... which was my first instinct... so who is right in this situation? the second time i was out at the course, i did it "my way" and seemed to have straighter flights (in all of my clubs)... however i was also making use of a totally different collection of clubs from the 1st time... so i do not know if it was my method or the clubs...i think i've enough power to provide the ball distance, however i only desire to confirm the path...also, with my new collection of irons, which are standard length, how can i train myself to squat down more so i'm able to get under the ball? everytime i hit with an iron, i hit the peak of the ball, and it rolls and bounces down the fairway.. that is the reason i feel like i need extensions, however everybody tells me i only must crouch down lower... however when i do that, after the backswing, i've the tendency to stand back up when i go for the swing... only for the reason that it feels unnatural and uncomfortable... Read more on this topic Staying "connected"It's very fun to diagnose, and (hopefully) correct your difficulties!!This year, for nearly the complete season I've discovered myself hitting my driver slightly towards the heel. You are able to sort of get away with it with these large driver heads and yet hit the ball fairly straight, however it robs you of a number of serious distance. I tried pretty much all to correct it. First, the obvious, standing to close to the ball? Nope, only caused me to actually hit the ball even more on the heel for the reason that I'd get way off balance and need to lunge towards the ball on the downswing. I also did many work attempting to fine tune my swing path. It greatly helped other aspects of my game, specifically iron play however I even now was heeling it amongst driver. I also fiddled with ball position, tee height, tried out a couple different drivers  , tried hovering the club at address as opposed to grounding, etc, etc, etc.Lastly, I think I have discovered my problem...getting DISCONNECTED. Lately, when hitting my driver I have been attempting to "stay connected." That's, stay compact through my swing, keeping my left bicep against my chest. It felt strange, very strange at first. I think previously I was pretty great on the backswing and the start of the downswing, however as I turned back to the ball my body would stop rotating and I'd fire the club through impact with my arms just. So naturally, as my arms became "disconnected" that extension would push the sweetspot out past the ball, causing a strike on the heel. With irons, I swing most likely 80% and have been devloping a number of nice tempo. With my driver, it is a 95%+ ugly, herky-jerky type of swing, which was most likely contributing to the "disconnect." Staying connected has toned down my driver swing a bit, it sort of forces you to stay in charge, unless you desire to throw your complete body at the ball. So I returned to the range last night to cotninue my work on staying connected when hitting the driver, and employed 2 easy thoughts: 1) Left bicep to chest all the way through impact 2) No more than 85% power!!!! The outcomes continued to be really great. It gets you to that proper impact position with no much though. I am playing 18 tomorrow and I cannot wait!! Thank you for listening. -$2 Read more on this topic Messed with Stack and Tilt TodayToday while I was on the range fixing the flaws plainly evident in these swings, I got to thinking. 2 of the flaws in the swings seen in that thread were:
Then I hit about 20 balls with a 5-iron or 7-iron, then 10 or so with my driver and 3-wood. Of the 20 balls I hit amongst irons, 18 or so were truly, very good. They flew high with a baby draw. The 2 bad ones were as follows: one 5-iron flew truly, truly low. Dead straight, however truly low. Lower than a knockdown... and my contact was great. Not like I hit it thin. The other was also the 5-iron, and it began out straight initially and then only went left HARD. Still pretty high (not as high as the others), however hard left. The 10 amongst driver and 3-wood were not as great: five were nice shots - straight drivers or 3Ws that had a medium height. The bad ones were like my bad 5-iron: straight with a hard left turn. Like 60 yards left of the target line. I also hit several balls from a slightly downhill lie with a hybrid, which is often a dilemma with an incredibly flat swing, and the ball never got more than about 15 yards off the ground. It still went nearly it is normal distance (and most likely would roll out to no different yardage), however man the ball flew low. Immediately, that is pretty much what I relize to be common of S&T: it's good for the irons, however for hybrids and particularly the longer fairway woods and drivers, it's tough to gain elevation and to steer clear of the big old hooks. It's tough to hit a number of types of shots (like the downhill lie) for the reason that the swing is so flat... that sort of stuff. I am not going to switch to Stack and Tilt simply for the reason that my misses amongst S&T swing were far, far, FAR bigger than my misses with "my" swing. On days when I am truly struggling, I can temporarily employ the swing only to gain into the clubhouse and onto the range. I am not looking to begin an entire new "stack and tilt" discussion - we've plenty here. However I did have the urge to reveal my thoughts. P.S. I am still also not prepared to rule out the truth that stack and tilt achieves initial great achievement with a number of individuals for the reason that it sort of short circuits the brain a little. If I have lost feel, I will spend 30 minutes on the range with a 6-iron hitting all types of shots - low shots, large slices, high draws... everything. I will only swing, free of thoughts, and attempt to hit all types of shot shapes. Temporarly adopting Stack and Tilt, I posit, is something like that: it forces you to concentrate more on simply getting the clubhead back to the ball since you are swinging in an unusual way. The additional concentration is why you sometimes perform better, not necessarily for the reason that the swing is that much better... for example, a month or so ago I'd a 135 yard shot with my ball in the middle of an incredibly thin divot. About 1/4 of the ball was beneath the ground, so I needed to strike down on the ball and make VERY crisp contact. It forced me to concentrate truly hard and I produced one of my greatest shots (and swings) of the day. Anyway, I think S&T is still a bit like that... Read more on this topic Other Golf Related Topics
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