ScienceBoy
Money List Winner
Having taken the game up seriously in march I have found the only thing I struggle to do is get mid and long irons up in the air.
After 6 lessons over 8 months I feel I now have a half decent stance grip and swing, they all feel very comfortable. My short game and putting has improved exponentially with a few lessons on that as well as one on the course.
I decided the next best thing was to study the swing, read up on the theory and try and apply this to my current swing. I struggled to find anything until I saw a video on the "stack and tilt" swing. I saw what the two gentlemen did and I thought I could do something similar!
I started watching a few pros swings, I read up on the theory of the stack and tilt and how it works.
I then looked at my own swing and found I swing the short irons and wedges very well, along with the driver.
When it comes to my wood and my long irons I lean towards the target and deloft the club by throwing my weight and body at it.
"This is not right!" I thougth, how can one do such a thing with so little loft to work with. I know why I did it, to 'hit down on the ball' and force it up the club face to get spin, as well as to stop me thinning the ball... the result was a flat low flight with no backspin and little control.
I then found I did it to a lesser degree the shorter the club got (except the driver) and the increase in the loft of the club made the delofting have less of an impact.
My driver is the odd one out, I swing that very well and do not throw myself through it but finish the swing very well.
I started to take what I thought I needed from my research and began to put together a swing in my head, all the elements of what I need... In other words, my swing! (quite a lot of stack and tilt theory there, from what I could get off youtube an the rest of the net). I watched a few videos of the pros and saw how they came through the ball, what their shoulders and head did and how they turned. I saw my faults instantly!
In conclusion after a few hours of swinging in every spare moment without a club I finally went to the range.
I was shocked, the ball rose gracefully, higher that any of my current short irons and landed gracefully with a slight touch of draw. Into quite a strong wind with a 6 iron (with half decent range balls) and a VERY high relative ball flight I got about 130 yards! Not bad IMO! My old swing rolled out the same distance but at about half the height. To my big surprise I did not thin a single ball in the entire session.
I just cannot wait to build on this, I think my pro has been teaching me the basics of stack and tilt in the lessons as everything I have applied has been what he has been telling me to do, I just did not know enough about how to get to the end result (one step at a time and then forgetting all the rest of the advice from the lesson syndrome).
The height is just leaving me in awe, never have I hit it so well, so strong and the way it rises up and draws over blows me away. You can actually see the backspin making the ball rise up! (exaggerated by the stong wind into my face) The best thing is I can do it 4 out of 5 swings after just 1 session on the range. I cannot wait to get out on the course.
Really it was just my poor body movement but the message to anyone is do not be afraid of knowledge and change!
I am still in shock... I really do not know what else to say... except I am going to continue my lessons with my pro!!!!
After 6 lessons over 8 months I feel I now have a half decent stance grip and swing, they all feel very comfortable. My short game and putting has improved exponentially with a few lessons on that as well as one on the course.
I decided the next best thing was to study the swing, read up on the theory and try and apply this to my current swing. I struggled to find anything until I saw a video on the "stack and tilt" swing. I saw what the two gentlemen did and I thought I could do something similar!
I started watching a few pros swings, I read up on the theory of the stack and tilt and how it works.
I then looked at my own swing and found I swing the short irons and wedges very well, along with the driver.
When it comes to my wood and my long irons I lean towards the target and deloft the club by throwing my weight and body at it.
"This is not right!" I thougth, how can one do such a thing with so little loft to work with. I know why I did it, to 'hit down on the ball' and force it up the club face to get spin, as well as to stop me thinning the ball... the result was a flat low flight with no backspin and little control.
I then found I did it to a lesser degree the shorter the club got (except the driver) and the increase in the loft of the club made the delofting have less of an impact.
My driver is the odd one out, I swing that very well and do not throw myself through it but finish the swing very well.
I started to take what I thought I needed from my research and began to put together a swing in my head, all the elements of what I need... In other words, my swing! (quite a lot of stack and tilt theory there, from what I could get off youtube an the rest of the net). I watched a few videos of the pros and saw how they came through the ball, what their shoulders and head did and how they turned. I saw my faults instantly!
In conclusion after a few hours of swinging in every spare moment without a club I finally went to the range.
I was shocked, the ball rose gracefully, higher that any of my current short irons and landed gracefully with a slight touch of draw. Into quite a strong wind with a 6 iron (with half decent range balls) and a VERY high relative ball flight I got about 130 yards! Not bad IMO! My old swing rolled out the same distance but at about half the height. To my big surprise I did not thin a single ball in the entire session.
I just cannot wait to build on this, I think my pro has been teaching me the basics of stack and tilt in the lessons as everything I have applied has been what he has been telling me to do, I just did not know enough about how to get to the end result (one step at a time and then forgetting all the rest of the advice from the lesson syndrome).
The height is just leaving me in awe, never have I hit it so well, so strong and the way it rises up and draws over blows me away. You can actually see the backspin making the ball rise up! (exaggerated by the stong wind into my face) The best thing is I can do it 4 out of 5 swings after just 1 session on the range. I cannot wait to get out on the course.
Really it was just my poor body movement but the message to anyone is do not be afraid of knowledge and change!
I am still in shock... I really do not know what else to say... except I am going to continue my lessons with my pro!!!!
