tugglesf239
Journeyman Pro
Excuse my ramblings however i just thought i would post about these contraptions. I have noticed a few on here have recently purchased one myself
First had a shot of Bluewolf's last week for a dozen or so shots down the range and was intrigued enough to get one myself.
I know that on my (rare) days of hitting the ball well, i can put a very good contact on a ball and really get it out there. However i can send a ball far to high and can suffer hooks or really high fades. Even on a good strike more often than not the ball goes very high and i would say higher than any other player i have played with, or seen at the range etc.
Anyway i bought one, just to see if the purchase could help me achieve the sublime levels of contact of bluey was putting on his Mp4's...
I have now probably hit 200 balls using the device and mixed this up with my normal irons. At first i was content with small chip or bum shots only trying to get them straight (difficult task initially). I then progressed onto full shots and again concentrated on just hitting straight with no fats or bad contacts. Took me a while of trial and error and i managed to start getting a bit of momentum.
I found that having my hands in that forward position at address, really helped me "feel" that i was not so flat in my back swing (particular problem i have). It also helped me to stop needing to be so handsy at takeaway and a lot more shoulder turn was happening.
The balls strikes almost instantly improved for both the DST and my normal irons, much much straighter but the lacked the fizz that i know i can put on a ball.
Anyway a bit of trial and error and i figured out i was not really turning my hips back to the target on impact and was still using my hands more than my body. OS i changed this
and boom
Yesterday saw me hit ball after ball as good as i know i can do. Seriously crunching the ball of the mat's with minimal effort really. Shoulders back and hips through simples.
Its very early days granted but i am seriously impressed. The DST has managed to almost maneuver me into the positions i have been in the past and that i know work, yet have been unable to replicate easily. Dare i say it might have helped reduce my handily inside swing path a little? no idea until i see it on screen, however it just "feels" that i am in a much better place and the subsequent downswing just "feels" so much easier to achieve.
I dont necessarily think it will train anything new, more that it may help me find the positions that i already knew about that were difficult to replicate.
Might be a good purchase this i think (hope)
First had a shot of Bluewolf's last week for a dozen or so shots down the range and was intrigued enough to get one myself.
I know that on my (rare) days of hitting the ball well, i can put a very good contact on a ball and really get it out there. However i can send a ball far to high and can suffer hooks or really high fades. Even on a good strike more often than not the ball goes very high and i would say higher than any other player i have played with, or seen at the range etc.
Anyway i bought one, just to see if the purchase could help me achieve the sublime levels of contact of bluey was putting on his Mp4's...
I have now probably hit 200 balls using the device and mixed this up with my normal irons. At first i was content with small chip or bum shots only trying to get them straight (difficult task initially). I then progressed onto full shots and again concentrated on just hitting straight with no fats or bad contacts. Took me a while of trial and error and i managed to start getting a bit of momentum.
I found that having my hands in that forward position at address, really helped me "feel" that i was not so flat in my back swing (particular problem i have). It also helped me to stop needing to be so handsy at takeaway and a lot more shoulder turn was happening.
The balls strikes almost instantly improved for both the DST and my normal irons, much much straighter but the lacked the fizz that i know i can put on a ball.
Anyway a bit of trial and error and i figured out i was not really turning my hips back to the target on impact and was still using my hands more than my body. OS i changed this
and boom
Yesterday saw me hit ball after ball as good as i know i can do. Seriously crunching the ball of the mat's with minimal effort really. Shoulders back and hips through simples.
Its very early days granted but i am seriously impressed. The DST has managed to almost maneuver me into the positions i have been in the past and that i know work, yet have been unable to replicate easily. Dare i say it might have helped reduce my handily inside swing path a little? no idea until i see it on screen, however it just "feels" that i am in a much better place and the subsequent downswing just "feels" so much easier to achieve.
I dont necessarily think it will train anything new, more that it may help me find the positions that i already knew about that were difficult to replicate.
Might be a good purchase this i think (hope)
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