NayfGolf
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Hi all,
As you can tell from the title, i'm completely new to playing golf (apart from on the Playstation and playing 9 holes/slicing shots on the driving range as a kid). Fast forward and now i'm a 35 year old man, with a single garage.
So about 5 days ago i decide i'm going to get into golf and build a home simulator, i've got an old set of Fila irons, graphite shaft. I've also picked up some old drivers from a charity shop, an Air bear 2 and a Howsen. Can't go into anymore detail, that's what they say on them, don't know if they are terrible or ok to begin with.
I've gone and got myself a Garmin R10 and i've set up a screen using some heavy duty canvass type decorating sheet. I've also got some 1 inch dense foam and covered that with carpet to use as a hitting mat, which all seems to be working well. I also got a projector and link everything up so i can play E6.
Now for the actual golf, where i have some issues and strange happenings. To start, I was slicing everything, i'm practising with a 6 iron and all i want is straight shots that go where i'm aiming. I tried compensating in the swing, moving my stance and feet slightly over, moving the ball centre, off centre, left, right and i'm still slicing it, every single shot going right. So i watch 600 YouTube videos and they all say different things, not very helpful... Until, i see one where the bloke says to twist your grip, I'm right handed so my left hand needed to twist and extend fully when gripping the club, like i'm trying to turn the club face but without turning the club face (Hopefully that makes sense). So like the rest of the hints/tips i'm watching, i go an try it out and incredibly it works and i'm hitting straight shots, not all of them but a good 80% are going central, but... It feels completely alien, unnatural and sort of locks my left arm straight. So my question is, is this normal? is it normal to feel unnatural or have i come across some technique that i shouldn't be ingraining into my swing?
So, i put down the iron and i pick up the driver, using the same technique and the ball is going straight! But... I'm getting terrible distances, like 150 yards when i'm hitting the 6 iron around 120. What is that about? Forget the other problems with hitting under the ball 70% of the time (Which i need to figure out how high on the tee and what positon suits me so i hit it right). Surely if i'm hitting the ball with the same swing as the 6 iron and getting 120, i should be hitting the driver 200 yards on the odd occasion i hit it right?
Now the last issue, i've managed to pull a muscle in the right side of my rib cage, about 3 ribs up. Completely ruined my practise for the day as it proper hurts when i swing. Is this normal? Like my body getting used to swinging clubs.. Or am i doing something badly wrong that's going to cause injuries and an even worse swing than i already have?
Any help and advice completely welcome, especially the unnatural grip/lead arm locked straight thing.
Thanks
As you can tell from the title, i'm completely new to playing golf (apart from on the Playstation and playing 9 holes/slicing shots on the driving range as a kid). Fast forward and now i'm a 35 year old man, with a single garage.
So about 5 days ago i decide i'm going to get into golf and build a home simulator, i've got an old set of Fila irons, graphite shaft. I've also picked up some old drivers from a charity shop, an Air bear 2 and a Howsen. Can't go into anymore detail, that's what they say on them, don't know if they are terrible or ok to begin with.
I've gone and got myself a Garmin R10 and i've set up a screen using some heavy duty canvass type decorating sheet. I've also got some 1 inch dense foam and covered that with carpet to use as a hitting mat, which all seems to be working well. I also got a projector and link everything up so i can play E6.
Now for the actual golf, where i have some issues and strange happenings. To start, I was slicing everything, i'm practising with a 6 iron and all i want is straight shots that go where i'm aiming. I tried compensating in the swing, moving my stance and feet slightly over, moving the ball centre, off centre, left, right and i'm still slicing it, every single shot going right. So i watch 600 YouTube videos and they all say different things, not very helpful... Until, i see one where the bloke says to twist your grip, I'm right handed so my left hand needed to twist and extend fully when gripping the club, like i'm trying to turn the club face but without turning the club face (Hopefully that makes sense). So like the rest of the hints/tips i'm watching, i go an try it out and incredibly it works and i'm hitting straight shots, not all of them but a good 80% are going central, but... It feels completely alien, unnatural and sort of locks my left arm straight. So my question is, is this normal? is it normal to feel unnatural or have i come across some technique that i shouldn't be ingraining into my swing?
So, i put down the iron and i pick up the driver, using the same technique and the ball is going straight! But... I'm getting terrible distances, like 150 yards when i'm hitting the 6 iron around 120. What is that about? Forget the other problems with hitting under the ball 70% of the time (Which i need to figure out how high on the tee and what positon suits me so i hit it right). Surely if i'm hitting the ball with the same swing as the 6 iron and getting 120, i should be hitting the driver 200 yards on the odd occasion i hit it right?
Now the last issue, i've managed to pull a muscle in the right side of my rib cage, about 3 ribs up. Completely ruined my practise for the day as it proper hurts when i swing. Is this normal? Like my body getting used to swinging clubs.. Or am i doing something badly wrong that's going to cause injuries and an even worse swing than i already have?
Any help and advice completely welcome, especially the unnatural grip/lead arm locked straight thing.
Thanks
