Oddsocks
Ryder Cup Winner
evening all, posting as i'm after some opinions from the more technically minded on here. last year i pretty much had the worst golfing season since starting back in 07 and despite a course of lessons nothing seemed to progress.
A few regular PP's at the club had commented that the old smooth swing that I used to have that some had commented showed similarities to Mr Els (easy and smooth) had gone and been replaced with something very short, rushed and erratic.
The pro I visited quickly diagnosed a lack of recoil/body turn in the back swing forcing everything to become rushed in an effort to manufacture power from a very short back swing.
On with the drills and as part of a pre shot range routine I would place a club across my shoulders and ensure that I took three full back swings where the club would be more than 90* turned before stepping to the ball, this worked well at the range but I couldn't get it to the course. I found it even more constructive to do this with my eyes closed for a more precise feedback when doing it is a drill but despite having this as a totally natural feeling i just cant get it into my actually swing when standing over the ball.
I've spent many an hour at home with a tour stick across my shoulders drilling this in, yet when I step to the ball I fail to trust what i have been grooving and everything becomes a massive rush / panic attack style swing with no power.
The above was confirmed when i recently tried new irons and the man in the shop asked who i'd sold my old swing to as the one new had no recoil, no rhythm and no power!
Anyway, the point of this post is for any others to see if I'm missing something, and a plead for drills that may help me fight this. as it stands I'm four lessons in with around 15-20 hours range time and still feel no closer to fighting this issue.
The current shot is seeing a really high weak fade with no compression against the ball, and i'm estimating that my distances are down by around 30 yards per iron. As an example throughout the complete season of 2014 my 7I as a smooth shot would be around 165yards, and if i leant on it hard i could push one out to around 175yards. At the moment i reckon the same club is hitting around 135-140 yards,
from the links to the video's below, as well as being snatchy and rushed, it looks to me like my back swing has become very flat which is obviously not helping the restricted shorter back swing.
Any constructive input is deeply appreciated as seeing a pro has obviously not been rewarding.
Thanks in advance
A few regular PP's at the club had commented that the old smooth swing that I used to have that some had commented showed similarities to Mr Els (easy and smooth) had gone and been replaced with something very short, rushed and erratic.
The pro I visited quickly diagnosed a lack of recoil/body turn in the back swing forcing everything to become rushed in an effort to manufacture power from a very short back swing.
On with the drills and as part of a pre shot range routine I would place a club across my shoulders and ensure that I took three full back swings where the club would be more than 90* turned before stepping to the ball, this worked well at the range but I couldn't get it to the course. I found it even more constructive to do this with my eyes closed for a more precise feedback when doing it is a drill but despite having this as a totally natural feeling i just cant get it into my actually swing when standing over the ball.
I've spent many an hour at home with a tour stick across my shoulders drilling this in, yet when I step to the ball I fail to trust what i have been grooving and everything becomes a massive rush / panic attack style swing with no power.
The above was confirmed when i recently tried new irons and the man in the shop asked who i'd sold my old swing to as the one new had no recoil, no rhythm and no power!
Anyway, the point of this post is for any others to see if I'm missing something, and a plead for drills that may help me fight this. as it stands I'm four lessons in with around 15-20 hours range time and still feel no closer to fighting this issue.
The current shot is seeing a really high weak fade with no compression against the ball, and i'm estimating that my distances are down by around 30 yards per iron. As an example throughout the complete season of 2014 my 7I as a smooth shot would be around 165yards, and if i leant on it hard i could push one out to around 175yards. At the moment i reckon the same club is hitting around 135-140 yards,
from the links to the video's below, as well as being snatchy and rushed, it looks to me like my back swing has become very flat which is obviously not helping the restricted shorter back swing.
Any constructive input is deeply appreciated as seeing a pro has obviously not been rewarding.
Thanks in advance