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Had a lesson today with Simon Lucas up here in Lancaster. Flightscope and video analysis. Turns out I've been swaying laterally all over the shop. So he's pulled my swing apart just looking at the lower body really so far. 2 more lessons booked in for the next couple of months. I have to say that even in an hour it felt like I was swinging a lot more freely, and consistently, hitting target so much more (albeit just a wedge, but all the same). Excited to see where it takes me!
 
Good thread sir. I've a lesson booked for this afternoon. Not really played or practiced too much in the last few weeks so just going for a 30 minute refresher and overview on where the swing is ready for some warmer and dryer weather (soon please). Then its about short game up to March and the start of the season and then off and running
 
I had a lesson yesterday which fixed my tops and gave me some great drills to work on.

Was releasing a bit early and tensing my wrists too much, standing up in the downswing, leaving an open clubface and the "knifey/bladey" top. Worked on the downswing, closing the clubface, maintaining lag, lateral bend, and in my little practise at the end hit the best drive I've hit in months. Very pleased, excited to take it to the course, but have exams to get out of the way first!
 
Had a lesson this morning and it was embarrassing! Couldn't hit a thing and was honestly as bad as I was when I first took up the game 3 years ago. To much going on in my head and worrying about what I was doing during the swing. Felt like I'd wasted my instructors time.

Never er really do well at the range and much prefer hitting a ball on the golf course but it would be nice to put something together at the range.
 
Great lesson. Pleased that the work I've done on alignment, posture and tempo passed muster. Worked mainly on my exit through the ball which was too high leading to a couple of faults. Also looked at staying behind the ball with the driver. Some excellent stuff. Came away invigorated and just need the temperature to rise, rain to stop and the course to dry out.
 
I had a lesson last Saturday with part 2 this morning, completely altering the way I swing, having no wrist hinge with the right wrist whichever in turn is stopping me from closing the face at the top of my swing (has lead to some wicked pull hooks).

Today we took the swing out to the short game area and did some chipping and pitching. Feeling positive for the new season ahead.
 
Hoping to get to the range today for first practice since my lesson. I feel like all my practice of the last 6 months or so is completely wasted as my swing is now so different to what it was. Quite demoralizing. I hope I manage to get into the flow of it quickly and see some real benefits.
 
Ok so that went pretty well. Got into the groove of the new movements ok. Repeating them in front of the mirror all weekend evidently helped. I'm not topping the ball as much. Going similar sort of distance to before, but it's effortless. Striking the ground more consistently after the ball I think, and the big pull left seems to be gone. Also managed to hit some very pleasing 4-iron shots which I've not managed to do before. This lesson stuff does work.
Long way to go still, but it's promising!
 
I had a lesson on the course today. I opted to do a few holes rather than on the range. My biggest problem is topping the ball, and I asked the pro to try and anylise what I am doing wrong. I hit the furthest and straightest drive I have ever hit. She even said "WOW". I then hit 5 balls from the same spot on the fairway, and topped them all. She pointed out that I have a nice calm and controlled swing. It is a bit in to in, and my finishing position needs working on, otherwise she was quite confused why I kept topping the ball. On the 5th top she sussed it, and it was the oldest mistake of all, I wasn't watching the ball long enough. From that point onward I didn't top another ball, but that wasn't to say I didn't have plenty go wayward. She also taught me how to punch a ball from the rough. She improved my chipping, and gave me a few putting tips. I hope £20 well spent.
 
Had a lesson at the end of last week. A tune up before I go on my golfing break. Started the session hitting it as bad as I have for a long time. I know the pro well. And he has taught me for a while, so we discussed how I felt when I was swinging and what I felt in the swing. I discussed that I felt like there was a lot of movement, but couldn't pinpoint, which is one of the areas we had been looking at for a while.

He watched me hit a few, and took some recordings and showed them to me. A lot of movement was present, and a 'loose' hip which was falling away, causing a flat swing on the inside was causing my issues. Spent time drilling, feeling a solid load into the right, without moving my hips, keeping my knee level a lot straighter.
Worked up from the pitches with a 7i through to full shots, with a pause and active check at the top of the swing to ensure everything looked and felt as it should and then to full speed normal shots. Strikes were a lot crisper. Hit a few different clubs to ensure the feeling remained, and encouraged to drill at slow speed during practice, so I did not revert back.

Great lesson, and hopefully should see some more improvements and consistency over time
 
Very good session at Pachesham Golf Centre. Pitching lesson which was insightful and productive. Fantastic set up and a great short game area. Working in the sand next week which I am looking forward to
 
I had a lesson a few weeks ago on the course. I was using several balls, and at one stage I had about 4 balls all lined up about 80 meters from the green. This is a distance I hate. My pro told me to take the PW out of my bag and loft all 4 balls on to the green. I put 3 on to the green, and the other one was just inches off. I haven't managed to do it since !!
 
First practise since the lesson today. Horrible. Really struggling with strike. That's to be expected because of the swing changes, but it's very demoralising!
The good news is that I was getting decent draw on most shots, although the right to left wind won't have helped. Just need to work on controlling the draw a bit more.
 
First lesson in 18 months!

A lot done in an hour. Posture change, complete grip rebuild (from 10 finger to interlock), then worked on backswing, changing path from 7 degrees out-to-in to 1 degree out-to-in.

Practice ground.

12 holes.

Knackered!
 
Had one last week. Heres the video:

[video=youtube_share;ZwZtUsumS2Y]https://youtu.be/ZwZtUsumS2Y[/video]

Only slight changes to make for next lesson.

Mainly address (Ball position & Weight more in heels)
 
virtuocity said:
First lesson in 18 months!

A lot done in an hour. Posture change, complete grip rebuild (from 10 finger to interlock), then worked on backswing, changing path from 7 degrees out-to-in to 1 degree out-to-in.

Practice ground.

12 holes.

Knackered!
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How did he go about shifting your path?

Sounds like a very productive day.
 
garyinderry said:
How did he go about shifting your path?

Sounds like a very productive day.
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Takeaway was really outside. Sorted that. Also, now coiling behind the ball (feels like a big sway, but feel vs real etc), means I'm now using my body, rather than just my arms.

Lots of practice to be done before next lesson in 3 weeks time, but I have more time to practice nowadays. Downswing lesson next.

This was my first trackman lesson and I don't think I could ever go to a pro without this facility. Straight away, the pro could tell me that path was a huge issue and then we went to work on it. Another thing was that I was only hitting down by 2 degrees with an 8 iron.

Took my lesson feelings to the course today and I'm really encouraged. No more pull hooks with irons, or wild, wimpy push slices with driver. Nearly slam-dunked with a full PW (four inches), and no sliced drives (gained 10 yards at the same time with driver).

Just need to put the hours in, in conjunction with some flexibility work and I'm confident that I'll get my swing speed up, maintaining this much more neutral path.

Happy that the interlocking doesn't feel hugely different to my ten finger grip.

Back is in agony now though with the posture change- will need to be careful as I was out for 4 months in 2014 with lower back pain.
 
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