drawboy
Tour Winner
We have just got a new pro and he is bedding in nicely. One thing he has introduced is a free video lesson in which he video's you with an Ipad app then comperes you to a touring pro to see the angles of your swing in relation to your favorite or nearest in relation to your swing touring pro's action.
Anyone who has seen my play ( not many on here granted) will testify that although I can get it around the course I do have a very flat and inside swing with very little wrist cock. A baseball type swing if you like.
To my surprise he video'd my swing and afterwards put my image on the ipad split screen with Fransisco Molinari. I feared the worst but he pointed out that I had a set up very similar and a follow through on the same plane so apart from the one fault in my swing I wasn't too disimilar. To say that before my eyes to see what he meant I was shocked is an understatement
The one fault I thought I had was that I get too far inside the line which then leads to the flat swing. I have been trying to exagerate an outside of the line start to my swing but not much changed. What he showed me was that my right knee straightens which then allowed the hip to turn back, leading to my arms been free to be as flat as they liked, no resistance created. So in essence I have to stand a tad taller, stick my bum out a bit more to create a more upright stance a la Chris Wood then keep the right knee flexed throughout. I instantly saw a difference. I was creating a coil and without trying the plane of my swing was more on plane nowhere near as flat. Night and day.
I now have something to work on, plus he is going to get a few quid out of me for more lessons.
A free 30 minutes of his time is going to pay dividends for both of us. I'm delighted and even though I won the stableford yesterday with 40 points I know I can get better quickly.
Anyone who has seen my play ( not many on here granted) will testify that although I can get it around the course I do have a very flat and inside swing with very little wrist cock. A baseball type swing if you like.
To my surprise he video'd my swing and afterwards put my image on the ipad split screen with Fransisco Molinari. I feared the worst but he pointed out that I had a set up very similar and a follow through on the same plane so apart from the one fault in my swing I wasn't too disimilar. To say that before my eyes to see what he meant I was shocked is an understatement
The one fault I thought I had was that I get too far inside the line which then leads to the flat swing. I have been trying to exagerate an outside of the line start to my swing but not much changed. What he showed me was that my right knee straightens which then allowed the hip to turn back, leading to my arms been free to be as flat as they liked, no resistance created. So in essence I have to stand a tad taller, stick my bum out a bit more to create a more upright stance a la Chris Wood then keep the right knee flexed throughout. I instantly saw a difference. I was creating a coil and without trying the plane of my swing was more on plane nowhere near as flat. Night and day.
I now have something to work on, plus he is going to get a few quid out of me for more lessons.
A free 30 minutes of his time is going to pay dividends for both of us. I'm delighted and even though I won the stableford yesterday with 40 points I know I can get better quickly.
