Miles' Golf Swing - 240fps. Need advice/tip's.

[DaveM]

:cheers: .Keep at it Miles. Really enjoying your journey. Wow what dedication:thup: .

 

[Miles]

Hi Spawn, yeah they are moving but agree they could move faster. At the moment I'm really trying to ingrain the correct movements so haven't been swinging all out. I think when I'm more comfortable with the pivot I'll be able to clear my hip's more effectively.

 

[SocketRocket]

Miles,

You are doing great with your swing. Dont be concerned with having your wrists fully cocked at halfway back, it is not important. Top world class golfers cock their wrists differently and if you look at a slo-mo of Luke his wrists are not fully cocked at this position.

What is more important and something you should look a little into is keeping the clubhead behind your hands through impact, I think you are already aware of this though, it will allow you to hold onto your lag a little longer and give you a bit better ball compresssion.

All in all, very well done.

 

[Miles]

Hi Brian,

Thanks for the tips/advice, it is much appreciated. The main problem I'm having is that I'm reading and learning lots about what the swing should look like, but, I have no knowledge about what each movement should feel like. For example; I spent a few hours the other day working on my impact and had varying success with different methods, after a while though I started to reverse pivot again as my focus was on something 'new' so and I won't go back to this until my body is doing the right thing. Can I ask what you believe is the correct feeling/focus to achieve the correct impact position? Reason I ask is that I tried the following;

Left wrist strike (like a topspin backhand in tennis)
Right wrist compressing strike (tried to drive in to the back of the ball using right wrist)
Left forearm rolling through impact
Visualised the leading the butt through impact (hands ahead of ball) - This worked well accept for an occasional thinned strike.

As you can imagine by constantly trying different things this led to inconsistent strikes, some great, others awful!

As promised earlier here's me trying to hinge wrists earlier in the backswing, didn't feel natural at all [video=youtube;Qf9V4omAXwc]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qf9V4omAXwc&feature=plcp&context=C3dba0f1U DOEgsToPDskK19ec2AtchRSSvNs7RColX[/video]

Miles

 

[Miles]

Forgot to mention, I read this today on a site I visit a lot, it's incredibly detailed and it explains a lot about the downswing & lag. At the moment I try and start it with a pull of the left hip and downwards arm movement. From reading the paper that could explain my casting - violent acceleration from the top evidently isn't a good thing.
Anyhow's it's worth a gander http://perfectgolfswingreview.net/casting.htm

Mhttp://perfectgolfswingreview.net/casting.htmiles

 

[SocketRocket]

Miles,

I am attaching a link to a website that is the best I know to explain how the wrists should work through the impact zone. I think it may be helpful to your learning:

http://www.aroundhawaii.com/lifesty...tigers_impact_position_how_to_achieve_it.html

 

[Miles]

Well, Thanks to Brian (above) I've spent months studying Kelvin's teachings an slowly trying to integrate them into my swing. Here are some up to date videos, (ignore the exaggerated forward press it's a temporary fix to ingrain better right wrist bend).

[video=youtube;jVGyZBDrxfU]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jVGyZBDrxfU&feature=plcp[/video]
[video=youtube;iJyOHURjATk]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iJyOHURjATk&feature=channel&list=UL[/video]
http://www.youtube.com/user/85milesb/videos

Faults to address;
Inside takeaway - caused by combination of incorrect movement of right elbow and shoulder
Too much separation between chest and arms - again, right shoulder is pulling back causing this issue
Casting - initiating downswing with arms, stalling with upper body. (Arms never reach chest wall.)
Could improve rotation and increase lateral bend (at the moment it's more of a lean of the spine than a bend)

Please could someone suggest some drills to improve my sequencing at transition and tips for avoiding a hit from the top.

Thanks for looking,

Miles

 

[Miles]

Hello again,
I’ve been working on my rhythm, backswing plane and improving my impact position by maintaining lateral bend on the downswing. Basically the theory is that if my right shoulder and head is lower on the downswing then I can maintain the bend in the right arm and wrist for longer, thus improving my impact. Here are some videos for anyone that’s interested.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Muqp1eelyqM&feature=plcp

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Muqp1eelyqM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UzmL_qfmdZc

 

[Miles]

Hello again,

I’ve been working on my rhythm, backswing plane and improving my impact position by maintaining lateral bend on the downswing. Basically the theory is that if my right shoulder and head is lower on the downswing then I can maintain the bend in the right arm and wrist for longer, thus improving my impact.
Here are some videos for anyone that’s interested.

Miles

 

[Miles]

[video=youtube;Muqp1eelyqM]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Muqp1eelyqM[/video]
[video=youtube;CspYoY6v7Q4]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CspYoY6v7Q4[/video]

 

[Miles]

[video=youtube;UzmL_qfmdZc]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UzmL_qfmdZc&feature=channel&list=UL[/video]
[video=youtube;RlcSYLBKqA8]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RlcSYLBKqA8[/video]

 

[JustOne]

All those clubs and sticks on the gorund yet in your last vid you are standing well closed to the direction the ball starts on... check where your feet/shoulders are aiming.

If you can't line up properly..............................................

 

[Miles]

Update of my most recent swing. I've improved the takeaway and downswing plane. Still lot's of work to be done on my impact position but I'm rotating a lot better.....

[video=youtube;PZhlFcyxBB8]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PZhlFcyxBB8[/video]

Miles

 

[JustOne]

Nice that. I'd probably shorten it a sniff to keep your right arm a fraction more connected in the armpit and to stop your left shoulder pushing your head up and backwards. Looks great though - any h/cap improvement since your 1st post over a year ago?

 

[Miles]

Thanks, I do tend to overswing a smidge, especially on the longer clubs. To be honest I've been on the range for most of the year and haven't ventured on the course much at all. In fact, thinking about it I haven't played a competitive round in all this time. I just don't want to forget about everything I'm working on as I notice after 9 holes or more they start to creep back in. It will be worth it in the long term.......

 

[JustOne]

It's looking pretty tasty :thup:

 

[scratch]

Need a bit of work on your head stability, lot of movement there. Try to maintian your position as your height is changing a lot throughout the swing, you'll strike the ball more consistently if you can achieve this :thup:

 

[Miles]

Need a bit of work on your head stability, lot of movement there. Try to maintian your position as your height is changing a lot throughout the swing, you'll strike the ball more consistently if you can achieve this :thup:

Hi Scratch, thanks for your reply. I'm afraid your not going to like this but I've been actively trying to increase the movement of my head, especially on the downswing. All the great ballstrikers of old and present lower their heads on the downswing. Rory, Tiger, DJ, Gmac, Mahan etc.......the list is endless. I believe it's one of the biggest discrepancies of modern golf instruction as even when the announcer states that the player is keeping their head still they clearly aren't. Rory is a great example of this;


[video=youtube;Olq8XWAHII4]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Olq8XWAHII4[/video]

 

[timchump]

great swing, i really like the way your right shoulder turns down and around through the strike, you must hit a good ball

the only possible critique i could see is the face looks a little closed pointing to the sky at the top of the backswing
(edit looking it at again it doesn't look that closed)

the backswing looks a little bit around behind the body , instead or more upright and out in front

 

[Miles]

Thanks Tim, I've improved my ballstriking tremendously but as I'm trying to add new moves each session I struggle with consistency and haven't worked on the impact position nearly enough! I am trying to improve the backswing in the manner you mentioned, it's a lot more upright than it used to be, but I agree it should be higher. The closed face is a little quirk that I can't seem to shake, mind you it works for DJ and Gmac