One swing fits all?

[bobmac]

Do you strive to perfect one swing that will suit all occasions or do you practice changing the swing path, aim, clubhead weight etc through impact to produce different shots?

 

[virtuocity]

I have 1000 different swings. About 3 of them are good.

 

[Rip-it]

Do you strive to perfect one swing that will suit all occasions or do you practice changing the swing path, aim, clubhead weight etc through impact to produce different shots?

Im always practicing different swing paths and face angles for different shot. At present I'm swinging left on all short game shots, this has massively improved me from 50 yards in.

 

[ManinBlack]

I find that hitting the ball straight is hard enough & that if I try to shape a shot when it's not essential it rarely comes off. Most of my practice consists of hitting full straight shots & wedge shots of varying lengths. I'm trying to perfect a low spin half shot to use into the wind but I'm not confident enough yet to use it on the course. If I'm forced to manufacture a hook or fade around a tree (rare, there are only about 6 trees on my home course!) I'll try it, but the success rate is not high.

 

[dufferman]

One shot. As a 17 h'cap, all I care about is getting the ball going straight & in the right direction. My chipping is improving after lessons, so if there is a tree in between me and the green I'm happy to chip from just off the edge. Fades / draws etc occasionally happen, more luck than judgement though!

 

[garyinderry]

Change my swing to suit the flight needed. the flight won't change otherwise.

 

[Spear-Chucker]

Practice different swings for different shots with varying degrees of success. Probably more consistent with the short game stuff but that's the curse of being amateur and having limited time. Also occasionally manage to throw in entirely new swings with no prep at all - the magnificent pulled hook being one such delight.

 

[john0]

When I learn to hit it straight regularly then I might try and learn some new ones, but until then.....

 

[AmandaJR]

Trying to perfect one swing here - never yet felt it's robust enough to tinker with other ones!

 

[ruff-driver]

As full swings go then i try and feel the same tempo regardless of which club i'm using.
Usually i am very straight, bads shots are a pull/hook, i don't try and work the ball, although a low running hook has saved me many a time after putting a tee shot way left

 

[patricks148]

I wish i knew

 

[Hacker Khan]

Do you strive to perfect one swing that will suit all occasions or do you practice changing the swing path, aim, clubhead weight etc through impact to produce different shots?

I mostly change swing path, weight, aim to produce different shots. The fact that I do all this by accident and not on purpose, leading to tops, thins, shanks, hooks and slices out of bounds when I am actually trying to have one repeatable swing, is neither here nor there.

 

[Whereditgo]

I would say one swing with my irons and vary the ball position, path and face to suit what I need for a given stroke.

If I ever get a driver swing that works I'll let you know

 

[SwingsitlikeHogan]

Do you strive to perfect one swing that will suit all occasions or do you practice changing the swing path, aim, clubhead weight etc through impact to produce different shots?

I'm trying to develop a completely new swing at the moment - perfecting even that one swing feels a long way away this morning

 

[Paul77]

I had been swinging it the way I thought was right, driving in a few compensations for things. Turns out after my lesson I have been doing it all wrong. The new set up feels totally odd to me, however, I will stick to it, because it's a more consistent flight path, distance and dispersion than my swing. Training the brain all over again

 

[chrisd]

I've done sessions at the range try to hit the 9 shots drill - low, medium and high, draw, straight and fade with a certain amount of success.

 

[delc]

I have 1000 different swings. About 3 of them are good.

As many as that good! What's your secret?

 

[ScienceBoy]

Pretty much one swing for all but chipping and putting which each have their own. Apart from specialist deep rough and bunker shots of course, those take the total to 4

For driver to wedges I change stance and ball position to acheive the AoA, swing path to ball/shot shape/contact (ie draw, fade, punch) required.

I would assume that everyone has a different definition of a "different swing". Someone could look at my game and say I have 10 different swings, I just see 3 or 4. I can see why people would say my driver swing is different to my irons, in my head though its the same swing.

 

[craigstardis1976]

For full swings take it back as wide as I can, shift my weight to the left and bring down the arms as fast as I can!

For the short game shots, I think of the wedges as paintbrushes and I just do it all by feel, two or three feeler practice swings, move in and hit it straight away before I lose the feel or the image of what I want to do.

Putting: Let wrists naturally hing and unhinge and keep the hands moving to the target after I have hit the ball. Have the feeling of "hooking" my putts.

I doubt it will make sense to anyone reading this, but you never know!

 

[HawkeyeMS]

I'm struggling with one Bob