One swing thought please

[JV24601]

I'm currently working on my swing a lot but my bad shot at present is the hook.
There is the odd shank creeping in there too and they're both due to a very closed club face on the back and down swing.

Could anybody offer one swing thought for me please that you think could rectify this and stop either the closed club face and/or the hosel presenting itself to the ball?!

Thanks in advance.

 

[Deleted member 15344]

Smooth Rythmn -should be the only thought

 

[HomerJSimpson]

I'm currently working on my swing a lot but my bad shot at present is the hook.
There is the odd shank creeping in there too and they're both due to a very closed club face on the back and down swing.

Could anybody offer one swing thought for me please that you think could rectify this and stop either the closed club face and/or the hosel presenting itself to the ball?!

Thanks in advance.

Personally I'd be looking at a lesson to correct the faults and then working on the range with the changes/drills I was given until it fed into the swing so I was able to go out on the course and trust it and more importantly not have to think about anything technical. I use to have so many thoughts in my head but have been playing far more consistently just standing and swinging

 

[Norrin Radd]

my swing thought is `hit it sweet` which to me is saying dont thrash at it and swing easy. trust your swing .

 

[Dan2501]

This should help:

 

[tsped83]

Hit the ball 75% power

 

[ruff-driver]

I had this, grip too strong, make sure your right hand mirrors the clubface at address. imagine 1 o'clock- 7 o'clock , or 11-5 if a leftie.

 

[Capella]

As long as you don't know what exactly is causing your hook, a swing thought seems premature to me. I'd recommend go and see a pro to help you figure out what you are doing wrong when the hook or shank happens. Alternatively, you could try to film your swing and figure it out yourself. Then the swing thought will come more or less automatically, because you know what you want to change.

If all else fails, "Just hit the #?"§$߀ ball" tends to work for me

 

[Norrin Radd]

i believe it was Arnold Palmer who said `dont give yourself a golf lesson on your downswing`
sound advice if you ask me.

 

[garyinderry]

i believe it was Arnold Palmer who said `dont give yourself a golf lesson on your downswing`
sound advice if you ask me.

Someone slightly less talented with a golf club once said, ''Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.''


Golfers are the absolute worst for this.

 

[JV24601]

Thanks all so far. Good Hogan pic too!

I am actually working on the lesson I had. I have one per month and they're great. This is particularly tough though and no matter how hard I'm trying, I'm still getting this closed club face.
I'll obviously keep on doing what I've been instructed:

- keeping hands closer to body
- moving club 45degrees to right, cocking wrist, so it's parallel to feet

Just wondered if there was anything else out there and if anybody had a magic tip from a previous similar problem!

 

[Region3]

Has your pro told you why you're closing the face, or just that you are?

 

[Deleted member 1147]

This should help:

Try this remedy to stop too many swing thoughts:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gG0z894HKYM&feature=youtu.be&a

 

[JV24601]

Has your pro told you why you're closing the face, or just that you are?

I believe he did in a way and I'm sure it was because my hands were moving too far away from my body.
When I cock my wrists now the butt of the club should be facing my inner thigh.
Before it was outside of my body and nowhere near the thigh.

 

[JV24601]

Try this remedy to stop too many swing thoughts:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gG0z894HKYM&feature=youtu.be&a

Good vid thanks James! Will give it a go.

 

[SocketRocket]

I would suggest you work on your rotation. If you slow of stop rotating at impact your arms and wrists will be forced to flip through, closing the clubface creating pulls and hooks.

 

[Curls]

As folks above have said, it sounds like you're swinging your arms around your body, instead of letting your body rotate. You could always put a video of your swing in the Ask The Experts section, a lot of guys on there are pretty sharp.

The big swing thought I learned last year and has really helped me (with my driving anyway), is to keep my jaw relaxed throughout the swing. I started by keeping my mouth open, but realised it wasn't needed and I would look a tad silly on the course. If you're swinging hard with your arms and hitting the ball then you are most likely tense. Hit the ball, in fact hit anything, and you'll find you have to clench your jaw while doing so. Relaxing that allows the shoulders, back, all the big muscles to relax and do their job. Sounds silly but try it!

 

[ScienceBoy]

Your target, anything else is irrelivent

 

[HickoryShaft]

Went to a Karl Morris evening at the club last year and one of the bits of advice he had that worked for me personally is the method of standing back and making your choice of shot , club selection, swing thoughts , practice swing etc the 'step over an imaginary line' and beyond that just commit to a smooth swing.

It allows you to be mindful of all the practice , lessons etc but then when it comes to it just focus on the shot.

 

[Curls]

Went to a Karl Morris evening at the club last year and one of the bits of advice he had that worked for me personally is the method of standing back and making your choice of shot , club selection, swing thoughts , practice swing etc the 'step over an imaginary line' and beyond that just commit to a smooth swing.

It allows you to be mindful of all the practice , lessons etc but then when it comes to it just focus on the shot.

Oooooh, I like that.