One swing thought please

[woody69]

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.

That's the old thinking box, play box. Annika Sorenstam used to use it.

[video=youtube;Szdu73zQZeM]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Szdu73zQZeM[/video]

 

[JV24601]

Oooooh, I like that.

Me too.

 

[JV24601]

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.

Socket - are you saying I should be rotating at moment of impact still?

 

[JV24601]

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!

ill ive it a o (that was me saying "will give it a go" with a relaxed jaw!).

Cheers Curls!

 

[Wilson]

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.

We've got an evening with him on the 9th, really looking forward to it.

 

[SwingsitlikeHogan]

Golf's easy - so steady swing - and ping - nae bother

 

[Hobbit]

"Slowly back."

I'm inclined to get a little quick.

 

[Smiffy]

Lots of salt and pickled onion vinegar on your chips.

 

[SocketRocket]

Socket - are you saying I should be rotating at moment of impact still?

Yes, you should be rotating right through until your belt buckle is pointing just left of target. Stalling at impact can create hooks and pulls.

 

[JV24601]

Yes, you should be rotating right through until your belt buckle is pointing just left of target. Stalling at impact can create hooks and pulls.

Ok thanks. I'll give that a thought. Not sure if I do it anyway, but I'm guessing not.

Thanks for the tip.

 

[mcbroon]

Might as well learn from the best

http://youtu.be/LGtGmRT4v24

 

[MashieNiblick]

Some simple ones I use (depending on what I'm working or focusing on)

Swing easy
Turn
Stay centred

Just one of these at a time.