chris1976x
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I'm new to golf, but really got the bug. I started learning to play golf in June, all was going well while I was learning to hit irons on the range, I then started to learn to hit the driver. This was going fine for a while (very many slices though) but after being told by my instructor my swing was too steep for the driver then thats when the problem seems to have occurred. I went to hit a shot, took the club back and as I started accelerating through the down swing I all of sudden got a pain in my side and had pulled a muscle in my side/chest.
This kept me out of action for about 3 weeks, which was ok as I was on holiday for 3 weeks anyway. I thought this was probably a one off.
So I started again when I got back off holiday. Avoided the woods and driver for a good amount of time, really set to work on irons. Started to hit them really cleanly (for me anyway) I was really ripping the club through and getting 170-180 yards from my 5 hybrid, 160-170 for 6 iron and so on, mainly going straight, sometimes I do pull or hook them, but that seems to be just weight transfer timing which was getting better and better the more balls I hit.
So i then decided to start hitting the woods again, I was having a lesson and we started on the 3 wood, it was going really well, was hitting it 220 yards sometimes but again I was slicing too many, my swing had got a bit steep again, so again I lowered my swing path, and out of the blue with no warning the exact same thing happened again, pulled a muscle when accelerating through the downswing. So again i'm out of action.
I was wondering if this is a common injury, or am I doing something fundamentally wrong thats causing this to happen. It seems to only happen when I purposely make my swing shallower. Is it common for newbies to the game to injure themselves due to incorrect technique?
Its a real shame as I felt I was making great progress and was going to the driving range every day to hit 2 baskets off. Or could this be the reason, am I possibly hitting too many balls?
I'm 39 by the way, never really had any injuries in my life, even when playing lots of tennis, i'm relatively tall 6ft3, relatively fit and healthy.
This kept me out of action for about 3 weeks, which was ok as I was on holiday for 3 weeks anyway. I thought this was probably a one off.
So I started again when I got back off holiday. Avoided the woods and driver for a good amount of time, really set to work on irons. Started to hit them really cleanly (for me anyway) I was really ripping the club through and getting 170-180 yards from my 5 hybrid, 160-170 for 6 iron and so on, mainly going straight, sometimes I do pull or hook them, but that seems to be just weight transfer timing which was getting better and better the more balls I hit.
So i then decided to start hitting the woods again, I was having a lesson and we started on the 3 wood, it was going really well, was hitting it 220 yards sometimes but again I was slicing too many, my swing had got a bit steep again, so again I lowered my swing path, and out of the blue with no warning the exact same thing happened again, pulled a muscle when accelerating through the downswing. So again i'm out of action.
I was wondering if this is a common injury, or am I doing something fundamentally wrong thats causing this to happen. It seems to only happen when I purposely make my swing shallower. Is it common for newbies to the game to injure themselves due to incorrect technique?
Its a real shame as I felt I was making great progress and was going to the driving range every day to hit 2 baskets off. Or could this be the reason, am I possibly hitting too many balls?
I'm 39 by the way, never really had any injuries in my life, even when playing lots of tennis, i'm relatively tall 6ft3, relatively fit and healthy.