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A few months ago i submitted a post detailing my initial foray into a near-total swing rebuild - see post here: Swing Rebuild - Part 1.
Well, since then I have been working very hard at the range, occasionally on the course and having two more lessons with Ben, the pro at Hindhead.
The key to moving forward is doing good practice. It has helped immensely having video tools to show what is good and bad practice, stopping me going back to old habits. Trust me, it very hard to groove new swing memories but things are definitely moving forward.
I now understand a good takeaway. I can do this most of the time now. However, I can't do a full swing, without reverting back to old habits - I have to do the good takeaway, stop, then try and complete upswing and hit ball. It's not great that I have a two-stage swing on the course at the mo, but it is helping getting the takeaway right.
The next part is completing the backswing after takeaway. The third lesson I've recently had with the pro has given me a great drill and thought to cure. My original full swing was in fact overswing, so we are installing a thought for me to 3/4 swing, which turns out to be a full swing!
I've also got work on getting the club a little bit more laid off.
Further, we've been working on address issues. Pro said my hands were too close to legs and crucially, my forearms were pointing left, causing a drag of the right shoulder at impact, pulling the shot left and leaving a divot mark in the same direction accordingly. I'm now straightening the arms and moving the hands out a bit - the difference is very strange but allows a much better backswing and a controllable impact. The divots are shallower and straighter. In fact, the consistency, strike and ball flight is now superb (when doing my new swing, which isn't all the time! )
Of course, the above will take weeks to groove and I haven't taken the above onto a course..
Here's my current swing, taken mid Sept 2011: My Swing Sept 2011 - 7i. It's about 80% to where I want it, but massively better than it was.
Thanks for looking.
Well, since then I have been working very hard at the range, occasionally on the course and having two more lessons with Ben, the pro at Hindhead.
The key to moving forward is doing good practice. It has helped immensely having video tools to show what is good and bad practice, stopping me going back to old habits. Trust me, it very hard to groove new swing memories but things are definitely moving forward.
I now understand a good takeaway. I can do this most of the time now. However, I can't do a full swing, without reverting back to old habits - I have to do the good takeaway, stop, then try and complete upswing and hit ball. It's not great that I have a two-stage swing on the course at the mo, but it is helping getting the takeaway right.
The next part is completing the backswing after takeaway. The third lesson I've recently had with the pro has given me a great drill and thought to cure. My original full swing was in fact overswing, so we are installing a thought for me to 3/4 swing, which turns out to be a full swing!
I've also got work on getting the club a little bit more laid off.Further, we've been working on address issues. Pro said my hands were too close to legs and crucially, my forearms were pointing left, causing a drag of the right shoulder at impact, pulling the shot left and leaving a divot mark in the same direction accordingly. I'm now straightening the arms and moving the hands out a bit - the difference is very strange but allows a much better backswing and a controllable impact. The divots are shallower and straighter.
In fact, the consistency, strike and ball flight is now superb (when doing my new swing, which isn't all the time! )Of course, the above will take weeks to groove and I haven't taken the above onto a course..
Here's my current swing, taken mid Sept 2011: My Swing Sept 2011 - 7i. It's about 80% to where I want it, but massively better than it was.
Thanks for looking.
