Piece
Tour Winner
Bit of a longish post.... 
Having played 20-odd years with my own unique loopy swing (you can see some aspects of it in the 6i vid), I decided in May 2011 to take the plunge and address my swing faults properly. Two reasons for this:
1. I want to score consistently low and get below 6 h/c.
2. I'm not getting younger, so this is my last real chance to do it.
This is a big, big, job to do, to unlearn what has been natural for 20+ years. Thus I need to be fully committed, learn properly and have a decent pro on board. So, I booked a 9h assessment and a course of six 1hr lessons (initially), which includes vid assessments and drills to do. The pro I'm using is Ben Clayton at Hindhead.
After the 9h assessment, Ben and I agreed a plan of action. Around 3 lessons to work on the swing rebuild, 2 for short game & chipping and one for wedge distance control. Further lessons can (and will) be booked on the need to do basis to address other swing items.
As I write, I have had two lessons. These covered my woeful takeaway and equally poor backswing plane. The two together just won't lead to a consistent swing!! These are issues I've known for a looonnnngggg time, but just haven't seriously addressed them.
Ben gave me drills to fix my plane and takeaway. For the takeaway, I've been asked to turn the shoulder & arms in one, to a swing point where the left arm and club shaft are parallel to target line, at thigh level and the hands on the same parallel track they were at address. My previous takeaway is disconnected, outside the line, etc, etc (and still is sometimes!!). The swing plane drill continues from the takeaway drill by hinging the wrists and rotating the shoulders to the top. I am doing this three-piece drill in some of the 6i swings - you'll see three distinct movements.
Through vid analysis I can continue good practice to implement the drills correctly, but at the moment it is hard to lose the old swing habits when doing a complete swing; I can do a good new swing when I'm doing the three piece drill.
Even though its been two months of a long road, I feel that I am making progress. The trick is to continue with good practice, vid analysis and a massive dollop of patience!!!
Here are the swings I've recorded:
1. New swing build with a 9i iron in the backgarden
2. 6i swing drills-some old swing and some new!
My 6i swing vid shows some swings with my old style takeaway/plane (although not as bad as it was) and some new style takeaway/plane (the 9i vid shows better takeaway and swing plane).
Hope that was of interest! I hope to update on progress in a few weeks. Any comments very welcome.
Cheers
Having played 20-odd years with my own unique loopy swing (you can see some aspects of it in the 6i vid), I decided in May 2011 to take the plunge and address my swing faults properly. Two reasons for this:
1. I want to score consistently low and get below 6 h/c.
2. I'm not getting younger, so this is my last real chance to do it.
This is a big, big, job to do, to unlearn what has been natural for 20+ years. Thus I need to be fully committed, learn properly and have a decent pro on board. So, I booked a 9h assessment and a course of six 1hr lessons (initially), which includes vid assessments and drills to do. The pro I'm using is Ben Clayton at Hindhead.
After the 9h assessment, Ben and I agreed a plan of action. Around 3 lessons to work on the swing rebuild, 2 for short game & chipping and one for wedge distance control. Further lessons can (and will) be booked on the need to do basis to address other swing items.
As I write, I have had two lessons. These covered my woeful takeaway and equally poor backswing plane.
The two together just won't lead to a consistent swing!! These are issues I've known for a looonnnngggg time, but just haven't seriously addressed them.Ben gave me drills to fix my plane and takeaway. For the takeaway, I've been asked to turn the shoulder & arms in one, to a swing point where the left arm and club shaft are parallel to target line, at thigh level and the hands on the same parallel track they were at address. My previous takeaway is disconnected, outside the line, etc, etc (and still is sometimes!!). The swing plane drill continues from the takeaway drill by hinging the wrists and rotating the shoulders to the top. I am doing this three-piece drill in some of the 6i swings - you'll see three distinct movements.
Through vid analysis I can continue good practice to implement the drills correctly, but at the moment it is hard to lose the old swing habits when doing a complete swing; I can do a good new swing when I'm doing the three piece drill.
Even though its been two months of a long road, I feel that I am making progress. The trick is to continue with good practice, vid analysis and a massive dollop of patience!!!
Here are the swings I've recorded:
1. New swing build with a 9i iron in the backgarden
2. 6i swing drills-some old swing and some new!
My 6i swing vid shows some swings with my old style takeaway/plane (although not as bad as it was) and some new style takeaway/plane (the 9i vid shows better takeaway and swing plane).
Hope that was of interest! I hope to update on progress in a few weeks. Any comments very welcome.
Cheers
