Video Of My Dodgy Swing

[AllyLodge]

although my swing has been okay for the last few weeks, i filmed it the other day and couldnt help noticing how strange it looked.
so, as i was bored today, i have decided to unleash the video upon you.(sorry for the poor quality and that it is in my back garden, clubs are in scotland so had to use an old iron.)

can be as critical as you want

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qJy2VwB4ANs

 

[RGDave]

I've banned myself from commenting, but can I ask...are you using a vintage VCR for this? Looks like family holidays from the late 1980s.

Sorry.

 

[Bomber69]

Nice garden.

 

[AllyLodge]

I've banned myself from commenting, but can I ask...are you using a vintage VCR for this? Looks like family holidays from the late 1980s.

Sorry.

Sadly, no.
Some benross 3 iron that I got for a pound from direct golf

 

[AllyLodge]

Nice garden.

If only the swing was !

 

[Alex1975]

Might have been better to post a shot you were happy with, you looked disgusted with that one.

What exactly did you think looked weird in your swing?

At a quick glance I see your right elbo is all over the place both on your practice swings and shot. You also look a long way above plane on the way back.

 

[RGDave]

Sadly, no.
Some benross 3 iron that I got for a pound from direct golf

Benross 3 iron for a quid! Now, that's a bargain.

 

[AllyLodge]

Might have been better to post a shot you were happy with, you looked disgusted with that one.

What exactly did you think looked weird in your swing?

At a quick glance I see your right elbo is all over the place both on your practice swings and shot. You also look a long way above plane on the way back.

i thought my right arm looked very strange in the backswing, as you pointed out.
sorry to sound daft, what does above plane mean? too steep ?

 

[Alex1975]

i thought my right arm looked very strange in the backswing, as you pointed out.
sorry to sound daft, what does above plane mean? too steep ?

Hmm I feel dumb now... What I should have replied was - where does the ball start and finish? You make no comment about having an issue. It's clearly working better than its looking as your handicap is dropping.

 

[AllyLodge]

Well I've been tinkering with it a bit as i kept push fading everything right, so strengthened my grip and now it seems okay.
But the reason i want to change it is because i have no feel for the swing. I can't trust it and my ball striking is ridiculously inconsistent because of my swing.

I tried to get more one plane which worked for the first part of the back swing but then i went too steep.

My swing just doesn't feel fluid, no rhythm and i want to fix that.

 

[RGDave]

Ally.

I've been resisting, but the urge is too great.

(Don't worry, I'm off on holiday in 3 hours )

When you cock your wrists and set the club on an angle to swing to the top, you are "setting it" almost vertical. I could do you a photo from the video, but I don't need to.

See if this photo comes out OK. If not, you can probably right click it and open it up separately.

I know people can do this and still hit it good, but it'll take a long time to groove it and get consistent.

Have a look here a Paul Lawrie.

or even, one of me.

I would say you should be looking to flatten it all out a bit really.

I swung the club like you in my early days. I had a lesson once (with a very good teacher) who got me doing the most unusual drill I've ever done.

I found the biggest traffic cone I could find and placed it a foot further away than the ball. I then swung by sitting the club on the traffic cone taking my backswing from there, and then coming down into the ball as normal.

I did this in the garden at least 1,000 times, then tried to swing flatter and more around myself at the range.

Dropped about 10 strokes in as many months following this drill.

Think about it, read about it, give it a try.

 

[AllyLodge]

Will do mate, have a lot of time to work on it.
Suprisingly I understood all of that ! Thanks for helping me out, much appreciated.

-Ally

 

[thecraw]

Will do mate, have a lot of time to work on it.
Suprisingly I understood all of that ! Thanks for helping me out, much appreciated.

-Ally

I'm no expert so you can dismiss this if you like, but try standing a little further away from the ball.