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L_Master
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micronesia
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I played 9 holes after work again today (really getting my money's worth out of this club membership). It was still bad, but once again a bit better than yesterday. I had two good holes. On both of the par 3s, I put the ball ~10-12 feet from the hole and 2 putted for par. One is ~120 yd and the other is ~170 yd. I only hit equitable stroke control one time. I now have 50% of the needed holes to establish a handicap! | ||
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L_Master
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TheEmulator
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 My club head is usually a bit open at top but that's because of a weak positioned grip. | ||
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micronesia
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TheEmulator
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xDaunt
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Anyway, so far, so good. I should be decent enough to get on the course by the end of the month. | ||
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micronesia
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I used to slice a lot (years back). Now, I'm not able to even if I want to. I'm much more likely to hook! | ||
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Zorkmid
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On May 06 2014 14:19 L_Master wrote: Some more swing work videos, starting to see the progress with the club getting into some better positions. Definitely don't own it yet, but the good shots especially right now are noticeably better than a month ago. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=454ur9h8Bxo Face on https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p-nBsKBTuN0 Down The Line Make sure you keep a flex in your back knee during the takeaway, that right leg should be your anchor. | ||
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TheEmulator
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L_Master
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Micronesia - pretty good distance actually, 170 for a 6 is significantly longer than the typical amateur so I suspect you are doing some things reasonably well in your swing...unless you are just a 6'5" monster that makes some aggressive swipe at it Emulator - I don't know how anybody plays with a weak grip. Always for me seems way timing oriented, everyone is way different but for me the idea of square-square or slightly strong and just fire the right side and hold on are much easier to conceptualize and hit good shots with. Weak grip though does allow for some really nice, soft wedge shots. As far as impact tape goes, it wouldn't look so pretty with a driver; but I wore out a perfect ball sized spot on my 54 wedge to the point there were NO grooves on that part of the wedge at all. Zorkmid - That's actually something I'm working on right now, combined with getting into my right side a little more. You can see it face-on but I'm not quite turning around my spine, it gets a little more vertical and over the ball as I go back and right as I transition. I don't hit the ball quite as well this way, and definitely not quite as far. xDaunt - If you are having bent left arm issues I've always liked the swing thought of trying to reach back with the left arm, keeping as much distance between it and your chest as possible. Can't collapse it if you try and do that! Usually when you start with your arms though I'd expect the club to get inside a little too fast, as well as under-rotate; as that doesn't usually lead to a good turn. Interesting that your over-rotating. Post a video some time if you can! | ||
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L_Master
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Chipping Stuff: - Pretty good overall, working on more 7/9/PW running chips for shots that don't need loft. Wayyy easier to put those guys inside 3 feet - Some contact work, sometimes get a little steep and/or quick with the right hand, just reinforcing that pinch feeling slipping the right hand under for the high ones with more zip. - Matching practice execution to real execution - basically making sure I commit to the practice swing feel and confidently execute what I visualized without second guessing Putting: - Green reading needs some work - straight putt between tees drill; gets path 100% grooved and right hand releasing perfectly as needed; all about making sure those short-mid length putts are starting perfectly on line - Gotta tweak alignment, over the short ones tend to have the putter just left of where I think I actually am - Like with chipping just making sure the practice stroke and the real stroke are EXACTLY identical, both in length and tempo. Usually the result is nearly the same, but sometimes the manner of getting there is different - Preshot routine, don't have a consistent one for putting that I like and obviously this is a problem. Playing around to find something I like That's pretty much everything for the time being. Sounds like a lot, but much of it is just tweaking type stuff. Honestly I feel very bullish about 2014 season right now...assuming I do get the chance to commit to practicing a significant amount. There have been some real glimpses of stellar stuff in the short game. When the chipping/pitching is on, I'm putting almost everything inside 3-6' even on pretty tricky shots, and I've had a couple sessions putting where I was making at least 1 in 3 from 10-20 foot range. Just gotta make that consistent, and most importantly learn to consistently take that short game from the practice green to the course...something I definitely struggled with when I last played consistently 6 years ago in HS. | ||
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micronesia
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On May 09 2014 15:01 L_Master wrote: How do you do this? At my range there is nowhere to rest a cell phone for capturing video... I guess you could get someone else to record it if you had someone...Rest of you guys gotta get some swing vids up if you have a cell phone camera. I wanna see these moves! Micronesia - pretty good distance actually, 170 for a 6 is significantly longer than the typical amateur so I suspect you are doing some things reasonably well in your swing...unless you are just a 6'5" monster that makes some aggressive swipe at it Haha no I'm not a monster as you guessed. 170 has been my approximate 6 iron distance for about 10 years (during the years when I was playing). In fact, here are my distances:SW 90; AW ~105; PW 120; 9: 130; 8:150; 7:160; 6:170; 5 and 5 iron longer: inconsistent; woods: inconsistent, but for reference 5w can go 220-230 on a good shot off the tee Since I started playing again recently, I'm not bringing the club back quite as far... my plan is to make up for this with improved swing quality in order to make up the lost distance. edit: see red above | ||
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xDaunt
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On May 09 2014 15:01 L_Master wrote: xDaunt - If you are having bent left arm issues I've always liked the swing thought of trying to reach back with the left arm, keeping as much distance between it and your chest as possible. Can't collapse it if you try and do that! Usually when you start with your arms though I'd expect the club to get inside a little too fast, as well as under-rotate; as that doesn't usually lead to a good turn. Interesting that your over-rotating. Post a video some time if you can! I'm doing the Golftec program, so I actually have a bunch of videos complete with commentary from the pro on what I'm doing right and doing wrong. I'll see if I can figure out how to rip them. With regards to the over-rotation, I was pulling my hands a little too far behind my head as opposed to keeping them out a bit. To help correct that, the pro had me do an exercise where I flip my wrists 90 degees backwards at the resting position (or whatever the position is when you're lining up with the ball before the backswing) so that the club was pointing straight back and parallel to the ground before I took my back swing. Then I would do my back swing from that position. Flipping my wrist at the start basically forced me into a better position at the top of my backswing. | ||
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L_Master
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On May 09 2014 20:30 micronesia wrote: How do you do this? At my range there is nowhere to rest a cell phone for capturing video... I guess you could get someone else to record it if you had someone... I just rest the phone on the bag, and use some irons to prop it up on if the angle is too vertical. No idea if that makes sense without seeing it visually though haha | ||
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micronesia
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In the meantime... the driving range and practice facility near my will finally be opening on Tuesday! This should be a big help for improving... since I can't drive all the way out to the other campus during the week. After today, I should be 1 round away from establishing a (terrible) handicap! | ||
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micronesia
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![[image loading]](http://i.imgur.com/IgxGbNA.jpg) You can tell where the heat plus fatigue from carrying my bag set in lol. On those first 6 holes I had one 3 putt and missed all of the remaining greens for one reason or another. I went on to the back but things were going downhill to I stopped after 14. Hitting the range before my round when I'm able to does seem rather helpful. | ||
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L_Master
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Agree about the hitting the range, warming up is always good; you get you range of motion going and can just get a little feel before you go out. | ||
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xDaunt
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Anyway, I feel like my swing is getting to the point where I'm about ready to hit a course. I rarely miss-hit the ball so badly that it's a completely wasted stroke anymore. I fixed my backswing problems that I described above by better stabilizing my left arm. Keeping it straight prevents me from over-rotating like I was, which gives me better control. I still need to work on muscle memory to continue improving my consistency, but the backswing is in a good place. My next project is to work on the downswing. My issue there is that my body isn't rotating purely around my torso during the downswing. Instead, my torso is dropping a few inches during the downswing as I throw my weight into the swing. This causes my downswing to go off-plane -- usually coming in under the plane. I still hit the ball solidly most of the time, but there's an element of wildness in the swing that causes some bad miss-hits from time to time and other variances that I don't want. | ||
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