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Weight on right leg
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Well recently I got this funny thing happening to me: Swing normally and keep thin/top the shots... Then I just have this thought that just try to swing with only my right leg then I start hitting the ball solid but of course it won't go far due to lack of weight transfer. Try it again on both leg, thin shots again. Swing just with the right leg again and it works again. So obviously I don't "stay behind the ball" enough I guess. Any other thoughts?
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Why dont you just start behind the ball and stay there...
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This is all due to you using a cart too often !
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Maybe your clubs are too short for you Andylo (or you stand too far away from ball)?
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thinning/topping???
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A-lo...a video of your swing would be a good start
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Sounds like you may have a reverse pivot happening(possibly to much lateral movement or hip rotation), hands getting to flat in the backswing and then coming around and over the top on the downswing. If you are striking the ball well off the right leg, try hitting some balls with your feet hard together, if your ball striking is still good take your mormal stance and try hitting some balls with no hip rotation (ie arm swings only, very still head) and work it back from there? Good luck..!
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I blame your girlfriend.
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Maybe you are not spending enough time over the ball thinking about the shot...
Try lawn bowls.
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Andy are you a left handed golfer?? Would all make sense if you are...
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No I am a righty swing on the right side
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andy...as a lefty your weight should be more on the right leg at impact...as a righty it shouldn't. There are obviously some flaws in the swing, but they are hard to pick without video footage. Feel and reality can be very different!
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Will try to get some video up soon
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this may be a bit to obvious but have you tried moving the ball foward in your stance, if you topping it it may be to far back, Just a thought from a hacker
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IMO it works the other way. Ball back in the stance means the clubhead is still on the way down into the ball. We need to hit down on the ball to make it go up and stay up in the air. Placing the ball forward means the club will be closer to low point or already on the way up so a top will have more chance of occuring. OK this is my take on the situation... Once he swung on one leg his body remained much more steady which has helped him produce some decent shots. The weight must be shifting forwards.. look at other sports and the weight almost always shifts forward to do whatever they are doing. Baseball pitching, throwing a ball, javelin etc etc etc...
The weight shifting forwards means the low point stays in front
of the ball making sure the club is still on its downward journey
into the ball. A reverse pivot will move the low point back
towards the ball making for less downward hitting motion and a
possible top/thin shot due to the club nearing its upward arc of
the swing. The club will also tend to start on its follow through
arc to the left too early producing a sideswipe and resulting in
a slice. The downswing starts with a bump toward the target to
ensure a hit DOWN and OUT through the ball.
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Can you please just clarify the "bump" a little?. Is this an analogy or term for an initial hip movement? I was just having another look at the .gif file that you previously had as your profile photo but it is from behind only.
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The bump is a little hip movement that for a swinger goes down the line towards the target. This is not a massive slide, but a small bump to give the hands and club room to come through.
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is it a bump? a hipslide? or is it a shift of the hips kinda like bumping the left hip upwards parallel to plane-targetline?
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The hip will bump along the plane-target line, the hip will also go up, but I find that it is best to think about sliding it towards the target and it tends to naturally come up a bit if the head remains in position, thereby increasing spine angle.
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Makes sense. I have been struggling with some drills that I have been given to initiate the downswing (and combat reverse pivot). They are basically using an active push off the right foot to quite forcefully generate hip rotation. Given that my head is supposed to remain "behind" the ball it feels like I am "snapping" my body into an uncomfortable "bent" position (and far too early). I know that they are drills and are probably supposed to work on a single facet but they are playing hell with my timing and seems to be affecting my swing plane. I might have a go at a more passive method incorporating the above.
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Your head is behind the ball at set up, you just have to leave it there. The hips move forward (only a fraction, i must emphasis that, most people when thinking about it will overdo this move), head stays where it is and taa-daa, spine angle, head behind the ball...and all fairly natural
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Which is now an issue for me. I'm forcing a move that should be natural (and to a degree, passive) as a result of overdoing/overcooking a drill. Ah well, knowledge is power.
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Out of interest what is the shot shape you are getting...low thin cuts are the result when I start overdoing this! Not pretty at all, especially with the long irons!
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Pretty ugly results. I have been diligently working on my drill as directed and becoming very frustrated because I thought that all the pain was going to result in gain. The only net result thus far has been the club coming down well inside plane and dumping downwards onto the ball (occasionally jamming the hosel into the ball) with contact being very low and inside on the face. End result - low thin cuts, one or two shanks and the occasional high pull from active compensation. I played with a couple of mates a week ago (all better than 7 markers with one being a pure hitting plus player) and they were horrified at what has happened to my swing. As I said, I think that I have allowed the drill to become the technique rather than the modifier of the technique. It's time to assess options when shanks jump out. I am also considering a new coach as I have found that AAA is a rating as opposed to a guarantee.
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