Help with Golf Swing

[patrickosullivan88]

Hi All.

I've been working a lot of my swing for the past 6/9 months. Main things I've changed is a shorter backswing (it was John Daly long) less forward bend at address and my club path has gone from minus 15 average to closer to 0 and a lot more swings in the plus. I think my shoulders are still a bit too flat on backswing but when I steepen them I'll hit it fat most the time.

I've always struggled with my lower body. EE, stalling not getting the weight onto my lead side. As seen on video it just looks wrong. I know what I want to try and do with keeping the right hip back and move the left back on downswing to make room for my arms but doing it is a whole other story. It always feels like my right hip is in the way. I've tried Monte's zipper away. Bumping the hips, wall drill but I can't get it to click.

Appreciate any drills or feedback on my swing and things to work on to try and get the lower body working as with everything I've read it could be something im doing before the downswing that is making clearing the hips just not possible.

 

 

Slow mo of same video

[RickyBobby_PR]

The first thing is to not stand so tall. You should have some flex in the knees.

Second you do is swing with pretty much all arms and have no rotation, some might be due to the first issue and also what your concept of the golf swing is.

 

 

[patrickosullivan88]

@RickyBobby_PR brilliant. Thanks for them videos. I've never come across them before so will give them a watch. I definitely need to add some flex but find when I do it results in heavy hits but that could be a result of the all arm swing. Body rotation on both backswing and downswing and being all arms has always been an issue for me but something I've never fully understood how to swing it correctly so hoping to get some pointers from the videos. 

[RickyBobby_PR]

21 minutes ago, patrickosullivan88 said:

@RickyBobby_PR brilliant. Thanks for them videos. I've never come across them before so will give them a watch. I definitely need to add some flex but find when I do it results in heavy hits but that could be a result of the all arm swing. Body rotation on both backswing and downswing and being all arms has always been an issue for me but something I've never fully understood how to swing it correctly so hoping to get some pointers from the videos. 

Your balance is more than likely too far into your toes when you add knee flex and then without proper weight shift and rotation you end up in a bad position and even more out of balance and release the club early and behind the ball

[alfriday101]

Here is a video by Malaska with three drills that directly apply to the issues mentioned in the OP.  While the video title refers to drills for juniors, the drills apply to all golfers and are great drills for syncing the lower body and upper body and improving balance.  

 

I highly recommend the "Feet Together" drill.  

Here is another take on the drill for more advanced players:

 

As for getting your weight to the left side, check out the "Gary Player Drill", a/k/a the "Walk through Drill."

 

[patrickosullivan88]

@RickyBobby_PR Just finished watching them videos and they were great. The main takeaway I got from it was more turn in backswing and less arm lift. On takeaway club outside hands, cock wrists and turn with butt of club pointing more to toe line. My swings definitely seem to point just outside the ball on backswing so very shallow.

 

One question I have and something I've always struggled to grasp is that by having the club more Infront of me on the backswing and let's say at the top of my backswing the line from the butt of the club goes straight down to middle of my feet which looks like it should but I have it more behind me currently. I think part of this is too much arm overrun and I need to shorten more.  I've always been a chronic OTT and to try come from the inside I've got my hands more back. So if my hands are more in front, how do I still come from the inside on the downswing as it feels like I'm already outside it from this backswing position. 

 

Hope that makes sense? 

Edited January 7 by patrickosullivan88

[RickyBobby_PR]

2 hours ago, patrickosullivan88 said:

My swings definitely seem to point just outside the ball on backswing so very shallow

That’s considered flat. It leads to a steep downswing which will cause some people to be over the top and others (typically better players to shallow late with side bend and coming from the inside which will lead to hips stalling and early extension (standing up)

2 hours ago, patrickosullivan88 said:

I've always been a chronic OTT and to try come from the inside I've got my hands more back. So if my hands are more in front, how do I still come from the inside on the downswing as it feels like I'm already outside it from this backswing position. 

When the hard are in front of the chest in the backswing and there’s a good pivot (proper weight shift and rotation) one will be able to just rotate thur the swing because the hands will move down on the proper plane which will put the club in position at p6(shaft parallel right before impact).

Going about swing changes on one’s own is very hard and can be very slow in progress. My suggestion would be to find a good instructor either online or in person and work with them