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JR,
golfer: |
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I am a 4 Handicap and I would like to know a good drill for preventing a
spinning out movement, open hands at impact, a drill for me to stop coming
up
out of the swing, and a drill to stop coming over my shot at times?
Thank
you. |
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California
"Address the ball with a 7 iron, with your feet together and the ball off your left
toe.
Drop your right foot back several inches and behind your left heel. Hit several balls by firing the upper right quadrant to and through the ball.
Also, hit balls with a split grip. Coming over the top is usually caused by the left arm pulling to start the reversal.
Also hit several shots with just your right hand on the club.
Be
happy."
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John
DeSantis,
Teaching
Professional |
Indiana
"JR:
One drill I would recommend is to hit balls with the back foot (right foot if your are right handed) moved away from the target line about 12 inches. Hit balls and keep your right foot on the ground throughout the swing. This will increase your arm speed, slow down your lower body, and allow you to square the club more consistently.
Diagram:
Target Line --------------------o---------------------
Left Foot O
Right Foot O
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Jeff
Mathew,
Teaching
Professional |
Minnesota
"Stick a shaft in the ground just outside your front
foot
and move to it before turning your hips too much.
Make sure you top hand grip is strong enough(3 knuckles) and try to have the emblem face down at impact.
Walk-thru drill; cross your back leg over your front leg as you swing through ala
Gary Player.
As you are moving your hips to the shaft as in the first drill; make sure that your trail elbow moves DOWN toward your trail hip."
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Jim
Manthis,
Teaching
Professional |
Missouri
"As far as your spin out move, watch your left foot (if your right handed).
Don't let it flare out, make sure it's pointed straight and also be sure it
doesn't move throughout your swing. Your hands open at impact can be
checked if you stop the club at the 3O'clock position. Your
club
head should
be angled opposite of your spine angle and your right hand should be on top
of your left. If it's not, hit a couple of balls with the thought of
turning your and over at impact, then check yourself again. Be sure you are
always making a good shoulder rotation with a relaxed grip. BEFORE YOU DO
ALL THIS, HIT SOME BALLS WITH A SMOOTH FLOWING SWING, THINK TEMPO. Since
you are a 4 handicap, I'll bet that you are just getting quick every now and
then."
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David
Mulso,
Teaching
Professional |
Nevada
"Sounds like more than one question and problem! I would have to really determine that what you are saying is what I am interpreting before I attempt to answer but I will give it a go in any case. Briefly! Spinning out is a 'Brace Foot Release' issue where your 'Lower Body Machine' gets way ahead of your 'Upper Body Machine'. Your 'Brace Foot' may actually 'Releases Prematurely' as well in the overall coordinated sequence of physical events, but this is yet a different function problem. Tiger tends to 'Spin Out' but he does not have an early release problem, just on heck of a 'PIVOT Speed' causing his
'LBM' to get ahead of or finished or through the 'IMPACT Zone' ahead of his Hands and Arms. When he hit snap hooks, his Hands monitored the UPM to LBM LAG and corrected or overcorrected this condition. It is a very athletic 'Problem and FIX' rare to most mortals!
I do NOT think it is about simply an 'Open Clubface' (Open Hands' at IMPACT yet if your 'Lower Body' is really fast your 'Upper Body' will lag behind and may tend to leave the 'Clubface Open at the Moment of Separation'. Great players will make useful compensations to prevent this if needs be. But they do not generally 'Spin Out' either.
"Coming Out Of The Swing' is primarily an 'Ocular Failure'. If you take your eyes off the ball, you will proceed into the 'Follow Finish Swing Sequence or Segment' prematurely.
"Coming Over Your Shot". I have no idea what you mean! If you mean 'Coming Over The
Top", this error or fault is a 'Timing Issue' in which the 'Upper Body Machine' does not 'LAG' behind the 'LEADING Lower Body Machine'. Another term that might be interchangeable is 'Casting'."
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Karl
Fischer,
Teaching
Professional |
New
Hampshire
"JR, without more information on when and how you are "spinning out" what you
mean by "open hands", and "coming out of the swing", I cannot comment.
However, coming over the top is a term that I understand.
The root cause of an "over the top", or outside to in swing is starting the
swing by rotating the shoulders before moving the arms toward the target.
To encourage you to swing the
club
head toward the target, I would recommend
the following:
1. Put the ball that you will be hitting on a tee. Place a club parallel to
the target line, near to where your toes normally would be.
2. Crouching behind the first ball, put a second ball on a tee about 14"
behind the first, and 1" outside the target line.
3. Swing and hit the first ball without hitting the second. PS - You may also discover that you have been aiming well to
the right of the target (for right handed golfers). The "over the top"
swings may have actually been the good ones.
Good Luck!"
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Mike
Aldrich,
Teaching
Professional |
New
Jersey
"For a 4 handicap, it sounds like you've got
a
lot going on! ;)
I think a great drill for you to try is the back-to-target drill. It goes
something like this:
1.)
Setup with an extremely closed stance by pulling your right leg back
(assuming that you are right handed).
2.)
Now turn your upper torso so that it is at least at a 45° angle to your
target.
3.)
Make ½ swings from this position trying to start the shot as far to the
right of your target as you can AND DRAW IT BACK!
To start the ball right of the target, you'll have to maintain your body
angles (no more spinning, coming over the top and coming out), you'll have
to let your hands turn over and release to get the ball to draw (no more
open hands).
It is important that you prevent injury by doing this at an easy pace. After
you do about 10-20 reps of the drill, setup as you normally would and try to
hit the same shot-one that starts right of the target and draws back.
Good Luck!"
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Marty Strumpf,
Teaching
Professional
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