Been playing for a few months – I hit the ball ok sometimes, then I will go play the next day & it’s like I’ve never swung a club before! I know I’m coming over the top, I feel like all arms, is the ball to far away from me? Frustrating!
by TimGuyss
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You’re a little far from the ball try moving a little bit closer and On your takeaway, take it straight back and around. You’re pushing the club to the right of the ball when you start (it looks this way in the video to me) You’re looking to keep your hands in, like close to your pockets (again might be because you’re too far away from the ball) You’re right there to a great swing. I think this will fix you.
It is armsy. And firing the arms first means that if you fire your core to catch up, it’ll be unpredictable. The hips/core has to fire, then the arms have a stable anchor to work off. That said, it took a gazillion practice balls to break the habit. SpeedGolfRob tells the story well.
[Sean](https://www.reddit.com/r/golf/comments/1ett6ev/fixing_your_weak_slice/) Anderson, Rob’s Greatest Driver Drill ever ( [Marooch](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mRANQTaYMIU)!) , and Jake Hutt’s short, “lose the arm wrestling match” were breakthroughs.
Good luck!
Keep your eye on the ball ffs.
Get a roll of painter tape, the blue stuff. Put a piece on the face and hit. It will leave a mark where you contacted the ball. You hit the hosel here, so you face path was too outside of the ball. Set up with an extra ball next to the ball you are hitting about 1 ball to the right. Try hitting the ball with out hitting the extra ball. If you ever start hitting off center this drill can get you back to center. If you are hitting inside, put the extra ball inside of the ball you are hitting.
It’s not the swing. It’s the contact skill. Work on hitting off the toe and closing the face.
You need more hip movement, the downswing is lead by the hips moving first. At impact position your hips are still facing the ball which tells me you swung your arms first then hips followed. Also is that Carlsbad golf mart driving range?
Slow it down slightly, especially at the top of your backswing. You shouldn’t be building up pressure against your backswing to create power. This isn’t a baseball pitch or snapping.
You need to stay bent over the ball. You are standing up during your swing. This is your biggest problem. One of the reasons you end up with your club way out to the left at the end of the swing. It is also one of the reasons your shoulder isn’t pushing your chin out of the way as you swing. Your backswing is tacking the club out wide instead of up over your head and shoulders. Your backswing should be much more vertical than it is.
Stay over the ball. Your rotation in your hips shouldn’t stand you up. It should twist you. Have you ever noticed the really good golfers watch their shots sideways? Like, they are bent over watching their shot, and then straighten their backs to watch it land? Straightening your back and standing up to watch the shot should be on purpose, not a product of the momentum of your swing.
Stay down on the ball more. Get your hands closer to your crotch so your arms are dropping with gravity, not reaching out. This requires more knee bend and more back bend. Rotate to allow your hands to follow the plumb line of gravity, not to create power. Don’t build up energy in your backswing, you are just lifting the club into the air to allow gravity to help as much as possible with momentum. Think dropping a hammer onto the floor instead of pulling a rubber band to shoot it. Rotate those hands as you follow through, this should help your arms break better naturally. Stay down until you choose to stand up, this will help with your follow through coming back up over your head and shoulders instead of out over to the left.
https://preview.redd.it/2oe7r2po85ud1.jpeg?width=1290&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=7363201b8bf1e26f391c459e0ae03f1dbe41b885
A visual to aid the other comments. This is at impact. Now compare with a pro at impact
Get the lower body activated throughout the downswing. The body pulls the club through and you release it from the ball after. You’re swinging too much with the arms from the top.
I know that Carlsbad range!
This was a shank if you pause the video you can see how far from the middle of the club you are hitting. So really hard to tell to much when you arent getting a contact with the club face. Try teeing up at the toe and concentrate on feeling like it’s sticking the toe. The swing isn’t text boom perfect, but if you can’t get good fave contact none of that will matter