Learning to Hit

[innercityteacher]

This is my current hitting with a driver. Right forearm picks up and drive down. Easy to perform, ball goes straight but only around 240 yards.

1.Should I stand more closer to the ball with the left arm more closer to the body?
2.Am I at the STP, zero shfit?
3.Have I did the take out the slack move as I don't feel th initial bump.

Appreciate any of your comments.

Thanks.

I have been making the mistake you made in your first video by trying to maintain a real, rigid, "Zero-shift." If you research "Impact Fix," you will discover more "tilt" at address with a softer right arm, a very special grip which I was unaware of until a few days ago (left index finger as trigger and left thumb on the "aft" or back of the shaft), and a very simple motion of bending and unbending the right elbow. (This special grip is very new to me and it works well with my short and mid-irons, but it has me hooking my driver so I have to play the ball way up in my stance to get the horizontal hinge fade effect or a straight ball. Anyway, the other guys will give you the info on this. They are expert, I am a novice.)

While using this "Search" function on this forum and looking up "Impact Fix," also look up "Extensor Action" which you simply must use to benefit in your full swing, chips, pitches and putts.

So "Impact Fix, Extensor Action, Right Forearm Takeaway (look this up if you have not so far), TOP, and then you swing or hit (which I'm not that solid on but Yoda, Daryl, OB Left, Kevin, 12 Piece and lots of others are).

When you "Search" go to the earliest or "Last" posts first. Study and look, look, look!

If your resources allow, I would recommend "The Address Routine" with Yoda and Ted Fort and the "Alignment I" DVD set.

The free videos are all instructive as you know, but have you looked at "Holies and Polies?" It shows Yoda working with person's right forearm hit and pivot. Very instructive!

Keep up the good work!

Patrick

[Daryti]

Thanks Patrick. I have all the videos and have been watching many times. The trouble is usually you think you understand and did it but not. I will look at the holies things again.

[innercityteacher]

Thanks Patrick. I have all the videos and have been watching many times. The trouble is usually you think you understand and did it but not. I will look at the holies things again.

Hi Daryti. I went to the range early today determined to reproduce the "Holies and Polies" drill. I hit about 100 balls with various clubs and the hits were very solid. I also learned that I could come down very smoothly on my front foot, keep my balance, and strike the ball powerfully and with good control.

I started the drill by bending my right wrist back like an American football player uses a "straight arm" to hold off a tackler. That made the Right Forearm Takeaway go to my shoulder as my Top. I then tried to hold the wrist solidly and let my Pivot take me through the shot.

I missed 4 birdy putts to shoot a 41 (5 0ver) on my front 9 and then had my favorite putter fall apart. My mistakes were turning birdy chances into bogies though, and wound up with a 45 (11 over) for an 86. My hcp. index is 15. My ball striking was very good but my putting was pretty bad.

The right arm drill was very helpful. Keep us posted on your results and with your questions. Good luck!

Patrick

[Daryti]

Appreciate your comments again. Hitting a driver today, from the video you can see that first with hip shift bringing down the right shoulder, at impact with right forearm in line, bent right arm, flat left wrist and then right arm straighten all the way to finish.

However, it seems that I am still inside at the top, and at address still arms still far out from the body?

Thanks,
Danny

[innercityteacher]

Appreciate your comments again. Hitting a driver today, from the video you can see that first with hip shift bringing down the right shoulder, at impact with right forearm in line, bent right arm, flat left wrist and then right arm straighten all the way to finish.

However, it seems that I am still inside at the top, and at address still arms still far out from the body?

Thanks,
Danny

I don't have the sophisticated software that some do on this site. If I did, I would isolate your film and theirs and compare. Do you have the Alignment I videos? There is so much in those dvd's!

Have you tried swinging? Sometimes, the alternate approach uncovers the most insight!

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[JerryG]

City,
I think the best news I have seen is your Star Trek putter falling apart. Get a nice small unencumbered blade and feel those putts Roll to the hole. Carefully follow the instruction found on dvd #3 in AGI.
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[Daryti]

Thanks City for your comments, I do have the DVD. I have tried swinging, in fact, and swing for chips and pitch.

[Daryti]

This is my current hitting a driver. I have the ball more close to me instead of too streching out previously. Have extension action going back, club face looking at the ball at beginning of backswing. Before reaching the mid parallel position, saw picking the club up. Few things still working on:
1. At address is between EP and TSP, at top, has a close face. It seems that I also above the TSP at the top.
2. Feel like the club 45 degree, but actually parallel.
3. Coming down, applying #3, early release. I don't feel my first move is a hip slide as I am pressing #3 and #1 immediately at the top. However, watching the video saw quite a lot of hip action.

Appreciate any comments.

[gmbtempe]

I am not sure its all that closed, its a little misleading due to the length of the swing.

Honestly I hate using a driver for determining mechanics because there are some things you are doing with the driver that don't apply to many shots (on a tee, maybe hitting up, longer shaft).

With the swing that long it would seem real hard to drive load the shaft. It would seem like you have to pull the shaft a little like a swinger then be able to use the right arm, thats not all that easy.

It looks like a below plane swinging motion to me, if the face is closed is your miss low left hook?

[Daryl]

Address --- Impact