@wshaynes - Starting the club straight back will instantly summon up the wrecking crew I refer to as "ghosts of swings past"... 🤣
Seriously - let's not do that as the major components of this swing are: 1) Weight Forward, 2) Shoulder Down, and 3) HANDS IN. These all work in concert with each other, and properly executed produce a body-friendly, repeatable, powerful, and low maintenance swing.
Please provide a little more information about the hook that you are fighting as it's difficult for me to guess at the cause without knowing the ball's initial direction. Is it starting towards the push side (right of the target line for the righthanded player) and then overdrawing, or is it starting at or to the pull side of the target line?
@wshaynes - There's also this very helpful comment from fellow member @mpandichjr in response to a related post (just flip things around for your lefthanded perspective):
"I really struggled with the hip slide/bump as well to start the downswing. Just couldn't get the timing right, but I figured out a way to accomplish it and it feels much better. At the 'top' of the backswing. your weight is now shifted ~70% to your left leg. Notice I said 'to' your left leg and not 'over' it. I was getting a little stuck because I had shifted my body center too far over the left leg. Also, your knee needs to be over your left toe, not angled towards the right. My only downswing transition thought is simply 'standing up' on that left leg and slightly rolling my left heel to the left. Try doing this at home without a club first. What you will see is that your hips automatically shift/bump left - whatever you want to call it. It also is a much smoother transition for me than consciously thinking of my hips moving laterally. I've filmed myself using both swing thoughts - hip bump and left leg extension. On both, the hips do what they are supposed to do, but again, for me, it looks and feels much better focusing on my left leg. Good luck."
@Tom Saguto update! I went through your other videos on fixing common problems and what's helped the most are the ones on not taking the club away too low. I think I was overdoing it on the "hands in" and was taking the club away too inside, and too low, too soon - leading to over the top, and in my case pull hooks. Focusing on shoulder down (which gets the club to come up and be on-plane as you point out) has helped A TON. Now I'm hitting the ball better than ever. Any time my hook creeps back I simply go more shoulder down and -- boom. Fixed. Maybe my experience will help the other hookers of the world out there. Lol... THANK YOU!
Well done, @wshaynes!!! You have effectively done your part to eradicate the world of its "oldest profession"!!!.... 🤣🤣🤣
Seriously, this is exactly what each of us individually must ultimately do in order to truly take ownership of our unique swing - FIGURE IT OUT!!!
Now it's time for you to really start having some fun with this game!!
Thanks for the great update!!
@wshaynes - Starting the club straight back will instantly summon up the wrecking crew I refer to as "ghosts of swings past"... 🤣
Seriously - let's not do that as the major components of this swing are: 1) Weight Forward, 2) Shoulder Down, and 3) HANDS IN. These all work in concert with each other, and properly executed produce a body-friendly, repeatable, powerful, and low maintenance swing.
Please provide a little more information about the hook that you are fighting as it's difficult for me to guess at the cause without knowing the ball's initial direction. Is it starting towards the push side (right of the target line for the righthanded player) and then overdrawing, or is it starting at or to the pull side of the target line?
Thanks,
Tom