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My shoulders not flexible enough

I'm still in the beginning lessons and tried to do the Arnold Palmer drill where I line my club up against my chest, and then turn my shoulders and point the grip towards the ball. My shoulders don't have enough flexibility to turn that far. I can go about 65% of the way on the backswing, and maybe 75% on the follow through. Is there some kind of modifications I can use and still use the stack and tilt? I'm liking the lessons so far and hope that I can master this motion so I can build from a solid foundation.

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Steven

Jun 28, 2022

@Tom Saguto funny have the same name as bionic man!

@henry I understand the flexibility issue somewhat, My shoulder for full disclosure has a plate and 11 screws in it. So more about restriction then flex. But sure can give some help.

What is the reason for flexibility issues?

Injuries or age related? Both of those for me. Let me know what is your flexibility issue!

Tom is right about the flared out feet been huge for me. Right now my issue is a bit of finding exact right ball placement for directional control(I've only been here since February).

But back to you with some suggestions.

I have an at home range in the garage which is great for getting swings in.

To get lose, I swing in the "groove" slowly and work my way u to full swing before I even hit a ball, touch my toes and overhead reaching for me.

Then I hit some sponge balls then onto regular balls. That's indoors, outdoors before I play same routine minus sponge balls.

When I am going out for play. I hot shower before I play with shower pulse massage.

The I use Blu Emu and while pores still open rub shoulders middle of back, neck, hips and knees.

Also take equivalent of ibuprofen 1000mg after shower and heading out the door and another 500mg at the turn to back nine.

I recently invested in the LagShot Clubs and that has helped with swing also.

Here's a look at my "different " swing a work in progress but shoulder goes up on the down swing.

A 5 wood

and 7 iron slow mo. As you can see I don't have a inside out swing but my club is square at impact,like I said work in progress.

YOU ARE AT THE RIGHT PLACE!

Steven

Jun 29, 2022

Replying to

Yes Henry it is a journey! Iam 2 years behind you at 65. And one of the things I came to terms with this new found season is to play within myself.

I find I have accepted the fact distances have decreased, so what. I just go down a club. My Arccos app has opened my eyes, most misses are short and 2nd biggest misses are right. Reason said I am working on ball placement because seems like making crispy KFC but direction is off.

Like you said takes time and patience. For me I work in layers. I went to neutral grip, use to have strong grip with closed clubface to combat slice, didn't work. Neutral grip and stance have worked wonders. So even though I can't seem to get the inside out totally going, still working on takeaway and"feel" and has made a difference. Now at our age we know ourselves pretty good I hope. With me I need to go step by step and in layers to rebuild my swing. Too many things at once and I get nowhere.

I know results at proof, as I am showing 18 handicap now, started year at 19.

But big difference for me is I used to shoot mid to high 90's now low 90's and know that a few holes here and there were reason for that score. 80's a few times this year. There is no doubt I will be in the 80's on regular basis this year.

Stay with it and use this forum, feedback from this group is invaluable! Because even though we are no all Tom Saguto caliber ball strikers, I find the input from other golfers in our range just as important since we all are on same journey and dealing with similar experiences.

Stay focused and keep self analyzing.