Hey all,
interested in hearing the communities thoughts on what to work on. I am really struggling w the 2.8 drill, I have yet to hit one where I’m like OHHH that’s amazing. Same with this range session. I hit a few nice shots, but I would hit a few nice shots with my pound balls shift lift flip swing. i could hit 8 iron about 150 before and now can’t get it past 100. I am aware that I’m definitely flipping through impact but I can’t seem to generate any type of speed or decent contact. I’m trying to feel left arm across the chest and weight forward. Really would like whatever feedback you can offer. I really want to get this swing down as it does seem simpler and I’ve been unsuccessful for 15 years of the old way!
@Tim Buhler - I've been thinking about this for a couple of days and trying to come up with the simplest way to explain. Obviously everyone has suggested the 90% weight drill, but I figured you need to know what you're trying to accomplish by doing that drill. The whole idea behind S&T is to keep your spine "orientation" during the swing. We do this with three thing: TILT, TURN, EXTEND.
From you're video, you clearly do this on the backswing. The issue I see is your downswing is 100% TURN. There is no TILT or EXTEND.
Another way to say it is "TUCK HIPS". That's the last two words in Mike Bennett's simplified explanation of the S&T swing. Just google Mike Bennett swing and you should get the perfect idea of what I mean.
Hope it helps. Thanks