Driver follow through

Very common, @Bill Mo. Please keep us posted on your progress!!

@Tom Saguto 👍🏻

@Bill Mo - It's difficult for me to guess 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. Typically, having too much weight forward does not cause the shot shape you are experiencing.

Tom

@Tom Saguto it starts on target line and draws low and snappy. Killing any distance also.

@Bill Mo Probably not getting enough weight forward on the downswing. In other words, the lateral hip slide is not continuing through impact, thereby allowing the hip rotation to take over and reroute the club. If the hips were moving laterally into impact, the ball would start to the push side of the target line and then, optimally, draw back to the target.

The following is copied from a reply I recently sent to another member who is experiencing a similar issue. The suggestions I offered him apply to you as well...

There are at least a few places to go in the school for this rather common issue. The bottom line is that your hips must continue their lateral slide through impact, otherwise their rotation will take over and reroute the path. It's just a matter of you finding your "feel" for accomplishing this.

Here are a few suggestions:

- You Need More Lateral Hip Motion Drill from the Fixing Common Swing Problems section of the school.

- 90% Weight Forward/Arms Straight Drill from Ball Flight Fixes.

- Tailbone2Target Drill from the Indoor Training Program.

You can also refresh yourself on Chapter 2 and then spend some time working through Lesson 2.8.

Beyond these suggestions, the Stack and Tilt book has plenty of detail on this topic, and I've attached a couple of excerpts of how PGA Tour players Charlie Wi and Aaron Baddeley went about building in their hip slide "feels".

Please let me know how this works for you and we'll proceed from there.

Thanks,

Tom

@Tom Saguto Will do! Piecing things together slowly but becoming more ingrained as the days go by.

Thanks @Tom Saguto! I am seeing all of those that you've pointed out. The skyed shot (quite often), occasional low one and a big bull. I'll check out the video and keep practising. I'm certainly going to have a V1 lesson in the near future when I've got the basics down. Quite amazed at the progress I've made thus far in just a few weeks of solid practise. Credit to your teaching methods and videos!

Morning @Tom Saguto thanks for the video pointer. Watched it and gave it a go in the garden this morning......vast improvement!

Should the wedge appear? Yes, only 2-3 feet after impact. Then, the wrists will rehinge the golf club to the finish. Arm extension is a great feel for you to have though.

If you keep the wedge too long, you will hit it LOW and it will draw a lot.

In general, keeping the wedge is great practice for clean contact. After you've mastered low point control, learning how to rehinge the wrists becomes important. I am working on making videos for this topic in shaping shots.

You can hit it hard even with an abbreviated wedge follow thru but you will see more distance when you rehinge the club 5 feet after impact. Keep the arms straight and prevent them from breaking down. Allow the wrists to rehinge naturally by the momentum of the golf club.