I've never understood how you can hit up on the driver without your weight falling back on the trail foot. Whether S&T or not, I see how you can hit down on a ball with your weight moving forward. Your momentum moves you forward and down.
But with the driver, when I think of hitting up on the ball, my body naturally starts to tilt backward, putting the weight on the trail leg. It probably also causes me to slow my arms dramatically, which is why I can't hit the driver more than 150 yards.
Granted, I have many other problems with the driver, slicing being the worst, but I can work on those. But mechanically and mentally, I can't figure out how to hit up on a ball while moving my weight forward. It doesn't seem to make sense. And, yes, I know about tilting at address, which for me, actually make the back tilt worse.
I'm seriously considering dropping the driver and just going with a 3-wood or maybe even a mini driver, anything where my brain doesn't try to hit up on the ball.
Thanks,
Mark
Tom,
Thanks. I was planning on sending you a driver video, or, really, a partial driver swing since a full swing doesn't seem in the cards at the moment. Also, I wasn't trying to imply that S&T doesn't work for the driver. I've had the same issues with the driver since I started golfing. (From what I've seen, the driver is the most difficult club for weekend hackers.) This isn't a S&T issue in any way.
I'll check out the videos as well. Thanks again.