Hi @Richard Furmston - It sounds like your excavation work is occurring behind the ball since it's only traveling a few yards. This tells me that your center is shifting backwards during the swing, so we need to stop this from happening and work on getting you a consistent low point. Assuming you have mastered the foundational elements of Chapter 1, if you park yourself in Chapter 2 of the Golf Swing Simplified course and move sequentially and meticulously through the drills you will get there. However, as a precursor to this, I would like for you to first visit This 90% Weight-Forward/Arms Straight Lesson and dedicate yourself to it until you are getting consistently crispy impact. This drill should get you there rather quickly, and I want you to familiarize yourself with that wonderful feeling first so: 1) you'll know that you're perfectly capable of achieving it, and 2) you'll immediately sense it when something goes awry as the sensation at impact will not feel quite as clean.
Hi @Richard Furmston - It sounds like your excavation work is occurring behind the ball since it's only traveling a few yards. This tells me that your center is shifting backwards during the swing, so we need to stop this from happening and work on getting you a consistent low point. Assuming you have mastered the foundational elements of Chapter 1, if you park yourself in Chapter 2 of the Golf Swing Simplified course and move sequentially and meticulously through the drills you will get there. However, as a precursor to this, I would like for you to first visit This 90% Weight-Forward/Arms Straight Lesson and dedicate yourself to it until you are getting consistently crispy impact. This drill should get you there rather quickly, and I want you to familiarize yourself with that wonderful feeling first so: 1) you'll know that you're perfectly capable of achieving it, and 2) you'll immediately sense it when something goes awry as the sensation at impact will not feel quite as clean.
Deal?
Please keep us posted on your progress!
Tom