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Video/Drill fixing the tight fade shot

Good Morning Tom & Sagutoist’s,

I‘ve been working through the steps now for atleast a month and a half now. Spent a lot of time on video 2.8 for awhile & when at the range I start there for about 15 to 20 balls after doing around 10 straight arm feeling chip shots… great drill. My question to anyone that has had this swing problem I’m having is, can you point me to a particular video/drill for anyone that started getting these tight little fade or sometimes a pull about 5 to 10 yds left?

I noticed when I bring in the full swing around the end of my practice, I’m getting about 5 of 10 that are fadin, but a very tight fade that does end up around 5 yds left to right. I might get about 3 tight draws & 2 pulls out of the 10 total. There not bad shots at all compared to where I was coming from being an admitted chopper & too much of an arm swinger. I’ve corrected that for the most part with my setup and keep my arms connected and head still. My thinking is, if I’m able to eliminate this swing mistake I’m making that is causing this tight fade, I’ll probably not pull it very much at all. I’ve noticed that I also tend to pull it or fade it more with longer clubs. I’d like for the draw to be my main ball flight. I’ve recorded myself many times & I’m definitely not coming over the top anymore, but there’s something making me get this left to right flight. Any suggestions on a video lesson to help cure this shot pattern. I’ll be going out to the range later today and want to work on it. Then taking it to the course on Sunday morning for some fun.

Would appreciate any suggestions from any of you or Tom… just don’t want to hit a pull shot at all. Definitely not a good shot to hit.

Have a good one guys.

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3 Comments

Nocona Colt Abernathy

Nov 13, 2021

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Do you have a grid setup to help check alignment? Small variations in ball position and setup can cause this. You could also move the ball slightly back.

joeredington-ton

Nov 14, 2021

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@Nocona Colt Abernathy Thanks! You were right and yes, Ive gotten in the habit of always using my alignment sticks for building a grid with this swing change. I think I figured it out after finding a video on fixing slices, even though I wasn’t really slicing it, it helped. As you mentioned, I played around with ball position yesterday and realized I had the ball just alittle to forward in my stance causing me to come across alittle. So moving it a bit back definitely helped. I also did that drill where you put the alignment stick straight up the lead side. Noticed on video I was slightly coming off that front leg. Did that drill for about 10 or 15 balls and got the feeling down and was drawing it pretty much every time afterward. Way more in to out. So moved the ball just a ball length back from where I was & made sure I was anchored all the way down on my front side. Completely fixed it.

Now I just need to really work on my long irons, hybrid, & the driver. Noticed I’ve been hitting to much down on those and it wasnt a pretty ball flight.

Gonna hit a few practice balls today to warm up and see how I do on just 9 holes by myself.

Thanks for your comment. It was exactly what I needed to do.

Tom Saguto

Nov 15, 2021

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Great dialogue, @joeredington-ton & @Nocona Colt Abernathy!! Yes - it is so important to check setup elements - including ball position - before going down the rabbit hole of a swing intervention. Nice job!!