With the caveat that I'm aware of changes I have to make in my downswing (notably, lateral hip move before shoulder rotation), these are two clips from a recent session at the range. My focus has been on lead arm across the chest and extension. I want to get those in a good place before focusing on the downswing. That said, I'm open to any and all comments and suggestions. I'm posting this as a follow-up to some recent correspondence with @GolfLivesMatter which you can see here: https://sagutogolf.wixsite.com/sagutogolf/forum/main/comment/62b92d93801f2f001250d83c
DTL: https://photos.app.goo.gl/NCQjYYvAYSyUijSw5
Head On: https://photos.app.goo.gl/EVhZ4dc5Xa2XGDfHA
Please let me know if the links don't work. Files were too big to embed and YouTube was converting them to "shorts" which don't appear to play well with Wix.
Thanks,
James
Tom: sorry for by absence of late. I've barely played this season but I'm STILL working on getting that beginning of the takeaway down when I practice in my garage. And I'm still watching (and rewatching) a ton of your clips. I really have to get you some swings for V1 analysis and will do so soon. Still having issues with the new Android app but I'll figure out a way to make it work.
I'm writing because I may have had a eureka moment after watching one of your YouTube clips and it may be beneficial to others.
One thing which has been really been giving me a hard time is transforming my swing from a "lift" style to a "turn". I know that I'm far from alone in this. What I - think - I've been doing is focusing too much on the turn at the beginning of the backswing.
Many, many, years ago, I was taught to bring the club straight back and I've been spending my time trying to unlearn this. But I now think I've been overdoing it.
I recently happened upon one of your videos from a few months back ("I Just Made the Golf Swing 1000% EASIER for You...DO THIS!") https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q79sz1oLikI and I can now see the error of my ways. Once I started applying your lesson, the swing started to FEEL so different. The first thing I noticed is that the wrist hinge feels much more natural and everything feels far less labored. I hope to get to the range sometime this week to try it out and capture some swings for you. It's the first time I've felt something other than frustration while standing over the ball so that's a plus, for now. Still in search of that "effortless" swing (my current swing is anything BUT effortless) so I can once again enjoy playing golf instead of "golf swing"
I'll be in touch.
James