please comment and give tips on my golf swing (video incl.)?
Question by kangaroojacq: please comment and give tips on my golf swing (video incl.)?
(this is not me, its my boyfriend)
please comment what you think of his golf swing, and if you have any tips they would be much appreciated. open to constuctive criticism.
thanks!
Best answer:
Answer by White Envelope
Looks pretty good, need to coil up more in the back swing, but hard to tell without seeing the ball flight.Next time wear something other than a wife beater to the golf course.
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It isn’t bad. He fires his hips through impact pretty efficiently, and he has decent footwork. The only thing I see is that he has a “chicken wing” after impact. That’s when the elbow (in his case, the left elbow) comes away from his body in his downswing. More often than not, unless he has perfect timing and makes other unnecessary compensations, it leads to a slice.
To fix it, all he needs is to swing with a towel tucked under the left armpit. The object is to keep that towel in place- when you stay connected like that, the hands will release properly through impact, which will turn a slice into a straight shot or nice draw.
My guess is that your boyfriend is a natural athlete. If I had to guess, his average score would be right around an 85 with such a swing (trust me that is very good and would beat most people–myself included).
Without seeing more of his game, I can see a couple of mistakes he is making from just one clip.
1) His feet are too narrow at address. He should widen his stance to get better balance
2) He takes the club too far back. I would have him shorten his swing for more accuracy off the tee.
3) His left foot spins out of the shot at impact. Tell him to angle his foot slightly towards the target when he addresses the ball. Golf shoes would help some as well.
4) The lateral hip movement towards the right (his right) as he takes the club back, is taking away a lot of his power and ability to consistently make solid contact with the ball. Focus on keeping the lower body ‘quite’ throughout the swing.
5) It appears that too much weight is on his left side at address. Tell him to put more weight (not all his weight) on the right foot.
What I love about his swing:
1) Love his tempo–he does not swing too hard at the ball (a good tempo is very hard to teach for some reason)
2) I love his finish position
Tell your boyfriend that he has talent for the game. My guess he is relatively new to the game but is already showing some early success. Good luck.
TRY TO KEEP YOUR LEFT ARME STRAIGHT ON THE BACK SWING, YOUR RIGHT FOOT IS SLOPPING TO FAR RIGHT ON YOUR FINISH THIS IS DUE TO LACK OF BALLANCE BEND YOUR KNEES SLIGHTLY (NOT A LOT THOUGH) OTHERWISE ITS NOT TO BAD , LOOKS LIKE A NICE STRAIGHT SHOT TO ME . GOOD LUCK . AND KEEP PRACTICEING
the 3rd answer is correct from nevergolfpar. the most important point he makes is the back swing , it goes back to far.
it looks like from the video he is straightening his right leg on his back swing- tell him to keep it bent.
also he is sliding his hips instead of rotating them you need to get your shoulders to 90 degrees and to do so your hips have to go 45 degrees…. good luck
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