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Thanks Ed,
that's D*** interesting as I also have a slide problem that came
from somewhere un-announced.
I'll give them a go.
Thx again Ed!!
Jay
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Wednesday, May 17, 2006 2:23
PM
Subject: Re: ShopTalk: Tips for out to in
swing
Burgess,
I thought I'd report my experience with this
drill. The bottom line is that drills, like golf swings, can vary by
individual. What works for one might not work for another.
I
tried the "ring the bell" drill just before I had a lesson and it seemed to
help. My instructor is curious by nature and is always looking for new
ways to help his students. I explained your drill and he said "lets see
what the camera says". So he took "before and after" pictures, my normal
swing and the drill swing.
MY swing issue is that I tend to turn my
shoulders flat (more level with the horizon than 90* from spine angle) and
this causes my hands to be too far away from my body at impact, plus the out
to in move.
FOR ME the "ring the bell" had a minor effect on my
shoulder turn. It FELT major, but in fact wasn't.
WHAT DID work
was another drill, an isometric one. While holding a club I got into an
exaggerated "downswing a waist high" position. Hands were waist
high to the side and slightly in front of body, with the club butt pointing
slightly behind the ball and on the plane line (line that goes through target
and ball). I then held the hands in that position for 10 seconds while
trying to turn (not slide) my right hip forward as hard as I
could. (Let me tell you, this will wear you out more than you can
imagine).
The intent was to capture the feeling of the right hip and
body core (not arms and shoulders)
delivering the close-to-the-body club to
the ball. After doing the exercise twice I was to hit some balls,
concentrating on replicating the feeling I got from the exercise.
This
had a DRAMATIC effect on my swing! Much, much more on plane.
He
also had a second isometric drill that is for impact and part of the follow
through. With a club in your hand assume an "impact" position. The
club will be held against some object, a few inches below the handle.
You turn your right hip toward the target as hard as you can, pivoting
around your left hip. You are resisting the turn with your arms and
hands holding the club against the object. Again, this is held for 10
seconds and you are trying to get the feel of the right hip turning around the
left hip.
The first drill is easy to use on the course for a
reinforcement of the feeling you want to get in your swing.
What is
interesting is that I was on the range with some of his other students and
they were practicing similar, but different, isometric exercises. Each
one was tailored to the individual's problems. For example, one of them
had the shaft very flat in the first exercise and another had the shaft very
upright. In their normal swings the first student had the club too
upright and the second too flat - so the drill was designed to exaggerate the
needed correction.
As I said, drills are very individualistic.
Maybe these will work for some of you, maybe they
wont.
/Ed
Burgess Howell wrote:
At 03:51 PM 5/6/2006, Jen wrote:
I've been fighting an out to in swing path...
This is absolutely my bogeyman. If anything is
going to screw up my swing, it's the old 'over the top' move.
My
drill is pretty simple. First, I force myself to start the takeaway by
*pushing* with the left shoulder (assuming you're a righty). Then, I make a
normal turn, and, from the top, my first move is to drop my right elbow
straight down. From there it's damned near impossible to take it
outside-in.
My dad calls this 'ringing the bell' (like pulling the
rope on a church bell), but my swing thought is "put the elbow in the hip
pocket."
BTW, Sam Snead's 'waltzing' trick will help this,
too. Hum 'The Blue Danube" and swing in time to it. It helps you
slow down your takeaway, make a full turn, and swing in rhythm. Over
the top swings seem highly correlated with a rushed tempo.
Good luck
in smiting the beast.
Burgess
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