I met up with Jim 0068 today. He gave me some concepts of the hitters swing on the range and we went out to play a quick 9. First I was scared to death taking it back with a shut face. I thought this is going left and low and hard left. I hit the ball great at the range and hit some great shots on the course as well. What is amazing is how simple the swing is and how my dispersion has tightened up with a few pointers. Thanks Jim! You've wetted my appetite to go see the dynamic duo..Lynn/Ted. Thanks Lynn for this site. Thanks to Hue for telling me about this site. It has been an eye opening experience.
Frank
I met up with Jim 0068 today. He gave me some concepts of the hitters swing on the range and we went out to play a quick 9. First I was scared to death taking it back with a shut face. I thought this is going left and low and hard left. I hit the ball great at the range and hit some great shots on the course as well. What is amazing is how simple the swing is and how my dispersion has tightened up with a few pointers. Thanks Jim! You've wetted my appetite to go see the dynamic duo..Lynn/Ted. Thanks Lynn for this site. Thanks to Hue for telling me about this site. It has been an eye opening experience.
Frank
Another convert!?...did anyone tell him about the seven days of fasting and that he must shave his head?
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Last edited by YodasLuke : 10-23-2005 at 09:08 PM.
ok, help me out here, the closed face may be a key to me I've been missing. I'm about as true a "hitter" as you'll find, according to Ted and Lynn, who should know.
Lately ball striking as been good, but I'm getting a bit more drift to the right than I would like. Ball flight takes off straight then starts fading off, a bit much for my liking.
If I want to straighten this out, or even draw the ball, what alterations should I make to my "hit"?
hitters fade the ball, it is a result of angled hinging. However there might be a lot of different reasons why it's fading too much.
Too many to list here, however my guess is that you are coming into the ball TOO OPEN and thus when it lays back it has layed back too much and the fade is bigger than you need.
As a "test" really arch that wrist and hit from that position, then gravitate back towards a flat left wrist
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8-cork, I use to draw the ball as well and have starte fading for one reson, and that was number 2 on jim_0068's list.
Brian Manzella would call it a leakage hook. Wrist breaks down slightly and the face closes. It's almost what I would call a false draw. It works ok if timing is perfect, if you're a hair off a snap hook can happen in a heartbeat.
It helps me to think of swinging the forearms not the hands.
If you're a decent player i've come to the conclusion that bent left wrists are a result of a poor downswing pivot, specifically the hips stop rotating. It's a chain reaction, hips stop, pivots stop, arms fly through, hit the ball, clubhead flys past the hands.
Just my humble opinion
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I think that is exactly my problem, when my timing is good, I play very well, but I can also hook it off the course at any time. The pro at the course I play told me the other day that I needed to work on my pivot. I have been so preoccupied as a hitter working on my hands I have ignored my pivot. Any ideas on how a hitter can develop a better pivot?
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