Keep Hitting Pulls?

I know the TechnoPhysicians of SwingSurgeon.com have been working to get some of those videos back online and available. It'll take some time, though, as they're busy also with upgrading the site with new functions and information.

That's another website George.....Don's cousin...."The Rythm Surgeon"!!!.......or the usual...have a couple drinks first!!

Robert, I played in my Tues eve league yesterday. Not great, 44 for the nine, but had several 3-putts. One of our opponents asked me, Do you ever miss the fairway?, I replied, not too often anymore. I have a WTF of 36" and the new driver is 44 1/4, but I grip about 3/4" down. As you know, I use the jumbo Chamois grips.

Also, if you're an Inner Circle member, you should have the Junior Blueprint series in your videos, and Surge does a great clinic in that for how to work the ball.

Is it possible that your mail program is automatically quoting the replied-to email? Not sure what you're using to read the emails and respond.

Only if you practice your "I just sunk a monster long putt" celebration. That could endanger anything. ;-)

Doc
 
When I  hit the driver at 431/2 I was height wise half way up the face center but just touching the outside of the circle on the impact tape left and right side. I was coming in on a little steep of a angle the day of the fitting. I am going to talk him more about it when I pick my irons up this week. I am going to the range tonight with my R9 I cut it down to 43 1/2 and I was able to get a couple extra screw in weights that are heavier than the heaviest weight in it to play around with and impact tape to see if I can get dead center contact are at least close like I did with the 46" shaft the day of the fitting every time I hit it at the fitting it was dead center one on top of the other. That’s why I was wondering if swing issues are set up issues could play into a shorter shaft with the driver a little left are right of center. .    
Roger

Don recommends your weight be centered on both feet. With your weight already leaning right, you are in danger of over turning in the backswing, and swaying to get the weight on the left in the forward upswing.

Yes.  You should get at least that much differiential.  Also, because you find the correct length of the longest club, driver, does not mean you need to shorten the others.  You don't, you could actually lenthen them all to the same length as your driver except it would create a club with way too heavy a head.  The more loft, the heavier the head.  Also, the 17* is a good 4 wood by most standards or it could be a strong 5 wood.  15*  is normally a 3 wood, 17* normally a 4 wood, 19* normally a 5 wood and so one.  But, we all know that different companies make them whatever they want an call them what they want to as well.

Jim, Robert F and Surge.....

Beyond getting www attention, Surge ( as well as Robert F), addressed ( no pun), my flaw right on....

Shoulders were not aligned properly with hips. More importantly, I paid more attention of having my left arm higher than right.

Results: at range on Tuesday, I amazed myself on how I was striping ball straight down range with no pulls!

I hope I can so same on course on Saturday!

Thanks Team!

Phillip

I know, I'm leaving it up for a bit, so Disqus, can see for themselves what THEIR new changes are doing. I tried to explain it to them, but as usual, they can't seem to fully understand their own systems. They think it's something I'm causing the problem with. Pin Heads!

This is one of the reasons I like using music. With a single phrase, it's too easy to let the tempo get faster or slower, but a song that you know well, you also know its tempo and it can keep you more centered. As I've mentioned before, I like to use the old Simon & Garfunkle song, "The 59th Street Bridge Song." If you're not familiar with it by title, that's the one that starts, "Slow down, you move too fast..." I stand behind the ball and visualize the shot I'm going to hit, and swing once or twice to feel it. Then when I'm ready I start playing the song in my head as I step in to the ball, set up, and swing on "feeling groovy."

What the "L" is going on, lol.

I'd have to see in action what you're talking about, but perhaps your body is just uncertain of its balance getting the weight to the left that quickly. At the finish of my swing I'm all the way onto the outer edge of my left foot, but I've practiced it for a lot of years and could stand that way indefinitely (or until somebody said dinner).

If by front foot you mean left, at set up you should have maybe 30% on the front foot and 70% on the back (right) foot. If you have a particular issue like hip or knee problems, or what my friend calls a large corporation that is difficult to move, you might even it out a little more, but to effectively use this (or most any) swing, you need to shift the center of gravity of your body forward of the center of the swing. Your body's center of gravity is around the base of your spine, and your swing center is the base of your neck. By shifting the former forward of the latter, you cause all of the motion and power of the swing to flow forward through impact.

Try standing in front of a full length mirror in your setup position with your weight preloaded onto your back (right) foot. Once there, just THINK about the feeling of that weight moving from your right arch to the outer edge of your left foot. See what you feel.

Also, it's entirely possible that your troubles with properly shifting your weight when preloaded right are caused by letting the weight get outside the right foot. It should be solidly in the arch. Try flaring your right foot a little further to prevent the weight from rolling outside the foot. Once it's outside the right foot, you can't get good leverage to shift it forward without causing a big loopety-woop that lands you with your weight back on the right foot by the end of the swing.

Hi don, I am really having trouble slicing the ball but most of it is with driver.please help.  tom

Two things on hitting a pull...and believe me, if I'm off, the ball is going left. First, don't get sloppy with your wrists on the backswing (BUS). If you're "flippy" going back, it's difficult to stop at a 3/4 swing and you will likely go past parallel with a bent left arm, poor left arm extension, and cast the club on the way down, releasing early and pulling the ball left. Even if you do happen to hit it straight, it'll be weak, high & short. I hesitate to say to be stiff wristed, but every effort should be made to maintain the same wrist angle you have at address throughout the swing. THE VERY BEST TOOL TO WORK ON THIS IS THE SWINGRITE. Set that baby on about 7 and make controlled swings with firm wrists and go no further back than when your left arm is parallel to the ground. As you become more accustomed to the correct motion, tighten the setting but maintain the correct motion. Second, BUMP FIRST!!! You have to move the lower body first to get the club moving in the right direction moving into impact and prevent the dreaded "over-the-top" move when the shoulders start the downswing. It is such a small seemingly insignificant move but immensely important a la DOC's video from last week on the bump & club length.

Last nite when I was walking my dogs, I fellow I played with in a tournament (Senior Division) last weekend (which I won by 7; 76-75) stopped me and asked "How are you hitting the ball so damned straight?" to which I replied, "I wish I knew." Well, I do know, heh, heh! & I ain't tellin.

Stay vertical fellas.

Bruce Kelso

Thank you for the commercial Robert.  They are absolutely gorgeous if I do say so myself.  Put the prototype up on the wall in the shop and made my new gamer.

Why not just skip the video. I can't see Surge in the shadows! Audio is OK

Surge, what about weight, im a right hander, is it 70-30? 70 front foot, 30 back foot???

I have such a hard time moving my weight from right to left???  Then I swing from the left, not good?  Thanks so much!
mw

You are welcome.

What if I don't want to be you, can I still be me, even though I've already read your comment.

Sorry, Hard to believe something so simple can become a bobby pin in the system gears. Now I know!

Bruce,
Cogratulations on those great scores and good play. There certainly a couple of things you said about the pull that hit home with me. The point about the left arm not bending(maintaining our extension) and the need for firm hands and wrists is a biggy.
Early release and not maintaining that lag impact position is something Im really working
on. Thanks for those reminders and you're right about the swingrite. Its awesome.

Have you videoed your swing?

Have you measured your Wrist-To-Floor length and your driver and 5 iron length to see that your clubs are in the right ball park to perform a vertical swing?

Can you describe the ball flight? Does it start straight and go right? Start left and go right? or Start right and go really, really wrong? ;-)

When you finish the swing, where is your weight? Where are your arms? Where are your chest and belt buckle pointing?

Have you checked the alignment of your feet, knees, hips, and shoulders?

Actually I believe you're confused by a couple things. Don recommends that your weight be in the MIDDLE of your feet, not on the balls and not on the heels, but laterally your weight at setup should be preloaded heavy right. That said, Don advises that you NOT allow the weight to get OUTSIDE the back foot at any point. This leads to swaying which in turn leads to a million other problems. At address and up to ringing the bell in the back swing, your weight should be solidly in the arch of your back (right for right-handed players) foot and the bump happens when you start that weight rolling forward to the left (front) foot to begin the FUS.

THANKS!!

I was just practicing in front of the mirror using a resistance band (I can't afford a SwingTec yet). By setting the tension (not a good word) of the band and trying to keep it constant throughout the swing, I can approximate the function of the SwingTec. That being said, I had an epiphany of sorts. Just after I bump and get to the release point, all my weight goes out on the ball of my left foot. The only way it doesn't is if I go rotational instead of to the T-finish. Any ideas how to fix this problem, short of having my left ankle fused?

Surge.......

I feel honored that you addressed by question about pulling my driver!

Thanks again to Robert F as well.

Phillip

I am now hiding in the corner, hoping nobody can see me! Sorry again for throwing the bobby pin into the machine.

Philip and Robert F., kudos to both of you for the Surge recognition!

Don - You should move from the back porch to the driving range. Your demostrations will be more effective. Thanks - Luis

Hi Roger.

I experimented with a 13.5 degree driver earlier this year and found it a lot easier to hit fairways than my 10.5 one. Both clubs are the same brand and model. I could hit both off the deck with no tee and found that the 17 degree Cleveland Launcher was a perfect fairway wood to use with the 13.5.

I can see the videos just fine on my Asus netbook with its small screen - I just make the YouTube video full screen. The netbook does have sound issues on occasion where the volume is a little low, but this seems to have been corrected in the videos over the last several months.

When I was fitted we decided on 44 1/2 and I have been hitting my drives very well the last cuople of times out. Sometimes for a touch more accuracy I have choked down one inch and am still very comfortable. One advantage I am enjoying with my larger grips is that choking down slightly has no effect on grip feel because they are still big even a bit down the handle.
It proves to be a nice option over the typical tappered grips- for me anyway.

Speaking of notes & notebooks for the course, I bought mine this morning and logged in all the tips & things Doc says I need to work on. Took the swingrite for a ride this afternoon before Matt & I had to go Trussville and help Mike with an alternator change out. Just got home,as a matter of fact. Looking forward to when my clubs arrive and I can start charting my progress and making note after note.

I think you broke the CSS layout. Maybe you could shorten the LOL there. ;-)

If you know baseball and imagine the target line as being the center of the plate, the catcher is set up for a pitch on the inside corner. The specific location depends on the physique and technique of the golfer in question, but just a couple inches inside the target line and somewhere between 1 and 2 feet up from the ground. Surge did a great video about it last October, but it is currently unavailable thanks to his former partners.

Believe that's the one, Phil

Hey T!!! as they say in NASCAR...you BLOWED UP the system!!!.....L...ah, cant do it!!