The "sledge Adlos swing" thread

[3oneday]

Is there anything else you would change straight away?

your homoness.

[adlo]

Bloody hell, you are a shocker 3, you have some real issues mate.

[3oneday]

Sorry, are we on about your swing again now ?

[adlo]

Mate, I liked it better when you spent all your time in the Pro Shop selling gear

[3oneday]

Oh well.




You lose

[adlo]

You're telling me.

[3oneday]

Hey, I told you to swing at your ears, surely that's helpful


Afterall, I usually only give ho'ing advice

[adlo]

Good point. Thanks 3. I will look past all your homo sledging then.

[Yossarian]

I think it looks better mate, but I know nothing really

[adlo]

Yeah, you are a hacker.

[razaar]

On that 5-iron shot in the garage...that is desperation at its best. I love your swing tempo but am not too fussed about your takeaway. There are only two areas in a golf swing which can cause a deviation in the plane of the swing - at the start of the backswing and at the start of the downswing. Both are when the club is travelling at its slowest. What I see in your takeaway is the hands moving outside the plane from the very first move you make which puts the shaft in a laid-off position from the outset. To recover there needs to be an inside loop at the top to get the hands on an inside path back to the address position and return the shaft back through the ball on the plane set at address. My advice is to get the hands moving on an inside path and the shaft more upright (past hip high) or alternatively do the inside loop thing from the top.

[adlo]

Thanks Ray. I am not sure what you mean by loop thing so lets look at the hands moving inside and the shaft more upright. Can you expand on that at all?

[razaar]

OK....your initial move back is a hinge of the wrists which moves the hands slightly to the outside which puts the clubhead on an outside path all the way to the top. To get it back on plane (the one you have established at address) an adjustment has to be made in the transition to downswing. If it isn't the swing is outside the plane and the clubhead will come into the ball from outside. What you want is for the clubhead to be delivered from slightly inside.

[adlo]

OK. Raz, trying to delay the wrist hinge here. Also, when you say hands are outside, are you talking about if I drew a line from the grip to the floor when I swing the club back?

4/9/09

[razaar]

Adam, if keep your hands in the same relationship with the shoulders or keep the triangle in tact until the swing starts to wind up, then that is a straight line. A straight line in golf swing terms is an arc on the plane that is set at address. One of the reasons we have an address position and a back swing is because of the plane and the other reason is to take the slack out of the swing. Don't get confused with the ball to target line.

[adlo]

Ok thanks Razaar, I was confused there.

How about this? I am trying more of what feels like a one piece takeaway. I have watched it side by side with my other iron video and can notice some change. Is that in the right direction?

Scottt, sideburns have been trimmed. Don't go all Monty Burns on me know though

Melting one into the fridge

[edhannan]

Your swing looks pretty nice to me.

If you want to make your backswing a bit steeper, check out the simple tip from this Gary Edwin trained teacher:

http://www.golfrepublic.org/tips-tri...path-t1114.htm

[Yossarian]

Not joking here adlo, was that in slo mo?

[adlo]

No, I am trying Razaar's 75% trick to try new things.

[razaar]

Not bad...see if you can locate a vid of Els. I'd like to see you turn first and then lift...c0cking your wrists during the lifting movement. I'm off to work now.

[Jono]

Aldo, do you have a stand bag?

[Yossarian]

He does. An OGIO.

[Jono]

Aldo, you've got a bit of an "over the top" move happening. Not severe, but still over the top.




The above is your backswing when your hands are about tummy height. See how flat the club is? The butt of the club is pointing WAY outside the ball.




Now you have compensated in the downswing. You are coming over the top. The hands are again about tummy height. But look at the club now. The butt of the club is pointing INSIDE the ball. This is an indication that you have made an over the top loop.

Here's a drill you might want to try. You need a stand bag.



Stand the bag up about 1-2 feet right of your right foot in the manner drawn in the above picture. It will serve as a plane board.

Now if you bring the club inside too quickly on the backswing, the club will hit the bag. It'll stop you fanning the club open too early in the backswing. With a better top of backswing position, you'll have better chance of not coming over the top.

[3oneday]

Too tense, who swings that ridgedly ? (is that bad speeling ?)

[adlo]

Jono, thanks a heap for such a detailed reply. I will give that a crack.