It seems a little different. My hips were clearing and facing towards target before my downswing had gotten below parallel to the ground (don;t ask me how). The key was in my finish, my right knee was outside of my left knee by much more than it should. Wasn't haven't issues with front foot shifting.
Was causing pulls at times with shorter clubs and hooks galore with woods (at times topped hooks). I just moved through the motions in front of mirrors. Often I started at the finish and worked backwards through the swing, then would hold certain key points. While not necessarily the contributing factor to this, I found on my takeaway and coiling up, my right knee (right handed) was pivoting just a little. This is by no means a Six Sigma certified process for improvement, but I found if I concentrated on keeping my right knee still, and adjusted my swing plane a little more upright, the issue was not apparent any more. In addition I shortened my woods some to increase ball striking. Instant from 3 wood duck hooks and no way to get a five wood into the air to straight 215+ carry 3 wood shots and 200+ yd 5 wood shots off the deck. I have put it to the test 2X this year after 3 years of affliction and it has held together both times. Mark A Patton [EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Richard Wampler Sent: Sunday, May 07, 2006 12:32 PM To: [email protected] Subject: RE: ShopTalk: Tips for out to in swing (Mark Patton) Mark, The spin-out is the problem I seem to have. A lot of times my left foot ends up pointing at the target, but more often than not it ends up pointing way left of target. The turf under my feet often show a swirl pattern and is torn up. Do you know of any cures for this? rick >Hello Jen, I hope all else is well. > >Could it be that you are not really coming from the outside, but you are >pulling to the inside too hard (IE: what I call spinning out)? Hard to >explain but: > >If you were to visualize the correct path on the ground, your swing starts >out on that path then moves inside it. > > > > > >Mark A Patton ><mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>[EMAIL PROTECTED] >-----Original Message----- >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Behalf Of Jen Kuntz >Sent: Sunday, May 07, 2006 8:33 AM >To: [email protected] >Subject: Re: ShopTalk: Tips for out to in swing > >Tom, you're breakin' my heart.... congrats on the grandson... what am I >going to do with all my spare time?? ; )) > >Re: square stance... are you saying I must be open or closed to accomplish >this poor swing? Honestly... if I had a camera I'd take a video. I don't >know when this started but I swear I am square to my line according to the >video I've seen of my swing during lessons. To make your head shake a >little more... I seemed to start doing this last year some time, at the >beginning of the year my index was 10.3 and at the end of the year it was >7.3... all the while losing a lot of distance and accuracy with >this. Lowest handicap of my life, but it felt like the most frustrating >golf year of my life. Go figure. I was taking lessons this winter >indoors to work on it and the instructor just kept saying I'm getting away >with it because I'm athletic. I interpret that as "I can't figure out how >the h*** you are hitting the damn ball with that swing"!! > >Jen > >TOM FLANAGAN wrote: >> >>Jen, my once and only; >> >> >>You may recall I had a long give and take about this >> >>very subject a couple years ago. Briefly, the point >> >>was this; unless you adopt a particularly awkward >> >>stance, it's physically impossible to drive the >> >>clubhead through the hitting zone with an inside path >> >>with even mediocre results. As I recall, another one >> >>of my idols, Professor Tutelman, agreed, as did >> >>several others. Quite simply, ya can't do it from a >> >>square stance. Nope. No can do. >> >> >>TFlan >> >> >>BTW: I guess it's over between us, romantically. >> >>JanFlan and I became grandparents for the first time a >> >>couple of weeks ago. Now, Nolan Gibson Flanagan is "He >> >>Who Must Be Obeyed". Son Mike and his SWMBO, Missy, >> >>finally came through! So, it's been fun. Try to >> >>remember the good times. >> >> >>--- Jen Kuntz <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]><[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>wrote: >> >> >> >>> >>>Hey gang, >>> >>> >>>I've been fighting an out to in swing path for a >>> >>>little over a year now >>> >>>and having trouble with ways to practise to get rid >>> >>>of it. >>> >>> >>>I tried the "inside approach" thing this winter and >>> >>>it was ok but I >>> >>>don't want to buy one. I've also tried just using a >>> >>>couple >>> >>>sticks/shafts parallel to the swing path on the >>> >>>ground and trying to not >>> >>>hit them. I find I keep hitting the damn inside >>> >>>stick and it just >>> >>>reinforces the problem instead of helping me work >>> >>>through it. >>> >>> >>>Anyone have any drills they've tried that worked for >>> >>>them to get rid of >>> >>>this? >>> >>> >>>Thanks in advance, >>> >>>Jen >>> >>> >>> >>> >> >> >> >> >> >> > > >No virus found in this incoming message. >Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. >Version: 7.1.392 / Virus Database: 268.5.5/333 - Release Date: 5/5/2006 -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.1.392 / Virus Database: 268.5.5/333 - Release Date: 5/5/2006 -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.392 / Virus Database: 268.5.5/333 - Release Date: 5/5/2006 -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. 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