guys heres a clip of my AM.i'm progressing with great progress and now starting to take it to the course.i remember yoda saying that with time you forget about the club face and instead you tune into your hands-well thats the feeling i have at the mo
they say the camera adds ten pounds x-man, we just need to figure out how many cameras were on you!!
just kidding, I am the pot to your kettle and should not be throwing stones given the size of my ass, er I mean glass house!
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You look like a strong guy, and you are executiong the motion with authority and no frills. Authority is good but there seems to be a lack of feel in there. A lack of two way communication perhaps?
When I see that your club has a flip at the end of the stroke - a sort of loading action - and then when I see how you just freeze the club back to your hands speed again - I can't help but thinking that there is steering going on. I think you are running a command central and ignoring the feedback.
Monitoring the hands is very important, but there are several ways of doing it. You can supervise them, command them and monitor that they do what their told to. That's what I see in your video. And it is probably good enough to get you in the fairway and on the green quite often. But it isn't good enough to maximize your potential driving length. And it is far from good enough to become a good short game player.
You can also listen to your hands. They speak all the time. About the pressure point balance between pp#1 and #3 in your right hand, and #2 in your left. When you learn to listen to those you will soon know how the club head and the club face travels through the ball. You will even know how the club face compresses the ball. All of this may teach you almost* everything you need to know when you want to lift the ball over a bunker and have it stop at the flag. If you want to become a good short gamer you need to listen to your hands. And in some of the most delicate shots you can even learn to listen to your hands and respond to what they say during the stroke.
And you certainly need to listen to them to develop your long game potential. And of course you have to learn how to use the information. But listening is the first step.
Have a look at Fred Couples. He has soft hands. He knows how to use them in the short game. But he also knows which buttons to press and how when he wants to hit it hard. You also need to have feel to be mercyless. The two things are related.
Even better than looking at Freddie: Take a bucket out in the garden. Try to put some balls into it with a sand or lob wedge. It will take max 5 minutes before you listen carefully to all the three hands pressure points and then some other sensations in your body.
Disclaimer: This is from a golfer with a handicap. But quite confident in the short game department.
*you also need to understand chapter 2 from start and through 2c to know how the ball responds to what your pressure points tell you.
thank you soo much for your reply and your advice is highly appreciated and understood.my motion still looks strict compared to when my coach performs it.i'm learning everyday more about the motions and with time and enough reps i will have the confidence too relax a little more.
at the moment my drives are super but i can't hit a wedge or an iron out of my way.....Shank and slicing and very very embarrassing but i'm due to see my coach this week.whenever i take my hands above waist level i lose everything.