A couple of weeks ago I was really working on my right elbow. Lots of video filming each swing and trying to get my elbow in my gut and then keep bent over at impact. This has been eluding me forever.
I don't remember why but I tried filming what I call my "safety swing". This is a swing that I used about a year ago when I would hit gigantic banana slices with my driver. I played with some friends for the first time and didn't want to hold up the group so I switched to it. It consists of just keeping my arms straight and then just turning my body back and then forward around my body. Like a robot. It doesn't even feel like I cock my wrists or bend my arms. I did this with 3/4 swings and it felt stiff. The balls went straight and not far which I thought was normal since the swing is so simple and with no lag. I looked at it on video though and was very surprised. What felt like straight arms and no wrist cocking was actually a pretty normal swing. Even better was that my backswing looked correct! It just had a different quality to it, the angles were better, club positions better, it just looked correct. The balls are going straighter and I don't think I lost any distance. It's been at least 6 sessions that I've been grooving this and it's holding up so I know it's correct. One of the best things is that the swing thought for me is pretty simple. I just say do my safety swing. Now that I'm getting used to the feeling though I start to loose it so I just start swinging half swings with my arms straight out and just rotate around my body like a robot. This is exactly what Ben Hogan was saying to do in this video.
I don't remember why but I tried filming what I call my "safety swing". This is a swing that I used about a year ago when I would hit gigantic banana slices with my driver. I played with some friends for the first time and didn't want to hold up the group so I switched to it. It consists of just keeping my arms straight and then just turning my body back and then forward around my body. Like a robot. It doesn't even feel like I cock my wrists or bend my arms. I did this with 3/4 swings and it felt stiff. The balls went straight and not far which I thought was normal since the swing is so simple and with no lag. I looked at it on video though and was very surprised. What felt like straight arms and no wrist cocking was actually a pretty normal swing. Even better was that my backswing looked correct! It just had a different quality to it, the angles were better, club positions better, it just looked correct. The balls are going straighter and I don't think I lost any distance. It's been at least 6 sessions that I've been grooving this and it's holding up so I know it's correct. One of the best things is that the swing thought for me is pretty simple. I just say do my safety swing. Now that I'm getting used to the feeling though I start to loose it so I just start swinging half swings with my arms straight out and just rotate around my body like a robot. This is exactly what Ben Hogan was saying to do in this video.
Well here's my lastest.
