Maintaining Spine Angle and Head Stationary

Well the swing keeps on getting better and better. While hitting the other day a friend who's about scratch was looking at my swing. He noticed that for him I was standing too close to the ball. Well for some reason I had an open mind that day because as soon as someone starts giving me unsolicited swing advice I usually get really defensive and start arguing with them. But I just went with it because I think I was confident with my swing and there's not much more obvious stuff to correct. It just looks pretty good. So I tried listening to him. In standing farther away from the ball I felt like I was over my toes and way too far from the ball but in looking at the tape I did look more athletic. And also I looked more over the ball rather than upright which looks way better. It did give me more room to come inside out so hitting a draw would feel more natural.

Well after that I went to work on other things like keeping my spine angle after impact and really getting my weight over my front foot. I really worked on it and all of a sudden my swing took on a new quality that just looks so much better. It's even more "out in front" and my head stays a lot more stable. I was also really working on the head thing for my neck.

and in slow motion...

The only problem now is that my ball is going all over the place. I knew that would be a problem when I decided to start flipping more but I'm hoping that with time I'll be able to get it under control. My strategy is that a swing that looks so correct has to eventually be consistent otherwise the pros wouldn't use it. This is a list of different swing keys in no particular order that I go through depending on what my swing is doing and what I'm trying to correct.

• Hit with right elbow attached to right hip to get my timing right and get my swing out in front of me
• At top of back swing fall onto front foot to keep me from getting stuck
• Hit with two forearms stuck together to get lag, whip, and power
• Flexion on left wrist to close club face and allow to have hands in front of clubhead at impact
• Keep left arm stiff and touch chin to shoulder to create more precision and feeling of covering the ball with my torso
• Cover the ball with my torso to get my weight moving forward
• Tilt head back at impact to push right shoulder through
• Push right shoulder through to get my swing out in front of me
• Dip head down after impact to maintain spine angle
• Slow down down swing to have smoother rhythm