I have been helping my buddy Chris to a small degree analyzing his swing. He has been practicing daily for nearly 3 weeks. There is a video machine at the range that takes DTL and Side View video simultaneously. You can then save the swings to a memory stick and download to a PC. He sends me daily swings and I comment back what I see & possible things to work on. He is about a 5 so he is pretty good (much better than me). He has been working on maintaining a steady head and keeping his angles from start up through impact, keeping on plane, and coming into impact with good flying wedges thru the ball to low point. Here is his email to me today.
Hector,
I shot a 72 today (1 over par). I had 4 birdies and 2 lateral hazards. Hit the ball solid!......Yes, the laterals were with my driver….. they went left. I need to get my left shoulder higher through impact. I feel the need to straighten my back leg on the downswing to raise my left shoulder. I think Brian (Gay) does the same thing.
I focused today on making the deepest part of my divots 4 inches ahead of the ball. I crushed the ball.
It was the nicest ball striking day I have ever had. The practice is paying off.
Ok my expert buddies...he does drive his legs (rgt leg esp) maybe too much...to the point where he comes up and back a bit thru impact to maintain his balance. This has gotten better over the week. This upward body move would lead to inconsistency without lots of practice. I am not sure what to suggest ....his comment above about the need to straighten his back leg on the downswing to raise his left shoulder is something I need help understanding. Chris is long off the tee and usually misses left when he is off.
Without pictures it may be difficult to help ....but maybe my Machine buddies can "see" something.
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