KEV
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Great tip Panda. I struggle with this way too often. It's a great reminder of how important the turn is.
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For my "senior" body and lack of flexibility, I seem to get the best shoulder turn and best results when I deliberately concentrate on turning the hips in the backswing as opposed to turning against the hips.
The other thing that sometimes helps with shoulder turn for me is the feeling of keeping the shoulders level and flattening out the backswing.
I find that a full shoulder turn achieves 2 things : more distance and less OTT. On the course i tend to turn less,especially towards the last few holes of 18, and this can be where i lose drives right.
Went to the range this afternoon and made a conscious effort to make a full shoulder turn with every swing. I didn't see any dramatic changes, but was striking the ball well, with good, consistent distance.
Stop talking to me. HahahaI want to add to this, good tempo is key as well. A quick tempo or jerky turn can cause some issues. I had this issue yesterday and was not quite on form. My tempo was quicker than normal. As I slowed it down,the turns were full and results where crack'n
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Stop talking to me. Hahaha
Hey Panda @tadashi70. Sorry to re-post on an older thread but I was wondering if there are any thoughts/drills on fixing a flat shoulder plane? I know this is problem for me because there are times that my chin has got in the way of my left shoulder and the results are always disastrous. I know I have a flat shoulder plane but honestly just not sure how to go about fixing it. Does this require a concerted effort in the takeaway to make sure that the left shoulder points down to prevent a flat place?
Thanks.
In order to have a flat shoulder plane you’d have to be standing with zero waist bend. Your shoulder hits your chin because you’re face is looking at the ball. Look at the ball with your eyes. Raise your chin and you’ll stop hit it with your shoulder.
Thanks!
Not sure how hard this is going to be to actually implement for me but I will try to see if I can figure it out.
The one way I can keep my shoulder under my chin is when I make a concerted effort to rotate my shoulders down in a way that my left shoulder is actually pointing at the ball at the end of the shoulder turn. However, when I do that it seems like club is going to graze along the grass in my takeaway.
Either way I do think my shoulder turn is something I need to put some work in improving. Thanks again.
Help me understand something. Are you unable to lift your head so your shoulder slides under it?
The left should should not dip or be pointed at the ground to achieve this.