cyoung2ty
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Hey Freddie! I was told that you may be able to help, so... here I am posting swing videos in the hopes that you may have some guidance for me.
Anyway... I've played a fade (which started out as a horrible slice) for essentially the entire time I've played golf, which is going on 22 years. I've never had any real instruction, just kind of picked it up as I went along. I like to play competitively, but I find that my inconsistencies mean that I can't REALLY compete.
I played a round about 2 weeks ago in which I didn't hit a single solid shot, and it was quite possibly the worst round I've EVER played. I started looking around and found information on the grip, which I never paid much attention to. I was always told to find a grip that was comfortable, and build around that. Now I'm learning that was entirely wrong.
Based on what I found, I had a strong left hand (top) grip... but a weak right hand (bottom) grip. I would always start the ball out left and then it would either work back to my target, or it would slice well right of my target. I started tweaking my grip some at home the other day (rotating my right hand to give me a strong right hand grip) and hitting "almost golf balls" in my garage with Optishot. Almost instantly, the fade was straight and I gained clubhead speed and distance.
I know that Optishot is good for some things, but it's not all that accurate at representing the true flight of the ball, so I decided to go to the driving range this morning. I used the same grip I worked on in the garage, and while I was definitely hitting the ball much straighter... I also noticed that I had a major pull with every club in the bag.
Again, it was suggested that I post videos here, so I went back into the garage and took some videos of a few swings. One is regular speed (30 FPS), the other is slower (60 FPS).
I don't have much room in there to get a front-facing view, but... I'm hoping that you'd have some help with what I've posted so far. Anything would be appreciated!
Thanks in advance.
Anyway... I've played a fade (which started out as a horrible slice) for essentially the entire time I've played golf, which is going on 22 years. I've never had any real instruction, just kind of picked it up as I went along. I like to play competitively, but I find that my inconsistencies mean that I can't REALLY compete.
I played a round about 2 weeks ago in which I didn't hit a single solid shot, and it was quite possibly the worst round I've EVER played. I started looking around and found information on the grip, which I never paid much attention to. I was always told to find a grip that was comfortable, and build around that. Now I'm learning that was entirely wrong.
Based on what I found, I had a strong left hand (top) grip... but a weak right hand (bottom) grip. I would always start the ball out left and then it would either work back to my target, or it would slice well right of my target. I started tweaking my grip some at home the other day (rotating my right hand to give me a strong right hand grip) and hitting "almost golf balls" in my garage with Optishot. Almost instantly, the fade was straight and I gained clubhead speed and distance.
I know that Optishot is good for some things, but it's not all that accurate at representing the true flight of the ball, so I decided to go to the driving range this morning. I used the same grip I worked on in the garage, and while I was definitely hitting the ball much straighter... I also noticed that I had a major pull with every club in the bag.
Again, it was suggested that I post videos here, so I went back into the garage and took some videos of a few swings. One is regular speed (30 FPS), the other is slower (60 FPS).
I don't have much room in there to get a front-facing view, but... I'm hoping that you'd have some help with what I've posted so far. Anything would be appreciated!
Thanks in advance.