Wiskey
GRINT 12.7
Good morning!
I had a lesson yesterday and my instructor (who is very qualified) keeps telling me that the driver is a totally different swing. With every other club, you rotate your shoulders, hit down on the ball, and shift your weight forward.
BUT! He says that with the driver you have your weight totally on your back foot, keep your shoulders back, swing the club flat with the ground going back, then swing along the ground and up into the ball finishing with the hands high and your weight still 100% on the back foot. I'm sure he's exaggerating some for the point of demonstration, but I'm just not getting it.
The point is to keep spin off the ball so you get more roll. That makes sense, but I just can't swing like he's describing. He says that all the tour players do it, but I watch them and they shift their weight and follow through. I don't see them doing anything like this.
The worst part is that whenever I try to do this it totally messes me up in every other club. The weight shift and timing of it is so critical for irons that when I try to grove a swing where I stay back it bleeds into every other part of my game and causes me to start hitting behind the ball especially on long irons.
So,.. My question.
Do you use a totally different swing for your driver? If so, how would you describe the difference? Does one swing interfere with the other?
Thank you,
Whiskey
I had a lesson yesterday and my instructor (who is very qualified) keeps telling me that the driver is a totally different swing. With every other club, you rotate your shoulders, hit down on the ball, and shift your weight forward.
BUT! He says that with the driver you have your weight totally on your back foot, keep your shoulders back, swing the club flat with the ground going back, then swing along the ground and up into the ball finishing with the hands high and your weight still 100% on the back foot. I'm sure he's exaggerating some for the point of demonstration, but I'm just not getting it.
The point is to keep spin off the ball so you get more roll. That makes sense, but I just can't swing like he's describing. He says that all the tour players do it, but I watch them and they shift their weight and follow through. I don't see them doing anything like this.
The worst part is that whenever I try to do this it totally messes me up in every other club. The weight shift and timing of it is so critical for irons that when I try to grove a swing where I stay back it bleeds into every other part of my game and causes me to start hitting behind the ball especially on long irons.
So,.. My question.
Do you use a totally different swing for your driver? If so, how would you describe the difference? Does one swing interfere with the other?
Thank you,
Whiskey