sickyspider
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Hello all
I haven't posted on here in a while due to being busy with work and life in general.
Does anyone subscribe to the above philosophy and the web page called the OS Academy?
It makes total sense for those of us plagued with a frequent outside to inside swing plane.
I have had so many lessons to resolve this and all that has happened is any swing I had was ruined and plagued with too many swing thoughts! Pulls, slices, low ball flight and shanks were all too common despite 3 different coaches guidance. I quite often hit the ball well during a lesson and then went to pieces later on and got frustrated with everything and it affected my enjoyment of golf. Coaches banging on about feet, hips and shoulders being square to the target line just ruined my swing when many of the great ball strikers stood open like Nicklaus, Couples and Trevino. I believe it is a more natural way to swing the club.
I now realise that my best ball striking has always been with a slightly open stance, mainly straight or with a little fade and occasionally a small draw if needed. My hips fire naturally from this set up and my arms follow and my swing is shallower. I only realised recently when analysing my game over the last year or so. I always seemed to strike the ball best when on the left side of the fairway as my feet were open to the target line whereas on the right I suffered terribly with misalignment and either being square or actually closed but but believing I was square! Properly messed up at set up. I have now realised why and set up open deliberately and my ball striking is so much better 90% of the time and I now regularly break 90 playing 2-3 per month in the summer with a few rounds in the low 80s. I think if I push myself I can break 80 as my pitching, chipping and putting is much tighter!
My sincere advice to anyone suffering from the same swing fault as me (over the top) is to try the open stance set up. Experiment with degrees of openness and see what works best but make sure your shoulders are parallel to the target line. If you are like me your ball striking will improve dramatically and your trajectory too. You will enjoy the game much more as I am now doing. I just pick my target line and set up to it and let it go! No swing thoughts just an easy free flowing swing with the best results I have ever had! For those of you that persist with coaches who insist on everything being square at set up and yet don't see consistent and sustained improvement, I wish you luck as ultimately I believe you are banging your head against a brick wall and wasting money! I know I will never have another swing lesson ever again while the current flawed set up formula is in place!
Good luck to all!
I haven't posted on here in a while due to being busy with work and life in general.
Does anyone subscribe to the above philosophy and the web page called the OS Academy?
It makes total sense for those of us plagued with a frequent outside to inside swing plane.
I have had so many lessons to resolve this and all that has happened is any swing I had was ruined and plagued with too many swing thoughts! Pulls, slices, low ball flight and shanks were all too common despite 3 different coaches guidance. I quite often hit the ball well during a lesson and then went to pieces later on and got frustrated with everything and it affected my enjoyment of golf. Coaches banging on about feet, hips and shoulders being square to the target line just ruined my swing when many of the great ball strikers stood open like Nicklaus, Couples and Trevino. I believe it is a more natural way to swing the club.
I now realise that my best ball striking has always been with a slightly open stance, mainly straight or with a little fade and occasionally a small draw if needed. My hips fire naturally from this set up and my arms follow and my swing is shallower. I only realised recently when analysing my game over the last year or so. I always seemed to strike the ball best when on the left side of the fairway as my feet were open to the target line whereas on the right I suffered terribly with misalignment and either being square or actually closed but but believing I was square! Properly messed up at set up. I have now realised why and set up open deliberately and my ball striking is so much better 90% of the time and I now regularly break 90 playing 2-3 per month in the summer with a few rounds in the low 80s. I think if I push myself I can break 80 as my pitching, chipping and putting is much tighter!
My sincere advice to anyone suffering from the same swing fault as me (over the top) is to try the open stance set up. Experiment with degrees of openness and see what works best but make sure your shoulders are parallel to the target line. If you are like me your ball striking will improve dramatically and your trajectory too. You will enjoy the game much more as I am now doing. I just pick my target line and set up to it and let it go! No swing thoughts just an easy free flowing swing with the best results I have ever had! For those of you that persist with coaches who insist on everything being square at set up and yet don't see consistent and sustained improvement, I wish you luck as ultimately I believe you are banging your head against a brick wall and wasting money! I know I will never have another swing lesson ever again while the current flawed set up formula is in place!
Good luck to all!
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