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Robby Offline
#1 Posted:
Joined: 10-30-2002
Posts: 5,067
Been going out to the range a bit more lately. Working on my swing. Hitting the ball pretty good, but it's amazing when you go with someone who's been playing for 10-20 years…

The fluidity of their swing, the power they impart on the ball, the consistency of their drives. It's really impressive.

It's also amusing how these folks can watch folks like me and point out the potentials for improvement :-) I like it when they do! But it always sounds so damn easy, but it's so damn hard to do! My problem? Too tense (who knew! go figure…) He said, get up there and “waggle” your club, relax, easy back swing, you look like you’re trying to attack the ball!

Still in all, 68 degrees, light clouds, light breeze, and an afternoon at the range with a fine cigar and good friends. It doesn't get much better than that.
DrMaddVibe Offline
#2 Posted:
Joined: 10-21-2000
Posts: 55,556
Robby...I too used to have the very same problem. I went to see a pro and he suggested switching a couple of "main clubs"(6 iron,9 iron,3 wood)to "jumbo" grips. My hands were coming around faster than the rest of my swing and I had a tendancy to hook or slice. At first I didn't take "full" swings...kinda 3/4 to half. Then I saw on TV one of those pro tips to work on tempo. On the upswing as the club is moving up I say to myself..."Johnny" Finshing the "Y" at the top, and on the return I say "Miller", with the "ER" making contact. The timing takes less than a bucket of balls but once that routine gets planted in your head...you'll shave off a good 10 strokes a round!
rasdas Offline
#3 Posted:
Joined: 03-13-2003
Posts: 4,716
DMV has got this one all covered...

I have jumbo grips on my 2+ and 4 woods...makes alot of difference...

RasDas

Joe
DrMaddVibe Offline
#4 Posted:
Joined: 10-21-2000
Posts: 55,556
Thanks Joe!

I had this problem tensing my right thumb on the shaft of the club. Sometimes I would grip so hard that when I would follow through my hands were red. Since switching I've never had that problem again. The pro said that he got the idea from John Bonham the drummer from Led Zeppelin. He used to grip his smaller sticks and break them to pieces. He went up in size to what is known as "broom handles" and Black Dog is heard loud and clear...even today!
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