Hi Robin here with one of my recent lessons.
I thought this was a good lesson because you can apply the concept to different types of
shot problems you've got so, I think this is a good lesson for anybody struggling with
either a hook or a slice or a push or pull, and there might be something you can learn
here.
This player came to me saying his main problem was a severe hook, and really plauged with
the hooks for quite some time.
That was his main goal that was what he wanted to get out of the less, a hook fix.
It was quite clear to me.
He said the only way he said the only way he could try to fix a hook was to feel like
he was cutting the ball, and I felt conceptually that that was part of the problem.
Earlier in the swing in an effort, he felt to change his swing path because one thing
that is absolutely sure: if you are hooking the golf ball with a high degree of certainty
your swing path will be too much to the right side of the target.
In to out.
He knows that and in an effort to fix that he was lifting his arms and club outside and
in front of his body in the move away.
Very little body rotation just a lift to the arms, lift to the club in front of his body.
Very limited body rotation earlier on in the swing.
See when his left arm is reaching parallel to the ground shoulders would only complete
a 20 or 30 degree shoulder rotation.
Now, as I said to him, If I asked you to hit the golf ball from there you wouldn't have
a very good shot.
Club is too stiff.
Arms are too far out.
You really couldn't hit a good shot from this position.
So you're really going to have to re-route the club.
You are going to have to compensate.
So now his turn kicks in, no turn at the start, His turn kicks in that gets his arms going
this way from out to in.
The direction of his club is going this way so a bit of a loop, figure eight.
From in front to coming down behind.
This is not that severe.
These shots weren't that bad but its quite clear when he does this more or on the golf
course that's where he starts to get a severe hook.
The club comes in from the inside, he releases the club fast, actually he's had a little
bit of surgery on his right arm so that why his right arm can't extent fully properly
but, that pattern in the art raising that club quickly that where he gets his hook from
and really where he loses most of his shots.
What I explained to him is we need to change the pattern actually.
If he were to start with his arms going more behind him , going into a deeper position
behind his body, behind his body, working his body early in the swing.
From here, we'll start to get a different conversation.
The arms will start to lift up and work over.
Bringing the arms down more the in front.
Swing path more to the left.
Okay.
This is an exaggeration because his fault was quite ingrained so his practice swings
we were exaggerating quite a lot but actually this pattern if you hit a golf ball this pattern
it would produce a fade or even a slight shot.
When we took that into the actual shot, you can see his body is a lot more involved at
the start.
He is really sitting very deep but actually the club is pretty much on plane.
Now his arms will not have that look where they were working behind him to finish the
swing if anything they are actually working more in front of him rather than working behind.
Now his arms will come down more in front, club's in front, he is never going to hit
a hook shot from here.
Club is actually, in this swing slightly outside in, not releasing quite so fast and almost
instantly we got him hitting straighter shots, even with a touch of fade, he is happy with,
opposite to the shot that's been killing his score.
So the point to be learnt here is that naturally many, many amateur players think, "Well, I'm
slicing the ball I am going to take it inside going back."
Actually that can have the effect of creating a bigger slice.
The more inside you go in the move-away, the more you lift your arms, the more you come
over the top, the bigger slice shot you'll get.
Contrary to that if you're somebody who's hooking the ball you might think the that
by taking the club outside will fix the hook but again, normally the opposite happens which
has been proven in this lesson.
So I say this is a lesson for concept.
If you are struggling with slice, slices, hooks, push, or pulls the answer might be
opposite to what you've been working on.
So, I hope it helps and thanks for watching.