Swing model

There has been no update to the blog in the last few days because I have been doing quite a bit of research, reading and watching video about different swing methodologies.

All this has been kicked off from my last lesson and the recurrence of shank city in my short game practice.

In hindsight I think I have made a mistake in using so many different pro’s for lessons, and using all of them without understanding where their teaching was coming from in terms of swing philosophies.

One of the reasons for this is my deep distrust of fad methods and pigeonholing myself with one kind of golf swing. Therefore I have always passed over discussions about stack and tilt, one plane swings, etc…

However as part of my last lesson the pro suggested that I read up on various methods and get more ownership about what I’m trying to achieve.

It seems I have been taught elements of different swing methodologies by different pro’s that don’t always go hand in hand. To be fair to the pro’s they often only saw me for half an hour, one time so they obviously tried to do the best with what they had.

Having looked at my swing it has natural elements that I think will fit most easily into a rotary swing model. Flattish backswing and especially a release low and left. I also now see that I have spent months fighting this by trying to restrict my right hip turn on the back swing and by sway loading back and bumping weight forward.

The other aspects leading me towards this swing philosophy is that one of its top instructors is based near Manchester not more than an hour and a half away. There is also an abundance of online video and literature dedicated to this swing, complete with common sense drills that can be practiced easily. The final clincher is that when trying it last night at the practice ground I was finding the centre of the club face instead of the heal!

I’m not taking this step lightly because it’s sure to need a lot of work that will stop me playing as much for fun this year, but I’m just still so inconstant in my swing that I think I need commit to one teaching method and understand what I’m working to achieve.

Basically the action I’m going to work on is a modern rotary swing like Hogan, Hunter Mahan, Matteo Manassero.

I’m still wading through tones of instruction info on this swing and how to learn it, so for the time being that’s almost all I’ll say about it. Apart from that my practice time while I begin to learn will continue to be based around short shots on the Pitch n Putt.