losing contact

[trickyric]

MJ,
I have been striking the ball very well since last we saw each other but as of a few days ago I started to lose my contact. some fats and some thins.
here are some videos, I look forward to your feedback.









thanks,
Ric

[Michael Jacobs]

Ric,

Before I comment and put up some freeze frames I think will help you, answer these:

Are you hitting cuts?

Are you hitting some pulls?

Do you ever feel like you move 'too much towards your toes' on the downswing?

[trickyric]

I was hitting slight fades, didn't really feel like I was moving towards my toes, but that doesn't mean I wasn't.
I had actually been hitting it real well until a few days ago and I started to get some fats and thins.
Ric
MJ,
if you look real close you can see the ball flying pretty much dead straight. I was having more trouble with wedges than longer clubs.

[trickyric]

MJ,
I am psychotically obsessive as you know!
I went out yesterday and worked on it based on the video I took.
I came to a realization that a)my kinetic chain wasn't in sequence (i was dumping my hands) so i went to the fiddle drill and it seemed to really help.
b) I noticed my left arm (the repaired elbow) was bending a little going back and unbending starting down that may have caused a pivot stall.
lastly I was wondering if I should be working on getting my hands much higher on the top of my backswing? I noticed the best players have pretty high hands.
looking forward to your analysis and you know I will be blowing up your phone if I wait too long
Ric

new video

[Michael Jacobs]

[Michael Jacobs]

Ric,

I put some freeze frames up of the swings that you posted. You can see the 2 freeze frames of the front belly view nearing impact. As a side note, two completely different shutter speeds on the camera and what looks like different camera angles showing quite a different ball location the 2 shots.



The one adjustment I would make to get you started would be on the take back. I would do a better job of not having the shaft and hand path move 'up and away' so abruptly

Here are some drawn on images:

I would like to see you adjust the initial hand path which as a result reduce how much the club pop outs away from you. This is the place I would start and you should find yourself able to keep the stroke more organized. Note the yellow circle drawn on the zoomed in frame on the take back, lets reduce the gap there and you will see that swing direction get less and less left. Ric did send me his flightscope data and the swing direction was a wee bit more left than needed. The camera angle used on this back view isn't the greatest but it is serviceable. I would like to see your hand path mimic more of the 'Red Dots'



You asked if you should try to get your hands higher on the backswing... If you have been trying to do that I wouldn't any longer

[trickyric]

Mj,
just to calrify, I should let the grip move more inside as I take back the club but not swivel open. Will this cure my contact issues?
I think I get how this will give me a little lower ball flight and probably mor distance.
do you see any issues that would effect contact and if so could you please explain.
thanks,
Ric

[Michael Jacobs]

Mj,
just to calrify, I should let the grip move more inside as I take back the club but not swivel open. Will this cure my contact issues?
I think I get how this will give me a little lower ball flight and probably mor distance.
do you see any issues that would effect contact and if so could you please explain.
thanks,
Ric

Ric,

This is the place I would start, especially with the fact that you have been feeling like you are having difficulty with organizing body and arm movements in the different phases of the swing. This should help also with the swing direction not being so far left with the tee ball. Take some more video soon and post it up