The New "What did you do with your Z today" (with off topic replies) XXIV

JARblue · 08-10-2016, 10:01 AM

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Originally Posted by Leingod

You made me laugh ahha. Thanks. Makes me feel better I can't hit a bybrid to save my life. I'll give it a few more buckets at the range before my final verdict.

I'm curious about your reasoning on forward pressing irons though. I've always hit center of my body with all clubs. just recently started moving my irons forwards a bit after a few lessons and youtube videos. It has helped me be able to consistently strike down on the ball further instead of topping it.

My next routine is going to be working on keeping my right hand downwards a little more so I can't see my fingertips and allow my thumb to align with the shaft easier.

When you say forward press, I assume you are doing that thing where people lean their upper body over their front leg a bit just before taking their backswing. You won't see pros doing this ... they shift the ball relative to their stance. Don't mess with your swing. Try moving the ball back in your stance a bit. Hit 10 balls or so and then move the ball back just a little and repeat. See if that makes a difference.

Another thing is keep those elbows in. The left elbow flaring out can really affect ball contact.

Leingod · 08-10-2016, 10:10 AM

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Originally Posted by JARblue

When you say forward press, I assume you are doing that thing where people lean their upper body over their front leg a bit just before taking their backswing. You won't see pros doing this ... they shift the ball relative to their stance. Don't mess with your swing. Try moving the ball back in your stance a bit. Hit 10 balls or so and then move the ball back just a little and repeat. See if that makes a difference.

Another thing is keep those elbows in. The left elbow flaring out can really affect ball contact.

A forward press to me is loving the shaft of an iron towards the outside of your front leg. My driver is always right in the center of my stance where as irons move towards the outside of my front leg the further I go.

Elbows are decent supposedly from my instructor. I just need to work on following through and keeping my head down haha.

JARblue · 08-10-2016, 10:17 AM

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Originally Posted by Leingod

A forward press to me is loving the shaft of an iron towards the outside of your front leg. My driver is always right in the center of my stance where as irons move towards the outside of my front leg the further I go.

Elbows are decent supposedly from my instructor. I just need to work on following through and keeping my head down haha.

Yup, that's exactly what I'm referring to. I've seen people move everything from their entire upper body to just their hands. Try keeping your hands centered on your body and not the ball. Moving the ball back in your stance will keep the head of the club behind your hands like it was before and should help keep your swing more consistent.

JARblue · 08-10-2016, 10:20 AM

To clarify, you are still setting up centered and then lean your hands forward, correct? Because if you are just setting up with your hands a little forward, that can be ok if it works for you. But you should be setting up like that on every shot, not just some irons. The lean that you see people do right before taking their backswing is what you want to avoid.

Haboob · 08-10-2016, 10:21 AM

Morning everyone.

JARblue · 08-10-2016, 10:26 AM

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Originally Posted by Haboob

Morning everyone.

Welcome to the golf convo

Except I've got to get some work done since I'm heading to Port Aransas for annual family beach vacation tomorrow

Leingod · 08-10-2016, 10:29 AM

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Originally Posted by JARblue

To clarify, you are still setting up centered and then lean your hands forward, correct? Because if you are just setting up with your hands a little forward, that can be ok if it works for you. But you should be setting up like that on every shot, not just some irons. The lean that you see people do right before taking their backswing is what you want to avoid.

I set up center followed by just leaning the club. I don't shift my weight or tilt. I just move the club to an angle basically.

JARblue · 08-10-2016, 10:34 AM

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Originally Posted by Leingod

I set up center followed by just leaning the club. I don't shift my weight or tilt. I just move the club to an angle basically.

That's what you don't want to do. Doing that is uncentering your hands and throwing off their coordination with your body.

Instead of moving your hands forward from center, keep your hands centered on your body and move the ball back slightly. Moving the club head to follow the ball will give you that same club angle. And this way you keep your hands and body in sync the same way on every shot whether you need to move the ball back a little or not.

killrain · 08-10-2016, 10:36 AM

MORNING WAFFLes!

Leingod · 08-10-2016, 10:43 AM

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That's what you don't want to do. Doing that is uncentering your hands and throwing off their coordination with your body.

Instead of moving your hands forward from center, keep your hands centered on your body and move the ball back slightly. Moving the club head to follow the ball will give you that same club angle. And this way you keep your hands and body in sync the same way on every shot whether you need to move the ball back a little or not.

Hmmmm. I'll have to ask my instructor about this on my next lesson. Reading bout it online shows people are for and against it. It had just helped me stay under the ball instead of topping it. maybe i can go back to center without topping.

JARblue · 08-10-2016, 10:48 AM

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Hmmmm. I'll have to ask my instructor about this on my next lesson. Reading bout it online shows people are for and against it. It had just helped me stay under the ball instead of topping it. maybe i can go back to center without topping.

That's the idea. Keep that swing as consistent as possible throughout the round. Moving the ball slightly back should help with your goal to hit down on the ball as well as helping to reduce the topping.

JARblue · 08-10-2016, 10:50 AM

I can tell you that lean was one of the first things my dad was told to stop doing when he started lessons last year. My dad's pro was a good friend of Harvey Penick, so I definitely trust his instructions. There's some good history there.

forgot pw · 08-10-2016, 10:51 AM

If u want lean eat tacohell. Will flush u out completely.

forgot pw · 08-10-2016, 10:52 AM

Wat are we talking about?

forgot pw · 08-10-2016, 10:53 AM

Golf?

Golf < GTI.

08-10-2016, 10:20 AM	#8824 (permalink)
JARblue A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Austin, TX Age: 43 Posts: 36,450 Drives: 11 Z34, 98 E36 M3 Rep Power: 2684440	To clarify, you are still setting up centered and then lean your hands forward, correct? Because if you are just setting up with your hands a little forward, that can be ok if it works for you. But you should be setting up like that on every shot, not just some irons. The lean that you see people do right before taking their backswing is what you want to avoid. __________________ 2011 370Z 6MT Sport Gun Metallic \| ARC \| CJM \| Ecutek \| FI \| Fujimura \| R2C \| SPL \| Stillen \| TWM \| Z1 \| ZSpeed \|

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JARblue A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Austin, TX Age: 43 Posts: 36,450 Drives: 11 Z34, 98 E36 M3 Rep Power: 2684440	I can tell you that lean was one of the first things my dad was told to stop doing when he started lessons last year. My dad's pro was a good friend of Harvey Penick, so I definitely trust his instructions. There's some good history there. __________________ 2011 370Z 6MT Sport Gun Metallic \| ARC \| CJM \| Ecutek \| FI \| Fujimura \| R2C \| SPL \| Stillen \| TWM \| Z1 \| ZSpeed \|

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