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Mark Robertson

As I'm constantly messing with my swing trying to get something consistent that is easy to repeat I decided I'd better have a look at what I'm actually doing. Qualities a bit crap though.

Noticed my stance is slightly closed so something I'll need to look at when I play as it may be creeping in without me noticing. I also have a tendency to slightly over swing past parallel which I never realised until I looked at a mirror.

My main aim is to get a fairly flat plan and than start the swing with the hips and let the rest follow realeasing the hands through impact.

Slow version

David Brown

Mark Robertson

David Brown

when your practicing next try making your stance a little wider and try hit a few balls with only your arms no legs no weight transfer from what i can see i think your just trying to hit it a little hard try taking a little off it

Mark Robertson

My biggest enemy is trying to hit it to hard, usually ends up in a big banana slice. You're not the first person to tell me to lay off David and 9 times out of ten when I'm actually hitting a ball my swing is slower than this, playing on Thursday so going to the range before hand and I'll try both methods and see what happens, no doubt I'll be all over the place with this swing LOL

1, Dropping at the start of downswing

2, Stretched out arms a address

3, Trying to kill it

Mark Robertson

Simon Overland

Mark,

To me it looks like you're trying to smash the sh*t out of the ball a little too much. I used to have the same problem. I have learnt to control my swing more and am much more consistent.

Incidentaly, you do look as though you are "reaching" a little too much.  Alas I have an engineering background and look at things differently.

If you swing fast and hard enough, inertia will push your arms away from your body, which is why I suspect you have to reach. Slow it down a bit and you won't need to reach so much on address.

Russell Middleton

One thing I notice is that you appear to be 'Reaching' for the ball, your hands are too far away from your body.

Get somebody to stand behind the target line and they can tell you if your hands are under your chin.

Russ

Mark Robertson

Thing was I never stretched out like that when I was playing, well not to my knowledge anyway. And in changing that I was bringning the club too close to my feet resulting in some lovely shanks.

Kinda gave up half way round though, but when I started with 5,5 and a good save on the 2nd after shanking my 2nd shot I expected much more, but then it all went tumbling LOL. 

Still I want to go and play again already as the disaster rounds just makes you try harder

Mark Robertson

Have finally got back to where I was. Simple swing by just leading with the hips and turning the waist towards the target and DONT do anything with the hands. Was getting the same distance I do when I try and bludgeon it, but they were all straight and flush, especially with my irons which is where I struggled.

Was getting an assesment done for some new irons and my 5 iron speed is 85-90mph without even trying(Driver 105mph). So now I have the idea and a few hints from the club fiiter as I wasn't transferring my weight over(causing a big slice) I know what I have to do.

Yes I was trying to smash it in these videos and I wasn't hitting anything which is pretty useless as well. 

Now the hard part, how do I get the wife to allow me to spend £260 on some new irons