My son is having real problems at the moment hooking the ball,   he put a collection of swings on youtube himself a while ago (see below) from a wedge to a driver and he's going to try and put another more recent one on shortly. 

hopefully the video will work below but not sure how to put into slow motion so may not really show much.

can anyone give a list of thngs he can work through to try and stop hooking - driver is the worst but he is now hooking his low irons as well

he knows the club is pointing right of target at the top but really struggles to stop this. 

http://www.youtube.com/user/msh2k9123#p/u/4/OtXKTXWkeM0

thanks in advance.

John, he is a  flexible young man with a very good swing indeed. Being across the line at the top is because he is just swinging too far, this will alter once he gets a little stronger. It is something I used to do myself when I was fit . skinny and lithe.

John,

I am seriously impressed with your son's swing. It has a few rough edges but  he has a natural rhythm, he hits well from the inside, and tries his best to follow through absolutely in the right way.

Because of the way he swings (which is very similar to my own swing) I would expect him to induce a couple of metres of draw when striking well. That would be a sign of everything firing properly. Any more than that then we have a problem.

It is difficult to give advice with 100% certainty based on the evidence presented, but I have seen enough to suspect what is occurring. These are the things to check:

1.  Ensure that he is striking the ball conscious of striking through the ball with his left hand / wrist, never his right.

2.  Ensure that he transfers all of his weight off his right foot onto his left foot at impact. Unless is this fully executed then weight stays on the right foot; one starts to correctly follow through out to the 2 o'clock position; but it becomes a stretch; the left hip moves out of the way a fraction early; and the follow through is dragged from right to left a fraction early. It is occurring too late with the driver. Son's right foot is lifting late, almost as an afterthought.

3.  When 2 above occurs, even a player who normally executes a block release may start to execute a roll release of the wrists which again will promote a draw, or a dragged left drive.   

Learn to fully transfer weight correctly by swinging a headless club with one's left hand only.  He will know when this is being done correctly when he arches back from the ball as part of his follow through with his driver and he feels a pulling in his lower back region. He should in that position be able, if asked, to completely lift his right foot off the floor with impunity. I ask pupils to imagine that they are a ballet dancer showing off, not a tough chap playing golf. The finishing pose is very important in the exercise. Then try it with two hands on the grip which is far more difficult!

Your son's style is sound, but relies on full weight transfer and  a follow through which does not switch from 2 o'clock to 11 o'clock too early. It needs everything to be right. If everything is got right then it could produce outstanding results. 

I would be very surprised if the hooking continued if the above suggestions are worked on. A progress report would be appreciated.  

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ok thank you for the comments.

off to the range tonight so will see how it goes.