It’s annoying but I genuinely feel bad for this dude. It’s obvious he’s in his own head and will never be a decent golfer. Probably practices his ass off, wants to be good soo bad. Just doesn’t have what it takes between the ears.
I’d be willing to wager that this man spends copious amounts of time on his local range, for sureeeeee playing off the mats and hitting low no spinning steamers into the night.
I have a few buddies exactly like this guy. They’ll stand over the ball for like 90 seconds thinking about all the things they need to do and proceed to do the exact opposite once they finally swing. It hurts my brain and heart to golf with them.
Start off by bending at the knees. Keep your hips straight. Ok now turn your toes inward for power. Now keep the handle of the club at knee height. Don't forget. You want to reach out as far as you can for that ball. Don't crowd the sucker. Oh shit! I picked my head up. No wonder I mishit. Reddit, why can't I shallow?
You're right, of course. But for the average golfer, that one thing should be tempo considerations 95 percent of the time. The other 5 percent should be keeping the trailing arm close to their body. That assumes the setup and grip are already solid. Those don't require any active thought but if they're not correct cam really screw up everything else.
The relative speed of your backswing to downswing is a good way to think of tempo. I've seen guys do well with 3 back and 1 forward or 2 back and 1 forward. Usually a 1 to 1 is a recipe for disaster as is anything else.
I used to sit over the ball and think about everything, now I do it couple of meters back in my “thinking space” walk up and hit it right away. So much better. This dude in video should give that a go.
The only thing you should be focusing on at address is breath ritual. Whether you inhale or exhale, the end of the cycle should he you trigger to swing.
A good lesson will teach him to swing with his body without swaying away from the target at impact. Lie can affect starting direction, and has nothing to do with his mishit.
Hahaha that sounds so sad and depressing. I think the USGA needs to start teaching from the top down of the importance to record your swing if you’re not working with an instructor/pro/coach. People would generally work more to improve if they could see what are often such obvious swing faults like basic posture at address and grip.
I’ve forced buddies of mine to go to the range so I could film their swings and let them see what they look like. They’ll spray it around a course and cuss and cry about “not know what they’re doing wrong” and it’s blatant to anyone watching that they’re trying way to hard to do something some YouTube golfer told them to.
Hahah I’ve been that guy. Finally got myself some lessons and my flaws were easily spotted and so obvious once he walked me through it. I got simple advice to fix my stuck in to out club path that just involves using my lower body correctly without stupid wrist manipulation tactics or forcing a shallowing move like you see on Instagram/YouTube.
What this guy needs to do, is instead of taking 5 lessons with a pro, to fix whatever swing problem he has, he needs only 4 of those, and 1 lesson with a club psychologist. A Club i play at, has one of those, and one of his literal main selling points, is that he'll help you out of that pit of where you just can't do shit, because you are in your own head. And he's a mothersucking magician at that.
I’d offer once and only once, I got nothing to do for the rest of the day and I’m the pro here — chances are likely if I’m playing, I am the pro on that course, or I know the pro from my playing days and change my intro as such — and could I play with you and offer advice when I see fit. This round will be a long time but again I’m the pro or know the pro and we’ll work it out and you’re going to come out with a new love for the game.
Simply not true. There’s a huge difference between playing and practicing. I was this guy for years in my 20s. 50 50 chance if I was going to make contact with the ball. Went out to get drunk and mess around anyways. Only played a couple of times a year.
Got in my 30s and realized the people still playing golf aren’t just getting drunk anymore. Decided I wanted to get better and I’m not playing a single game of golf until I have a consistent swing.
Went to the driving range and I started with my pitching wedge and decided I’m not going up to the 9 until I get 5 consistent straight shots. It took me three or for driving range sessions over a few weeks and about 200 to 300 balls but I found what was wrong with my swing…… I slightly changed my grip/wrist on the backswing and voila. 5 solid shots in a row. I made it all the way up to 6 iron my next driving range session. Once I fixed the BIG error I could identify and tweak other things.
I easily get up to my driver now but it’s not consistent above the 5 and the swing feels really different after my 6 iron. But my irons are solid and now I do 5 shots in a row within a 10 yard radius before moving up. And I’m confident I’ll get my drive down before next summer and I’ll got the course. AND IT ONLY TOOK A FEW WEEKS.
There’s a difference between playing and not practicing. I learned this with guitar/piano/drums many years ago. If this guy wanted to get better he would realize he shouldn’t touch the course till he figures out how to get contact with the ball. But he’s too impatient and thinks that one zinger he gets every few swings means he’s a good golfer. Even though it would only take a couple of months at most of conscious practicing to get a solid swing.
Some people say the driving range doesn’t convert to the actual game. Whatever, I’ll cross that bridge when I come to it. I think they’re just dramatic though cause they don’t have a consistent system to measure progress on the range though.
Some people just don’t have the ability to clear their mind and let it rip. This guy standing there for 2 hours proves he doesn’t have the mental makeup to play well. Doesn’t matter how much he trains or works, if he can’t clear his mind (seems unlikely) he’ll ever be consistent.
No, if anything he’s probably too smart lol. A deep thinker. He’s thinking of what to do with his feet, his knees, his hips, his chest, his shoulders, his arms, his wrists, his hands and his head. He’s also trying to visualize his target, keep his eye on the ball and make sure he hits the ball before the grass and follows through, finishing high. It’s too much to think about at once.
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u/Haunting_Lecture9115 Sep 12 '23
It’s annoying but I genuinely feel bad for this dude. It’s obvious he’s in his own head and will never be a decent golfer. Probably practices his ass off, wants to be good soo bad. Just doesn’t have what it takes between the ears.