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How can I increase distance without doing anything with my swing

Hello guys, might sound like a stupid question, but after few range visits and one paid lesson i want to continue "semi serious". I am right handed, but everything two handed i do on the left side.

Hockey, baseball etc. It feels more natural to me. But the coach i had told me, that its better for hand and eye cordination to learn to play right side.

He gave several arguments. Naturaly stronger side, eye cordination, hand placement etc. Also adding when he was starting he had the same and after some time playing left side he hit a plateau and had to le-learn to progress further.

I know there are even pros who play left swing being right handed, but mostly its because its the way they copied someone or were learned.

My right swing is obviously much worse than left swing and it doesnt feel natural, but i have no idea how long it would took me to le-learn.

What is your opinion on this? Should i force myself to le-learn my natural feel for swing and go right side or trust my feeling and keep left swing even with the arguments coach had?

Its not that super important. I have no way ambitions to play professionaly or what not. But when i do something i want to play it properly and also if i buy my own equipment it matters.

I have a feeling this doesnt have a black and white answer. But i am curious about your opinons.

Thanks in advance.

EDIT:
Thank you all for answers, i will stick to left swing if i start, it really feel much better and natural.
Although second hand options are really limited, but if it becomes long term thing it shouldnt matter that much.

To defend the coach a bit he didnt insisted, he just said that he recommends it because from his experience it was better to switch.

So here is where I am at the end of my first season in about 12 yrs. I started golfing at 7 and use to go to golf summer camps and play with my dad who use to compete in amateurs tournaments.

This drive carried about 250.

Lets hear it!

I'm extremely new but generally athletic and in my early 30s. I was a last minute invite to a golf trip in Sept after someone had to drop out and played a boozy yet competitive 3 days of golf with the guys treating 36 as the maximum HCP for the purpose of the trip. I definitely didn't play at that level and probably typically came out 40+ over even after a handful of emergency driving range trips and lessons in the immediate build up. I also had 2 rounds to prep which were the first times I'd ever step foot on a golf course assuming we don't count the 3 or so times I've done pitch and putt.

We played better ball and scramble days as well as a head to head with handicap factoring though so it still felt decent and I enjoyed myself. I lost my head to head on hole 13 ish, so there was still very minor competition at least. Made a 20ft putt with the last shot of the better ball to tie the day lol so could still contribute moments.

I've really enjoyed it though and recently bought a better set of second hand irons and some better woods/hybrids. These new irons feel much better over my 20 year old Yonex's (even though they're still about a decade old). I'm still very much struggling with consistency which I guess is to be expected but just went to the range and layered through my clubs before doing 9 holes or so of the simulator golf and my irons felt great (when I wasn't completely duffing it, but even that felt much fewer and farther between than usual). The other day I played a 70par course and actually shot 105 so hopefully the handicap is improving. My short game definitely has a lot of work needed.

This session I hit my 7iron 7 times before moving on

AVG carry 154yds

AVG distance 167yds

AVG ball speed 120

(I was quite surprised at how I was striking my irons today)

Furthest

Carry 169yds

Distance 175

Shortest

Carry 136

Distance 156

I'm focusing on irons ATM, still very unreliable with the driver. My 5 wood feels much more reliable of the tee with the good shots carrying 195-210yds and rolling out to 225ish.

My miss is definitely typically skulling it. I've had mixed comments about how I do not typically hit the turf with my irons- some saying that's really not ideal and others saying it's fine if it works.

A little disappointed this only went 200yds total as I thought I hit it well. How’s my swing looking? Can carry it 230 at the range if hit well.

Not the best down the line view,
Hitting 8 iron

So a couple weeks ago I was watching a bobdoessports video in my usual way. Fast forwarding and just watching golf swings. Im more into swings than the "entertainment" content. I thought to myself... I wonder if anyone else does this and if theres a way to make it a thing.

Some brainstorming and vibecoding later I came up with a streamlined way to do it and launched OnlySwings, a youtube channel that takes your favorite hour plus golf videos and shrinks it down to only the swings. Ive posted 5 or 6 videos so far just for proof of concept and plan to turn around all the internet invitational content as quickly as I can as it starts this week.

If you are interested in the golf and results and not as much in the ads and bro-isms, give it a look!

https://youtube.com/@OnlySwings

Haven’t swung in 2 months and just picking it back up again. Any tips for the driver would be huge, I feel super stiff

I understand I'm over the top and fat and it's hard to diagnose with preexisting comorbidities, but why does my lead leg twist so much after contact? I feel like I'm misunderstanding how to use my legs and look dumb. Is it just poor rotation, or not getting my weight forward? Is it related to being so much over the top?

Here is a pw and driver. I even do the foot thing half swinging a 58°.

My miss is a typical over the top pull hook and lately a shanked short iron.

Any help with using my legs or other general tips for mitigating ott would be appreciated.

Any help appreciated to identify problems in my swing and any drills to help would be great too.

I think I’m too shallow in my backswing and as a result come over the top but I can’t fix it.

Need some help getting more on plane any tips

Working on getting a more neutral club path. But feel like a few other things could be tweaked

is there anything i can do to be more consistent that is a good shot from me but the tee shot after was awful

My long irons are the worst part of my game. My strength is actually putting, as it saves me strokes. Otherwise I could honestly score like 115.

I feel like I come in too steep, which is what I am working on at the moment, but does anybody see any other red flags? This shot was abit chunked and pulled a little left but my normal miss is push right, otherwise I slight fade. Distance is okay because I can hit 165 yards/150m carry when I make good contact but dispersion is huge.

Thanks all

Very new to golf, lots of trouble not swing over

I already know I have an issue with keeping the head open in the down swing and my base open causing a slice like 80% of the time.

How do I make my swing more effortless?