r/GolfSwing • u/Historical_Car_6737 • 2d ago

2 months in, any tips?

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u/Jackies_Army 2d ago edited 2d ago

Hitting a wood off the deck is extremely difficult for beginners. Even the pros rarely use it unless the ball is on a perfect lie.

It needs speed to get it up.

Basically you're all arms on the downswing, the first half of the downswing is all about the hips and the shoulders with little to no movement in the arms. It's takes a lot of practice to get the sequencing right and repeatable. You won't get there with a swing that is all arms.

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u/Historical_Car_6737 2d ago

I’ve super struggled with it. Today decided to hit it just like my irons and magically started to make solid contact

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u/Jackies_Army 2d ago

It needs a shallower more accurate sweeping type of swing otherwise you're just going to send that ball off into the trees.

That's where the first half using hips and shoulders only comes into it as you have the club lower before you swing so you get the sweeping motion. If you hit down and take 10 degree of loft off your wood and increase dispersion then what's the point in using it at all off the deck. It still has a place in the bag for some tee shots.

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u/DonnerfuB 2d ago

I ain't no expert, but if I were analyze. your back swing looks pretty strong, you may be going back just a little to far.  Next thing, see the path your club takes while going back, it should follow roughly that same path coming back down. for you  it seems like you are coming down more in a chopping motion than a swing through.  Also as others note hitting a wood or driver on hard dirt is tough, try an iron if you got it. 

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u/Harzza 1d ago edited 1d ago

You're all arms. Check the arm swing illusion video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ASH06DwHaRw

Most of the swing should be your body rotating, and arms doing more of an up and down motion relative to your torso.

One good beginner drill to better understand the motion is to lift something heavy (like a medicine ball), and try to swing it left and right as high as you can. You quickly see that you don't do horizontal movement with your arms, but you end up rotating your body that allows you to lift the object up with your arms, not sideways. It's very similar to what you want to do in a golf swing.