Have You Seen Your Swing on Video?
I talked to a lot of avid golfers about their swing and they tell me that they “swing to fast” or “come over the top” and then I ask them whether they have ever seen themselves on video and the most common answer is “no”. Most of them watch golf and know what a good golf swing looks like so it is very important that they get to see themselves on video to actually know what they are doing.
This would be the first step that I recommend to everyone out there that plays golf and wants to improve. You must know what you are doing as oppose to what you think you are doing. It would help also to have a qualified golf instructor analyse it and give you positive steps to improve your motion.
The golf swing is a complex motion so anyone that tells you that it is simple then I would look for another person. It is a series of motions and compensations that end up in you overall motion. If one part is changed it changes other reactions and results so you need someone who knows the whole motion and all the parts of it that affect other parts. Most of the time instructors are trying to correct the effect rather than the cause. This just leads to more frustration. For example the head comes up for a reason in other words coming up is the effect, what is the cause, improper weight transfer or fluctuations in spine angle, physical problems, clubface correction, proximity to the ball or any number of other things. The next time an instructor tells you that this is happening in your swing make sure you ask him why that is happening. If he can’t tell you then he doesn’t know the cause either.
