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Old July 22nd, 2006, 06:31 PM
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A picture from today.

Here is a picture of my follow through. I've been having trouble staying down on the follow through, which in turns causes me to slice the ball. Alot of it had to do with my back swing as I was not swinging around, but up which in turn was pulling my body up.

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Old July 22nd, 2006, 09:44 PM
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well, it's tough to get much info. from this picture alone, but the one thing that stands out os your body position (posture), mainly at address, i would have you work on getting your spiine angle in the proper position, straight back (as much as possible), butt sticking out, chin up.
watch the open tommorow and look at their postures, you'll see most of them are quite similar, must be a reason.
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Old July 23rd, 2006, 12:38 AM
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The most obvious thing in this picture is that all of your weight is still on your right side after the ball has been struck.
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Old July 23rd, 2006, 01:08 AM
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Yea I keep my weight there for now because it keeps me down and through the ball. As odd as it seems it works, my shots are now doing a little right to left draw and distance is around 160 with my 7-iron.
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Old July 23rd, 2006, 03:03 AM
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I agree with Mikey your posture looks like a "C" . There should be an angle formed with your posture which will help your backswing .
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Old July 23rd, 2006, 03:38 AM
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Here is a picture of my follow through. I've been having trouble staying down on the follow through, which in turns causes me to slice the ball. Alot of it had to do with my back swing as I was not swinging around, but up which in turn was pulling my body up.

Years and years ago (I won't say how many) I saw a picture of Sammy Sneed at impact. What struck me most about the picture was that his belt was already facing the target when his club face struck the ball. I started trying to do this myself and found, much to my surprise, that my drives went from an average distance of 225 - 235 to 265 - 275. The reason for the increased distance was that I was getting more of the full effect of the "Loading" I was doing when I made my backswing. try this and see if it helps.
1. Plant your feet firmly and make this the base of your coil. Try to keep your feet planted.(this means keeping your heels on the ground on the backswing, which doesn't feel natural.)
2. Turn you back as much as you possibly can so that your back (if you have enough flexibility) is facing toward your target.
3. Let your swing happen. If you've properly loaded the coil that is your upper body, it will be like a rubber band snapping closed.
4. Turn your body so that your belt buckle is aimed at your target. (Do this so that it gets there as you make contact with the ball) and
5. Come to a full follow through.
It will seem awkward at first, but if you stick with it long enough to make it part of your swing, you'll get more distance, a clubhead that is properly aligned at impact, and a repeatable swing
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Old July 23rd, 2006, 05:19 AM
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heres an ideal setup

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Old July 23rd, 2006, 05:24 AM
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Appleby has a sweeeet swing alright...
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Old July 24th, 2006, 12:53 AM
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Yea I keep my weight there for now because it keeps me down and through the ball. As odd as it seems it works, my shots are now doing a little right to left draw and distance is around 160 with my 7-iron.

Then what's the problem? Don't worry about how you look, worry about results.
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Old July 24th, 2006, 11:50 AM
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Over the past few months, I have had tons of trouble with my irons going STRIGHT right. I wasnt firing the right side of my body through impact. I was "all arms" and without the added turn of my body, the club face was WIDE open. My instructor pointed out to me exactly what Simp said. My right foot was still planted even after the ball was in the air. I focused on turning my body well before impact (where my right foot is starting to come up as I hit it) and letting the uncoiling motion generate the power, not my arms.
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Old July 24th, 2006, 11:54 AM
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Then what's the problem? Don't worry about how you look, worry about results.
Dude...you can't just blow off the style points!!

Just kidding. Results are the most important thing. However, the closer you can get to the tried and true fundamentals of setup, grip, and swing path the easier those results get!
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