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Originally Posted by blackwater
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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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