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Originally Posted by aejones
So I should watch some Jim Furyk videos?
I had the
hardest time trying to get more upright as I, like you had a tendency to try to get the club behind me by rolling my wrists early. I would try to get more vertical just from feel, and every time I'd look at the film it would be the same flat backswing, only I exacerbated the problem by steepening my "flat" backswing ala Raymond Floyd. It all but robbed me of my power and made me want to quit golf.
It wasn't until I worked with Dan Whitaker on some video lessons that I got set straight. IMO your backswing is a lot like mine was only not as bad, but what you're doing with your wrists is very similar. Rather than c0cking fully, you sort of roll your wrists and then try c0ck, only the wrists aren't in a position to do so properly. This tends to lead your arms getting well behind your body in the backswing, and with an improper wrist c0ck you have no choice but to cast the club in the downswing because there is no leverage on the clubhead.
I would give you the drills Dan gave me but tbh I didn't like them, and preferred the youtube stuff on proper wrist action in the golf swing. The easiest way for me to exaggerate the feeling was to use a mirror on my right side and address the ball as I normally would. From there I'd c0ck my wrists which brought the club straight up, then take a half-backswing with my wrists c0cked, and look at myself in the mirror.
Not sure if this makes sense, but it's what seemed to work for me.