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Originally Posted by Suit
That is a good video for you. I agree at 0:20 is exactly what you're doing. You let your left wrist break down in an attempt to square the club face because your subconscious knows it is wide open.
It would if you were in a correct position. Watch that video and try to get into the correct position at the top first. Then try to incorporate some of what I was saying about starting the downswing. And then you also need to turn the hips more and hold the lag and get the hands ahead of the clubhead.
This is a great plan imo. I just wanted to add that what suit is saying should be accomplished over the course of many months, and you should not try to move on from one idea until you've mastered the previous one, and should never try to work on more than one thing at a time... I think that's what burns most golfers in general.
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If you can some how do all this you'll be on track to way better contact and better golf. Problem is that this is maybe one of the most difficult things to do because it won't work at first. You'll hit everything way right at first and think it is worse than before. You just gotta fight through that and figure it out. Don't be afraid to get worse before you get better. 95% give up on the fix because of this reason.
Bolded is the very essense of what makes golf so freaking difficult. I think most of us that have the time want to work at it, but it's so hard to formulate and actually stick to a practice plan that encourages improvement.
Aaron, now would probably be a good time to start setting practice goals and being fairly rigid with what you are going to work on each session. IMO practicing in a way that it actually encourages improvement is by far the most important thing for a golfer to get right, but it's something that's much easier said than done. There are many books/articles on
how to practice and make swing changes, and I think you can glean useful things from all of them.
This probably won't be perfect for you, but here are some rules I have for when I practice, I suggest you come up with some of your own.
1) Never work on more than one swing change at a time
2) Make sure that prior to every swing, be it practice or with a ball, you know whether or not what you're working on is mechanical (swing though) or target oriented (trying to hit the ball somewhere).
3) NEVER worry about where the ball goes when working on a mechanical swing thought, NEVER worry or even think about mechanics when practicing with a target in mind.
4) Try to have a 50/50ish mix of both target and mechanical shots in every session.
I have a laminated note card with those four in my bag, and I literally force myself to read it every time I practice. If I ever feel that I'm not being purposeful while I'm out there, I'll either stop completely or head to the chipping green.
I think everyone should come up with their own game-plan, and most importantly be judicious with sticking to it no matter what the results are for that practice session.