How To Uncoil For Power And Consistency

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  1. barrybower, 11 months ago

    been using your technique for 3 months great improvement in my game , question is sometimes when i fire my left leg straight back i feel like my upper body is coming forward rather than tilting back keeping me behind the ball, causes me to pull ball , when i get this feeling. do i need to focus on staying behind the ball as i straighten the left leg. question 2 when i finish the follow through, sometimes i find my right toe has gone past 90 degrees,(spining out) does this meen i have used the arms.i try to minimize the arms. My shots now are on my target line but are fading more than i would like. 2weeks ago i was hitting them much straighter.any drills i should be concentrating on. thanks love your tips easy to understand and follow.

    • Paul Wilson

      Paul Wilson, 11 months ago

      The move of the left leg is just like it would be when throwing a ball. You have done this before just try throwing a ball overhand out in front of you. If you are falling forward you are not doing the move properly. You are either shifting your weight onto the forward leg too soon or standing up. This is not the move. You should be turning. When you turn the leg straightens. If you end up on the tip of your back toe the weight will shift without having to think about it.

      The back foot going past 90 degrees would tell me that you are doing this way too fast and you are shifting to the forward leg too soon. The fading shots are also telling me you are swinging way too hard. The harder you hit, the tighter your wrists, the more the ball will fade.

      So you have to get the ball hooking first. You do this by manually rolling the wrists over one another. Tee the ball up and swing easier. Just get it hooking:

      Manually Square the Clubface: http://ignitiongolf.com/impact-squaring-clubface

      Manually Square the Clubface (Follow Up): http://ignitiongolf.com/impact-squaring-face-follow-up

      Once you can hook it consistently you forget this rolling and start working on your body rotation (touch legs position). If your body starts first you will hit the ball dead straight or with a slight draw. If you move to the body and you slice it you have not hooked enough shots so go back to hooking it. If you are thinking body and you pull hook it this is a good sign. Just start the lower body sooner in the downswing. If you do it will straighten out.

      Once you get all go back to work on precise positioning with the feet in the follow through. Just hit about 10 balls keeping the ball foot flat footed as you hit the ball. After 10 shots allow it to lift as you hit your shots. If done properly it will end up perfectly straight up and down on the very tip of the toe. You can also work on this in practice swings around the house. This should only take a few minutes to fix.

      In the future

      Slow down. Relax the arms. Watch your ball. If you go back to slicing it you are hitting too hard. Go back to step one above.


  2. barrybower, 11 months ago

    Thanks for the feedback, cant wait to try them out,your website has been the best golf investment yet.


  3. daviddufour, 5 months ago

    Paul, after many false trails I really beleive I have found the right path with your method.I have dropped from a 13 to an 8 in 5 months.

    One problem I continue to have is turning my hips in a circular path on the downswing because I am an old hip slider.I have found that sometimes I am touching my legs at the end of the swing but my hips are angled with the left hip up and the right hip down.

    I have tried to fix this this by holding a club across my belt line and turning the club level with my beltline until my legs are touching.This drill gives me instant feedback wether I am making a level circular turn.

    What do you think of this drill and do you have any other ways to practise getting this right? Dave

    • Paul Wilson

      Paul Wilson, 5 months ago

      Daivd,

      This drill sounds good because you can see the hips turning. You really need to be doing it slowly and precisely. You are trying to eliminate something you have done for years so it takes time and effort. Most people rush through this and if they do not get it in 5 swings they go back to their old swing.

      Curing the slide took me 2 months practicing everyday but noone told me the touch the legs position back then. This would have made it a lot easier. First I put a shaft in the ground 3-4″ off my left hip. For 1 month I turned an missed the shaft. Once I consistently missed the shaft I then worked on getting the weight off my right foot and ending up on the very tip of my right big toe. I had to work on this because missing the shaft got me hanging back (but at least I was missing the shaft).

      Today, I like people to feel the back of the left knee going straight back. I like to get people to do my touch the legs position with the left leg perfectly locked. Again, this takes time and effort. So you do it at home, at the range and when you play. You do it slow and you forget the ball and where it is going. If you are thinking you are going to hit great shots it is not going to happen. So you take it one step at a time and make the change.

      Touch the Legs:

      Legs Touching: http://ignitiongolf.com/touch-knees

      Lean On Club to Touch Legs: http://ignitiongolf.com/drill-lean-on-club

      Curing The Slide:

      Slide: http://ignitiongolf.com/cure-slide


  4. paulelliott, 5 months ago

    Hi Paul,

    Fantastic website i enjoy your passion for teaching!

    As regards starting the downswing with lower body sometimes i hit the ball a mile BUT sometimes i lose my balance to the LEFT Can you assist?

    Paul


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