I'm just focusing on the transition. I hinge then I turn the lower body making the club come down without losing the lag angle. This is what you are trying to do too. So try to copy what I am doing in the video so you can feel it. It is tricky so make sure you repeat it for quite a while.

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Hi David, not meaning to be a big head, but I'm only a 8-10 handicapper and when I'm striking the ball well, I hit my 9iron 150+ yds & a 7 iron about 170-180yds and can even out drive tour pro's. However as Luke Donald proves( who isn't anywhere near in the longest hitters group but is currently # 1 in the world) 'Its not how far, but how many, so it's obviously much more important to work on the accuracy & consistency of your swing, rather than distance. Cheers C.R.

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I have similar distances to what Chris said myself. 175 is a good average for my 35 degree 7 iron. I don't think that's especially long when I see the pros hitting a 7 iron 200+ yds. My 200 yd club for a normal shot is my 27 degree 5 iron. I know I can get more out of it, but then my accuracy goes down, so what's the point in that? What matters is that you know your distances and play your game not someone else's. Who cares what number is on the bottom of the club? Know what I mean?

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140 is a good start. Your goal should be 150 in the near future. A pros is going to hit a 7 iron 160 without too much trouble. you are going to achieve this increase by keeping the wrists even looser and turning your lower body way faster. This is in the future. For now just keep getting used to the level you are at. Then one day you will know when it's time to give it a shot. If you blow it all over the place then back it off. You are not ready to go faster yet.

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Yes, it will keep you on plane only if the arms are powerless. Right now you are hitting (even at your level). If you start the rotation of your body (axis) and do nothing to the mass (club) it will always move towards 90 degrees to the axis. This is simple physics.

Watch:

Flatten Plane 1: http://www.revolutiongolf.com/Vip/DailyTips/Video/1149952971001

Flatten Plane 2: http://www.revolutiongolf.com/Vip/DailyTips/Video/1153186410001

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You are shifting onto your left foot way too soon. In doing so you are getting ahead of the ball which is causing it to top it.

The weight shift is gradual as opposed to an instant shift to the left. The fat shot were actually better. You were staying behind it but you have too much weight on your back foot at impact.

Watch:

Fat: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dDxPXB5fmKY&feature=player_embedded

Fat While Staying Back: http://www.revolutiongolf.com/Vip/DailyTips/Video/1344786803001


And:

Weight Distribution: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VP_PEMCwDwo

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Glad you like them. Thanks.

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You only have one swing and 13 clubs + your putter.

Watch:

http://www.revolutiongolf.com/Vip/DailyTips/Video/1140974910001

You are slicing because you are trying to hit the ball way too hard. This send you over the top (swinging left) and tighenting the wrists from hitting hard keeps the face open. The hook is actually a pull hook which is exactly the same as your slice except your wrists are rolling over instead of being locked. You need to keep hooking it until you can consistently hook it. Then and only then, forget rolling the wrists and work on your body to straighten it out. Just got to start your lower body first. If you do the club will swing down the line.

Watch:

Manually Square the Clubface: http://www.revolutiongolf.com/Vip/DailyTips/Video/1303084422001

Manually Square the Clubface (Follow Up): http://www.revolutiongolf.com/Vip/DailyTips/Video/1307037053001

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Thanks Walt. I appreciate the feedback.

Not sure if you saw these. I did them a while back:

How to Feel Lag: http://www.revolutiongolf.com/Vip/DailyTips/Video/1085026190001

Lag Drill: http://www.revolutiongolf.com/Vip/DailyTips/Video/1090163293001

Lag And Release Drill: http://www.revolutiongolf.com/Vip/DailyTips/Video/1181878219001

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This tip is to help stop casting and to get the lower body moving first in the downswing. If you fire the lower body the upper body should hang back. If your body is tilted back the right shoulder would be lower than the left.

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It feels absolutely efforteless to me. The club itself feels heavy this is because I am not hitting with the arms. If it feels light you are too tight.

If you are trying to take the arms out of the swing and lightening them up you will get different feelings at first until you are used to it and completely letting go. Just keep at it and keep trying to feel effortless power as well as the heavy feeling of the clubhead.

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Watch how I am doing the drill. I am holding the lag angle as I turn my hips. Work on this drill. If the shoulders are moving with the hips you are using your upper body/arms to hit the ball. If you do nothing with the club it will lag behind the axis (body). If yours is moving you are moving the mass (club) before the axis. Keep trying to turn the arms off. Feel like you are not hitting anything at all.

Watch these tips so you understand it a little better:

Uncoil 1: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-yDlNY7W-ys&feature=player_embedded

Uncoil 2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r2GbGdYu2VM&feature=player_embedded

Also, watch this:

Separation: http://www.revolutiongolf.com/Vip/DailyTips/Video/946618970001

And do these drills:

Belt Buckle Drill: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5yVoaZVDpmM&feature=player_embedded

Swing Off Ground: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y641wMV0Ra4&feature=player_embedded

Listen to Club Swinging: http://www.revolutiongolf.com/Vip/DailyTips/Video/1016661747001

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Why would you want no wrist hinge? This is how you get lag and the whipping action of the club. With this whipping action you can generate lots of clubhead speed with minimal effort. Something that is tighter swings slower than something that is looser. Every pro hinges and re-hinges their wrists. I don't know what else I can say about it. If pros hinge their wrists you should be hinging your wrists.

Watch this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jwpdkuC3H_k&feature=player_embedded

And this:

http://www.revolutiongolf.com/Vip/DailyTips/Video/1136127873001

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Perfect. It really does work you just have to follow it.

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Thank you. I appreciate it.

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Why? The best golfers of all time used a 2 plane swing.

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If you are hitting the ball fat you have too much weight on the back foot at contact. Do practice swings feeling the weight come off this foot more. Then hit shot with the same feeling.

If you are hitting it with the face open your wrists are too tight. So roll the face over earlier than you ever have. Get the ball hooking. Once you can hook it you forget rolling it and work on starting the downswing with your legs. If your legs start the downswing you will no longer hook it. The ball will go dead straight.

I have done tips on all of these things in the past.

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