The Way

[Hawkeye77]

On 7/20/2025 at 3:00 PM, RayPlan said:

Improving (and maintaining) swing mechanics is an important part of playing well.

Of course. 
 

How do the scores of the last few rounds compare? Any trends?

 

Edit: and not being facetious. 

Edited July 22 by Hawkeye77

[RayPlan]

On 7/22/2025 at 7:42 AM, Hawkeye77 said:

Of course. 
 

How do the scores of the last few rounds compare? Any trends?

 

Edit: and not being facetious. 

Haven't played yet this year

[RayPlan]

I've gotten a little off in my practice schedule in the last week, having been sick on Tuesday and Wednesday. P6 continues to be a problem because I've lost focus on the P7.5 reference point, and my overall follow through is working incorrectly because I'm keeping my pelvis back.

 

I need to release the pelvis through the finish, then work backwards from there. These two videos below show where I've diverted from the path. I have to know where I'm going to be able work out how to get there.

 

Here, I was working on ditching a shoulder shrug I tend to get in the backswing.

 

 

Here, I was working on pelvis movement, with a focus on where my tailbone was pointing in the backswing and downswing.

 

Nothing necessarily wrong with working on these things, but they're also not necessarily what I should be doing right now.

 

Overall, I need to finish more upright, not staying in right bend for so long. To do that, I need more reps on the reference point reversal drill from upthread. 

 

Work continues.

 

 

 

Edited July 27 by RayPlan

[RayPlan]

1st session working on releasing the pelvis in the follow-through. The purpose here is to give my body a destination after the P7.5 reference point. 

 

I'm finishing high and allowing my pelvis to be fully extended and open toward the target, with a neutral spine angle.

 

For a cohesive movement, I have to know how to feel the destination and build the motion piece by piece. 

 

 

 

Backswing form and the P6 position was somewhat secondary in this first iteration of this practice. Once I've got the destination down, I can reverse engineer what I need to do to get there from the P6 gateway.

[NosajNeelik]

14 minutes ago, RayPlan said:

1st session working on releasing the pelvis in the follow-through. The purpose here is to give my body a destination after the P7.5 reference point. 

 

I'm finishing high and allowing my pelvis to be fully extended and open toward the target, with a neutral spine angle.

 

For a cohesive movement, I have to know how to feel the destination and build the motion piece by piece. 

 

 

 

Backswing form and the P6 position was somewhat secondary in this first iteration of this practice. Once I've got the destination down, I can reverse engineer what I need to do to get there from the P6 gateway.

Try and really finish facing the target and on your right toe. Seems like you really never get onto the toe especially in the practice moves. Want to see the sole of your shoe when you finish 

Edited July 28 by NosajNeelik

[RayPlan]

Work continues on releasing the pelvis, and proper sequencing overall. I need to keep my right shoulder lower coming into impact.

 

 

[PedronNiall]

Getting super exaggerated with your upper body by the looks of things and not allowing your lower body to respond as it should, even to the point of restricting your hips turning in the downswing, hence that right foot going nowhere. Do you, but it looks like you're getting lost in chasing positions and outcomes rather than better positions and strikes being an effect of fixing what came before.

[RayPlan]

23 minutes ago, PedronNiall said:

Getting super exaggerated with your upper body by the looks of things and not allowing your lower body to respond as it should, even to the point of restricting your hips turning in the downswing, hence that right foot going nowhere. Do you, but it looks like you're getting lost in chasing positions and outcomes rather than better positions and strikes being an effect of fixing what came before.

Good point, thanks. 

[RayPlan]

First time looking at face on while working on the new program. 

 

 

 

I'll need to get more acquainted with the look of the reference point and the gateway from this angle so I can gain a better 3D mental model.

 

Watching yourself on video and becoming very familiar with the details of your own tendencies is critical. You have to be able to self assess and self critique.

 

Look at this bad move, for example:

 

I've rolled onto the outside of my right foot, and look at the disruption it causes in transition. I need to keep my right shift from getting too far over my right ankle, or this will keep happening.

[MK7Golf21]

12 hours ago, RayPlan said:

First time looking at face on while working on the new program. 

 

 

 

I'll need to get more acquainted with the look of the reference point and the gateway from this angle so I can gain a better 3D mental model.

 

Watching yourself on video and becoming very familiar with the details of your own tendencies is critical. You have to be able to self assess and self critique.

 

Look at this bad move, for example:

 

I've rolled onto the outside of my right foot, and look at the disruption it causes in transition. I need to keep my right shift from getting too far over my right ankle, or this will keep happening.

 

why not take an online lesson or something and work on those things? This position you are practicing is not good. Don't take it the wrong way but you are doing stuff that isn't going to help and potentially could cause injury if done enough.