Promising Results 2/5/17 (or 5/2/17 for you out of the states!)

I had a little list:

• drop arms from the top of the backswing while maintaining the shoulder coil
• think about hitting with the left shoulder - and by that the arms, which have a longer way to go, must start first and go faster than the shoulder turn.
• after a full backswing, which moves the head behind the ball, stay there and just swap the shoulder positions
• Hands should be outside of the right foot at the end of the backswing

Okay.  I was dubious that I could move arms without moving shoulders.  I was able to do this after a bit of effort.  This seems to be useful to me, as it keeps me from sliding aggressively onto my left side and getting past the ball.  I seek to stay behind it.

A good backswing will move your head and torso towards your right foot.  Thus moving off of the ball.  Look at Stenson's swing.  He shifts back, then stays there.  Any weight shift is due to the arms moving over the right leg.

The hands are in position outside of the right leg too.  They have a nice path back to the ball.

This backswing will angle your body towards "right field."  So the swing plane is tilted to the right as well.

While it was not on the list, the thought to "hit the ball to right field" between first and second base came to mind.  Should it have been on the list?  I would say yes at this point.  When I tried this, I found the swing to right field to be easy to do.  It seemed I was aimed there and it required no reroute or adjustments in the swing to do that.

So, I hear you ask, where did the ball go?  A good question and if I had not tried it, I would have thought that it would be on its way to right field.  But, praise the new gods and the old, the pill went right up the middle.  We are not talking an "n" of one either.  I was able to hit all my shots pretty much up the middle with all the clubs.  It was a nice feeling and I feel confident that I can dismiss the miss to the right.

I have a tendency to push the ball and I thought that the hit to the right would compound it.  Those fears seem unwarranted at this point.

We have a game tomorrow morning weather permitting and I'm going to give it a go.