Lesson Three - More about swing plane
October 22nd, 2007 by Doogs
Trekked over to the Growling Frog again for another lesson with Wayne Rogers, the head professional. Last lesson, we had been working on my alignment and also started adjusting my swing plane. Yesterday we concentrated on my swing plane again.
As mentioned previously my swing plane closely resembles Jim Furyk, ie: all over the place. I spent most of the lesson working on a consistent backswing that is more like the great Ben Hogan!
Some of the swing thoughts from the lesson include:
- Restricting the hip turn to the first part of the backswing and letting the upper body complete the backswing
- Not rushing the backswing, think timing, rhythm, swing plane and slow
- Maintaining the swing plane arc
One of the drills to work on involve lifting the left foot off the ground on the backswing and then lifting the right foot off the ground in the follow through. Playing for the first time in a LONG time on Wednesday, will see if the lessons have any effect on my game!