Lesson One

Here's the video of my swing that I sent Dan Carraher.

  

His response to the video was this (with some editing):


There are some good things going on but we definitely need to clean some things up. The first thing we're going to change is your setup, your upper body is too far forward. Make sure your head doesn't get forward of the middle of your stance. I want your shoulder over your ankles and your head in the middle of your stance. This should make you feel more behind the ball. From the new setup I want you to hit half shots 7 irons maybe 100-110 yards feeling both arms are straight the entire time. It will feel very wide, and somewhat robotic. Think Steve Stricker. You should be able to hit low draws if doing this correctly, hands will feel very passive and ball flight should be low. This will get your arms and pivot in sync and get your arms straight in follow through, getting rid of the chicken wing. To add to this drill you can do it with a small ball (softball sized) between your forearms just above your grip. Do this right and the ball shouldn't fall out.


Now the rain just needs to stop so I can go to the range and practice.