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My Golf Swing Faults
Golf swing faults can be the source of the greatest frustration a golfer may ever know. Based on my own personal experience and my observations of the many golf partners I’ve played with I’d have to say that they have been the cause of more thrown clubs, self-abusive tirades filled with profanity and other volcanic like eruptions.
So often are the times I have repeatedly embarrassed myself during the same round hitting terrible shots caused by the same swing flaw I wonder if I should even be attempting to play this game. It makes me look like a complete novice. Why is it that once you make a bad swing that it seems to just repeat itself over and over no matter what adjustments you make to correct it?
I have struggled with a certain set of swing flaws for some time now. When shots go awry on a regular basis I most often find that this specific group of golf swing flaws are at the center of my troubles.
In no particular order they are:
- Takeaway is too fast
- Takeaway is too much to the inside
- Hanging back on the through swing/poor weight transfer
- Grip pressure is to strong
- Standing to close to the ball
- Failure to finish the backswing/Too quick from the top
- Balance – swing with weight too much toward my toes
There you have it. I have shared with you my golf swing faults, the set up or swing problems that are the source of my golfing frustration. It feels good to just get that out there.
The guy in this YouTube video may have the worst swing you’ll ever see. This swing needs a complete overhaul. It not an example of the type of swing faults we’re talking about here but I thought it might help to show a swing that is worse than yours (mine too). It kind of helps to keep things in perspective and keeps the frustration in check. It could be worse you know.
Do you share any of those golf swing flaws with me? They are fairly common so I am guessing that most of you might.
Since we share these golf swing problems I thought I would begin a series of post about them. I will discuss what they are, how they can
happen, the type of errant shot they are most likely to create and the best techniques I’ve found to correct them.
The point being that going through this process will help me to overcome the swing faults by keeping me more conscious of them and it will help others to beat their swing faults too. Researching the faults, their causes, corrections and drills to embed those corrections will surely be more effective in curing them for me than anything else I might could do.
Along the way I welcome your thoughts, input and comments. You could help others too by doing so. That would make this blog all the more valuable to our readers.
Thanks in advance for your input.
