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Old 05-26-2008, 12:35 PM
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Originally Posted by ndwolfe81 View Post
For the past year and a half I have struggled with pulls.

Here are the concepts I have been working on that seem to be helping.

1) Not letting my right shoulder go down and out as much as I felt in the past. I do a lot of start down waggles and feel my right shoulder go down just slightly. From there my arms swing past my body.

2) Try to keep the rotation of my body more passive.

3) Feeling the left wrist unlock more inside the plane line, which I believe keeps the clubhead more inside the plane line, but then I feel my clubhead travel more toward the plane. I still believe it is downward outward and forward.

4) Lastly, I feel that am getting to both arms straight alittle sooner. In the past I believe I kept my right elbow overly bent and left wrist too cocked and a bit arched, which caused some roundhousing.

I would really like to hear some thought on this.

Lastly, How soon do you feel your left wrist begin to uncock?


Nathan
First thing to look at - the right forearm at impact fix. Is it too high, is the right wrist 'level'?

A few other potential causes:

clubface closed/left wrist arched at the top

shoulder alignment at address is open and/or right hand grip is too weak

Ball position too far forward

Body rotation is stopping - keep that pivot moving! (try setting your left foot open about 30 degrees at address)

Post some video if you can.
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