my golf swing
 

Can someone watch me and see what I am doing wrong?http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mYK_IaBRe9c

front view-http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w3z6Z-Gzw5o

When i watched the video i see that it looks like you are picking the club head up. When i went to get a lesson from yoda i remember he made me feel the club head more. i think you need to feel the club head more

Collin Neeman -- Contender
 

When Collin Neeman talks golf, it is wise to listen. His college team, the John A. Logan College Volunteers, is currently ranked #4 in the nation and will be contending for the national championship in the spring.

Thanks for posting, Collin!

Feel the club head more?Are you saying I need more extention goint back?

Maybe it is an optical illusion because the camera is not perfectly facing your intended line of flight. But you should , at the top specially, check by feeling with a combination or a single pressure point, the clubhead inertia, that it moves in an angular motion (clubhead has a 2 dimensional trajectory during the whole stroke). I say this because you look kind of 'floppy' (hands and club) at the top. However if that is not what is happening in your swing, well, you can always monitor to be sure it is correct.

Alignments
 

Like Aloojo, my first impression for potential trouble is at the top of your swing.

Keep your hand in constant relationship to one another, and make sure the palm of your right hand is parallel to the target line at the top.

Right now you are crossing the line at the top and it appears to lead into a steep downswing plane angle.

Could be camera angle...

Face on
 

Jerry the face on is more of a give away even in the thumbnail. Definite flip going on there my friend.

what i am talking about is you should almost feel like the club head is weighted and it is hard to pick up. i remember yoda made me feel like it weighed a lot it is also the wet mop affect. what really helped me was to get a heavy mop and swing with that you will feel the lag in the take back and also that lag you would like before you come to impact.

thanks everybody

front view-http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w3z6Z-Gzw5o

I'd work on your flying wedges alignment. At impact your right hip is lazy. Fire that sucker.

thank you- I think you are right. when I do fire the hip I hit the ball pretty good but I get lazy with it.

Lagging clubhead takeaway?

I started mucking around with that this weekend...added compression at impact instantly for me!

You're on your way to a good motion. Looks to me that you may want to focus on some slow motion plane line tracing. The club is moving out/over plane, which forces you to keep the clubface a bit too closed going back in order to make solid contact and keeps your right side too high through the ball.

Try some "left foot right toe" drills - setup, then move your right foot back (about a 6 inches/foot behind the left heel, up on the toe). Keep your shoulder line square.

This will give you a much more 'underhanded pitch' feel and let you feel a 'cleared right hip' and a lower right shoulder through impact.

Flexibility may be an issue, so use just 3/4 swings with a wedge to start. 'Allow' a bit more of a startup swivel as you start back.

You may find that at first you will either pull hook the heck out of it, or perhaps hit some hosel rockets because of your current tendencies, but stick with it and keep tracing that straight plane line.

What about Inside Out Cut Shot Therapy?

Allow a bit more of a startup swivel as I start back???Could you please explain??

It looks to me like you are holding the clubface in a very 'closed' position on the backswing, perhaps adding a bit of counter clockwise rotation. Once you get on plane a bit better, if you make that move you will hit pulls/pull hooks and you'll need to allow the clubface to stay in a more neutral position, neither adding counter clockwise rotation or 'actively' turning the hands too much with clockwise rotation - let the flat left wrist and plane line tracing be you guide. If you have those, you'll be in good shape. Focus on impact fix and let your hands feel 'set' in their relationships (flying wedges) and you won't be far from great golf.

I don't understand what is meant by straight plane line. Please explain?

It is the line the incline plane is attached to on the ground. Like a roof as the incline plane, the gutter is the Straight Plane Line. This is the line that is traced. The "roof" (incline plane) can vary its angle. The "gutter" (plane line) is always straight.