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Old 03-18-2007, 12:27 PM
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Dariusz - you've got a solid motion and as others have indicated, a face on view would help.

That said, it does appear that you are not maintaining the bend in your right wrist/flat left through impact, which results in a closed clubface, a clubface pull/pull hook.

Your backswing looks very solid in many respects. I would recommend you look a bit at your posture. A bit more bend from the hips and knee flex would likely put in you in a much better position such that you aren't forced to straighten out that right wrist to reach impact.

Two drills to work on -

first, try hitting chip shots with only your right hand. Focus on maintaining the bend in your right wrist, and the motion of your right forearm. Use small motions to begin. Try to drive the ball into the ground, from the inside - like kicking a football. Hand ahead. If you have trouble keeping the bend in your right wrist, try putting your left fist between the angle of the grip and the inside of your right forearm to 'lock' that angle.

Second - grip a club all the way down near the clubhead, with the shaft runnig up under your left arm and left side. Make small motions, no higher than hip to hip. If you don't keep that angle in your right wrist, you'll get smacked by the shaft/grip end on the left side of your chest. Focus on the straightening of the right arm, down and out.

Those two drills should get you feeling the bending back of the right wrist. You should find your impact is much more 'solid', and hear a nice 'click' on your chips.

As Mathew mentioned, the next stage after you have those chips down is to learn to rotate that left forearm after impact, so that you can maintain that bent right wrist. Don't be afraid to really rotate it at first. Make the motion, don't worry about the results for now.

As you get this down, you'll be able to use impact to show you the proper alignments (left arm in line with shaft, face on, right forearm in line with shaft, down the line). Practice that impact position, in balance, in front of a mirror.
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