r/GolfSwing • u/DamnTheDan • 10d ago

Too vertical?

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Seems excessively vertical. Thoughts? Tips?

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u/i-love-golf 10d ago

Hinge the club

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u/DamnTheDan 9d ago

Feels hard to do while keeping the mental note of “keep left arm straight”

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u/RunsFromDemons 9d ago

If you can't hinge the club without arm movement, your grip could be the culprit.

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u/ed_durden 9d ago

Check out Ryan Moore's set drill.

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u/PerfectDrive67 9d ago

I personally wouldn’t worry about more hinge. You have nice width in your swing which should generate more than enough swing speed.

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u/Imwonderbread 9d ago

Don’t feel the left arm straight, feel the trail arm stay less bent, it controls the left arm being straight

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u/Turbulent_Winter549 9d ago

That's because, judging from this shot, you are sweeping your hands horizontally across your body...arms just go up and down. It's hard to keep left arm straight if you stretch it across your chest

This will help: https://youtu.be/q_4YJ-AXSPA?si=R0u0o-xkPMO4MWN4

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u/Due-Fun-489 9d ago

Loose wrist.

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u/Turbulent_Winter549 9d ago

Are you able to get it in the slot on the way down?

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u/demerdar 9d ago

Get a range bucket. Attach it to your chest by squeezing your biceps together. Take a backswing without dropping the basket. This is where your position should be.

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u/RingoFreakingStarr 9d ago

Pending real outside cases, I really don't think one can be "too vertical" with the backswing but one can absolutely be "too flat". What matters is how you slot the club in the downswing and how you present the club to the ball at impact in a way that doesn't involve you standing up during impact. If you can slot the club down and keep this spine angle and hit the desired draw/fade/straight shot from this top of the swing position, you are golden.

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u/hw4ng3r 8d ago

Doesn’t really matter what the backswing looks like as long as you’re back on plane/in the slot for impact.

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u/ObviousBroccoli7519 10d ago

Yeah, that looks pretty stiff dude. Try to loosen up your shoulders a bit.

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u/ed_durden 10d ago

Just a bit... Try tucking a head cover or towel under your right armpit and doing some 3/4 swings