My Golf Swing

I've been taking golf lessons off and on since May of last year.  I was going every two weeks initially, but then when the semester got busy at work I took some time off.  When I started ... I had never swung a golf club before!!  Keep that in mind when you watch this video of my initial Swing Evaluation.

That is SO bad, but I repeat ... I. had. never. swung. a. golf. club. before!

I'm back to lessons every two weeks now and obviously I've learned a lot since May, but I feel like over the last month something's been clicking - more than usual.  We've been working a lot lately on my downswing.  The first thing I had to learn was to use my lower body as well as my upper body.  That actually took quite a bit of practice for me because prior to this almost all of my thoughts during my swing had been focused on how to (or not to) position and move and hinge my arms!  I can't even tell you how many drills I've done related to my arms and upper body and holding the club (yes, I sucked that bad, people!!).

It makes total sense to me WHY I'd want to use my lower body in my golf swing but ... it took a bit for me to actually perform the mechanics of moving my lower body during the swing.  I'm still working on it (obviously) but apparently my coach decided I was doing 'well enough' to move on to other parts of the downswing (or he just gave up on me getting any better?!!).

So today was all about holding a hinge on the downswing and driving the butt of the club down. Then at impact making sure my right hand on is top and release the club by rotating my forearms.  Good lord, that's a lot to think about!!  

Here's the video from today's lesson:

  Yay! I'm still doing a lot of things wrong but ... I think it almost looks like a 'real' golf swing!  

Even though I still suck, I really felt good swinging today!!  Here are some of the stills:

This is a comparison of how my hip turn improved from my first swing when I was warming up.

This is him showing me some 'C' curve that I believe is a good thing? 

Tiger and I.  He was showing me how my arms and the club should be more positioned like Tiger's. 

I think I was doing something good in this one.  

Here is a before with my hands doing the wrong thing, vs. an after with my hands doing the 'right-ish' thing. 

And here's a shot of one of the stats of a swing.  Not a very good distance but I was not hitting it as hard as I could because I was thinking more about the mechanics!   

Fun times!  Now, when am I going to be able to get outside and swing for real!??!