mike_c70 Posted August 23, 2004 Report Share Posted August 23, 2004 Hi guys, I'm laid off at the top of my swing after seeing my swing on a video (YIKES!). I can't really feel it. Can anyone recommend any drills that can eliminate this? I tried doing this in the mirror and everything checks out ok. But when I do it in motion, everything gets out of whack. Am I using my hands to much for the takeaway? Thanks. Mike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HipCheck Posted August 23, 2004 Report Share Posted August 23, 2004 I find that the longer my swing is, the more chance of this happening. Hit all your iron shots in practice at 3/4 backswing...maybe even do this for a round of golf. My results improved greatly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike_c70 Posted August 25, 2004 Author Report Share Posted August 25, 2004 I think I kinda figured out what I'm doing. I used to never do this before but when I played my swing in slow motion, somewhere during the takeaway my spine angle changes more vertically (aka like baseball). It's kinda weird because I'm hitting the slot perfectly on the downswing. Something that I gotta fix. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kre8ivetl Posted September 8, 2004 Report Share Posted September 8, 2004 There have been a lot of great ballstrikers that hit from that position. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted September 17, 2004 Report Share Posted September 17, 2004 Laid off at the top usually comes from a bad take-away and poor shoulder turn. Make sure you don't roll your wrists on the take-away and make you sure you don't turn your shoulders down while getting to the top [shoulder turn straight back - this should get rid of that vertical spine angle/reverse pivot]. These two things should keep the club head outside your chest which is really what your after [inside=laid off]. I'm pretty positive the majority of pros share these two traits even though they all have different swings. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hue Posted October 16, 2004 Report Share Posted October 16, 2004 If the swing is short it should look laid off when on plane. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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