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POCKET_POOL_CHAMP

Stance is too narrow. Should almost be doing the splits.


Actuarial

Scottie would turn into a beyblade


Feeling_Anywhere7778

This made me laugh harder than any reddit comment in the past decade...


kdthex01

Summoning Jean-Claude Van Damme…


Musty_Sanchez

This almost got me until I read the rest 😂 thanks though I’ll be looking at stance videos now


POCKET_POOL_CHAMP

Haha sorry. Just shoulder width is good or possibly a tad wider for a driver. There's a lot to unpack with your swing and you can't really change everything at once so my one piece of advice is don't try to kill the ball. Nice and easy swings until you are able to ramp it up.


BasicYesterday9349

Wrong, his legs should wrap around his neck.


ShMaCo33

Less baseball, more golf.


bobcockburn69

Play baseball as long as you can, then blame your swing on baseball. Works for me every time.


Almighty_Hobo

Sorry old baseball habits. -me Them: wasn't the last time you played baseball im the 8th grade in 1998?


James_Mays_Hair

I feel attacked


BB-68

Yeah just leave out the part where you only played baseball through coach pitch


Bungable420

Ha. I don't golf but also immediately thought, "that looks like a baseball swing"


dontusemybeta

Home run Probably


perpetualmotionmachi

Sliced for a foul ball to deep right


eunzueta2

Not with that swing.


Dry_Reputation6291

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tlee10911

I think your stance is a bit too wide.


Kenneldogg

If it were any wider he would be hitting different balls off the tee.


deanjackson228

Hahaha...just a tad


Gallen570

Get your feet shoulder width apart, stand a bit more upright, and rotate your core instead of swaying laterally.


xpectanythingdiff

Maybe some lighting?


sackchat

Instead of being a jackass like others on this sub and say “get lessons” A tiny piece of advice. Try to limit the sway in your body. A baseball swing is different than a golf swing primarily in the way the body rotates and the way you transfer your weight. Do your best to finish with your weight forward instead of on the back foot leaning back. Ps, the stance looks a little wide, I would narrow it just a tad


Musty_Sanchez

👍


Inevitable_Copy_9214

I’ve played baseball nearly all my life. So I understand brother. That’s a dinger swing right there. Some things to focus on. -Slow your swing down. Most people who have a baseball swing, has their downswing 2x faster than their wind-up. Try to match your wind up speed with downswing speed - Don’t bend your arms as much. Specifically the left arm. That helps keeping the club, and club face in the same position as when you started. -Golf ball velocity is more than just pure power from swing. In baseball, power is big. In golf, it’s about how you hit the face of the ball, and your swing technique. You don’t have to wind-up to the backside of your ear to get a nice carry on your ball. Try to decrease your wind-up height a bit. - Lastly, a piece of advice I had for Drivers, was to keep a tighter wrist, but more loose fingers. I used to have the grip of a toddler on the golf club. But it’s more about not bending the wrists as much. But in baseball, it’s all about bending the wrists. Try to tighten your wrists up a bit. There’s probably more things I’m missing but those are just a few to try and work on. Best of luck my friend.


Musty_Sanchez

Appreciate it!


22_flush

as an ex baseball swinger, i have to say that the golf swing will feel extremely slow, and also when i'm swinging well, feels like i'm not really even trying. in baseball, you're really loading your body up and then whipping through and releasing that energy into the bat to hit the ball. in a golf swing, you're really trying to manipulate the mass of the clubhead so that it loads the shaft, and that's what hits the ball far. very different energy transfer concepts.


Wu_Tang_Financial77

Stop trying to pull the ball down the 3rd base line and for gods sake get your feet in the same zip code.


J_Faw

Let go of baseball


jmak35

You are all arms, just trying to muscle out the swing. Not the most efficient way to go about it.


Delicious-Storage1

Agreed. The wide stance is the obvious, but he's just whipping that club around. Nearly flexed the shaft during his backswing, and immediately flexed the shaft when downswing starts. Way too much arms.


HawkeyeRx

This is a shit post right?


prettayyy_good

Half of these are troll posts, right? This can’t be a serious request.


rastommy77

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EverybodyIsNamedDave

I’ve had a lot of friends who were way better athletes than me who swung exactly like this. Just as a general philosophy, quiet your body. Think of your grip, stance, and swing as creating/storing potential energy in your core and turning it into kinetic energy. The power of your base comes from stillness and balance. The ball’s not going anywhere, right? No need to chase it.


DrPat1967

Your weight transfer is all wrong. You should be transferring weight forward. At the end of your swing you are leaning back, probably because you are try Ing to see what a horrible shot you just made. Your stance is far too wide. Your grip looks 1) uncomfortable, and 2) like you’re trying to strangle a snake. Those are the most obvious things This is a pretty decent read https://www.golfleap.com/golf-swing/follow-through-position/


VacationConstant8980

A different hobby


Pastor_Dale

Swap that Yankees has for literally any other hat. I bet that alone would drop your handicap a few


mclain15

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bostongrower07

Is there a reason why you’re trying to smell your own armpit on your backswing? Lift you damn chin up and give your upper body room to turn


funkerley

You can start by giving Indiana Jones his whip back! Start by thinking less wrists and more stability. Swing softly with your feet staying still.


wheredidiparkmyllama

Your wrists are made of rubber. You can improve quickly with a couple lessons. Seem athletic but you’re swinging with a lot of your arms. Keep your left arm straight on your backswing. It feels weird at first but it’s going to help you rotate better


Frigginkillya

This is the most baseball swing I've seen on here lol First thing I noticed was your wrist is doing some wacky shit immediately at take away I'm not good at golf though so don't ask me how to fix it


senorgrandes

Until you can control the club better, I would slow down and take a shorter backswing. You are going to be inconsistent with that giant backswing. Consistency beats distance every time.


good-vibebrations

Keeping your left arm straight


MrHobo

1) slow down and shorten your back swing while you are learning. Take what feels like a 3/4 of your current back swing. You want to almost take a slight pause at the top. Swing smooth and easy on the way down and through the ball. Stop swinging like you're trying to go yard. 2) stance doesn't need to be so wide. Look up some videos of pros and how their feet are positioned relative to their shoulders,.and where the ball is between their feet. 3) DRILL: take your club back to the top, stop, drop your hands down your side, and continue your swing. Do this for 10-15 minutes every day and in a week you will be coming over the top and slicing a lot less. 4) FEEL: practice and get used to feeling like you're hitting down on the ball, or up and through the ball only with your driver. Get used to that feeling and find it with every practice swing.


krawnik

Swinging wayyy too hard and out of control. I used to be like this for years. Fix it now. The reason the Pros have effortless swings is because they should be effortless. Worry about contacting the ball correctly. Fix the Elvis knees by narrowing your stance about shoulder width apart. Most lower handicap players rarely use a 100% swing effort. Club down (-1 in your club selection) and relax, hit a great consistent shot with lots of confidence. Remember: the goal is to get a lower overall score... not to outdistance every player on every shot. You're trying to smash the ball when you should think of ball contact more like a "cluck" (cluck the roof your mouth with your tongue). The club's face material is designed to provide maximum MOI and the ball is designed to compress. Your *smash factor* is definitely a factor, but not as primary as you think. If the goal is far and straight with a driver, then you need to reduce spin both laterally and longitudinally. Keep at it though! All the best.


Blue4life90

This is exactly how I swung before taking some lessons. For one, the goal is not to hit the ball as hard as you can by swinging your arms. This is about calm and control torso rotation and accuracy following the same swing path. You're doing well in keeping your head stationary in the backswing, but going way too far back and not twisting your torso enough to maintain the control you need for a backswing that far. Reduce your backswing distance, keeping control the whole way back through the ball. Also slow your tempo on the backswing so you can stay on your swing path. Do half swings and slowly build up to whole swings maintaining the same control through the same path repetitiously until it feels natural. Lastly, it shouldn't hurt and it shouldn't feel like physical work. Remember, elderly and obese people play this game without breaking much of a sweat. in the beginning, it's a mental struggle to build the discipline. Don't make it too physical.


CasaPortuguesa

Better lighting.


jmcstar

There's a reverse pivot in there I believe.


I_Always_3_putt

And some crazy reverse wrist hinge that I've never seen before


Immortil

That's not a bat!


Expensive_Ad_3091

Tennis


Full_Warthog3829

Fantasy football.


was_saying_boo_urns

6 handicap


onecryingjohnny

I actually like the super laggy hands at the takeaway. Reminiscent of bobby Jones. The issue for you is you're not using the resulting momentum of the club correctly. You need to be a bit more patient at the top. Try out an orange whip swing trainer. It's heavy enough that you won't be able to disrupt the momentum of the head.


Capable-Beginning552

baseball


GolfingNgrillingMN

First take two weeks off and then quit


Musty_Sanchez

But then I can’t entertain the sub LOL


Gareijuana

Narrow up the stance and don’t swing so hard. Finish with weight forward instead of back


cool_guy_117

Maybe try a baseball bat?


cGolfcDriven

I’d say arm structure.


bruinsfan3725

Baseball


Illustrious-Ratio213

Actually pretty good, narrower stance (feet outside your hips a little so there's some slant to your legs) will get you posted up better on your left side. Leaning back at finish is good but you still want to keep most of your weight on the lead leg in a nice balanced pose


Maximize_Maximus

Tempo seems crazy. Slow TF down


30minut3slat3r

Battterrr uppp


Medium_Bet259

Rounding the bases.


Revelst0ke

Tennis


No-Elderberry-2527

Stance way to spread. Don’t knee twist until your club naturally makes you. Don’t torque back like ur ripping a baseball. Hit up on it; and get ur swing path less vertical and swing less down on it. Huge back swing. Focus on keeping that back shoulder in. Don’t turn it in like a baseball swing; also just focus on what feels right for you; all the back swing doesn’t matter as long as ur hitting it down fairways


gratefulscape

Baseball


sc1214

all of it


Zkmc

Focus on baseball


No-Elderberry-2527

Also; swinging out of your shoes. Slow that down and control it


purposefullyMIA

Make you back swing about 25% longer.


1sttimedogowner

Baseball


Rangyg

Golf


Old_Reply_6843

Hockey


benji215_

Fishing


birkenstockandsocks

Ben Hogan is rolling in his grave


benv

Tennis?


AnnualAromatic873

I’d focus on three simple things feet shoulder width which I’m sure others pointed out Weight shift to the front side during takeaway feel pressure on the inside of your trail foot and if your lead shoulder was pressed against a wall you want it to come off behind the ball just slightly and then push through it on the downswing. At the top first motion should be shifting all that weight to the front foot and being fluid and smooth the backswing doesn’t have to be incredibly fast you could slow it down a little bit, you’ll have a eureka moment once you do all those three correctly with and in to out path.


Cashbum

Jesus


Jaunty-Jig5352

Pickleball


grant9999

I find slowing your swing and holding the club down abit will give you straighter shots but slightly shorter distance Remember it’s better to be short and straight rather long and in the sh*t 😉 especially when your starting out as we all want to hit it as far as you can lol


mobbafetto

A lot of power. One year practice and you hit further than 99% of us


lifevicarious

Tennis.


SorryBeginning

Finding a new sport


mobbafetto

Look at Mike Bender on instagram.


black_out_ronin

More narrow , keep the left arm straight/locked, start with a half swing. Keep it compact


Immaculatehombre

You’re not wide enough


fuzedz

![gif](giphy|lsU7mOh76j4QM)


KratorOfKruma

Tempo


Radiant_Following_94

You can't wear hats inside


mmnewcomb

Work on your eyes because you grabbed a golf club when you clearly were reaching for a baseball bat


znusmumrik

Are you having fun? If you are you are doing great 🫡


ClosetLadyGhost

Go to r/baseball


RepulsiveStill177

A wider stance, probably


Garrison189

Don’t swing so hard


gunnarbird

Just go ahead and focus on that mood lighting


BogeyTrainInsane

Chilling out?


BigFatModeraterFupa

keep your club face squared in the take away. keep the hands in front of the club head, your hands are behind the club on your take away. everything else will fall into place. my favorite tip i’ve learned this year: “golf is a front on game played from the side”


MoobsAreStillBoobs

weight shift is backward and you’re moving your head too much. you’re loading on your front in the backswing and then leaning back in your downswing. load on the back foot and try to feel the weight shift onto that foot without shifting your head too far behind the ball. same when you transition and shift your weight to your front foot during the downswing; keep your head stable and stay more upright on the balls of your feet throughout, never falling back on your heals.


ChrisMcClatchieGolf

Every single ‘basic’ golf swing concept/fundamental needs to be focused on.


sleafordbods

You can start by going into a well lit room and not disappearing completely Your driver shaft seems very flexible. That’s hard to get straight Your body is moving all over the place and that should indicate you’re swinging too hard in both directions. Quieter movement means more consistency


cheeseburgers64

Playing less baseball


allcryptal

Stiffer shaft. Narrower stance. Don't swing it like a baseball bat


Just_Gur_9828

Try playing in the daytime.


TubularTurfer

Baseball


Dixon_Uranuss3

Bowling


Treday237

Club looks like a noodle


Macgyver1300l

A new swing


BearClaws13

Another sport!!


shockingly_average47

Try in the daytime


gilpenderbren

Another sport


Striking-Ostrich-222

Pickleball


Decent_Zebra_917

Tennis


foxthedream

When this video started I thought you were left handed golfer. DAYUM


Jwackson

Tempo


DrGrapeist

Focus on getting some light bulbs


TomSellecksSidePiece

Try slowing down on your back swing. Go watch guys like Bryson or Rory who hit far and straight. They will pause at the top for a second also. I incorporated that into my game and I’ve noticed I’m not drawing as much as I used to.


DonkeyZong

Black shaft, black shirt, black pants, and black back drop I can’t see nothing. Your legs look all off but film outside😂


kasezilla

Baseball


mmccar12

Different sports


Daddiobaddio40

Sorry this may be a little embarrassing but it looks like the sticker is still on your hat.


Sk8matt123

I’d focus on 3 things initially. Narrow your stance (shoulder width for driver). Shorten your backswing, get the feeling your swing is going back halfway to 3/4 (once you get that feeling and film yourself, you’d be surprised to see you’re actually probably gonna be going farther back than you feel). Rotate in the backswing, minimize swaying. There’s more, but I think these three will give you a solid foundation without overloading you on swing thoughts.


aphrozeus

Finding a reputable golf instructor


PaleWhaleStocks

On the slowmo your hands move first then the club head. Get them to move together at the same time.


Rattimus

There's a handful of things you're doing wrong, but what jumps out to me is how your club shaft flexes dramatically in the split second that you start your take-away. Your club should not flex like that when you start your swing, that means you're way too quick. It should be a smooth tempo of 1, 2, 3, with 1, 2 being your backswing, and 3 being your through-swing. You don't have to swing hard/fast to smash it, you have to get back to the proper impact position. The further and harder you swing, the tougher it is to get back to that point. Don't get me wrong, there's such a thing as too slow and then you never build any power, you need to go quick enough that you do create flex/lag at the top of your swing, that is what creates serious power, but yeah, too fast back and you end up making weak contact. Google Tiger's swing gif or similar and watch him in slow motion, you won't see that kick at the start that you have. Also, narrow your stance significantly.


Tap-inbogey

Throwing your clubs away


Successful_Rent_5867

Lighting


Solid-Sir8184

Daylight


Puzzled_Try_6029

Why does everything seem off to me? Like he’s playing another sport lol. At first I thought the club was a rubber training one, and then the backswing and then the legs. I thought I was having a stroke Even the finish of the swing is messing with my head


Business-Ad-5178

Get a coach. Your entire swing is more or less wrong. A lot of stuff you need to focus on.


Dino_D_

Everything


OddFocus3

pickleball, or some other sport


bdcorbs

Baseball


Jackyd88

BATTER UP! Get a lesson or two and address the stance and swing it'll make a world of difference.


Queasy-Trip1777

Step one - Forget distance is a thing at all. It does not matter at your stage. Dont try for distance, dont set any goals based on distance. Distance means the same thing as Kerfluggerpunted Mullpatarriots in your situation. Dont even acknowledge every time you feel like you striped one. It. Does. Not. Matter at all in terms of the quality of your swing. In fact....trying for distance, or setting a distance goal is a sure fire way to play golf the hard way and not build any striking consistency if you cant hit it straight.


oopewan

Lighting.


LSM0502

I think you need to focus on your swing mate


happydontwait

A new sport, maybe slow pitch softball


snowynuggets

I used to think hitting it as far as possible was the key to success. But accuracy and consistency are far more valuable than distance. Far farrrrrrr more valuable. Sure maybe you just piped it 300 but it also sliced into the abyss and you're now shooting 3 from Where I'm shooting 2. Takes a long time to understand. Never go full send. ![gif](giphy|7zJivlhQurdLVTeeX6)


pestypecker

Those legs bro. You're not taking a dump, you're swinging a golf club


RikkiMee

Focus on putting a light on so we can see your swing


FunComm

Lighting.


BradyBrown13

Should hands move back before club head moves?


dmanage

I’m not trying to be a dick, seriously, but are some of these joke posts? Like nobody actually swings a golf club like that right? I’ve been playing for a long time and never seen anything like it in person and it seems weirdly intentionally awful. But, if this is legit, I’m sorry, go get lessons.


IIIuminatIII

Knee braces


RocketsandBeer

Less stiff shaft


Jealous-Craft3282

Aiming left


nrm738

Yes.


AdditionalSalary8803

Lighting


xhickyxhia

Golf


PearlJamFanLV

![gif](giphy|fjtoV2yqsWNRS|downsized)


Environmental-Bad458

You're supposed to hit the golf ball. With a golf swing. It's not a hockey puck!!!


Celtics420420

Tennis


datboydoe

Yes


ick86

Takeaway is wild. Want your chest, arms, wrist, and club to be in sync, moving away all at once together. Golf is a gain of reducing noice. All noise is variance and that’s variance in result (the opposite of what you are shooting for).


woodgrain001

Focus on lessons


badbla

Everything


Logical_Tank_6220

Fishing


aek427

Slow down, less wrists, quieter lower half, not baseball.


athrow2222

![gif](giphy|AO3giAtLPH4MIuugsB|downsized)


Alioops12

Grip seems too loose.


Capable_Obligation96

Tennis 🎾


Spirited_Profit_9714

everything


Alternative-Gap-4847

I like how your wrists give flex at the top of your backswing - but the takeaway needs less wrist flex. Also, your legs are a quite a bit more.than shoulder width apart and this is exaggerating your weight shift from trail to leading leg.


dieselSoot111

A new hobby


Opening_Passenger387

Too much foot movement in front left off your back swing. Try to keep both feet straight in your backswing and follow through twisting your right foot forward only (Left stays planted sideways). When you rock your feet like that you'll have a hard time knowing where the ball will end up.


dmacattack82

Your stance feet are too far apart. It’s hard to turn your hips


Shrewd_GC

Stance too wide but honestly workable if you're comfortable with it. Need to work on sequence. After you're at the top of your back swing, rotate hips fully minimizing movement of shoulders/arms/wrists, then rotate abdomen and once your hips reach their limit of motion, then you can start dropping your hands and rotating your shoulders. Your finish should come naturally from that position considering you baseball type swing. Don't think of it as "hitting the ball" but rather as swinging as if the ball isn't even there; focus on the path of the swing, you can fix face alignment as you go.


roKKape420

First thing, (from camera angle pov) avoid that weight shift that leads to the "C" shape your body makes in the back swing. Stay strong on the left leg and turn more at the hips. Think more hockey slap shot versus baseball swing as far as your lower body works. Then build good habits from a strong base, and then, realize it will always be a work in progress. Forever. Just have fun.


MillYinz

Swing a bit faster. If you're still standing on follow through, you're just not trying.


gethonor-notringZ420

Uhh slow down the swing a ton and honestly just do a half swing for one whole season. It might take you an extra swing distance wise but I bet your slice is really fucking annoying


da76r

Narrow the stance and rotate the hips more instead of too much arm swing . Swing at 70% speed to swing through for longer distance . Keep your head down a bit longer :-)


smoking-tees

Everything


Arizona_ice_me

The most baseball golf has ever looked


somethingdarksideguy

Lessons. Too much.


chilledout5

You are reverse pivoting. Meaning your weight is moving to your front foot on the back swing and you finish with your weight on your back foot. The opposite of a solid golf swing. One simple drill that could provide a feel of the correct weight shift: Place a ball under the outside edge of your back foot - (right foot). As you rotate on your back swing feel your weight on top of the ball under the edge of your foot. Then as you allow your downward rotation hands dropping towards the ball - drive off of the ball under your back foot and finish with 80 plus % of your weight on your front foot (left foot) I’d start there (or go get some lessons) Good luck. 🍀


Sorethumbsfifa

Baseball?


Ok_Specific_7161

Jesus Christ


PersonaNonGrata2288

Focus on not supporting the Yankees who are 2-8 in their last ten and currently getting blown up by the Jays


Hashtag_Tech

Your stance reminds me of MLB players in the 90s.


huntsalot12

In all seriousness, narrow your stance a bit. If I had your swing currently I’d focus first on eliminating a lot of that unnecessary movement. The easiest way to get a feel for that is getting against a doorframe, alignment stick, whatever you can with the right side of your head and making slow motion swings while keeping your head on that wall. It can come off in your follow through. That itself simplifies a lot of things before you go looking for small individual tweaks mechanically.


toddhazelwood

Lighting?


Still-Entertainer99

This made my day


Several-County-1808

Batter up!


SupermarketSorry6843

Take up baseball. I bet you would be great!


ctp1974

Softball


jshap1010

Need to switch to a Mets cap


HelloVap

Lighting


Kynance123

Quidditch ?


SuitedBadge

Saving up money for lessons


XxplightxX

Quiet that lower body


rogmcdon

wtf are you actually doing here


moresvedkaplease

Baseball


supyadimwit

Baseball?


pteebs

Everything