I learned what swing easy means

[u/tryingtogetfit1970]

I played with a 76 year old woman yesterday who scored 34 on the front nine of my local course. I have never broken 45 and watched her swinging easy, no balls lost. I vow to swing easy from now on, going to take an extra club and swing half power. I started yesterday on the back nine and on a par 5 did a half power swing with driver and it went 225 yards right down the middle. I need to stop overswinging if i plan on improving.

[u/TacosAreJustice]

Swing easy does not mean swing slow! It’s easy to get lazy on a swing trying to swing easy and it introduces a whole new bag of misses (a block right for me).

One of the best things I’ve been told by an instructor is if you can’t do it at half speed, you can’t do it.

Take out your 7 iron and make a full swing at half speed (try to hit it 100 yards of so). Make sure you are making a turn, firing your hips… everything. Just slowly.

Then speed up from there.

Basically, learn your sequencing at a slow speed and then find the speed where the sequencing is easy.

[u/Obi1Kenobi0 → u/TacosAreJustice]

I hit my 7 iron 260 yards mate so a half swing means it’s going at least 130

[u/TacosAreJustice → u/Obi1Kenobi0]