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Message: [QUOTE="Chin Diesel, post: 3615673, member: 34"] So, yesterday I took my first lesson in 3-4 years. Just haven't been able to hit driver off the tee with any consistency. High flares one hole, snap hooks the next. An occasional 100 yard topper. Worst of it was I didn't know what parts of the swing were off- set up, grip, back swing, whatever. So, did a 30 min lesson. Pro used the alignment sticks, gave me a target and had me address the ball. Said my stance was good, ball positioning good and grip was good. After two swings, both of which were high faded flares, he stopped me and had me take the club back to the top of my back swing. He repositioned my wrists because I was overrating in my attempt to get club parallel to the ground. Had me unhinge and stop at about 1030-1100 position. I hit a few good drives and could definitely feel a difference in what I was doing on top of my swing (you can't see what your doing because it's behind your ear). That was good. After a few more swings and still some inconsistency, he gave me some hints on clearing my hips to better allow my trail hand to release through the impact zone. Results got better again. Final piece of advice was a bit more forward press on my lead arm at address. Four pieces of advice in 30 minutes all of which I could see or feel differently than what I had been doing. 1. More forward press at address. 2. Don't overhinge wrist at top of backswing 3. Clear hips 4. Release trail arm through strike zone. End result is about what I want- 245-260 yards and about a 1/3-1/2 fairway cut. With a bit more confidence I can get swing speed up a bit more and get to 260-270. Going back this morning for a follow up to see how good the muscle memory was from yesterday. All in all felt good. We didn't do any video, I'm not worried about launch angle, spin rate or other stuff. [/QUOTE]

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