{"id":90,"date":"2011-07-09T02:55:34","date_gmt":"2011-07-09T02:55:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/peterklemperer.com\/blog\/?p=90"},"modified":"2011-07-12T23:11:54","modified_gmt":"2011-07-12T23:11:54","slug":"first-swing-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/peterklemperer.com\/blog\/2011\/07\/09\/first-swing-video\/","title":{"rendered":"First Swing Video"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I opened a giant can of orange <em>slice<\/em>! Check out the attached video of me hitting a brilliant banana right into the trees on the 11th hole at Schenley on June 6, 2011. It took me a while to post this because that is just plain embarrassing (and definitely representative).<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Peter Golf Swing June 6 2011\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/dwenFqbMjNc?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Looking at that video here is a list of what I see wrong and want to improve:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>My back is not straight at initial address, gotta get those shoulders up<\/li>\n<li>I want to stand up a bit more and get my club pointing more up towards my belly-button<\/li>\n<li>Stand closer to the ball so my arms are hanging down more<\/li>\n<li>Grip is probably too weak at address<\/li>\n<li>Coming back I am straightening my back (standing up?) at the top of my back swing, more hip rotation may help with that and keep my head more steady<\/li>\n<li>The club-face is way open at impact, my wrist doesn&#8217;t look bent so it probably has more to do with all the flailing around I&#8217;m doing with my back and body<\/li>\n<li>I also hit with the toe of the club, no doubt causing even more slice<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Since this video was shot I&#8217;ve been focusing on holding a two-knuckle grip, straightening my back and keeping my back straight through the swing.<\/p>\n<p>Playing the ball closer to my feet has also improved my consistency in making strong contact through the ball. I try to play it so that my arms hang comfortably from my body with the club resting on the ground in a slightly toe up orientation. This initially felt way too close for some reason.<\/p>\n<p>The biggest issue for me has been keeping balanced throughout my swing, more on that in the next post.<\/p>\n<p>This season I will try to record my swing at least once a month so that I can track my progress and look at areas for improvement. Given that this was shot 4 weeks ago, I should record something this weekend at the range.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I opened a giant can of orange slice! Check out the attached video of me hitting a brilliant banana right into the trees on the 11th hole at Schenley on June 6, 2011. 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