Camilo Villegas Swing Analysis
Posted in Golf News by admin
September 7th, 2010
Watching Villegas swing is like watching a great archer draw back a bow. Slowly loading, then exploding. Amazing power, but a control of impact that is better than even most tour players. Definitely slower than the average tour tempo, and decidedly steep in the backswing, his transition and movement into impact are something to marvel at, and the result is his superior shotmaking ability. My guess is that eventually he points the club more left (on plane as opposed to crossed) at the top. It doesn’t look as crossed as it is because it’s so short of parallel.
September 7th, 2010 at 1:16 am
I like the tips, but the only problem is that everyone has diffent techniques of how to hit the ball. Me personally I like to just swing, no thoughts, no hands in there at that point. It helps me because I hit it with a reverse pivot. The only perfect swing is for you only, we would all like to swing like Adam Scott or Ernie Els but if we get a good result I bet you are very happy.
September 7th, 2010 at 2:05 am
@wdefrancesco I apologize for the nasty comment.
September 7th, 2010 at 2:37 am
@gbenner89 The tips I gave him were regarding his TAKEAWAY, not the top or at impact. He complained about getting the club behind him and shut starting the swing, and I suggested what I did to get the shaft on plane and the toe more up. If you continue that to the top the right wrist would face sideways and the face would be square. There are some morons giving and selling advice on the web. I am not one of them.
September 7th, 2010 at 3:04 am
@gbenner89
September 7th, 2010 at 3:39 am
Oh and by the way you contradicted yourself. Cup the left wrist and rotate the right palm so that is facing up? That makes absolutely no sense. Rotating the right palm up will close the club face MORON.
September 7th, 2010 at 4:13 am
The swing tips you posted for sharkwilboy are piss poor. Using the hands to manipulate the club face is quite possibly the most inconsistent way to strike a golf ball solidly. The hands shouldn’t work independently and you should use rotation of the forearms and hips to square the club face at impact. And the face shouldn’t be open at the top. That’s why instructors with a brain teach a neutral grip. Not a cupped or bent wrist.
September 7th, 2010 at 4:41 am
@sharkwilboy Don’t use your arms, use your hands and wrists. As you push the hands and arms toward you with your upper trunk elevate the clubhead by vertically cocking your wrists, then open the clubface by bending (cupping) the left wrist inward while rotating the right palm so that it is facing up. This should rotate your right elbow inward and point the shaft more left.
September 7th, 2010 at 5:26 am
Don’t use your arm to rotate the face. Use your hands. As you push the the hands toward your body with your upper trunk to get started elevate the clubhead by cocking your wrists vertically and rotate the face by adding bend (cup) to your left wrist and rotating the right palm upward. This will move the right elbow inward and aim the shaft to the left while opening the face.
September 7th, 2010 at 5:37 am
Don’t use your arm to rotate the face. Use your hands. As you push the the hands toward your body with your upper trunk to get started elevate the clubhead by cocking your wrists vertically and rotate the face by adding bend (cup) to your left wrist and rotating the right palm upward. This will move the right elbow inward and aim the shaft to the left while opening the face.
September 7th, 2010 at 5:57 am
You have some really interesting and informative posts. Your so right about Villegas. His trajectory control is unreal. He seems to hit Hogan like bullets for fun! Have you got any tips for rotating the blade and right arm in the takeaway? I can’t stop hooding the club, which leads to steep backswing and cupped wrist at the top and makes it hard for me to consistently draw anything more than a 6 iron!! (I have an ironswing DTL on my Youtube account if you have any time to look.