I'm in.
Still over 150 people visit this site a day when looking at analytics, I love your energy, let's kick it up.
My off-season goals were to:
1) Fix having such low hands at address. Spent a while thinking about what the causes were and start to learn about my anatomy much more. What I found was a weak grip paired with wanting the sensation of controlling the clubhead with sharp wrist angles brought my whole body down. Spent about three weeks doing nothing while in the office except holding the club totally differently.
2) Figure out why I suck with driver but can hit mini driver on a rope. This one turned out to be a simple fix. With all my other clubs, I was setup on top of the ball which is great for trapping shots, but for a driver, I often felt stuck at impact. Set my center of mass back a few inches, and now I feel like I have all kinds of room.
Which leads me to goal 3.
3) Produce more dynamic loft at impact with the driver. Towards the end of last year, I was hitting 2-3 degrees up on the ball with a ton of delofting, and even really well hit drives just didn't stay in the air. Like 12 degrees dynamic loft, which at my speed, isn't enough.
4) One driver and stick with it. Right now it's the TSR, but damnit the paradym line looks pretty damn good. I'm a sucker for blue carbon and gold trim.
5) Learn to hit my fade again. Fade used to be my goto shot shape but with new arm structure and grip, I've lost the ability to do so.
6) Stop watching youtube and listening to equipment pundits. I used to love watching that kind of content, being led to believe a new shaft would make a difference and all that crap. Does it make a difference? I'm sure it does, but not enough for me to keep track. Also, YouTube videos on swing theory are great but I'm finding the best results in actually making big changes in my swing as a result of just taking the time to feel different things in my body and learn the triggers that work for me.
7) No club changes. I'll post up a new WITB soon but actually my bag is pretty set, just have to make a final decision on driver real soon. I'm basing my equipment decisions on what is obviously somewhat well fitting but mostly what I like the looks of LOL