SwingSetter Helps, Storm Hurts

I figured out how to get the Swing Setter’s top magnets to click open on the backswing. I was forced to keep my right elbow close to my side and form an abrupt “L”on the way up. The device only works moving it quickly, which is faster than a lot of people do their backswing. However, this technique helped me control my tendency to overswing because I kept stopping the device to see if it was in the right position and to hear the clicks.

I’m able to get the second (lower) magnets to click on the downswing, but I’m pretty sure they’re clicking too soon. I have to look at the drills to see what I can do to improve this. I actually swung the Swing Setter about ten times before the lower magnets clicked at all and was a bit shocked at how little power my swing usually has.

Charlie and I played golf Sunday after I started working with the Swing Setter. My swing was substantially better. Even when the ball didn’t get airborne it went a long way (for me). I’m almost enthused about learning the drills, if only because getting the magnets to click at the right time is the whole reason to work at this.

A horrific storm hit Chicago yesterday, knocking out the electricity on our street. Our house has been without power 36 hours and it’s very tiresome. The upside of having a business close by is I can do almost everything here (except sleep) without anyone’s permission.

I suppose that would be a possible benefit to belonging to a country club, except the hours are limited. It’s nice to have more than one place to hang out if the power goes down, your basement floods, your kids are driving you crazy, etc. The golf shop is no country club, but it could be worse.