[dave s]

Has anybody heard of the Clubface Assistant by Perfectstroke?
I was doing a search through Google for clubface control and the Perfectstroke website came up.
I had a golf lesson the other day and the pro said that my main issue was with my clubface control and that the clubface got too closed throughtout the swing which causes me to hit hooks and pushes. In particular he said that I needed to work on the clubface in the takeaway.

[sonicblue]

I had a breakthrough with this, and it came in the simplest form. Watching Johnny Miller on TGC, he talked about an easy drill that changed my game.

Simply put, find a "grid" to stand on (I used my linoleum floor in my kitchen, a 12" x 12" tile pattern). Align your feet on one line and your clubface to a perpendicular line. Take a slow-motion swing (maybe 30% speed). Stop the club back at the impact line and see if the clubface is aligned. Moreover, make sure it's square AND you're comfortable. Just keep repeating until you can comfortably repeat bringing the clubface back to square at impact.

It seems a silly thing, but think about it: The ONE thing the golf swing absolutely requires, no matter the shot, in order to yield predictable results, is to bring the clubface to the ball square. With rare extreme shot-shaping exceptions, that is always the case. We swing all speeds and with all intended trajectories, but with nearly infallible occurrence, we want the clubface square. If you do not have the feel for this, you might as well abandon all your other goals.

[Gateway]

With me its always the release. Coming from a baseball backround my hips and hands want to lead so getting squared up at impact is always the tough part for me.