Over the top gizmo

[Chieflongtee]

Seen at the Rick Boisvert's free seminar. Great gizmo for correcting an over the top move. It'll cure you real quick

[Tourstriker]

Over the top is a confusing thing for a lot of golfers.

Poor golfers are OTT because of a open club face and they try and square it via a steep downswing, outside in move with a hight right shoulder.

Good players often think they are OTT when in reality they are nowhere close to OTT and the club face is closed to the path and a pull hook is the result.

A good player could use that gizmo all day long and still hit pull hooks thinking they are OTT.

It can certainly help golfers, but they need to use it with a qualified pro to explain the cause and effect.

[Powerdraw]

i use same thing at range just with a club balanced on top of the bucket of balls, grip side towards golfer...trick is to hit balls without touching the grip....then you get closer and closer until at setup and impact you are almost touching the grip with your shaft.

[BC MIST]

Over the top is a confusing thing for a lot of golfers

Drawing a line from the ball through the shoulders when looking down the line, indicates the turned shoulder plane. A similar line drawn from the ball up the club shaft shows the shaft plane. I would suggest that IF the club shaft is any where near the turned shoulder plane, (when the golfer half way down) or above this line, he is over the top, with a wide variety of bad shots possibly resulting.

Reading elsewhere in the instruction section, the cure is to merely turn the hips like Hogan did and the arms will magically fall into the slot. When the golfer tries this and he remains OTT, your suggestion of seeing a pro, who knows what he is doing, is the best solution.

[mberube]

The inside approach is a miniature portable setup. It works wonders. I made one with plumbing plastic tubing.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PzNXplA6V8I

Mike

[dbleber]

I really good training aid that you can get for free or really cheap is an empty club box. put the box on the outside of your ball with about an inch clearance for your club and angle it a bit to create the visual of an inside out path. Swing away, if you hit the box then you are crosiing the line, if not then your path is probably good and maybe it's some else such as grip or set up.

[Chieflongtee]

An old broken shaft stuck into the ground at an angle will get the job done as well