Head movement - 3 dimensions!
 

Hi - my first post here. I'm after some thoughts and advice on stopping excessive head movement.
My tendency is to come over the top and pull shots left. It can be a card wrecker!
I noticed when I watched a video of my swing (down the line) that my head moves slightly down but also it moves 'in' away from the ball (imagine a tortoise). Giving me a crunched neck appearance!
I think it's from having an incorrect transition or perhaps a reaction to a faulty backswing.
My current approach to fixing this is to practice swings with my head resting against a wall or door and trying to keep contact with it through the backswing and downswing and through impact.
This works great without a club in my hand and in the kitchen! :BangHead:
Any help or ideas would be appreciated, thanks.

I wonder if the head moving down and in has the same cause. The knees having more bend at impact than at address is perhaps a common cause.

Sounds like "goat humping". A thrust of the hips towards the Plane Line. A non golf move. You came to the right place.

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A Tortoise?
 

The stationary head is a basic essential. It is pretty important. In order to make progress you must correct this. The drill you are doing is a good one. Keep on doing it.

It is hard to pull in your neck the way you described. Check if your hips are getting closer to the ball on your downswing or if your knees are sagging through impact.

Uh . . . this could be misinterpreted severely . . . but . . . what do your knees and ass do when you start down? Somebody asked Mike O this once . . . they had to get their entire living room carpet cleaned.

Hmmm, I must be doing something wrong. You wouldn't believe I work for a computer company! I've tried posting replies twice now with a link to a video clip on You Tube of my swing... but the replies don't show up.
Thank you to those who have responded - yes my hips / ass move closer to the ball - my knees do not bend excessively - the head gets lower as I compress and pull in my upper body - lower body pretty much stays at same height e.g. knees/hips etc..
I'll hit return and if this post works I'll try again later with the video clip...

That seemed to work that time...
Here's the video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jY88uzwo0IU

OK I just posted a reply to my post above with a link to the video clip - it appeared but when I refreshed the screen it disappeared. So I guess it's been held somewhere waiting for release by a moderator - fair enough. So apologies - when that kicks in there will be three posts of my video clip! Unfortunately they'll all show the same fault :o)

Nice motion. As a drill, go to your impact position looking at a mirror. Where is your head? Mark it on the mirror. Practice short back and through swings starting with your head in that position.

Part of the reason that head motion happens is setting up with the right forearm in a different position than at impact. You have to lower down to get the right forearm in the correct place.

Take a look at Brian Gay's setup in the pics/videos in the gallery - he has a 'level' right wrist, and his forearm is very nearly exactly the same as impact. Supporting impact, inline with the shaft from DTL.

Here is a link to my swing - thanks for taking a look.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jY88uzwo0IU