Faults & Fixes: Are You a Swinger or a Hitter?

Bobby WIlson: Are you a swinger or are you a hitter? There's certain ways you can find out without me ever seeing your swing.

You can do it yourself.

I want to show you the difference right now.

Swingers ...

Davis Love, Rory McIlroy, Sam Snead, Bobby Jones, they were all swingers.

You know how I know that? They had great width in their swing, and if you notice they had good extension.

They had great extension.

People who have wide swings are swingers, I can just tell you that.

I can tell by your extension on your takeaway, and especially on your follow through, if you finish high or not.

Get in front of your glass sliding door, get in front of a mirror, get in front of something to look and see.

Here's how I know if you're a hitter.

First of all you'll take the club back and you'll set it too soon with your wrist.

Then I notice it goes up like a V.

Your normally break your tee and pound the ground when you hit it.

Here's the big key to it all.

I'll see you hit and finish, and this is where your finish always is, just short, elbows tucked into your body, club pointing straight up.

A swinger doesn't even know how to get to finish.

It happens.

They get all the way through and their hands are high and the club is still away from them.

If you want to know if you're a hitter, are there any pockmarks on the top of your club? It tells me you're a hitter.

You hit down on the ball and the ball gets on top of the club underneath the tee.

If you're a swinger, you have high hands on your backswing, and it doesn't have to be high.

Let me take you back.

You have wide hands and you have a wide hand finish.

If you're a hitter, you have your hands short on both sides. Figure out if you're a swinger or a hitter and I'll promise you one other thing, swingers have less injuries, so guess what guys? We all want to be swingers.

Stay with me.