Overswing?

After coaching this morning, I have seen for what seems like the 1000th time an overswing that is very very disruptive to the players swing. Often the pupil is totally unaware that they are swinging as far back as they are. Even with the use of video sometimes  a player is unconvinced that he is actually swinging that far back.
The most often thing I have heard from coaches is to try to get the player to swing shorter. This almost never works as the player is unaware of the length of their swing in the first place.Even if the player manages to do a few short swings, soon after they will be happily swinging just as long as they were before. Thinking that they are still executing the short swing their coach taught them.

I find the best results for change (assuming that its not a body positioning problem, ie hips sway or reverse spine angle) the best way is for the pupil to start their downswing with their hips before the club has got anywhere near the overswing position. This will give them a feeling that there is no pause at the top of the backswing, but a smooth transition into the downswing. The hips drive towards the target will make it impossible for the player to overswing.

In effect the player has not got too long a backswing, but starts their downswing from the wrong position!!

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