Hit Down on the Ball! Help!
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From: Alan Illeman on 14 Sep 2007 23:08 <ShrekUtog(a)gmail.com> wrote in message news:1189734292.631580.176720(a)22g2000hsm.googlegroups.com... > Can anyone recommend drills which will help me hit down on the golf > ball, with great impact position (hands ahead of the club, etc)... Make a wider stance with the feeling of more weight on the front foot than on the back foot. Don't overdo it. Keep the body as still as you can and swing the triangle (made up of the two arms and the shoulders) to find the bottom of the arc of the swing, where the club makes contact with the ground. Place the ball back an inch or two from the contact point (experiment!). The left arm must be straight and the right arm 'soft' (for a right-hander). Ensure that the clubhead never gets above the hands in the backswing, nor in the follow-through. Use a pitching wedge and grip down on the shaft for better control, and to ensure that the upper grip stays tight against the back of the left arm throughout the stroke. Focus your eyes on the back of the ball and the grass beneath it, such that a blade of grass or blades of grass form an angle with the back edge of the ball - and maintain that focus through the shot. If no grass, improvise. Think "thumbs down" through impact. Do not rotate your arms. Of course, the ball disappears from view as it is struck, but you should focus on the spot, and not look up. Hold the follow-through finish for 5 seconds with your eyes still focussed on that spot. Practise until you can hit 'X' consecutive balls within 'Y' feet of your target, then increase the 'X' and/or decrease the 'Y'. Do it just off a practice green to sink the ball in the cup, or leave just a tap-in putt. This is a very elementary stroke. Practise it well. Later, you can introduce some wristcock to put more snap into the shot, for greater distance.. Good luck.
From: Steven Paul on 14 Sep 2007 22:37 In article <1189734292.631580.176720(a)22g2000hsm.googlegroups.com>, <ShrekUtog(a)gmail.com> wrote: > Can anyone recommend drills which will help me hit down on the golf > ball Three easy steps: 1 Pick out a blade of grass just in front of the ball. 2. Hit that with the bottom of your club. 3. Done. This works especially well for dealing with downhill lies.
From: Alan Illeman on 15 Sep 2007 14:47
"Alan Illeman" <illemann(a)surfbest.net> wrote in message news:13emfje325hc796(a)news.supernews.com... > <ShrekUtog(a)gmail.com> wrote in message > news:1189734292.631580.176720(a)22g2000hsm.googlegroups.com... > > Can anyone recommend drills which will help me hit down on the golf > > ball, with great impact position (hands ahead of the club, etc)... > > Make a wider stance with the feeling of more weight on the front foot > than on the back foot. Don't overdo it. > > Keep the body as still as you can and swing the triangle (made up of the > two arms and the shoulders) to find the bottom of the arc of the swing, > where the club makes contact with the ground. Place the ball back an inch > or two from the contact point (experiment!). > > The left arm must be straight and the right arm 'soft' (for a right-hander). > Ensure that the clubhead never gets above the hands in the backswing, > nor in the follow-through. > > Use a pitching wedge and grip down on the shaft for better control, and > to ensure that the upper grip stays tight against the back of the left arm > throughout the stroke. > > Focus your eyes on the back of the ball and the grass beneath it, > such that a blade of grass or blades of grass form an angle with the > back edge of the ball - and maintain that focus through the shot. > If no grass, improvise. > > Think "thumbs down" through impact. Do not rotate your arms. > > Of course, the ball disappears from view as it is struck, but you should > focus on the spot, and not look up. Hold the follow-through finish for 5 > seconds with your eyes still focussed on that spot. > > Practise until you can hit 'X' consecutive balls within 'Y' feet of your > target, then increase the 'X' and/or decrease the 'Y'. Do it just off a > practice green to sink the ball in the cup, or leave just a tap-in putt. > > This is a very elementary stroke. Practise it well. Later, you can introduce > some wristcock to put more snap into the shot, for greater distance.. > > Good luck. You also need to introduce some rhythm into the shot e.g. say "one" as you start the backswing, "two" as you start the downswing, and "three" at the end of the follow-through; preferably out loud. |