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From: Frankenshank on 17 Jul 2006 10:18 Find a place with level dirt ground (I use a local baseball field) draw a straight line with a tee place a plastic ball, or a tee on the line using your normal setup (not back as you would a bunker shot) hit the ball or tee, and check carefully where your swing takes dirt (after the line.) Practice this for a while, concentrating on clean contact Now go hit off a regular fairway lie, and enjoy the results. Frankenshank
From: Larry Bud on 17 Jul 2006 11:23 Frankenshank wrote: > Find a place with level dirt ground (I use a local baseball field) > > draw a straight line with a tee > > place a plastic ball, or a tee on the line > > using your normal setup (not back as you would a bunker shot) I'll give you the benefit of the doubt: You play it back for a FAIRWAY bunker shot, forward for a green side.
From: Frankenshank on 17 Jul 2006 12:08 Larry Bud wrote: > Frankenshank wrote: > > Find a place with level dirt ground (I use a local baseball field) > > > > draw a straight line with a tee > > > > place a plastic ball, or a tee on the line > > > > using your normal setup (not back as you would a bunker shot) > > I'll give you the benefit of the doubt: You play it back for a FAIRWAY > bunker shot, forward for a green side. Right you are, my apologies for the omission the goal here is training for ball first contact, not sand first as you would greenside.
From: annika1980 on 17 Jul 2006 15:14 I am the world's worst at taking a good divot. I consistently either pick the ball or hit behind it slightly. One drill I used to do when hitting off a practice astroturf type mat is to put a hankerchief or a small towel (a dishtowel or a "hip towel" as I call them) flat on the ground an inch or two behind the ball. Then try to hit the ball without disturbing the towel. I could never do this as I would always hit the towel before hitting the ball. The more I tried to hit steeply down on the ball, the bigger divot I'd take behind it. The good news is that with my "picking" swing I'm pretty good off of hardpan or cartpaths. Not so great out of heavy rough, however. Sometimes the best iron shots I hit are those where the ball lies in a deep fairway divot. In those cases, I know I MUST hit down on the ball to get the ball out. My thought there is to make the divot bigger. It helps when the divot is pointing the same direction you're going, of course.
From: John van der Pflum on 17 Jul 2006 16:22
On 17 Jul 2006 12:14:36 -0700, "annika1980" <annika1980(a)aol.com> wrote: >I am the world's worst at taking a good divot. I consistently either >pick the ball or hit behind it slightly. One drill I used to do when >hitting off a practice astroturf type mat is to put a hankerchief or a >small towel (a dishtowel or a "hip towel" as I call them) flat on the >ground an inch or two behind the ball. Then try to hit the ball >without disturbing the towel. I could never do this as I would always >hit the towel before hitting the ball. >The more I tried to hit steeply down on the ball, the bigger divot I'd >take behind it. >The good news is that with my "picking" swing I'm pretty good off of >hardpan or cartpaths. Not so great out of heavy rough, however. > >Sometimes the best iron shots I hit are those where the ball lies in a >deep fairway divot. >In those cases, I know I MUST hit down on the ball to get the ball out. > My thought there is to make the divot bigger. It helps when the divot >is pointing the same direction you're going, of course. I'm with you. I'm a "picker" not a "digger." I know that when I start taking divots something is really wrong with my swing. -- jvdp Sold myself to go to Scotland http://www.rsgcincinnati.com |